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Climbing update! 28.11.23
After 4 weeks of climbing, we have all been able to improve and make progress. It may be that we are feeling more confident, more prepared to have a go, or that we can reach the top of a wall or even come first in a challenge (either traversing or climbing up)....
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This week has started with a very different feel. We welcomed Debbie and Gerard to Seatown and worked with them on a series of lessons about money and finances. We began thinking about habits, what makes a good habit and how we can try to make good choices. We learnt...
Netball Tournament 7th November 2023
After another rescheduled tournament due to poor weather, Tuesday afternoon was calm and sunny. We took the largest cohort possible (a team of 9) and every single person played a match. We had worked hard in our class lessons and had some extra practice at break and...
Our local Railway – a History and Geography focus.
On the 3rd November 2023, Seatown Class visited Bridport to explore how the railway developed and the impact it had on the town and nearby West Bay. We began by recording and mapping the buildings in the main streets. This proved tricky to record without tables and...
Climbing – Pupil Voice in PE
At the beginning of the new school year, everyone completed a PE questionnaire that asked pupils what they thought of PE and what improvements could be made. Many voices suggested trying out climbing as a new sport to try. So, we listened and arranged some climbing...
A visit from the Benedetti Foundation
On the 11th October, KS2 hosted a visit from the Nicola Benedetti Foundation. This gave us all an opportunity to meet people who are so passionate about music, learn some skills from them and listen to their compositions on instruments we had never seen before being...
Seatown joins the Dorset Coding Day October 2023
For the first time, we decided to participate in the Dorset Coding Day. The aim was to enjoy learning about coding and how it plays such an important part of our everyday lives. We heard from Dorset employees who have coded robots to save people on the beach or create...
Dash Day September 2023
On a beautiful late summer's day, the school spent the day thinking about our dash - the symbol found between birth and death dates but represents a whole lifetime. We were reminded by Mrs Moss, one of our governors about our school vision, ethos and values and how...
Year 6 Leavers’ Service 21.7.23
Friday was a sad day for us all as we said goodbye to 12 Year 6s. We had a service in the church where we listened to their final speeches reflecting on their time in school. https://youtu.be/eMrDbmEUeBg We thought about our Salisbury Service remembering how we...
Goodbye, Mrs Greenham, Goodbye, Mrs Seal!
Today we held our Leavers' assembly for 2 very special ladies - Mrs Greenham and Mrs Seal, who have been a part of our special Powerstock family for 8 and 20 years respectively. Each class had fun contributing in their own individual ways. And of course the personal...
Here are some photos of our dress rehearsal today. The children were all fantastic and everyone is so excited to show you our 2023 play Peter Pan.
Salisbury Leavers’ Service 5.7.23
As time at Powerstock draws to a close, Y6 visited Salisbury Cathedral to mark this significant turning point in their lives. Some had never travelled by train before, so it was a day full of firsts. We enjoyed the cathedral...
KS2 Sports Day 30th June 2023
Despite the beautiful weather we had all June, Sports Day was the wet one!! Amidst occasional mizzle, we set out, determined to be the best that we could be. Individual races began with the 'Potato and Spoon' which proved to be trickier than we thought. [gallery...
Swimming Gala 27th June 2023
For the 1st time in over a decade, Powerstock decided to enter the local swimming gala organised by Primary Sports and Education. It involved a number of schools across a large area of West Dorset and we were nervous! But, one of our school values is perseverance and...
Move Up Morning 2023
It was that time of year when we started to think about our new year groups and classes for September. The Powerstock 'Move Up Morning' meant lots of excitement and anticipation. In Seatown we began with a team building activity - The Centipede Walk. [gallery...
Quadkids 13.6.23
It was a hot, hot day as the year 5s and 6s from local schools gathered together for an afternoon of competition. Quadkids involves pupils competing in 4 disciplines: sprint, long distance run, throwing and jumping. [gallery...
Phone box revamp!
The school council had a very messy afternoon today when they scrubbed and cleaned the village phone box. The Parish Council have given the school permission to use the box but it needed a serious clean up! Kyla provided the...
Inspirational Assembly on Possiblities and Inclusion
We had a wonderful visit from Bart Gee who really showed us how to turn challenge and difficulty into possibility. He showed us how from the age of four, when he was told he would never...
Sailing 2023
It was perfect weather for a morning on the water. Some of Seatown had been before but it didn't stop the nerves and the excitement. We got ourselves kitted out and headed for the boats. [gallery...
Goodbye, Mrs Moss!
Yesterday we said a sad farewell to Mrs Moss who has worked as our governor, Chair of Governors and office staff member. She has so many skills that have benefitted our school. Jo, we will definitely miss you!
