What has been going on at Dawn House...

• We will be celebrating World Book Day 2024 in school on Wednesday 6th March 2024.

  Tue 20 Feb 2024 Karen Lindley

  This year, our whole school theme for World Book Day is ‘Read your Way’.  On Wednesday 6^th March 2024 the children can wear their own clothes or dress up relating to a book they enjoy.

  There is no need to go out and buy anything special for this day, please be creative with anything you have at home or the children are welcome to wear their own clothes. 

  Please note as a school we do not encourage football tops or other tops with slogans.  Children will also need to be appropriately dressed for outdoor breaktimes.

  If you have any questions, please contact your child’s tutor or direct questions through Weduc.

  Thank you for your continued support.

   

  

• Christmas Fayre 22nd December

  Fri 15 Dec 2023 Karen Lindley
  

• Dawn House school - Wellbeing Award for Schools

  Fri 08 Dec 2023 C Ingram

  Dawn House School - Accreditation for the Wellbeing Award for Schools

   

  Dawn House School is delighted to announce and celebrate the recognition of the wellbeing work that is at the heart of everything we do.

   

  It is great to hear the feedback from pupils, parents and staff, showing that they feel that school is a supportive and welcoming place to be.

   

  Children certainly benefit from individualised approaches to learning and to understanding their emotions and overall wellbeing. They use their voice confidently through the Pupil Leadership Group and are encouraged to develop their personal areas of interest and skill.

   

  Aspects highlighted during the accreditation were many but Bella and the work of the wellbeing team with the Friends of Dawn House to provide the marketplace for children to buy family gifts at Christmas, are two that really stand out.

   

  That school staff are also the focus of our wellbeing initiatives is also great to highlight. Access to our swimming pool for family swims, giving time for staff to attend important family events such as sports days and Christmas shows, the Speech and language UK menopause work and other initiatives to support staff financially through these difficult cost of living times are some of the aspects shared and commented on in feedback.

   

  We continually prioritise and develop our whole school wellbeing offer and value feedback about how we are doing and how we can improve further. Processes that have supported our long journey to make wellbeing as much of a whole school responsibility as safeguarding, will continue in order to inform our developments in the future.

   

  Well done everyone!

   

  Wellbeing | Dawn House School (secure-primarysite.net)

• KS4/5 Options 2023/24

  Tue 23 May 2023 Ben Noran

  On Tuesday 23rd May we held an options afternoon with pupils and parents/carers as we look ahead to the next academic year. This event provided the opportunity to run through the various vocational subjects on offer from September.

   

  The options booklet and accompanying presentation can be viewed by clicking on the link below:

  Key Stage 4 | Dawn House School

   

  Pupils need to select a 1st and 2nd choice option from each block. This information needs providing by Friday 26th May so we can begin to put all the groupings together.

   

  Please contact Mr Norman if you have any questions or queries regarding options.

   

• Mobile Library

  Fri 12 May 2023 Karen Lindley

  The mobile library has arrived at school for its first visit. They will be making 6 visits to us. 

  Children are able to borrow a book to read in school. 

  

• Photos from Makahike

  Fri 28 Apr 2023 Karen Lindley
  

• Former Pupil running in the London Marathon

  Fri 21 Apr 2023 Karen Lindley

  Former pupil of both Meath and Dawn House School is running the London Marathon in support of Speech and Language UK.

  

• Photos from World Book Day

  Mon 06 Mar 2023 Karen Lindley
  

• World Book Day 2nd March 2023

  Tue 21 Feb 2023 Karen Lindley

  We are getting ready for World Book Day in school. This year we have decided upon a Harry Potter theme, and Miss Drewnik  (English Lead Teacher ) has put together a host of exciting events , and all pupils are staff are welcome to dress up for the day. 

   

  1.            Cooking - Making Sorting Hat Cupcakes/ Jellybeans memorable experience (brace yourselves! Mrs Cohen (Food Tech Teacher ) is on a mission to tantalise your taste buds!) 

  2.            Arts & Crafts - Create Harry Potter wands/ hats/ broomsticks 

  3.            PE - Play Quidditch Outside

  4.            Forest School - Forbidden Forest

  5.            Solving a mystery - game focused on communication and/ or writing using a feather and ink

  6.            Harry Potter Quiz Championships - tutor groups in the hall. HP themed reward for the winning team 

   

  Plus:

  * A movie Marathon - two shows in the am & pm 

  * Quiet space in one of the classrooms available at all times -decorated/ wigwam, tents, cushions, etc. . Plus, students bring (HP) books to read.

  * World Book Delicious Cake and Potions Stalls at breaktimes -  Butterbeer (school version) or Potion .

  * paper-based resources/ booklets for anxious pupils in all activity rooms

  * online resources/ videos from the WBD main web for remote access

  * Book Tokens 

  

• Making Mocktails

  Fri 27 Jan 2023 Karen Lindley

   Masons Mocktail

  Ingredients:

  bananna (1)

  strawberries  (5)

  peaches (1)

  Mango ( 1)

  Cherries  (6)

  mint leaves  (2)

  single cream (2  Table spoons )

  yoghurt ( strawberry )

   7 icecubes 

   

  Blend altogether. Tasters quote 'this is one of the most amazing, refreshing, holiday style mocktails!' Mrs McConnell