Re-accreditation as an Investor in People  Followig a two day staff interview process carried out by Lloyd Carey, the school met the stringent criteria and achieved re-accreditation as an INVESTOR IN PEOPLE until 2011. |
SIAS Church Inspection We have recently had our denominational inspection carried out by Rev'd Harold Stevens.
This mirrored the findings of the Ofsted inspection and St Andrew's was deemed Outstanding.
We are all thrilled with this outcome which reflects our our self review judgements. |
Ofsted Report 30th April 2008
See the full report by clicking on the link above. |  |
OFSTED Following our inspection on Wed 30th April we are expecting publication of the report in the very near future. Copies of the full report will be sent to all parents and will also be able to be viewed on the website.
We expect a very positive response from Ofsted for the work of the school and I thank you all for your continuing support. |  |
Ofsted Inspection 30th April 2008 As you will know we have a visit from Ofsted on Wednesday 30th April. You will have been sent a parental questionnaire which I urge you to return to Sandra in the school office by Wednesday morning. Please let Mrs Zacharary just what a good school we are! Many thanks! |  |
CHANGE OF DATE FOR KS2 SPORTS DAY Due to a clash of dates we will have to reschedule KS2 sports' day. It will move from Wednesday 25th June to Friday 27th June.
Sorry! |  |
Boys play fantastically at North Dorset tournament 9th April 2008 Our football team were outstanding in winning two and drawing three games on their way to finishing second in their group of six. Unfortunately they missed out on the semi finals by a single point. Catch photos of the day on our Activities page. |
Mrs Pitcher has a baby girl We were all delighted to hear of the birth of Abi May, a beautiful daughter for Mr and Mrs Pitcher. |
World Book Day, World Maths Day and Books at Bedtime 6th March 2008 The school took part in activities throughout the day and years R-4 enjoyed a great 'Books at Bedtime' with hot chocolate and cookies. Yum! |  |
Trip for Year 6 to Hamlet Mr Hall led a very successful 'Shakespeare' trip to the Octagon Theatre, Yeovil to see Hamlet. The children thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon and are planning their own Shakesperian performance for the summer term. |
Sherborne Area Cross Country Championships Our boys and girls did incredibly well in this event with the girls' team winning the outright trophy. Pupils who represented the school were Maddie Pollard, Poppy Siebert, Elvira Chilton, Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Callum Boa and Henry Mayo. Well done all! |  |
Classes 3,4 and 5 Trip to Roman Bath Feb 2008 Seventy children, staff, governors and parents had a fantastic trip to the Roman Baths in Bath. The day was excellent from start to finish. Have a look at pictures of our day on our class pages and in the activities gallery. |  |
Football at St Andrew's Our boys have continued to play hard during the season and have had many tough encounters. |  |
Extended Schools' information for Parents Thank you for the large response to my recent letter regarding the extended opportunities available at St Andrew's.(Please see the newsletter of 14th January 2008.
After looking throught the responses the following action is to be taken:
* Contact local administrator to arrange how parenting support programmes and advice and support may be signposted.
* Write to all parents encouraging voluntary support within school.
* Maths' evening- Plan for the Summer term 2008 Parents and children involved together.
* Support on-going 'holiday' provision at the school
* Develop strategy for using school as base for after-school care to include study support.
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Christmas Productions 2007 We had a fantastic time with our productions this year. Have a look at the Activities Gallery for more fantastic pictures of us having a great time. |  |
Raising money for the School
Please note that our web site will soon have a link to a fantastic internet shopping facility. Purchases made through this link will result in commission for the school. |  |
Our 'Early Arrival' group Our Early Arrival Group continues to be a great success with the children. Mrs Hole and Mrs Blakey have provided lots of creative and engaging activities. See for yourself by linking to our Activites Gallery |  |
Home School Agreement
Please take time to read this simple document which serves to remind all the partners in education of their responsibilities to ensure that our school runs smoothly and effectively. |  |
Wriggle Valley Pre School link Go to our Links page to find further information about our feeder Pre School. |
Life Education Van On the 27th and 28th September 2007 all our pupils were again thrilled with the visit of the Life Education Van. This charitable group provide fantastic Health and relationship educational opportunities for all. |  |
Fair Processing Notice
This site details the type of information the school and local authority hold with regard the educational process. Happy reading!! |
Fantastic new ICT and cookery equipment Thank you very much to all those who collected vouchers from the recent Sainsbury's and Tesco's scheme. We have just received several boxes of new equipment in school.
The Tesco computer vouchers enabled us to order two more bee bots (controllable robots for KS1), 15 headphone and microphone sets, 10 USB mice, a web cam, USB microphone for high quality recording and some software.
With the Sainsbury sports vouchers we bought 30 lightweight P.E. mats, some large kit bags for storage of balls and some cookery equipment including a blender, mixing bowls, spoons, knives and peelers.
All of this new equipment will be used enthusiastically in school so keep collecting!
We also pleased to have been able to order new ICT resources for use across the school. This includes 12 new laptops for use in KS2, MP3 players to facilitate voice recording and a set of digital video recorders designed for the children to use. As ICT becomes an integral part of the school day these resources will be well used.
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North Dorset School Sport Partnership
St Andrew's is part of the Sport Partnership in North Dorset. Click on the link to find out more! |  |
Class 3 welcome Miss WitcherClass 3 gave a big St Andrew's welcome to Miss Lucy Witcher, their new class teacher, who started at the beginning of this term. Lucy is a Newly Qualified Teacher who finished her SCCIT training in Poole last July. We know she will be very happy with us. |  |
Our school profile for 2006-7 is now on-line
Find our most recent School Profile by following the link above. |  |
A new school year 2007-8 Our term starts on Wednesday 5th September and we look forward to welcoming all back after a wonderful summer's holiday. |  |
Science Week 2007
What a fantastic week. Click on the link to see what we did! |  |
No Smoking July 1st 2007 Although the school has operated a no smoking policy for many years we will be clearly displaying the standard signs and working hard with our children to raise awareness of 'Smoke Free' England from Ist July 2007. |  |
Walk on Wednesday 23rd May 2007 68 children, staff, governors and parents walked to school on Wednesday proudly wearing their new 'Walking Bus' tabards. From after half term this will be a weekly occurence. Please watch out for further details. |  |
Links Pages on our website You will find many excellent links within the 'Classes' pages that will support homework activities. Let the teachers know whether you are finding them useful. |
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