Calendar of School Events

 Year 2023/2024

2024 - Summer Term

15th April - Summer Term starts

15th April - Year 6 parents' evening - 1

16th April - Year 1 swimming @ Mount Kelly pm (1 of 8)

17th April - Year 6 parents' evening - 2

18th April - Year 1 swimming @ Mount Kelly pm (2 of 8)

19th April- No Celebration assembly

22nd to 26th April Book Fair from 3.15pm daily

22nd April - After School Activity Clubs for Summer term start

23rd April - National Childhood Measurement Programme (height & weight) for Reception & Year 6

23rd April - Year 1 swimming @ Mount Kelly pm (3 of 8)

24th April -  Reception class Eye Screening - NHS Trust

24th April - Full Governing Body Meeting @ 6pm

25th April - Year 1 swimming @ Mount Kelly pm (4 of 8)

26th April- No Celebration assembly

26th April - Football Horrabridge v Princetown - kick-off 3.30pm

30th April - Year 1 swimming @ Mount Kelly pm (5 of 8)

1st May - Dartmoor Zoo trip- Nursery & Reception classes

2nd May - Year 1 swimming @ Mount Kelly pm (6 of 8)

2nd May - Cricket Festival @ Whitchurch Cricket Club  - Year 4

3rd May- Year 3 Class Assembly @ 9am - all welcome

6th May - School closed for May Day B/H

7th May - Year 1 swimming @ Mount Kelly pm (7 of 8)

9th May - Year 1 swimming @ Mount Kelly pm (8 of 8)

10th May- Year 1 Class Assembly @ 9am - all welcome

13th May - Year 6 SATs week

13th May to 16th May - Year 6 SATs Breakfast Club

13th May - 'Bury the Giant' Moorland activity programme - Year 5

16th May - Buckland Abbey trip - Year 2

17th May- Year 4 Class Assembly @ 9am - all welcome

17th May - Year 3 Roman Workshop (in school)

23rd may - Girls' Devon County Finals @ Devon FA Headquarters - some Yrs 3/4 & 5/6 

24th May- Year Reception Class Assembly @ 9am - all welcome

24th May - Break for half Term

3rd June - 2nd half of Summer term

6th June - Marjon Hockey- Plymouth schools - some years 3 to 6 

7th June - Year 5 Class Assembly @ 9am - all welcome

7th June - Quad Kids in school - some years 3 to 6

12th June - Full Governing Body Meeting @ 6pm

14th June - Year 2 Class Assembly @ 9am - all welcome

17th June - Tempest photography - Class & Team photos

21st June - Year 6 Class Assembly @ 9am - all welcome

21st June - SPORTS DAY 1 pm prompt start (reserve date 28th June)

27th June - Year 6 Prom 6-9pm

27th June -  Governors Finance Committee Meeting @ 6pm

28th June - Whole School Singing Assembly @ 9am - all welcome

28th June - RESERVE SPORTS DAY 1 pm prompt start (if cancelled on 21st)

28th June - After School Activity Clubs for Summer term finish

5th July - Music Assembly @ 9am - all welcome

10th July - Full Governing Body Meeting @ 6pm

12th July - No Celebration Assembly

12th July - School Reports sent out via parent mail 

19th July - No Celebration Assembly

23rd July - Year 6 & Leavers Assembly @ 2pm

23rd July - Break for Summer holiday

2024 - Spring Term

4th January 2024 - Spring Term starts

5th January - Year 5  Class trip to the Eden Project

10th January - Year 2-Samuel Pepys/Great Fire of London Workshop in school

12th January - No school assembly

15th January - Bikeability Week- for years 1, 3 & 5

15th january - Swimming practice session @ Mount Kelly - some Yrs 5/6

15th January - After School Activity Clubs for Spring term start

16th January - Parent/Carer Meting for Sailing Activity Week 2024 @ 4.30pm 

17th January - Full Governing Body Meeting @ 6pm

19th January - No school assembly

19th January - Ability Games @ Bere Alston Primary am - 8 x KS2 pupils

22nd January - Cluster League Football @ Manadon - some Years 3/4

23rd January - Girls' friendly football match @ Bickley - some 5/6s

25th January - Tavistock Swimming Gala - some Year 5/6s

26th January - Schools' Cup Finals @ Newton Abbot - some Years 5/6s

25th January -  Governors Finance Committee Meeting @ 6pm

26th January - Year 3 Class Assembly - starts 9am

31st January - Bus trip to Tavistock library for Reception & Weds am Nursery children

31st January - Under 11 Devon Boys' Hockey @ Blundells School - some Years 5/6

1st February - Girls' Football - Knockout Cup Round 2  - Some Years 5/6

1st February - Year 2 Parents/Carers invited to hear stories written by the children @ 3pm

2nd February - Year 5 Class trip to Plymouth Synagogue

5th February - Football Friendly v Argyle Development Team - some Yr 5s

6th February -  Parents' Evening (not for Years 1 or 6)

