Curriculum enrichment

This year pupils from St Mary’s have had the opportunity to work with the music department at Buckfast Abbey and join the Abbey choir as part of their Chorister programme.   This means a lot of hard work for the children involved but thanks to all their hard work and the extra music tuition they have… Read more »

Lots of children at St Mary’s have music lessons from peripatetic music teachers who work in St Mary’s to offer piano, guitar and drum tuition each week.  Some of these children performed for the rest of the school as part of our Achievement Assembly.

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 »

Pupils in Burrator class took part in a workshop organised by a local hand bell group.  The children heard some music performed by the group but also had the chance to try handbell ringing for themselves.  Even the staff decided to join in!  

This term Saints South West have been working with all of the children on developing their football skills.  To celebrate the learning that had taken place, an inter-house football tournament was held for all of the children.

Demelza, an Education officer from the Devon Waste team visited St Mary’s to help the school to reduce waste, reuse and recycle more.  She ran workshops in each class to help get everyone thinking about what else they could do to improve the recycling that takes place in school.  This term we have started collecting… 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.

St Mary’s has celebrated its 125th anniversary by having a Victorian Day.  On 4 December 1893, St Mary’s opened its doors to pupils for the first time and at that point had just 22 children on roll.  Children and staff dressed in Victorian clothes for the occasion and we created an exhibition of old photographs… Read more »