Our School News
This half term, Year 3's learning has been[...]Blandford Network Children's Maths Conference - Maths Matters
March 21st, 2024Year 6 had a fabulous day today attending[...]School Calendar
March 2024
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Tuck Shop Y1
Tuck Shop Y1When: March 1, 2024
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Surge - Martial Arts Y1-5 3-4pm (Hall)
Surge - Martial Arts Y1-5 3-4pm (Hall)When: March 1, 2024
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Y5 Residential
Y5 ResidentialWhen: March 4, 2024
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Y2-Y3 Mindfulness 3-4pm Library
Y2-Y3 Mindfulness 3-4pm LibraryWhen: March 4, 2024
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PTA Diorama in a Shoebox Competition starts
PTA Diorama in a Shoebox Competition startsWhen: March 5, 2024
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PTA Mothering Sunday Shop 3-4pm
PTA Mothering Sunday Shop 3-4pmWhen: March 5, 2024
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Y5 Residential
Y5 ResidentialWhen: March 5, 2024
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Netball Club 3-4pm
Netball Club 3-4pmWhen: March 5, 2024
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Y1-6 Step Into Sport Multi Sports 3-4pm
Y1-6 Step Into Sport Multi Sports 3-4pmWhen: March 5, 2024
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Y5 Residential
Y5 ResidentialWhen: March 6, 2024
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Alex Bett Guitar and Ukulele Lessons 1pm
Alex Bett Guitar and Ukulele Lessons 1pmWhen: March 6, 2024
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Blandford Tennis Club 3-4pm on Courts
Blandford Tennis Club 3-4pm on CourtsWhen: March 6, 2024
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Step Into Sport Football Y1-Y6 3-4pm
Step Into Sport Football Y1-Y6 3-4pmWhen: March 6, 2024
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PTA Mothering Sunday Shop 3-4pm
PTA Mothering Sunday Shop 3-4pmWhen: March 7, 2024
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Alex Bett Guitar and Ukulele Lessons 1pm
Alex Bett Guitar and Ukulele Lessons 1pmWhen: March 7, 2024
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Choir Club 3-4pm in Yr 2
Choir Club 3-4pm in Yr 2When: March 7, 2024
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Pimperne celebrate World Book Day - Dress Up Day
Pimperne celebrate World Book Day - Dress Up DayWhen: March 8, 2024
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Surge - Martial Arts Y1-5 3-4pm (Hall)
Surge - Martial Arts Y1-5 3-4pm (Hall)When: March 8, 2024
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Mothering Sunday
Mothering SundayWhen: March 10, 2024
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YR Outdoor Learning Day
YR Outdoor Learning DayWhen: March 11, 2024
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Y2-Y3 Mindfulness 3-4pm Library
Y2-Y3 Mindfulness 3-4pm LibraryWhen: March 11, 2024
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Netball Club 3-4pm
Netball Club 3-4pmWhen: March 12, 2024
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Y1-6 Step Into Sport Multi Sports 3-4pm
Y1-6 Step Into Sport Multi Sports 3-4pmWhen: March 12, 2024
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Alex Bett Guitar and Ukulele Lessons 1pm
Alex Bett Guitar and Ukulele Lessons 1pmWhen: March 13, 2024
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Blandford Tennis Club 3-4pm on Courts
Blandford Tennis Club 3-4pm on CourtsWhen: March 13, 2024
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Step Into Sport Football Y1-Y6 3-4pm
Step Into Sport Football Y1-Y6 3-4pmWhen: March 13, 2024
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Alex Bett Guitar and Ukulele Lessons 1pm
Alex Bett Guitar and Ukulele Lessons 1pmWhen: March 14, 2024
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Choir Club 3-4pm in Yr 2
Choir Club 3-4pm in Yr 2When: March 14, 2024
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PTA Non Uniform Day - Hamper donation
PTA Non Uniform Day - Hamper donationWhen: March 15, 2024
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Surge - Martial Arts Y1-5 3-4pm (Hall)
Surge - Martial Arts Y1-5 3-4pm (Hall)When: March 15, 2024
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Y2-Y3 Mindfulness 3-4pm Library
Y2-Y3 Mindfulness 3-4pm LibraryWhen: March 18, 2024
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PTA Diorama in a shoebox Competition CLOSES
PTA Diorama in a shoebox Competition CLOSESWhen: March 19, 2024
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Cancelled Netball Club 3-4pm
Cancelled Netball Club 3-4pmWhen: March 19, 2024
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Y1-6 Step Into Sport Multi Sports 3-4pm
Y1-6 Step Into Sport Multi Sports 3-4pmWhen: March 19, 2024
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PTA Diorama judging
PTA Diorama judgingWhen: March 20, 2024
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Alex Bett Guitar and Ukulele Lessons 1pm
Alex Bett Guitar and Ukulele Lessons 1pmWhen: March 20, 2024
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Blandford Tennis Club 3-4pm on Courts
Blandford Tennis Club 3-4pm on CourtsWhen: March 20, 2024
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PTA Easter Fair @ Village Hall 3-5pm
PTA Easter Fair @ Village Hall 3-5pmWhen: March 21, 2024
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PTA Tuck Shop YR @ Village Hall
PTA Tuck Shop YR @ Village HallWhen: March 21, 2024
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Alex Bett Guitar and Ukulele Lessons 1pm
Alex Bett Guitar and Ukulele Lessons 1pmWhen: March 21, 2024
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Choir Club 3-4pm in Yr 2
