Early Years have been learning all about road safety this week. We celebrated Beep Beep day on Thursday by dressing up in traffic light colours and taking to the streets with our signs and posters telling road users that 20 is plenty! 

This week special guests, Dr Tattersfield, Councillor Oana Olaru, Andrew Junaid and Mia Winters came into school to present prizes winners of the Downham 100 Logo competition. Congratulations to category winners: Tahlia (4-6years), Ryan (7-9), and Adesewa (10-11 years), and to the Honourable mention winners: Ayla (Year1) and Islah (Year 5). 

We are launching our ‘Science Selfie Competition’. Science is everywhere! Look for Science in the world around you and take a selfie! This could be cooking or gardening activities, setting up and completing a science experiment or exploring nature.

Send your selfie to scienceselfie@downderryprimaryschool.com, ensure your child’s name & class are the subject of the email. We will share Science Selfies on our school website and in displays around the school. Please let us know if you do not want your picture to be used on our website or in our school displays.

There will be a prize for the most inspiring Science Selfie from Early Years, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. Entries need to be received by Friday 24th May. We look forward to seeing your Science Selfies!

On Saturday, 80 children and their parents from Downderry headed into central London to complete the TCS London Mini-Marathon. Despite it being a little colder and windier than ideal, a wonderful day was had by all running either the 2.6km or 1-mile route starting from Horse Guards Parade and finishing on The Mall after a glorious run past Buckingham Palace. Some took the chance to show off their competitive prowess and put their Daily Mile practice into good use while others enjoyed a more leisurely pace, seeing the sights and lapping up the fantastic support from observers on the side lines.

Congratulations to all who took part! Also, a special thanks to those staff who gave up their Saturday to support the children at the event! We look forward to completing this event again next year - hopefully with even more Downderry representatives taking part!

Children in years 1 & 2 who have been raising money for Great Ormond Street Hospital and Antenatal Results & Choices have together raised over £1800 for the charities. Well Done!

This week we have been celebrating STEM week alongside British Science week. The theme was ‘Time’ and it was fantastic to see pupils having fun and learning great skills in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths.

Pupils had a very exciting visit from Professor Sulphur Nitrate to celebrate STEM week. He

created fire, fizz explosions and popping rockets. We certainly finished STEM week

off with a BANG!