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  • Year 4, girls 2012

    Year 4 swimmers selected for North Dorset

    May 2012

    The North Dorset Primary Schools Gala for year 4 was hosted by Clayesmore Prep School on Tuesday, 1st May. Joining Clayesmore were 8 schools from the local area, Milldown Primary, Gillingham Primary, St Andrew’s Primary, Knighton House, Motcombe Primary, Shaftesbury Primary, Stalbridge Primary, St Mary the Virgin Primary and Gillingham. For many Year 4 pupils this is their very first experie... read more

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    That was the week that was!

    May 2012

    Prep school life should always be busy, after all variety and opportunity is what we are about but this last week just seems to be …….. well busy! Monday saw the arrival of our visiting teachers from Bangladesh, whilst Y5 departed for PGL Liddington, Tuesday Y4 competed in the Dorset Primary swimming gala, Wednesday saw Grandparents attending lessons with their grandchildren in Y3/4 and an a... read more

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    Clayesmore Prep welcomes teachers from Bangladesh

    April 2012

    As part of the school’s international work pupils from Year 4 are involved in a working partnership with a school in Bangladesh. Our project is called ‘Building Connections’ and looks at physical buildings in both our countries, the people who live in them and the reasons these buildings are important to us. We hope that through doing this, and our other international work our pupils will gai... read more

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    Scheherazade - a dazzling, song and dance spectacular

    April 2012

    This year the Junior Production, which involved all the children in years 3, 4 and 5, was the tale of Scheherazade. A dazzling, song and dance spectacular set in a mysterious Arabian land, it proved to be a huge success. Highlights included a group of very expressive Year 3 villagers, Jessica as the singing genie, Henry as the fisherman and a shoal of dancing fish! The children sang beautifu... read more

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    Record number of pupils qualify for IAPS National Swimming Finals

    March 2012

    A record number of pupils from the Prep School have qualified for the IAPS National Swimming Finals at the K2 Centre in Crawley in May. Never before have we had such a large and diverse squad and the pupils have all worked incredibly hard to achieve this success. Ali Pickford, Director Of Swimming is delighted and comments, “During my time here at Clayesmore this is the best result we have had ... read more