Year 1 trip to Woburn Safari Park 5th Oct 2024
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Year 1 visited Woburn Safari Park to support the learning in Science about humans and animals.This trip allowed the students to observe different animals and understand their needs for survival.

Downsides Future Stars Art Gallery 9th Jul 2024
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This afternoon it was time to let the art do the talking at the annual Downside Art Gallery. The quality and range of work was exceptional and once again just shows how talented Downside children are.

Year 1- Bean growing 13th May 2024
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The children in Year 1 have been making their own greenhouse to grow a bean seed. Now we are looking and observing the different stages in the growth of a bean plant.

Year 1 Royal Banquet 19th Apr 2024
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The children in Year One had a banquet on Wednesday 17th April as they had been leaning about the coronation of Queen ELizabeth II an King Charles II.

KS1 Computing Club 7th Mar 2024
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Our Year 1 and 2 computing club explored programming with cars and bee-bots this week. We compared the differences between them and tried to program them to enter other people's classrooms.

Year 1 Tree Investigation 14th Feb 2024
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In Year 1 we have been learning about the difference between deciduous and evergreen trees. We went for a walk around the school to look at deciduous and evergreen trees in winter.

Internet Safety Day 2024 10th Feb 2024
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On the 6th of February 2024 we celebrated Safer Internet Day across the school. This is something we do annually at Downside and here are some examples of our work this year.

KS1 Christmas Lunch 18th Dec 2023
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The children in KS1 enjoyed their christmas dinner on Wednesday.

All the children were treated to watch the annual pantomime (Oh Yes they were!!) 12th Dec 2023
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There was lots of fun, laughter and shouting whilst the children `Peter Pan Never Grow Up` on Thursday 7th December. Unlike the panto the photos are below- not behind you!!

Short Tail Trail 2024 12th Dec 2023
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We are delighted to working with Keech Hospice to bring alive the Short Tail Trail. Follow the website as we update you on the progress.

Food Bank Donations 12th Dec 2023
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Thankyou to all our amazing families who donated food to the food bank last Friday (8/12/23) we had more food donated than every. What a fantastic and generous community we are.

Year 1 Family Learning 4th Dec 2023
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It was lovely to see so many families attend the family learning sessions.