Headteacher’s Weekly News

Dear Parents We hope you are well, even though days are hard, it’s nice that the sun is shining. We hope you have all received the first home learning pack and are able to access the activities provided. We know how important it is to establish a routine to give a sense of normality at…

Dear Parents Firstly we would like to congratulate all of those children that took part in the Springboard Performing Arts Festival. We know that you all worked hard on your performances and we are proud of all of you. We have lots of new photos to put on our achievements board. Year Three visited Fishbourne…

Dear Parents We have all had an excellent time this week submersing ourselves in the beauty of literature to celebrate World Book Day. What a wonderful range of activities and books we have experienced. The week began with the introduction to a new class mascot…a spider plant and book kindly donated by the Crowley family….

Dear Parents We hope you had a good holiday and welcome everyone back to the second half of the Spring Term. During the break there have been a number of physical improvements to the school building. The decorators were very busy giving Pier classroom a complete makeover. The classroom looks terrific with new carpet, heating,…

Dear Parents We have come to the end of another exciting and busy half term. We began the week with the celebratory Open House. We hope you were as thrilled with your child/ren’s work as they were to share their achievements with you. Year Two went that extra mile demonstrating a fabulous country dancing routine…

Dear Parents The School Council visited Hollingdean Materials Recovery on Monday where they saw what happens to our recycling when it leaves our doorsteps. Once we were in our hi-vis, goggles and hard hats we were led around the plant and shown how the recycling is separated into different materials. This then allows it to…

Dear Parents There was much excitement during our singing assembly at the beginning of the week when Roxanne’s father, Mr Davies, came in to talk to us about the role he played in the Lion King West End show. Who knew we had a real hyena as one of our parents!  He demonstrated his very…

Dear Parents The Spring term House meetings took place on Monday. Each House were busy setting out the agenda for the rest of the term ahead. The inter-house maths competition will take place on Friday 7th February as part of the NSPCC Number Day event. The School Council met on Tuesday, Tom and Romey shared…

Dear Parents We would like to begin our weekly Head’s letter by say a big thank you to all the pupils for being so welcoming and friendly to the new children who joined Deepdene last week. We are very proud of you all. Mrs Mills met with the House Reps on Monday and would like…

Dear Parents Welcome back to school we hope you have had a wonderful Christmas break. It has been lovely to find out about the children’s’ holiday experiences. All of the children have come into school happy and ready to start the new term. This week began with an exciting arrival in Reception class. An elf…