Please see the school newsletter section for the most up to date news of life at Loongfleet.

• SEND Panathlon

  Wed 29 Jan 2020
  Longfleet hosted Dorset's inaugural SEND Panathlon, an event that included 6 schools and 10 teams in total. The children loved the activities on offer, which included: new age curling; boccia; flight path (velcro darts!) ;  parachute games; basketball; soft skittles; and the bean bag target game. Every child who participated got a medal and a certificate, whilst the children in first, second and third got a gold, silver and bronze medal respectively. A huge thank you to the Longfleet Sports Ambassadors, who delivered the events brilliantly. Here's hoping this event continues annually!

  

• Year Two Football Festival

  Wed 29 Jan 2020
  Longfleet took two teams to a festival held at Lychett Minster School, who kindly donated their fantastic astro-truf facilities for the afternoon. Longfleet, Upton, Courthill and Lytchett Matravers all brought two teams each and in the first matches, resilience was in full flow for everyone as the heavens opened! The rain soon abated though, and a capacity crowd of parents saw some fantastic teamwork, passing and shooting from all teams involved. Well done to both Longfleet teams for their efforts during a very soggy afternoon!

  

• Reception Pirate Day

  Thu 23 Jan 2020
  Reception had a swashbuckling day of pirate fun and enjoyed participating in pirate themed activities including art and craft and role play.  A great deal of fun was had by all.  The children's costumes were fantastic; thank you to parents and carers for their time and help with these.

  

• Reception visit to Oakdale Library

  Thu 23 Jan 2020
  Ladybirds and Butterflies managed to brave the weather to visit Oakdale Library recently.  Unfortunately, Bumblebees were not so lucky and their trip has been postponed; fingers crossed the weather will stay dry next time.  The children enjoyed a story and songs, then explored the books.  They each borrowed a book to take back to school.  Why not take a look at the fun activities on offer at the library over the half term holidays?  

  

• Year 5 and 6 Boys' Netball

  Mon 13 Jan 2020

  On Friday, the boys from Netball Club took part in two friendly matches against St Joseph's School. 

   

  One of the teams won 7-2 and the other narrowly lost 4-5. Both games were excellent to watch and the boys showed brilliant sportsmanship throughout. 

   

  The games were such a success that we are organising an away fixture for rematches! 

• Reception Learnersaur Day

  Wed 08 Jan 2020
  After following the dinosaur footprints to their classroom, the reception children had a day learning about their dinosaur themed learning skills. They made dens, created marble runs out of junk, made a protector for a dinosaur egg and explored colour using paints. These "Learnersaurs" will be used throughout their time in reception and will go home every Friday with chosen children, where they can show off their new learning skills at home!