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  • 18/06/21

    Sycamore's Get, Set, Tokyo

    As part of Sycamore's new topic Get, Set, Tokyo we are reading a traditional Australian myth called 'The Rainbow Serpent'. This week we have learnt all about Aboriginal art. We learnt that Indigenous Australians used ochre to paint on rocks. We learnt about two main types of art; rock ar...
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  • 18/06/21

    Willow at Ancient Technology Centre

    Willow Base went back in time for their school trip to the Ancient Technology Centre. Each class had their own set of exciting activities such as blacksmithing, archery, natural dyeing, daubing and weaving. They also got to learn how people in the Stone Age and Iron Age made fire.  "My...
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  • 18/06/21

    Beech Base at Marwell Zoo

    Beech Base were very excited to go on their trip to Marwell Zoo.  Beech Base have been learning lots about animals and their habitats and this was a great opportunity to build on the children’s prior learning and explore the variety of animals that our wonderful world has to offer...
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  • 09/06/21

    Ash Base visit the Solar Farm

    Ash Base took an exciting educational trip to Verwood’s very own Solar Farm which was built in 2015.  A big thank you to the Solar Farm as part of their commitment to education, they kindly offered to host a free trip to their premises, the children carried out a biodiversity study of the...
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  • 09/06/21

    Sycamore Base Victorian Day

    Sycamore Base embraced their topic on Victorians by spending a day in 'Victorian' school.  The children all came in dressed as Victorian school children, they had to pay a penny to come in, wrote with quills, made peppermint creams and their very own cup and ball.
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  • 09/06/21

    Beech Base Superheros

    Beech Base celebrated their gem jar reward on Wednesday 26th May as superheroes!  During the day, Beech Base learnt that heroes, whether fictional or real life, are people we look up to, who inspire us and keep us safe.  Children dressed up as either a real-life or fictional hero and as...
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  • 09/06/21

    Amazing Visitors

    We have been very blessed that a Robin family has chosen to nest just outside of Ash Base, children have, carefully from a distance, loved watching them.  Over the past weeks, children have been excited to see how the Robin family is progressing and we are delighted to say that the chicks have...
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  • 28/05/21

    World Bee Day Intergenerational Activities

    Verwood CE First Nursery celebrated World Bee Day on Thursday 20th May and have been making links in the local community as the residents of Moretons House in Ferndown participated in their own World Bee Day events, bringing together our younger and older generations.  To embrace their connecti...
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  • 25/04/21

    Earth Day

    Verwood CE First School and Nursery celebrated Earth Day on Thursday 22nd April. This year's theme was ‘Restore the Earth’ and the children reflected on ways that they could play a part in this. The older children had fun learning about the recycling logos on packaging, what happens...
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  • 25/04/21

    Spring Activity Trail

    Friends of Verwood First created an exciting Activity Trail for the children to take part in around school.  Spring themed posters were put up around the field and woodland area, children were given worksheets to complete, which had something for all ages from counting various spring...
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  • 18/12/20

    Christmas Carol Concert 2020

    We were delighted to be able to host two Zoom services for our families this week, it was lovely to see you all.  For those of you that were unable to join us, please see below the recorded Carol Concert which was played during the virtual service...
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  • 11/11/20

    Starting School September 2021

    We were very excited to host our recent virtual Open Morning and Evening where it was really lovely to see so many prospective parents.  We appreciate that not all families would have been able to join us, we are, therefore, proud to share our online prospectus together with vide...
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