Maths 17th Mar 2026
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We have been using cubes and number lines to solve addition and subtraction calculations to 20.

Year 1 Art 17th Mar 2026
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We have been learning all about Pablo Picasso and cubism. We created some of our own portraits inspired by his paintings by using primary and secondary colours.

Wellbeing week 6th Feb 2026
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During wellbeing week we talked about the importance of belonging. Our house captains also came to play a few games with us and discuss the importance of mental health.

Year 1 and 2 - House Meetings! 8th Jan 2026
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The children had a fantastic time playing winter games with their newly appointed house-captains. The children worked in teams doing word-searches and spot the differences!

Year 1 - Science 8th Jan 2026
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The children have learned about animals including humans. They have looked at how animals differ in their features. We even tested our five senses through an observational experiment.

Year 1 - RE - Christianity 8th Jan 2026
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The children have been learning about Christianity and Christmas. They learned about advent, the story of the first Christmas and the importance of Christingles and what each part represents.

Year 1 - Parliament Day 8th Jan 2026
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The children learned lots of facts about the houses of Parliament and the process of creating laws as part of Parliament Day.

Year 1 - Nativities 7th Jan 2026
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The children performed the story of the very first Christmas! They spent all half-term practising their lines and learning their songs.

Year 1 - Local walk 7th Jan 2026
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The children explored the different human and physical features from buildings, roads, plants and natural spaces. They were curious and observant while we walked around the school grounds.

Year 1 - Computing - Bee-bots 7th Jan 2026
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The children have been exploring bee-bots, creating simple algorithms and using clear directions to program the robots.

Year R go to watch the Year 1 nativity... 12th Dec 2025
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We went to see the Year 1’s perform their nativity. It was a lot of fun. We watched Mary and Joseph travel to Bethlehem. We saw the Baby Jesus in a manger. Then we watched the three wise men and the shepherds visit the baby Jesus and give gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. Thank you Yea

House captains 25th Nov 2025
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We chose our house captains for the year using the British Value or democracy!

Remembrance Day 2025 16th Nov 2025
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Downside children found it interesting learning about the significance of the Poppy and took part in the 2 minute silence to mark remembrance day..

Year 1 science leaf detective 22nd May 2025
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This week the Year 1 children have been learning how to be leaf dectectives in their science lessons. They had a TREEmendous time!!!

World Book day- Dress the Door 24th Mar 2025
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As part of world book day 2025 the children had to dress their classroom door linked to their favourite book or their class book. The designs were amazing and it was a tough job selecting a winner.

Mental Health Week-"Our Voice Matters" 5th Mar 2025
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Year 1 Family Learning 1st Dec 2024
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In our final Family Learning session with Year 1, the children made healthy couscous salad

Year 1 - Local area walk 29th Oct 2024
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This week the year 1 children enjoyed a walk around their local area to support their writing as well as their Geography unit.

Year 1 - Information Technology (Autumn 1) 18th Oct 2024
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This half terms unit was 'Technology around us'. Year 1 have been working hard to log on to the Chromebooks and explore the mouse and keyboard this half term. They have been developing their understanding of technology in general and how it can help us.

Year 1 Maths - WB 14th October 18th Oct 2024
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This week we worked on our number bonds to 10.

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.

Year 1 and 2 house meetings 3rd Oct 2024
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This week we voted for our house captains. This showed the British Value of Democracy as we got to vote for who we thought would do the best job for our house.

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.