Whole School News

Monday 6 October 2025 Exploring living things in the Sensory Garden Year 4 have been exploring living things in their habitats at school. We found lots of minibeasts and plants!
Friday 3 October 2025 The Exciting Part-Whole Model This week, we started a new topic in maths all about addition and subtraction within 10. The children have been learning about the part-whole model, which helps them understand how numbers can be split into different parts.
Friday 3 October 2025 Y3 Our sensory walk This week we enjoyed a lovely walk in our beautiful, new sensory garden. The children used their senses (except taste!) to experience all the garden has to offer. They enjoyed rubbing their fingers between the herbs and smelling the scent produced. They also enjoyed listening to the musical instruments and looking at bugs and spiders hiding under the terracotta pots! A mushroom was spotted growing in the grass too, as well as some beautiful purple flowers.
Friday 3 October 2025 Mehndi Designs We've now completed our art unit for this term. The children have all really enjoyed learning about how different patterns can be used to celebrate in different religions and countries.
Friday 3 October 2025 Headteacher blog What a special week it's been at Southill Primary! We've been celebrating the wonderful diversity of our pupils and all the unique qualities that make each child special. It was absolutely brilliant to welcome visitors into school and to see everyone dressed in whatever makes them feel proud. Thank you for supporting your children to participate – it was truly a memorable day.
Thursday 2 October 2025 We can group animals in a variety of ways! In science, we have learnt that animals can be grouped based on their characteristics and nutrition!
Thursday 2 October 2025 Diversity Wow!
Thursday 2 October 2025 Fun in the sun! This week, we've been making the most of the sunshine while exploring all the wonderful signs of autumn!
Wednesday 1 October 2025 This is ME!
Tuesday 30 September 2025 History Club
Tuesday 30 September 2025 Celebrating Neurodiversity with MHST This week, we were delighted to welcome the Mental Health Support Team (MHST) to Southill Primary School for a special assembly during our Diversity Week celebrations. The team led an engaging and informative session focused on celebrating our neurological differences and understanding how our brains can work in different ways.
Monday 29 September 2025 Diversity Week - more information I have received some emails from parents who feel concerned about our approach to teaching diversity (specifically the assembly on Tuesday morning). I want to reassure all parents that the events planned for our Diversity Week are about celebrating what makes each of us unique and special. We are not teaching directly about any of the protected characteristics. Rather, it's about creating an inclusive environment where all children feel valued and respected for who they are. We strive to do this every day in the way we approach all our teaching, but special events like this help children understand that everyone is different and we all belong at Southill Primary.
Saturday 27 September 2025 Windsurfing and Chesil Beach! For their first trip as Year 6, our brilliant class were treated to an amazing experience: a windsurfing lesson at Portland Marina. The excellent and highly experienced staff at the OTC Watersports Centre provided an unforgettable activity, as all the pupils got to try out this adventurous sport for the first time in a setting which is literally fit for Olympians! Some of our class even got to meet some Olympic athletes in training. This experience was a great way for all the pupils to try something new, develop their confidence and go out of their comfort zones in a fun and safe environment. The class worked together so well - they cheered each other on and gave each other words of encouragement and guidance.
Friday 26 September 2025 Geometric and organic art This week our focus is on geometric and organic art.
Friday 26 September 2025 Caroline's blog Thank you so much to everyone who joined us for our Macmillan Coffee Morning today – it was wonderful to see so many of you there! Your generosity and support make a real difference. A special thank you goes to Shelley for organising the event so brilliantly.
Friday 26 September 2025 Verb charades For our new book The Wilderness by Steve McCarthy, the children acted out some of the activities and actions that the children in the story were doing. Their partners then had to guess what action they were acting out. Lots of fun and giggles which then helped to produce some great written work using verbs and adverbs.
Thursday 25 September 2025 Nature walk We had so much fun putting on our wellies and heading out for a nature walk today! The children loved exploring the outdoors and discovering lots of natural treasures along the way—dandelions, twigs, feathers, and so much more.
Thursday 25 September 2025 Fitness Thursdays are BACK!
Thursday 25 September 2025 Swanage Railway 🚂 Year 1 had a fantastic day out at Swanage Railway this week. The weather could not have been better, and the children were full of excitement from the very start.
Thursday 25 September 2025 Hockey Heroes Hit the Pitch! This afternoon, 10 enthusiastic Year 5 children swapped the classroom for the AstroTurf as they headed to Redlands 3G to take part in an exciting hockey festival - and what an action-packed event it was!

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