ewisham are providing a half term holiday programme with funding from the DfE. A wide range of providers are delivering fun-packed sessions, including arts, crafts, sports and trips. There will be free activities and lunches for children who are in receipt of benefit-related Free School Meals, for more information visit: https://lewisham.gov.uk/myservices/young-people/holiday-programme-food-and-fun

Year 6 School Journey This week, some of our Year 6 pupils enjoyed a wonderful, sun-filled few days on school journey. They took part in a variety of adventurous activities including raft building, rifle shooting & abseiling! The children's behaviour was excellent and they represented Downderry incredibly well throughout the trip! You can see more photos on the Latest News page of the school website.

A BIG thank you to the staff involved who took time away from their families to enable this memorable experience.

This week Ayda, Year 5, worked with Mia from Sevenfields Primary Care Network to transform her winning logo design into a digital format. The logo will be used to promote events as Downham celebrates its 100th birthday next year!

Mia commented, not only upon the design itself but Ayda’s character. “ Ayda is a very talented young lady and I have no doubt she will go far if she chooses to pursue her creativity further. She was so polite and engaged with me, and she made it far easier to work with than adults I know in creative fields! She is a credit to Downderry school and her parents.” Well done Ayda!

To celebrate World Bee Day, Ruxley Bee Keepers will be visiting our Reception classes on Monday 20th May. They have kindly told us that instead of any payment for their visit they would like to sell some of their honey.

You can place an order, up to 19th May for delivery to school, by contacting shortie32@hotmail.co.uk, include your child’s name & class. Payments and orders must be made directly and cannot be made through school.

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).