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Apple Day

Posted: 31 December 2019
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To celebrate the harvest of apples from our school orchard, St Mary’s held an Apple Day where children took part in apple tasting activities and used an apple press to produce their own apple juice. Each class also produced printed artwork around the theme of apples.

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Meldon’s Fire Engine Visit

Posted: 31 December 2019
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Meldon Class enjoyed a visit from some local fire fighters and their fire engine, as part of their ‘People who help us’ topic. The children particularly enjoyed hearing the siren and seeing how water from the hose helps to put out fires.

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Healthy Humans Learning Afternoon

Posted: 31 December 2019
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Fernworthy Class invited parents and carers into school to share some of their learning about ‘Healthy Humans.’ Each group had designed an activity or game for the adults to take part in during the afternoon. There were also some special dishes to taste, which had been designed and made by the pupils as part of… Read more »

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Community Dentist

Posted: 31 December 2019
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The community dentist visited St Mary’s to teach pupils about how to care for their teeth and to help to protect them from decay. The disclosure tablets which were used by some pupils, enabled plaque to be revealed on their teeth and in turn, helped pupils to ensure that this was removed during brushing.  

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Doctor’s Visit

Posted: 31 December 2019
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Doctor Kate visited Fernworthy Class to talk about the human body and how it works.  Pupils also discussed  how to stay healthy and how to care for their bodies.

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Parliamentary Education

Posted: 12 August 2019
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St Mary’s pupils have learnt more about the way in which the government works through a visit from the South West Regional Outreach Officer for Parliament’s Education Service.  The visit enabled pupils to improve their understanding of democracy and Parliament.  Following the visit, Burrator Class held its own parliamentary session to discover more about the… Read more »

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Play in a Day

Posted: 12 August 2019
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Burrator pupils worked with local theatre company to create a ‘Play in a Day’.  The title of the play this year was ‘Greece Lightning’ which fitted in well with their history topic for this term, Ancient Greece.    

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Pirate Day

Posted: 12 August 2019
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To celebrate the end of their Pirate topic, Meldon Class held a special pirate day with lots of different  activities – pupils even had the opportunity to walk the plank!

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Burrator’s ‘Wellbeing’ Week and Residential Trip

Posted: 12 August 2019
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This year Burrator Class took part in a number of activities as part of their residential trip. They visited Haven Banks Centre at Exeter Canal, where they learnt how to paddle board (although the water was cold!) and how to build a raft. Pupils also went to Dynamic Adventures where they abseiled, carried out rock… Read more »

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Enterprise Fair

Posted: 12 August 2019
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Burrator Class helped to organise the Enterprise Fair again this year, where pupils ran stalls to generate money for the class and for charity. Each group of pupils in Burrator Class were given £5 each, with which to try and generate more money by running a stall at the Summer Fair.  Friends of St Mary’s… Read more »

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