Whole School News
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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!
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Friday 9 October 2026 The Buzz! From Year 2's farm adventure and Year 4's Roman army training to Year 6's encounter with some fascinating creepy crawlies, there has been plenty to spark curiosity at Southill this week...Have a fantastic weekend!
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Friday 9 October 2026 BUGFEST BABY! What a morning of creepy crawlies, fascinating facts and a few moments of sheer terror (mainly from the adults)!
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Thursday 8 October 2026 Y4: Roman Army Training Camp! Year 4 swapped the classroom for the playground this week as we travelled back nearly 2,000 years to discover just what made the Roman army such a powerful fighting force!
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Thursday 8 October 2026 🎨 Year 5 Art – Playing with Portraits!
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Thursday 8 October 2026 Joining clauses - but not Santa Clauses! This week the children were looking at the structure of a sentence and the clauses within it. They were given a sentence linked to the text we are doing in class called "Interview with a tiger and other clawed beasts too." The children were physically moving around clauses and making them make sense both ways. It was tricky to begin with but with perseverance, resilience and great listening they began to get it and wrote some great sentences!
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Wednesday 7 October 2026 Year 1 Hit the Right Notes! What a wonderfully noisy and musical session we had in Year 1 this week! The children had great fun exploring the glockenspiels and learning how to play along to music.
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Wednesday 7 October 2026 Pickleball at All Saints School - What a SMASHING Day! Today, eight children from Southill were swept up by a minibus and transported over to All Saints School for an action-packed day of Pickleball!Pickleball has become incredibly popular over the past few years and the children were excited to get to grips with this fast-paced racket sport. For nearly all of our Southill squad, this was their very first experience of Pickleball, so paddles at the ready!The day began with the brilliant sports leaders from All Saints putting the three schools in attendance through their paces. The children took part in a variety of skills and drills focusing on serving, rallies and positioning on the court. It wasn't long before balls were whizzing over nets and rallies were getting longer and longer!After plenty of practice, the children refuelled their engines with lunch before heading back onto court for a friendly afternoon tournament. The children were split into pairs and pitted their newly acquired skills against not only their Southill teammates bu
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Wednesday 7 October 2026 AI AI Captain! Meet Our New Maths Tutor.
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Tuesday 6 October 2026 Year 2 Farm WOW! What a busy day we have had on our school trip.
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Tuesday 6 October 2026 Textured Art work
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Friday 2 October 2026 Y4: Brilliant Writing by the Sea !
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Friday 2 October 2026 The Buzz! As we move into October, there is plenty to celebrate across Southill. From Year 1's adventure at Lulworth Castle and creative den building at Forest School to imaginative writing and Year 2's immersive autumn experience, the children have been busy exploring, discovering and developing their skills...This week's 'The Buzz!' has landed!Have a fantastic weekend!
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Friday 2 October 2026 Overcoming all Obstacles...Must be Fitness Friday! From slides to A-frames, hopscotch to balancing along benches, those who joined us for this week's Fitness Friday did it all!
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Friday 2 October 2026 Now Press Play! This afternoon we went on an immersive experience in Year 2!
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Friday 2 October 2026 Year 5 Writing – Inspired by Firebird
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Thursday 1 October 2026 Yeast is a BEAST! This afternoon, we continued our adventures into our topic of Living Things and Their Habitats. So far, we've looked at classifying animals (including vertebrates and invertebrates), classification keys and plants, and now we have begun exploring the weird and wonderful world of microorganisms!We started by discussing what microorganisms actually are, with the prefix ‘micro-' being a rather big clue to something very small! We talked about the use of microscopes and discovered that microorganisms can be both helpful and harmful.Most of the time, when they are in the right place, the majority of microorganisms are not harmful to people. In fact, they often do a great deal of good, from breaking down waste to helping us make bread. We couldn't live without them!However, some microorganisms can be harmful and make us ill. Some can enter our digestive system and cause illness, while others can give us a cold. Certain microorganisms can also cause infectious diseases, such as chic
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Thursday 1 October 2026 Mini Researchers This week the children were introduced to the brilliant book "Interview with a tiger and other clawed beasts too" by Andy Seed and Nick East. Andy Seed accidentally invented a tranimalor and now he can translate animal noises in English! The children were shown a drawing of the Bengal tiger from the book and they came up with their own questions to ask a tiger! They did so well that the following day the children began researching their questions and making a note of them in their Bright Ideas notebook.
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Thursday 1 October 2026 Mini Researchers This week the children were introduced to the brilliant book "Interview with a tiger and other clawed beasts too" by Andy Seed and Nick East. Andy Seed accidentally invented a tranimalor and now he can translate animal noises in English! The children were shown a drawing of the Bengal tiger from the book and they came up with their own questions to ask a tiger! They did so well that the following day the children began researching their questions and making a note of them in their Bright Ideas notebook.
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Wednesday 30 September 2026 Forest School Week 3 Week three of our Forest School sessions was designated to dens! We spent a brilliant morning on the nature trail building an array of marvelous shelters. There were so many skills at work throughout the morning: teamwork, communication, problem solving and perseverance to name a few! All children achieved and were very proud of their designs and creations. Some shelters had twig 'fires', some had hammocks and one even incorporated a slide!