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At Motcombe CE Primary School, our experienced and dedicated team are committed to providing the best possible education for all pupils whilst developing their talents and abilities to enable them to grow into wellrounded individuals.

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Wed 6 Oct - 1.15-2.45pm • Wed 20 Oct - 9.30-11am Thu 9 Dec - 9.30-10.30am • Mon 10 Jan 2022 - 1.15-2.45pm or contact our office who can arrange an individual tour 01747 852018 • office@motcombeprimary.co.uk SCHOOLS ACHIEVING SUCCESS TOGETHER www.motcombeprimary.co.uk S SHERBORNE AREA SCHOOLS' TRUST THANKS VERY MUCH: Liz Stokes, President of Brue Valley Rotary Club, Sarah Martin, headteacher at Castle Cary Primary School, Simon Barfoot of Blackmore IT and Judi Morison, Chair of Castle Cary Town Council. Rotary’s 20-laptop donation

Castle Cary Primary received 20 gleaming new laptops after local Rotarians spearheaded a fundraising drive. Brue Valley Rotary Club, which covers Castle Cary, Wincanton and Bruton, presented the school with 20 Chromebooks. The donation comes after old computers were donated to Blackmore IT for refurbishment and sold to raise cash through the Laptops4learners appeal. You can still take old tech to Phillips Tyres, where Nigel Phillips collects them all for Simon Barfoot of Blackmore IT. It is hoped to present other local schools with computers. The Rotary club has more than 30 members and has been going about 11 years.

Village school set to host open morning

A small village school is holding an open morning for parents on Thursday, October 14. Charlton Horethorne Primary School caters for children in the village but also for all of the surrounding villages and towns of Sherborne and Wincanton. It is now part of SAST (Sherborne Area Schools Trust) which is currently a Multi-Academy trust of 17 schools (13 of them primary), allowing small school to team up with neighbouring schools when needed. A spokesman said: “Our small, village school is set in the beautiful surroundings of Charlton Horethorne on the border between Dorset and Somerset. As we are in the centre of the village we have fantastic links with our local church and the community, including the parish council. “This makes for a strong family ethos where everyone comes together to make the school the best it can possibly be.” There are two sessions for the open day – 9.30am10.30am and 11am-12pm. Call 01963 220345 or email office@charltonhorethorne. somerset.sch.uk to attend. The spokesman added: “All of our children in school are nurtured in an environment where they can succeed. They receive expert teaching and build relationships with children and adults that will last a lifetime! “We look forward to welcoming you to our unique and special school, where we have places available for each year group.”

Education College invitation to potential students

Yeovil College is opening its doors once again, inviting potential students on-site for the first time in 2021 to its first information event of the academic year. On Thursday, October 7 from 4pm to 8pm, the college’s lecturers and support staff will be answering any questions and showing off the state-of-theart facilities. Yeovil College offers a varied range of subjects across every curriculum area relevant to the local industry and business opportunities. This includes A levels, vocational qualifications, university-level qualifications, professional and technical qualifications and the Yeovil College Tlevel offer. Mark Bolton, principal and CEO, said: “It is fantastic to be able to open up our campus once more and to showcase our wonderful site and expert teaching staff to the community. “We are investing significantly into our campus to offer our community a learning provision that is employer and demand-led and fit to deliver the higher digital skills of the future, and the information event is an ideal way to become part of the vision.” The event will be different to previous events with interested visitors and students required to book an arrival time slot. The campus has seen a lot of changes over the past year. The college has become an Institute of Technology, only one of 12 in the whole country; achieved high A Level grades including 100% pass rate for the sixth consecutive year; the commencement of T Levels across all T Level areas has taken place; and winning a significant amount of funding to deliver higher digital skills across subjects which are most in demand. n Go to yeovil.ac.uk/events to register to attend the event.

LEARNING CURVE: Yeovil Collge is hosting its first information night of the academic year

Open Evening

Year 6 for September 2022 entry

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Tuesday 5th October, 5.00-7.30pm

Find out all about school life at The Gryphon with presentations from our Headteacher throughout the evening, school tours and lots of interactive activities to take part in.