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.

Reception Oceans Day 2025 7th Jun 2025
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The reception children had lots of fun learning about keeping our ocean's safe. They learnt a poem about the sea, made bookmarks for the book fair competition linked to the oceans and outside the children had to try and clean up the 'sea' by getting the rubbish out of the water. TThis week the children have also been learning about snails and they explored the sand and made spirals of sea snails.

Year 6 R.E. Christian Creation Story 3rd Jun 2025
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This week in RE, Year 6 pupils recalled the Christian Creation Story and produced artwork as a group to show what Christians believe God created on each day. Check them out in action!

Year 6 explore fossils in science 3rd Jun 2025
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Year 6 students took a closer look at a large range of fossils in today’s Science lesson and it was amazing to think they were formed tens of thousands of years ago!

Dentist Visit 23rd May 2025
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We had a visit from the dental nurses who taught us how to keep our teeth clean and healthy . We learned that we need to brush our teeth for 2 minutes in the morning and before bedtime.They kindly gave us all a new toothbrush and a tube of toothpaste to take home.

Year 6 end of SATS chocolate treat. 22nd May 2025
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To celebrate the end of SATs and the children's incredible efforts throughout the entire year, we spent the day designing and making our own chocolate bars! Although a little messy, we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and were very impressed with the finished products

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!!!

Year 3 VE day 15th May 2025
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Year 6 visit to the Mandir 2025 13th May 2025
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Year 5 Cambridge Mosque visit 2025 13th May 2025
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Year 4 visit to the Gurdwara 13th May 2025
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Year 3 trip to St Marys church 13th May 2025
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Year 5 Brillant Graduation 13th May 2025
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On the 8th May 2025, our 14 Brilliant Club participants were lucky enough to graduate at Oxford University. As a part of this, they were given a tour of the central Oxford University campus.

Wardown Park trip 12th May 2025
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We took a trip to the museum at Wardown Park where we learnt all about minibeasts. We read a lovely story about how a caterpillar turns into a butterfly and then made our own butterfly wings.

DT: Fruit kebabs 12th May 2025
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In our DT lesson we have been learning new skills such as chopping, cutting , slicing and peeling . We used the skills we have learnt to make our own fruit kebabs. We had a choice of blueberries , oranges , strawberries , bananas and grapes to make our kebab .Then we cut the fruit , placed it on the skewers and ate it all.

Year 3 HSBC Workshop 7th May 2025
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Last week year 3 were given lesson from the team at HSBC on how to help themselves and their parents look for the best deal when shopping and how to save money!

Year 4 Tower of London Visit 5th May 2025
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Year 4 children had a great day visiting the Crown Jewels at the Tower of London and having a whistle stop tour of some of the London sights. It was amazing to see a mix of the old and the new

Year 5 Cambridge Mosque visit 5th May 2025
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Year 5 have started their unit of work on Islam. As a part of this, they have been lucky enough to visit the Cambridge central mosque.

Science - Healthy living week 24th Apr 2025
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During spring term we have been learning how to keep ourselves healthy . We explored healthy foods by looking at a balanced diet and finding out where we get our food from. We looked at why exercise is so important to keep us healthy and created our own exercise circuits during outdoor learning. We learnt all about how to keep our teeth clean and what happens when we visit the dentist. We also looked at how we can keep our bodies clean.

Ramadhan Food Packs Donation 25th Mar 2025
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Year 6- STEM day 25th Mar 2025
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This week, the girls had to don their 'technology hats' in order to write codes for satellites using Micro:bits whilst the boys were busy investigating and exploring different structures using K'nex, spaghetti and marshmallows!

Year 6 Trip to RAF Hendon 25th Mar 2025
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So much fun was had this week at the RAF Museum in Hendon, where our students learnt more about the events of World War Two and the planes which fought in battle.

Inspirations Day 2025 24th Mar 2025
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Year 6 students recently enjoyed an afternoon meeting individuals from a variety of professions and had the opportunity to ask questions they had prepared relating to the range of careers.

Year 6- Mandir learning 24th Mar 2025
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As part of their learning about Hindu traditions and beliefs, children visited a local Mandir to develop their knowledge around how and where Hindus worship.

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.

Science club- Liquid Races 24th Mar 2025
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This week, in Science club, the children learnt that all liquids have a property known as viscosity. A thin liquid like water has a low viscosity and flows easily, whereas a thicker liquid like ketchup has a higher viscosity and so flows more slowly.

Science Masterclass- Downside science Detectives are on the case! 24th Mar 2025
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A team of four children worked collaboratively to help solve a crime through a series of activities and challenges as detectives in a 'Science Masterclass' at Challney Boys High School.

PGL March 2025- Zip Line 20th Mar 2025
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PGL March 2025- Survivor 20th Mar 2025
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PGL March 2025- Sensory Trail 20th Mar 2025
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PGL March 2025- Rock Climbing 20th Mar 2025
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PGL March 2025- Laser Tag 20th Mar 2025
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PGL March 2025-High Ropes 20th Mar 2025
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PGL March 2025- Giant swing 19th Mar 2025
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PGL March 2025- Down time and group photos 19th Mar 2025
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PGL March 2025- Camp Fire 19th Mar 2025
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PGL March 2025- Balloon Splash 19th Mar 2025
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George's Marvellous Medicine 14th Mar 2025
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This week we have been reading George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl. We are going to write instructions for a medicine to make Grandma kind. We have been creating mixtures to help us with time phrases, adverbs and imperative verbs. We had lots of fun doing it too!

Computing buddies 12th Mar 2025
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More photos from our weekly computing club with digital leaders and year 2 children.

Safer Internet Day 2025 12th Mar 2025
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The whole school enjoyed celebrating safer internet day again this year based on the theme of scams. Our digital leaders even held assemblies.

Year 5 Pizza demonstration 5th Mar 2025
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Chef Paul - Pizza making demonstration for Year 5. He taught the children about the key ingredients needed to make pizza dough, demonstrated how to make pizza dough and then spoke about to dos and don'ts of making Pizza.

Mental Health Week-"Our Voice Matters" 5th Mar 2025
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Science club-Snap circuits 5th Mar 2025
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Today in Science Club, students used Snap Circuit kits to recall and extend their knowledge of electrical circuits. The children initially followed diagrammatic instructions to build circuits using a range of components before trialling their own circuits. As you can tell by the photos, we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves!

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/

Rockhopper and Humboldt visit to Wardown Park Museum 4th Mar 2025
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Year 3 have been visiting Wardown Park as part of their Local area work. As part of History, they attended a workshop at Wardown museum learning about the history of hat making. As part of their Geography fieldwork, they then looked at physical and human features of the park.

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.

Is yeast alive? 25th Feb 2025
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Quentin Blake drawing 13th Feb 2025
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This half term in Art lessons we created our own character in the style of Quentin Blake.