For the first time in 8 years, Purbeck have now progressed to the final 64 schools in the Continental Tyres National Cup. This pitches them against either Ringwood School or Portsmouth Grammar in the next round, after a narrow but fully deserved victory over Clayesmore.

The sun was shining and the pitch glorious, the field was set for a cracker of a game. For once, Purbeck started strongly, powering up the pitch directly from the kick off, with Ren Elliot putting in a massive tackle to set the tone. After going through the phases, Jack Brickstock made a break, with a Clayesmore player making a high tackle. TJ Shearer got the ball and tapped quickly to score the opening try of the game. Clayesmore then went straight up the other end and scored in the corner, having drawn Purbeck one side and then to the other stretching the defence. The game then became a battle of the contact in the middle of the pitch, and after a quick turnover, the ball was whipped wide to Jack Lowry who sprinted home into the corner. Clayesmore responded again quickly from a quick lineout, but after some quick thinking from Lewis Cooper, Purbeck went blind from a score for TJ to bundle over for his second. Half Time: 15-14.

As a new cohort of students joins our sixth form each autumn, we introduce them to our ‘grow ethos’: that is, each of us as individuals should recognise the importance of taking every opportunity to develop both our academic knowledge and our experiential skills. This week, as in past years, the new students were delighted to receive a plant each for them to individually nourish – and grow! We would like to once again thank our partners in this project, Holme for Gardens, for so kindly donating the wonderful plants to our Year 12 students – it is really generous and helps to tangibly forward our core values. Let’s hope that the students now demonstrate their green-fingered abilities!

Pumpkin carving competition 30/9/24 to 1/11/24

As part of our behaviour policy, in every lesson, each student is given a score.  Students receiving a 7 have exceeded expectations for the lesson. The following week the names of the students will be compiled and they will each receive 7 house points. Shortly after this, they will be presented with their Super 7 wristband which provides them with:

1. Queue jump for themselves and one friend for all break times and lunch times throughout the week.
2. An invite for a Friday hot chocolate with the Headteacher and House Leaders.

Super 7’s as of Friday 27th September

An exciting opportunity has arisen at The Purbeck School for the new post of Behaviour Support Lead.

Back in the summer term, we ran a whole school campaign to celebrate Pride Month. As part of that campaign, students designed a Purbeck School Pride Logo.  

 Many, many students submitted designs which were along very similar lines of using the Pride or Progress Pride flag colours for our school logo. It is a very powerful way of demonstrating the inclusivity of Purbeck School. Many thanks to all the students who took part in this campaign,