Dear FIRSTNAME Welcome to this week's news! Friday, 10th May, 2019 Welcome from the Head of School We had a taste of the Big Apple this week as we hosted Dwight New York on the annual Year 6 exchange. We were also very fortunate to get a sneak preview of Chris Beddows, who is currently at Dwight NY and is joining us as the Upper School Principal in June. It was great to see so many parents at the coffee morning and evening presentation with Chris.
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Dwight School Conservation Area in Nepal As part of our global mission, the Dwight Schools have an opportunity to be a major participant in a unique sustainable development project to plant trees in Nepal with our Nepalese partner schools. The plantation area in Nepal will be recognised as the Dwight Schools Conservation Area. Our aim is to plant at least 2000... Read more...
Yearbook Pre-order! We are really excited to announce our Whole School Yearbook is now complete. This year it features over 170 pages of memories from Kindergarten to D2 from this academic year. We are delighted to be able to offer the same discounted price as last year of £20 to anyone that orders the Yearbook by Friday... Read more...
Dress Up in The Lodge We have had such a fun week in The Lodge with the opening of our Clothes Shop! This was set up in the home corner where our fantastic selection of dressing up outfits and accessories were for sale. The children all either played dress-up games, changed into many different outfits and then they learnt how to iron! We have carried... Read more...
Meeting the New Upper School Principal Over the past week, we had the pleasure of welcoming Chris Beddows, our new Upper School Principal, to the school community through two events. Last Friday, we held a coffee morning where Chris met a number of parents over coffee and cake. This was a lovely morning and our parents were able to learn more... Read more...
Congratulations to Mrs. Slater! Last Saturday, Miss Louise Olver, our Year 1 Classroom Assistant, became Mrs. Louise Slater. Mrs. Slater said she had the most wonderful day and the rain stayed away for the majority of it! We want to wish Louise and her husband, James, our very best wishes for the future and here is to a long and happy marriage!
Year 5 Visit the Upper School Year 5 enjoyed their time in the Upper School on Thursday as they took part in a variety of lessons such as Art, Spanish, Music and French. They spent their lunch at the Upper School too and met several Upper School teachers and students as they prepare for... Read more...
Allotment Visit for Year 3 Year 3 visited the local allotments on Wednesday afternoon with Miss Dattani and Mr. Miles. They went to the allotment to collect some leaves as part of their observational study on leaves as producers. The students learnt that plants are called producers because they get their energy from the sun and make their own food! The students found different types of leaves such as alder, fern, oak and sycamore! What a wonderful visit!
Reusable Bottles Initiative We are currently cutting down on the use of plastic water bottles within the school and we need your help! We would like to ask parents and remind students to bring their own reusable water bottles into school. Next week there are several classes going on school trips. Kindergarten, Reception, Year 2 and 4 can start this initiative by using their own labelled reusable water bottles for those trips. We are continuing to minimise the use of single use plastics. throughout the school as we push towards keeping our Green Flag status! If you need to purchase a reusable water bottle, please remember we have Dwight-branded bottles on the link below.
Lower School Book Fair The Travelling Books are coming once again to our school! The Book Fair will take place in the Upper Playground. It will be open for children and parents to browse and buy books from Tuesday, 14th May to Thursday, 16th May from 3:30 to 4:45 pm. The children will have time to look at the selection of books during school hours today, Friday and on Monday before the actual opening of the Book Fair... Read more...
Branded Merchandise on Sale We have recently added some new Dwight-branded merchandise to the school shop. If you would like to purchase some branded merchandise please click here.
You can also purchase House Hoodies and School Hoodies on the link above.
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Parent Notice Please note that there will be some roadworks taking place next week outside the Lower School on Monday, 13th May. There will be no parking spaces available outside the school and the road is likely to be closed between 8am and 5pm.
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Work Experience From Monday, 20th May to Thursday, 23rd May our M5 students will be taking on different Work Experiences!
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