<![CDATA[Allenbourn Middle School News Feed - Latest News]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org%2Fnews%2F%3Fpid%3D3%26amp%3Bnid%3D1 Juniper Education Content Management System (CMS) Version: 4.5 (junipereducation.org) Mon, 23 Mar 2026 11:09:53 GMT Mon, 23 Mar 2026 11:09:53 GMT <![CDATA[ PEDSSA Cross Country ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=378 Some amazing pupils from all year groups took part in the PEDSSA Cross Country event at Chapel Gate on Thursday 19th March.

]]> Mon, 23 Mar 2026 11:09:53 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=378 <![CDATA[ Year 8 Football Team ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=377 On Monday 9th March, our Year 8 boys football team travelled to Lytchett Minster School for their final match of the season, proudly wearing the yellow and black of AMS.

]]> Thu, 19 Mar 2026 15:26:04 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=377 <![CDATA[ Year 8 Artwork ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=376 This week, our Year 8 pupils explored the vibrant and imaginative world of Jeff Koons!

]]> Thu, 19 Mar 2026 14:54:21 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=376 <![CDATA[ Year 8 Residential London Trip 2026 ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=375 Our annual Year 8 residential trip to London proved to be a highly memorable and enriching experience for all involved.

]]> Mon, 23 Mar 2026 11:06:34 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=375 <![CDATA[ History in the Making! ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=374 It was with great excitement that Mrs Darragh drove a full minibus of boys to Broadstone Middle School last week to take part in a historic first — an all-boys netball match! While boys have been involved in other matches before, particularly at KS2, this was the first time a match had been organised purely for boys.

]]> Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:36:54 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=374 <![CDATA[ Netball Success ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=373 The Year 7 & 8 girls finally took part in their much-anticipated PEDSSA tournaments after they had been postponed on numerous occasions.

]]> Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:15:36 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=373 <![CDATA[ Dorset Schools 7's Rugby Festival ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=372 Our pupils had a fantastic afternoon at the Dorset Schools 7’s Festival held at Swanage and Wareham RFC on Tuesday 3rd March.

]]> Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:21:33 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=372 <![CDATA[ An Evening to Remember ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=371 On Thursday 5th March, the Allenbourn Choir joined forces with St Michael’s Choir, Wimborne Minster Choristers and the Armonico Consort for a wonderful evening at the Minster.

]]> Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:10:44 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=371 <![CDATA[ Cross Country County Finals ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=370 A select group of runners headed to Kings Park for the Dorset County Finals at the end of February. While a few of our key runners were unfortunately sidelined by injuries, the rest of the squad arrived primed and ready to tackle the challenging course.

]]> Tue, 10 Mar 2026 11:00:45 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=370 <![CDATA[ Sparx success ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=369 Ambition is one of our core values at Initio Learning Trust, and our pupils are certainly showing it!

]]> Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:52:55 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=369 <![CDATA[ World Book Day 2026 ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=368 World Book Day Fun! 

]]> Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:47:45 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=368 <![CDATA[ Vikki Slade visits Allenbourn ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=367 We were delighted to welcome Vikki Slade, MP for Mid Dorset & North Poole, to Allenbourn on Monday 9th March.

]]> Mon, 9 Mar 2026 12:03:16 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=367 <![CDATA[ County Cup Semi-Finals, here we come! ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=366 On Thursday 5th March, our Year 7 Girls Football Team secured their place in the County Cup Semi-Finals with a tense and exciting victory over Lockyer's Middle School.

]]> Mon, 9 Mar 2026 10:44:19 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=366 <![CDATA[ Cubist Masterpieces ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=365 A huge well done to our Year 8 pupils for their incredible Cubist style paintings.

]]> Tue, 3 Mar 2026 10:18:04 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=365 <![CDATA[ Year 7 Football Success ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=364 On Thursday 26th February, a mixed group of our Year 7 pupils proudly represented AMS at the Premier League Inspires Inclusion Festival, hosted by AFC Bournemouth at Ringwood Community Hub — and what a fantastic afternoon it was!

]]> Mon, 2 Mar 2026 14:41:34 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=364 <![CDATA[ Young Artists Summer Show ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=363 A huge well done to all our pupils who have been working hard on their submissions for this year’s Young Artists Summer Show at the Royal Academy! 

]]> Mon, 2 Mar 2026 12:30:51 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=363 <![CDATA[ Year 5 Greek Day ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=362 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 17:15:20 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=362 <![CDATA[ Cross Country Success ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=361 Wed, 11 Feb 2026 09:39:16 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=361 <![CDATA[ Eye catching Creations ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=360 Year 5 Dragon Eyes from this half term's after school club 

]]> Tue, 10 Feb 2026 10:35:19 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=360 <![CDATA[ Allenbourn in the top 25% ! ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=359 Allenbourn has been recognised by FFT Education as being in the top 25% of schools nationally in their National School Attendance Awards (Autumn 25/26).

]]> Tue, 10 Feb 2026 10:11:16 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=359 <![CDATA[ Silver Medal Success for Year 8 Netball ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=358 Huge congratulations to our Year 8 netball team who have represented Allenbourn brilliantly in the PEDSSA league.

]]> Mon, 9 Feb 2026 12:25:56 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=358 <![CDATA[ International School Award ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=357 Allenbourn Middle School has been awarded the British Council’s prestigious International School Award.

]]> Mon, 9 Feb 2026 11:38:30 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=357 <![CDATA[ Cross Country Championships ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=356 Harry, Year 8 and Eliza, Year 7 are about to make Dorset proud

]]> Tue, 3 Feb 2026 14:18:51 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=356 <![CDATA[ Product Design at AMS ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=355 We are proud to celebrate the outstanding creativity, technical skill, and imagination shown by pupils in Product Design last term.