Choir Club 3-4pm in Yr 2When: March 21, 2024
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Choir concert (details to follow)
Choir concert (details to follow)When: March 22, 2024
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Surge - Martial Arts Y1-5 3-4pm (Hall)
Surge - Martial Arts Y1-5 3-4pm (Hall)When: March 22, 2024
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Y2-Y3 Mindfulness 3-4pm Library
Y2-Y3 Mindfulness 3-4pm LibraryWhen: March 25, 2024
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Y3 Outdoor Day - Scrumdiddlyumptious:
Y3 Outdoor Day - Scrumdiddlyumptious:When: March 26, 2024
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Netball Club 3-4pm
Netball Club 3-4pmWhen: March 26, 2024
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Y1-6 Step Into Sport Multi Sports 3-4pm
Y1-6 Step Into Sport Multi Sports 3-4pmWhen: March 26, 2024
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Family Music Evening 6pm
Family Music Evening 6pmWhen: March 27, 2024
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Y1 Outdoor Learning Day
Y1 Outdoor Learning DayWhen: March 27, 2024
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Alex Bett Guitar and Ukulele Lessons 1pm
Alex Bett Guitar and Ukulele Lessons 1pmWhen: March 27, 2024
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Blandford Tennis Club 3-4pm on Courts
Blandford Tennis Club 3-4pm on CourtsWhen: March 27, 2024
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Last Day of Term
Last Day of TermWhen: March 28, 2024
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Alex Bett Guitar and Ukulele Lessons 1pm
Alex Bett Guitar and Ukulele Lessons 1pmWhen: March 28, 2024
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Choir Club 3-4pm in Yr 2
Choir Club 3-4pm in Yr 2When: March 28, 2024
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Good Friday: Bank Holiday
Good Friday: Bank HolidayWhen: March 29, 2024
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Easter Break
Easter BreakWhen: March 30, 2024
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Easter Break
Easter BreakWhen: March 31, 2024
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Easter Sunday
Easter SundayWhen: March 31, 2024
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Tuck Shop Y1
Our School’s History
Pimperne Past
“Possibly the earliest record of a school in Pimperne suggests that there was an Infants’ School established in 1827. There were 46 pupils aged from 18 months to 6 years of age. In 1832 Lord Portman provided the building for the National School opposite the church. This was to become the Village Hall and later still a private house.
The present school was opened in 1908 and consisted of 3 classrooms to accommodate about 60 children. The lavatories, or “offices” as they were more commonly known, were outside – no flushes of course, just sanitary pails which, according to the logbook [Each school had one of these and was a little bit like a diary], were often not “attended to properly’ by the cleaner. Indoor toilets were located in the main part of the building at a later date when these outbuildings became redundant…apart from one, that is, which was retained as a staff toilet!
[In]…October 1925…Lord Portman sold the school and the land on which it stood to the Salisbury Diocesan Board of Finance.
Up until the 1970s the accommodation changed very little.
The increase in school population to about 140 necessitated an enlargement in staff members. We had 6 classes, and three new teachers including a deputy head were appointed. Kitchen staff, a cook-in-charge with a kitchen assistant meant that we were able to produce meals for about 120 children on the premises.
The curriculum of the Infants’ School established in 1827 included reading and the eldest girls were taught needlework. Later, in the National Schools, all pupils were instructed in reading, writing and arithmetic (the three Rs as we know them today). All 46 girls were taught needlework and knitting and 12 of the boys gardening. From 1918 onwards there were frequent mentions of curriculum in the logbook.
[Extract from the “Book of Pimperne – A Millennium Celebration” Compiled by Jean Coull]
Pimperne Present and the Future
I hope that you enjoyed finding out a little bit about the past history of our fabulous village school. Many things have changed and change will continue to occur.
We are delighted to now be educating our children in a purpose-built school building. The school continues to enjoy a very good relationship with the Village Hall, who as part of the new school build project, had their car park resurfaced. Parents and visitors to the school may park in this space and follow the footpath to the school gates at the beginning and end of the day or to our School Office and Main Entrance.
So, the future for our school? I am confident that, along with the new building and facilities, will come an endless energy of possibilities and opportunities. The outline of these opportunities are already taking shape. A school defines itself by its very ethos and nature, by the staff and most importantly the ever changing outcomes that are sought for every individual child that becomes a member. As a school community we face the fast-paced world that is twenty-first century education, whatever the changes or expectations placed upon a school, Pimperne Primary School will continue to keep every child at the heart of its decisions.
As time goes by and days pass, the past and what is yet to come, the future, will one day be the history; a history which I am positive will be in keeping with what has gone before at Pimperne Primary School.
Those of us fortunate enough to be part of the timeline, are privileged to have been a small part in the life of this extraordinary school.
Mrs Fiona Waller – Headteacher