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Do go along and see our class carnival floats on display in the Showcase Window of Ilminster Emporium and in Ilminster Hair and Beauty, which will be on show until Carnival Night Saturday 5th October.  

Herne View Primary in Ilminster is celebrating the renewal of its Fairtrade Fair Active Award following some successful activities helping pupils understand the aims and impact of fairtrade work across the globe. The school council helped co-ordinate a Fairtrade day for pupils from pre-school to Year 6 that saw children learn about fairtrade including topics ranging from growing banana to …

This week, Year 4 children at Herne View took part in the annual school play and what a triumph it was! The musical comedy ‘Porridge’ brought spoonfuls of sparkling songs and bowlfuls of belly-laughs to The Warehouse Theatre. Catchy tunes, fun dance routines, cheesy jokes and a comedy cow were the perfect ingredients for a brilliant production. Feedback from families …

Eight intrepid Year 6 and two staff enjoyed a day at Wimbledon this Monday watching the play on Court 2 which included the start of the doubles match with Jaime Murray. Whilst a long day, the children enjoyed both watching the tennis and being part of the whole Wimbledon ‘experience’. Our thanks go to Mr Langdon and Mrs Turnock for …

This week saw Herne View hosting the final of the Ilminster Literary Festival Poetry Recital Competition and it was a pleasure to welcome the nine schools who brought eighteen exceptional finalists. All of the children who performed their poems from memory performed to a very high standard and the judges from the Literary Festival Committee had a very difficult decision. …