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Preston Primary School Academy

Preston
Primary School
Academy

Whole School News

Please find a selection of our latest curriculum innovations at Preston Primary School. To meet our vision for Preston, every member of staff is encouraged as a leader to take curriculum risks for children. Our assemblies, Learning Enquiries, Enrichments, and Clubs are all designed to give every child opportunities to grow into robust and happy lifelong learners.

Our Vision: An outstanding coastal school known for an innovative curriculum that delivers excellent outcomes for children.

Please click on the links to see what is happening in each Unit.

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Archive
  • 11/05/22

    The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Celebrations

    We are planning to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in school on Friday 27th May. On that day, children can come to school in non-uniform; they can dress as a King or Queen, Prince or Princess, if they want to. Equally, children can come to school dressed in party clothes, to celebrat...
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  • 09/05/22

    Staying Safe Online

    PSHE Curriculum (Personal, Social, Health, and Economic Education)
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  • 27/04/22

    Pop-Up Café

    Great news! Our Pop-Up Café will be open on Friday from 3pm, selling drinks and ice creams. Leaders from the Positive Birth Company, who have children at Preston Primary School, have very generously offered to run the Pop-Up Café every Friday after school this term. What a wonderful...
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  • 08/04/22

    Happy Easter

    Happy Easter to all of our Preston Primary School community, We are at the end of our Spring Term, and we can look back at all we have achieved over the last few months. Your children have worked so hard this term on their learning, despite the challenges of many staff members and children self-i...
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  • 08/04/22

    Learn to Swim Sessions

    At Preston Primary we strive to be innovative and try new things. Therefore, we are proud to offer Learn to Swim sessions in our school pool. These lessons are aimed at children in Puffins, Penguins and Owl classes. We feel it is important to do everything possible to keep our children water sa...
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  • 04/03/22

    Cookery Club Donation to Charity

    Unit 4's Cookery Club wanted to give back to the community, so decided to donate some of the biscuits that they cooked this week, to PATH (People Assisting Torbay's Homeless). The biscuits were gratefully received, and we are sure they will be enjoyed by many. This act of kindness...
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  • 20/01/22

    Tree Planting

    Jacob and Lani today planted two new Cherry Blossom trees behind the flagpoles on the school drive. Jacob said, "Trees are important because they make oxygen." Lani added, "Yes, and birds live in trees!" They are both members of our Eco Committee. The trees are already five...
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  • 14/01/22

    Reading for Pleasure

    Research shows that children who enjoy reading achieve more highly across the curriculum. Developing a love of books and reading is at the heart of everything we do at Preston. To enhance and promote reading for pleasure we would like to invite children to bring in their favourite book from home to...
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  • 09/12/21

    Christmas Cards for our Local Community

    Christmas is a time of year to think about other people and to give back to your community. In Unit 4, some children have made Christmas cards to give to our local shops to spread some Christmas cheer. This afternoon, a few of the children went to deliver the cards to the shops - it d...
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  • 03/12/21

    Developing a Love of Reading

    Today, Unit 2 had a very exciting zoom assembly with famous author, Nick Sharratt. He talked about his books, and read a special preview of his new book: Shark in the Snow. The children loved talking about which of his books they had read before.  This assembly was our Reading Event thi...
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  • 29/11/21

    Christmas Card Competition

    Our local Member of Parliament, Mr Kevin Foster, asked our children in Year 3 and 4 to draw a Christmas card design from which he would pick one to use as his official Christmas card. The winner was Jessica in Sparrows. Jessica's card has been made and will be sent to Boris Johnson from Kevin...
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  • 19/11/21

    Digital Leaders

    Nine pupils in year 5 & 6 have been appointed as Digital Leaders. They have a responsibility to learn about new innovations in computing, and share these with staff and children in school. On Thursday 18th November, our Digital Leaders took part in a showcase event at South Devon College...
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Old Paignton Road
Torquay
Devon
TQ2 6UY

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