Oct 24, 2024
Congratulations to this week's Loders' Stars. ⭐
Welcome to Loders CE Primary Academy
On behalf of all the children, staff and governors, I would like to warmly welcome you to the Loders CE Primary Academy website. Founded in October 1869 and located in the picturesque village of Loders, Loders CE Primary Academy is built upon Christian foundations, embeds the Christian faith and is committed to providing every child with an excellent education. We are proud to be part of the Acorn Multi Academy Trust.
Ms Claire Pooley Head of School
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Oct 24, 2024
Can’t believe where time has gone – we celebrated the last Forest School Session of the half term yesterday! Well done to Monmouth Class for all their hard work and effort this half term! Everyone thoroughly enjoyed eating the homemade popcorn, around the fire, as a treat today. Mrs Legg wishes all the children a happy half term. See you next term!
Oct 23, 2024
Cogden have been improving their computer skills this week in more ways than one! In Computing, they have been inputting data into spreadsheets and using this to create different charts and graphs. In English, they have been improving their typing skills as well as learning how to set out a formal letter. Great job Cogden - you're building skills that will be with you for life!
Oct 20, 2024
Chesil class had a super day at Bridport Museum on Tuesday! They all got to make rope to take home and they asked great questions to find out more about the history of Bridport. We then enjoyed lunch in the Town Hall before visiting the park for a play.
Oct 17, 2024
Another great week of Forest School! Well done to Monmouth Class for following the required health & safety guidelines for fire lighting. All the children in the class used a ferro rod and striker for creating sparks with. Mrs Legg enjoyed watching the sparks created. It was like our own Loders firework display. Great skills and resilience was demonstrated. Look forward to creating a larger cooking fire next week. Well done to all the children today.
Oct 16, 2024
On Monday in Monmouth class, we created our own celtic jewellery out of clay. We had great fun trying to make our designs come to life and include some 3D patterns. Well done Monmouth!
Oct 15, 2024
We had a lovely Harvest Service last Friday, which the children wrote. They shared their ideas of the meaning of harvest and how we all need health, hope and happiness to help us to thrive. The children chose the charity, The Trussell Trust, who work to end hunger in the UK. We raised £109.28 in cash on the day, which was only a part of our donation. Thank you all for your generosity. @the.trussell_trust
Oct 11, 2024
What an amazing trip to the Dorset Ancient Technology Centre with Cogden. The children tried their hand at black-smithing, rigid headed weaving, used ancient saws to cut up wood for the fire store and played Viking games. You know it's a good trip when you hear a chorus of "ohhhhhhh" when you say it's time to leave!
Oct 11, 2024
In Science, we have been learning about the human body. We were exploring the sense of taste this week. We learned about the tastes of sour, sweet, bitter and salty foods and how our tongue responds to these. We tested different foods, such as lemon and lime, grapefruit, dark chocolate, honey, pretzels, salted crisps and jelly sweets. All of the children tried every flavour, with some going down betterthan others!
Oct 10, 2024
The theme of yesterday's Forest School session was Wooden Necklaces / Wooden Key Fobs. Having refreshed the Health &Safety for tool usage Mrs Legg showed the children how to coppice a thin hazel tree branch. After this the children produced their own sawn wooden bead which they strung on a piece of wool. The children were also shown how to make a Victorian Toy Spinner. The class found it interesting that the toys made today were historically played with before the digital age!
At After School Club the children learnt how to use Ferro Rods and Strikers to start a mini fire and the further Health &Safety requirements for fire lighting. Well done to all the children.
Oct 9, 2024
Please give a warm welcome to Bob, the new Monmouth member! This half term in Science the children have been learning about our amazing skeleton and naming different parts. The labels that are printed are vocabulary that they need to know and the hand written ones are words that they have remembered over the last few weeks of learning. Great Job Monmouth!
Oct 7, 2024
Looking for a place for your child in nursery or reception for September 2025? Don't forget that we still have the following School Tour and Open Day dates on Wednesday mornings 10am-12pm:
9th, 16th, 23rd October and 6th, 13th, 20th November.
We look forward to welcoming new families to the Loders Community.
Oct 4, 2024
On Tuesday, Chesil and Eype went on a walk to explore our local area. We were looking for man-made features (human features) and natural features (physical features) of Loders village. Unfortunately, it started to rain as we left school, but the sun came out in time for our play in the park!
Oct 3, 2024
Yesterday at Forest School the weather luckily cleared up. The children played a gross motor game as a warm up and to burn off some excess energy. Forest School rules & expectations were refreshed and calming techniques practiced. Over the last few weeks Mrs Legg has enjoyed watching the children use their gross motor skills so yesterday's session focused on using their fine motor skills too.
The theme of the Session was Hapazome. Hapazome is a form of eco-printing or natural dyeing that involves transferring coloured pigments from plant materials onto fabric by pounding with a hammer. Mrs Legg refreshed the H&S for tool usage, especially focusing on hammers as hammers were used during the session. All the children listened first and then each produced a piece of Hapazome artwork embellished with Mrs Legg's homemade charcoal to create an imaginative landscape picture. Good creativity was explored during the session. The children took it in turns to create the artwork and also spent some time looking after the Forest School site completing site development.
During After School Club "Hapazome Artwork" was completed too. Well done to all the children.
Oct 2, 2024
This week in art Monmouth were experimenting with clay. They were reminding themselves of the different ways to make patterns, join two pieces together and how to use hatching to ensure that it stays stuck together once the clay is dry. Next week we will be having a go at making our own Celtic jewellery! Great job Monmouth.
Oct 1, 2024
We had have a brilliant start to the year in Cogden and the children have settled in brilliantly. In Science, the children have done lots of investigations into forces and have enjoyed making parachutes, pendulums and measuring forces in newtons. We have also learned about the Viking and Anglo-Saxons and started experimenting with clay tools in preparation for making our Anglo-Saxon pottery at the end of the term! Great job Cogden!
Sep 27, 2024
On Tuesday, Chesil class went for a walk around Loders Village. We were looking for human and physical features of our local area. We sketched different places in Loders, such as the village hall, river and Church and talked about them. Today, we made apple crumbles using the apples from the school apple trees!