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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.

October 2020

  • 22/10/20

    Proud of Devon

    We have new benches on our school drive to help us spread out and socially distance. They appear to be helping and they look great. We have also put new flags on our flagpoles. We fly flags to remind us of where we belong, and how proud we are of Devon. We are constantly looking to improve all areas...
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  • 21/10/20

    School Council Elections

    We want all children at Preston to understand Democracy. We want to ensure that they know the importance of getting your voice heard. One way we do this is through our school council. Yesterday, we had our first school council meeting for this year. At the meeting we celebrated the ch...
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  • 14/10/20

    Parent Teacher Meetings

    Dear Parents, At this time of year, we would normally be inviting you into school for a Parent Teacher Meeting. However, our Covid Risk Assessment does not allow for visitors into school. Therefore, we propose to use Zoom for individual video calls with Parents. The meetings will mostly be within...
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  • 09/10/20

    After School Activity Clubs

    School Clubs are important.  Life is much richer than the narrow agenda of reading, writing, and maths. These core subjects are important but augmented and improved by a rich palette of life experiences. Playing for the school football team raises confidence and self esteem. Unfortunately, d...
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  • 07/10/20

    PSHE Curriculum

    Dear Parents and Carers, Throughout October, our Relationships Education will focus on developing our children’s understanding of safe relationships. As part of this, each class will be discussing the NSPCC’s PANTS rules in our PSHE (personal, social, health, and economic education) l...
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  • 06/10/20

    Democracy

    Here at Preston we believe the children’s voices are important and should be heard. Our School Council is open to all children from Year 1 upwards. We are going to be holding our hustings before half term to allow the children to vote for their class school councillors. Your child needs to dec...
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  • 05/10/20

    Collaborative Learning

    Collaborative Learning: We are always looking to use our Learning Experiences to support our key aims: Love to Learn, Ready for Work, and Be a Good Citizen. Modern work places are designed to encourage collaboration. We want our learning spaces to reflect this, so that children are...
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  • 05/10/20

    Parent Questionnaire Results

    Thank you to all parents who completed our recent questionnaire. Over 95% of parents who responded thought School has communicated well through this challenging time. That is a great achievement for all the Team, and the children are the beneficiaries of that success. Over 98% of you are confident s...
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Address
Preston Primary School Academy
Old Paignton Road
Torquay
Devon
TQ2 6UY

Phone
01803 607075