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Seasons Greetings!

20/12/2019

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Mr Bauble-Beard (Connor),
Miss Rusbatch, and all at
​Downs Junior School wish you a merry Christmas, a happy holiday and a wonderful 2020.

​See you next year !
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Battle of the Bands 2020

20/12/2019

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Merry Christmas one and all...

20/12/2019

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This was the finale to our whole school assembly, celebrating the end of an amazing autumn term. Wishing the Downs Junior School community a wonderful festive break. 
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Music Jam Party!

19/12/2019

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Super Choir Party!

19/12/2019

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WARNING: The video below is LOUD and dripping in jingle bells and tambourines!
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Blue Peter Music Badge Winner

19/12/2019

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​Congratulations to Rosie in Year 5 - she is our newest recipient of a Blue Peter music badge (designed by Ed Sheeran). ​Keep rocking and rhyming and singing and smiling and strumming  Rosie!
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Year 3 Ice Worlds Celebration

19/12/2019

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Congratulations to the entire Year 3 team of children and adults for bringing together a wonderful show, showcasing their learning experiences this term.
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Mega Choir Tomorrow (18.12.19)

17/12/2019

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Mega Choir IS ON tomorrow

Apologies for any confusion. It is absolutely fine if your child is unable to attend tomorrow morning, due to fatigue! We will be having a 'party' involving silly games and karaoke!

Merry Christmas one and all. Wishing you a fun and festive holiday.

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Concert at St. Bartholomew's Church

16/12/2019

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Click HERE to watch a playlist of videos of the performances
from the Christmas Concert on 12.12.19.

Keep your eyes on the Christmas 2019 web page for photos from the concert
​(thanks to Mrs. Martin).

Below is a video of one of the 15 songs from the concert: The 12 Days of Christmas, starring Mega Choir, Super Choir and the audience. Well done to everyone involved - you were brilliant!
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Christmas Choir Concert to Ex-Pupils

11/12/2019

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WOWEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeee! Well done to every child who participated in today's Christmas Concert to Ex-Pupils of the School. Many of the audience members have attended this concert for many years, and they all said that this year's was the BEST EVER!

Congratulations - all of your hard work has paid off.
Now you are READY for tomorrow night's BIG concert at St. Bart's Church.
See you there!

(Doors for performers = 17:30. Doors for audience = 17:45. The forecast is wet. Please don't arrive early as you will not be permitted entrance to the church until the aforementioned times. Thank you)

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Concert to Ex-Pupils tomorrow (Wednesday)

10/12/2019

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Tomorrow's performers (members of Mega Choir and Super Choir) are allowed to attend school in their festive concert outfits all day. They will be performing before lunchtime, to a hall full of adults who once attended Downs Junior School as children. Many of tomorrow's audience members are in their 70s, 80s and 90s.

​The children were all given this term's FINAL LETTER regarding tomorrow's, and Thursday's concerts. If required, download the letter below:

Xmas Concerts - Final Letter for Families
File Size: 643 kb
File Type: pdf
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Brighton Centre Concert

10/12/2019

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Here's an amazing photo by Ray Gibson from the Brighton Centre on Monday 2nd December 2019. The photo shows the full scale and size of the massed choir, and the audience (holding their phone torches aloft during the brilliant finale).
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There are some additional images by Ray Gibson below:
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MEGA/SUPER CHOIR - FINAL LETTER

9/12/2019

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ATTENTION families of children performing in this week's Christmas Concerts (members of Mega Choir and Super Choir). Please download and read the letter below. Thank you.
FINAL LETTER - XMAS CONCERTS
File Size: 643 kb
File Type: pdf
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Well Done Music Jam !

6/12/2019

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Congratulations to the members of Music Jam. They performed three times today. Video clips of their 8 pieces can be found on our YouTube Channel. There's a direct link below:
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PLAYLIST OF VIDEO CLIPS HERE
Please remember there is no Music Jam rehearsal next Thursday (12th December). But we will get together on the last Thursday of term (19th December) for a party in the music room! (Please bring snacks).
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Music Jam Concerts Tomorrow

5/12/2019

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Music Jam will be performing not once, not twice, but three times tomorrow (Friday).

​Don't forget your instruments and music kids!
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