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Aelfric
Fri 10 Jul 2026

Here are the children speaking in old English for a film that is being made about a famous monk called Aelfric who lived in the Abbey in Cerne Abbas many, many years ago. Please also see the video on class pages.

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Our whole school trip to Longleat
Sat 06 Jun 2026
Chalking the Giant
Sat 06 Jun 2026
Our visit from 2 Muslims Ladies
Mon 09 Feb 2026

Today we had a visit from 2 Muslim ladies called Saima and Calleja. They told us about Ramadan and the 5 pillars of Isalm. The children also tried on head scarfs, prayer hats, jewellery. We also tried dates, which is the first food they eat after fasting at Ramadan and wrote our names in Arabic. The children were able to touch the Quran and a prayer mat. It was a very good learning experience.
National Trust Day with local artist Sasha Constable
Wed 14 Jan 2026

The National Trust are in the process of buying the land around the Cerne Giant. They came into school to work alongside local artist Sasha Constable and an ecologist with our children. The day involved painting rare butterflies that have been seen around the giant, taking a walk to the giant, thinking about the hill, why it’s special and what habitats it hosts and making butterfly kites. The children’s work will be used as part of the consultation process where decisions will be made about what to do with the land. We are very excited to be helping at the start of this new exciting project.
Remembrance Day
Sun 16 Nov 2025

Remembrance Day

It was lovely to join our community with the 2 minutes silence on Remembrance Day. The children stood in silence whilst we remembered all those who have fought for our country. They were incredibly respectful and we were very proud to be part of this. Two children laid a wreath at the cenotaph.
Harvest Festival
Mon 20 Oct 2025

We celebrated Harvest Festival in church with our families last week. Each class contributed a poem, prayers or songs. The Collective Worship Group concluded with a prayer and all of the children sang 'Everywhere Around Us' and 'We Plough the Fields'. We also collected food for Dorchester Foodbank.
Official Grand Opening of our new Building
Mon 07 Jul 2025

This morning we had the Official Opening of our new LRC by HM Lord Lieutenant of Dorset. It was attended by the whole school, governors, parents, representatives from the Local Authority as well as the team of builders from the construction company who completed the build.
Ollie, from Year 4, read aloud a special piece he had written about the new classroom and we had an address from the HM Lord Lieutenant. We then counted to 7 and the Lieutenant cut the red ribbon on the classroom door! It is very exciting that the new classroom is now officially open! We look forward to showing you all around.
We're now looking forward to our official opening for members of the community tomorrow evening.
Whole school trip to Crealy
Sat 28 Jun 2025

What an amazing time we had at Crealy in Devon.