Knife Edge by Malorie Blackman The Dare Game by Jacqueline Wilson Smart by Kim Slater Twilight by Stephenie Meyer Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell The Shining by Stephen King Beloved by Toni Morrison The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend A Brief History
Dear Parent or Guardian, At The Purbeck School, we know that completing home learning is essential to long term successes. It allows students to extend their learning and to reinforce what has been learnt in class. Daily home learning will continue to be in three 20
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series by Jeff Kinney Harry Potter Series by J. K. Rowling Attack on Titan Manga Series by Hajime Isayama The Boy in the Dress by David Walliams I Have Lost My Way by Gayle Forman The Hunger Games Series by Suzanne
Word rich learning at The Purbeck School All students at school and in the sixth form have been expanding their knowledge of ‘Tier 2 vocabulary’, words that are not specifically related to one subject but are essential in order to fully access the curriculum, media and
Our World Book Day cross-curricular workshop went down a storm on Wednesday 28th February. The students had a really varied day, and all completed a really lovely children’s story book with paper-cut illustration. We are really fortunate that the Canadian paper-cut illustrator, Ashley Barron, got involved
On Thursday, to celebrate World Book Day, The Purbeck School students are all invited to bring in their favourite book to share with their class. In a world with so many distractions, this is a fantastic opportunity for us to encourage our students to pick up
On Monday afternoon, The Purbeck School hosted St Mary’s Swanage, St George’s Langton Matravers, Corfe Primary and Wareham St Mary for our 2018 launch of the joint network reading group. Students from year 6 joined some of our year 7 students and enjoyed a very entertaining
On Wednesday 24th of January, over one hundred year five and six students from many of our partner primary schools visited The Purbeck School for an afternoon Purbeck experience in English. The students enjoyed finding out a bit more about one of the books they will read