News & Events
Early Years Foundation Stage at St Christopher’s
Our St Christopher’s Early Years Foundation Stage (known as EYFS) Nursery and Reception classes are in a fabulous position within the school with dedicated indoor and outdoor spaces, where children enjoy a happy, calm and safe environment which is also stimulating and fun. Happy children learn well We believe that ‘happy children learn well,’…
Our Christmas Nativity Performance
After weeks of planning, practising, making and preparing, the day of our school Nativity play finally arrived. This year’s performance did not disappoint. It took place at Pennywell and it was a wonderful performance. We’re so proud of all the children and grateful too to all the helpers. Everyone put in so much time to…
Father Christmas Visit
Its been a few years since Father Christmas has managed to get back into the Grotto…but today he did and the kids loved it!
World Cup Fever
World cup fever has hit St Christopher’s this week with the start of the actual competition. Each class randomly drew a country participating in the world cup and their task was to decorate their classrooms and find out some facts for their respective country. Various subjects are using their time to assist such as ICT,…
House Tag Rugby
Last week we hosted our annual Inter House tag rugby tournament with all pupils from Preps 3-6 involved. The house captains selected their teams, led the warm up and made sure everyone had an opportunity to play. The matches were tight affairs with only one game being won by more than two tries. Eventually the…
Walk from Totnes
What a lovely morning we had for our walk from Totnes to Staverton in aid of the Kanyike Project. Each class was given a bucket of water to carry so they understood a little of what it might be like to have to go and fetch water for the village of Magajo. At the time…
Devon Schools Table Tennis
Last week our boys and girls table tennis teams were successful in winning the Devon schools team championships and now go forward to represent Devon in the South West finals on the 15th January. We took 16 pupils to Plymouth to make up two teams in both categories, a great achievement for a school our…
The Leaf Man’s got to go where the wind blows
We have been reading the Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert. After we read the story, with great excitement, the children explored the school grounds for fallen leaves and sticks to create their own Leaf Man. As the wind blew their leaf men away, we sent a postcard to their leaf family to tell of their…
Harvest Festival
This year our wonderful harvest festival raised £430.60 for The Kanyike Project. Thank you to all the Parents and Children who donated so generously. The pictures below show what a great service it was accompanied by some fantastic singing which can be viewed on our Vimeo channel https://vimeo.com/stchristophersprepschool.
It’s Okay to be Different
We have been celebrating our differences in Prep Reception by reading the wonderful book by Todd Parr, ‘It’s Okay to be Different.’ We have discussed what we look like, what we are good at and have each decided on unique ways to colour our own portrait. In Prep Reception we celebrate diversity and promote character…
