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

• Reception Parents' Workshop

  Mon 08 Feb 2016
  Parents of our Reception children were invited in this week to get a taste of their child's daily learning. They got stuck in with a variety of practical activities led by Mrs Monaghan and Mrs Gdesis.

  

• What a Star!

  Mon 01 Feb 2016

  Throughout their time at school, our pupils develop various life skills - independence, team work, motivation, enquiry, responsibility and communication.

   

  Alongside this, we have five aims which we want all of our children to achieve, such as 'To be responsible, show respect and care for other'.

   

  Year Two children are given the opportunity to take on various roles of responsibility in school, and in return can collect reward tokens. Many of the children exchange their rewards quickly for a few sweets.

   

  However, one of our Year Two pupils has been saving up his reward tokens throughout the year for a grander prize from our toy shop. In fact, the prize was not even for him, but for his little sister. This is surely the human embodiment of our aims and life skills, demonstrating great motivation and caring for others.

   

  Well done - what a star!

   

  

• Dinosaurs Galore!

  Sat 30 Jan 2016

  Our Reception children enjoyed a super visit from Mrs Crook from The Etches Collection, as part of their 'Dinosaurs Galore' topic. The children learned so much about fossils, dinosaurs and geological time scales.

   

  The grand finale of their topic will be nest week's Dinosaur Fashion Parade.

  

• The Friday Fun Run

  Sat 16 Jan 2016

  Every Friday, the whole school takes part in The Friday Fun Run. The whole school agrees that it is a fun way of keeping fit. Take a look for yourself...

   

   

• Sparkly Starters

  Thu 07 Jan 2016

  Each year group kick-started their new topics with a 'Sparkly Starter' today.

   

  Reception's Dinosaur topic started with an adventure around Upton in which dinosaur footprints and dinosaur eggs were found!

   

  Year One's topic 'In the Deep, Dark Wood' is themed around the stories of Julia Donaldson, and today the children took part in lots of Gruffalo related activities. There was even a mystery visitor lurking somewhere...

   

  Year Two's Roald Dahl inspired topic began with some very strange characters from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory taking over! In the absence of the teachers, the children took part in some Roald Dahl inspired activities under the watchful eyes of Violet Beauregarde, Willy Wonka and an Oompa Loompa!

   

  Take a look at the pictures below to see for yourself!

  

• Internet Safety Day

  Thu 07 Jan 2016

  On Wednesday, the children had a visit from specialist officers from Dorset Police to talk about keeping safe whilst using the internet.

   

  The children took part in various activities throughout the day to learn out more e-safety.

   

  If you would like to find out more, please look at the e-safety page on our website.

• Happy New Year

  Tue 05 Jan 2016

  On the first day back to school after the Christmas holiday, children and staff have been making New Year's Resolutions. Take a look at our TV Podcast Channel to see some for yourself. The children have also been thinking how their resolutions fit with our school aims.

   

  Today also saw the introduction of our first thought for the week, which this week is: A cheery 'good morning' brings a smile to someone's face. We will be asking the children to reflect on this throughout the week. 

   

  Have a lovely week everybody.

   

   

   

• Christmas Performances

  Fri 18 Dec 2015

  What a fantastic two weeks of Christmas performances we have had. We have been delighted by the children's enthusiasm, loud speaking voices, fantastic dancing and super singing.

   

  Well done everybody - take a look at the photos to see some of the magic for yourselves. Happy Christmas!

  

• Christmas Panto

  Fri 18 Dec 2015

  Mr Helm decided that the last day before the Christmas break would be a good time to reinforce school behaviour expectations, so called everyone to a special assembly where he went on, and on, and on about sitting nicely, listening carefully, being polite etc...

   

  The staff had other ideas...

   

   

   

   

  

• Houses of Parliament

  Wed 16 Dec 2015
  The School Council had an exciting trip to London last week when they visited the Houses of Parliament.  During the trip they stood at the Dispatch Box, walked through the Central Lobby, learnt about the State Opening of Parliament.  They then met with Michael Tomlinson MP, who had invited the councillors for the visit, to have a question and answer session.. He later 'tweeted' about the quality of the children's questions.  For a full account of the trip have a look at the School Council page on the website.