Hello and welcome back to the Dorchester Middle School Blog!
May I start by asking you a question?
Where on earth did that week go?
Answers on a postcard please!
I hope that you have all had a good week and that you enjoyed some rather glorious weather. With it being World Mental Health Day yesterday, I made the most of the glorious weather and tried my best to encompass those fabulous Five Ways to Wellbeing in the process. I won't bore you with everything that I did but needless to say, I think that everyday needs to be a World Mental Health Day, don't you?
There's a lot to report this week so I'll crack on with it...
The Library is back in business
I am delighted to announce that the Library is now ready for the children to borrow books!
Pupils can reserve
books online at school or at home on any mobile device or tablet that supports
the school's website.
If you click on the link below, you will be taken to a page where our fantastic Librarian, Mrs Sprackman, has very kindly created videos to show the pupils how to log in and use our DMS Reading Cloud.
- Children
can only take 3 books out at a time. If they have already taken 3
books out, they won't be able to reserve any books until they have
returned.
- Pupils
need to return any previously loaned books from before 'lock down'
- If the children have lost or broken any books, they can message Mrs Spackman through
Reading Cloud. They will not be in trouble, but it would be nice to
know so we know the books won't be coming back.
- If the children can't log in then please let the Homebase Tutor know.
- Books
will be delivered by Mrs Spackman after they have been quarantined for 72 hours,
this will mean a slight delay in books arriving and books being handed in.
- Pupils
reserve a book for two weeks and can only re-reserve it once.
Teacher's Pet
This is them on the South West Coastal Path. They have covered over
320 miles together, which is about half way.
Widget loves Mrs Ettling so much. During lock down he was constantly by her side, patiently waiting for her to finish what she was doing on Google Classroom so that they could then go out for their long-awaited walk!
Thank you for sharing this lovely picture with us Mrs Ettling!
Worth a Mention Children
As always, HUGE congratulations to the children whose names have been put on the Worth a Mention Board by the Homebase Tutors.
I am going to start with Year Five this week as they have been complete and utter superstars.
I came out to the playground a few minutes late on Friday at the beginning of the school day and Year Five were lined up in virtual silence.
When I appeared, the teachers all reported that the children moved into their lines on the bell without anyone saying anything to them.
I was speechless (which is a very rare event indeed!). Well done Year Five!
I love the fact that there is a mixture of academic and pastoral reasons here.
Well done everyone - you are complete and utter superstars!
What's App
There is no doubt that Social Media is a mixed blessing and as a parent of a nearly thirteen year old, I have seen my daughter go through some incredible highs and incredible lows when accessing it.
Whilst we want our children to feel connected with the world around them, we also want them to feel safe and secure and always protect them.
Please remember that the minimum age of use for Whats App is sixteen years old. It was thirteen years old but this changed in 2018.
Golden Time
Stripey children
The children have been working incredibly hard and earning lots of lovely Achievement Points over this half term.
To acknowledge this, we issue the children with stripes to sew onto their school sweatshirts (do I apologise now?) so they can show everyone how brilliant they are!
The stripes are on their way - brace yourselves!
Waiting in anticipation...
Watch this space...
Out of my comfort zone?
In our Year Five English lessons, we are creating our own shop keepers. This is based on the character of Mrs Pratchett who appears in Roald Dahl's autobiography 'Boy'.
This is the character that Mr Murray and I created with words and I have interpreted them through this attempt of a drawing.
PTFA Meeting Reminder
Just a quick reminder about our PTFA Meeting.
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