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6th December 2019
Dear parents,
I was delighted to receive confirmation from the Food Bank that the school had collected a total of
4063 items for the Food Bank. This was a tremendous achievement by all at Downside and was the
top donation this term! Thank you to everyone!
In the last few weeks, our Year 6 children had a very successful trip to the Hindu temple in Luton
and our Year 5 children visited the Gurdwara. Further trips for other year groups are being
organised to support the school’s RE teaching. In addition, our Year 1 children have been on a walk
around the local area linked to their local topic and our Year 2 children made bread, as part of their
learning about the Great Fire of London.
This week, twelve of our School Councillors were lucky enough to be invited to the grand opening of
the new Lidl supermarket. They were welcomed by the staff, enjoyed a really interesting tour of the
shop and the warehouse, and even got to cut the ribbon!
In the next couple of weeks, we have a number of activities taking place:
Values point rewards – all those children who have their 10 value points, will be watching a
theatre show (Key Stage 2 – Jack and the Beanstalk and Key Stage 1 - By the Light of the
Moon) during the school day.
Year 1 will be performing their Christmas assemblies – dates and times are attached to this
newsletter.
The school kitchen will be cooking a Christmas dinner on Thursday 12th December for Key
Stage 1 children and Wednesday 11th for Key Stage 2 children. All children are welcome to have
the dinner and just need to book and pay, using the usual methods.
Year 6 will be holding their year group assembly about Hinduism on 18th December at 3pm.
Should children wish to bring Christmas cards in to school, the Christmas card post boxes will be
in the main Office area from Monday 9th December.
K.Hooker
6th December 2019
Value of the Month
for December is
Trust
House Points 22/11/19 29/11/19 6/12/19
Donaldson 597 699 542
Rowling 600 758 663
Dahl 632 724 594
Morpurgo 652 695 646
Important dates this half-term:
10th December – Values points rewards (in school)
11th December – Key Stage 2 Christmas Dinner
12th December – Key Stage 1 Christmas Dinner
20th December – Last day of term
3rd January – Training day - SCHOOL IS CLOSED
6th January – Children return to school
Christmas cards
If children wish to send Christmas cards to each other, the
Christmas post box will be in the main Office area from Monday
9th December. The last delivery of cards will be on Wednesday
18th December.
Please ensure your child writes the other child’s name
and class on the envelope, to help the prefects with their
sorting!
6th December 2019
Year Group assemblies this half-term:
10th December – Elm class Christmas assembly at 3:00pm
11th December – Willow class Christmas assembly at 3:00pm
12th December – Ash class Christmas assembly at 9:15am
12th December – Oak class Christmas assembly at 3:00pm
13th December – Beech class Christmas assembly at 9:15am
18th December – Year 6 “What helps Hindu people as they try to be good?” assembly at 3:00pm
Procedures for closing the school due to snow
As the weather starts to get colder, I think it is timely to remind parents of the procedures for closing the
school, in the event of snow.
As a team, we do our upmost to keep the school open in the event of snow, but the decision is influenced by
a number of factors – predominantly whether the teaching staff can get to school and whether the site team
can ensure that the school site is accessible – including access to all classrooms and the clearing of all fire
exits.
If we are closed, there a number of ways we will let you know:
I will text you by 8am (via the ParentMail app – please ensure you download this!)
The school website will show the details of the closure
The school Twitter account will show the details of the closure
Local radio stations will read out lists of schools closed
The Luton Council website will have details of all school closures:
http://www.luton.gov.uk/schoolclosures
If you have heard nothing by 8am, please assume the school is open. When the school is school open
on a snowy day, please can children wear appropriate footwear e.g. wellington boots and bring their school
shoes to change in to when in school. This would enable us to take the children out onto the field in the snow,
rather than looking at it from classroom windows!
6th December 2019
