Mar 28, 2025
Cogden have been doing some great investigative learning in science and have enjoyed learning about the different aspects of Maya culture.
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.
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Mar 27, 2025
In Monmouth this half term we have been learning all about sound. We have been discovering how sounds are made and how they travel. We have been having lots of investigating fun!
Mar 27, 2025
Stick, Stick, Sticky, Stick… Stick, Stick Stick. (Anyone with young children will sing this in their head - thank hey duggee!)
Yesterday Eco Club chopped sticks for firewood and den building stick using loppers. Chesil and Caterpillars made stick creations using Stanley’s Stick story as inspiration and After School Club made pencils from a stick. So many uses for sticks in just one afternoon!
Mar 21, 2025
Last week, Chesil had lots of fun making different 3D paper shapes in DT. They made cylinders, cuboids and prisms and then tested which shape was strongest by seeing which shape held the most books before collapsing! We found out that the cylinder is the strongest. Today, they used their learning of shapes to design a new building.
Mar 20, 2025
Spring is around the corner! Chesil and Nursery found lots of signs of spring yesterday at forest school in our scavenger hunt! We also had forest school activities themed around our story The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Caterpillars made from nature and yoga was enjoyed but the flying butterflies were the most popular today and loved by all - Let’s hope this sunshine stays!
Mar 13, 2025
Eco-Club members were spotted wearing their official Eco Club Badges yesterday by Mrs Legg!! In the afternoon, Chesil Class and children from the Nursery (Little Acorns) came to Forest School and created beautiful clay sculptures and tested which objects sink and which objects float. Fun was had by all! Mrs Legg says goodbye and thank you for her beautiful and colourful card.
Mar 12, 2025
Monmouth had an amazing afternoon yesterday with Dorset National Landscapes. We managed to plant 22 brand new trees and enjoy a fun nature trail! We all agreed how lovely it was to spend the afternoon enjoying our local environment.
Mar 10, 2025
We're looking for two part-time Caretakers to work across Marshwood, Loders and Axminster Primary Schools, to provide maintenance support and ensure the security / general appearance of buildings and surrounding areas are maintained in accordance with required standards.
The post holders should have experience of carrying out routine general maintenance, a good understanding of security issues, and be able to travel between the three sites and local area.
Click on the link for more information and how to apply: https://mynewterm.com/jobs/141523/EDV-2025-ACPA-47983
Mar 10, 2025
Cogden had lots of fun learning about how light travels last week when we made some lego light mazes. We also began learning about the ancient Maya and created timelines to compare human civilisations throughout history. Great job Cogden!
Mar 6, 2025
Eco-Club met again for their thirteenth session yesterday and all the children were awarded their official Eco Club Badges! In the afternoon, Chesil Class and children from the Nursery (Little Acorns) came to Forest School and created their own uniquely designed story stones. Mrs Legg enjoyed listening to the beautiful stories told, when the children used their stones to tell stories with.
Mar 5, 2025
Monmouth class had a great time at the Dance Festival last Friday. They were first to dance and did an amazing job! They all thoroughly enjoyed the party afterwards with the smoke and snow machine!
Feb 28, 2025
Chesil class have enjoyed Book Week this week! Today, we had the Bank of Dreams and Nightmares visit us for a fantastic, fun poetry writing workshop! We have also enjoyed a book scavenger hunt, having an online live author visit and we enjoyed a book cafe, chatting about our favourite books with friends and enjoying cookies and squash.
Feb 27, 2025
Eco-Club met again for their twelfth session! Yesterday afternoon, Chesil Class and children from the Nursery (Little Acorns) came to Forest School for the first time this term and demonstrated cow hitches, clove hitches, overhand knots and fantastic independent shelter building! Well done for using all the knots learnt to build the shelters - no pegs used today! Well done all.
Feb 27, 2025
Monmouth have been busy this week, designing and creating monster T-Shirts ready for the dance festival on Friday. Thank you to the PTFA for helping us to make this happen! We are all super excited and ready to dance our socks off!
Feb 26, 2025
Wow! What an incredible turn out at our pop-up restaurant! The food was absolutely incredible and every single bit of it was prepared and cooked from scratch by our wonderful Y5 and Y6 children!
A massive thank you to all of the parents, carers and friends that attended, to our amazing Loders School PTFA for funding it, our amazing staff team for helping to pull it together and to @tortillacantinabridport for teaching us the skills that helped us to cater a two-course tasting menu for over 60 covers!
A HUGE well done to our Cogden children - you guys smashed it!👊