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Our recent House Poetry Recitations Competition was an absolute triumph, with pupils battling it out to win the coveted House Cup. Following several rounds of fantastic solo and House recitations celebrating this year’s theme of ‘all around the world’, Quantocks were crowned as this year’s champions. Well done, Quantocks! Well done, too, to those pupils […]
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Year 6 had great fun at their social recently. They pitted their wits against each other at The Boardhouse Café in Crewkerne, before returning to school for more fun in the dorms. They also started their rehearsals for ‘Oliver!’ a few weeks ago and enjoyed a surprise visit from actor James Purefoy on Wednesday evening. […]
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Huge thanks to the organisers and volunteers at the Weymouth Music Festival who gave our musicians a wonderful morning last Saturday. Our Brass Ensemble and Rockin’ Reeds each performed a set and six pupils performed in solo classes, receiving expert adjudication from Clare Jackson. We are thrilled that Alvin and James were invited to perform […]
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Congratulations to Harry in Year 2, who had another successful day competing with his pony Sardis Cassius at the Dorset Showground on Saturday. He picked up a 2nd in the Club class and secured another win for Perrott Hill in the British Show Jumping ‘Just for Schools’ League. Harry has only just joined the British […]
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6LC presented a wonderful section assembly last week about the power of pets. From Albert’s hilarious sketch about a jellyfish to Piper’s ‘which animal are you?’ quiz, the class made a compelling case for pets which kept the audience (including Dr L-C’s dog, Angus) entertained throughout. And the best bit? It was topped off by […]
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Many thanks to Amber and Afaq from Leonardo Helicopters in Yeovil, who delivered an interesting and informative STEM lecture on engineering for Years 3-8 before half term. The pair talked about the different forms of engineering, why we need engineers and which pathways pupils might take to become engineers themselves. The children were captivated, asked […]
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This year’s Community Art and Orchestral Morning on Saturday was an absolute triumph, with an 80-strong orchestra made up of local musicians of all ages and abilities coming together to play a selection of music by Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich. Their rendition of Symphony No. 7 was incredible, and the feedback we’ve received from those […]
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There was much excitement in Nursery this week as our youngest children listened to stories about Pancake Day and then made their own pancakes for snack time. Judging by the big smiles and empty plates afterwards, we’d say they went down well…
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Year 3 have been reading ‘The Iron Man’ by Ted Hughes in their English lessons with Ms Bresland. The children enjoyed some interesting discussions about bravery, conflict, and machines versus nature, before illustrating and annotating their own iron men (as seen on their classroom display). They also penned their own alternative endings, designed posters to […]
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Year 6 pupils went on a history trip to The Tank Museum at Bovington this month, to consolidate their learning about life during the Second World War. They got to dress up in a range of military attire, handle artefacts, and explore the replica 1940s shop, house and Anderson shelter. It was brilliant! Afterwards, they […]
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