About this curriculum

The variety of topics covered in PSHE lessons include relationships & sex education, money, personal health, social issues and drug awareness – providing children with vital information to live a healthy life. At Manadon, we feel that an awareness of these topics is crucial to provide children with an understanding of the world we live in and how they can stay safe.

Our staff feel it is important that resilience, confidence and independence are highlighted as attributes that should be developed in our pupils. Moreover, their skill and professionalism enables them to select a wide range of appropriate resources to support and encourage all learners. 

As a school, we are inclusive and support many different charities throughout the year, with children participating in a huge range of fund raising activities.

Furthermore, upper key stage 2 are encouraged to explore wider life issues in preparation for secondary school and beyond. Indeed, we feel proud that through our PSHE curriculum and the ethos of Mrs Gilbride and the whole school team, our children at Manadon leave us as kind, discerning, confident and well-balanced individuals.

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🌊Our ocean art will be on display in the school hall from 3.15 today. We have so many wonderful artists at Manadon, we can’t wait to show you our beautiful artwork from across the school 🎨
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🌞Year 2 Parents reminder🌞 We are really excited about our Plymouth Hoe trip Tomorrow!!! The children can wear sensible mufti clothes and shoes/trainers. It looks like it will be a hot day so please ensure shoulders are covered and no sandals/flip flops. All children will need to wear a sun hat please. Please can you ensure that your child has sunscreen applied before coming to school and they can bring some cream in a named bottle for topping up if necessary during the day in their rucksack. Lunch is being provided by Harbourside Fish and Chip shop but please provide plenty of water for your child.🐟🍟 The school day will begin and finish at normal time. Thankyou The Year 2 team
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Year 1 Wembury Beach Trip 🏖 Please can we remind grown ups that appropriate footwear MUST be worn to the beach on Wednesday - NO open toe shoes, sandals, crocs, dolly shoes, flip flops, etc. Trainers please 🧡 Mufti clothing is absolutley fine as long as it is weather appropriate (no cropped tops, please). If you wish to pack a change of clothes, please put them in your child's bag. They will be responsible for carrying their own items! We are so excited! 🌟☀️
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It's come home! For the third year in a row, Manadon have won the Connect football tournament. Both the girls and boys played brilliantly, and scored 21 points each, meaning we won overall. Well done!
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What fantastic prizes!🎟️😍 40+ prizes to be won! Thank you to all the businesses for donating to our PTFA Summer Fayre! ❤️💙💛
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3H enjoyed their introduction to Scratch today in Computing. They explored how to add a new sprite and backdrop, as well as adding move commands. Fantastic work Year 3!
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🎨Ocean Art Day... sneak peek! The children had a wonderfully creative day and were truly inspired by local artists Kim and Kay Vaudin 🐠🐋🐳🌊 To see more, please join us in the school hall at 3.15pm on Tuesday 25th June.
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🍎 Thank a Teacher Day 🍎 A huge thank you to all our staff and volunteers. We appreciate you 🤩 #ConnectAcademyTrust #ThankATeacher #ThankATeacherDay
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Year 5 children can bring in their musical instruments tomorrow for our music lesson if they wish.
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The girls are bitterly disappointed after losing their quarter final cup game 5-4. It was incredibly close and of an amazingly high standard. It was such a pleasure to watch this game, even though they lost. Most of these girls will have another chance next year though!
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👩‍🎨🎨Ocean Art Day Monday 17th June 🌊👨‍🎨 On Monday 17th June, the whole school will be participating in an Ocean Art Day. During the day, we will all be exploring the artists Kim and Kay Vaudin– a mother and daughter team who have a studio in Plymouth. Their art is inspired by the ocean and fits perfectly with our Ocean Curriculum. This is an event taking place during the school day. We can't wait to share our creations with you on Tuesday 25th June at 3.15pm in our school art gallery 🖼️
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Outdoor Adventurous Activities (OAA) is part of our PE curriculum and this morning Year 2 used position and directional language to navigate their blindfolded peers through an obstacle course.
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Well done to all the children that represented the school at Brickfields in the athletics competition. This is very competitive event, welcoming the fastest children from Plymouth and surrounding areas. Just qualifying for the finals is very tough! A particular, extra well done, must go to Islay and Ben for securing medals in their finals 🎉🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏾
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Thank you to all of our wonderful parents and carers who have supported the Manadon Vale PTFA by donating something and dressing up in their classes' chosen colour. What an amazing rainbow of colour! 🌈 💙💜💚❤️🩷🧡💛 🏳️‍🌈
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