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Futher Information About Some of Our Events

Within a school, often things do not fit into neat categories; indeed we deliberately organise activities and events to involve students from across the year groups and curriculum. Below are links to some of these events but there may be others, more specific to Departments, within the Departmental information:

19th August 2010, A Level Results Day

July 2010, The Downs School News - July 2010

July 2010, Science and Maths Low Down - July 2010

May 2010, The Downs School News - May 2010

May 2010, Spring Edition of Language Low Down

20th and 22nd April 2010, Year 7 Trip to Kew Gardens

April 2010, Crazy Shoes in the Library!

6th-12th April 2010, New York Trip

April 2010, New House Ties for 2010-11

18th March 2010, In Memory of Mr M Felimond

11th March 2010, The Downs School make BBC News!

9-11th March 2010, The Downs School Rocks!

15th February 2010, Young Ambassadors visit South Africa

5th February 2010, Young Enterprise - Neon Night

February 2010, The Downs School News - February 2010

February 2010, Science and Mathematics Low Down

January 2010, Sixth Form Newsletter

11th January 2010, Fantastic News!

29th December 2009, Letter to Parents

16th December 2009, Prizes and Certificates Presented by Local Chef

1st December 2009, Christmas Around the World!

19th November 2009, Multilingual Conference

21st October 2009, 6th Form Go Pink!

28-29th September 2009, Adventure Days for New Year 7

25th September 2009, Whole School Sponsored Walk

19th September 2009, Day trip to Boulogne

1st September 2009, Good Things Come in Threes

30th August 2009, Move to Mozambique

20th and 27th August 2009, Top of the League on Results Days!

3rd July 2009, Downs School Ex-students' Legacy for a Friend

June 2009, The Downs News

May 2009, The Downs News

12 - 13 th April 2009, Mad Scientist at The Downs School!

26th March 2009, Downs School Students Make the News!

13th March 2009, Comic Relief Fundraising

2nd March 2009, Double Double for Delighted Downs School Students!

2nd February 2009, Snow Days

28th January 2009, The Downs School Hosts Area Cross-country Championship

17th December 2008, Prize Giving and Presentation Evening

21st October 2008, The Sixth Form Go Pink!

14th October 2008, National Poetry Day Celebration

3rd October 2008, Year 7 Adventure Quest

30th September 2008, A fond Farewell to Bill - retirement after 60 years

28th September2008, Interschool Showjumping

27th September 2008, Day Trip to Boulogne

24th September 2008, Year 12 Champions of Enterprise Day

23rd September 2008, Downs School Students Receive Exam Board Personal Congratulations

14th August and 21st August, Exam Results Days!

16th July 2008, The Downs School Team Win Area Enterprise Day

1st July 2008, The Downs School Win Rounders Tournament - Berkshire Festival of Sport

9th June 2008, Shakespeare and Elizabethan England

9th June 2008, The Egg Race Challenge

22nd May 2008, Letter to Parents

2nd - 4th May 2008, GCSE History Trip to WW1 Battle Fields

2nd May 2008, Letter to Parents

18th April 2008, Trip to International Netball Match at Wembley

April 2008, Downs School Student Wins National Award

25th March, Hamburg students visit the Downs

April 2008 - Languages Lowdown Newsletter

29th March and 21st June 2008, Danish Cultural visit

19th March, The Downs School “Ready Steady Cook”

14th March 2008, Letter to Parents

14th March 2008, Downs School students make the news

26th - 28th February 2008, Musical Show - Return to the Forbidden Planet

February 2008, Letter to Parents

24th January 2008, Language Conference for Students

14th December 2007, Letter to Parents

16th November 2007, Letter to Parents

9th November 2007, The Official Opening of the Graham Taylor Building

7th November 2007 & 26th March 2008, Spanish Exchange

4th October 2007, Letter to Parents

19th September 2007, Prize for Downs School Student

June and October 2007, Year 7 Adventure Quest