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Perrott Young Farmers

The Perrott Young Farmers paid a visit to Old Perrott Hillian Edward Bowditch’s dairy herd at Knowle Farm near Beaminster last Thursday. A brilliant tour of the milking parlour, the calf pens and the silage clamp was crowned with a delicious home-baked sponge cake! Thank you to everyone involved.

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12th October 2022

Years 6-8 Book Club

Years 6-8 Book Clubbers arrived to Thursday’s meeting to find the the Loft converted into a forest glade courtesy of Mrs Byrnes’ foraging skills! Her box of pine cones and leaves helped to set the scene for an animated discussion on Katya Balen’s Carnegie Medal winning book, ‘October, October’. The children were left to wonder […]

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12th October 2022

Harvest Festival

Friday’s Harvest Festival was led by Reverend Prebendary Mike Vockins OBE, and served as a wonderful reminder of the power of ‘cheerful giving’. Our junior and senior choirs sang beautifully and with such spirit (a special mention must go to Gabriel and George for their very impressive solos), while Head Girl, Alice, and Prefects, Ellie […]

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10th October 2022

Year 8 Classical Civilisation

Year 8 have been adapting ‘Theseus and the Minotaur’ into a film in classical civilisation with Dr Longley-Cook. Last week, they created film boards to show their knowledge and understanding of the myth and today they presented their ideas to a panel of critics and took questions. Well done to Euan whose adaptation was chosen […]

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10th October 2022

Fun in the Loft

Our Year 6 girls had great fun at their Loft Night this week, followed by the Year 4 boys. Talking of the Loft, it was a hive of activity on Thursday as Book Club got underway for Years 3-5. The children enjoyed a hearty discussion about the merits of Varsha Shah’s debut novel ‘Ajay and […]

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4th October 2022

Photography Talk

On Tuesday evening, a group of Year 8 girls attended a fascinating talk at Crewkerne Museum by the celebrated local photographer, Pauline Rook. The talk coincided with the launch of her book ‘Behind the Hedges’ which charts 20 years of photography in the Blackdown Hills. It was a wonderful event; thank you to everyone involved.

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4th October 2022

Charity Fundraiser

Pin the tail on the school dog? Yep. Soak the Headmaster? You bet. A teachers’ sack race? It can only be the Perrott Charity Fundraising Morning, featuring a host of pupil-led stalls and events on the Front Terrace. This year, pupils were raising money for Merriott-based charity Prodigal Bikes, which reconditions and ships old bikes […]

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3rd October 2022

Prodigal Bikes

Many thanks to Anthony Raybould of the Merriott-based charity, Prodigal Bikes, who gave an inspirational talk to Years 3-8 recently about his work to recondition and ship bikes to Sub-Saharan Africa so that children and teachers can get to school. His charity was selected by the children following a presentation given by Harry and Oliver, […]

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27th September 2022

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

The long reign of Queen Elizabeth II was marked by her strong sense of duty and her determination to dedicate her life to her throne and to her people. On her 21st birthday the young Princess Elizabeth declared to the Commonwealth that ‘my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to […]

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9th September 2022

Welcome Back

It was great to see so many happy, smiling faces bounding into school on Monday! The Headmaster’s start-of-term assembly was all about apples – the importance of them, what they need to ripen and how they emit ethylene which helps those next to them ripen too. The message was that we, just like apples, need […]

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8th September 2022