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• Key Stage 2 Carol Service

  Fri 30 Nov 2018

  Children 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 2018

  The 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.

• Christmas Productions

  Fri 30 Nov 2018

  Tickets 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.

• Poppy Appeal

  Fri 30 Nov 2018

  Thanks 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.

• Switch-Off Week

  Fri 23 Nov 2018

  This 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.

  

• Christmas Card Project

  Fri 23 Nov 2018

  If 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.

  

• Pupil & Parent Survey

  Fri 16 Nov 2018

  The 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

• Bottle-Cap Art - Recycling Initiative

  Fri 16 Nov 2018

  The 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!

  

• Anti-Bullying Week

  Fri 16 Nov 2018

  Our 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.

  

• Remembrance Day

  Fri 09 Nov 2018

  Today, in remembrance of our fallen heroes, we joined together with local schools to pay our respects and to lay our wreath at Downham War memorial.

   

  Our very own bugler played the 'Last Post' in our remembrance assembly, introducing our 2 minutes silence and members of Bellingham Golden Oldies shared their memories of wartime with year 6.

   

  Thank you to everyone who supported our Poppy Appeal to raise funds for essential welfare work for our Service men and women, veterans, and their families. We will let you know how much was raised soon!