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Football Domination Easter Holiday Camp
Wed 31 Mar 2021Football Domination, our local club, are happy to announce they will be running a holiday camp this Easter!
The details are:
Location: Sedgehill Astro Turf, Beckenham Hill, BR3
Time: 10-3pm
Dates
April 6th - April 9th Week 1
April 12th - April 16th Week 2
To book on to either 1, week 2 or Both
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Easter Egg Decorating Competition
Wed 31 Mar 2021Well done to the winners of the Easter egg decorating competition. The list of winners is below. A big thank you to the PTA for providing the Easter egg prizes!
Jada - Gold, Lily - Silver, Azia - Mulberry, Masa - Apple, Lily-Mae - Beech, Phoebe - Chestnut, Emily - Oak, Eleanor - Rowan, Vladimir - Elm, Amore - Willow, Hannah - Ash, Coco - Palm, Dhanvi - Holly,
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STEM Week
Wed 31 Mar 2021For STEM week, the theme was ‘Innovating for the Future’. Children learned about insects and were inspired to design a "Robo-bug" to help with challenges faced in the world now and in future.
Each class awarded a prize to the best designer. The winners were:
Jonea Mulberry For a fantastic robot that cleans up the rubbish. She designed and made her robot and had a good understanding of why we need to protect the planet. Harper Apple For some fantastic models made ftom recyling. she made an instrument and a robot independently. Charlie C Chestnut For having some amazing ideas and working as a team player, when creating the Robo-Bug for his group. Charlie Z Beech For being incredible during STEM week. He has been super inventive with his ideas for creating our Robo-Bugs and worked really well in his team to create his model. He even remembered what the letters for STEM stand for! Well done! Jack B Oak For being so enthusiastic during STEM week and for contributing such amazing ideas when designing our fire fighting Robo-Bugs! Miles Rowan For being so engaged and enthusiastic during STEM week. He produced amazing sketches, has was super inventive with his ideas for creating our firefighting Robo-Bugs and worked really well in his team to create his clay model. Well done! Jadion Elm For being creative, supportive to others and hard-working during STEM week. Shajani Willow For being super creative this week, paying attention to every detail and also working really well as part of a team! Ruby Ash Harry Sycamore Shiroshan Maple For embracing the week with positivity and creating a detailed and thoughtful design. Khira Palm For having such an amazing attitude to STEM week. You had great ideas and focussed well. Gabriel Cherry For having such amazing ideas - Well Done! Yann Holly For creating a game on Scratch, linked to our topic - and even going home and finding ways to improve it over the weekend. Hareena Hazel For showing great interest in our STEM topic for the week and completing our work around it thoroughly and carefully. Sarushan Hawthorn For working incredibly hard with his team to create a game on Scratch highlighting how our nanotechnology would work to help fight the coronavirus in humans. -
Considerate Parking
Wed 31 Mar 2021It has been brought to our attention that some parents have been parking across the drives of our neighbours and the school emergency vehicle entrance when dropping off or picking up their nursery child.
Free parking is available in all the roads surrounding the school so we are asking politely that you park considerately.
Please also be aware that the mobile enforcement van regularly attends local schools and you could be fined up to £90 for a parking infringement.
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Red Nose Day
Fri 19 Mar 2021Today we celebrated Red Nose Day as children came to school dressed as Heroes! We had Doctors & Nurses, Fire Fighters and Superheroes! The PTA will be making a donation on behalf of Downderry to the charity together with the donations kindly received this morning.
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Bird box Camera is Back!
Fri 19 Mar 2021Spring is in the air, the Daffodils in the school garden are in bloom and the Downderry bird box camera is streaming again on our website at www.downderryprimaryschool.com/the-bird-box-project/.
Last year our pair of blue tits raised seven chicks and this year they have already been spotted having a look inside and roosting overnight. Hopefully they will start building a nest in the next few weeks!
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Weekly COVID-19 Messages from Lewisham
Fri 19 Mar 2021Vaccination webinar Thursday 25th March, 6-7pm
Do you have questions about COVID-19 and health matters surrounding the vaccine? Would you like to hear the facts and get advice from healthcare professionals?
Lewisham Council is hosting a free online information event about the COVID-19 vaccination programme. Open to Lewisham residents and anyone with questions.
https://lewisham.gov.uk/myservices/coronavirus-covid-19/covid19-vaccine/covid-19-vaccination-webinar
Vaccine eligibility has widened to anyone aged 50+
So far, over half a million COVID-19 vaccinations have been delivered in South East London.
If you haven’t had the COVID-19 vaccination and you are aged over 50, an eligible frontline health or social care worker, a main carer for someone at high risk from COVID-19, have a learning disability, are clinically extremely vulnerable (high risk) or clinically vulnerable (moderate risk), you can now book your COVID-19 vaccination appointment by visiting www.nhs.uk/covid-vaccination or by calling 119, free of charge.
Rapid Tests now available for households and support bubbles of nursery age children in addition to primary, secondary and college age.
Help keep our school safe. Regular testing is available for households and support bubbles of nursery, primary, secondary and college-age children and young people. To find out how to access your test click here.
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Down Syndrome Awareness Week
Thu 18 Mar 2021This week we marked Down Syndrome Awareness week by talking about Down Syndrome in our school council meetings.
On Thursday children wore odd socks as sometimes people have an extra 'sock'
or chromosome and a person with Down syndrome has an extra copy of chromosome 21.It's an opportunity to encourage people to express themselves and celebrate their individuality and what makes us all unique!
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Hearts for Homes
Thu 18 Mar 2021A huge thank you to our children who made Christmas cards for members of the elderly community back in December. We heard from some of the care homes who expressed their gratitude and the delight of their residents who received cards. Thank you everyone!
