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Y6 Netball Festival

On Friday 22nd March, the Y6 Netball team played in the Westbourne U11 Netball Festival based at Ponds Forge. The team did extremely well, winning two of their matches and drawing the last. Finishing third overall, their teamwork and determination was a delight to see – well done everyone! Thanks again to all of the […]

World Book Day 2024

Thursday 7th March was World Book Day and DPS celebrated in style! Children really embraced the theme of “Read Your Way!” deciding to dress up or come in comfy clothes. They, of course, brought in and shared a huge range of books. They had lots of opportunities to read: these on their own, with family members, […]

Y3 Clay Models – Polar Animals

Inspired by Inuit sculpture we made models of polar animals out of clay. To make them strong, we needed to form them out of one piece not stick bits together. We also painted a background showing the environment they live in. We used our models and backgrounds to consider how animals are adapted to survive […]

Y3 Science – Buoyancy

In Science, we have been investigating the forces involved in buoyancy.  As part of our Pole to Pole learning journey we looked at Ernest Shackleton’s ship the Endeavour on his trip to the Antarctic. We started with a ‘control’ ship to float measured in cm squares. Then after testing its buoyancy we designed and improved […]