Community events

One of our Year 6 pupils, as part of her Civic Award work, ran a cake stall after school to raise money for a Down’s syndrome Charity, DownSouth.

Congratulations to everyone who took part in the Easter Bonnet Parade this year.  Alison and Anna from the Education Department agreed to judge the winners – congratulations to all the winners who each received a prize. All of St Mary’s also took part in an Easter egg hunt.  The activity was organised for all pupils… Read more »

The School Council decided that they wished to raise money for Cancer Research as one of their charities this year.  One of the fund raising events was to take part in a fitness circuit which was organised by our sports coach, Jordan.   This involved lots of activities including a bean bag and hoop throw. We… Read more »

Pupils from St Mary’s School Council planted crocus bulbs in the autumn, kindly donated by the local Rotary Club, as a way of raising awareness of the countries around the world where polio still exists.  As the bulbs started to come into flower, representatives from the local Rotary Club and the School Councillors  attended a… Read more »

Some of our Year 4 pupils attended a Philosophy and Ethics Day at South Dartmoor Community College, along with pupils from lots of other feeder primary schools.

Members of St Mary’s School Council were asked to give feedback on some new dishes that are being introduced on the school lunch menus.  The children and staff from St Cuthbert’s (where the school lunches are prepared) took the whole thing very seriously.  The meat balls proved to be a particularly popular choice!

Some of our pupils were invited to take part in the special Radio Devon service which took place in Buckfast Abbey and was broadcast on Christmas Day.  The theme of the service was ‘Millennium’ as 2018 marks the start of the millennium celebrations for Buckfast Abbey.  Four pupils in Burrator Class were asked to write… Read more »

Our choir have performed a number of times in the lead up to Christmas, including at St Andrew’s House (a residential home), Buckfastleigh Christmas Fair and in The Grange restaurant as part of a live broadcast on Radio Devon.

This year, the FOSMs (Friends of St Mary’s) Christmas Fair took place in Southpark Community Centre.  Each class had made their own decorations and or gifts to sell at the event, which were sold by some of our older pupils from Burrator.  There were also a number of traditional stalls to buy from and refreshments… Read more »

Children in Burrator Class were treated to a hand bell concert by some local people from Buckfast and Buckfastleigh Parish.  They played a number of well know Christmas Carols and then people had the chance to join in themselves and have a go.  Even the adults tried out the handbells!