]]> Mon, 19 Jan 2026 14:38:06 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=355 <![CDATA[ Equal Access Award ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=354 We are proud to have achieved the Barclays Equal Access School Award, which recognises schools that provide girls with the same opportunities as boys to play football, both within the curriculum and through extracurricular activities.

]]> Mon, 19 Jan 2026 12:26:13 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=354 <![CDATA[ Year 5 Football Festival ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=353 On 11th December, our Year 5 boys took part in a fantastic football festival at St Michael's Middle School.

]]> Tue, 6 Jan 2026 10:45:03 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=353 <![CDATA[ Festive Tinsel Tournament ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=352 What a fun way to finish the term with a festive netball tournament!

]]> Wed, 17 Dec 2025 15:44:41 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=352 <![CDATA[ Textiles at AMS ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=351 We are proud to celebrate the outstanding creativity, technical skill, and imagination shown by pupils across all year groups in Textiles this term.

]]> Wed, 17 Dec 2025 13:41:17 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=351 <![CDATA[ Christmas Felt Making ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=350 Well done to all the pupils who took part in our Christmas Felt Making activity on Monday as part of their Epraise house points reward session.

]]> Wed, 17 Dec 2025 11:43:16 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=350 <![CDATA[ Christmas Salt Dough Making ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=349 Well done to all the pupils who took part in our Christmas Salt Dough Making activity on Monday afternoon as part of their Epraise house points reward session.

]]> Wed, 17 Dec 2025 11:43:11 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=349 <![CDATA[ Gold medal for Eliza ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=348 Eliza in Year 7 won a Gold medal at the U13 South West Indoor Regional Athletics High Jump on Sunday 7th December in Cardiff

]]> Tue, 9 Dec 2025 13:13:56 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=348 <![CDATA[ Well done Alice! ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=347 Alice from Year 5 volunteered for 'Amelia's Rainbow' 

]]> Mon, 8 Dec 2025 15:00:51 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=347 <![CDATA[ Christmas Jumper Day ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=346 ๐ŸŽ„ Christmas Jumper Day ๐ŸŽ„

]]> Thu, 4 Dec 2025 15:53:27 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=346 <![CDATA[ Year 6 PEDSSA Tournament โ€“ Part 1 ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=345 Year 6 PEDSSA Tournament – Part 1 - It was with great excitement that a group of eight Year 6 pupils arrived at QE for the Bee Netball tournament on Wednesday.

]]> Thu, 4 Dec 2025 15:40:14 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=345 <![CDATA[ Nothe Fort 2025 ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=344 Nothe Fort 2025

]]> Tue, 2 Dec 2025 15:13:54 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=344 <![CDATA[ Allenbourn School Disco ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=343 Allenbourn School Disco

]]> Wed, 19 Nov 2025 10:34:30 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=343 <![CDATA[ SCHOOL CLOSURE ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=342 Thu, 6 Nov 2025 16:26:47 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=342 <![CDATA[ Ferndown PEDSSA Cross-Country Event ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=341 Fri, 24 Oct 2025 11:34:45 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=341 <![CDATA[ Year 5 Fun Run at St Michaelโ€™s Middle School ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=340 Fri, 24 Oct 2025 11:35:53 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=340 <![CDATA[ Year 5 - Dotty Pumpkins ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=339 Fri, 24 Oct 2025 11:06:54 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=339 <![CDATA[ Year 6 Art Club - Mannequins ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=338 Fri, 24 Oct 2025 11:07:31 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=338 <![CDATA[ Year 6 Printmaking ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=337 Year 6 Printmaking

]]> Fri, 18 Jul 2025 10:05:28 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=337 <![CDATA[ Allenbourn Middle School Open Evening ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=336 Allenbourn Middle School Open Evening - 2nd October 2025

Save the date - We are looking forward to welcoming families to Allenbourn Middle School for our Open Evening on 2nd October 2025. Following our hugely successful Ofsted inspection in January 2025 in which inspectors graded 'Behaviour and Attitudes' and 'Personal Development' as Outstanding, please join us to learn more about our school and to secure a place for your child. 

]]> Mon, 14 Jul 2025 20:34:16 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=336 <![CDATA[ Year 8 Self Portraits ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=335 Year 8 Self Portraits

]]> Fri, 11 Jul 2025 16:58:21 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=335 <![CDATA[ Year 8 Cakes ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=334 Year 8 Creative Cakes

]]> Fri, 4 Jul 2025 14:29:05 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=334 <![CDATA[ Allenbourn PEDSSA Athletics Champions ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=330 Allenbourn PEDSSA Athletics Champions

]]> Fri, 4 Jul 2025 13:30:14 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=330 <![CDATA[ Year 7 Rounders ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=329 Year 7 Rounders Report  ๐ŸฅŽ

]]> Sat, 28 Jun 2025 13:13:24 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=329 <![CDATA[ Year 8 Summer Term Art ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=328 Year 8 Summer Term Art

]]> Sat, 28 Jun 2025 13:43:54 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=328 <![CDATA[ Year 7 Summer Term Art ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=327 Year 7 Summer Term Art

]]> Sat, 28 Jun 2025 13:44:32 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=327 <![CDATA[ Year 5 Summer Term Art ]]> https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=326 Year 5 Summer Term Art

]]> Sat, 28 Jun 2025 13:06:21 GMT https://www.allenbournmiddle.org/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=326