Dear Dorchester Families,

It has been a wonderful first week of the summer term - although it was only four days, we have managed to cram so much into it, and the children have returned to school refreshed and looking forward to a new term of learning.

All things London Marathon related have dominated this week - a big thank you to all the children and parents who joined in with our MaraFUN event after school on Thursday.  Those attending ran over three full marathons between them - quite an achievement!  A special mention must go to Aria in Nursery who completed 7 laps - and still didn't want to stop - definitely a candidate for District Sports in the future.

We have 25 children participating in the Mini-Marathon tomorrow, running a mile of the London Marathon route, starting at Horse Guards Parade and finishing on The Mall.  Our runners will set off at 2:15pm, so if you are around and about in London please do come along and give them a cheer.

Thank you for all your good wishes for the marathon on Sunday - the 'shout-outs' the children wrote for me at the Mara-FUN are just lovely - and I have a photo of them to look at when I feel my motivation waning.  A few parents have asked for my bib number, which is 58508, so you can look out for me - or follow my progress on the London Marathon 2025 App.  My start time is 10:35-10:39.

If you would like to make a donation to FODS to improve our active playtimes for children at school in recognition of our marathon participation (mine and the children's) you can donate at https://www.gofundme.com/f/dorchester-marafun-mini-marathon-and-london-marathon

Have a great weekend.

Kind regards

Cathy Bell 
Headteacher

We hope everyone had a lovely Easter Break. We’d like to say a massive thank you for all the cake donations today from Nursery and Reception parents & carers, and thank you again to everyone who volunteered to help run the sale after school.

We have lots of exciting events coming up this term. Please see “What’s On” poster for details.

Key Dates -

2^nd May - Year 1 cake sale.

9^th May - Year 2 Non-Uniform day in exchange for an unused bottle donation.

9^th May - Year 2 cake sale.

16^th May - Year 3 cake sale.

23^rd May - Break the rules day.

23^rd May - Year 4 cake sale.

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