Year 1 Sports Day 13th Jul 2026
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Year 6 Sports Day 12th Jul 2026
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Another high quality sports day at Downside with the children showing the amazing talent they have.

Year 6: Enterprise 12th Jul 2026
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The Year 6 children had to work together to create a product to sell at the Downside fete.

Reception Sports Day 10th Jul 2026
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Reception - Bikeability 8th Jul 2026
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Reception have been learning to ride a bike. We used brand new bikes and helmets. We had lots of fun learning different ways to move with the bikes and also orienteering.

Year 5 Orienteering Competition 7th May 2026
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Congratulation to Team Goofy and Team Harry (Randomly chosen names) at the Year 5 Orienterring Competition today. The children had to navigate themselves around Lewsey finding 11 checkpoints in the fastest time! Team Goofy were crowned overall winners and Team Harry finished in 5th overall missing out by only a few seconds. There was also time for a quick play in the park!!

Year 1 & 2 Quad Kids Competition 7th May 2026
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It was a pleasure to host the Year 1 & 2 Quad Kids competition on Wednesday. It was fantastic to watch nearly 100 children trying their best and demonstrate amazing skills in running, jumping and throwing. A huge thankyou to School Games (Beds & Luton) and the leaders from Denbigh Hill School.

Year 4 & 5 Netball Festival 30th Apr 2026
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A fantastic afternoon with the Year 4 & 5 gilrs netball team. The girls were amazing and it was fantastic to see them grow in confidence the more games that they played. What was even more amazing was out of the 13 children we took 10 were Year 4`s. The future looks bright.

Year 5 & 6 Girls Football 5th Mar 2026
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Well done to the girls who competed at the Year 5 & 6 Football League event. For most of the team this was the first time that they had competed against other teams. The final results were played 4- lost 1, drew 1 and won 2.

Year 6 Multisport Festival 21st Jan 2026
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The year 6 children had lots of fun participating in a range of sports including badminton, table tennis and archery.

Year 5 Bikeability - Monday 1st - 4th December 2025 9th Dec 2025
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Year 5 children who have mastered cycle control took part in Level 2 cycle training with experienced instructors. During the sessions, children were taken onto residential roads for 'real' cycling experience, covering key practical activities like negotiating junctions, responding to hazards, and communicating with other road users - preparing them to ride independently on our busy roads.

Year 4 Sportability Festival 4th Dec 2025
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The Year 4 children had lots of fun and were introduced to some new sports at the Sportability festival.

Year 3 & 4 Indoor Athletics Zone Competition 5th Nov 2025
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The year 3 & 4 children competed against the other schools in the West and North Zones in Luton. The children were crowned champions and will go onto represent Luton at the County Finals in 2026.

World Oceans Day 2025 8th Jun 2025
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The children had lots of fun exploring their creativity to celebrate World Oceans day and learnt what they can do to improve our oceans.

Year 6 photography workshop 4th Mar 2025
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30 children from Downside were invited to take part in a photography workshop on the Ridgeway trail, as part of its 50th anniversary. The workshop took place close to Ivinghoe and was led by Lillian from Sharp Shots Photography club. All children learnt to use a digital camera and tried their best to record a section of the Ridgeway - although the fog was pretty thick! Some of the children's photos will be shown in an exhibition later in the year. More details can be found here: https://sharpshotsphotoclub.co.uk/ridgeway-50-photos-project/

Year 5 & 6 Athletics County finals success 4th Mar 2025
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The Year 5 & 6 indoor athletics finished 3rd overall at the COUNTY finals on Friday 28th Feb 2025. We are so proud of their determination, perserverance and skill. Well done to all the children and for those in Year 6 we look forward to seeing you continue your athletic journey at high school.

Year 3 & 4 County finals Bronze success 27th Feb 2025
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On Wednesday 26th Feb 2025 the Year 3 & 4 Indoor Athletics competed against the top 12 teams in the COUNTY and finished a very impressive 3rd place overall.

Yr 5 & 6 Athletics Team Crowned Zone Champions 4th Nov 2024
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On Wednesday 23rd October Year 5 & 6 children were crowned indoor athletics zone chamipons and will compete in the Town Finals in January 2025.

Reception SEND Sports day 21st Oct 2024
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Some of the children in reception had an extra awesome sports day in the sunshine. Lots of fun and some amazing skills on show. Well done to everyone who took part.

Year 4 Multisport festival 28th Sep 2024
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Children in Year4 enjoyed their afternoon of basketball, dodgeball, benchball and netball. They had lots of fun and it was a pleasure to watch the children develop their skills.

Year 6 Multisports festival 25th Sep 2024
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Children in Year 6 had lots of fun at the Year 6 multisport festival.

Town Finals 2024 6th Jul 2024
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We are delighted to share that on Tuesday 2nd July Downside Primary were crowned Luton Schools Athletics champions. (for the first time ever!!!) The team had 26 children finish in the top 8 positions 16 medals in total 6 gold medals 4 silver medals 6 bronze medals (3 children also came 4th) It was a brillant way to finish 2024 and we are so proud of all the children who competed and they all showed the usual determination, positivity and skill (DPS) that you would expect from Downside children. WOW! WOW !

Year 2 & 3 sports day 30th Jun 2024
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Well done to all the Year 2 & 3 children who competed in their sports day on Thursday.

West Zone Sports 2024 30th Jun 2024
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Downside Primary school were crowned West Area athletics champions 2024. 46 children have also qualififed for the Town Finals in July. Well done to everyone who took part and good luck at the Town finals.

Year 3 & 4 Quad Kids COUNTY finals 30th Jun 2024
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We are so proud of our amazing Year 3&4 Quads kids team who finished 3rd overall in the county. The children had to sprint 60m, run 400m, throw a vortex and perform a long jump. All of the children were amazing and we are so proud of their achievement.

Year 6 Sports day 2024 26th Jun 2024
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For the final time the Year 6 children took part in sports day. It was hot...but it always helps when there is a water activity!

Year 4 and 5 Sports Day 2024 26th Jun 2024
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It was a hot day but the children had lots of fun competiting at the 2024 sports day. Keep your eyes out for the results

Year 5 Netball Tournament 23rd Apr 2024
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The girls were amazing in their first tournament. Playing 6 games, winning 6 games and not conceeding a single net! Very proud of all the girls.

OSF Half Term Holiday Camp 26th Feb 2024
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The children had a great time at the February half term holiday camp where the took part in a range of activities from fencing, dodgeball and football to playing on scooters and meeting friends.

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 5 Bikeability 12th Dec 2023
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The children in Year 5 were given the opportunity to develop their safety and cycling skills and work with the Bibeability team to explore safe routes around the local area.

Year 3 & 4 Sportshall Athletics West Zone Competition 14th Nov 2023
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Congratulations to the children who took part in the Zone competition and were crowned champions.

Year 3 & 4 Tag Rugby 14th Nov 2023
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To celebrate the Rugby World Cup the Year 3 & 4 children played a games against each other.