House Points We are pleased to advise the following children have been awarded their badges during February and March;

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1 Wroxham Way Felpham, Bognor Regis West Sussex PO22 8ER Tel: Fax: Headteacher: Mrs Mandy Williams 18 th March 2013 Dear Parents March Newsletter Reminder of Key Diary Dates Individual School Photos 20 th March Parents Evening 20 th March, 3.30p.m 8p.m st March 3.30p.m 6p.m Easter Fair 22 nd March Easter Holidays 29 th March 12 th April Start of Summer term Monday, 15 th April Inset Days 2 nd May & 24 th July Bank Holiday 6 th May House Points We are pleased to advise the following children have been awarded their badges during February and March; Yellow Star Annie Burton, Isabelle Childs, Ned Cox, Isabelle Cummings, Patrick McCarthy, Chloe Bet Morris, Charlie Towers, Gabi Potter, Sophie Lee-Hobson, Miah Taylor, Maddie Mills, Mia Rogers, Jenson Turner-Cross, Sheridon Fox, Lola Dines, Ruby Lush, Alfie Barnes, Jake Roby, Chloe Mole, Natalia Wiertlewska, Santi Rowe and Oliver Bridgeman-Hills. Green Star Alfie Copeland, Kimmy Newman, Toby Nash, Jed Cheesman and Michelle Dacheva. Red Star Evie Chapman, Evan Clarke, Thomas Hearn, Heidi Gardner, Maddie Davies, Toby Chiddle and Eden Channell. Blue Star Harry Rose, Poppie Bright, Miriam Shelton, Leon Schneider, Weronika Mieczakowska, Rosie Farthing, Finn Slater and Oskar Shakespeare. Bronze Star Katrina Schneider, Thomas Robinson, Ross Sadler, Caralina Ross, Libby Ball, Emma Dobbin, Leon Willkins, Ben Whitney and Adam Blakey. Silver Star Emma Prince, Lily Burton, Jake Miles, Katie Thomas, Bradley Smith, Tom Pullen, Jay Cockaday, Daisy Bourne and Ellie Smith-Hardy. Gold Star Ben Taylor

2 Easter Activity Day Please find poster at the end of this newsletter with information on an activity day being held at Lodge Hill on Friday 12 th April 10.30am until 3.30pm. Downview s Got Talent & Comic Relief A big thank you to all the children who took part in the show and to everyone who contributed to Comic Relief. Well done to Year 3 who raised during their recent Around the World Fayre towards this making the final total Thank you for your support. As part of DGT Downview staff did the Harlem Shake! Watch out for them soon on Youtube. Healthy Living Club As part of our Healthy Living project Mrs Goatcher and her Year 6 team organised for the whole school to take part in a Street Dance Day on Thursday 14 th March. All children had a fantastic day and had fun keeping fit. The day was rounded off with trophies, medals and certificates being awarded to the entrants of the recent Healthy Living competition to create a healthy dish. The shield for the best recipe was awarded to Lola Handson, year 1. We will be selling fruit at school next Thursday, 21 st March during KS2 breaktime. Swimming Gala Well done to our Downview Swimming Squad who recently took part in a local swimming gala! 14 local schools from the Felpham, Bognor and Chichester area competed in heats and then the final on 27 th February at the Arun Leisure Centre. Downview finished in 5 th place overall. Our girls team were Abby Swanton, Katie Mayger, Megan Riley, Abi Pacey and Katie Powell and the boys were; Joshua Stevenson, Ben Taylor, Brad Smith and Thomas Robinson. Netball A Team by Thomas Pullen and Izzy Saunders On the 9 th March at the Arena Downview Netball team tried really hard to win the tournament. The players in team A were Izzy Saunders, Thomas Pullen, Josh Stevenson, Bradley Smith, Amy Franklin, Isobel Wiltshire and Abby Swanton. Our first match was against Southway and we won It was a great match both schools eager to win their first match. To be fair we destroyed them! The next match was against Edward Bryant (our rivals from the first match ever played) it was a tough one. It ended being a draw Mrs Ward didn t like that. Next we played Bishop Tufnell we had a quick break to discuss our tactics and this paid off because we won! In the Semi-final we played against Rose Green and won by one goal. We couldn t believe we had got through to the final - we were on fire and were outstanding! Our last match was against Edward Bryant and we were psyched to win. Our team were pushing themselves to the limit and trying really hard. It was so close but eventually after an extra minute of play we won! We were really proud of ourselves; however we couldn t have done anything without Mrs Ward and Mrs Polhill (the best coaches ever!). Netball B Team by Emily McNestrie The B Team also played at the tournament at the Arena. All the schools there were a great sport and we all tried our best. Both the A and B teams went through to the final. We played against St Mary s but sadly we lost. But we all played really well. The B team players were Katie Powell, Kieran Robbins, Megan Riley, Sasha Jenkins, Ben Purkis, Emily McNestrie, Sammy Ranaboldo and Fin Timms.

3 Wroxham Way Felpham, Bognor Regis West Sussex PO22 8ER Tel: Fax: Headteacher: Mrs Mandy Williams Football Tournament Last Saturday Downview s year 5 and 6 football teams attended the FAB football competition. Both teams played brilliantly and displayed some excellent sportsmanship. Year 6 made it through to the semi-final and after a well fought game lost out by one goal. The year 5's semi-final was very tense and had to go to extra time, but the boys kept pushing and made it to the final. After yet another super football match they too just missed being victorious by one goal. Well done to all the boys who took part you did Downview proud. In the year 6 team the players were; Mark Brooks, Jake Miles, Sam Bell, Luke Kearns, Jay Cockaday and Josh Chiddle. The year 5 team was made up of; Josh Mines, Zac Cogger, Jacob Booth, Jake Harper, Elliott Clarke and Daniel Kearns. Dance Time Congratulations to our amazing Year 5 and 6 Dance Time Club who performed on Friday 8 th March at Worthing Pavilion Theatre their dance James Bond a most dynamic and exciting performance in front of an audience of 600. Our dancers were; Isabelle Booker, Lily Burton, Seth Butler-Hiorns, Evan Copeland, Jade Fenton, Rebecca Lunn, Sam Lush, Chloe McCarthy, Tom Pullen, Amy Reddie, Izzy Saunders, Louis Saunders, Josh Stevenson and Abby Swanton. Corporate Challenge Our running club have just completed their second race out of three for the Chichester Corporate Challenge. An amazing effort by all the boys and girls teams who overall are currently in 3 rd position. Well done to Luke Kearns for an incredible individual 1 st place position in his race. Thank you to all teachers and teaching assistants for giving up their time to support the children at these events and for parents for coming along too. Adverse Weather Conditions If the school remains open during snowy weather and you are unable to safely get to school please contact us confirming your child s absence for our attendance records. Wishing you all a very Happy Easter. Enjoy the break and hope the sun will shine for us! Yours sincerely Mrs M Williams Headteacher

4 Family Maths Challenge 6 There are exactly nine 2-digit numbers which have two digits the same: 11, 22,..., 99. How many 3-digit numbers have two digits the same? Family Maths Challenge 5 - Answer Answer: 5 totally clear days and 15 half and half. In the 15 half and half days: 7 out of 12 of the clear mornings were followed by rain, 8 out of 13 of the clear afternoons were preceded by rain. Therefore Kenny was on vacation for 20 days. Congratulations to Ben Purkis for completing this challenge.

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