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School Newsletter : September 2023

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What a great start to a new year here at Dorchester St Birinus!
We have welcomed a group of new children into our Willow Class for their Reception year. They have really impressed us with how well they have settled and how they have integrated so brilliantly with the rest of the children in our school.

All our children have made a superb start to their new year groups and we are excited to see what our children will be able to achieve this year.
We are extremely grateful to the Hurst Water Meadow Trust who have provided further funding for us to continue to employ our specialist Forest School leader for this year.
We love going to explore the river, build dens, investigate the wildlife and learn how to take risks.

We have lots of other exciting things in the pipeline for the rest of this year too, including taking part in ‘Oxtrail’ in aid of Sobell House Hospice. We are keen to be involved in this fundraising project which will culminate in a sculpture trail across Oxfordshire next summer. In order to take part in this exciting venture we need a business who could agree to match our fundraising.

Our target would be double the number of children in the school, so we are looking for a business who could match our fundraising of approximately £150. If you work for, or run, a company who may be able to help us with this please do contact me at school: 01865340081. Many thanks.

If you would like to come and see what our school has to offer, please do come to our open morning on Thursday 9th November. There is no need to book; just turn up and one of our lovely children will give you a guided tour. School staff and governors will also be around to speak to and answer any questions you may have. We’d love to see you!

We have welcomed a group of new children into Willow Class Reception year. They have really impressed us with how well they have settled and how they have integrated so brilliantly with our Year 1 and 2 children. The new set up in Willow Class has worked amazingly well this week and we are looking forward to seeing what they will all achieve You can find out more about our school from our website here: https://www.st-birinus-pri.oxon.sch.uk/

Jo Staples
Headteacher

The Flower Show is on Saturday 16th September

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The Flower Show is on Saturday 16th September.

We hope you are all planning your entries – not long to go now. The schedule / entry form is attached below and is also printed in Dorchester News.

Remember:

  1. Entry forms and entry fees to be in no later than 7pm on Wednesday 13th September to Christina Stores, 55 High St (post through letterbox please)
  2. Bring your entries to the Village Hall between 9 and 10.15am on the Saturday of the show.

Good luck to all,

from The Committee

 

Autumn Flower Show schedule 2023

Some-ping is happening

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Let’s get your Ping on and come along to our table tennis event! Free to join and fun for all ages and abilities! Fun games and competitions, and chance to win free bats and balls, come along and join in!

Dorchester Recreation Ground, Drayton Road, OX10 7PG

Saturday 8th July 10 am – 12 noon

Dorchester Annual Parish Meeting

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Wednesday 28th June at 7.30pm in the Abbey

Come and hear the Parish Council’s report on the past year and take part in the launch of our consultation with residents on our vision for 2030.

Dorchester-on-Thames Parish Council

The Pigeons, 5/7 High Street, Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire OX10 7HH

Telephone: 07745 311439 (Office); 07752 900716 (Direct)

e-mail: parishclerk@dorchesteronthames.co.uk

Dorchester Abbey Museum News : June 2023

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Come and see our new display!  Open until 31 July.

The Victorians – Master Makers

Please come in and have a look at our latest temporary handling collection of Victorian objects. The Victorian makers of these objects were very inventive, and their precision and craftsmanship were outstanding. These objects tell us so much about the lives of our Victorian ancestors.

I wonder how many of these objects you can name and whether you can explain how they were used?

Interesting Objects from Dorchester

Open during August and September

Our next temporary display project will show interesting objects that have been found in the Dorchester area, and tell their stories. We live in such a rich historical setting, I am sure many of you have treasures to share. These might be items you’ve inherited from your family, or found in the garden or bought locally.

If you have any interesting local objects that you would like to share and tell their stories, please contact Gill Whitten on 01865 341833.

New Curator

We are very pleased to welcome Margot Metcalfe as our new museum curator!

Margot writes:

I am delighted and proud to be able to introduce myself as the new Curator of our museum. My late husband John fulfilled this role for 10 years to 2015, and although there have been four curators since, he is still a hard act to follow! I am a local historian, have chaired the Dorchester Historical Society for many years, and have been a member of the museum committee since 2015, looking after the archive, and answering queries about Dorchester history and archaeology.

The museum’s theme is ‘Dorchester through the Ages’, some 6000 years of history, with a collection of objects and documents which reflect this. We are now embarking on an exciting new project to convert our existing database to a widely-used museum collections management software system, MODES. This will help in making the museum’s collection more easily accessible to Dorchester residents and the wider public.