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Hold the Front Page!
Fri 30 Nov 2018Year 3 have been working hard all week on writing their own newspaper reports. They were visited today by a journalist from the Daily Mail to answer their questions about newspapers and journalism.
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Key Stage 2 Carol Service
Fri 30 Nov 2018Children in Key Stage 2 will be attending a Christmas Service at St. Barnabas Church on Thursday 13th December, 9.30am - 10:30am.
All parents and carers are invited to join us for the service at the church. -
Book Fair
Fri 30 Nov 2018The Book Fair will be arriving at school on Wednesday 5th December and run until Monday 10th, in the Middle Hall from 3:00-3:30pm. There will be some great deals on books for Christmas.
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Christmas Productions
Fri 30 Nov 2018Tickets are now on sale for this year’s Early Years and Key Stage 1 Christmas productions.
Early Years Christmas Production,
Whoops-a-Daisy Angel, Tuesday 11th December,
9:30am & 2:00pm
Key Stage 1 Christmas Production,
Santa’s on Strike, Wednesday 12th December, 9:30am & 2:15pm
Get your tickets from the office.
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Poppy Appeal
Fri 30 Nov 2018Thanks to everyone who bought a poppy for Remembrance Day. Downderry raised a staggering £645.71 for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal to fund welfare work for our Armed Forces families. The total raised by all schools in the BR1/BR2 area was £10,922.20.
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Switch-Off Week
Fri 23 Nov 2018This week Downderry’s Eco-Warriors have been making sure teachers and pupils are “switching off” in order to avoid wasting energy!
Today children came to school wearing their brightest clothes, as it was “No Electricity Day” which meant No computers, No interactive whiteboards and No iPads! It was a very successful day, helping the environment and saving some money on our electricity bill.
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Christmas Card Project
Fri 23 Nov 2018If you wish to purchase more of your child's christmas cards. Please put the money in an envelope, marked with your child's name and class and bring it to the office by Friday 30th November 2018.
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Pupil & Parent Survey
Fri 16 Nov 2018The full results of the Autumn term pupil and parent surveys are available in the Parents section of our website. Thank you to everyone who completed a questionnaire - helping us to make our school even better.
97% of pupils agreed that “I am happy to come to school”
98% of parents agreed that “My child is taught well at this school”
You can still have your say by visiting https://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk
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Bottle-Cap Art - Recycling Initiative
Fri 16 Nov 2018The Eco-Warriors are asking for any plastic bottle-caps to be brought to school from now until the summer term - any colour, any size! We hope to create an amazing mural out of all the bottle-caps collected and in doing so highlight the importance of recycling throughout the school!
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Anti-Bullying Week
Fri 16 Nov 2018Our local community police officers visited Downderry this week to deliver safety talks to pupils in Key Stage 1 and 2 as part of Anti-Bullying Week. The children really enjoyed his visit and participated in group discussions.
