Southill Primary School

Thursday 11 June 2026 Whatever the Weather, Southill Succeeds! Southill are made of strong stuff! Today, 12 determined pupils from Year 3 travelled to Weymouth Beach to take part in an exciting multi-skills festival and what an adventure it turned out to be.With grey skies overhead, strong winds sweeping across the sand and occasional bursts of rain, the children could easily have let the weather dampen their spirits. Instead, they embraced every challenge with huge smiles, endless enthusiasm and incredible resilience.Throughout the day, the pupils enjoyed a variety of activities including cricket, handball, ultimate frisbee and rugby. The windy conditions certainly added an extra challenge! Frisbees took unexpected journeys, balls bounced unpredictably across the sand and gusts of wind tested the children's determination. Despite this, the Southill team threw themselves into every activity with confidence, energy and a fantastic attitude.It was wonderful to see the children encouraging one another, celebrating successes and showing great sportsma

Tuesday 9 June 2026 A Volley Good Afternoon Indeed! This afternoon at Summer Sports Club, we began learning the fast-paced and action-packed game of volleyball. We started by practising two key skills: the controlled dig and set, working carefully with partners to develop accuracy and control before introducing the net.

Monday 8 June 2026 Putting a New Spin on Sports with Pop & Play

Friday 5 June 2026 Hulalaaa It's very simple. Turn up, grab a hoop and have fun!It was nice to see so many children this morning exercising before the school day had officially started. Thanks to the Bronze Ambassadors for preparing the hoops and tunes and thank you to Mr. Frampton for capturing the magic on camera.Have a GREAT weekend everybody! Hopefully the weather is as glorious as it was this morning...Tom

Friday 5 June 2026 A Cracking Day of Cricket! Today, children from Year 6 travelled to Redlands to take part in the Year 6 Girls' Cricket Competition.Having first learned about cricket during the Autumn Term of Year 5, it was fantastic to see the girls putting their skills into practice. The morning session focused on skills, drills and learning the fundamentals of the game. With expert coaching from Weymouth Cricket Club, the children developed their batting, bowling and fielding skills. It was wonderful to see them quickly shake off the cobwebs, grow in confidence and begin to familiarise themselves with the game once again.After lunch, the competition got underway, with the children facing two teams in a series of matches to determine the overall winners. The girls batted in pairs: Avril and Eliza, Georgia and Eleanor, Ella and Bella, and Skyla and Mia.Each team started with 100 runs. Teams lost 5 runs whenever a batter was dismissed and gained runs through boundaries, sixes and runs scored between the wickets.Here are the resu

Tuesday 2 June 2026 Southill Show Swagger at the Weymouth Dodgeball Tournament

Thursday 21 May 2026 Wacky Wheels Wednesday – A Wheely Wonderful Celebration! This week, instead of Fitness Friday, we had Wacky Wheels Wednesday to celebrate Walk to School Week, and WOW were we blown away! The effort that the children (and adults!) have gone to to decorate their wheels has been quite remarkable. We had Christmas themes, natural materials, countless balloons, and all sorts of wonderful things used to decorate for this special edition of Scoot and Toot.

Wednesday 20 May 2026 Ping Pong Pandemonium: Summer Sports Club Serves Up Fun! This week at Summer Sports Club, the weather couldn't quite decide what it was doing (classic British behaviour), so we made the sensible choice and headed indoors for some fast-paced table tennis fun!We kicked things off with a deceptively simple but strangely addictive challenge using just the ping pong ball. Working in pairs, children stood opposite each other across a table and had to bounce the ball back and forth, increasing the number of successful bounces by exactly one each time. Easy at first… until it definitely wasn't. One particularly impressive pair managed to reach a brilliant total of 8 consecutive bounces - a true display of focus, patience and possibly Jedi-level coordination.Next up was our table tennis relay, where we introduced the paddle into the mix. Children had to strike the ball, catch it in their other hand, and then pass the paddle on to their partner, who had to repeat the challenge. It required sharp concentration, steady hands, and some excelle

Friday 15 May 2026 A Record-Breaking Bounce Bonanza! It had been a little while since our last Bounce Bonanza (mainly because of the very long process of pumping up all the balls and preparing the equipment!), but it was absolutely worth the wait. We were thrilled to welcome a record number of children to Fitness Friday, all eager to take on the challenge of dribbling their chosen ball as many times as possible around our marked playground course.Children of all ages enthusiastically joined in, developing their hand-eye coordination, ball skills, and spatial awareness, while also enjoying plenty of movement and exercise before the start of the school day. The playground was full of determination, concentration, and lots of bouncing fun!A huge thank you to our Bronze Ambassadors for kindly helping to pack away all the equipment afterwards, and to Mr. Frampton for capturing some brilliant photos of the children's wonderfully focused concentration faces during the event.

