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Milborne St Andrew Football Festival

Thu 27 Mar 2014

On arrival we changed into our football boots ready for an afternoon of football, armed with our lucky mascot from Lucy, first up were The Prince of Wales School and with great defending from Amelia and Archie and great saves from Daniel P in goal, we deservedly drew this game 0-0, Thomas had our best chance in the game with a Beckham like shot from near the half way line. Broadmayne School were up next with a familiar face in their line up, Joe Arthy, we dominated this game and had several goalmouth scrambles with Olly running the show from midfield but just couldn't force the ball home, we then let in a breakaway goal and lost 1-0. We played the hosts Milborne School in our 3rd game, George played his best game yet and went on an amazing solo run and shot just wide and then not long after Toby sent in a powerful shot which cannoned back off the post! We were then hit with an unlucky goal that squirmed underneath the hands of our goalie and lost narrowly 1-0. After some well earned orange squash, biscuits and cake (kindly purchased by Mrs Horsington) we played St Mary's School and were under pressure straight away and went down to an early goal, however we then counter attacked ourselves and Thomas was sent through by a superb ball from Katie to go one on one with their keeper and without a fantastic save we would have levelled the score, Katie also defended with determined tenacity but was unable to keep out another shot and we lost 2-0. Our final game was against Winterborne School, with Hannah and Eden defending for their lives that left Toby and George to attack with both going close but again drawing a blank, 0-0. Everyone enjoyed playing and went home with smiles on their faces, Mrs Price and Miss Nottley were proud at how courteous, caring and confident they all were. Special mentions to Mrs Horsington for transporting to and from school and Mr & Mrs Beresford and Toby's grandparents, huge thank you to you all for coming to support the team.

Pro Kick Schools Challenge and Sport Relief Challenges

Wed 26 Mar 2014

The whole school is taking part in the Pro Kick Schools Challenge on Wednesday afternoon. Thank you so much to those of you who have returned the sponsorship forms, but there is no obligation to gain sponsorship as you child will take part anyway.This is a fully inclusive exciting opportunity for your child to have a fun experience, using a gigantic inflatable goal with digital display that shows how fast your child can make the ball travel. This is a charity fundraising event that will benefit both our school and their charity.

AND THEN AFTER SCHOOL

Please don’t forget the ‘Challenges for all the Mums and Dads ‘ on WEDNESDAY AT 3.15 PM. There will be three parent - child challenges – the first challenge being a ‘Penalty Shoot- out’ the second being a ‘Netball Hoop Challenge’ and the third being a ‘Hockey Goal event’. Please find your competitive spirit and join in to raise money for Sport Relief. Miss Cook and her School Council volunteers will be on the School playground along with Miss Nottley and Mrs Price on WEDNESDAY for you to take part in these challenges - £1 a go or £2 for a go at all 3!

School Council Parents – please could you let Miss Cook know if you are happy for your child to help run the challenges on Wednesday afternoon for Sports Relief please? Thank you!

Pre-Ofsted Evaluation Report.

Mon 24 Mar 2014

At Cerne VC CE First School we very much value supportive and rigorous external verification to improve our practice and ultimately outcomes for children.

We were very pleased to invite Deborah Zachory, an experienced and fully qualified Ofsted inspector, to our school for two full days. We asked Deborah to carry out a pre-Ofsted inspection against the new inspection framework, validate and challenge the school's self evaluation, prior to Federation with Winterbourne Valley VA CE First School in September.

The reports are attached under the About Us - Key Information - Our Evaluation section on the Home page.

We would very much like to thank Deborah for a very intense, thorough and challenging two days that have led to purposeful and meaningful development points.

Sport Relief

Fri 21 Mar 2014

It is Sport Relief next FRIDAY 21st MARCH. School Council have thought very carefully about what they would like to do to raise money for this important cause. They have decided that we should all dress up for our favourite sport and each donate £1 to Sport Relief.

Damers Football Tournament

Tue 18 Mar 2014

Our team arrived eager and ready to play, with this being the first tournament for most of them. After warming up there was a group photo with the other teams taking part, Prince of Wales School and Damers School. Then we were off, our first match was against Damers Yellow, after a slow start with us finding our feet, we defended really well with Captain Archie leading the way and Daniel making some excellent saves in goal, but we let in a goal in the last minute, losing 1-0. Our second game was against Damers Blue, this one we went down to an early goal, however this did not get us down and we attacked down the wings with Freya and Harriet and were unlucky not to get an equalizer. Next up was Damers Red, this was by far our better game with Mason and Lulu determined not to let anything through their defence, however we let in a goal after Connor had superbly saved a shot but it unfortunately rebounded off one of their players straight back into the net, this made us more determined and between Angus and Katie we attacked with gusto and finally got the goal we deserved when Katie surged forward and slotted the ball past their keeper with a fantastic shot, we celebrated with the loudest cheer of the afternoon and Katie and a huge smile on her face, we drew that game 1-1. Lastly we played the Prince of Wales School, this was our hardest game, but we held our own for the first 5 minutes with some tough tackling from Lily, but we let 2 goals in in a minute and lost the game 2-0. Then after a well earned biscuit and some juice we headed back. Our players did the school proud and every single one enjoyed the afternoon and they were talking about the matches all the way back to school, with Mrs Price and Miss Nottley leaving with very sore throats from all the cheering!

DASP Music Concert

Mon 17 Mar 2014

Abbey Class will be singing at the DASP Music Concert on Wednesday 19th March at St Osmunds. The concert will start at 6.30 pm. Please can parents ensure their children arrive in their uniform by 6 pm at St Osmund’s hall.

Year 4 Orienteering at DMS

Wed 12 Mar 2014

Abbey Class Year 4's arrived eagerly and after being given a quick tour of the school, they were off! They had to first find pictures from photos around the school, then race back to show the year 7 leaders where abouts the photo was taken on the orienteering map of the school. They used their observation skills and co-operation to find as many as they could. After a quick pit stop their next task was punch orienteering, each pair was given a sheet with a list of numbers which they had to locate on the map, find the clip and punch the pattern next to the number. Off they raced with renewed energy and arrived back with many fulfilled sheets, congratulations to Amelia and Hannah who completed the most! With lots of red faces and smiles, Mrs Price and Miss Nottley were exhausted just watching them! They ended their enjoyable morning by thanking the year 7 leaders, Levi Dailey and Mr Duffy with an ear-piercing thank you. The children did our school proud and they were all confident, courteous and communicative with each other and Winterborne Abbas, making them a credit to Cerne Abbas First School.

Violin Concert

Sat 08 Mar 2014

The children are playing their violins at the Dorset Chamber Orchestra Concert on Saturday 8th March at St Mary’s Dorchester at 4 pm. They will need to arrive in their best uniform for a rehearsal at 1.40 pm for the concert at 4 pm. The concert theme is a Dorset Ghost story narrated by Martin Clunes.

Under 18’s are free and there is one concessionary adult ticket per family which will be given to the children next Friday.

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