Whole School News

Thursday 15 October 2026 Southill's Spooktacular Halloween Disco! There was something strange in the neighbourhood... and it was coming from the Southill dance floor!With Halloween lurking just around the corner, Southill was transformed into a frightfully fantastic disco filled with spooky surprises, epic tunes and some seriously terrifying dance moves!Our children looked INCREDIBLE in their costumes! From wicked witches and gruesome ghouls to creepy creatures and everything in between, the effort was simply fang-tastic! A huge thank you to our wonderful Southill parents and school community for pulling out all the stops. Some of the costumes really did frighten the life out of us... although, to be fair, some of the dance moves were even scarier! We've certainly witnessed a few moves that should never be allowed to rise from the dead!A MASSIVE thank you to our fabulous FOSS team for organising such a cracking evening. We'd also like to give a huge shout-out to every parent, grandparent and member of our Southill community who helped make the evenin
Thursday 15 October 2026 Forest School Week 5 This week at Forest School, we missed our Year 4 friends who were out on their school trip. The Year 3's made the most of having the site to themselves and all agreed that they wanted to use the saws again. So, we set about finding some appropriate branches for the children to saw. After a quick 'Tool Talk' recap about how to safely use the tools, they paired up and were all successful in their missions to saw right through the branches. Brilliant teamwork and lots of encouragement from friends was witnessed! We also used the fire to make some popcorn (we will do it again next week - weather permitting) which caused great excitement when it started overflowing the pot! Another super, sunny session - Well done Year 3!
Thursday 15 October 2026 Marvelous Maths This week's maths has focused on using number lines. The children have been estimating where numbers sit on a number line, ordering numbers, and even built their own using Numicon. We recognised that five is always in the middle between two multiples of ten which helped us with our estimating. We then made things even harder by starting our number lines at numbers other than 0.
Thursday 15 October 2026 A great hockey skills afternoon at Redlands! On Wednesday afternoon, 10 pupils from Year 4 had a brilliant time learning all about hockey from Weymouth Hockey Club and their amazing Sports Leaders. They learnt how to hold the sticks properly, how to dribble with the ball using proper stick control, how to aim carefully to shoot and pass, and how to gain possession of the ball. All the pupils did a great job representing the school - they walked up there sensibly and all took part with resilience and determination. All 10 pupils said that they learnt new skills! Well done, Year 4.
Thursday 15 October 2026 Y4: Durnovaria! On Tuesday, Year 4 headed off on a day trip to Dorchester to learn all about the Romans and their settlements in the town, which they called Durnovaria!
Thursday 15 October 2026 Portraits Inspired by Sarah Biffin This week, we have been learning about the remarkable artist Sarah Biffin and exploring her beautiful portrait work.
Thursday 15 October 2026 RELEASE THE KRAKEN! Beware! Something monstrous is lurking beneath the waves... and our Book Talk group has been diving into the deep!This week in Book Talk, we have been sinking our teeth into the thrilling story Deadly Deep by Jennifer Killick and things have taken a TERRIFYING turn!Picture the scene... A group of friends are enjoying a school trip aboard a cruise ship in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. What could possibly go wrong&quest; Well, quite a lot actually! Suddenly, a deafening BANG rocks the ship, sending some of the characters tumbling overboard into the mysterious depths below. GULP! What could be lurking beneath the surface&quest;As we examined the book's rather sinister front cover, we spotted some enormous tentacles and a pair of menacing eyes staring back at us. This sparked a fascinating discussion about one of the ocean's most legendary monsters... THE KRAKEN!But what exactly is the Kraken&quest;According to Scandinavian folklore, the Kraken is a gigantic sea monster
Thursday 15 October 2026 Part-Whole Models? Piece of Cake! Dun, dun, dun… the time has come for Year 1 to move on to addition and subtraction! And what a fantastic start we've had!
Thursday 15 October 2026 Practical maths magic! Subtracting and exchanging. This week the children have been doing a lot of practical maths involving adding and subtracting across a 10 and a 100. The children have had to either exchange a 10 stick for 10 ones or a hundred for ten 10 sticks, which can be challenging as there are lots of steps to remember! The children have progressed really well and I am really proud of their teamwork and focus.
Thursday 15 October 2026 Practical maths magic! Subtracting and exchanging. This week the children have been doing a lot of practical maths involving adding and subtracting across a 10 and a 100. The children have had to either exchange a 10 stick for 10 ones or a hundred for ten 10 sticks, which can be challenging as there are lots of steps to remember! The children have progressed really well and I am really proud of their teamwork and focus.
Thursday 15 October 2026 Leaf Buddies and Our Library Adventure! 🍂📚 What a wonderful and exciting week we have had in Reception! We have been busy creating, exploring and learning together, making special memories along the way.
Friday 9 October 2026 Outdoor Disco – Dancing Up a Storm! It may have been a little windy this morning, but that certainly didn't stop us from throwing some shapes at our fabulous Outdoor Disco!From the Macarena to Move It, Superman to my new personal favourite, Juicy Wiggle (what a tune!), the top playground was absolutely BOUNCING with energy, laughter and some seriously impressive dance moves!And it wasn't just the children getting their groove on… even a few of our lovely parents couldn't resist a little boogie on the sidelines! We saw you!The weeks are absolutely FLYING by, and what better way to get everyone warmed up for FOSS' Indoor Disco next week&quest; If this morning's moves are anything to go by, we're in for an absolute SCREAM!Dancing shoes at the ready, everyone!
Friday 9 October 2026 The Buzz! From Year 2's farm adventure and Year 4's Roman army training to Year 6's encounter with some fascinating creepy crawlies, there has been plenty to spark curiosity at Southill this week...Have a fantastic weekend!
Friday 9 October 2026 BUGFEST BABY! What a morning of creepy crawlies, fascinating facts and a few moments of sheer terror (mainly from the adults)!
Thursday 8 October 2026 Y4: Roman Army Training Camp! Year 4 swapped the classroom for the playground this week as we travelled back nearly 2,000 years to discover just what made the Roman army such a powerful fighting force!
Thursday 8 October 2026 🎨 Year 5 Art – Playing with Portraits!
Thursday 8 October 2026 Joining clauses - but not Santa Clauses! This week the children were looking at the structure of a sentence and the clauses within it. They were given a sentence linked to the text we are doing in class called "Interview with a tiger and other clawed beasts too." The children were physically moving around clauses and making them make sense both ways. It was tricky to begin with but with perseverance, resilience and great listening they began to get it and wrote some great sentences!
Wednesday 7 October 2026 Year 1 Hit the Right Notes! What a wonderfully noisy and musical session we had in Year 1 this week! The children had great fun exploring the glockenspiels and learning how to play along to music.
Wednesday 7 October 2026 Pickleball at All Saints School - What a SMASHING Day! Today, eight children from Southill were swept up by a minibus and transported over to All Saints School for an action-packed day of Pickleball!Pickleball has become incredibly popular over the past few years and the children were excited to get to grips with this fast-paced racket sport. For nearly all of our Southill squad, this was their very first experience of Pickleball, so paddles at the ready!The day began with the brilliant sports leaders from All Saints putting the three schools in attendance through their paces. The children took part in a variety of skills and drills focusing on serving, rallies and positioning on the court. It wasn't long before balls were whizzing over nets and rallies were getting longer and longer!After plenty of practice, the children refuelled their engines with lunch before heading back onto court for a friendly afternoon tournament. The children were split into pairs and pitted their newly acquired skills against not only their Southill teammates bu
Wednesday 7 October 2026 AI AI Captain! Meet Our New Maths Tutor.