Headteacher and Teacher Commendations
Mohammed AAHIL Amelia CHOUDERY Ayaat Safa Khan Ayana RIAZ
Ali ABBAS Alisha CHOUDHURY Azaan KHAN Artur ROGALA
Yusuf ABDUL FAYIS Nabhan K CHOWDHURY Haroon KHAN Aysha SHABBIR ALLAH YAR
Faaris ABDUL-QADEER Rezwana CHOWDHURY Inshirah KHAN Abdullah SHABBIR ALLAH YAR
Umar ABDUL-QADEER Safwan K CHOWDHURY Mahnoor KHAN Meesum SHAH
Israel ADEJUWON Stephen Currant Malaika KHAN Essa SHAHID
Esa ADREES Mohammed DAUD Abdul Hakeem KHAN Musa SHAHID
Aliyyah AFTAB Mohammed EESA Zain KHAN Essa SHAHZAD
Hannah AFTAB Hooria EMAN Suleman KHAN Ismaeel SHEIKH
Sahil AFTAB Iman FATIMA Saara KHAN Muzakir SIDDIQI
Mariam AHMAD Naba FATIMA Zayaan Ali KHAN Harwinder SINGH KAUR
Naila AHMAD Saranja GOWRISANKAR Mahdi KOUROUGHLI Alesha SOHOTRA
Khadeeja AHMED Ramlah HAASHI Eliana MACOVEI Javarni SPENCER-SARATAN
Yousuf AHMED Qasim HABEEB Muizz MAHMOOD Amelia STACHURA
Zain AHMED Ayaan HAFIZ Sana MALIK DITTA Yousaf SULEMAN
Haris AKBAR Khadija HAMEED SULTAN
Hassan MEHMOOD Taibah SULTANA
Uzair AKBAR Muhammad HAMZAH Isah MIAH Muhammad TAHA
Anaya AKHTAR Essa HANIF Alex MIHAI Aaban TAHIR
Eshaan AKHTAR Rehan HAQ Keya MODI Yasmina TANASE
Raheem AKRAM Sulaiman HASAN-MILLS Mohammad MOOSA Alphy THOMAS
Amelia ALI Ambreen HASSAN Ayra MUDASSAIR Laaibah TOQEER
Haleema Sadia ALI Alyas HAZRATY Isa MUDASSAR Natalia TRZNADEL
Ibrahim ALI Aarib HUSSAIN Marwah MUDASSAR Corleone-Marian TURCANU
Zunera ALI-KHAN Maira HUSSAIN Hasnain NAVEED Mariyah UDDIN
Mohamad ALSALIM Ruqayyah IMRAN Chanyel NWOGU Amna UMAIR
Henna AMJID Adil IMTIAZ Jaedon NWOGU Emaan UMER
Raafe ANJUM Aaira IQBAL Anyani OKAI Famia USMAN
Mohammad ASIF Anaya IQBAL Salwa OSMAN Abinaya VIMALENDRAN
Hana ASLAM Noor Ul Nisa IQBAL Stefna PAUL Norbert WAGNER
Aayan ATIF Ihsan JABER Rohan PHUNG Halimah WAQAS HUSSAIN
Haroon ATIF Rawan JABER Dominik PIOTROWSKI Arham WASIM
Angel Austin Tartil JABER Rehan QURESHI Yusuf ZAMAN
Areeba AWAIS Fajar JAMAL Najat RAHMAN Zulaikha ZAMAN
Alissa AXINTE Parsa JEHANGIR Hadiya RAJA Raif ZAMARAD
Ashar AZIZ Amelia KAISER Huda RAJA Arham ZEESHAN
Hamna BALOUCH Maaham KARIM Najam RAJA Muhammad Mueed AHSAN
Immaniya BIBI Zaina KAZMI Amaan RASUL Hashim Bin Waqas HUSSAIN
Aaliya BIBI BIBI Safaa KHALIFA Zainab RASUL Zainab MOHAMED NAMEES
Amna BILAL Sumaiya KHALIL Adam Razaq Samia QUYYUM BEGUM
Aitsaam KHAN Adam RIAZ
6th December 2019
6th December 2019
Academic Calendar for Community Schools
2019/2020
SEPTEMBER 2019 Monday 30 2 9 16 23
Tuesday 3 10 17 24
Wednesday 4 11 18 25
Thursday 5 12 19 26
Friday 6 13 20 27
Saturday 7 14 21 28
Sunday 1 8 15 22 29
OCTOBER 2019 Monday 7 14 21 28
Tuesday 1 8 15 22 29
Wednesday 2 9 16 23 30
Thursday 3 10 17 24 31
Friday 4 11 18 25
Saturday 5 12 19 26 Sunday 6 13 20 27
NOVEMBER 2019 Monday 4 11 18 25
Tuesday 5 12 19 26
Wednesday 6 13 20 27
Thursday 7 14 21 28
Friday 1 8 15 22 29
Saturday 2 9 16 23 30
Sunday 3 10 17 24
DECEMBER 2019
Monday 30 2 9 16 23
Tuesday 31 3 10 17 2 4
Wednesday 4 11 18 25
Thursday 5 12 19 26
Friday 6 13 20 27
Saturday 7 14 21 28
Sunday 1 8 15 22 29
JANUARY 2020
Monday 6 13 20 27
Tuesday 7 14 21 28
Wednesday 1 8 15 22 29
Thursday 2 9 16 23 30
Friday 10 17 24 31
Saturday 4 11 18 25
Sunday 5 12 19 26
FEBRUARY 2020
Monday 3 10 17 24
Tuesday 4 11 18 25
Wednesday 5 12 19 26
Thursday 6 13 20 27
Friday 7 14 21 28
Saturday 1 8 15 22 29
Sunday 2 9 16 23
MARCH 2020
Monday 30 2 9 16 23
Tuesday 31 3 10 17 24
Wednesday 4 11 18 25
Thursday 5 12 19 26
Friday 6 13 20 27
Saturday 7 14 21 28
Sunday 1 8 15 22 29
APRIL 2020
Monday 6 13 20 27
Tuesday 7 14 21 28
Wednesday 1 8 15 22 29
Thursday 2 9 16 23 30
Friday 3 10 17 24
Saturday 4 11 18 25
Sunday 5 12 19 26
MAY 2020
Monday 4 11 18 25
Tuesday 5 12 19 26
Wednesday 6 13 20 27
Thursday 7 14 21 28
Friday 1 8 15 22 29
Saturday 2 9 16 23 30
Sunday 3 10 17 24 31
JUNE 2020
Monday 1 8 15 22 29
Tuesday 2 9 16 23 30
Wednesday 3 10 17 24
Thursday 4 11 18 25
Friday 5 12 19 26
Saturday 6 13 20 27
Sunday 7 14 21 28
J ULY 2020
Monday 6 13 20 27
Tuesday 7 14 21 28
Wednesday 1 8 15 22 29
Thursday 2 9 16 23 30
Friday 3 10 17 24 31
Saturday 4 11 18 25
Sunday 5 12 19 26
AUGUST 2020
Monday 31 3 10 17 24
Tuesday 4 11 18 25
Wednesday 5 12 19 26
Thursday 6 13 20 27
Friday 7 14 21 28
Saturday 1 8 15 22 29
Sunday 2 9 16 23 30
School Holidays
Bank Holidays
Training Day
Academic Calendar approved by the Council’s Executive on 16/7/18
People Directorate
Main switchboard: 546000
email: [email protected] website: www.luton.gov.uk
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