Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Education

Pupils prepared for this special season by making a Lent Promise which was written onto a leaf and attached to the Lenten Tree in the hall. The school community also took part in special liturgies to remember the importance of Holy Week. Year 5 and 6 pupils led a special Holy Week Liturgy to which… Read more »

All the pupils at St Mary’s took part in a special Easter hunt around Buckfast Abbey, organised and led by the Abbey’s Education department. Pupils enjoyed searching for clues and finding out about the Easter Story.

Pupils were invited to each of the parish churches at Buckfastleigh, South Brent and Ashburton to lead crib services. This year, the art club had prepared backgrounds to each crib based on a famous artist and some of our musicians led the carol singing.

This year each class created their own Advent displays, to mark the time in the church calendar to prepare for the birth of Jesus. Venford class created their own Advent wreaths, Fernworthy made their own Jess Tree and Burrator reflected on the traditions associated with Advent and reflected on the meaning behind the titles given to the ‘Messiah’… Read more »

Pupils in Burrator Class helped to raise awareness of National Anti-bullying Week at St Mary’s. Pupils designed some imaginative posters reminding pupils about some key anti-bullying messages and all pupils were asked to contribute to writing a Children’s Anti-Bullying Policy. This was taken to the Governors’ meeting for discussion and approval alongside the adult version of the Behaviour… Read more »

The whole school community were invited to attend a Harvest Mass and then to join together in the school hall for refreshments and to purchase food, the majority of which had been made by pupils in each of the classes.   We were able to send over £150 to CAFOD (Catholic Agency for Overseas Development).  The… Read more »

To celebrate the completion of St Mary’s new school hall, pupils, parents and the wider community were invited to a blessing of the new building by Abbot David Charlesworth.  Afterwards, the school had an open afternoon to give people a chance to find out about the learning that takes place within the school.  Our prefects… Read more »

St Mary’s has committed to take part in the Global Learning Programme (GLP) in collaboration with a group of local schools. The GLP is a new programme for Key Stage 2 and 3 pupils, which aims to equip students with the ability to make a positive contribution to a globalised world, by giving them to… Read more »

Year 6 pupils worked with a volunteer in the school, Miss Kate McMillan, to create some beautiful stained glass pictures depicting the Stations of the Cross. These formed the focal point for the Stations of the Cross liturgy, led by Year 6. The whole school community was invited to attend this service.

This year each class created a special Lenten display within their classroom, using a range of objects and pictures on each focal point to remind them of the events of Holy Week.