St Mewan Community Primary School

Now that this year's Isles of Scilly Year 6 residential has come to an end, we'd like to say thank you to the different people that made it such a memorable experience for our pupils. Firstly, we'd like to thank Pelistry Farm Self Catering Accommodation for being amazing hosts. Next, we'd like to thank the Scillonian Club for providing great food and service throughout the week. Thank you to Toots Taxi and DJ Cabs for helping transport us around St Mary's and to all of the crew working on the numerous boats on the island who ensured that our pupils were able to travel back and forth to see all of the amazing islands on offer. A big thank you to Raptor Boating for an unforgettable powerboat ride where we saw seals, puffins and many other animals. A huge thanks to Matt at Kernow Coasteering for adapting the activity due to the weather and offering our pupils the most incredible weaseling session! The children were also made extremely welcome in many of the shops in Hugh Town and a special thank you must go to The IOS Store who entertained our children (and staff) with their lemon challenge! We also had an unexpected, but very much appreciated, celebrity sighting. Thank you so much Amanda Holden for stopping to speak to a number of very excited Year 6s and for taking photos with them, despite being late for her flight! We'd like to thank everyone on the Isles of Scilly; the locals, the tourists and everyone that we came across made our pupils feel safe and welcome throughout our stay! A big thank you has to go to all of staff who supported the trip for enabling our pupils to go on this trip, especially Mrs Spargo for planning such a well-organised residential. Finally, thank you to all of the Year 6 pupils who represented our school incredibly, receiving numerous compliments from everyone we met and behaved superbly throughout the week. You are amazing and we are extremely proud of every single one of you. We've created a 'highlights video' from our trip to showcase how wonderful it was and to ensure the children and their families will be able to share this experience together. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L3HCaUJ3MuLFhCrrcu8l5jk1jpi6j5WO/view?usp=drivesdk #exceptional #educational #experience #IslesOfScilly #year6leavers #teamstmewan

23 May 2026

Year 6 parents and carers, your children have been a credit to you. We've been inundated with compliments from members of the public who have noticed the children's exceptional behaviour. We've made memories that will last a lifetime! This is our last post - see you all tomorrow!

21 May 2026

A few more from today!

20 May 2026

IOS: Day 3 The adventure continues! We've explored St Martin's and St Agnes and half the of the group have enjoyed a boat ride out to see the seals and puffins! We've just stopped for dinner back on St Mary's and then we're off to watch the gig races!

20 May 2026

IOS: Day 2 What a day! Exploring, weaselling, sunshine and endless smiles!

19 May 2026

Today, we celebrated Sir David Attenborough's 100th birthday with a fantastic Outdoor Learning Day across the school! The children took part in a range of outdoor learning activities, creative art activities, 'David Attenbook' time on the field, enjoying the sights and sounds of nature, and litter picking to help care for our school and local environment. Thanks to St Austell Tidy Up Team for lending us their equipment. We were also incredibly lucky to welcome a professional gardener and beekeeper to school. Every class enjoyed an engaging session where they had the opportunity to observe a real beehive, learn all about the daily activity within the hive, the different roles of bees and the fascinating process of honey production. Our Student Council were given a dedicated session to explore the topic in even greater depth, learning more about sustainability within the garden and ways we can all help protect our environment. Alongside this, we held our 'Design and Bake a Birthday Cake for David Attenborough' competition. Thank you to Miss Tregunna for this fantastic idea and to Jake's Bakes Cornwall for judging and choosing the winners - an incredibly difficult task given the quantity and quality of entries! A huge thank you to everyone in our school community who supported the event by entering the competition and purchasing a cake at the end-of-day cake sale. Thank you too to our parent helpers for giving up their time help with this.

18 May 2026

Scillies Day 1: For those of you who are more astute you might have noticed that this is not an aeroplane! Because of the weather, we couldn't all fly so we hopped on the Scillonian and headed over. We've explored some of the island, set up camp and Mr Boynton's quiz is just about to start (wish us luck!). Lots of smiles and memories being made!

18 May 2026

Thanks to our friends at Jake's Bakes Cornwall for coming in to support us today!

18 May 2026

Well done to Mr Lloyd and Rich Hawke for completing the Plymouth Half Marathon in support of Children's Hospice South West. There's still time to donate towards this amazing cause that is close to our hearts! https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/br-E8QSBNA8H3DB-plymouth-britains-ocean-city-running-festival?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL

17 May 2026