Dear Parents/Carers
As we come to the end of another busy week in Year 5/6, we would like to thank our wonderful Year 5 children for working so hard in class this week while the Year 6s have enjoyed their 'Isle of Not Quite' activities. As Year 6 were unable to attend both their Year 5 and Year 6 residential trips due to Covid, we decided to give them a week of activities which would be as close to what they would have done had they attended The Isle of Wight.
Unfortunately, the weather was unkind to us on Thursday and Friday and we missed out on one outdoor activity which we will organise for another day. We were lucky enough to be able to enjoy the brand new adventure playground, sail paper boats, and enjoy an ice-cream outside. The week was finished off nicely this afternoon, when the children received their hoodies.
Year 5 didn't totally miss out on the fun. Maths this week was co-ordinates and today they enjoyed a game of Battleships in their lesson. They have been painting abstract pictures in art and were treated to an ice-cream with their Year 6 friends.
Please note that on Monday we will be continuing our 'Changing Me' topic in PSHE. Children will learn about how their bodies will change as they grow up. There is a letter detailing this on the web site. If you have any questions, please email the Year 5/6 phase.
New School Website
Over the past few months we have been working on refreshing our school website. This started with the individual phase group pages and now includes the whole of the website. We have added lots more photographs of our wonderful children and premises and hope to add more in the future. We have also had a little rearrangement of the information available to hopefully make it easier to access the information you need. There is also a "Children's Hub" tab at the end of the taskbar which gives quick links to many of the common learning platforms that your child might find useful to support their learning. We hope you like the changes and a massive thank you to Mrs Balkwill for working so hard in driving this project through to completion! Visit our lovely new site here:
https://www.downhallprimary.com/home
Classes For Next Year
One reason to visit our new website today will be to check out the letter that explains arrangements for classes in September. The letter explains how the classes will be organised in September and, on Monday 21st June, your child will come home with a slip of paper that will tell you exactly which class they will be joining in September.
Phew! Lots going on, it must nearly be the end of the school year!
Have a lovely weekend.
Miss Sharman, Mrs Devlin and Mrs Witherall
