For those that hadn’t heard on the grapevine, Baxter (a french Bulldog) was found recently near Bridge End, and there was trouble contacting the owners. Well, to start the Bank Holiday on a high, we can announce that the owners have been found, and Baxter is now at home where he belongs (hopefully relaxing with a bone).
Monthly Archives: April 2016
Historical Society : Co-operative societies on Oxfordshire from 1853
Don’t forget next Wednesdays historical society meet. This time it will be on “Co-operative societies on Oxfordshire from 1853 to present day” by Anne Ransome. Of course visitors are welcome, head on down for 7.30pm at the Village Hall.
Official Opening of Overy Mead Piece this Thursday
Don’t forget, this Thursday lunchtime is the ‘Official Opening of Overy Mead Piece‘
Our new meadow at Overy Mead Piece (downstream from Dorchester Bridge) will be officially opened on Thursday 21 April at 2.30 pm by Graham Scholey, Conservation Technical Specialist at the Environment Agency. All are welcome and if you don’t often walk in the meadows this could be an opportunity to see what the Trust is doing on the newly acquired land. There will be parking in the field car park at the bridge (opposite Overy Lane) for those who are unable to walk from the village and those coming from afar.
St Birinus School News – March
Below article is taken from the April edition of the Dorchester Newsletter:
We had a very unusual start to our assembly at the beginning of Term 4, as we discovered some very strange footprints on the floor and even up the wall near the fire exit in the hall.
There were some fantastic ideas about what could have made those type of footprints and how they could have possibly entered and exited the school – it was a total mystery (to most!). It was the start of our new Big Write topic of Monsters and Aliens, in which the children are letting their minds go wild with ideas of a variety of monsters and even a quick look at the mystery of the Loch Ness Monster.
World Book Day gave us the excuse to dress up as book characters, this year was no different and I must say the variety of costumes was brilliant – there had certainly been a great deal of effort in their preparation. The children also shared books with each other across the school as well as some of the Year 6 children reading with the Pre-school children.
On the theme of books, we recently introduced our ‘Kung-Fu Reading Challenge’ to encourage more reading across the school. The word Kung-Fu refers to any study, learning, or practice that requires patience, energy, and time to complete – which is very important in the art of reading. The children work their way through the various coloured belts to reach the Black level, the Kung-Fu Reading Master. We are all heading for the White level as I write this.
Our next event will be our May Dancing on the 29 April at 1.15pm – please come and join us on our playground for this annual event.
Russell Leigh
Headteacher
Dorchester St Birinus CE Primary School
Flower show submission deadline looms
Just a quick reminder to fill in the form inside your copy of ‘The Dorchester News‘ (which you can download from this site), and return, with the appropriate fees by Thursday this week.
Note: The form sits on Page 5 of the April edition