St Gabriel’s Church of England Primary School

On Friday, Year 5 and 6 children from St Gabriel's represented our school in an ACE football tournament day. Schools from across Devon came together to compete in a boys and girls tournament.

The children were brilliantly behaved and were demonstrated the values of determination, leadership and compassion in all of their games.

Well done to all involved!

On Tuesday, Mr Toghill and Mr Claridge took a delegation of Year 5 children to the 2026 ACE COP climate event that was held at the University of Exeter.

Children from all 20 ACE schools were in attendance and listened to important climate messages from guest speakers. We learnt about plastic waste, biodiversity and the importance of saving energy.

They worked together in groups to create climate pledges that our schools will adhere to in order to help create a more sustainable future.

Our children were fantastic: their behaviour and contributions were exemplary.

A greener future for St Gabriel's.

Pine Class have been busy creating their own hanging baskets as part of our learning on flourishing, growth and responsibility. The children carefully planted and arranged the flowers, learning how to care for living things and understand what plants need to thrive. Over the coming weeks, they will take responsibility for watering and looking after the baskets, helping to brighten our school environment while watching their hard work grow and bloom.

A day to remember for everyone involved!

St Gabriel's hosted our first ever 'colour run' on Friday as a celebration of the start of the summer. It was a great fundraising opportunity for the Friends of St Gabriel's PTFA it was fantastic to see so many families involved, cheering children on and celebrating with us.

A huge thank you to the Friends of St Gabriel's who organised this event and will have created lasting memories for all of our school community!

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KS2 girls took part in a fantastic World Cup cricket tournament at Thorverton Cricket Club. Despite the shaky weather, the girls showed brilliant determination, teamwork and enthusiasm throughout the event. They competed in a range of cricket activities alongside other schools, developing their skills and working hard to earn points towards winning the World Cup. Their behaviour was excellent, and they represented the school amazingly from start to finish. Well done to everyone involved!

This week, St Gabriel's have had an outdoor gym and an outdoor table tennis table installed for our pupils.

Children will have free access to use this equipment in their break and lunch times and will also have extra PE sessions each week to promote health, fitness and well-being at school.

We will also be training up children to become fitness champions at school so that they can help their peers to keep fit and healthy!

Exciting changes are taking place at St Gabriel's this week. We are having an outdoor gym and an outdoor table tennis table installed on one of our playgrounds. Once this is officially opened, children will have additional PE sessions on this equipment each week as well as being able to use it during break and lunch times!