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Dorchester News - 13th June 2025

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13th June 2025

Dear Dorchester Families,

This week has had a distinctly sporty flavour, with two Sports Days and kicking off on Monday with a group of Year 4, 5 and 6 girls heading to Craven Cottage - an amazing opportunity to get a feel for a Premier League Club Ground.  This is another opportunity that has come from our collaboration with Fulham Football Club - a partnership that we gratefully value; as well as providing sports coaching we also benefit from intervention and mentoring sessions, as well as our special events - like our visit earlier this year from Premier League players.  We are hugely grateful to all at Fulham for providing such fantastic opportunities for our children.

Thank you to everyone who has filled in our Parent/Carer survey over the last couple of weeks.  If you have not completed it yet we would be really grateful for your opinions.  The link is at:  

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc_L2v1UpjhPtn1UKvCtmLhViTqxp-UvlSNEpSyJoVyQE7x1g/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=117802674745614344481

We currently have 83 responses - so it's creeping up but falls short of representing our whole community - and it is important for us to know what you think we are doing well and where you think we could do better.

Enjoy the weekend.

Cathy Bell
Headteacher

 

 

Latest News

13 Jun 2025
KS2 Choir join in on Sutton's big sing
We are incredibly proud of our amazing KS2 choir for their fantastic performance at Sutton Music's Big Sing yesterday! Their voices blended beautifully with choirs from across the borough, filling the venue with music, energy, and joy. It was a brilliant celebration of talent, teamwork, and...
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13 Jun 2025
Local Event - Summer Cricket Club
Summer Cricket Camp - Head coach is last season's Surrey Ladies captain, Amy Gordon.
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13 Jun 2025
Local Fulham soccer schools
 
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13 Jun 2025
Local event: Christ Church with St Philip holiday club.
http://xcsp.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/BOOKING-FORM-25.pdf  
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10 Jun 2025
Quiz Club Maths Competition - through to the finals!
Huge congratulations to our team of four marvellous mathematicians from Years 5 and 6 who got through to the National Finals of the Quiz Club Maths Competition.  After a challenging semi-final, our team did brilliantly to come third out of 63 teams with 3 of the 4 team members coming in th...
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10 Jun 2025
Local event: Summer 2025 touch typing courses for 7 – 16s
  Summer 2025 touch typing courses for 7 – 16s   Twickenham Prep School, Hampton TW12 2SA Monday 14 – Thursday 17 July   St Joseph’s Primary School, Kingston KT1 2UP Monday 21 – Thursday 24 July Monday 28 – Thursday31 July Tuesd...
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10 Jun 2025
Sutton Parent/Carer feedback request relating to Autism and ADHD.
Partners including CAMHS, Sutton Local Authority, Education and the Voluntary Community Sector are working with parents/carers to design a pilot to provide early support to families that may have concerns that may be related to Autism or ADHD. The pilot will aim to provide early support to childr...
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10 Jun 2025
Local event: Saturday Football and Dance classes
Please visit: http://www.ca-sportscoaching.co.uk/#Sessions for more information
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Sport

13 Jun 2025
Yr 5 & 6 Sports Morning 2025
What a glorious day for Sports Day! The sun shone and the children in Year 5 and 6 brought the heat onto the track to produce an exciting morning of events. All the children competed in sprint and hurdles races before we moved onto some slightly longer events and then some hotly contested relays...
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13 Jun 2025
Reception Sports Morning 2025
Well done to all the children in Reception who this week took part in their first Sports Day and were all superstars! Their six events saw them use their running , jumping , throwing and balancing skills to race in their coloured teams.  They all did an amazing job and took part with big...
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10 Jun 2025
Girls football team train at Craven Cottage - home to Fulham FC
On Monday, the girls' football team were given an amazing opportunity to play football on an actual Premier League pitch! The girls travelled to the home of Fulham FC, Craven Cottage, where they took part in a range of different activities run by the Fulham Foundation. The girls worked on s...
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Friends of Dorchester School

13 Jun 2025
FODS News - 13.06.2025
We're so excited for Dorchester Primary School Summer Fair, Saturday 5th July, 12 till 3pm! We can’t wait to see you all there. You can enter the raffle now via the QR code on the poster or the link below. Don't miss your chance to win one of the fab prizes, including a cash prize...
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We're so excited for Dorchester Primary School Summer Fair, Saturday 5th July, 12 till 3pm!

