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Welcome to Marshwood Church of England Primary Academy

We are a small school in rural West Dorset. We nurture all members of our school family to be happy, self-confident and supportive of one another. We want each person to flourish in their lives within school, the local community and beyond.

Peter Beare Head of Marshwood CE Primary Academy

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Nov 6, 2024

Facing unpleasant feelings can be a challenge, even for adults – let alone for children and young people, whose minds are still developing. To many youngsters, a mistake in an exam, a hurtful word or even losing in a game can sometimes feel like the worst thing in the world, causing them to react accordingly. This free guide offers you expert tips on how to instil emotional resilience in young people, helping them to learn from unexpected feelings and situations – and to process them in a mature, effective manner.

Nov 6, 2024

Lambert's Cake Sale run by the PFA will take place after school today at 3:30pm. Please do come and enjoy a sweet treat after school for a donation helping raise funds for the class. If your child is in Lamberts we would welcome any sweet treats, shop bought or homemade, to add to our cake sale later today.

Nov 1, 2024

Please come and join us on Saturday 16th November from 11am to help clear the school garden and pond area. This is wonderful day enjoyed by family, staff and children and helps keep the wonderful school grounds accessible all year round for the children to enjoy. Please do let the school office know if you are able to spare any time at all on this day. A delicious soup is kindly prepared by Melissa along with refreshments.

Oct 25, 2024

This is what the teachers have been doing today at the First Federation Trust Inclusion Conference. We've been challenged and inspired in how we further support all our children to flourish. We've heard from Rob Aubry, Head Coach of the Great Britain Paralympic Swimming Team,Natalie Packer, Independent Education Consultant, specialising in SEND and schoolimprovement, and Gary Aubin, Education Endowment Foundation's SEND Associate.

Oct 23, 2024

Many children and young people enjoy exploring new and exciting genres and themes in the films and TV they consume – and as they grow, the maturity of this content will likely increase with them. However, without proper supervision and safeguarding, youngsters looking for a new title to enjoy – especially in the horror genre – might get a little more than they're ready for, especially with Halloween being a theme for many providers for the next few weeks. The emotional and psychological impacts of viewing age-inappropriate content can be severe. It's vital for parents and educators to know how to keep the children in their care as safe as possible while young people explore new, potentially grittier or darker, pieces of media. This free guide breaks down the risks of viewing age-inappropriate content, with a particular focus on horror, and offers expert advice on how to limit youngsters’ exposure to material that might upset or disturb them. #WakeUpWednesday

Oct 22, 2024

As you can see from the action shots, Pilsdon Class have really grown in confidence in their TAG rugby skills. The class are now confidently passing, catching, tackling and defending with accuracy throughout the games on the field. It has been fantastic to watch their understanding of the rules, their team work skills and sportsmanship develop and flourish in this sport. With thanks to @@wessex_grounds_services who kindly painted lines on the field allowing us to play games as a class. Please do ensure that you send your child to school with an extra pair of sports shoes to change into for PE as we really do like to use the field as much as possible and the ground can be wet.

Oct 21, 2024

Don't forget the PFA school disco this Thursday from 6pm - 8pm. This is a great event that the children always enjoy. We hope to see you there.

Oct 18, 2024

Congratulations to our pupils of the week this week from each class: Coneys - Silas Lamberts - Albert Pilsdon - Madeleiene

Oct 17, 2024

Is your child due to start school in September 2025, have you moved to the area and are looking at local primary schools, or are you thinking of making a change in your child's current school? Please do come along and meet our team and see the school during our open day on Tuesday 19th November at 9:30am. If you are not able to make this time and day please do not hesitate to get in touch to find a time suitable to you. Please do share this with your friends, family and the local community.

Oct 16, 2024

As part of our Harvest Festival this year, we will be supporting the Bridport Community Kitchen, which one of our regular volunteers, Mrs Thornton, supports. This year as a school we are looking to raise £100 to allow the charity to buy 3 sleeping bags and continue to help support the homeless in Bridport. We welcome your support with this, as well as food bank donations too if you are able to give this year. @bridportcommunitykitchen https://bridportcommunitykitchen.org.uk They provide hot meals and company for homeless and vulnerable people twice a week, as well as signposting them to local agencies, and providing tents, sleeping bags and warm clothing. There are currently from the people we work with at least 10 homeless people in Bridport. Since the kitchen opened in 2019, they have supported over 50 homeless people. 10% of these that we know of have now been housed. In April this year, we unrolled Bridport’s longest scarf from the kitchen to the town hall to raise £2500 to support the day to day running of the kitchen. Sections of the scarf and hats will be sold at Bridport market on Saturday 30th November to raise further funds. We look forward to welcoming you all to our harvest festival which will take place on Thursday 24th October in the church at 3pm.

Oct 15, 2024

In Lamberts during our art lessons, we have started to work on some botanical paintings. We started by closely observing plants taken from the school grounds. We sketched the basic shapes we could see, then added more detail with a 2B pencil before adding paint using watercolours.

Oct 14, 2024

In Coneys the children have been looking at autumn leaves and conkers. In art they used the leaves that they had collected and made leaf rubbings by rubbing a crayon over the leaf and paper. They also discussed what trees conkers come from, and how they would describe a conker. Within a large tray they also had to find and collect conkers using 1-1 correspondence.

Oct 12, 2024

Please see our updated and amended important dates for autumn term. Please note that the individual school photo date has changed.

Oct 11, 2024

Well done to our Marshwood Stars this week who have followed our schools values or completed some impressive learning: Coneys: Arthur, T, Isla and Benji Lamberts: C, Tilly, Holly, Louisa and Albert Pilsdon: Madeleine, Archie, Erin and Felix

Oct 11, 2024

Well done to our pupils of the week this week: Coneys - Freddie Lamberts - George Pilsdon - May

Oct 10, 2024

Today we had a surprise visit from Dorset Food Hygiene and we are super proud to say that Mrs Cox was awarded 5 stars again during the inspection. Well done to Mrs Cox! Our school lunches are freshly prepared by Acorn Catering and delivered and served by Mrs Cox to the children each day. A thumbs up from some of our year 6's who enjoyed their delicious lunch today! #foodhygienerating #5star

Oct 9, 2024

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