Tuesday 12 May 2026 Bat, Bowl and Bedlam! Summer Sports Club This afternoon, the sun was shining, the field was empty and there was only one thing to do... play rounders! Of course, this was not going to be ordinary rounders. Summer Sports Club likes to do things a little differently.

Friday 8 May 2026 Starting the Day the Active Way Our Bronze Ambassadors were hard at work this morning setting up an exciting obstacle course before the start of the school day. The course included tyres to step through, vaults to jump over, benches to balance across and slides to whizz down!

Thursday 7 May 2026 Championes, Championes...Ole Ole Ole! This afternoon, it was the boys' turn to head up to St George's for a 7-a-side football competition. The children were VERY excited to step out onto the pitch in glorious sunshine and spend the afternoon playing football in an attempt to win a cup that Southill had never won before…We began the competition with five group-stage matches. Here's how we got on…Game 1 – St George's FC 0-4 SouthillGoals: Archie x1, Finn x1, Arlo x2A slow start, but once Southill found their rhythm, the children began to play some tidy football and never looked back.Game 2 – Southill 3-0 St John'sGoals: Bryce x1, Archie x1, Jossy x1After five minutes, it seemed as if it was going to be “one of those games” where the team did everything but score. Arlo hit the crossbar, while Jossy and Stanley both dragged shots narrowly wide of the post. However, once the first goal went in, we relaxed and played some fantastic football. A solid start to the group

Tuesday 5 May 2026 Summer Sports Club – Benchball Bonanza! This week, we headed outside in the scorching sunshine for a firm favourite… benchball! The aim of the game is to eliminate the opposing team by hitting them directly with a soft ball. Unlike dodgeball, once you are out you move to a bench behind the opposing team. From there, if a teammate successfully throws the ball to you and you catch it, you can rejoin the game and get straight back into the action.

Friday 1 May 2026 Running RIOT on Fitness Friday! Fitness Friday was in full swing this morning as we welcomed children of all ages onto the playground to complete as many laps of the course as possible.The course included a slip down the slide, a challenging leap across the tyres and a climb up the A-frame, adding fun obstacles along the way. It was fantastic to see the children so determined to complete as many laps as they could within the allotted 15 minutes.Some of the Year 6 pupils even ran alongside their Reception buddies, which was lovely to see and a great example of teamwork and encouragement.With motivational music playing in the background, apologies to the neighbours, it was no surprise that the children were eager to run and reluctant to stop when time was called and the school day began.A special thank you to Mr. Frampton for capturing the action throughout a very busy day for #TheMightySPS, and to the Bronze Ambassadors for ensuring that everyone knew how to navigate the course safely.

Friday 1 May 2026 Year 4's Take on New Sporting Challenges at Radipole Park Today, 14 children from Year 4 had the exciting opportunity to represent Southill Primary School at a multi-sports festival held at Radipole Park.After some energetic warm-ups, the children took part in three different sports: Platonk, cricket and pickleball. Throughout the day, they developed their spatial awareness, hand-eye coordination and striking and fielding skills, while also building their understanding of new and unfamiliar sports.Kirsty shared how impressed she was with the enthusiasm and teamwork on display. The children fully embraced each activity, giving their best effort and supporting one another every step of the way. Their positive attitudes and smiling faces remained strong, even when faced with a spell of heavy rain.Events like this are a fantastic way to build confidence, encourage children to stay active and highlight the importance of teamwork. They also provide a valuable opportunity for pupils to step outside their comfort zones and try something new in a fun

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Friday 27 March 2026 Dancing into Easter: A Fitness Friday to Remember Fitness Friday went full festival mode this week and the playground turned into an open air disco that would put most dance floors to shame. Children arrived buzzing with energy, ready to bust out moves like nobody was watching and for once… nobody really was.

Thursday 26 March 2026 Southill Makes a Splash at the Swimming Gala This afternoon, 16 pupils from Years 5 and 6 headed to Weymouth Swimming Pool to take part in a packed programme of individual and team events. From breaststroke to front crawl, backstroke to the ever-chaotic frog float relay, the children were certainly kept on their toes… or should that be their flippers.In my 10 years at Southill, this is the first time we have entered this event, so expectations were cautious. With 13 schools competing, we knew it would be a challenge. That said, I could not be prouder of every single child who took part. Their determination, teamwork and enthusiasm were outstanding from start to finish.Special mentions:Eliza – 2nd place in Backstroke

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