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Thriving to achieve our best-together!
At West Moors Middle, we strive to provide a secure, friendly and happy learning environment for all our children. As a small two-form entry, village middle school, we currently have 233 pupils on roll with our vision for all children to achieve their full potential and thrive to be the best that they can be- together. All that we do stems from this inclusive ethos, including our core values: Care, Aspire, Achieve and Respect.
The school is a caring, respectful community, supported by an energetic and committed staff. This, together with our hard working Governors, Parents’ Teachers Friends Association (PTFA), and parent and carer volunteers ensures that the children are always the focus of school life and are valued both as individuals and as part of our whole school family.
Our school is focused on promoting the children’s academic, physical and spiritual development, inspiring them to aim high in all areas of schooling and personal development, and in doing so lay down good foundations for their continued progress in life. We coach children to be resilient in all situations and challenges and, in our broad and balanced curriculum, actively seek ways to for them to explore and nurture their creativity.
We hope this website gives you an insight into what makes West Moors Middle special. We pride ourselves on being dynamic and forward thinking, and if you would like to visit or find out more information, we would be delighted to meet you and show you our school in more detail.
Dr Deborah Craddock
Headteacher
🌲 Forest School Weekly Newsletter We kicked off with energetic games of Hunters 🏃♂️🏃♀️ before building dens 🛖 and lighting a fire to cook our freshly made pasta 🍝. The children revisited their pasta-making skills and learned the figure-of-eight knot ⛓️. While the pasta cooked, they burst into spontaneous clapping games and songs 🎶👏 some about food, others wonderfully silly! A fun, creative, skill-packed session all round 🌿✨
#forestschool #outsidelearning #outsidecooking ##forestsong #nature #westmoorsmiddle
Great work Year 7! 🙌
We explored factor pairs using counters and made every possible array for the number 12. Brilliant teamwork and problem-solving! 🔢✨
#year7maths #arrays #factorpairs #mathsinaction #year7 #westmoorsmiddle
Year 6 superstars in the making! 🌟
Absolutely brilliant work on the independent wooden maze design and creation project. From cutting to gluing, they did it all! So much creativity and focus on display. Well done, everyone!
#dt #woodworking #independantwork #year6 #creating #westmoorsmiddle
Our Year 7s enjoyed an exciting visit from the Dorset Heath Partnership this week, learning how crime scene investigators work to solve heath fire crimes. Pupils even had the chance to take their own fingerprints, just like in a real investigation! A fascinating and hands-on experience 🔍✨
#dorsetheathpartnership #investigating #problemsolving #handsonlearning #westmoorsmiddle
KS2 pupils completed the national Primary Maths Challenge. This rigorous assessment really showcases their problem-solving skills, and we are incredibly proud of their effort and perseverance. Well done to all who took part! 🌟🔢
#primarymathschallenge #learning #maths #problemsolvingskills #westmoorsmiddle
Forest School Update 🍂
We began this week’s session with a frosty start, so the children warmed up with some lively running games. After everyone thawed out, we gathered to enjoy an autumn story while sipping hot squash ☕.
The children then threw themselves into a range of activities, including den building, spending time on the swing and swing boat, and practical tasks such as clearing the overgrown grass around our young saplings 🌱, site maintenance, whittling and sawing.
It was a wonderfully industrious and cooperative session, well done, everyone! 🌟
#forestschool #outdoorlearning #nature #learningoutsidetheclassroom #teamwork #naturebased #westmoorsmiddle
Year 7 thoroughly enjoyed their third Talent Foundry workshop on Tuesday! 🎉
Listening and communication skills were the key focus, and they rose to the challenge brilliantly. 👏🎧💬
#Year7 #talentfoundry #communicationskills #listeningskills #learningjourney #secondaryschool
Our children have been celebrating Día de los Muertos by creating beautiful sugar skulls 💀 or, as they’re known in Spanish, calaveras de azúcar. 🎨
What a wonderful way to explore world cultures and expand our Spanish learning! 💛🌼
#diadelosmuertos #SpanishLearning #CalaverasDeAzucar #MFL #westmoorsmiddle #CulturalEducation
