Story Crafters After School Club
Over the Autumn term we will be hosting Story Crafters after school club for our older children provided by the fabulous Story Sense. Keep an eye out on our social media and on MCAS for more details of how to book!
School Menu Competition
Our school will be taking part in the Trust wide competition to plan a menu for a school lunch! The winning menu will be prepared by our kitchen and there are other prizes to be won too! We look forward to seeing some tasty menu ideas from our children!
Meet the Teacher events
We welcomed our families into our school for our Meet the Teacher events where they could see the new classrooms and find out more about the curriculum. Our teachers really enjoyed sharing this with the parents and carers.
Saints Southwest
Our PE provision continues to be through Saints Southwest who will also be offering the free After School Sports Club to all our children. This term our Year 3 children will be able to access this wonderful provision.
Razzmataz
We will be welcoming Razzmataz back into our school providing an opportunity for the children to explore their theatre and dancing skills.
Teddy Bear’s Picnic
We will be welcoming in our new Reception children for a Teddy Bear’s Picnic for them to bring in their favourite teddy to come and meet the teachers and other children, we look forwards to welcoming them to our school family
Paignton Library
Our Year 1 & Year 2 children will be taking part in an event at the library ‘Mossy Carpet Art Project’, educating children on a brighter, greener future and the importance of being ecologically minded citizens of the future. We will also have a visit from the library, explaining the Gadgeteer’s themed, Summer Reading Challenge to the children as well as many other events that are taking place there over the holidays.
St Michael’s Sports Day
Once again we are thrilled to be able to run our Sports Day at Paignton Rugby Club. Keep an eye on MCAS for further information!
PTA Summer Fete
Our fabulous PTA will be hosting their annual Summer Fete, we will publish more information nearer the time!
Toddler Group
After the success of our first ever toddler group, we are thrilled to announce two more dates in June! Keep an eye on our social media for more details!
Music sessions
Laura from ‘We Need Music’ will be continuing to come into our school to deliver music sessions to our nursery children!
Razzamataz for Year 1 children
This term our Year 1 children have another opportunity to engage with Razzamataz and explore their creative and theatrical sides!
Story Crafters After School Club
Over the summer term we are running a Story Crafters after school club for our Year 1 and Year 2 children provided by the fabulous Story Sense. Keep an eye out on our social media and on MCAS for more details of how to book!
Rugby and Cricket sessions
We are so lucky to link in with Paignton Rugby and Cricket Club for our Year 1 and Year 2 children to access cricket and rugby sessions over the coming summer term. This is such a great opportunity for the children to develop their gross motor skills and maybe a love of other sports they may not otherwise discover!
Beach School
This term our Reception children have an opportunity to take part in Beach School with Seaside Adventurers exploring the beach and learning about the animals and beach safety! They are really excited to take part in these wonderful sessions!
Steam Train and River Boat Cruise
Our annual school trip this year is to Dartmouth travelling by steam train and then river cruise. All the children are already super excited for this wonderful opportunity to explore our local community further.
Exciting new toddler group!
St Michael’s are pleased to announce we will be running a new toddler group here at the school-keep an eye out on our social media for the QR code and dates to book! We are thrilled that Story Sense will be running this group for us, such a wonderful opportunity to visit our school and meet new people.
Music sessions
We are thrilled to welcome in Laura from ‘We Need Music’ who will be providing music lessons for our nursery children, we can’t wait to listen to the beautiful sounds they create!
Walk to School Week
20th to 25th May is National Walk to School week, we will be actively encouraging you all to take part and experience the benefits of doing this!
Library visit
Our Year 2 children will be visiting Paignton Library again this year to learn all about strong women in history!
Razzamataz for Year 1 children
This term our Year 1 children have another opportunity to engage with Razzamataz and explore their creative and theatrical sides!
Story Crafters After School Club
Over the summer term we are running a Story Crafters after school club for our Year 1 and Year 2 children provided by the fabulous Story Sense. Keep an eye out on our social media and on MCAS for more details of how to book!
Rugby and Cricket sessions
We are so lucky to link in with Paignton Rugby and Cricket Club for our Year 1 and Year 2 children to access cricket and rugby sessions over the coming summer term. This is such a great opportunity for the children to develop their gross motor skills and maybe a love of other sports they may not otherwise discover!
Beach School
This term our Reception children have an opportunity to take part in Beach School with Seaside Adventurers exploring the beach and learning about the animals and beach safety! They are really excited to take part in these wonderful sessions!
Razzamataz Torbay
Razzamataz have been working hard with our Reception and Nursery children exploring their creativity and expressing themselves, it has been wonderful to see them all enjoying these sessions.
Class photos
Tempest Photography will be visiting our school to take our class photos, a wonderful memory to share with the children as they grow older!
Easter Church Service
On 27th March we have been invited to Paignton Parish Church for an Easter service. We look forward to seeing our families there to celebrate Easter with the children.
