The children have been working hard all Autumn to raise a whopping £1,375 for Guide Dogs. Charlotte and her ex-guide dog, Tina, came to meet the children and find out how much they had raised. Charlotte was overwhelmed by the children's hard work and the parents' generosity. We have now ... Read More
Dedicated to the Discovery of Excellence in each child.
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Jan2025
20
Nov2023
Classes 3 and 4 visited the University recently to take part in a workshop on life-saving skills, specifically using CPR. They learnt a lot of valuable information and were all keen to have a go at trying out their new skills.
26
Jun2023
We are so proud of the Fletewood School choir who, this weekend, joined the Plymouth Philharmonic Choir to sing Andrew Carter's Benedicite. They sounded amazing and were an absolute credit to the school. Well done, boys and girls. You were all incredible!
19
May2023
A huge congratulations to our budding football superstar, Minnie-Beau, for being selected to play in the IFA (Independent Football Academy). After going through two trials, you were selected for the academy to work alongside Plymouth Argyle. The only girl chosen! You have done amazingly well and we are so proud ... Read More
08
Feb2023
Wow! We are so proud of our children! They took part in the TTRockstars competition last week to see which school was best at times tables. Even though we have such a small school, we came 10th out of the 2,889 schools that took part, 9th out of the 2,688 ... Read More
25
Nov2022
Congratulations to all the children of Fletewood School for winning the Summer Reading Challenge prize of £100 worth of books for the third year running! Some of our house captains had a great time selecting new books for the school. Well done, everyone! Here's to another amazing challenge next summer!
04
Jul2022
What a fantastic day we had for Sports Day this year! The weather behaved itself and the children were amazing! Thank you to our amazing parents for joining in with the parents' races. You looked particularly great in the clown race...! It was wonderful to be able to visit Mount ... Read More
20
May2022
Thank you to an amazing PTFA for organising and running a fabulous evening for the quiz and cuisine night last night. There was so much delicious food to enjoy and a great quiz to take part in. The children had as much fun as the adults! And well done ... Read More
06
Aug2020
A huge thank you to all of the staff for giving up some of their time this summer to help with decorating areas of the school. You all did a fine job! A big thank you, too, to Mr McInnes for lending us his equipment and expertise with the power ... Read More
09
Jun2020
The children had a great time celebrating World Ocean Day. There were lots of activities for them to take part in as well as learning more about our oceans and how we can help look after them.
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19
May2020
I am pleased to be able to share with you all an article written by the Pilgrims' Friend Society about the amazing connection some of the children of Fletewood School have made with residents of Bethany Christian Home in Plymouth. Enjoy!
https://www.pilgrimsfriend.org.uk/news/benefits-of-letter-writing-during-covid-19
05
Mar2020
What a great day, today! Fantastic costumes and fun activities. The children enjoyed sharing books with each other down in Class 1 and 2. A child from each class was chosen by the staff to win the best costume prizes. The winners also got to visit GA Solicitors in Plymouth ... Read More
02
Mar2020
We started our weekly Parent and Toddler Group in Class 1 today. We had four new children come and play with us and everyone had a great time. I am looking forward to seeing everyone again next week with hopefully a few new faces! Thank you to all who could ... Read More
02
Mar2020
Classes 3 and 4 were fortunate to be given the opportunity to experience a live chamber orchestra concert at Plymouth University this week, as part of the Children's University scheme. They were keen to learn that Plymouth has a youth orchestra and I am hoping that some of our budding ... Read More
28
Jan2020
We had great fun celebrating Chinese New Year on Friday. The parents were fantastic and provided delicious food for the whole school. A huge thank you to everyone who helped out, including a few parents who came in to do some craft activities with the children as well. This is ... Read More
08
Nov2019
Class 4 was honoured this week to receive a visit from Dr Alan Robinson, an inventor, who came to talk to them in relation to the theme they are studying this term. The children were blown away by some of the things Dr Robinson had to say and were excited ... Read More
10
Oct2019
On Friday the 4th October we celebrated our annual Harvest Festival. This year we held the programme in the church and invited a few people from the community to join us. ... Read More
10
Oct2019
Congratulations, we did it again. For the 2nd year running we have won the prize for the highest percentage of pupil participation in the Library Summer Reading Challenge. Well Done everybody.
05
Jul2019
Between 13th July and 14th September children are encouraged to visit their local library and read 6 books over the summer holidays. Lets get as many children as possible involved again and see if we can win the prize, for the second year running, for the highest percentage of participation. ... Read More
06
Jun2019
We now have the litter pickers that we applied for and Class 2 put them to good use yesterday, picking up litter around the school. They managed to collect 2 bags of rubbish! Thank you, Class 2. The rest of the school will take turns picking litter in our local ... Read More
17
May2019
MVV Environment (Devonport Energy from Waste Incinerator)
Fletewood School has been given the opportunity to create some art work relating to Reduce, Re-use, Recycle our waste. Look out for this art on the side of the MVV Environment building in the not too distant future!... Read More
13
May2019
Thanks to the great work of the PTFA and the support of all our parents, we have finally raised enough money to have new playground markings put down! The markings went down today and the children are already having a great time using them.
26
Apr2019
After spending the term studying fashion through the ages the children in Class Three put on a fund-raising Fashion Show and afternoon tea.
