Year 4 science- Snap circuits. 4th Feb 2026
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This week, our young scientists from Year 4 used Snap Circuits. The children explored the basics of electronics by clicking together their own working gadgets. From spinning fans to glowing lights, the room was full of "aha!" moments and plenty of excitement. It was fantastic to see such great teamwork and problem-solving in action!

Year 4 scientists have been exploring the fascinating process of dissolving. 13th Jan 2026
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This week in Science Club, our Year 4 scientists have been exploring the fascinating process of dissolving. Using a mix of Skittles, M&Ms, and Smarties, the children investigated how different sugary shells react when water is added. By carefully arranging the sweets on plates and adding water, they watched as the colours diffused to create stunning, multicoloured patterns. It was a brilliant way to see simple chemistry in action!

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.

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 4 Anti-Bullying week 16th Nov 2025
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The year 4 children enjoyed learning how to support their friends, spot signs fo bullying and being a positive role model

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.

Marylebone building bridges in DT. 29th Sep 2025
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Marylebone class have enjoyed practising their chopping skills in DT, using the claw and bridge method.

Year 4 Multi-faith Assembly 18th Sep 2025
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Year 4 enjoyed a special multi-faith assembly where stories from different religions were brought to life through engaging enactments.

The Great Science Share at Whipsnade Zoo 8th Jul 2025
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The year 4 science club attended The Great Science Share at Whipsnade Zoo on June 17th.

Year 4 Whipsnade Trip 3rd Jul 2025
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Year 4 visit to the Gurdwara 13th May 2025
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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

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.

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.

Mental Health Week-"Our Voice Matters" 5th Mar 2025
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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.

Year 4 science club 28th Jan 2025
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In Science Club today, Year 4 were busy investigating the density of different liquids to see whether it affected an object’s ability to float.

School council conference 10th Dec 2024
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On the 9th December, 6 of our school councillors attended the School Council Conference, along with 34 other Luton primary schools. We had the opportunity to share Downside's views about what makes Luton great and what we can do to make Luton even better, to members of Luton Borough Council. This is to help the council with their goal of making Luton a 'child-friendly town' by the year 2040. It's amazing to know that the children of Luton can make an impact, and that Downside have been able to play their part in shaping the future of Luton!

Science Club-dissolving. 13th Nov 2024
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This week, in Science club, the children investigated the rate of dissolving using M & M's and Smarties.

Year 4 Maths 21st Oct 2024
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Children in year 4 have been learning to use column subtraction with exchanges and using efficient methods of subtraction.

Marylebone get cooking! Yum Yum! 10th Oct 2024
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Children in Marylebone have been busy this week preparing and then baking their own yummy vegetable muffins.

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.

Marylebone get chopping! 25th Sep 2024
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Marylebone children learnt about and then used a range of techniques to chop and grate their fruit and vegetables to eventually make their own muffins. Yum Yum!

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.

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 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 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 4 trip to The Tower 8th May 2024
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Year 4 children had a great day visiting the Crown Jewels at the Tower of London. Watch out for the Raven!!!

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.

KS2 Christmas lunch 18th Dec 2023
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On Thursday the KS2 children enjoyed their christmas lunch- brussels, turkey and lots of bad cracker jokes!

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.

World Ocean Day 12th Dec 2023
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Year 4 joined with the rest of the school to create amazing art work to promote World Ocean Day

Year 4 Trip to the Gurdwara 12th Dec 2023
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Year 4 children had an interesting visit to the Gurdwara.

Year 4 Greek Day 12th Dec 2023
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Year 4 enjoyed their Greek Day where they were given the opportunity to make bread, crafts and have a Greek Banquet.