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Shire Hall Visit – The Tolpuddle Martyrs
Part of our Ancient Greece unit has looked at democracy and how states have been/are ruled. We made a link with our own country and how we are governed, particularly focusing on how the justice system works. Our visit to Shire Hall in Dorchester showed how the system...
Jabberwocky
Seatown had fun with the Jabberwocky poem by Lewis Carroll. We can recite it. Watch below to see our performance in the celebration assembly. We enjoyed exploring portmanteau in our guided reading session before we created our own poems in the Jabberwocky...
Gymnastics
We thought we'd show you a snippet of what we have been doing in gymnastics so far this half term. Our fitness and flexibility are being demonstrated in these pictures and we are working on our accuracy in our rolls making sure we keep our limbs strong and follow...
Marble Run DT project
Today we completed our constructions of our marble runs. We worked in our teams to try and apply our cardboard joining and bending techniques. At the same time, we needed to make the marble run as slowly as possible through the construction. What we found was...
Children in Need 2022
We all turned up to school in spotty attire as we got involved in Children in Need 2022. The theme was spots and during an assembly we had the opportunity to be 'spotacular' for 1 minute and take the spotlight, sharing our own talents. [gallery...
Hobbies Day
We had lots of fun learning about each others' hobbies and interests as part of our Flourish 360º. We heard about a wide range of different hobbies that we all do. These ranged from building computer to caring for injured animals, to embroidery, gardening, running,...
Colmers Hill Fun Run November 2022
On a beautiful, bright November Saturday, 12 pupils from Seatown descended on Colmers Hill, Symondsbury for the annual fun run - the first scheduled at its normal time of the year after the pandemic disruption. The girls ran 1st. [gallery...
Marble runs – our 1st attempts!
We began a DT project, exploring how to make different paper/card joins and to explore the physics of how to make a successful marble run. These were the result of our first...
Netball Tournament November 2022
On a very blustery day, the netball tournament took place at Colfox School. We were all very excited and some of us had never represented our school in a sports tournament before. We played a series of matches using the Hi5 netball rotation which meant we had to...
The Bank of Dreams and Nightmares 3rd October 2022
After an initial think about what books we like reading and why we like reading, we pooled our ideas about what a story needs. Then we began suggesting ideas for characters, their wishes and a challenge that they had. We voted for our favourites before we began some...
Welcome to Seatown Class 2022
What a fantastic first week in school! We have all settled in together and looking forward to being the best that we can be. Here’s our first display that shares all about us, who we are and what we are like inside and out!
Leavers’ Service 22.7.22
A day that Year 6s will never forget was their last day at school. A mixture of emotions - sadness, pride, excitement and gratitude - was what dominated the day. It began with signing of T shirts that they had tie dyed as part of a design technology project. Parents...
Leavers’ Service 22.7.22
A day that Year 6s will never forget was their last day at school. A mixture of emotions - sadness, pride, excitement and gratitude - was what dominated the day. It began with signing of T shirts that they had tie dyed as part of a design technology project. Parents...
Leavers’ Service 22.7.22
A day that Year 6s will never forget was their last day at school. A mixture of emotions - sadness, pride, excitement and gratitude - was what dominated the day. It began with signing of T shirts that they had tie dyed as part of a design technology project. Parents...
Hoodwinked…2
Farm Visit
After our visit to the farm we returned to school and made some presentations. Please have a look at them below. Â As they are large files they may take a bit of time to load.
Hoodwinked, 2022!
A little taster of our school production ……. 1 day to go!
Check out our programme designs https://youtu.be/xyV_CG9Yh8o Have a listen to one of the songs https://youtu.be/bi31ZW0ZWWA
Seatown Memories
https://youtu.be/bLsI8Xk164k https://youtu.be/P6vJjKUrhPI https://youtu.be/4QwFvNJ7emk https://youtu.be/NZYV_ef5AlM https://youtu.be/XYyRi_x3vIY https://youtu.be/D2u0n5pBxEA https://youtu.be/wxKPoolmJYw https://youtu.be/9Tbu4DAe_pI https://youtu.be/svBBYii1dUQ...
KS2 Sports Day July 6th 2022
After a reschedule due to the weather, the KS2 sports day got underway with a series of races. The egg and potato races…. The sack race… Skipping… And the flat race…. All watched by a supportive crowd of parents and other family members. Then came the team games The...
Salisbury Leavers’ Service
We set off on a train to Salisbury to enjoy a leaving service. Salisbury Cathedral is an amazing place to be We enjoyed lunch in the beautiful grounds Then into the cathedral for a drama called God’s Planet. And then it was time to return home. A wonderful, special...
