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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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  • 22/01/25

    Rowcroft Hospice Visit

    Yesterday, the children in Livermead House, were delighted to welcome Debbie Shotton, from Rowcroft Hospice into their House assembly. Debbie explained to the children how it costs eleven million pounds every year to run the hospice. She explained to the children the different types of jobs and role...
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  • 21/01/25

    Rotary Youth Speaks Competition

    Last week, 3 children from Unit 4 took part in the Rotary Youth Speaks competition at Dartmouth Academy, where they gave a fantastic speech on the importance of internet safety. They each had a role to play; chairman, speaker and vote of thanks. The children showed their school value of respect to t...
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  • 16/01/25

    E-Safety in School

    At Preston Primary School, our pupils are taught about e-safety and how to be responsible online citizens within our class discussions, whole school assemblies, computing curriculum, and our Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) lessons. We believe that working with our parent com...
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  • 14/01/25

    Individual Liberty

    Yesterday, we had the pleasure of Reverend Nathan Kiyaga leading our School Values assembly. By telling a story about the division of poor and rich people in El Salvador, South America, the message of independence and individual liberty was clear. It is important to exert our freedom to make life be...
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  • 20/12/24

    FOPPS News

    Our wonderful FOPPS committee were invited into our celebration assembly this morning so the children could thank them for the money raised this term. We are all very grateful for the new seating, shelving, and books for our library. Thank you, FOPPS, for providing a chocolate treat for all chi...
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  • 20/12/24

    Festive Reading Newsletter

    Merry Christmas Welcome to our 2024 festive edition of ‘Reading Matters’, a whole school newsletter dedicated to our love of reading. In this edition we will be reviewing, recommending, and reading lots of festive books. Christmas is a special time to enjoy books. There is no greater...
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  • 20/12/24

    12 Books for Christmas (number 12)

    Book number 12 'The Twelve Cats of Christmas'
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  • 19/12/24

    Connect Christmas Card

    Thank you to all the children who entered the Connect Christmas card competition. There were entries from across the Trust and judges were impressed with the level of creativity. They struggled to choose one winning design, so this year several designs appear on the Connect Christmas card. The festi...
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  • 19/12/24

    Half Termly Parent Newsletter

    Autumn 2, December 2024
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  • 19/12/24

    12 Books for Christmas (number 11)

    Book number 11 'The Great Reindeer Rescue'
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  • 19/12/24

    KS2 Carol Concerts

    This week, we had our Unit 3 and Unit 4 Carol Services at St Paul’s Church in Preston. It was wonderful to see so many of our families joining in with the congregational Christmas carols and for our school community to come together and celebrate at this festive time of year. The children work...
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Address
Preston Primary School Academy
Old Paignton Road
Torquay
Devon
TQ2 6UY

Phone
01803 607075