Axminster Primary Academy is a school where the community is at the heart of what we do, working to enable children to grow creatively and to achieve their best in a happy and secure environment.
Are you looking for a nursery space? Come and have a look round our friendly, exciting nursery!
Apr 1, 2025
Easter is in full swing at Nursery this week, with a focus on our fine motor skills and lots of Easter themed activities.
We have also had our first outdoor PE session this morning in the glorious sunshine.😎
Mar 31, 2025
Eagles and Hawks have been experimenting with coding and programming a Micro:bit. They have created polling programs and pedometers to count the amount of steps taken and some had to debug after their coding was sabotaged by others! Polls were taken to find their opinion on many topics such as pineapple on a pizza or did you like football. The results were very interesting.
Mar 28, 2025
We are very excited about Bingo tonight - children very welcome!
Doors open at 6.30pm. Eyes down at 7pm.
Mar 28, 2025
Our Year 4 children had a fantastic morning yesterday at Woodroffe Secondary School taking part in the Primary Maths Roadshow. They tackled exciting problem-solving challenges, worked together on maths puzzles, and explored new ways of thinking about numbers.
A big thank you to the team at Woodroffe for hosting such an engaging and inspiring session - our budding mathematicians loved it!
Mar 28, 2025
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Mar 28, 2025
🌟🎨✨ Poetry Power in Year 3/4! ✨🎨🌟
This week, our incredible Year 3/4 class has been diving into the magical world of poetry! 📝💫 From similes as bright as the sun to alliteration that dances delightfully, their creativity has been bursting with brilliance!
Not only did they craft some magnificent metaphors and spectacular stanzas, but they also brought their words to life with beautiful illustrations! 🎨🖌️
We are so proud of their hard work and imagination – poets and artists in the making! 🖊️💭
#PoetryMagic #YoungWriters #CreativeMinds #Year3and4
Mar 27, 2025
This week, Cooking Club made chicken fajitas and peach crumble! Thanks Project Food - it was delicious. It's great to watch the children growing in confidence each week!
Mar 27, 2025
To all year 3-4 parents.
Tomorrow is our dress rehearsal of Panto Pandemonium.
If possible please could all costumes and props be in school in the morning.
The children have all worked so incredibly hard and it's easy to forget that they are still so young. Such talent!
Tickets will be sent home asap for those that have replied with their slips.
We ask that all children please be returned to school on Wednesday 2nd of April @430pm so that we can get them ready.
If this is an issue, please contact your class teacher so that we can support you to allow this to happen.
Kindest regards
The year 3 - 4 team
Mar 27, 2025
How many talented artists do we have in year 5/6? The answer is - lots! The children have thoroughly enjoyed exploring the works of famous English artist David Hockney. Hockney's work is bold and colourful and based on his travelling around the world. In his later years, Hockney moved onto digital pieces, using his personal photos and creating a unique collage. The children have analysed, investigated and recreated some of his favourite pieces. Have a look at some of their stunning work - you will be impressed by the high standard of work.
Mar 26, 2025
We’ve been enjoying the dry weather and being able to make the most of our large outdoor space! We are incredibly lucky to have such a wonderful outside learning environment and the children have been loving doing big mark making with paintbrushes and water on the paving stones. The children have been helping with the weeding this week ahead of our spring planting next half term, they were very excited that they found worms and caterpillars! The children were very gentle and took good care of them and made sure to return them safely to their homes. This week we have been reading ‘what the ladybird heard’ and we’ve been retelling the story using our puppets. #EYFS #beingimaginativeandcreative #EAD #understandingtheworld #learnthroughplay
Mar 26, 2025
Year 1/2 have had a fantastic week full of learning.
Year 1 have been using thier sense of smell to identify smelly items in science. The smelly items were covered up so we couldn't see them! The onion was particularly stinky.
Mar 25, 2025
Every half term the Little Acorns learn a new poem from the Poetry Basket. Here are a few of our little stars performing 'Pancakes' after just 4 weeks of learning it.
We are busy creating some specials cards for this weekend too!🥰
Mar 21, 2025
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Mar 20, 2025
Healthy snacks were on the menu this week at Cooking Club with Project Food! The children learnt to make muffins - some with spinach, carrot and cheese and some with banana! We are so impressed with how adventurous everyone is getting and how much more confident they are at following recipes.
Thanks so much to all the adults who are helping to make this possible. You really are the dream makers!
Mar 20, 2025
Don't forget Comic Relief!
Please wear something red, spotty or funny and bring donations into school to give to class teachers to raise money for this very worthy cause.
Mar 20, 2025
🌿 Year 3/4 Highlights of the Week! 🌿
This week, our young scientists explored the wonders of the natural world, investigating both plants and their needs as well as animals and their habitats.
🍃 Classifying Leaves & Understanding Plant Survival 🌱
Evergreen vs. Deciduous: We examined how some trees keep their leaves all year (evergreens), while others shed them in autumn (deciduous). Pupils in Year 4 developed classification keys to sort different leaves—using their observation and questioning skills like true scientists!
Plant Research & Experiments: We investigated why plant needs vary, depending on their environment. Our ongoing experiment in Year 3—testing if plants can survive without things like air, water or sunlight—is giving us some fascinating results!
🔬 What We Learned: Every plant and animal is uniquely adapted to its habitat, and asking great questions helps us understand how life thrives!
Stay tuned for more exciting discoveries next week! 🚀✨
Mar 20, 2025
Art and Mindfulness Club have been out enjoying the Spring sunshine sketching our beautiful trees.
Mar 20, 2025
It's Bingo time again! Come and join us At Axminster Community Primary Academy in the school hall on Friday 28th March from 6.30pm - eyes down 7pm.
Children are warmly welcomed.