Year 4 and 5 pupils recently travelled to Abbotsham for their residential visit to Ultimate Adventure, and what an adventure they had! Children took part in kayaking, stand up paddle boarding, rafting, made a band, campfires, ultimate assault course, high ropes, climbing, abseiling, nightline and mountain boarding.
Lapford recently played host to Chulmleigh and East Worlington primary schools, for a gym and dance show, ‘Strictly Come Lapford’. Each school presented groups or individuals for a performance which was judged by the Heads of School and Mrs Healey...
We recently welcomed our OPAL mentor, Kate, back to school for our final audit. Kate enjoyed watching and interacting with the children during lunchtime play and then sat down with the working group to trawl through our documents and award our final score. When we started the programme in January 2023, our play was rated at 34% - meaning that although there was evidence that children were mostly enjoying play, there was significant room for improvement. Last Monday we were delighted to be awarded a play score of 99% and a glowing report from Kate:
Twenty-two Lapford pupils recently travelled to Chulmleigh College to take part in the second ever Future Musicians Day. Pupils joined Chulmleigh College pupils and pupils from other local primary schools, spending just one hour rehearsing two pieces together, which they then performed in front of parents.
Year 3 have taken part in their very first residential. They travelled to Pixie's Holt on Dartmoor for a night away from home, and a day exploring the Dartmoor environment...
Yesterday we welcomed visitors from The Wooden Spoon charity to Lapford for the grand opening of The Wooden Spoon Sensory Room. It was so important for the children to be able to say thank you to the charity for their generous donation, which enabled us to create such a fantastic new space for the school. Our guests enjoyed their visit immensely and commented what a ‘happy and inclusive’ school we are. You can watch the big count down to the Grand Opening here: LPS Sensory Open Event Trim
On Wednesday 11 December the whole school travelled to Chulmleigh College to watch Wonder Pantomime's Beauty and the Beast with the other Trust primary schools.
On Tuesday 10 and Thursday 12 December EYFS and Key Stage 1 performed their nativity play, Whoops-a-Daisy Angel.
Herons Class received a visit from Jay’s Aim, a Devon born charity set up to prevent young people dying from undiagnosed heart conditions in South West England through awareness, training and the installation of defibrillators...
Robins’ Class have been learning about hedgehogs recently as part of their Starry Night topic work on nocturnal animals. We were visited by a local hedgehog rescue...
Lapford Primary School came together to conduct a Celebration of Remembrance at the war memorial in the village, where the School Council led us through a thoughtful and heartfelt service.
Lapford Primary School 'is on track to be good' at its next Ofsted inspection according to Mr Neil Swait, a registered Ofsted inspector, who has recently carried out a review of the school. The full report is available here.
