Our dedication to resilience and emotional wellbeing is award winning!

Good Attendance gives children every opportunity to influence their future quality of life and reach their full potential.

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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At Drapers Mills Primary Academy we expect good attendance and punctuality.

Good Attendance gives children every opportunity to influence their future quality of life and reach their full potential.

Curriculum Overview

We have a bespoke curriculum at Drapers Mills Primary Academy.

We believe our curriculum allows children to shape their futures by developing resilience, respect, as well as, understanding themselves as individuals and encouraging them to aspire to achieve.

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As part of our World Book Day celebrations we challenged everyone to find the strangest places to read that they could think of. 👏 Forest school 🤔 The swimming pool 😱 A bin?!? Our pupils are certainly creative! Great work everyone.

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🔴 Red Nose Day – Friday 20th March 🔴 We’re excited to let you know that our school will be supporting Red Nose Day on Friday 20th March! Pupils are invited to come to school dressed in red to help us celebrate and raise money for a wonderful cause. ❤️ We kindly suggest a £1 donation, which will go to Comic Relief. The money raised helps support people facing poverty, hardship, and social injustice both here in the UK and around the world. Let’s come together as a school community to make a difference while having lots of fun along the way! Thank you for your continued support 🌟

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Congratulations to this week's stars of the week! ⭐️ Nest- Harry St Mildreds- Connor West Bay - Layla Z-I Palm Bay- Elisabeth Viking Bay - Elif Louisa Bay- Noah Joss bay- Madlen Botany bay- Edward R Epple bay- Diana

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What a fantastic day yesterday was; fabulous costumes and lots of reading, the perfect World Book Day. Thank you to everyone for helping us celebrate. #worldbookday2026

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Drapers Mills recently entered two teams into a local Indoor Bowls Competition. The boys team achieved a respectable 3rd place finish in their group whilst the girls team won their group in the league! Well done everyone for taking part- we are all so very proud. 🤩

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📖 Storybook Magic in Epple Bay! 📖 Our Epple Bay adventurers swapped their school uniforms for book covers today! From classic heroes to modern-day villains, Year 6 have brought their favorite stories to life for World Book Day. It’s been a fantastic day of sharing recommendations and celebrating the power of a great book. A massive thank you to all the parents and carers for the incredible effort that went into these costumes!

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Happy World Book Day from team Drapers! 🤩

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Breakfast club spent some time celebrating the Luna new year last week with horse themed arts and crafts, lantern making and biscuit decorating. 🐴

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Don't forget tomorrow is World book day. Costumes don't need to be extravagant- please use what you have at home already- the aim of the day is to share our love of reading. 📖

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Year 5 spent the day exploring the ancient Greeks. The children tasted Greek food, made pots out of clay, debated which was better; Sparta or Athens, read Greek mythology and competed in Greek Olympics.

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Year 5 had a fantastic (and messy) time making a solar system model with balloons and paper mache.

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Don't forget tomorrow is toddler group day! Join us at Millmead Children's Centre, 9.30-11am We look forward to seeing you there!

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Breakfast club had a great valentines week last term. The children painted flowers with hand prints, made valentines cards, heart decorations and heart sticks using a glue gun and glitter and even had a go at decorating heart biscuits. 🩷

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This weeks 'BATTLE OF THE CLASSES' winners are...Walpole Bay

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Congratulations to this week's stars of the week! Nest- Riley St Mildreds- Arlo & Jenson West Bay - Rene Palm Bay- Sabrina Viking Bay - Archie Louisa Bay- Yusaf and Siyana Walpole bay- Alfie Botany bay- Natalina B Epple bay- Mercy Stone bay- Lydia

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🚀'How did we learn to fly?' 🚀 As part of their history unit last term, Palm Bay had an astronaut and space day, where their learning really came to life. The children took part in space-themed activities, watched the moon landings, looked at the international space station and even tried astronaut food; vanilla and chocolate ice cream, bananas, apples and sweets. Great work Palm Bay!

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❗️Thanet Lifeguard Club – Rookie Lifeguard Programme❗️ Thanet Lifeguard Club is offering spaces on its popular Rookie Lifeguard Programme, designed for young people who want to build confidence in the water while learning essential lifesaving and water‑safety skills. The programme is fun, engaging, and suitable for all abilities. Children will learn: 📍Water safety awareness 📍Basic rescue techniques 📍Personal survival skills 📍Teamwork and confidence in the pool If you would like more information or to register your child, please contact Thanet Lifeguard Club at mail@thanetlifeguardclub.com

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