LEAVERS' CHURCH SERVICEWe had a very moving Leavers' Assembly celebrating our Year 6's music talents and saying goodbye to them, Reverend Ringer who is stepping down as our Chair of Governors and Lucy Witcher, our Class 3 teacher who is moving on to pastures new. We wish them all the best luck in the world for their new ventures.
Click on the links below to listen to our year 6's musical prowess.You will need to wait a bit for them to load.
Bare Necessities played by Grace and Katherine
Edelweiss by Emily
drun piece by Jacob
Clarinet piece by Jessica
Rollerghoster sang by the School Choir
Piano piece played by Lizzie
Kumbaya by Class 6 musicians
This little heart of mine |  |
KS2 SPORTS DAYKS2 Sports Day finally took place on Monday 14th July, having been postponed because of inclement weather. Can you guess which team won? |  |
ST ANDREW'S HAS TALENTTo end our very successful AFRICAN ARTS WEEK the children decided that they would like to raise money for school children in Africa and so organised ST ANDREW'S GOT TALENT. From Year 3 up to Year 6, each class voted for three acts to go through as finalists, 12 in all. They ranged from solo singers, to groups, dancers, drummers, flautists, mime artists and pogo stick bouncers. Click on Jake and view the slideshow of Acts. |  |
THE THWARTING OF BARON BOLLIGREW - CAST BMore pics.Click on the girls and then on SLIDESHOW to whizz through the pics.If you want to download a photo, make sure you expand it first before you right-click "Save as " or copy into Microsoft Word. |  |
THE THWARTING OF BARON BOLLIGREW - CAST AA fantastic play, "The Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew", adapted for children by their teacher Phil Hall, was put on by Year 6.Click on the boys and then on SLIDESHOW to whizz through the pics. |  |
AFRICAN ARTS WEEK EXHIBITION FRON GHANAWe have been lucky enough to have a wonderful exhibition of Ghanain life which enriches the children's experience of AFRICA. |  |
YEAR 4 SCIENCE ENRICHMENT DAYYear 4 children from Thornford, Trent, County Primary, Buckland Newton and Bishops Caundle schools joined us for a science investigation day. We had a great day. The winning plane went more than 6 metres, powered by elastic bands only. Check out the picures to see what a busy day we had. |  |
MID-SUMMER MADNESS JUNE 2008Inspite of our grim dank weather, the PTA's Mid-Summer Madness was a rip-roaring success with a superb climbimg wall, numerous stalls and a delicious BBQ. Over £1200 was raised; many thanks to one and all for all your hard work.
Click on our damp Headteacher for more fun pics. |  |
YEAR 4 SCIENCE MUSEUM VISITThanks to some funding from the Dorset ASSET/VALTER trust, a group of Year 4 children had the opportunity to spend a day at the London Science museum. A great day was had by all. |  |
FUN FOOTBALLOur teams have been playing several tournaments which they have greatly enjoyed. |  |
RECORDER WORKSHOPA group of children were lucky enough to be taken by music coordinator, Mrs Alex Locke to an all day recorder worker. The day was invaluable experience for all the children. Listen to the recordings and watch the video below.
Recorder Workshop audio recording
Recorder workshop video |  |
RAISE1 exhibition of artwork in Sherborne HouseWe were very proud that artwork from our present Class 6 was exhibited to the public in Sherborne House this April. The artwork on show was a interesting "take" on a famous Cezanne masterpiece - le Chateau Noir - where each child produced a section of the painting using oil pastels. it looked magnificent. Well done Class 6
Paul Cezanne, beside Vincent van Gogh, was the most outstanding figure among the Post-Impressionists. In the sixties and early seventies of the 19th century Cezanne met Impressionists and created under their influence. But he quite quickly moved on from Impressionism. He was fascinated by colour, shape, form. Cezanne's art aimed to be both representational image and invention, objective and subjective, a moment and all eternity, and all this in harmonious equilibrium.
Cezanne, as the Cubism and abstract painting precursor, was the key figure in the transition from 19th -century to 20th-century art.
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OUR YOUNGEST ADDITION TO OUR SCHOOLLittle Abbie Mae Pitcher safely arrived on March 28th, 10 days after Jackie temporarily hanging up her whiteboard pen. We wish Jackie, Mark and Abbie all the very best and no doubt will see you regularily. |  |
EASTER PRAISE AT ST ANDREW'sWe enjoyed a very uplifting Easter service, Reverend Ringer's last service with us as our parish priest. We performed a number of hymns for our Easter praise. Click on the links below to enjoy our songs.
Sing Out Our Easter Song
Hosanna sung by our Choir
Thank You For Loving Me with soloists Jessica and Tasia
The Year 6 Bells group playing Lord of the Dance
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WORLD BOOK DAY March 6th 2008We celebratede this world book day with all the chldren from Reception up to Year 4 dressing as their favourite character from a book. We even had a Freddie dressing up as his hero from the "39 steps"! |  |
BOOKS AT BEDTIMEA great Books at Bedtime was had by pupils and staff from Reception through Year 4. |  |
CROSS COUNTRYPictures of the recent Sherborne Championships. |  |
Roman Baths TripHave a look at our workshop pictures! |  |
BOREDON BUSTERS HALF TERM FUNLower Covey Montessori Nursery, Yetminster, has been organising some half term fun for local children. They have been constructing dens in and around the Iron Age Hut in St Andrew's School grounds.
"We have been having such fun making our dens and telling stories AND eating bacon sandwiches".
The children have also organised games sessions on the playing fields and courts.