7th February - Year 3 class trip to PIETY Islamic Centre & The Box-Plymouth

7th February - Year 5 'Bird Box Building' @ Burrator Centre

7th February -  Parents' Evening (not for Years 1 or 6)

8th February - Year 6 class trip to RAF Harrowbeer

8th February - X-Country @The Meadows, Tavistock - some Yr 3-6s

9th February - Year 2 Class Assembly - starts 9am

9th February - Break for half term

19th February - 2nd half of Spring term

21st February - Year 3 Computing Event in Tavistock 

21st February - Full Governing Body Meeting @ 6pm

23rd February - Year 6 Class Assembly - starts 9am -CANCELLED

26th February -Cluster League Football @ Manadon - some year 5/6 boys

28th February - Year 1 class trip to Dartmoor Zoo

23rd February - West Devon Netball Final - some Yr 5/6

1st March - Year 4 Class Assembly - starts 9am

1st March - X-Country @ Whitchurch School - some Year 1 & 2s

7th March - WORLD BOOK DAY

7th March - 'Sharing Book Morning' for World Book Day 8.45 to 9.05 for R, Yr 1 & Yr 2

7th March - X-Country @ Whitchurch Down - some Years 3-6

8th March - Year R Class Assembly - starts 9am

12th March - Quick Sticks Hockey @ Mount Kelly - some Years 4-6

13th March - 'Flute Cocktail' performing to whole school @ 9 am

15th March - Comic Relief - Red Nose Day - Mufti - red clothing 

15th March - Year 5 Class Assembly - starts 9am

15th March - Football friendly v Princetown Primary -after school - POSTPONED

18th March - Year 2 class trip to Deer Park Farm

19th March - Parents' Assembly - Tavistock library @ 8.45am

19th March - Year 1 Class trip to Buckland Abbey 

20th March -  Netball County Finals @ Paignton - some Year 5/6

20th March - 'Storm in a Teapot' performed by Boo to a Goose Theatre for Recp & KS1

20th March - Full Governing Body Meeting @ 6pm

21st March -  Governors Finance Committee Meeting @ 6pm

22nd March - Whole school Singing assembly @ 9am -each class will perform

22nd March - After School Activity Clubs for Spring term finish

24th March - Tavy 13 final mile (13th) in the Meadows Tavistock @ 10am

25th March - Mixed Team Football Event @ Manadon - some Years 5/6

25th March - Handbells @ Blackdown Nursing Home - Handbells ASC

25th March - Year 1 Parents' Evening (re-arranged)

26th March - Walk for World Worm Week - for Nursery (am), Reception & Year 1

26th March - X-Country @ Yelverton

26th March - School Talent Show starts 6pm

27th March -  Whole School Easter Assembly @ 9.30am

27th March - Year 1 Parents' Evening (re-arranged)

28th March -  Year 1 Class Assembly- starts 9am (re-arranged date)

28th March - Break for Easter

2023 - Autumn Term: (saved)

6th September 2023 ~ Autumn Term begins term begins

13th September - Roald Dahl Day - fancy dress & special lunch menu

13th September - Year 2 trip to Wembury Beach

13th September - Year 1 Phonics & Reading Meeting @ 2.30pm

18th September - After School Activity Clubs for Autumn  start

18th to 22nd September - Year 5 Sailing Week

19th September - 'Meet the Team' meeting for Years 3 & 4 @3.30pm

20th September - Reception Phonics & Reading Meeting @ 2.30pm

20th September- Full Governing Body Meeting @ 6pm

21st September - Multi Skills for Year 2 @ Bere Alston Primary School - am

22nd September - 'Meet the Team' meeting for Years 1 & 2 @ 3.30pm

25th September -  some Year 5 & 6 to Girls' Cluster League Football @ Manadon

26th September  -  Year 3 Swimming @ Mount Kelly pm (1 of 8)

27th September - Year 6 Junior Life Skills (am)

27th September - Year 2 Phonics & Reading Meeting @ 2.30pm

27th September - 'Meet the Team' meeting for Years 5 & 6 @3.30pm

28th September  -  Year 3 Swimming @ Mount Kelly pm (2 of 8)

29th September - PTFA Coffee & Cake fundraiser for Macmillan Cancer Support @ 3.15pm

2nd October - Year 6 Residential Week @ Beam House

3rd October  -  Year 3 Swimming @ Mount Kelly pm (3 of 8)

5th October  -  Year 3 Swimming @ Mount Kelly pm (4 of 8)

5th October - Year 2 poem sharing for National Poetry Day@2.45pm

6th October -  Year 5 Class Assembly starts 9am

10th & 11th October - Ofsted Inspection

10th October  -  Year 3 Swimming @ Mount Kelly pm (5 of 8)

10th October - Large Schools' Football Tournament - Tavistock

11th October ~ Harvest Festival Assembly 9am - whole school

12th October  -  Year 3 Swimming @ Mount Kelly pm (6 of 8)

