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• Lent Lunch

  Fri 13 Mar 2015

  Abbey Class will be going to the church on Friday for a Lent Lunch with the community.  Please can we ask that you give your children a donation for the meal they will receive.  Many thanks.  Any school meals ordered will be cancelled, please deduct £2.30 from your next order.

• DASP Children’s concert

  Thu 12 Mar 2015

  Abbey Class will be performing ‘Happy’ at the DASP Children’s concert at St Osmund’s School on Thursday 12^th March at 6.30 pm.  They will spend the morning rehearsing at St Osmunds and we ask that parent drop them off at the Sports Hall at St Osmund’s for the performance at 6 pm on the night in time for the 6.30 pm start.

   

  Please see the link below which has MP3 links to the other songs the children will be singing.  Please see attached lyrics for all the songs.

   

  http://www.cheselbourne.dorset.sch.uk/pages/webmaster/y4daspconcert.html

• Year 4 Orienteering at DMS

  Wed 11 Mar 2015
  Abbey Class Year 4's arrived eagerly at DMS 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, 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 Treble. The children did our school proud and they were all confident, courteous and communicative with each other and our Federation School Winterborne Abbas, especially Connor who paired up with a Winterbourne Abbas pupil, making them all a credit to Cerne Abbas First School.

• Dorset Chamber Orchestra ‘Music for Youth’ Concert at St Marys Church Dorchester

  Sat 07 Mar 2015

  We are very proud that our children are performing a recorder recital at this Children’s concert on Saturday 7^th March.   We ask that parents drop their children off at 1.45 pm for the rehearsal to start promptly at 2 pm.  The concert starts at 4 pm.  There is one free adult ticket available per family – see attached.

   

  Actor Martin Clunes will be the celebrity narrator for the Dorset Chamber Orchestra’s Music for Youth concert on Saturday 7 March.

  The concert, which will be staged at 4pm at St Mary’s Church, Edward Road, Dorchester, will feature 12-year-old soloist Hannah McFarlane on cello. The orchestra will be led by Craig McKenzie, with conductor Robert Jacoby wielding the baton.

  The programme will include the Overture of the Marriage of Figaro by Mozart, Rondo for Cello and Orchestra by Dvorak, Dave the Musical Caveman by Baker and Sharma, and the Ritual Fire Dance by de Falla.

  Admission is £10 for adults, while there is free admission for everyone under 18. Tickets are available from Harmony Music, 3-4 The Forum Centre, Trinity Street, Dorchester, tel 01305 260360.  

• Abbey and Trendle "Toys"

  Tue 24 Feb 2015

  Abbey Class – ‘Robots’ Topic

   

  On the Tuesday following the half term break we have a visitor coming into Abbey Class to help the children build lego robots and doing coding with them – as a capture for their new topic.

   

  Trendle’s ‘Toys through the Ages’ Exposure.

   

  Trendle’s topic  next half term is ‘Toys through the Ages’, on Wednesday 25^th February, they will have a visitor in their class talking about their old toys.  We would like to compare these to present day toys.  Please could your child bring a favourite toy to school on this day so that we can make comparisons.  Thank you.

• Trees for Dorset – Yr 2 and Yr 4

  Fri 13 Feb 2015
  Please can all children in Year 2 and Year 4 bring in their Wellington Boots for Friday.  As part of the Trees for Dorset project Year 2 children will be planting their seedlings in the nursery; and the Year 4 children will be planting their trees in the playground as a memory of their time here at Cerne Abbas First School

• Wessex FM – Radio Stars

  Fri 06 Feb 2015

  Congratulations to the Year 2 children who have featured on the ‘School Report’ this week on Wessex FM.  You can listen to the podcast link below.  Please do have a listen to what they have to say  - it is very entertaining.

   

  http://www.wessexfm.com/podcasts/school-report-2014-15/podcast-14.mp3

• Recycling Wizard Competition

  Fri 06 Feb 2015

  On Tuesday we had a visit from a lady who is organising a recycling competition across the schools in Dorset.  We would like to be involved with this as a school to raise awareness of the importance of recycling.

   

  If your child/children would like to enter please could they make a wizard (out of recycled materials).  Can they bring this back to school by Friday 6^th February.

   

  There will be a winner from Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2.  Each child will receive a prize and entry into the Dorset School’s Competition. 

   

  If we win this we win an eco – pack for our school.  You child has been given a letter which explains this in more detail.

• Wessex FM

  Mon 02 Feb 2015

  Congratulations to all of the Year 2 children who were interviewed by James from Wessex FM on Wednesday to appear on the School Report .  It will be aired next week at 6.30 and 8.30 am and you can also hear their contributions in you log on to the Wessex FM website. It will be an enjoyable listen.

• Polar Experience in Trendle Class

  Tue 20 Jan 2015

  Trendle Class has transformed into the Antarctic this week as part of their capture on Polar Regions and Explorers.  On Tuesday our capture is a Polar Fun Day Experience – we have an explorer Ben Collins coming into school to share polar experiences with the children including Blubber Gloves, kit and equipment experiences. 

   

  We are asking for a contribution of £5 per child towards this sensational experience – please see form below.