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

• Year 5 & 6 Footbsll

  Thu 30 Mar 2023

  Our final Terrific Thursday sporting event for this term. Today, we took a team of eight, year 5 & 6 pupils to play in the Football Festival at The Purbeck School. They played in 8 games and won 2 but as per usual their team spirit and sportsmanship made them winners!

  Thank you to the staff Mrs Davies, Miss Canning, Miss Kemp and Mr Gregory for your time and commitment to ensuring we can attend these events. 

  

• Let’s talk about Reducing, Reusing and Recycling

  Thu 30 Mar 2023

  Well, it’s been a busy last day of term. Today we had Dorset County Council in to talk about Recycling, Reusing and Reducing waste. 
  Food waste, textile recycling and Climate change were all talked about and how or what we can do to reduce our carbon footprint. 
  Then they went on to make fridge magnets to take home and stick on their fridge as a reminder not to waste food!

  

• Our PTA Easter Fete

  Wed 29 Mar 2023

  What a team we have supporting our school. Today, our PTA organised and put on a superb Easter Fete. 

  There were games- hook the duck, guess the name, masses of raffle prizes to be won, tombola, tattoo stall and refreshments!  To make it a huge success they added a huge crowd of parents and carers … and wow! 

  £241.80 has been raised- we are quite literally blown away with their commitment, ideas, and your support. 
  Thank you ❤️👏❤️👏❤️

  

• KS2 Easter Celebration.

  Wed 29 Mar 2023

  Welcome to our KS2 Easter Service and Celebration atSt Mark's, Herston. 
  Today’s service was opened up by Rev Dave Richards, followed by a Poem titled ‘signs of Spring’, then our Seagull class sang ‘Sing Hosanna’ and ‘Shout Hooray!  We had the most amazing readers who read The Easter Story, then our fabulous Skylarks sang ‘He’s got the whole world in his hands’ and finally our Ospreys read ‘Colours of the Day’ 
  A huge thank you to all the parents and families that came along to the church and our celebration… it makes it so special! Have a ’eggcellent  Easter 🐣

  

• Junior Choir

  Mon 20 Mar 2023

  How amazing it is to see some of our pupils in the Purbeck Youth Choir in not one but two concerts! 
  They have been entertaining the audience at the Rotary Young Musicians Competition,taking part in the Swanage Town Carol Service and finally , singing in workshops with leading church music directors from Lichfield and Guildford Cathedral.

  

• Open Book Assembly

  Mon 20 Mar 2023

  Today, we welcomed Open the Book and Bible storytelling into our assembly after a long period of absence over Covid times. It was such a joy to see all our pupils participate with the telling of the story or asking questions from the audience. 

  Open the Book (OtB) gives primary school children an opportunity to hear key Bible stories told by a team of Christians from local churches, who present the stories during assemblies or acts of collective worship.

  

• Our beautiful flower beds

  Tue 14 Mar 2023

  There is something about this eager and resilient flower, the daffodil, that makes us want to thrive no matter the challenges we’re facing in life. … the perfect flower to have in our flower beds. 🌼

  

• Our Monday Assembly

  Mon 13 Mar 2023

  We love our Monday assemblies… there is participation, music and a song! Thank you Rev’d David and Carol. 

  

• Year 5 Traffic Survey

  Mon 13 Mar 2023

  Miss Le Roux and our Year 5 pupils spent a few hours in town to do a traffic survey  and take photos of places of interests to support their latest topic. 
  Thankfully, the rain held off and everyone had a good time.

  

• PTA cake Sale

  Fri 10 Mar 2023