Latest News

Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• MacMillan Coffee Afternoon

  Fri 30 Sep 2016
  Thank you to all staff and parents who donated or purchased cakes, biscuits or tea/coffee at our @macmillancoffee afternoon last week.

   

  We are delighted to say that we raised £180.55 for such a wonderful cause.

  

• House Point Trophy

  Fri 30 Sep 2016

  Congratulations to our House Point Trophy winners this week.

   

  1ST - Wales

  2ND - Northern Ireland

  3RD - England

  4TH - Scotland

• Attendance Awards

  Fri 30 Sep 2016

  Congratulations to our attendance award winners this week.

   

  1ST - Edinburgh 99.7%

  2ND - Warwick 99.3%

  3RD - Manchester 99.2%

• Grandparents Afternoon

  Thu 29 Sep 2016

  Thank you to all Grandparents who attend our inaugural Grandparents Afternoon to celebrate Grandparents Day on Sunday. It was lovely to see so many of you here to join in with your Grandchildren's learning. They had a lot of fun. 

   

   

  

• Year 3 visit to Tescos

  Tue 20 Sep 2016
  Children in year have been fortunate enough to visit Tesco Extra in Westwood as part of the supermarket's Farm 2 Fork education programme.

   

  The children have been learning about the Mediterranean and looked at food from these countries. The cheese was particularly tasty! 

   

  Did you know that a Mackerel's tongue is SILVER?

   

  The children were extremely well behaved and conducted themselves around the store perfectly.  Positive comments were made by many members of the public, including the wife of our Chair of Governors who was shopping at the time.

   

  What great ambassadors for our school :-) 

   

  A huge thanks must go to Tescos for allowing our children to go to their store and for their staff for giving up their time.

  

• Gardening Club

  Wed 14 Sep 2016

  Last night in gardening club we welcomed some new faces as well as some regulars. We went over to the garden, so we could check on things we had grown last term.

   

  And look at this....we had beetroots, tomatoes and carrots. We chopped the carrots and tomatoes up and everybody had a taste. We also planted some pumpkins although they may be more of a Christmas pumpkin than Halloween (maybe we could start a new trend!!!)

  
  Here are some of the comments from the children....
  "They were so sweet and juicy"
  "They tasted much better than shop bought ones"
  "I've really enjoyed gardening club"
  "I loved digging and planting the best"

  
  Everyone had a great time!

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• Ex-pupils now Hartsdown Senior Students

  Sat 10 Sep 2016

  Congratulations to Harry Collington and Ryan Mondaye, both ex-pupils of Drapers Mills, who now hold the prestigious positions of Head Boy and Deputy Head Boy at Hartsdown Academy in Margate.

   

  We are very proud of both boys who have shown that hard work and effort really do pay off and bring success.

   

  We wish them all the very best for the next academic year in their new roles.

   

  

• Welcome to Drapers Mills Universities

  Thu 08 Sep 2016

  Our vision - Inspiring minds; Shaping futures - is not just words, but an ethos that runs throughout the school.

   

  This year, our 23 classes are named after universities from all over Britain. We are passionate at Drapers Mills Primary Academy that all pupils have the right opportunities to succeed. Whilst our children are young, it is important from this very young age that all our pupils are aspirational and become aware of the possibilities that may lie ahead of them. We want them to understand that hard work will lead to achievement and will provide them with greater choices; the concept of continued education being a real possibility should they wish it. All of our children are proud to be associated with their class university and we are looking forward to their successes this year and graduating from their classes with honours!