Great Coronation Bake Off 3/5/23
'We held our Great Coronation Bake Off this week where each class had their instructions to come up with cake designs fit for a King! We had so many fantastic entries with a royal theme and these were then enjoyed with a cup of tea in true "street party" style. ...
Lifeguards and Water Safety Assembly 25.4.23
This morning our assembly welcomed Harry and Christian, 2 lifeguards from West Bay into our school. They shared with us how we can stay safe when we are at the beach. Read the captions to find out what we learnt. [gallery...
Greek Myths, iMovies and Greenscreens
Although it had been a term since we had studied the Ancient Greeks, Seatown were given the opportunity to experiment with their paper clay puppet heads that they had created and produce a scene using their own scripts, iMovie and greenscreens. They're not perfect but...
Easter at Powerstock 2023
Despite the weather, Easter was in evidence today at school as pupils arrived with eggs decorated in very creative ways. This...
Seatown’s recent assemblies
In Seatown class this week we all participated in 2 very interesting assemblies. This first assembly 'Oceans, Pollution and Us' was all about how we treat our world. This second assembly was all about Girls in Education.
RAF STEM Glider Challenge March 2023
Ks2 enjoyed a virtual STEM glider challenge. We watched a video showing the many different types of jobs engineers can be involved in and the skills that they need: teamwork, problem solving, creativity, innovation, communication skills. Did you know that engineers...
Creation in Collage
We have been studying how the Creation story can be interpreted in many different ways. Is the story literal, figurative or a poem? Did creation happen in 6 days or not? How do/can Christians, scientists, humanists and cosmologists interpret the text? We were lucky...
The Bank of Dreams and Nightmares came to visit again this week!
We had an inspiring morning creating characters in a very dramatic way...The children loved acting out their ideas which eventually turned into wonderful characterisations, using maps and "back stories". This all really helps when we are writing our narrative pieces...
Seatown and World Book Day March 2nd 2023
Books and stories are fantastic! That's the message we want to share with you all. Although World Book Day was just one day, we have really enjoyed books and stories in many ways over the past week. We began by listening to an audio book during each daily mindfulness...
Creation
In our 1st RE lesson on Creation, we drew as we listened to Genesis chapter 1-2 v 4 being read out to us with inspiring music in the background. We then wrote 7 words onto our 'creations' and gave an explanation of what we had drawn. [gallery order="DESC"...
The Man Who Walked Between The Towers
As part of our literacy work, we have recently been studying a wonderful book by Mordicai Gerstein called The Man Who Walked Between The Towers. It is based on a true story about a tightrope walker, Philippe Petit. Was he remarkable, reckless or responsible?...
Wonderstruck Science Day
On Friday 27th January 2023, the whole school were treated to a whole day of science. We had opportunities to explore forces and motion and gained a glimpse into the questioning minds of scientists. It began with a show that had us gripped as we discovered: how we...
Tree House Theatre came to school today to perform Jack and the Beanstalk!
Many children had never seen a pantomime so it was great fun to join in and really enjoy the revived story of Jack, his mother and the giant...a story of good triumphing over evil with songs to sing and lots of "it's behind you" and "boooooooo!" All great fun and a...
Christmas Party 2022
We had a lot of fun on the last day of term. KS2 enjoyed a party together. Pass the Parcel: Each layer had an activity to complete........here's a bit of air guitar!! The hat game was fun too.... [gallery...
Father Christmas at Powerstock
We had a special visitor this afternoon........
Carols and Christingles!
Seatown Class waited for the school to join them so that we could all make Christingles together. Mrs Cleden showed everyone how to make them first before we all set to task. We then lit our Christingle and...
Seatown’s gymnastic finale!
After half a term of very hard work, learning elements of gymnastics, we produced routines in small groups. Have a look to see what we achieved. We're rather proud of ourselves! https://youtu.be/6UDvt6_4Dc8
Bridport Christmas Cheer!
On Wednesday 7th December, over half of the school (34 students) joined together in Bucky Doo Square to sing Christmas carols. We sang 3 songs: We 3 Kings - a traditional Christian song; The 12 Days of Christmas - a traditional secular song and Mary's Boy Child - a...
Sports For Champions
Today, Pierre Henry Fontaine a former team GB basketball player visited our school to encourage and inspire us - not just in sport but in our attitudes to the many aspects of life we all experience. He began by sharing some information about his training, diet and...
Paper Clay Greek Masks
Today, Seatown explored a new medium in art ... paper clay. Paul Cleden, a local artist, spent the day with us and helped us explore faces. We learnt the proportions and positions of features of a face. We also looked at masks that would have been used in Ancient...