Last week, the girls performed brilliantly at another football tournament, facing stiff competition across Dorset with the chance of joining the boys’ team in representing AFCB at the Premier League Final in June. Mrs Dallyn was extremely proud and impressed with both the skill level and determination as they were relentless in both attack and defence. Many goals were both scored and saved to keep all matches close with even a penalty being scored in the process!

All of the girls were positive and upbeat, even with some losses. They demonstrated outstanding sportsmanship-all of them putting themselves forward to sit certain games out to ensure they all had game time in the 6 a side games. They all encouraged and praised each other and all shook the hands of every player they played against and thanked every referee adult from AFC Bournemouth.

Although we didn’t make the final this time, it was another positive performance that they can be proud of and take into their next matches as, fingers crossed, they can continue enjoying football into next season. We are so grateful for the parental support, which helped to boost the girls too.

We were lucky enough to enjoy an afternoon devoted to developing our gymnastics skills and using the sprung floored gym hall at Noadswood school this week. Together, with other New Forest Schools, we had a great time meeting the young leaders, who gave us top tips on how to perform routines, stretches and vaults.
We completed a carousel of different exercises and equipment as we moved around as a small team. The gymnastics trampoline was a highlight, together with the springboard, beams and performing floor routines, with ease on a sprung floor made our round-offs much easier.
I’m sure this experience has encouraged our children to explore local gym or Acro groups to continue to improve on their natural abilities.
I’m looking forward to taking some Year 3 and 4 children to repeat this experience in the next few weeks.

The children in Year 5 were excited to experience a visit from a travelling planetarium as part of their science learning. During the session, the children enjoyed a virtual tour of the solar system, exploring the planets and learning fascinating facts about space. They also watched an immersive video about Planet Earth, which helped deepen their understanding of our place in the universe. The experience sparked curiosity and wonder, and it will support the children’s ongoing science work in class.

Over 100 children took part in our Carol Service on Tuesday 16^th December. Throughout the service, children sang, played instruments and performed poems and Bible readings. They all did brilliantly and the evening was a delight to watch. 

What a huge success this year’s Christmas Fayre was!

We saw so many happy faces—children and adults alike.

Our wonderful choir opened the Fayre by singing a beautiful selection of Christmas songs they’ve been learning, setting the perfect festive tone for the day.

Our Fayres could never be successful without the incredible support of our parents and the dedication of our wonderful teachers who work alongside the PTA.

Thank you for supporting the PTA and, in turn, supporting our school. We truly appreciate every one of you.

I was so happy to learn that this event continued even in the coldest of weathers!
Last week, we were able to take 2 teams to a New Forest schools event held at the Ringwood AFCB Community hub. We played on the grass this time instead of the Astro turf and Miss Bastow accompanied our keen players.
Miss Bastow reported that the girls really enjoyed themselves and played really well supporting each other to score many goals across the 5 matches during the afternoon. Although this was a friendly event, medals were given to a player on each team for demonstrating the School Games values of Teamwork, Passion, Determination, Self-Belief, Respect and Honesty and in our teams Aria and Lara were awarded a medal by the Young Leaders from Ringwood School.