Radipole Primary School
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Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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Year 6 - Before SATs
Thu 09 May 2024On Friday, the children were reassured how amazingly hard they have worked all year, that SATs are nothing to worry about and all anyone could ever ask is that they do their best.
Homework was set. The expectation was that the children could complete as much or as little from a list of fun activities: go crabbing, eat an ice-cream, play football, dip your toes in the sea etc.
Most importantly, the children were reminded that the SATs do not define who they are.
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swimming for the first time in Reception
Thu 09 May 2024This week we all went swimming in the Radipole outdoor pool!
There was a mix of nerves and excitement. The children were super and we had the sunniest day for months!
Thank you to the team of parents needed to help with such a successful swimming session- we couldn’t do it without you.
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Year 1- An afternoon exploring the outside environment
Wed 08 May 2024This week, Year 1 have been nature detectives. During our science lesson, we went on a tree hunt around the school. We identified different types of trees by looking at the leaves. The children have learnt about deciduous and evergreen trees. Most of the trees they found on their tree hunt were deciduous trees. The children found many types of trees including; sycamore, silver birch, ash, hawthorn and oak.
Afterwards, the children enjoyed some ‘let’s explore time’ in the sunshine! It was lovely to see the children enjoying the outdoors.
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Year 6 - Nature Reserve
Fri 03 May 2024In the nature reserve this week, we created pieces of art. Take a look...
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Year 4- amazing MTC progress!
Fri 03 May 2024Well done to Year 4 for their super progress in learning their times tables! Scores in their Multiplication Tables Check (MTC) practises have gone up from the Autumn and the Spring term, and we continue to aim for best possible results in June.
See the attached photos for details and how we compare to last year's Dorset and National results.
Well done for all your hard work in lessons and in home learning, keep it up!
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May 3rd - Year 3 investigates a strange sighting!
Thu 02 May 2024This week, we spent our English lessons investigating a strange event. On Monday morning, Mr Hargreaves witnessed an unusual sight on the way into school. He managed to capture some video footage on his phone of a strange winged creature flying over the Radipole area. We discovered that both Mr Hathaway and Mrs McCann had seen the dragon-like beast too and spent some time discussing what it might be. We decided that we would write our own newspaper reports on the incident and have been working on our journalist skills in preparation. We will share some of our finished newspaper reports with you next week.
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Super worm is in Reception
Thu 02 May 2024This week has been all about Superworm, the story by Julia Donaldson. We have learned about real worms, made super sock worms, painted worms in capes and made tasty cereal worms to eat!
We have used pink wool to practice wrapping around a worm to create texture. We have learned to use runny glue so we can join materials together. We have had stories and sang songs....it’s been wormtastic!
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Reception at The Pavilion
Thu 02 May 2024Reception went to see ‘Charlie Cook and his favourite book’, at Weymouth Pavilion this week.
We jumped on the coach and excitedly waited for the show to start.
Everyone agreed that they loved the show, the green aliens, book crocodile and the dragon were some of the highlights.
The children behaved beautifully and the staff agreed that we would all like to go again one day!
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Year 1 - Pavillion Show
Wed 01 May 2024On Wednesday, we went to Weymouth Pavillion to see a production of Charlie Cook's Favourite Book. We rode down on a coach and this was a really exciting part of the afternoon. There were just three actors who played the parts and sang the songs. We really enjoyed watching the story come alive in front of our eyes!
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Year Two - Cars and Planes!
Fri 26 Apr 2024This week the children have enjoyed learning about flight through the ages. We watched some clips of how people in the past have tried to fly. There were some very interesting and crazy inventions. Some children shared their experience of flying or seeing hot air balloons.
During our English and Reading we have continued to read our book The Day The Crayons Quit. The children have explored the use of conjunctions to write longer sentences and enjoyed writing as if they were a glue stick or pencil.
In Design and Technology, the children learnt about wheels and axles. They explored different ways to fix wheels and axles to a chassis. They are very excited about making their own vehicles. Keep saving the car shaped boxes and anything that might be useful for their vehicle please.
