Federation of Denmead School

Happy Together. Growing Together. Aiming High.
Welcome

 

Welcome to Denmead Junior School’s website. We are located in the village of Denmead, north of Waterlooville, Hampshire. For 2018-19 children are organised into 10 classes; 5 classes in the lower school of year 3 and 4 mixed and 5 classes in the upper school of year 5 and 6 mixed. We currently have approximately 296 children on roll.

I joined the school as Head Teacher in September 2014. My vision is to grow the school so that pupils, parents, staff and the wider community of Denmead can be rightly proud of the quality of education provided here and of the exceptionally well-rounded children that we nurture, encourage and teach.

We have been on a rapid improvement journey over the last few years, moving from ‘Special Measures’ to ‘Good’ from Ofsted in February 2016 – in just 15 months. The leadership team of the school and the governors are targeting meeting Ofsted’s ‘Outstanding’ judgement criteria at our next inspection due in 2019.

Our priorities for 2017-18 include:

· Building children’s knowledge, attitude, skills and habits needed for independent lifelong learning

· Continuing to develop our curriculum so that it is consistently rich and engaging for all children

· Improving the quality of learning so that children receive increasingly outstanding teaching, so that all groups of children make very good progress in every year group across the school

· Improving children’s confidence in more formal test situations so that their test results match our validated teacher assessments at the end of year 6

· Continuing to develop our extensive grounds so that children have more opportunities to learn outside

 

We hope that you find our website useful.  If you are a prospective parent please do arrange a visit for a personal tour. We look forward to hearing from you. 

Mrs Elaine Viner

Head Teacher

Happy Half Term!!!

Wishing you all a great half term. It's been a busy seven weeks with trips and visits and some exciting learning and activities taking place. We've been awarded a sports and music award and are looking forward to the next half term already. We look forward to welcoming prospective parents in for our open events in the next few weeks and remind our current parents and carers that with any concerns, please see your class teacher or contact the office team if you need information - we're here to help.  

IMPORTANT DATES

Lower School Trip - Monday 5th November 

SATS information evening - Tuesday 6th November 6.30pm

Lower School Winter Warmer event - Weds 7th November 6pm 

Children in Need - Friday 16th November 

OPEN EVENTS

If you wish to come and have a tour of the school, please contact the office team on 023 9225 2735 and we will be happy to book an appointment for you. Our planned open events are booked as follows: 

Wednesday 31st October 9.15 - 11am

Tuesday 13th November 7-8pm

Thursday 10th January 9.15-11am 

 NEWS

YEAR 6 HILLCREST TRIP 

We now have the blog up and running - please follow the link below... 

Hillcrest 2018 Blog

**HOMEBOUND** The coach left slightly later than planned and with a scheduled stop is now expected at around 6.30pm. Our school contact will be notified approx half an hour before they arrive, in order to send a text to parents to notify them. Enjoy the reunion!! 

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14.09.18 With some sadness, the group have packed up ready to head home. The week seems to have flown by and after the hike and fun 'wacky races' in the dark last night, the children were ready for a final good night's sleep. All well again this morning, ready for the last session of activities this morning. The plan is to leave at 2pm with ETA back at school between 5.30-6pm. A text will be sent to confirm nearer the time.  

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13.09.18 The group have been greeted this morning by a fresh, but glorious sunny morning. Having rested well over night, the children tucked into a good breakfast again - many of the children are enjoying trying different things. Today's programme includes climbing and air rifle shooting, and later the children will be having fun with "wacky races" games before dinner. Keep an eye on the blog, updated regularly...

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12.09.18 A good night's sleep was enjoyed by all last night, with everyone well settled and caught up. Children enjoyed a filling breakfast with beans and sausage to fuel them for a busy day. Early rain moved away and the day has just continued to get brighter. The lake activities session has included 2-person canoeing, learning proper turning skills, plus the 'belly flop' challenge - lots of fun and getting wet! Meanwhile back at base, the children have enjoyed archery and zip wire. More games will follow later before dinner. 

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11.09.18 The children settled for a "relatively" good night's sleep, with very little home sickness last night. Everyone was well this morning and tucked into a good breakfast. The group will remain on site for this first day, enjoying abseiling, trapeze, orienteering and other activities. They are all looking forward to kayaking on the lake tomorrow. More updates later...

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10.09.18 The children have arrived safely at Hillcrest, they have had a tour and are settling into their rooms, before dinner, evening activity and then off to bed, as they have a busy day tomorrow.

Further updates in the morning!

 

SATS SUCCESS

Congratulations to our Year 6 for some fantastic SATS results! 5% above than the national average and higher than the Hampshire average for the combined reading, writing and maths. Proving that DJS is committed to improving the quality of education we provide.

 

Y4 Calshot April 2018 - Update

See our blog page under "News" for more details...

http://www.denmead-jun.hants.sch.uk/Calshot-Blog

18th April 

It's a glorious morning here and after a fantastic evening with the children enjoying the ringo activity, we actually had to wake a number of the children this morning! After some assistance, the children's suitcases are packed ready for the return journey after lunch, but first there will be archery, kayaking and skiing. 

Calendar

Click here to view the full school calendar

Denmead Junior School 'GOOD'

Ofsted Report - February 2016

 

 Home learning emails:-

Please use these JUST for home learning. For anything else, 

please use admin.office@denmead-jun.hants.sch.uk
 lowerschool@denmead-jun.hants.sch.uk
 upperschool@denmead-jun.hants.sch.uk

 

 
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    Payment for School meals, trips, music lessons etc.

    Payment can be made via the online payment system (preferred method) www.scopay.com/denmead-jun alternatively if you do not have access to the internet, we will continue accept payments via cheque or cash directly through the office.  If you wish to pay by cheque or cash, please send money in an envelope with your child’s name and class and bring it directly to the office