Black History Celebration

Our whole-school Black History celebration was a fantastic success. Pupils took part in a vibrant range of activities, including African drumming, samba drumming, and dancing with colourful hula skirts and face paint. They enjoyed food-tasting sessions with samosas, gyozas, jambalaya and refreshing mocktails, and explored themes of empowerment through “What Makes Me Powerful?” activities featuring the Black Power fist. Classes also reflected on Dr Martin Luther King Jr.’s I Have a Dream speech and their own dreams for the world, before taking on our Freedom March obstacle course.

The event was designed to give pupils an engaging, hands-on experience of different cultural traditions and to deepen their understanding of Black history, identity and resilience. By celebrating diversity and recognising the contributions of Black communities, we aim to promote understanding, respect and equality within our school community. Take a look at our photos…

https://www.dawnhouseschool.org.uk/2025/11/15/black-history-house-event/

History also came alive with our re-enactment event on Thursday. Children loved hearing and seeing history in action!

https://www.dawnhouseschool.org.uk/2025/11/20/history-comes-alive-the-sealed-knot-bring-the-past-to-our-school/

Coming up…

Christmas Card’s

Finally, it’s almost Christmas! We’re excited to share that our new Christmas card range has arrived, including two special designs from children at Meath and Dawn House Schools. This year, unlock the magic of Christmas and help a child feel heard. When you buy our cards and gifts or make a donation, you can make a difference for the 1 in 5 children struggling with talking and understanding words and spread some festive cheer. Make our Christmas wishes come true by buying Speech and Language UK cards today.

You’ll also be able to buy everything you need for Christmas at our Christmas Fair next Saturday, running alongside parents day. Raffle tickets will have come home already ( please shout up if you’d like more!) – the raffle will be drawn on the Christmas Show Day ( 18th Dec) . Prizes are looking good and include a voucher for Hollybeck nursery and Supernova role play centre in Southwell. Refreshments and lunch will be available ( please pre-order your turkey roll if you would like one)

At the fair we will have a wide range of stalls, including a Christmas jumper stall, games (remember the summer , raffle and a silent auction (place bids on a written form, to outbid other parents and staff with the highest bidder winning the prize) with prizes such as…

(Model car)

We are delighted to offer the opportunity to win a handcrafted 1:18 scale model of a Lamborghini Urus finished in Arancio Borealis.

The Lamborghini Urus is a super SUV featuring a 4:0 V8 twin turbocharged engine producing 650PS with a 0-62mph time of 3.6 seconds.

This is an official Lamborghini product handcrafted by MR collection models, located in Gerenzano, a small Italian town near Lake Como. They are responsible for making models for the Lamborghini contact programme, the exclusive service that creates models in 1:18 scale with the same colour and specification of the cars factory ordered by Lamborghini clients, essentially a miniature version of a real life Lamborghini!

Typical RRP £450

(Bear)

We are delighted to present the Bently ‘cosy knit bear’ part of the Bently collection.

Beautifully soft to touch and dressed in a co ordinating knitted jumper and bobble hat, featuring the Bently logo and diamond design in the Bently colour Portland.

Manufactured in luxurious fur fabric with an embroidered B footpad, this teddy is soft, cuddly and full of character.

RRP £70

(Carrot)

My office companion today is Katie- recently engaged to Kevin in the Aldi Christmas advertising campaign. Come prepared to make a bid for this giant carrot

(Sensory bus)

An opportunity to book the bus for a small group of children

(Swimming pool)

Chance to book the pool for a family swim

Happy days!!!

Next week we will start our final preparations for our Parents Day and Christmas Fayre which is being held on Saturday 29th November 2025.

We look forward to those of you who are able to come and help us set up on Friday (28th Nov between 12.30 and 2pm) and remind you again that school will be closed for pupils on Monday December 1st.

For those of you who are attending parents day, the deadline to book a lunch through ParentPay / Weduc is this Saturday evening (22nd Nov)

Parents are reminded that you can view your bookings on the Weduc App.

At parents day you will also have the chance to find out more about our extended day provision and short breaks and one of our parent schools advisory board (SAB) members will be here to chat with about potentially joining the board to help support us at Dawn House.

Have a great weekend, and keep those donations coming in!

Best wishes,

Jenny

If your child leaves home in the morning a little unsettled and you want to quickly tell us, so we know to expect a tricky start to the day, a quick email (that we can follow up later) to the tutor and/or core team with ‘Handle with Care’ in the email title will ensure that we are aware.