Moving Up Morning 2022
Seatown Class looked different this morning as we got used to a new combination of pupils. We played a game, sharing what we had in common with others in the class and demonstrated how connected we all are with string. Some of us felt anxious and worried about a new...
School Council
To thank the school council for their work this year (and a respond to a request!), governors brought in some delicious chocolate cake for their last meeting! Thank you governors - it was lovely.
Science – Micro-organisms
We have been looking at how living things are classified using the Linnaeus system. Today we looked at one branch known as organisms. After learning about what different types there are, we designed our own using modelling clay…
Quadkids interschool competition
On a hot Tuesday, June 14th 2022, 8 Year 5 and 6s took part in an athletics event. It involved running, sprinting, throwing and jumping. The running proved to be tough in the heat. https://youtu.be/Wuz7U4SWHK4 https://youtu.be/Ohw5TM2-568 https://youtu.be/r26GB9gHxV0...
KS2 trip to Exeter mosque
After our visit to the cathedral, we walked to the other end of the city to visit the mosque. It was a fascinating contrast to the cathedral. Before we entered the building, the girls covered their heads with a headscarf as a mark of respect to the Muslim god, Allah....
KS2 trip to Exeter Cathedral
We spent a wonderful day on Monday 13th June 2022. On a lovely, warm summer’s day we began our visit at the Cathedral. We began with a look at the outside, noticing the statues of kings and saints. We heard about the gruesome story of St Bartholemew and why St Peter...
Whole School Art Morning
We had a whole school Art morning on Thursday. Every class worked on their observational drawing skills. Drawing fruit and vegetables has a long history. The children looked at the works of famous artists such as Caravaggio, Cezanne and Duncanson to inspire them. Huge...
French Day 10th June 2022
We were excited to welcome back Mrs Mundy to school and spend a day with us learning French, speaking and listening to stories and learning a bit about French food culture. We began with a welcome song, learning how to say ‘hello’ to others....
Preparing for the Platinum Jubilee tea party
As the whole village and parents and other family members had been invited to our Jubilee celebrations, it was time to get baking. Kyla brought her expertise and skills to the kitchen and this is what happened…….. And of course, we needed to make Jubilee themed...
Platinum Jubilee Tea Party May 26th 2022
This year marks a ‘once in a lifetime’ anniversary - the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. She has sat on the throne for 70 years and dedicated her whole life to serving our country. To celebrate such a magnificent milestone, we decided to do a little something for our...
Netball Tournament 25th May 2022
After a very wet and blustery morning and a delayed arrival to Beaminster School, Powerstock’s netball team took part in a tournament against other local schools. It felt a little daunting at first. But then we got into the swing of it! We scored some goals Although...
Manor Farm, North Poorton Visit
KS2 visited a local farm as part of our’Field to Plate’ topic. It was an opportunity to learn about some of the farm methods used and compare them to farming from 200 years ago. First we walked around the farm. We visited the sheep and learnt about how to care for...
Freestyle Art
Cogden and Seatown enjoyed a free style art afternoon using themes and techniques of their choice. We have some budding artists who love this opportunity to express themselves and show some real talent!
Seatown Sailing 13.5.22
After a week of tests, Seatown treated themselves to a well deserved morning on the water at the Andrew Simpson Sailing Academy, Weymouth. The weather was perfect - a sunny morning with a good breeze. https://youtu.be/lRab7DzUyVw A perfect day at the Sailing Academy....
Our Easter Journey morning Wednesday 6th April 2022
With some restrictions due to the pandemic still in place, we approached our Easter celebrations in a slightly different way. The aim was to focus on aspects of Easter in a variety of creative ways including: using our environment giving opportunities for personal...
Preparations for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Party May 2022
We designed and drew our own invitations Once they were ready, we set off to deliver each invitation personally to each house in the village. Delivering to one of our school...
The PGL Abseiling Wall
This challenge required trust and technique Learning how to jump against the wall with our feet. At times we felt quite nervous But the safety harness held us. There was nothing to fear. Take a look at some of our achievements. https://youtu.be/w2oe1n2KfZs...
PGL Rifle Shooting
This was a new activity for us. We learnt about the air rifles and how to use the sight line to aim accurately at the target. We learnt what the different parts of the rifle were called and how to cock the barrel. Setting up the targets Setting up the targets Cocking...
PGL Wacky Races
One of our evening events was 90 minutes of weird and wonderful races in teams. The first race was all about trying to throw as many shoes into hoops. This was followed by trying to build the tallest tower of shoes! https://youtu.be/W_bVOae02Nc Finally the race was on...