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11
Feb2019
The school council representatives were able to visit the Library Service to collect our prize for winning the Summer Reading Challenge - we had the highest percentage of children complete the challenge in the city! Well done, children! I promised I'd double the prize money of £100 if we won, ... Read More
11
Dec2018
The school choir went around some local neighbourhoods last weekend to spread some Christmas cheer to the residents. They sang beautifully and raised £40 in only an hour! Well done, girls. And thank you to all of the adult helpers, too! Then it was back to Mrs Gray's house for ... Read More
12
Oct2018
Congratulations to Fletewood School for winning the highest percentage of pupil participation in the Libraries Summer Reading Scheme.
06
Jul2018
Starting next Saturday the children can visit their local library and take part in the Dennis the Menace reading challenge. All they need to do is read six books over the summer. The library also offers a prize to the school with the largest proportion of pupils taking part. Come ... Read More
11
May2018
This morning Sarah visited our school to teach the children life saving skills. They learnt how to do CPR and the benefits of using a defibrillator. They also learnt how to stay safe in these situations by always involving an adult they know and trust.... Read More
09
Feb2018
Gong xi fatt chai.
Today we have celebrated Chinese New Year - Year of the Dog. We have had great entertainment and good food provided by our parents. Xie Xie (Thank you).
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03
Nov2017
This year 24 of our pupils joined in the summer reading scheme that the Plymouth City Library ran. Well done to every body that took part.
19
Jul2017
Luke won the Seymour Diligence award.
Keisha won the top award for Accelerated Reader.
Jian Yu won the Wheeler Courtesy award.
14
Jul2017
Congratulations Jerusalem, winning team for this academic year. However, every one did well with all houses scoring over 4000 points.
30
Jun2017
During 2017 the school has been working towards receiving the Healthy Child Quality Mark. We are pleased to announce that we have now achieved our Bronze award. When we come back in September we will be aiming for GOLD.
26
Jun2017
Dear Parents,
Sports' Day will be going ahead as planned, tomorrow. Please check your e-mail for more details. Thank you.
15
Jun2017
Visited Porthcurno Museum. Learnt about World War 2 and about the telecommunications system in the valley.
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14
Jun2017
12
Jun2017
Visited Tehidy Park. Spent time building den's in the woods and then a walk in the river for some.
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19
May2017
On Thursday 18th May the children enjoyed a visit from Simon James. They were captivated by his presentation.
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05
May2017
The whole school enjoyed a presentation from two local Life Guards on Tuesday 25th April. They taught them how to be safe around water and what to do if they found themselves in difficulty.
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04
Apr2017
We had a fantastic display of Easter Bonnets, it was a difficult job to pick the four winners.
24
Mar2017
A great time was had by all at our recent Fundraising meal on Wednesday 22nd March. The children did a good job with the food preparation and after dinner entertainment.
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06
Mar2017
The children had a fantastic time learning more about painting, today. We were fortunate to have local artist, Rosie Cunningham, visit us and teach the children about different styles and techniques. You will be able to view the finished pieces at our Art Extravaganza towards the end of the term. ... Read More
02
Mar2017
We have a lot of famous book characters attending school today. Well done to everyone.
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27
Jan2017
On Thursday 26th January Paul Treble came into school to talk to Class Three about Oceans and Diving. They learnt lots and enjoyed the hour very much. Paul also brought a cup into school that had been taken down to where the Titanic sank to show the effects of the ... Read More
22
Nov2016
On Friday 18th November 'Emazdad' visited Fletewood to present a special Road Safety assembly to the whole school.As you will see from the pictures the children had a great time and learnt a lot about how they should behave around roads.... Read More
04
Nov2016
Well done to all of our pupils who took part in the Summer Reading Scheme run by Plymouth City Library. Each child received their certificate during today's morning assembly.
14
Oct2016
Just one week on from our Harvest Festival and the total raised for Shekinah has now increased to £1670.00. This is absolutely amazing. Well done everybody! Look out for a picture in the Plymouth Herald.
07
Oct2016
The children and parents of Fletewood School exceeded their target of £500 for Shekinah Mission by raising £1132.97 and still counting. The produce and money was given as part of our Harvest Festival celebration. Well done to everybody involved.
23
Sep2016
Today we have had a visit from the Children's University encouraging children to take part and be involved in extra curricular activities. We will be sending out a letter soon giving further details.
15
Sep2016
Francesca, Class One's chicken, has laid her first egg on Tuesday 13th September. She is now 25 weeks old.
22
Jun2016
Thank you to everyone who was able to join us for Sports Day. The children had a great time and all showed great sportsmanship, joining in with all of the races. Well done, boys and girls!
10
Jun2016
A wonderful week was had by all! It was great to see so many parents support us and come to join in with the fun.
27
Jan2016
Classes 3 and 4 had a Maths Fun Day recently where the teachers planned a full day of exciting activities involving code breaking and team work, culminating in finding hidden treasure! The pupils looked at shapes, co-ordinates, shopping, weighing and capacity throughout the day and had great fun working on ... Read More
08
Jan2016
Class Four have received an award for being in the top 100 classes out of 200,000 classes worldwide for IXL usage, an on-line learning forum for developing and consolidating maths skills. What an amazing achievement! Well done, children!
02
Oct2015
This year, our chosen charity is CLIC Sargent. The children have spent time learning about how our bodies work and how sometimes things go wrong and some children can need extra care to cope with cancer. The children have raised an amazing £1000 this year! Our best effort yet! A ... Read More
29
Sep2015
A huge well done to all of our year 6 children this year. Every one of them passed the 11+. An amazing achievement! We are proud of you all and wish you every success for the future.
29
Sep2015
Class One have been expanding their range of healthy snacks at snack time. To see a full list of what they can now bring to school, please see Class One’s page.