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EDUCATIONAL VISITS Children throughout the school enjoy
educational visits such as day trips connected with work that they are doing
in class. Destinations have included the city of Exeter, Dorset
County Museum at Dorchester, Scaplen's Court Museum at Poole, Kingston Maurward
Agricultural College, Cranborne Ancient Technology Centre,
the Kingcombe
Centre and Portsmouth
Historic Ships. Year 4 children visit Weymouth Outdoor
Education Centre for climbing and adventurous pursuits. Years 5 and 6
enjoy residential visits to Leeson
House Field Studies Centre near Swanage,
where we have developed a two-year cycle of activities including orienteering,
the stone industry, local history, coastal geography and natural science. We have also begun triennial residential stays with Years 4-6 at Bellever Youth Hostel, Dartmoor, taking in Plymouth National Marine Aquarium on the outward journey and Morwellham Quay on the return trip.
Years
5 & 6 at SPORT Our school sports clubs are Badminton Club in autumn and
spring for Years 4-6 led by Mr Kite ; Running Club throughout the year led
by Mrs Willmore, a keen and experienced parent
helper; Netball Club led by Mrs McGrath and Mrs Willmore;
and summer athletics practices. Our sports programme also includes
seven-a-side Kenway Cup and Cluster football
matches, Cluster 'high-five' netball matches, the Cluster handball tournament
(we are the current cup-holders), the Cluster Cross Country, the 'Ashes' cricket test series against
Burton Bradstock School, the Dorset Schools Orienteering Championships in
May, the Cluster Swimming Gala in June, the Cluster Sports in July and the
school's orienteering competition in July. Some Dorset Schools Orienteering
League fixtures usually take place on Sundays, and we enter pupils in the
annual Dorset Schools Championships in May. In 2005 Loders Court, the parkland home of Viscountess
Hood, was mapped and it is now used for
training events. MUSIC, DRAMA AND ICT During the spring term a drama club has been
held after school. We give afternoon and evening performances of our musical
plays which have included Sleeping Beauty (2006),Cinderella? (2007), Rumpelstiltskin (2008) and Up the Beanstalk! (2009).
some of our recorder players We give recorder teaching to Year 3 and have recently started an after-school singing club. We also offer violin tutition during school hours and after-school guitar lessons. Dorset Music Service
provides these last two and a small charge is made. We have a highly popular School Band directed by Mrs Pearse and our instrumentalists
play at Christmas events, in the Bridport Pyramid Concert and other
school events such as the annual PTFA Barn Dance. Computer Club for Years 4-6 meets on
Tuesdays. It is led by Mary Kite, ICT Systems Manager, and looks
to explore different software ideas and enable children to pursue personal
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