The Year 6 children travelled to Salisbury Cathedral for their service to mark the end of their time in primary school. It was lovely to see the children take part through the banner procession and the hymns and candle lighting. It was also nice to meet other children moving on to their own secondary schools… Continue Reading
We are delighted to report that the children were victorious in the Bridport Kwik Kricket tournament – winning all their matches. The children played brilliantly and also enjoyed the chance to compete against other schools after such a wet start to the summer. Continue Reading
Bredy and Eggardon had a brilliant day at the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival and enjoyed sessions with the British Antarctic Survey, Southampton University, Steve Etches and the Natural History Museum. Thank you to all staff and the volunteers at Lyme for organising such a brilliant day! Continue Reading
Huge thanks to Miss El-Kanouni for her brilliant cooking lesson in Eggardon to round off the week/term! The children made delicious 3 course meals which were amazing! Continue Reading
National recognition for Dorset Council’s work to tackle climate change including solar panels here at Thorner’s school… National recognition for Dorset Council’s work to tackle climate change Continue Reading
Please see below for photos of the super entries (back table) and winners (front bench) of the Pumpkin Competition. Many thanks to our local village judge for picking the best entries. Continue Reading
Autumn is upon us and the children performed a wonderful series of poems, songs and readings for our Harvest Festival celebration. We also juiced the remaining apples from our Discovery Area. Litton were very confident in telling us all about how their red combine harvester worked and how they made it out of boxes and… Continue Reading
Dear all, It has been wonderful to have such amazing weather for our first weeks back – we thought we’d share some pictures of what the children have been getting up to! Swimming The pool is wonderfully warm (30 degrees) and inviting this week! Bravo to Litton for taking to the water so happily and… Continue Reading
Dear parents, Thank you for all your kind donations for our wear it wild day, the children’s outfits are great and we have raised around £140 for WWF. Below you can see the picture of our giraffe which we nearly managed to fill with 1p’s, 2p’s and 5p’s. Thank you all. Kind regards, Sam White Continue Reading
Bredy enjoyed a great trip to see the Tutankhamun exhibition in Dorchester as part of their Egyptians history topic this term. Seeing artefacts up close and by listening to their guide they were able to better understand the material culture of this incredible part of history! Continue Reading
Litton and Chesil have been doing some wonderful work on the Easter story – acting out all the main parts and explaining what each station means to us now. Continue Reading
Thorner’s celebrated World Book Day in style on Thursday with an array of wonderful costumes and a fantastic book swap shop! Continue Reading
A fantastic evening was had by all at the Valentines Disco at the end of term! Continue Reading
A huge thank you to the TSA for paying for Wonderlab who visited the school today. The whole school was treated to an amazing range of rocket based experiments – with explosions galore and even a rocket powered car. After the hour long show, the children went off into groups to design and… Continue Reading
Well done to everyone in the Thorner’s Netball Team who played today in very blustery conditions in the Bridport Tournament! Great enthusiasm, attitude and support. Some brilliant team play and a couple of amazing goals! Results: 1st = Thorners 2nd = St Catherines 3rd = St. Marys =5th = BPS/Powerstock 6th = Loders Thorners now go on to represent the… Continue Reading
In Eggardon we have been working hard on our history topic about WW1 and also in art looking at Autumn landscapes. We have enjoyed both these topics enormously. Continue Reading
Our Cross Country team competed in the Colmer’s Hill Run this weekend and all were fantastic. It was an incredibly muddy course but all made it round and well done to the boys who came third overall and to Henry who finished 3rd in his race! Almost all of.our runners were Yr 5 or younger… Continue Reading
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