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• Roman London

  Fri 27 Sep 2024

  On Monday Year 4 joined an online workshop for schools with the Bloomberg London Mithraeum. They learnt about Roman London and saw a Roman amphitheatre, baths and a temple, as well as having Roman artefacts to identify.

• Harvest Festival

  Fri 27 Sep 2024

  Thank you to all the Children, Parents & Carers who supported our Harvest Festival with your donations. We had a fantastic time in our sharing assembly on Wednesday. We were lucky to have Father Stuart with us to tell the children about Harvest.

   

  We will be distributing your donations via our Children & Family Centre’s Foodbank to support local families in need. Thank you to everyone who kindly donated, we really appreciate all the kindness shown.

  

• Jeans for Genes

  Fri 20 Sep 2024

  Thank you to everyone who wore jeans to support our Jeans for Genes Day. We raised £266 to help make a difference to the lives of children and families affected by genetic conditions.

• Class- Parent representatives

  Fri 20 Sep 2024

  This week the new Class Parent representatives met in school to develop communication systems through a Rep. managed WhatsApp group. Please introduce yourself to your class rep so that they can include you in the group chat. The purpose of this forum is to share accurate information and updates from the school.

   

  Your Class Reps are:

  Reception Amy (Kereya's mum- Mulberry) & Andy (Eric's dad- Mulberry) & Jessica (Emily's mum- Apple),

  Year 1: Amy (Troy's mum- Chestnut) & Elena (Sofia's mum- Chestnut),

  Year 2: Caz (Joanna's Mum- Oak) & Maria (Anthony's mum- Oak),

  Year 3: Rumena (Noah's mum - Willow) & Irene (Alice's mum- Willow),

  Year 4: Maria ( Frank's mum- Ash) & Lucy (TBC),

  Year 5: Sam (Harry's Mum- Cherry) & Irene (Sofia's mum- Maple),

  Year 6: Chiara (Vittoria's Mum- Hazel).

• Pupil Voice

  Fri 13 Sep 2024

  Elections have taken place, results counted and we can now announce this year's Head Pupils. Congratulations to Eleanor and Isaac, and well done to all those who stood for this position. You presented yourselves very well and we look forward to your contributions in strengthening Pupil Voice this year. Congratulations also to our new Prefects and school councillors.

• Class - Parent representatives

  Fri 06 Sep 2024

  We are looking to recruit class - parent representatives for each class to enhance communication between school and home. What might this look like...? Signposting parents to updates on the Parent information board, details from the school newsletter/ letters that sometimes get missed via WhatsApp.

   

  If you are interested in being a class rep for your child’s class/ Year group please email admin@downderry.lewisham.sch.uk. Use “Class Rep” as the subject and include your child’s name and class.