Easter Fayre
21st March will be our PTA Easter Fayre! We are looking forward to seeing all the stalls and games they will be setting up for us all! Please check MCAS for more details!
SWISCO Monster bin visit!
SWISCO Resource Futures will be visiting us at school to talk about all things recycling! We look forward to welcoming them in to talk about important topics like this!
Red Nose Day
15th March is Red Nose Day and this year our children will be dressing in a ‘mismatched’ theme and telling us a joke! Lots of laughs are expected!
British Science Week
11th March is British Science Week! Our children will be engaging in specific lessons on the topic of ‘time’, they are all really looking forwards to expanding their knowledge! Our children will learn all about different aspects of time and take part in some exciting experiments.
World Book Day
7th March is World Book Day and our wonderful PTA will be running a tombola and Book Swap for all our children. Here at St Michaels our children share a love of reading and are very excited to be able to bring in books from home to showcase to their friends.
Forest School
Our Nursery and Reception children have been enjoying exploring our new Forest School area. They have had lots of fun creating things from the materials available, lots of lovely happy smiles!
Razzamataz Torbay
Razzamataz have been working hard with our Year 1’s exploring their creativity and expressing themselves, it has been wonderful to see them all enjoying these sessions.
Chinese New Year
To celebrate Chinese New Year the amazing staff at Ellacombe will be providing us with a special menu to celebrate that day!
Razzamataz Torbay
Razzamataz will be working with our Year 1’s again this term. The children absolutely love joining in and expressing themselves.
Forest School
We will be having our first Forest School this term on our premises. Our Reception and Nursery children are looking forward to exploring our lovely Forest School area
Razzamataz Torbay
Razzamataz are back to work with our Nursery and Reception children this term, they are all so excited to see them again!
The Thrive Project
As members of our community we are keen to reach out to local groups in Paignton and we look forward to welcoming The Thrive Project in to talk to the children
Open Wide Step Inside
We are looking forward to welcoming the Dental Outreach Team to meet with our Year 2 students and talk about the importance of dental hygiene
Christmas Jumper Day
Once again we are taking part in Christmas Jumper Day. We look forward to seeing all the sparkle and festive fun.
Christmas Dinner
Ellacombe kitchen are cooking up a feast for all the children for our Christmas meal. We can’t wait to sample the amazing food!
Nativity
As last year we are once again performing our Christmas Nativity at Paignton Parish Church, with added numbers as our school has grown keep an eye out for the date announcement!
Christmas Tree Decoration Competition
As last year our competition is back for the children to make homemade decorations for our trees! We can’t wait to see all the amazing creations made with love!
School photos
Tempest Photography will be coming into school again to take our school photos, we shall send a message with the dates via MCAS.
Razzamataz
We are so fortunate that Razzamataz will be delivering dance and drama for the whole academic year! It is wonderful to see the children smiling and expressing themselves through dance!
Christmas Carol Celebration at Paignton Library
We are thrilled to be invited back to Paignton Library to take part in a carol celebration. Last year the children did so well singing in public and they are enthusiastically practising for this year!
Parent Teacher Consultations
All parents/carers for our children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 are invited in to meet the class teachers. This is such a wonderful opportunity for them to ask any questions about the curriculum and how they can support learning.
Razzamataz
Our Year 2 children have been enjoying their dance and drama sessions with Razzamataz, they have all come out talking about how much fun they had!
Beach School
This month our Year 1 children have another opportunity to take part in Beach School with Seaside Adventurers exploring the beach and learning about the animals and beach safety!
Meet the Teacher events
We welcomed our families into our school for our Meet the Teacher events where they could see the new classrooms and find out more about the curriculum. Our teachers really enjoyed sharing this with the parents and carers.
Razzamataz
Last year we welcomed Razzamataz into our school and the children loved the drama and dance sessions with them. Our parents even attended a showcase they put on to demonstrate the fun things they learned! This year they are back and we can’t wait to see what they showcase this term!
Beach School
We are super lucky to have the beach on our doorstep and Seaside Adventurers are once again hosting Beach School for the children! All our children loved this experience last year and we are so pleased our new children will also have this opportunity!
Sports for Schools event
Our school are excited to be hosting Will Bjergfelt, a GB Paralympic cyclist who will be coming in and running a sportivator event including fitness circuits, a change to hear his incredible story and journey as an athlete and ask him questions! Keep an eye out for the sponsorship pack coming home with the children!
School Menu Competition
Our school will be taking part in the Trust wide competition to plan a menu for a school lunch! The winning menu will be prepared by our kitchen and there are other prizes to be won too! We look forward to seeing some tasty menu ideas from our children!
Start of term - 8th September 2021
Half Term - 25th - 29th October 2021
End of term: 17th December 2021
Start of term - 4th January 2022
Bank Holiday - 21st - 25th February 2022
End of term - 9th April 2022
Start of term - 25th April 2022
Bank Holiday - 2nd May 2022
Half Term - 30th May - 3rd June 2022
Non Pupil Days - 6th - 10th June 2022
End of term - 25th July 2022