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Year 1 and 2 pupils attended a Key Stage 1 sports festival at South Dartmoor Community College, along with lots of other schools who are also part of our local sports partnership. The children participated in a range of activities competing in ‘friendly’ races against other pupils.

Sports day this year was slightly different, with children participating in a range of athletic activities in the morning to gain House Points for their given team. In the afternoon, pupils took part in more traditional races to which parents and friends were invited to attend.

Burrator class went on their annual residential based this year on a range of outdoor adventurous activities. The week began with a trip to Dewerstone bunkhouse on Dartmoor and various ‘endurance’ challenges including climbing and an assault course which was very muddy!   There was also a trip to Haldon Hill to take part in mountain… Read more »

Two teams of pupils represented St Mary’s at the athletics tournament held at South Dartmoor Community College. The Year 3/4 team and Year 5/6 team competed against other schools in a number of events including sprinting, jumping, javelin and shot putt.  

Nine children from St Mary’s made their First Holy Communion in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel in Buckfast Abbey. All the children attended weekly sessions after school over a number of months and worked extremely hard to prepare for this special occasion.

Scorriton Twinning Association visited St Mary’s with some visitors from Fontaine-Henry in the Normandy region of France. The French president of the twinning association, Marie-Claude Madec, was excited to visit the school and helped to create a link between St Mary’s and the primary school in Fontaine-Henry. Children in Fernworthy and Burrator class enjoyed trying… Read more »

Whilst studying habitats and researching endangered animals, pupils in Fernworthy class requested that St Mary’s take part in the ‘Wear it Wild’ day to raise money for World Wildlife Fund, which raises money to protect endangered animals. Pupils prepared for the fundraising day themselves by sharing the idea with the rest of the school in… Read more »

As part of St Mary’s joint Global Education project, a Refugee Day was arranged to raise awareness of refugees within the UK.   The aim of International Refugee Day was expressed by Ban Ki-moon: “Refugees are people like anyone else, like you and me. They led ordinary lives before becoming displaced, and their biggest dream is… Read more »

Pupils were invited to the storytelling festival organised by the Education Department at Buckfast Abbey to celebrate its 30th anniversary. The three day festival involved storytelling, theatre and puppetry workshops for pupils to attend. Pupils enjoyed hearing Bob Hartman, a special guest from America, Abimbola Gbemi Alao, a play performed by Unleashed Theatre Company and… Read more »

The whole school took part in the summer musical performance of ‘Button Box’ by Starshine Music. Pupils learnt all of the songs and Year 5 and 6 put together some drama sketches to accompany the performance. The story is based on two children staying with their grandparents who are bored on a wet day. They… Read more »