Whole School News
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Friday 23 October 2026 Forest School final week We had a fantastic final session for Forest School this week. Despite the rain, we were able to get out and have lots of fun. We all joined in with a couple of team games, which saw some of the forest schoolers taking charge and sharing their ideas brilliantly! The den building equipment was needed to keep us dry as the rain set in, and we huddled in a den for our hot chocolate this week.
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Friday 23 October 2026 Printing party! We had a great afternoon printing yesterday. On Wednesday, we made some printing blocks using different shapes. We then used printing rollers to paint them and print them onto paper. We each did our own print and then we made some collaborative prints with the friends on our table. This was to round off our monochromatic art unit and was great fun! Great job, Year 2!
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Friday 23 October 2026 Y4: Shackleton's Incredible Journey! Year 4 have been on an incredible adventure over the past couple of weeks as we've been learning all about the famous Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton and his extraordinary expedition aboard the Endurance!
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Thursday 22 October 2026 Baaa-rilliant Writing in Year 1! Our Year 1s have been having an absolute baaaaa-rilliant time in our writing lessons as we dive into the classic tale of The Three Billy Goats Gruff! 🐐
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Thursday 22 October 2026 Terrifying Tim Burton-Inspired Self-Portraits! To get into the spooky spirit, Year 6 decided to finish a busy half-term with some Halloween-inspired artwork!
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Thursday 22 October 2026 First Man on the Moon. 🌕🚀 This week, we have been developing our comprehension skills through our text First Man on the Moon. 🌕🚀
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Wednesday 21 October 2026 Mexican Inspired Cacti! This week the children have been sketching different types of cacti that can be found in Mexico. They have been sketching different types of shapes and textures and then today they sketched out the cactus that they will be making with clay after half term. The children then used colours to make their design pop and will be replicated when then come to paint their cactus once dry.
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Tuesday 20 October 2026 We are all different!
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Friday 16 October 2026 The Buzz! As we approach the final week of this half term, there is still plenty to look forward to at Southill!
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Thursday 15 October 2026 Marvelous Maths This week's maths has focused on using number lines. The children have been estimating where numbers sit on a number line, ordering numbers, and even built their own using Numicon. We recognised that five is always in the middle between two multiples of ten which helped us with our estimating. We then made things even harder by starting our number lines at numbers other than 0.
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Thursday 15 October 2026 Leaf Buddies and Our Library Adventure! 🍂📚 What a wonderful and exciting week we have had in Reception! We have been busy creating, exploring and learning together, making special memories along the way.
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Thursday 15 October 2026 Forest School Week 5 This week at Forest School, we missed our Year 4 friends who were out on their school trip. The Year 3's made the most of having the site to themselves and all agreed that they wanted to use the saws again. So, we set about finding some appropriate branches for the children to saw. After a quick 'Tool Talk' recap about how to safely use the tools, they paired up and were all successful in their missions to saw right through the branches. Brilliant teamwork and lots of encouragement from friends was witnessed! We also used the fire to make some popcorn (we will do it again next week - weather permitting) which caused great excitement when it started overflowing the pot! Another super, sunny session - Well done Year 3!
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Thursday 15 October 2026 Southill's Spooktacular Halloween Disco! There was something strange in the neighbourhood... and it was coming from the Southill dance floor!With Halloween lurking just around the corner, Southill was transformed into a frightfully fantastic disco filled with spooky surprises, epic tunes and some seriously terrifying dance moves!Our children looked INCREDIBLE in their costumes! From wicked witches and gruesome ghouls to creepy creatures and everything in between, the effort was simply fang-tastic! A huge thank you to our wonderful Southill parents and school community for pulling out all the stops. Some of the costumes really did frighten the life out of us... although, to be fair, some of the dance moves were even scarier! We've certainly witnessed a few moves that should never be allowed to rise from the dead!A MASSIVE thank you to our fabulous FOSS team for organising such a cracking evening. We'd also like to give a huge shout-out to every parent, grandparent and member of our Southill community who helped make the evenin
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Thursday 15 October 2026 A great hockey skills afternoon at Redlands! On Wednesday afternoon, 10 pupils from Year 4 had a brilliant time learning all about hockey from Weymouth Hockey Club and their amazing Sports Leaders. They learnt how to hold the sticks properly, how to dribble with the ball using proper stick control, how to aim carefully to shoot and pass, and how to gain possession of the ball. All the pupils did a great job representing the school - they walked up there sensibly and all took part with resilience and determination. All 10 pupils said that they learnt new skills! Well done, Year 4.
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Thursday 15 October 2026 Y4: Durnovaria! On Tuesday, Year 4 headed off on a day trip to Dorchester to learn all about the Romans and their settlements in the town, which they called Durnovaria!
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Thursday 15 October 2026 Portraits Inspired by Sarah Biffin This week, we have been learning about the remarkable artist Sarah Biffin and exploring her beautiful portrait work.
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Thursday 15 October 2026 RELEASE THE KRAKEN! Beware! Something monstrous is lurking beneath the waves... and our Book Talk group has been diving into the deep!This week in Book Talk, we have been sinking our teeth into the thrilling story Deadly Deep by Jennifer Killick and things have taken a TERRIFYING turn!Picture the scene... A group of friends are enjoying a school trip aboard a cruise ship in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. What could possibly go wrong? Well, quite a lot actually! Suddenly, a deafening BANG rocks the ship, sending some of the characters tumbling overboard into the mysterious depths below. GULP! What could be lurking beneath the surface?As we examined the book's rather sinister front cover, we spotted some enormous tentacles and a pair of menacing eyes staring back at us. This sparked a fascinating discussion about one of the ocean's most legendary monsters... THE KRAKEN!But what exactly is the Kraken?According to Scandinavian folklore, the Kraken is a gigantic sea monster
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Thursday 15 October 2026 Part-Whole Models? Piece of Cake! Dun, dun, dun… the time has come for Year 1 to move on to addition and subtraction! And what a fantastic start we've had!
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Thursday 15 October 2026 Practical maths magic! Subtracting and exchanging. This week the children have been doing a lot of practical maths involving adding and subtracting across a 10 and a 100. The children have had to either exchange a 10 stick for 10 ones or a hundred for ten 10 sticks, which can be challenging as there are lots of steps to remember! The children have progressed really well and I am really proud of their teamwork and focus.
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Friday 9 October 2026 Outdoor Disco – Dancing Up a Storm! It may have been a little windy this morning, but that certainly didn't stop us from throwing some shapes at our fabulous Outdoor Disco!From the Macarena to Move It, Superman to my new personal favourite, Juicy Wiggle (what a tune!), the top playground was absolutely BOUNCING with energy, laughter and some seriously impressive dance moves!And it wasn't just the children getting their groove on… even a few of our lovely parents couldn't resist a little boogie on the sidelines! We saw you!The weeks are absolutely FLYING by, and what better way to get everyone warmed up for FOSS' Indoor Disco next week? If this morning's moves are anything to go by, we're in for an absolute SCREAM!Dancing shoes at the ready, everyone!