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The middle schools in Purbeck are under threat of closure. We are seeking your support in stopping this from going ahead.

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This notice is in conjunction with the three other middle schools in Purbeck.

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We are a popular 9-13 Middle School serving the community of the Saxon town of Wareham and surrounding villages in the beautiful Purbecks.

Our aim is to provide all of our pupils with a broad and balanced curriculum in an exciting, well resourced and above all a safe, stimulating environment. Our team of teachers is a well-balanced mix of primary and secondary practitioners supported by an excellent team of teaching assistants and other support staff.

The pupils in our school 'make good progress and achieve well' and'enjoy very good and trusting relationships with staff and along with their parents, hold the school in very high regard' (OFSTED 2005).

We are proud of the school's achievements, having recently received the Arts Council Artsmark Silver and the Healthy Schools awards to go alongside the Sportsmark and the FA Charter Standard School.

If you wish to find out more about Wareham Middle School, please contact the school. I will be happy to show you around.

I look forward to meeting with you soon.

General Information Leaflet.

There was a competition for the best costume. It was very hard for Mr Casey to decide the winners as there were a lot of fantastic costumes! He eventually decided that the winners were Hetty Axon as a witch, Jack Oxtoby as a Wonka Bar and Stephen Woolley as Willy Wonka himself! They all received Roald Dahl Top Trumps as a prize! The rest of the day was spent concocting revolting rhymes and inventing Mr Wonka's next fantastic sweet. A big thank you to every parent for the obvious hard work making the costumes that made the day so much fun!

Mr D Wingrove

It was a very successful evening which prompted lots of discussion! All the feedback I had was positive, but if there was any way you think the evening could have been improved please let me know as I would like to run the event again next year. It was also felt by a number of parents that a further evening, maybe based around Key Stage 3 Maths, would be useful. I will look into this with Mr Hilder and let you all know!

For those of you that were not able to come I have included the document that was handed out to parents on the evening for you to download. I have also included another useful document produced by the DCSF. This is their guidance paper on calculation and goes into much more depth than I have done in the Parents' Handbook.

Download Maths Open Evening Parents handout

Download Maths Open Evening Guidance Notes

Thank you again for all your valued support with your child's mathematical education,

Mr D Wingrove

Please let us know of your child's achievement using the printable reply slip. Please return the slip to the office.

Perfect Attendance

The following children have had 100% attendance this year: Bethany(7C), Thomas(5S), Isobel(6J), Emma(6R), Arabela(5A) and Jenny(6R). This is an incredible achievement considering the number of nasty bugs that have been doing the rounds.

In order to be awarded Sportsmark we had to demonstrate that:

• 90% of pupils had 2 hours or more of high quality PE and School sports each week.
• We hold an annual sports day.
• Exceeded the national average for the number of pupils in each year group who have taken part in interschool competition.
• Exceeded the national average for the number of pupils who have participated in community sports clubs with links to the school.
• Exceeded the national average for the number of pupils actively involved in volunteering and leadership.

This is a great achievement and shows the hard work which is put in by everybody associated with school sports - the staff, pupils and parents.

Artsmark provides a benchmark for arts opportunities in schools so that young people have access to a wide range of experiences in art, dance, drama and music and this encourages schools to adopt a broad and balanced curriculum.

Gaining an Artsmark at any level shows that a school is committed to the wider development of young people. The scheme increases the status of the work of teachers within school and increases awareness of continuing professional development opportunities in the arts for all teachers.

By offering public recognition of commitment to the arts by the school and its teachers, Artsmark raises the profile of the school and its arts provision in the local community.

The Community page covers noteworthy news and events about staff, governors, parent association, and groups which the school needs to go about its daily business. There are links to external organisations which may help understanding what makes our school effective.

The Curriculum page is informative about the subjects taught at the school and also has news for each year that the middle school covers (most of the key stages 2 and 3).

The parents page is a base of information for prospective and existing parents and contains access to school documentation, timetables, etc. which may be of interest. Notices about events may be posted from time to time.

The pupils page is intended to keep the children up-to-date with events that they need to be aware of and also show the results of their activities (visits and events) where possible. There are also links to other educational sites that may be of interest.

The Office page has our address and contact details, further documentation and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) you may find helpful.

Whilst every effort is made to keep the information up-to-date please always check to make sure about important details and events in which you have an interest.