Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• This week's visitors in Reception

  Fri 16 Mar 2018

  This week our Reception children had even more visitors who came in to talk about their jobs. Thank you to all of the visitors for taking the time to come in and chat to the children.

   

  First the Owls class were visited by Mr White who gave them an insight into his job refurbishing cars. He brought with him some of the equipment he uses and the children got to have a good look and feel.

  Mr Hesketh came to talk about his work as a ranger on Hengistbury Head. He talked about some of the nature you might see there and demonstrated some of the things he does at work every day.

  Mrs Utting talked in great detail about her role as an audiologist and taught the children all about how their ears help them to hear things and what it would be like to have a hearing loss.

  Finally Rhys Jones - a First Responder with the ambulance service came in. He showed each class some of the important pieces of equipment he carries with him and told them about some of the things he might need to do when called to an emergency.

  Another very interesting week in Reception!

  

• We had a-llot-ment of fun!

  Fri 16 Mar 2018

  The Year One children spent a rather chilly afternoon at the school's new allotment plot. The children did a fabulous job of planting potatoes with the help from an army of parents. We were also joined by two lovely ladies from Tescos, Jodie and Courteney, who came to help and supplied some gloves and tools for the children.

   

  

• Netball Festival

  Mon 12 Mar 2018 Graham Antell
  A huge well done to all the girls from Year Two who went down to the Yarrells to take part in a Netball festival which included teams from Upton, Longfleet and Yarrells. The children learnt so much about the game and showed a great attitude during the afternoon. Thank you to The Yarrells for hosting a great festival of Netball.

  

• School Allotment!

  Mon 12 Mar 2018

  Mr Homer and the Mutter family spent Mothers' Day afternoon at the school's new allotment yesterday! Using some old scaffold boards, they created six raised beds for the children to plant fruit and vegetables in throughout the coming months. A huge thank you to the Mutter family for giving up their time to support this project! Here is a link to Mr Mutter's video of the afternoon...

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  The allotment is situated in Slough Lane (opposite the bottom of Sea View Road). Later this year we hope to set up a fruit and veg stall on the playground, at the end of the school day, in the hope that the allotment will fund itself - watch this space!

   

  Until that point, we are in need of some donations and volunteers. If you, or somebody you know, would be willing to donate scaffold boards or paving slabs, we would be more than grateful! We would also like some more gardening tools for the children and as many helping hands as possible! If you are interested in getting involved, please speak to Mr Homer.

  

• A week of visitors

  Fri 09 Mar 2018

  Our Reception children have continued to enjoy a range of visitors this week as part of their 'People Who Help Us' topic.

   

  Dr. Shepherd came to see us at the beginning of the week and she brought her doctor's kit with her containing all sorts of interesting things like stethoscopes, eye and ear torches and her thermometer. The children had lots of questions for her about her job and enjoyed telling her all about their own different ailments they were suffering from!

   

  Jon Sweet from Dorset Fire and Rescue Service came to school today and taught us lots about keeping safe in the home and what to do if there's a fire (get out, stay out and call 999). We got to try on some child-sized uniforms - trying to do so in under 1 minute, practised a  'stop, drop and roll' and even did a wake and shake with him.

   

  The Ladybirds had another visitor this afternoon - Nurse White. She wore her uniform and talked about all the different things a nurse on a hospital ward has to do. She also told us about her uniform and the other different coloured uniforms that different types of nurses wear. She showed us how to put on bandages and we had lots of fun bandaging each other's arms and legs!

   

  The day finished with a visit from a local fire engine and crew who showed us inside their fire engine and let us all have a go spraying the hose. What a fun-filled afternoon we had!

   

  Thank you so much to all our wonderful visitors. We are learning so much from these visits.

  

• Fantastic Fundraising

  Fri 09 Mar 2018

  In Tuesday's assembly we were visited, once again, by Sharon from the NSPCC. She had come to tell us how much money our recent Danceathon had raised...an amazing £1465.51!

  Thank you to all our sponsors - we are so grateful for your support.

  

• Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus!

  Wed 28 Feb 2018
  This half term, Year One are learning about the four nations of the United Kingdom with the help of the Go Jetters. This week - Wales. Today the children made Welsh cakes in readiness for St. David's Day tomorrow.

  

• Urgent - School Crossing Patrol

  Mon 26 Feb 2018
  We are still urgently seeking a lovely person (either a parent, auntie, uncle, grandparent or friends) to become our school crossing patrol person.  Please see the link below.

  

• Can we help you?

  Tue 20 Feb 2018

  Reception came back after half term dressed up ready to start ther new topic 'People Who Help Us'. There were fire fighters, police, doctors, nurses, soldiers, posties, beauticians, builders, scientists, teachers, vets and even a SWAT team member! Amazing costumes everyone, thank you.

   

  The fun was only just beginning, though, as they had some exciting visitors too. Mr Courtney came to talk to the children about his job as a bus driver and he brought a double decker bus too! The children had so much fun getting on the bus and being given a ticket. Thank you so much to Mr Courtney for providing such a thrilling start to the topic.

   

  The fun didn't stop there as local PCSO Mike Gowans came to school to see the children and tell them about his job helping people in the community. He brought along his car too and everyone went to look at it and find out what other equipment he uses too. Thank you to PCSO Mike for giving up his time to come to school today.

  

• Fearsome Fashion!

  Thu 08 Feb 2018

  Our Reception children had a fun afternoon on Tuesday when their families came in to school to help transform them into Dinosaurs!

  We were so pleased at such a great turnout and the afternoon culminated in a fantastic fashion show where every Reception child took to the stage to show off their newly created costume. The terrifying prehistoric creatures were made out of all sorts of bits of fabric and junk (lots of it courtesy of the Dorset Scrap Store). Some unusual features were seen including some bright pink fluffy eyebrows and plastic cutlery spikes! Thanks to everyone who came for their efforts in guaranteeing a memorable end to what has been a superb Dinosaur topic for the children.