Headteacher’s Weekly News

Dear Parents Firstly, I wanted to say that it is good to be back and thank you to all those people that took the time to send well wishes to myself and the other teachers that have been ill. It means a lot to us. As I knew they would, our wonderful teachers and TAs…

Dear Parents I am pleased to say that our U11 Deepdene 5 aside football team performed brilliantly on Friday. They attended a southern region ISA Football Tournament of 24 teams, travelling to Crystal Palace (The Cedar School), all competing to play at the national ISA finals at St Georges Park (England Training ground). Deepdene were…

Dear Parents Welcome back, we hope that you all had a great half term break. Thank you to the Deepdene Association for providing the funding for the 20 new yoga mats and to Olivia Knight-Adams for sourcing sustainable mats. The Year 6 children are really enjoying using them for their weekly yoga sessions. We now…

Dear Parents Well done to Arundel for holding our first House fundraiser and raising £98.47 from our Halloween dress up. Each House holds two fundraisers across the school year to raise as much as they can for their chosen charity. Thank you to everyone that came to the Deepdene Association meeting on Wednesday. There are…

Dear Parents Huge congratulations to all those children who completed the ISA triathlon last Friday. You are all amazing and gave it everything. 23 Prep Schools across the South East took part and Deepdene entered 12 children into the running, swimming and cycling event. Overall Deepdene came 4th out of the 23 schools. Three athletes…

Dear Parents Thank you to all that attended the Deepdene Association picnic. It was lovely to see so many of you and see the children playing together. We certainly got the last of the warm weather. Congratulations to all that gained their senior positions this week. We know that you will give everything to your…

Dear Parents The children have settled brilliantly back into school life and are clearly very happy to be back. But what a busy week this was! Year 2 headed to the Royal Pavilion to enhance their history learning on Monday. Also on Monday, Year 3 and 4 spent the entire day at Roedean School exploring…

Dear Parents, Thank you to everyone that came along to this week’s Welcome meetings. It is great to have your support in helping your child be prepared for their school day. Our first welcome back coffee morning was also another lovely opportunity to see lots of you and catch up on how your summer was….

Dear Parents What a super start to the term. So many happy faces came through the gate on Wednesday and it really brought the school to life. It was fantastic to be able to invite parents into the school once again after such a long time and the children were so pleased to show off…

Dear Parents Wow, what a show on Friday! The children were simply amazing and we were all so proud. They remembered their lines, songs and dances. They spoke and sang confidently and we could not have asked for more from them. They were all simply superstars. Herstmonceux House raised an impressive £112.74 on their summer…