For further information contact the School (01935) 872430 or the nursery, Lower Covey Montessori Nursery School Lower Covey, Chapel Lane, Yetminster, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 6LJ (South West) Phone: 01935 872544 Fax: 01935 872755
Click on our photo for more of us having fun. |  |
THE WALKING BUS AWARDSThose children and teachers who have braved all the weather our climate can throw at them and supported the "WALKING BUS" scheme, were rewarded with Bronze, Silver or Gold certificates and other goodies today. This initiative encourages pupils to join our WALKING BUS and save our planet by encouraging less cars on the road polluting our air.
The walk to school also "gives us lots of exercise and awakens our brains in the morning" and "we can hear the birds singing". Going home "we can chat to our friends". Love the orange beanies - a reward for all the Gold medallists.Can't bad! Go on give it a go - you too can contribute to saving our planet. |  |
TEAM THEME AWARDS 2008We were honoured by the a visit from the TEAM THEME lads who gave out our medals for last terms matches. Click on Oliver and you can see all of the winning teams and players. |  |
Science ClubWe have lots of fun doing experiments. We use everyday items and are amazed by some of the extraordinary things we can do with them! |  |
OUR RECEPTION CHILDREN'S AUTUMN PHOTOSTORYThe children in the Reception class have been learning to take photos and then make them into a Photostory. Click on the link below; it may take a few seconds to load but we hope you will enjoy watching their video about Autumn.
Reception's autumn diary |  |
Hosannah RockReception, Yr 1 and Yr 2 really rocked this Christmas! |  |
Wind in the WillowsWhat a fantastic show! Yrs 5 and 6 in top form Christmas 2007 |  |
OUR PTA CHRISTMAS FAIRInspite of the incredibly inclement weather we had a super Christmas enjoyed by all. The children were treated to a visit by Santa plus a myriad of other activites such as games, chocolate fountain, bouncy castle etc. Thanks to all those who gave up their time to help with this worthwhile event, it was much appreciated. We raised over £1,000 towards our new play trail which is magnificent.
Click on the link below to hear our choir - it may take a minute or so to load but it is well worth the wait.
tasia
May we take this opportunity of wishing all parents, children and staff a very Merry Christmas and a peaceful New Year. |  |
CLASS 3 & 4's'S VISIT TO A HINDU TEMPLEThis autumn we visited a Hindu temple in visit to learn all about the Hindu religion. Click on our picture to see what a fantastic day we had. |  |
We are St Andrews!Every child and adult in our school produced a portrait of themselves to create this magnificent Hall display. Aren't we a gorgeous lot - although I am a bit worried by the the"gruffalo" in the top right - can you spot who I mean? |  |
CLASS 5 ARE OFF TO LEESON HOUSEWaving Class 5 off to a very exciting week in Lesson House, Langton Matravers. Have a lovely time;wish we were coming with you! |  |
2007 LEAVERS' ASSEMBLYAt the Leavers' Assembly the current Year 6 were presented with their super YEAR BOOKS filled with fun photos and individual pupil info. These were funded by their business enterprise ventures namely a cake sale and making and selling TIE-DYE t SHIRTS. They were also given dictionaries kindly donated by the PTA. |  |
NEW PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT DESIGNClass 4, with ideas from all St Andrew's children, have made a model of some new play equipment for which we are hoping to raise funds.
LOOK UNDER THE Classes section - YEAR 4 CLASS 4 - Activities Gallery - TO VIEW OUR VIDEO CLIP. |  |
HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY to St Andrew's Primary SchoolThe threatening skies didn't dampen our spirits when Bishop Tim came to help us celebrate our birthday with Reverend Ringer and Mr Sheppard. We marked the day with a special service and the raising up of our new school flag. Thanks to the parish for donating the flag pole. |  |
THE GREAT SCHOOL RUN...... or was it the great school swim. The heavens opened as we all started the run but the stoic children and their teachers carried on regardless. Well done to everyone. |  |
WORKING WITH TRAINEE TEACHERSDuring the week we spent a morning with a group of student teachers. Children from Year 5 and 6 worked through a series of practicals to learn about gravity, electricity, absorption,bubbles and lots more. Look at the pictures to see all the Science going on! |  |
KEY STAGE TWO TRIP TO EXPLORE@BRISTOLAll children from classes 3,4,5 and 6 went to Explore @Bristol. A fun time was had by all and we learnt lots about light, shadow, magnetism, forces and much more. Go to Special events to read the children's views |  |
WORKING WITH THE GRYPHON STAFFOn Tuesday afternoon, four teachers from the Science department came to work with our children. We had a lot of fun making cones, planes, kites and spinners. All the staff and children enjoyed the afternoon and we hope to see them again soon. |  |
SCIENCE WEEK JUNE 18-22 2007This week the whole school are having fun with a science week. Keep a check on the website to see some of the things we've been up to. |  |
Celebrating Easter 2007Children, past and present, joined their parents and friends in a wonderful outdoor 'Good Friday' reflection. |  |
WINNERS IN THE SHERBORNE AREA PLATE TOURNAMENTWell done to our Year 6 for their superb playing in the Sherborne Area Plate Tournament. Thanks also to Mrs Payne (Coach) and to all the mums and dads for their support. |  |
Key Stage 1 Victorian DayThe infants had a super day discovering the pleasures of being in a Victorian school. |  |
CLASS 5 investigating the features of our villageIn Geography Class 5 are comparing the features of our local village, Yetminster with those of Swanage, a coastal town in Dorset which we will be visiting during our stay at Leeson House in March. |  |
Early ArriversHave a look at what we get up to before school! |  |
CHRISTMAS CARDSLook at our beautiful Christmas cards. These have been printed by Plausible Publishing and will look lovely on friends' and relations' mantle pieces. MERRY CHRISTMAS |  |
