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Welcome to Drapers Mills Primary Academy
I offer you a warm welcome, along with all staff, governors and fellow pupils to Drapers Mills Primary Academy. At Drapers Mills, we know the crucial role school plays in a child's life and we will give every pupil the opportunities they deserve.
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The Easter holidays are just around the corner and the Windmill Community Gardens have a jam packed few weeks planned 🐇 🐦 The Great Garden Egg trail 🐦 Join us for an exciting trail around the gardens, help the robin find a good place to build his nest, can you solve the 🥚and 🐦 puzzle, can you play our bird food game. There will be a special prize for all children at the end of the trail. 📅Different dates and times throughout the holidays. 🐲 Delicious Dragon Eggs 🐲 Join us for a magical time cooking, crafting and storytelling with @adri.myrtus. Come spend time making tasty treats and create your own magical dragon eggs using cocoa, dates, dried fruit, nuts and more. 📅 Wednesday 8th April 11 - 1pm
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Drapers entered a local TKAT rugby tournament against our neighbouring schools. The team went to Newlands to play their first ever games as a team and a new sport for many. During the tournament the children made an incredible start, winning the first two games 6-2 and 4-0, leaving just a head to head against Northdown to win the whole tournament. In the final the team showed determination and teamwork to overcome being a try down to win 2-1. This success leads to the incredible opportunity to represent our area in the finals hosted in Sidcup in July. Congratulations to the team on their amazing success and the very best of luck for July. 🌟
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Our friends of Drapers group are always looking for donations. 🪁Toys in good condition 📚Children's books 🧩Games and puzzles 🖍️Colouring books and stationary 👚Clean children's clothes and shoes in good condition 🎉Party/ event decorations Thank you in advance for any donations, these can be bought to the main office.
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Continuing on from the Year 3/4 Squash tournament success, Year 5/6 had their turn. Again they represented Drapers with fierce determination and skill. After 6 mini games including a game of Squicket the team secured another 4th place finish. A fantastic result and performance from our incredible Drapers children. Well done! 🌟
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Year 1 have been making wooden spinners in Forest School! The children decorated a wooden cookie, then drilled a hole with the hand drill and learnt how to hammer a nail through into a wooden stick so it could spin. The group had a great time and learnt how to hold and use tools safely. 🤩
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Drapers Mills entered some year 3/4 children into a mini squash tournament. As a school we were represented strongly, having two amazing teams who showed their values of Respect and Ambition in every activity. As the tournament progressed both teams improved showing great skill with a racket. We are incredibly proud to announce that one of the teams won the whole tournament! With an already fantastic first place finish the other team finished with a very respectable 4th place. Well done Year 3/4 we are, as always, very proud.
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We are exploring the possibility of running paid after-school clubs and would like to gauge interest from families. The proposed clubs are: 👉Mini Athletics for KS1 pupils 👉Gymnastics for pupils of all ages Each session would cost approximately £5–£6. 📍At this stage, we are simply asking for expressions of interest to help us determine whether there is enough demand to run these clubs. If you would be interested in your child attending either of these sessions, please contact Christy Fetherston on 07762 401019. We look forward to hearing from you.
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Our friends of Drapers group are always looking for donations. 🪁Toys in good condition 📚Children's books 🧩Games and puzzles 🖍️Colouring books and stationary 👚Clean children's clothes and shoes in good condition 🎉Party/ event decorations Thank you in advance for any donations, these can be bought to the main office.
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Forest school is starting to spring into life the newts are returning to the pond and we are all on frog spawn watch- we'll share more updates as we have them! Our Tuesday group's hedgehog house is coming on - thanks to Burbridges for donating the wood. The children are hoping to get this finished by the end of term, then onto the next project 🥰 Our younger year groups have been making apple and sunflower seed feeders for the birds, which the children love making and the birds love eating!
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📣This week. Andrew from Action Your Potential is leading a powerful, helpful workshop on Thursday 26 March at 7:30pm. It is called "Keep Calm and Carry On," and is about how we help our children build resilience and bounce back from setbacks. Click the Zoom link below to sign up. https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_o29vZD0yQ_apKUoD_0RS-w#/registration For any questions, email Andrew at andrewwright@aypuk.com, children are welcome to attend the webinar too.
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