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• Harvest Festival

  Fri 11 Oct 2019

   

  Thank you to all the Children, Parents and Carers who supported our Harvest Festival by donating food. We had a brilliant time in our sharing assembly on Wednesday. We were lucky enough to have Father Stuart there while the whole school sang songs and listened to some wonderful poems written by Year 5 and 2.

   

  We have donated lots of food for the local community, so a HUGE thank you once again for all your generous donations!

  

• Macmillan Coffee Afternoon

  Fri 04 Oct 2019

  Thank you to all those parents and friends who attended Macmillan Coffee afternoon. We were overwhelmed by the number of people who came along. The event raised an amazing £500!

  

• Roald Dahl Day

  Fri 13 Sep 2019

  Thank you for all the support on Roald Dahl Day! We had a marvellous day, celebrating Roald Dahl and all his wonderful characters and books.

  

• Aldi’s Kit for Schools

  Fri 13 Sep 2019

  We are collecting Aldi Team GB stickers to try and win £20,000 for our school.

   

  Aldi’s Kit for Schools promotion is giving 20 primary schools the chance to win £20,000 to kick-start a health legacy for their school. Collect a sticker with every £30 spent in Aldi stores to fill up our poster so we have a chance to win!

• Silver Eco-Schools

  Fri 05 Jul 2019

  Thanks to the huge focus on Global Awareness this term, Downderry has been awarded Silver Eco-Schools status! We would like to thank you for your support in helping us achieve this award, by supporting projects such as our bottle cap collection and Global Awareness Week.

   

  As you can see, the bottle caps have been put to good use with our first of 3 pieces of art work finished and hanging in early years. I’m sure you’ll agree it looks seaaaariffic! Watch this space for the next one.

   

  We look forward to continuing our Global Citizenship campaign next year!

  

• Ancient Greek Day

  Fri 24 May 2019

  Last Friday Year 3 celebrated Ancient Greek Day. The children looked amazing in their costumes. There were lots of exciting activities and the children had fun whilst learning! Thank you to our parents in supporting the children with our events and special days at school.

  

• Outdoor Classroom Day and London History Day

  Fri 24 May 2019

  This week we combined Outdoor Classroom Day with London History Day by encouraging children to get outdoors in the local environment. The theme for London History Day this year is ‘Celebration and Local Culture'. Lessons took place outside of the school, in and around Downham, learning about the wonderful area in which we live.

   

  Examples of the children’s learning along with a film looking at what school was like at Downderry in the 1950s can be found in the Curriculum section of our website.

  

• Bottle Cap Collection

  Fri 24 May 2019

  A huge thank you to all who brought in bottle caps for our bottle cap art project! The response was incredible and we managed to collect enough bottle caps to create our mural! The collection is now over at Downderry, but please remember to recycle your bottle caps at home!

  

• Bird Box Project update

  Fri 10 May 2019

  Our Blue tit’s eggs have now
hatched and we have 8 chicks! Mum and dad are busy
bringing the chicks insects and
bugs.

   

  You can watch the chicks
grow and develop at: www.downderryprimaryschool.com/the-birdbox-project/

  

• Food Hygiene

  Fri 10 May 2019

  Following a recent Food Standards agency inspection, Chartwells at Downderry have been award a rating of 5 out of 5 and an excellent review from the local authority visit.