We can’t wait to see you all there. You can enter the raffle now via the QR code on the poster or the link below, don't miss your chance to win one of the fab prizes, including cash prize!! Thank you to everyone for all your contiuded support & donations.

https://www.peoplesfundraising.com/raffle/fods-big-summer-raffle-2025?fbclid=IwY2xjawK38SlleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFCaE81eHB5VVd3R2R1UktXAR444ZoxCZPHDWaQ0-5_VjR8YOCFhbIe_o0VeNwFTe0rW8EyCHBFQX4aecA9pA_aem_554dbf3qAJSRyjefCRCydw

Don’t Miss the summer fair - Saturday 5th July - 12-3pm

 

 

 

 

 

Do you know about Your School Lottery? Dorchester Primary School is part of this fantastic lottery. This lottery has been set up specifically to raise money and make a difference for our children! It's a fantastic way to bring parents, carers, teachers, and the wider community together, in partnership with our school, and at the same time give something back. There are lots of amazing prizes to be won, your support is greatly appreciated, and we wish you good luck! To sign up or find out more information, please visit the website via this link: https://www.yourschoollottery.co.uk/lottery/school/dorchester-primary-school?fbclid=IwAR2UqkYQ4Yf79s9ZZul-tgcgLtJp9McVlXXqWutUrjklVom85O1EppaUonM

 We have been made aware of an error with Amazon & eBay while using easyfundraising, please ensure that your basket is empty prior to shopping, or it will not register the use of easyfundraising.

 

Thank you for your continued support.

 

If you aren’t already, please follow us on Facebook where we keep you up to date on all things FODS! Find us at: Friends Of Dorchester School PTA

 

 

 

 

Learning Highlights

& Peek of the Week

12 Jun 2025
Nursery: How do you identify different dinosaur species?
This week in Nursery, we were all really excited when we realised the large egg had cracked. However, we could not work out what had hatched out of it. We all became detectives and looked for clues. We found video footage of a large dinosaur within the Nursery but this left us asking even more quest...
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12 Jun 2025
Reception: What was your favourite activity on Sports Day and why?
We had a fantastic time during Sports Day! The children showed amazing enthusiasm and determination as they took part in a range of exciting activities. From egg and spoon races to ‘The Floor is Lava’, every child gave their very best effort.
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11 Jun 2025
Year 1: What stories are important to Hindus?
Our highlight of the week was finishing the phonics screening check!
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11 Jun 2025
Year 2: How have people adapted to different climates in Southern Africa?
This week in Geography, the children learned how humans have adapted to different climates. There are lots of different climates across Southern Africa. In hot and sunny areas, light and loose clothing to stay cool will be worn. They also build houses with materials that don't trap too much...
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13 Jun 2025
What did we do in out science experiment?
This week in Science, we looked at what seeds need in order to grow.  We then planted cress seeds in different containers to see which seeds will grow the best.  Which container do you think will be the best for growing cress seeds?
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11 Jun 2025
Year 4 - Who invented the Lightbulb?
The answer to this question is not as straightforward as you may first think. We have looked at a number of scientists that contributed to this question. Many people think that Thomas Edison invented the lightbulb, but the truth is a little more interesting! In 1802, Humphry Davy made...
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12 Jun 2025
Year 5: Where does the Amazon River flow through?
The Year 5 children are really enjoying their new topic 'Rivers' and enjoyed having the freedom to research any river of their choice using websites and reference books this week. The children are excited about their upcoming stay at Penshurst Place next week. The children remainin...
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13 Jun 2025
What surprised you from our heart dissection lesson?
This wee, Year 6 completed one of our most eagerly-awaited lessons of the whole year: dissection of a lamb's heart. To kickstart our Science topic about the Circulatory system, groups of 3 were given a lamb's heart and, using a scalpel, they cut it open to explore for themselves what they ha...
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Safeguarding and Pastoral Care

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Lunch Menu

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Upcoming Events

To view the school calendar click here.

Red Class Assembly
8:55am – 9:25am
20
June
New Reception Parent Induction Evening
7:00pm – 8:00pm
26
June
Bronze Class Assembly
8:55am – 9:25am
27
June
Year 6 Transit Transition Workshops (SSW)
9:00am – 10:30am
30
June
Nursery Induction Evening
7:00pm – 8:00pm
03
July
Silver Class Assembly
8:55am – 9:25am
04
July
FODS Summer Fair
12:00pm – 2:30pm
05
July
Year 5 Bikeability
All Day
from 07 Jul until 11 Jul
07
July
Year 6 Residential - Dorset
All Day
from 07 Jul until 11 Jul
07
July
Yr 1 & 2 Sports Morning
9:15am – 10:45am
09
July
Yr 3 & 4 Sports Morning
9:15am – 11:45am
11
July
Year 2 "Tie Assembly"
9:00am – 10:00am
15
July
Last Day of Term for Nursery Children
All Day
17
July
Platinum Reading Breakfast
9:00am – 11:00am
17
July
Last Day of Term for Years R-6 - School Closes
All Day
18
July