After School Club w/b 30th June

POW After School Club

Here are the activities that will be taking place this

week: 30th June 2014

Every day there will be construction, pens and paper, various games and help with homework if needed.  As well as these there will be one main activity that you can join in with and a healthy snack.

Monday – Football with Alex.  Making a yarn doll.

Tuesday – Rounders with Elliott.   Variety of colouring sheets.

Wednesday – Athletics with Elliott.  Cooking Banana Muffins.

Thursday – Cricket with Elliott.  Sew a simple bag.

To book a space please contact the School Office.

NEW SCHOOL YEAR -Thursday 4th September

Just to clarify that the new school year commences on Thursday 4th September for all children and staff. Apologies for an error on the school calendar which specified another date.

Bike Breakfast

On Friday 4^th July we are having a “Bike Breakfast”!

Anyone who arrives at the school on their bike or scooter on Friday will be offered a “Flapjack”, a piece of Fruit and a glass of Squash.

This marks the start of the Tour de France on Saturday (5^th) in Yorkshire, - as well as the beginning of our “Healthy Me” the following week.

Healthy Me!! Week

Week starting Monday 7th July we are holding our annual Healthy Me! Week.
The children will be learning about a wide range of safety and healthy living issues.
Parents are invited to see their child engaged in various sporting activities:
Monday 7th: Reception and Year 1 Sports morning 9.15
Monday 7th: Year 2 Sports morning 11.00
Monday 7th: Riding for the Disabled Gymkhana 1.30
Tuesday 8th: Years 3 and 4 Sports morning 9.15
Wednesday 9th: Year 4 Swimming gala 9.00
Thursday 10th: Year 3 Swimming gala 9.00
Friday 11th: Whole school skipathon and long distance run 1.30

Birthday Party

On Friday 4th July every child currently attending school and pre school will receive a present to commemorate the 20th birthday of our school.
Our celebration party will start at 3.00pm on Saturday 5th July and there will be plenty of entertainment for the whole family until late! If you have  not booked your attendance or food please contact the office!

India Week

All the children and staff really enjoyed our India Week and I am sure that we have all learned a lot about this amazing, colourful and vibrant culture! Thank you for your support if you were able to join us on Friday afternoon to enjoy our dancing, art work and cooking!

Pride at Ex Pupils Art Success

We were very proud to see ex-pupil Zak Trevett in last nights Echo. Zak has an outstanding talent for Art and is Exhibiting his work at Dorchester Middle School from July 1 to 3. If you would like to view some of Zak's work please visit:zaktrevett.com. We wish Zak every success for the future.

Namaste!

Parents are reminded that you are invited to join us on Friday 27th June from 2.00 on wards. There will be an opportunity to taste the Indian food cooked by each class during this week. The children's art work will be on display and each class will perform a dance a couple of times throughout the afternoon. You are welcome to come along at any time in the afternoon!

Soiree is taking place in our school hall!

Just to confirm that this year's music concert is taking place HERE, in our school hall!

Instruments in school Wednesday 25th day time please!

I plan to see and hear all the children who will be taking part in the summer soiree that evening during the day of Wednesday 25th June. PLEASE check that your child has their instrument and music in school?

Many thanks!

Mrs Mewett

20th Birthday Party

Do you have any photos of the school, especially from a few years ago? Please lend them to us for us to scan and display at our party on Saturday 5th July.
I hope you are all planning to book your tickets and food, available from the office!
On Friday 4th July, every child currently at school or attending pre school will be presented with a souvenir gift to celebrate 20 successful years.

India Week

Next week all the classes will be involved in our India Week. We hope to welcome a friend of Mr Farrington's, a dance teacher from Bangalore, who will be working with three of our classes. Mr Farrington will be sharing his knowledge of Indian schools, farming and everyday life with all the classes, starting with Year 3 this Thursday. Parents are invited to our Indian Cafe on Friday 27th June from 2.00pm onwards where you can also watch each class perform a short dance to a variety of Indian music. Don't worry of you can't come at 2.00pm as each class will be performing a couple of times in the afternoon. There will also be a display of art work created by the children.

Music concerts

We are all looking forward to the two music concerts in the next two weeks. Parents should have heard whether your child will be performing on Wednesday 25th June at 6.00pm or on Tuesday 1st July at 9.20am. We really hope that everyone involved in learning an instrument will be participating in this annual event!

Pupil and Parent questionnaires

The results of the recent pupil and parent questionnaires are now published via the link on the school website as well as being displayed around the school. Many thanks for your responses and support!

Well done Year 4 swimmers!

Our two teams of year 4 swimmers swam really well in a West Dorset swimming gala on Friday! Competing with 14 teams, all the swimmers gave their best and produced some great races. The results will be coming to us very soon! Thanks as well to the two reserves who came along and supported the 16 children chosen to represent the school.

If your child plays a musical instrument - have they received a letter for our summer concerts?

The Prince of Wales musical Soiree and second concert/assembly

If your child plays an instrument and is taught at school they should have received a letter to perform in our summer concerts.

You may have heard that due to numbers we have two events, the bigger being the soiree where children who are not beginners have been invited to perform and hopefully some of their teachers will attend too. The choir will also perform at this event.

The Soiree is on Wednesday 25^th June in the school hall to begin at 6pm. Due to numbers we have had to allocate two seats per family.

The second concert/assembly is for beginner recorder players who currently learn with Mrs Mewett and Mrs Staddon. Also beginner ukulele players, their teacher Lucy Broddle will be attending. We also have six beginner brass players in Year 4 who we hope will perform too. This session is on Tuesday 1^st July at 9.20am in the school hall. Parents have been invited to this event, no limit on seating.

Lastly, if your child does play an instrument but doesn’t learn in school and wishes to perform at one of the events please see me and I will see what we can do!

Many thanks,

Mrs Mewett

After School Club w/b 9th June

POW After School Club

Here are the activities that will be taking place this

week: 9^th June 2014

Every day there will be construction, pens and paper, various games and help with homework if needed.  As well as these there will be one main activity that you can join in with and a healthy snack.

Monday – Football with Alex.  Make a clothes peg grasshopper.  

Tuesday – Rounders with Elliott.  Cooking Fairy cakes.

Wednesday – Athletics with Elliott.  Make a picture with bottle tops.

Thursday – Cricket with Elliott.  Make a Totem Pole.

To book a space please contact the School Office. 

Come and join our reading sessions

In the week beginning 9th June, parents are invited into class to join in our regular group reading sessions. This is an opportunity to see how a normal timetabled daily reading session operates. Your child's classteacher will be providing information about the times when group reading will be happening next week. Just pop in at your convenience.

Choc ices at the playtrail!

We shall be serving choc ices and lollies every Friday after school at the playtrail. 50p!

School Photos

School Photographs - all orders for photographs need to be handed into the school office by Friday 13th June. Thank you.

20th Birthday Party Saturday 5th July 3.00pm until 11.00pm

Plans for our 20th Birthday Party are progressing very well! Entrance (which includes a lasting souvenir of the event) will be £2 with under 3s free. Attractions include:
3.00 Party starts!
3.30 Free afternoon tea party for children.
4.30 Games, competitions, art and craft, woodland skills and country dancing
5.00 Magician
6.00 Live music from various local musicians throughout the evening until late
6.30 Hog roast (at a reasonable cost!)
Families can camp overnight for free! Bring your own drink!
Watch out for details about booking in advance!

Epilepsy Award

We were very pleased to be nominated for an award from Epilepsy Action just before half term in recognition of the way we effectively include children with the medical condition. Many thanks to Emma Hibberd and the whole team for the positive attitude that has been celebrated in this award.