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• HAF Holiday Activities Food Programme

  Fri 24 Mar 2023

  Registration is now open for the Easter Holiday Activities, Food and Fun Programme (HAF), which aims to target young people aged 6-14 years, who are in receipt of Free School Meals.

   

  Pro Touch SA will holding a free holiday camp in Partnership with Lewisham Council from Monday 3rd to Thursday 6th April at Haberdashers' Knights Academy, Launcelot Rd, BR1 5EB

   

  Activities will include: Arts & Crafts ,Dodge Ball, football, futsal, board games and off site trip and a Free lunch is included for those who receive free school meals.

   

  To book & Register: https://tinyurl.com/2h95kknm

  

• Comic Relief

  Fri 17 Mar 2023

  Today we celebrated Red Nose Day as children came to school wearing a touch of Red! Thank you for your kind donations. We will let you know how much was raised for the charity soon!

   

  Visit the Downderry comedy club here!

• STEM Week

  Fri 17 Mar 2023

  This week was STEM Week at Downderry, where the pupils engaged in learning around the subjects of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. As a special treat, the London Air Ambulance came to visit the children to tell them all about their role in London and to share information about their incredible helicopters!

   

  With this information, the children were challenged to build a helicopter from recycled materials! Year 5 and 6 even had to have a working motorised rotor...

  Well done to everyone!

  

• NEU Teacher Strikes

  Fri 10 Mar 2023

  Two further teacher strike days have been planned for next week, Wednesday 15th & Thursday 16th March. We have been notified that the following classes will be open on these days:

  • Year 2, Rowan & Oak,
  • Year 3, Elm & Willow
  • Year 5, Palm
  • Year 6, Cherry, Holly, Hazel

   

  A hot lunch will be provided for children who receive a school meal and whose classes remain unaffected by the strike. Vouchers will be provided for those children entitled to a benefit related free school meal whose classes will be closed due strike action.

   

  Breakfast and Afterschool Forest Club will be on for those children whose classes remain open. After school activities will be cancelled on Wednesday and Thursday and rescheduled for a later date. More details will follow…

   

  Please see letter in "Letters" page of website.

   

• Parent workshop

  Fri 10 Mar 2023

  Thank you to everyone who attended our Reception phonics workshop on Wednesday.

  Children and parents thoroughly enjoyed learning alongside each other. Please visit the Reception class page for the presentation used for this workshop as well as links to websites, songs and ideas to further support your child at home. 

  

• International Women’s Day - Football

  Thu 09 Mar 2023

  For International Women’s Day and as part of the Football Association’s drive to encourage girls to play football, we had a football session for all the girls in the school.

   

  At lunchtime we held a staff versus students match in which our female teachers beat our girls 8-3.

  

• Lewisham Live Dance

  Wed 08 Mar 2023

  On Tuesday evening, Downderry's team of dancers produced a spectacular performance

  at the Broadway Theatre. After many weeks of rehearsals, our team had their moment

  performing on the big stage in front of hundreds of people. And they were brilliant!

   

  During the performance, the crowd were on their feet; after the performance, the crowd gave rapturous applause.

   

  Thank you to Firemind for donating the t-shirts.