Frome Valley Mock Elections - July 2024
With the general election taking place on 4.7.24, Frome Valley First School decided to hold its own mock elections as part of our British Values work.
Our Wessex family of schools
Bere Regis School
Damers First School
Dorchester Middle School
Frome Valley First School
Manor Park CE First School
Milborne st andrews First School
Piddle Valley CE First School
Puddletown CE First School
The Purbeck School
St. Mary's CE Middle School
St Osmund's CE Middle School
Thomas Hardye School
With the general election taking place on 4.7.24, Frome Valley First School decided to hold its own mock elections as part of our British Values work.
On 19th June, all children across the school took part in our annual sports day. KS1 and Reception had their sports day in the morning and KS2 (Years 3&4) had their sports day in the afternoon.
On an afternoon at the end of May, we held our annual May Day. This included each class dancing at least 2 traditional dances as well as dances for family members to join in with too.
It was a great privilege for Frome Valley First School to be part of the Dorchester Schools Miles for Mosaic fundraising event. Many schools in the Dorchester area have used the services of the charity Mosaic to support children in their school with bereavement. Overall, 13 schools supported this event.
As part of our equality plan for 2022-2026, we wanted to focus on neurodiversity with our pupils to increase their understanding of this. We spent two days this academic year thinking about neurodiversity.
On Thursday 14th March, eight Year 3 and Year 4 children took part in a tag rugby festival at Dorchester Rugby Club alongside other schools from the Weymouth and Dorchester area.
To celebrate World Book Day, all the children came to school dressed in their favourite book character.
As part of our Sports Funding, we arranged for our children to experience skateboarding and scooter lessons. The children were very excited!
Every academic year, we hold two special school weeks when we are off timetable and immersed in a particular subject or theme. This year, it was all things science!
The school took part in the annual Christingle Service at St Aldhelm Church on 8th December 2023.
Our annual Carols By Candlelight service took place on the 7th December 2023.
At the end of October, three Year 3s and three Year 4s took part in a multi-skills festival held at Sunninghill School.