School Lane, Litton Cheney, Dorchester,
Dorset, DT2 9AU
Tel: 01308 482410
Email: office@thorners.dorset.sch.uk
Web site: www.thorners.dorset.sch.uk
Head Teacher: Mike Sitch
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Bride Valley First Steps Toddlers
Welcome to First Steps Toddlers in the heart of the beautiful Bride Valley, where you’ll find us in the picturesque village of
LittonCheney, located just off the Jurassic Coast Road and ideally situated to nearby towns of Bridport, Dorchester and Weymouth.
We are a parent run Playgroup, offering a fun and happy environment for babies and toddlers to play and discover, whilst making
friends with other little ones along the way. Parents too can also have the chance to meet other Mum’s and Dad’s and enjoy the
relaxing atmosphere and beautiful views from the village hall, whilst spending quality time with their children.
We have lots of fun in store each week with toys and playtime, craft and sensory activities and sing alongs!! In the warmer months
when the sun’s shining, we can venture outside giving the children wonderful outdoor playtime letting them enjoy the open space
with a backdrop of the beautiful countryside.
There’s also a cup of tea/coffee and biscuits included and light snacks and drinks for the children.
Age range - 0-4yrs
For more info feel free to contact
Claire Moore
07796694052
claire.bridevalleyfirststeps@gmail.com
Come along and join us!!
We look forward to seeing you, Claire x
THORNERS SCHOOL
Photo by Claire Moore 3_7_2021
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Newsletter for March 2025
Happy Easter!
Prior to the Easter holidays the children have been very busy with a range of trips and activities alongside their usual lessons -
as well as our annual Pancake Race - won by Blue House by the closest of margins!
Our Reception class, Litton, have been on a tour of the local farm and met and fed a range of animals as well as seeing how
many different animals they could see on their journey through the village. They have also been to Groves in Bridport to plant
seeds as well as enjoy a delicious lunch as part of their topic this half term. They capped this off with a play in the play park at
West Bay and a visit to the Discovery Centre by the harbour.
Other classes have been to the New Barn Centre for a living history day - seeing what life was like for ancient people in Dorset
thousands of years ago - as well as helping in two local tree planting projects. The second of these was kindly supported by local
builders CG Fry & Son who are working to plant trees with several local primary schools.
Alongside this outdoor work, all the pupils took part in a brilliant World Book Day on the 6
th
of March arranged by Mrs Biggins!
The children dressed up as their favourite character from a range of texts/authors and took part in a house quiz, themed lessons
throughout the day and a brilliant book inspired whole school race in the playground! It was great to see staff join in and house
points all round for staff and pupils for the brilliant costumes! To complement this day, we also had a visit from our travelling book
fair - which gave the children the chance to buy a range of new titles and also raise funds to allow the school to do the same for
each class.
Some of the older children have been out on a visit to see Bugsy Malone at Colfox as well as attend a creative writing workshop
with other local schools in the West Dorset Collaboration. Lastly, as we begin to look towards summer, the older children have
been working on designs for a stained glass project that we hope to install in the front doors of school with a local artist. We hope
this will provide the pupils with a chance to leave a lasting marker at the school as they move on to their range of secondary
schools. This year we are delighted to see all the pupils get into their first choice of secondary school with pupils in September
starting at The Sir John Colfox, Bridport, The Studio School, Kingston Maurwood, Leweston School, Sherborne and Colyton
Grammar School, Devon. Well done to all!
We return on the 22
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of April and look forward to a busy summer term of Swimming, SATs, Forest School, Sailing, Cricket,
Creative Writing Workshops, Maths Competitions and the summer fete!
Mike Sitch
Headmaster
