News
An archive of our school news articles
Merlin Helicopter visits Sherborne Primary!
On Tuesday 4th July a Merlin Helicopter landed on our school field! As part of our World at Work Week, the children discovered what a helicopter pilot's job entails. The whole school had a guided tour of the helicopter, along with a tour and questions. Thank you to...
Summer Term Bulletin #2 2017
Please click on the link below to view our latest school bulletin: 2nd Half-SummerTerm2017-Bulletin No41
Grasshoppers develop the Characteristics for Effective Learning Outside.
We use our zoned outdoor area to den build. This promotes resilience, perseverance, problem solving, fine motor skills and great team work. We apply our numeracy skills outside and develop our understanding of shape and space. We use the extended school grounds to...
Planting in Pageant Gardens
A group of children have been busy planting in Pageant Gardens. Castle Gardens have very kindly donated plants and supported the school in creating this amazing garden. Do go and visit the patch.
Cricket Taster Session
The children took part in a cricket taster session this morning. They will come home with a wrist band, sticker and information about how to do some more...
Jaguar’s visit to Bath Rugby Stadium
Jaguar's had a brilliant time learning about different parts of the body, healthy eating and some great exercise tips at Bath Rugby Stadium. They had a chance to make toys and charts to use daily in lessons to keep our fitness levels up which we are looking forward to...
Leopards visit Egypt, The 7 Wonders of the World, The Red Sea, The Grand Canyon, The Rainforest…what have you done today?
On Wednesday, Leopards class were incredibly lucky to have the opportunity to use google expedition VR headsets to visit many amazing places in the world. Using the software, the class wore (highly fashionable) headsets which gave panoramic views of many different...
Random Acts of Kindness
Children in Tiger Class have made Sherborne a happier place! We gave out flowers, sweet and free gifts to the people in Cheap Street. We made a lot of people very...
Random Acts of Kindness
Sherborne Primary have been featured in the Blackmore Vale. The children have been performing random acts of kindness to people in Sherborne town centre. Click the link below to read more. Blackmore Vale Article...
World Book Day In Leopards Class!
Leopards went 'all out' on world book day with some amazing costumes. We spent the morning using our creativity to complete Big Writes about an important or magical hat. All of the Big Write are featured (signed by their authors!!) in the classroom writing gallery -...
Sherborne Area Multi Academy Trust
Below are documents about plans for the Sherborne Area Multi Academy Trust. SAST Proposal - Executive Summary Feb 2017 MAT Conversion Letter to Parent & carers - 28th Feb 2017 SPS - Sherborne Area Schools' Trust Proposal Guide - February 2017...
Spring Term Newsletter#2
Please click the link below to view our latest bulletin 2nd Half - Spring Term 2017 - Bulletin No 39 - Feb 2017
Tiger Class go to Bath Rugby
We had an amazing time visiting Bath Rugby Club! We did lots of work on how to keep our hearts healthy and then played games of Tag Rugby. We had an amazing time!
ECO COMMITTEE IMPROVE BIODIVERSITY
The new Eco committee have been coming up with some great new ideas to help us to keep our Green Flag. One of their ideas was to make bird feeders and bug and wildlife homes to improve biodiversity in our school grounds. They decided that the bird feeders should be...
NATURE CLUB: making fat balls, and the RSPB Big Schools Bird watch.
Nature Club, which meets every Tuesday after school, have been looking after the birds. First, the children made fat balls and pine cone feeders which they put in the wildlife area. The following week, they took part in the RSPB Big Schools Bird watch. The children...
LOWER KS2 TRIP TO MONKEY WORLD!
As part of their rain forests topic, years 3 and 4 first had a visit from an expert from Monkey World who taught us them about different types of primates and their habitats, as well as environmental problems facing primates- such as deforestation - and the causes....
Grasshoppers learn about Chinese New Year Celebrations.
We walked to the Chinese Take Away and made our own spring rolls. They were delicious! We played Chinese restaurants in our role play area. We wrote menus and orders. We made spring rolls and Chinese dumplings. We made a lucky peach blossom tree using...
Practical maths is fun in Grasshopper Class.
Symmetry We use Numicon to print symmetrical aliens. We use "Poppers" and peg boards to make symmetrical patterns. We check they are symmetrical with mirrors. Double Numbers We use Numicon to find out the total when we double a number. Weight We use balances to weigh...