School Council Pet Morning – Dogs
A fun morning was had by all when we enjoyed meeting these wonderful, and very intelligent, dogs. Thank you to Ivy, Charlie, Eddy, Evan, Leo, Toby, Maddie and Oliver for... Read more »
Bake Off & Craft Sale
Thank you to everyone who supported our whole school Christmas sale and bake off. A fantastic effort by all. Congratulations to our bake off winner, Amelia, and our runners up,... Read more »
Longleat 2023
We enjoyed a fantastic trip to Longleat for the animal safari and Festival of Lights.
School Council Pet Morning – Cats
A huge thank you to our wonderful cats, Duke, Milo and Darcy. We all enjoyed our School Council Pet morning. Thank you to April, Summer and Evan for sharing their... Read more »
Field of Remembrance
The children enjoyed our special assembly and respectfully planted our WW1 and WW2 Field of Remembrance. In total, 33 crosses for the lives of the men of Henstridge – ‘We... Read more »
Harvest Festival- Lord’s Larder Donations
Thank you to all of our families for such kindness and Harvest spirit. The Lord’s Larder food bank will be so grateful.
School in a Bag
We had a fantastic Collective Worship assembly with Luke. We learned how we can help children to be educated in different countries across the globe. We look forward to planning... Read more »
Y3/4 Dodgeball Tournament
What a super afternoon we have had! Team St Nicholas did our school proud, they played so well and exhibited their skills exceptionally well and worked as a wonderful team.... Read more »
America Day
Today the whole school participated in America Day which was organised by Mrs Hopson. Take a look at some pictures of the children enjoying their day. March 2023
Africa Day
Africa Day The children participated in America Day organised by Mrs Hopson. The children had a lovely day. In the afternoon, they also got into their houses and created African... Read more »
Sports Day 2023
Congratulations to all our pupils – we enjoyed a fabulous 2023 Sports Day on our school field again this year. Lots of skills, talents and kindness to others shown in... Read more »
Amazing Achievements
Congratulations to Jacob and Isaac for being awarded their medals and trophies from North Dorset RFC. Outstanding sportsmanship, dedication and skill in rugby. Congratulations also to Amy for achieving her... Read more »
New Year Art Competition 2023
Congratulations to all of our wonderfully talented artists. All 2023 art entries will be displayed in our village church. Congratulations to our runner up, Maddie in Year 4, and our... Read more »
Fire and Rescue Service Assembly
Our whole school enjoyed the Fire and Rescue Service Assembly. We learned lots of safety facts such as: stop, drop and roll. Well done to Jude, in Year 2, and... Read more »
Dragonfly Nativity 2022
A wonderful performance of ‘Gold, Frankincense & Myrrh’ by our Reception Pupils. Super singing and movement. Thank you to our Year 5/6 choir members for supporting the singing and narration.... Read more »
Christingle Service 2022
Celebrating 2022 Christingle with our village community in St Nicholas Church. We sang about our Christingles and learned how they remind us that Jesus died for each one of us... Read more »
Christmas Craft Fair 2022
Congratulations to our school community for such a successful, festive class craft sale. It was wonderful to see so many creative and thoughtful gifts – made by the children and... Read more »
Lantern Parade 2022
Whole school lantern parade to our village church. We celebrated The Birth of Jesus through song and lantern making. Well done to all in Year R to Year 6.
Christmas Lunch 2022
A scrumptious Christmas Celebration in our school hall. We started with The Grace: ‘For what we are about to receive, may The Lord make us truly thankful…Amen.’ We thought of... Read more »
The Lions 2022 Art Competition
Congratulations to our Key Stage 2 pupils for entering The Lions 2022 Art Competition: Leading With Compassion. Special congratulations to our 3 winners: Lucas in Year 3, Izabella in Year... Read more »
Year 5 Tennis
Congratulations to our Year 5 pupils who have completed their first run of tennis lessons with our tennis coach. They have loved having Jeremy in each week to teach them... Read more »
South West In Bloom
Congratulations to our pupils and our outdoor learning leader, Mrs Howell, for winning the Clem Preece Memorial Cup for the 2022 South West in Bloom Competition. Our school won the... Read more »
Whole school trip to The Festival of Light, Longleat
Everyone had a fantastic day with animals, lights and books! The children loved reading all about the Longleat animals and naming the Roald Dahl books from seeing the lanterns. Definitely... Read more »
In Remembrance
Today we marked our two minutes silence in our Field of Remembrance and laid beautiful poppy wreaths made by our Ladybird and Dragonfly class pupils using their hand prints.
150 Years of St Nicholas
4th November 2022: Happy 150th birthday to our school. On 4th November 1872, St Nicholas Church of England Primary School (then called, Henstridge VC School) opened with 83 pupils. Today,... Read more »
Autumn Dander
Our Autumn Dander was a sunny, fun morning for all. We saw lots of amazing living and non-living things. Well done to the children who could name roads, animals and... Read more »
Our Hedgehog
Well done and thank you to our pupils for rescuing a very under-nourished hedgehog. He was found on our school field at playtime. The children knew he was in need... Read more »
Tag Rugby Competition
Huge congratulations to our Tag Rugby Team for being overall winners at the King Arthur’s matches today. Played 8 local schools and won every match! Wow!
Harvest 2022
Thank you to our school community for showing such generosity and kindness to one of our local food banks, The Lord’s Larder. The children enjoyed Matt’s visit to Collective... Read more »
John 15:5
In Collective Worship we reflected on John 15:5 – our school verse from the Bible. We planted our living vine on our school field and we all look forward to... Read more »
Queen Elizabeth II
Our school community says a fond farewell and a sincere thank you to our wonderful monarch – Queen Elizabeth II. In Collective Worship we reflected on what she meant to... Read more »
Prize Day July 2022
Congratulations to our pupils for excellent effort and attitude to learning, excellent role modelling and kindness to others.
South West in Bloom
The Judges arrived today. Our pupils enjoyed hosting the annual South West in Bloom judges for this year’s competition. They were very impressed with our skills and talents... Read more »
Taking Shade In Our Learning Garden
We counted 7 darting dragonflies, ate handfuls of scrumptious red raspberries and reflected on just how amazing an artist and creator God is. Our school garden gives us all time... Read more »
Fever on The Field 2022
Fever on The Field 2022 was, once again, a huge success. Thank you to everyone for coming along and supporting our school fundraising event. Well done to Cate, Sam and... Read more »
Physical health and social, emotional, mental health well being.
We love using the new equipment at playtimes.
Eco Warriors
Congratulations to our Eco Warriors’ Council and everyone in our school. We have been awarded our Eco School Flag status. Thank you to Mrs Hopson for coordinating and leading our... Read more »
A generous gift to our school for first aid safety.
Thank you to The Lions for a very generous donation. This cheque for £1350 will allow us to have our own defibrillator on site. We very much look forward to... Read more »
