Thank you for visiting the website for St. Mary's C.E. Middle School. We are a 9-13 middle school situated on the outskirts of Puddletown, a small village in the beautiful Dorset countryside. We are a church school with an ethos built on the core Christian values of respect, forgiveness, justice, uniqueness, equality, acceptance and kindness.
We look to inspire our school community and give them the tools to thrive in the modern world, summed up by our school aim of 'Inspire today to shape tomorrow'. We are proud to have been assessed as an outstanding church school in our last two Church of England inspections. We expect the highest standards in both academic work and behaviour and we place our children at the centre of everything we do.
The pupils, staff and governors are very proud of our school and we hope that this website will allow you to see why. We look forward to having the opportunity to meet you in person.
Each week we have a theme which forms the basis of our Collective Worship for that week. Our seven core Christian values are included in our themes for the week, explicitly or implicitly, for two weeks during each school year. Other themes relate to important times within the Church calendar (e.g. Lent, Advent, Harvest etc.) and other values that we feel are important to explore with our pupils. The themes for the current academic year 2021/2022 are shown below.
Themes for the Week 2021/2022
| Thursday 2nd September 2021 | New Beginnings |
| Monday 6th September 2021 | Courtesy |
| Monday 13th September 2021 | Service |
| Monday 20th September 2021 | Co-operation |
| Monday 27th September 2021 | Wisdom |
| Monday 4th October 2021 | Thankfulness (Harvest Festival) |
| Monday 11th October 2021 | School Value: Equality |
| Monday 18th October 2021 | Saints |
| Half Term | |
| Monday 1st November 2021 | School Value: Kindness |
| Monday 8th November 2021 | Remembrance |
| Monday 15th November 2021 | School Value: Acceptance |
| Monday 22nd November 2021 | Light |
| Monday 29th November 2021 | Advent: Hope |
| Monday 6th December 2021 | Advent: Peace |
| Monday 13th December 2021 | Advent: Love |
| Christmas Holiday | |
| Monday 4th January 2022 | Journeys |
| Wednesday 6th January 2022 | Epiphany |
| Monday 11th January 2022 | School Value: Uniqueness |
| Saturday 15th January 2022 | Martin Luther King Jr Day |
| Monday 17th January 2022 | Honesty |
| Monday 24th January 2022 | Goodness |
| Wednesday 26th January 2022 to Friday 28th January 2022 | Big Garden Birdwatch |
| Thursday 27th January 2022 | Holocaust Memorial Day |
| Monday 31st January 2022 | Trust |
| Monday 7th February 2022 | Reflection |
| Monday 14th February 2022 | Lent/Valentines Day |
| Tuesday 15th February 2022 | Shrove Tuesday |
| Wednesday 16th February 2022 | Ash Wednesday |
| Tuesday 22nd February 2022 | Fairtrade Fortnight |
| Half Term | |
| Monday 1st March 2022 | School Value: Justice/St David's Day |
| Monday 7th March 2022 | Creativity/World Book Day |
| Tuesday 8th March 2022 | Commonwealth Day |
| Monday 14th March 2022 | Gospel |
| Thursday 17th March 2022 | St Patricks Day |
| Friday 18th March 2022 | Red Nose Day |
| Monday 21st March 2022 | Perseverance |
| Monday 28th March 2022 | Holy Week |
| Monday 4th April 2022 | Easter |
| Easter Holiday | |
| Monday 19th April 2022 | Courage |
| Monday 25th April 2022 | Kingdom of God |
| Monday 2nd May 2022 | Giving |
| Monday 9th May 2022 | Humility |
| Monday 16th May 2022 | School Value: Forgiveness |
| Monday 23rd May 2022 | Celebration |
| Half Term | |
| Monday 6th June 2022 | Good News |
| Monday 13th June 2022 | Choices |
| Monday 20th June 2022 | School Value: Respect |
| Monday 27th June 2022 | Patience |
| Monday 4th July 2022 | Making a Difference |
| Monday 11th July 2022 | Role Models |
| Monday 18th July 2022 | Looking back and moving on |
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