Class Updates

As part of their topic about ‘Growing’, Meldon Class have had the chance to have some eggs which they watched hatch and then look after the baby chicks. The chicks had a special box which helped to keep them warm and had grain and water to eat and drink. All of the children had the… Read more »

To celebrate the end of their ‘Bears’ topic, Meldon pupils invited parents and carers to their Teddy Bears’ Picnic.

Venford class visited the Plymouth Marine Aquarium recently. All of the pupils wrote a report about their visit. This is Abi’s recount, which was published in our school newspaper: We went by bus to Plymouth Aquarium, because our topic this term is ‘Under and Over the Waves.’ First we put our bags down and had… Read more »

To encourage reading in Meldon and Venford Classes, St Mary’s have run the RED TED scheme in school – Read Every Day, Talk Every Day.  Each time a child reads with an adult and it is signed in their reading record book, they earn points towards prizes which are then presented in our Achievement Assembly… Read more »

Fernworthy Class have been learning all about The Egyptians as part of their topic work.  They celebrated the end of their topic with a special dance they had been learning.

This year our EYFS class, Meldon, performed a nativity for the school and parents/ carers.  All of the children worked very hard to prepare for the performance and were brave to perform in front of so many people.  The event went very well and reminded everyone about the Christmas story and the real meaning of… Read more »

Pupils in Fernworthy held a special learning afternoon for parents/ carers to celebrate what they had learnt as part of their Egyptians topic.  The afternoon began with an Egyptian dance that the pupils had been learning in PE sessions and then parents/ carers were invited into class to share the learning that has taken place… Read more »

To celebrate the end of their ‘Food Glorious Food’ topic, pupils in Venford invited parents/ carers into class for a learning afternoon, to look at the work that has been completed during the topic.  Everyone shared the performance of ‘The Papaya That Could Speak’ which the class had learnt as part of their Talk for… Read more »

As part of their topic, learning about how different people help us, Meldon Class went to Buckfast Abbey to learn a bit more about the life of the monks that live there.  Each person was also given a bear who joined them on the tour of the Abbey. As part of their topic, learning about… Read more »

Fernworthy Class visited Kent’s Cavern in Torquay as part of their topic about the Stone Age.