Dec 19, 2025
Congratulations to our pupils of the week this week. They will be celebrated during our celebration worship in the church today at 9am. Well done to you both!
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We are a small school in rural West Dorset. We nurture all members of our school family to be happy, self-confident and supportive of one another. We want each person to flourish in their lives within school, the local community and beyond.
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Peter Beare Head of Marshwood CE Primary Academy
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Dec 19, 2025
Well done to our Marshwood Stars this week who have demonstrated excellent learning and values. Well done to you all.
Dec 19, 2025
We wish all our families a Christmas filled with joy and precious time spent with friends and family and we look forward with hope to the coming new year. Thank you for all of your support throughout this year.
Dec 17, 2025
We are incredibly grateful to @Marshwood Primary PFA @palmersbrewery Axminster Tesco in the Community @axminstertescocommunity Marshwood Community Land Trust for all of their hard work securing funding for phase 3 of our playground redevelopment. This additional apparatus is being hugely enjoyed by all of the children here in school. @playtimebyfawns have helped us to design and revamp the areas within our playground, working with the children to provide equipment that they wanted to play on.
With artificial turf underneath, this makes for a fantastic all year round breakout space. Thank you to Becci Garner for her incredible hard work on this project. We are so very grateful for all that you have done for the children here at Marshwood.
Dec 16, 2025
Last week we were visited by Bethany Hunt who is part of the @stemlearninguk programme. Bethany spent the afternoon talking about weather linking to our learning in science. We spent time creating snow globes which aids with learning about density, states of water matter and also light reflection. The whole school enjoyed creating these and linking their to their level of learning so far on weather. This was a fantastic creative activity allowing the children to be hands on with their learning. Thank you Bethany for visiting us.
Dec 15, 2025
Thank you to Marshwood Primary PFA for organising the Santa Dash last week. This event is so much fun and enjoyed by all of the children. A fantastically festive obstacle course is set up by the PFA in the field for the children to complete as many laps as possible. The children are encouraged to be sponsored per lap raising vital funds for school to use. Hot chocolate and cakes were enjoyed by the children and spectators and we are extremely grateful for the money raised from this event. Thank you to our PFA team for all of the hard work that goes into the many events that you do for our school.
Dec 12, 2025
Congratulations to our pupils of the week this week. They will be celebrated during our celebration worship in the church this morning. Well done to you both.
Dec 10, 2025
Last week, Pilsdon class spent the day at @studyataxevalleyacademy taking part in 'Sing Your Heart Out'. The children enjoyed rehearsals and practice sessions with their cellos, which they have been learning this term in their music lessons, supported by @dorsetmusicservice. The children were fantastic, stepping out of their comfort zone performing in front of other local primary schools throughout the day and then performing in front of staff, family and friends in a concert in the late afternoon.
Well done to our children, we represented our school well during the day. We also would like to thank Mr Jevons and Mrs Ashby who have supported the children in learning this new instrument. Well done Pilsdon.
Dec 8, 2025
We would like to extend a huge thank you to both @grovesnurseries and @dnacoaching2025 for donating to us a beautiful Christmas tree. The children were overjoyed to see the Christmas tree up in Coneys Class and created their own Christmas decorations to hang from the tree. Thank you for this kind donation to our school. We wish you a very Merry Christmas.
Dec 5, 2025
Well done to our pupils of the week this week. They will be celebrated during our celebration worship in the church this morning.
Dec 2, 2025
A huge thank you for your support during Remembrance Day. Together we raised a fantastic £102.22. @royalbritishlegion
Dec 1, 2025
Cutting activities are a great way to develop fine motor skills for reception-aged children by strengthening the hand, wrist and finger muscles needed for writing and other tasks. Our reception children enjoyed colouring in their snakes and then using their developed skills to cut along the curved dashed line, making their very own 'wiggle snakes'.
Nov 28, 2025
Congratulations to our pupils of the week this week. Well done to you both.
Please do join us for our celebration worship in the church at 9am on Fridays where we celebrate the childrens achievements together.
Nov 27, 2025
We were treated to a fantastic show this week put on by the fantastic @4fronttheatre. In true panto style there were jokes, audience participation and even plate spinning! Alongside this, was a reminder of the true message of Christmas with the story being woven into the birth of Jesus in a stable. The children joined in enthusiastically and a great time was had by all. We would like to extend our appreciation and thanks to @crossroadseaton for funding this wonderful experience and kick starting our Christmas even if it is still November!
The children were beaming when they returned for lunch, still talking about the show, with highlights being Billy, the spinning plates and the endless laughing!
Nov 26, 2025
We are very lucky here at Marshwood to have Mabel, accompanied by the wonderful Mrs Hillier, who is a @petsastherapy_uk dog. Mabel comes into school every Thursday to sit and listen to the children read as part of the Read2Dogs Scheme. The children in Coneys look forward to this each week, with Mabel giving the children confidence to read at their own level, ability and pace. There is no judgement from Mabel and all children find her extremely calming. Both Mrs Hillier and Mabel bring such positivity and fun into the classroom each week. Thank you to both Mabel and Mrs Hillier for your time.
Nov 25, 2025
Thank you for your kind donations during our Harvest Festival as we helped to raise funds for a wheelchair for a child in Uganda. Together we raised £108. We have received the following message and accompanying pictures from Rosie Giles:
I'm thrilled to share that I delivered the support to Rukoki Model Inclusive Primary School yesterday in the afternoon.
The school's management, led by the headteacher, expressed heartfelt gratitude for the donations. The children with disabilities were overjoyed, especially with the new wheelchairs, which will greatly enhance their mobility. Kule Gift, a Primary 6 student who is visually impaired, was particularly thrilled to start using the braille materials that were previously in short supply. The school now has enough braille materials to support all the 6 visually impaired students, enabling them to learn with ease. A huge thank you to Marshwood School, Crossroad Church and Geoff for their generosity in supporting these vulnerable children. Your kindness will have a lasting impact on their education and well-being. May God bless you all! @crossroadseaton
Nov 21, 2025
Congratulations to our pupils of the week this week. They will be celebrated in Celebration Worship today in the church. Well done to you both!
Nov 20, 2025
We would like to extend a very big thank you to the @rotarylymeregis who have kindly gifted our year 6 children with a beautiful illustrated dictionary. The children were delighted with their dictionaries and we know that it will be something they will treasure as a memory of their time in primary school, and also something they will use in the next steps into secondary school.