St Mary's C of E (Aided) Primary School, Pulborough

Investigating the Earth's crust in Geography
Visits to learn more about St Mary's church
Practical Science helps the children to deepen their knowledge and understanding
KS1 explored their senses by designing sensory gardens. The plan, design and making were all important steps in the process.
Using a range of materials in outdoor learning to develop fine motor skills and experimenting with making bowls
We treasure each child and enable them to flourish, using their God-given potential.
Keelboating in Chichester Harbour
Chichester Harbour - Y5 residential
Book Fayre
Swimming - part of the PE curriculum
Translating Mandarin for a poetry day at CH
Year 1 writing
Buddy Reading
Year 6 writing outcomes
Forgiveness - reflecting on our values

Yr 3 Giacometti-style sculptures, based on the figures at Pompeii
Art work based on coral from the topic of 'Beneath the waves'.
Using all of the gym equipment in the Hall.
Following our recent OFSTED report we are now a 'Good' school in all areas and in overall effectiveness.
Forest school - den-building...
Egyptian masks as part of the children's Design and Technology
We are keen to tell the children more about the world in which they live and how they can protect our planet
Many more children are developing their vocabulary through reading and high quality texts
We love to read!
Year of Faith Jan 25
Visit to The Anchorage - speaking and listening opportunities
Well-being warriors
Fairtrade Fortnight
Supporting transition to secondary schools
Establishing secure foundations for EYFS
Finding out about our world - using fine motor skills
Easter Play - the value of drama opportunities
Visit to Hove synagogue - finding out about other religions

Science Wall in the school hall...
Space exploration
The new History Timeline will help the children to identify important events in history, both locally and internationally
Pupil voice - our voices are important when we think about what we want to learn about our half termly topics
Story stones are great for sequencing stories and retelling.
Maths curriculum
Swimming lessons
Talented Athletes programme
Fossils - art outcomes
Coral sculptures - art outcomes
Peter Thorpe - Artist study
Adaptations and strong foundations in Maths
Playing the ukulele - we can do it!
Choir at The Anchorage
Using boomwackers to enhance our musical knowledge of notation
Role play in EYFS

Welcome to St Mary's C of E (Aided) Primary School, Pulborough

Welcome - We hope you enjoy your visit to our website. We are a happy and successful village primary school, passionate about the well-being and learning of our children. We live by our mission statement:

'We treasure each child and enable them to flourish, using their God-given potential, establishing a secure foundation for them to thrive in a rapidly changing world. We are a Christ-centred school, with a child-centred curriculum where wisdom and love guide and influence learning and teaching for our whole community.'

Our unique selling points are:
Well-resourced Early Years, 12 well-resourced classrooms, a reading scheme linked to our phonics scheme, two large, fully equipped assembly/PE halls, an extensive field for all children to use, wireless laptops, tablets, VR headsets and Chromebooks, a pastoral support room to meet the needs of the children with play and art therapist, interactive screens in every classroom, a quiet garden area, a Forest School site for outdoor learning, Early Birds Breakfast Club and Roosters after-school provision, a swimming pool on site, strong, established links with St Mary's Church, Big Top for the end of year production, evidence-based interventions , half-termly curriculum topics linked to progression of skills and knowledge and a dedicated PTA who support the school in a variety of ways.

Our Christian values for the first half of the Spring Term are

''Humility, Service and Forgiveness"

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