FODJ is holding a Summer Fair and Picnic on July 7th. Come and share some food and some laughs, and if you are able, lend a hand! We have lots of jobs (some big, some small) available in the lead-up to the event and on the day – have a look at the form below and let us know what you are able to do.
Come and be a part of the fun team who help put the event on, and help to raise some funds for our school and children!
Save Our Schools are a rapidly-growing Brighton and Hove-based group of parents, teachers and heads who want to protect our schools from massive funding cuts and ensure every child’s right to a decent education.
Across the country, entire schools will come together in mass picnic gatherings to show just how many of us oppose the funding cuts. SOS are holding a School Assembly on May 26th May at 3:30 pm at The Level, Brighton. Bring your children, a picnic, a pen and paper and join other parents, heads, teachers and support staff in a city-wide School Assembly.
When and where? Take your pick from two Assemblies in Brighton & Hove: The Level from 3.30pm to 5.30pm and Victoria Park, Portslade from 3.30pm.
This is a brilliant opportunity for heads, teachers, parents and children to come together and have fun as a community. It’s not a school trip, so ALL children must be accompanied by a responsible adult! Let’s get together and make sure politicians from all parties know that we will not stand by and let our children become the lost generation. Join SOS and take action now. www.facebook.com/saveourschoolsuk @saveschoolsuk
This May at Downs Junior School we will once again be opening our amazing underground Air Raid Shelter and hosting 1940’s events on the middle two weekends in May (13th, 14th, 20th & 21st May) . Last year ‘Take Shelter’ was a huge success because of people like you!
SIGN UP HERE (give the link a min, it can be a bit slow)
Please help us by signing up to run a stall, “Kids loved adventuring into the underground shelter and experiencing a glimpse of what the 40s must have been like”… we all had great fun last time and really got into the spirit of the 40’s, mucking in to make a truly memorable community event.
FODJ Spring Disco! FRIDAY 28th APRIL.
Yeah, the Friday after Easter hols, we like to live dangerously.
Disco 1 – Yrs 3 & 4 – 5.00pm – 6.15pm
Disco 2 – Yrs 5 & 6 – 6.45pm – 8.00pm
The address is http://downsyearbook2017.weebly.com/ for pupils to upload text & pictures by next Wednesday. There’s also a form (attached to download) to sign & return to the office to give permission and make a donation (£10) for the book.
This year, we are offering delicious Fish and Chips, as well as a licensed bar selling wine, beer and snacks.
Please enclose Cash/Cheque, payable to FODJ, with this slip in a marked envelope and place in the FODJ box in the school office. Download the booking form or there will be one sent round in book bags soon here:
Fish and Chips: £10.00 per person
Veggie Burger and Chips: £10.00 per person
Teams consist of six or eight players. If you can’t make up a team of six, we will help you make up your team on the night (a great way to make new friends).
So book your babysitter for a great evening on the 31st March!
Grantham Road entrance – the gates that Class of their Own use.
Download the booking form or there will be one sent round in book bags soon here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tMdo3xwGEudn1R5vO7vz2nq6ZKEJu6HEti36wIod87k/edit?usp=sharing
Price: £3 PLEASE BRING THE RIGHT MONEY on the day
LINK HERE or use the embedded form below.
Includes a succulent cheese or Marmite sandwich and a carton of apple juice. Obviously we need to know how many children are coming to provide enough sandwiches, so thanks for booking!
There will also be a chance to buy other snacks and cakes, so bring a little change if you like.
Time: 5 – 7 pm. Drop-off and pick-up from the main school entrance (Rugby Road)
Prize: International glory (and maybe a small something else…)
Note: each team will be made of two children from Y3, two from Y4, two from Y5 and two from Y6; we will try to make sure that everybody is with any friend they have asked for below.
