Headteacher’s Weekly News

Dear Parents We have spent a lot of time reflecting this week. Reflecting on the past and how that has shaped us today, reflecting on friendship and inclusion and reflecting on how we can be the best versions of ourselves in helping others. Deepdene celebrated ‘Remembrance Day’ on Monday with a two minute silence. Each…

Dear Parents Welcome back to school. We hope that you all had a lovely half term break. Holiday club certainly made the most of their time and enjoyed trips to Drusillas and Brighton Pier among others. Mrs Slaymaker also arranged a trip to Glyndebourne to see L’elisir d’amore. For the children this was their first…

Dear Parents May we begin by thanking everyone for such a brilliant first half of Michaelmas term. Deepdene has been such a happy, productive and inspiring environment for both pupils and staff. The Reception children finished this half term with a ‘Marble Treat’. The children earned 50 marbles as part of their class reward system….

Dear Parents Last week four of our children travelled to Essex to take part in an ISA triathlon event. The athletes had to swim 90m, cycle for 600m and run for 800m. We are very pleased to announce that our four competitors, Isabella, Kail, Isabella and Amelie did extremely well and made us very proud….

Dear Parents Year 3 began the week with Stone Age Day. The children immersed themselves in Stone Age activities and this created lots of fantastic discussions about what it would have been like. Their beautiful cave paintings are now on display in Year 3 and they have taken home their bone necklaces and the arrowheads…

Dear Parents We cannot believe that the term is whizzing by so quickly. It’s the end of week 4 already! Perhaps this is because we have all been so busy participating in so many exciting things.Last Friday, Year 1 went to see the performance of ‘The Tiger Who Came To Tea’ at the Theatre Royal…

Dear Parents It has been another exciting week at Deepdene. On Wednesday the Year 1 children accompanied Mrs Mills and Ms Hayward to Roedean School to take part in a workshop with the sixth formers. The aim of the workshop was to give the Roedean pupils experience working alongside young children. They used the book…

Dear Parents We would like to say what a fabulous first week we have all had with such a positive and happy start to the new school year. The week started with Monday singing assembly lead by our new Music teacher Mrs Slaymaker. Mrs Slaymaker taught us to warm up our voices using special breathing…

Dear Parents, Despite the cold weather, it has been another busy week for us all here at Deepdene. Pupils in Years 1, 2 and 4 have enjoyed class trips this week. It is always wonderful to contextualise learning and to bring learning to life. Year 1 enjoyed a visit to the Sea Life Centre on…

Dear Parents, It’s been a busy week for us all in the lead up to the half term break.  There was a lot of excitement at the start of the week when we met for the first time this academic year in school houses.  Our newly appointed head of houses did a fantastic job with…