14th October -  Annual Handbells Festival @ Lamerton some Years 4,5 & 6's

16th October - Tempest Photography - individual & family photos

16th October - Years 5 & 6 Girls' Cluster League Football Finals

17th October -  Girls' Football Tournament - Tavistock - some Years 3 to 6

17th October  -  Year 3 Swimming @ Mount Kelly pm (7 of 8)

17th October -  Parents' Evening 

18th October -  Parents' Evening

18th October Full Governing Body Meeting @ 6pm 

19th October  -  Year 3 Swimming @ Mount Kelly pm (8 of 8)

20th October -  Year 3 Class Assembly starts 9am

20th October - Break for half-term

30th October - 2nd half of Autumn term

30th October - PTFA 'Awesome Autumn Hygge Crafternoon' for Years R to 6 @ 4.15-6.15

1st November - MUFTI DAY in exchange for donations for the 'Shoe Box Appeal'

1st November - High 5 Netball Tournament - some year 5/6

3rd November -  Year 1 Class Assembly starts 9am

7th November  -  Year 5 Swimming @ Mount Kelly pm (1 of 8)

9th November  -  Year 5 Swimming @ Mount Kelly pm (2 of 8)

9th November - Governors Finance Committee Meeting @ 6pm

10th November - Reception, Year 1 & 2 invite to parents to 'Come in and read with your child' from 8.45 to 9.05 am

10th November - Anglo-Saxon Workshop (in school) - Year 4

10th November -  Year 6 Class Assembly starts 9am

14th November  -  Year 5 Swimming @ Mount Kelly pm (3 of 8)

16th November  -  Year 5 Swimming @ Mount Kelly pm (4 of 8)

16th November - Year 5 Beam House 2024 Information Meeting @ 4:30 pm

17th November - MUFTI DAY - BBC Children in Need Appeal

17th November - Year 1 class trip to Tavistock

17th November -  Year 4 Class Assembly starts 9am

21st  November - Nasal flu vaccinations in school for R to Year 6 (online form - you must opt in)

21st November  -  Year 5 Swimming @ Mount Kelly pm (5 of 8)

22nd November - Bouldering Event @ Milton Abbot - pm - some Years 5/6

22nd November - Full Governing Body Meeting @ 6pm

23rd November ~ Year 2 Class Assembly starts 9am

23rd November  -  Year 5 Swimming @ Mount Kelly pm (6 of 8)

24th November -  Reception Class Assembly starts 9am

24th November - Year 4 Music Workshop @ Yelverton Church Hall

24th November - After School Activity Clubs for Autumn term finish

27th  November - Space Lab Mobile Planetarium - some Nursery,Years R, 1 & 5

27th November - Cluster League Football @ Manadon - some Years 1/2

28th November  -  Year 5 Swimming @ Mount Kelly pm (7 of 8)

29th November - Themed Lunch Menu chosen by Year 5

29th November - Christmas Tree decorating - Tavistock (some children from sewing club)

30th November - Girls' Knockout Cup Football - some Years 5/6

30th November  - Year 5 Swimming @ Mount Kelly pm (8 of 8)

30th November -  Hockey Friendlies @ Marjon - evening event (some Yrs 5/6)

1st December - PTFA Mufti Day in exchange for tombola prizes for Christmas Fayre

1st December - Friendly Football matches @ Bickley School (some Yr 5/6 boys)

1st December -  NO SCHOOL ASSEMBLY TODAY

1st December -  Official opening - Christmas Tree Festival in Tavistock (some children from sewing club)

3rd December - Hama Bead Club Christmas Tree Decoration - 3pm

3rd December - School Choir & Handbells Performance @ Christmas Tree Celebration, Horrabridge  - 5pm

4th December - Cluster League Finals @ Manadon - (some Yr 1/2 boys)

4th December - School Choir & Handbells to perform at Moorgate Residential Home

5th December - Sportshall Athletics @ Tavistock College (some Yrs 5/6)

5th December - Bettinson Cup Football @ Marjon (some Yr 5/6 boys)

5th December - Fire & Rescue talk for Years 2 & 5 - pm

6th December  -  Year 3 trip to Kents Cavern

6th December - Christingle Service in St John the Baptist Church @ 6pm 

7th December - Christmas Jumper Day -for 'Save the Children' charity

7th December -  Whole School Music Assembly starts 9am (new date)

7th December - Christmas Lunch 

8th December -  Whole School Singing Assembly starts 9am (moved from 1/12/23)

8th December - Handbell ringing @ Christmas Tractor Run Event - Tavistock FC

11th December - Themed Lunch Menu chosen by Year 2

11th December - School Choir & Handbells to perform at Pilcher's Field Residential Home

12th December - Nativity Play - Nursery, Reception & KS1 - performances

@ 9.30am & 6pm

12th December - Plymouth Uni Literacy Workshop - some KS2 children

11th December - Themed Lunch Menu chosen by Year 2

14th December - School Choir & Handbells to perform at the Drop-In Centre, Horrabridge 

15th December - Break for Christmas & New Year (no assembly today)