Whole School News

Friday 24 October 2025 🚀 Year 1’s Out-of-This-World Week! 🌌
Friday 24 October 2025 Real life Superheroes This week, Reception class met some real-life superheroes! The children learned all about the important work of prison officers, paramedics, physiotherapists, dental hygienists, and firefighters. They discovered how each of these amazing people helps to keep us safe, healthy, and happy every day.
Friday 24 October 2025 PE and popcorn! This week saw our final lesson in our unit focusing on ball skills. We have been sharpening our skills in sending, catching, tracking and dribbling. The children have all really enjoyed this unit and we have seen marked improvements in their confidence and ability. Great listening and teamwork Year 2!
Friday 24 October 2025 Super stars at Stonehenge! On Wednesday morning, we all set off very early before the rest of the school arrived, so we could get to Stonehenge to explore its historical magnificence! The children were very excited as we climbed aboard the coach and settled in for the long journey. When we got there, we got straight onto the shuttle bus as marvelled at the 5,000 year old stones and burial mounds. The children listened patiently as I read out the information boards and they started to put the pieces we had learned in class together as we looked at the stone circle and surrounding area.
Friday 24 October 2025 Half Term 2%ers As we come to the end of half term, we wanted to share with you one of the highlights of our school calendar – our 2%er Assembly!
Friday 24 October 2025 Half term roundup from Caroline Wow what a fantastic seven and a half weeks it's been! We know it's been a long term, so everyone's definitely ready for a well-earned rest, but we wanted to take a moment to celebrate all the brilliant things we've achieved together.
Thursday 23 October 2025 X Country Competition at Conifers Storm Benjamin was not going to stop Southill Primary School from giving their all at the Cross Country event at Conifers today. Children from Years 3, 5 and 6 took part in a challenging team competition, each completing a full lap of the entire field and playground before tagging in their teammate. Once all four runners had finished their laps, the first three teams back were crowned the winners.
Thursday 23 October 2025 Festive Fair
Monday 20 October 2025 History Club Adventures This Half Term We've had such a brilliant time in History Club this half term, exploring fascinating periods from our local area all the way back to ancient civilisations!
Monday 20 October 2025 Southill vs Radipole – Match Report After what felt like an age, we were finally heading back up to the football pitch for our very first match of the season. Today's opponents&quest; Radipole - a tough side who proved difficult opposition last academic year, when the game ended in a slender 2–1 victory.
Monday 20 October 2025 Parent Consultation Meetings Dear Families
Sunday 19 October 2025 We the Curious Museum – BEST TRIP EVERRR!
Friday 17 October 2025 Watch us jump! This week in Year 1 PE, we took our learning outside to work on our jumping and landing skills.
Friday 17 October 2025 Art in Year 4 This week in Year 4, the children have been busy modelling their own canopic jars as part of our art topic, sculpture. We have explored the purpose and symbolism of canopic jars before designing our own. We used pinch pot techniques to form the jar bases, carefully shaping and smoothing the clay before adding lids inspired by the Four Sons of Horus.
Friday 17 October 2025 Year 3 - Super, not so scary skeletons! This week the children have enjoyed continuing our science topic Animals including humans. The children have learned how the muscles in the body work relaxing and contracting. They made muscles using strips of card board, elastic bands and some split pins. This week they also looked at joints and made split pin skeletons so the legs, arms and head could move. As the children worked they were heard saying to their friends "You need to attach the femur to the pelvis!" So lots of great scientific language was being used.
Friday 17 October 2025 Super, not so scary skeletons!
Friday 17 October 2025 Library Visit and Autumnal craft Reception Class - A Busy and Exciting Week! Reception had a fantastic week full of learning and fun! The children went on their very first school trip to Weymouth Library and there was so much excitement on the coach. During the visit, they explored the world of books, learning all about different types — including fiction, non-fiction, board books, and chapter books. They even played games to help them identify and sort the different kinds!
Friday 17 October 2025 Celebration Assembly Our Year 1 wellbeing reporters took centre stage to tell us about their important work on developing relationships this week. They've been learning about the fundamental building blocks of positive relationships, including how to take turns, treat each other with kindness, consideration and respect, and understanding the importance of honesty and truthfulness.
Friday 17 October 2025 Caroline's blog What a wonderful week we've had at Southill Primary! As we near the end of our first half term, there's been so much to celebrate, and I wanted to share some of the highlights with you.
Thursday 16 October 2025 Autumn Celebration What a fantastic afternoon we had today at our Reception Class and KS1 Autumn Celebration!