School Life

Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• CROSS COUNTRY

  Mon 01 Feb 2016

  On Friday 29th January our Year 5 and 6 Cross Country team ventured to Oreston School to take part in the first of the PAAC Cross Country league races. On a very wet and muddy field, the children competed against the other 6 Plymstock Primary Schools. First up were the Year 5s, with two top 10 finishers: Finley - 7th and Aimee - 2nd, gaining a super silver medal! Next up were the Year 6s, with three top 10 places: Cleo - 7th, Jack - 5th and Leah 3rd with a wonderful Bronze medal!

   

  Every single member of the team completed their very tough races and showed great commitment and determination throughout! We are very proud of you all!

   

  Look out for more Cross Country news as the next race is on Friday (5 February) at Wembury!

  

• Year 5&6 Dry-Land Rowing

  Mon 01 Feb 2016

  During January, Years 5 and 6 have been taking part in dry land rowing sessions as part of the sports provision we buy into which is offered by the Plymouth School Sports Partnership. During these sessions, the fastest rowers were selected to represent Pomphlett in the Plymouth Schools competition. This took place on Thursday 28th January at Plymstock School. Our team of 8 Year 6s took part in two events, an individual timed row and the team row.

   

  There were some outstanding results in the individual events, where every competitor raced as fast as they could to get the furthest distance in 2 minutes (Harrison - 3rd, Morgan - 5th, Leah - 6th, Cleo - 9th) with all distances counting towards the team score. Next came the tricky team rowing relay. This involved all team members rowing consecutively for 30 seconds, each on one rowing machine to get the furthest distance they could in 4 minutes. Smooth transitions were essential and teamwork a necessity to get the result they wanted! Once all the scores were added up from the 43 school teams that had entered, Pomphlett had achieved an amazing 4th place - only 3m behind the bronze medal position! So close!!!

   

  We are incredibly proud of everyone involved as they showed sheer grit and determination and fantastic Pomphlett teamwork. Well done to all members of the team, which, as well as those children already mentioned above, Jack , Anthony, Lauren and Elissa !

  

• 6-A-SIDE FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT

  Mon 01 Feb 2016
  On Monday 25th January our Year 5 and 6 football team ventured out to Goals to take part in the annual 6-a-side tournament. We played well, winning two matches, drawing two and losing two. This led us to finish third in the group and narrowly missing out on a place in the finals. A massive well done to the whole team (Jack, Oliver, James, Javier, Luke, Ben, Frank and Finley) who represented us incredibly well and were a credit to the school.

• Term Dates

  Tue 05 Jan 2016

  For those of you who like to be organised well in advance, please see our Term Dates section for the next two academic years; 2016-17 and 2017-18. Link below.

   

  http://www.pomphlettprimary.com/term-dates/

   

   

• Happy New Year!

  Mon 04 Jan 2016
  Happy New Year to everyone! Today is a non-pupil day with staff working hard preparing for the return of the children for the first day of term tomorrow, Tuesday 5th January. We look forward to seeing children and their parents and carers then.

• Pilgrim Pete Visits Pomphlett

  Fri 18 Dec 2015
  As part of Year 5's Sport, Move and Learn project, Pilgrim Pete came to visit Pomphlett Primary School. He met the children and promoted active living and healthy eating. The kids loved him!

  

• Christmas Fun!

  Fri 18 Dec 2015
  Father Christmas came to visit Pomphlett in the run up to Christmas and gave everyone a small gift! We also made Christingles for our carol service, with the other members of our house teams.

  

• CHRISTMAS PERFORMANCES

  Tue 24 Nov 2015

  This year, we are producing an Infant nativity play and a Junior carol concert to take place at different times and on different days.

   

  JUNIOR CAROL CONCERT - 2pm and 6:00pm on Wednesday 16th December :

  For each of the concerts, admission will be limited to two tickets per child. We will send these home towards the end of next week . (Please bear in mind that these performances are not intended for pre-school children.)

   

  INFANT NATIVITY PLAY 

  2pm on Monday 14th December : Parents/family of children with surnames beginning A to M

  2pm on Tuesday 15th December : Parents/family of children with surnames beginning N to Z

   

  (Please note that there will be no evening Infant performances due to the late finish times being unsuitable for our youngest children.)

   

• Website Launched

  Tue 10 Nov 2015
  Welcome to our brand new school website! We have created the website to keep parents up to date with school news and notices, and to showcase some of the great things our pupils are achieving. The website is extremely easy to edit by all staff at the school, so check back soon for new updates!

• Mighty Multi Skills in Key Stage 1

  Tue 03 Nov 2015
   

  12 children from Years 1 and 2 walked over to Plymstock on Wednesday 9th October to take part in the first PAAC Multi Skills event of the year.
  
  The children took part in events that tested their speed, agility and strength to earn points for our school.
  
  Leaders from Plymstock School helped with the activities and our children really benefited from working with older role models.
  
  Many thanks to Mrs Traylor and Mrs Aish who took them, and well done to all that took part.