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I am honoured to be the head teacher of this amazing Church of England Primary School. Combe Down prides itself on being a happy school where children and adults are encouraged to have a caring, considerate and respectful attitude towards...

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7 October 2020

Online Learning Agreement, October 2020

To ensure our remote learning is fun, productive and safe for all children and adults, there are a few pastoral and safeguarding requests that we ask of you and your child. Please support your child in following the terms of this...

7 September 2020

Meet the Teams Event

Monday 14th September will be our “Meet the Team” event. This year we will deliver this via the TEAMs platform as we cannot hold such events in school at the moment. The first session will run from 5:00pm to 5:20pm a...

4 September 2020

Welcome back!

Welcome back to the new academic year. It is so wonderful to have all the children back in school. Throughout the school, we have heard lots of laughter and joy – it’s safe to say the children are thrilled to be back!...

20 May 2020

KS1 and KS2 Assemblies from Holy Trinity Church

We are very grateful to Claire Morrish, the Children's Minister at Holy Trinity Combe Down, for putting together videos for our KS1 and KS2 children. Claire (or one of her colleagues from Holy Trinity Church) would usua...

30 April 2020

Message from Mrs Gascoigne

Thank you for all the positive comments we have received in regards the teachers efforts to set up and run our online leaning platform. We would like to insist these are suggested activities and there is no formal...

24 April 2020

Yew 2 Video - Here Comes The Sun!

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20 April 2020

New Online Learning Platform

Dear Mums, Dads and Carers, I hope you all managed to enjoy the good weather over the Easter break. As you are aware, we are not able to open the school ready for the start of Term 5, however we are doing all we can to ensure le...

15 April 2020

Bare Necessities Video - starring CDPS staff!

Miss Bush put together a video of the staff singing a song for your enjoyment... thank you to everyone who took part!

6 March 2020

PTA News

Many thanks to all who attended the PTA meeting last night (Thursday 5th March). It was a productive and lively discussion so here are the key take home points: We have agreed to fund £5,000 towards Legacy 2020 project. Th...

6 March 2020

Climate Emergency Declaration

Combe Down support for the B&NES Climate Emergency Declaration As you will be aware, B&NES Council have declared a climate emergency. The Palladian Academy Trust and all of the schools within the Trust including Combe Do...

5 March 2020

World Book Day 2020

What an exciting World Book Day we had! On Wednesday it was wonderful to see the children’s faces transfixed by our storyteller, Neil Griffiths. He had us all giggling and thoroughly enjoying his stories. Some parents were...

24 May 2019

Parent Forum - parking and child road safety

Thank you to all of you who attended the parent forum on 18 January and the follow-up on 24 May. The meeting in January sparked a lively and passionate debate as to how we can best tackle the problem of congestion and the limited...

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April 18th 2020

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December 5th 2019

Only 2 days to go until the Christmas Fair! 2pm this Saturday 7th December https://t.co/3JvCH1Z1He

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November 15th 2018

A quick reminder the year 4 cake sale is tomorrow, Friday 16th Nov, so remember your 50p! Let's help them raise enough to get Bristol Zoo to visit to enrich their rainforest topic work 🍰🦎🌳🐍

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@CombeDownPTA Retweeted Bob Goodman - October 12th 2018

So good to be asked to attend the @CombeDownSchool careers fair and met all the thoughtful children who want to consider being an airline pilot , doctor, plumber,over 50 professions thanks to @CombeDownPTA for their hard work https://t.co/usrRTzbioa

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@CombeDownPTA Retweeted Mark Gunning - October 12th 2018

Meeting up with old friends at the @CombeDownSchool careers’ fair organised by the brilliant Mrs Bird. #futurecareers https://t.co/R94VBFY2Jt

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September 21st 2018

Our annual event at the Odd Down Sports Ground is just over a week away - Sunday 30th Sep - deadline for entries to the football and cycle track challenge is Monday 24th Sep so please get in touch if you want to take part! ⚽️🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️

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July 18th 2018

Ice lollies on sale tonight (Wednesday) outside the school hall, and tomorrow (Thursday) as well. We also have some books, games and puzzles left from Summer Fair - please help yourselves!

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July 11th 2018

It's another beautiful day folks! 🌞🌞🌞 We will be selling a selection of ice creams and lollies outside the school hall at pick up today. £1 each and all profits to the PTA 🍦

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July 9th 2018

🍦🌞 As the sun is shining so brightly today we will be selling a selection of refreshing ice lollies outside the hall at pick up tonight- £1 each. There will also be a selection of second hand books for sale so come and have a look!

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July 7th 2018

Thank you everyone for travelling Around the World with us today. We had a blast, hope you did too. And England did us proud, what a bonus! https://t.co/Sf2wggnNaC

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July 7th 2018

@CombedownFS Thank you 🤞🌞🌞🌏🌎🌍

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July 6th 2018

It's getting close! The weather is looking amazing 🌞 and please spread the word about the football being screened. Come and join us tomorrow to travel around the world 🌍🌎🌏 https://t.co/Qt03pXR5Kt

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July 5th 2018

@CombedownFS These look amazing! Well done Reception and Eco Council 🐝

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July 4th 2018

3 days to go until the summer fair! Please come and support this amazing event and you can even watch the footie at the same time! https://t.co/R6r5Vhy1mR

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July 2nd 2018

Don't forget to bring in your unwanted teddy bears (good clean condition please) to school tomorrow morning for the summer fair Teddy Tombola so we can find them a new loving home 🐻🐨🐼

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June 27th 2018

Just over a week to go until this year's Summer Fair! Please return completed raffle ticket stubs and money to the school office by Friday 6th July. More tickets are available from the office. Happy selling to family and friends! https://t.co/XvNmytteA4

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June 7th 2018

We have received lots of fantastic posters already! The deadline is now extended to Tuesday so still time to get artistic and enter the competition... https://t.co/n7QfPeRfhz

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May 4th 2018

Don't forget it's the year 6 cake and book sale after school tonight. Any donations welcome 🍰🍩📖

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March 12th 2018

The Year 5 cake sale last Friday raised £195 - we look forward to hearing what you are using it for @CombeDownY5 🍰

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March 10th 2018

Thank you to everyone who came to the Bingo last night. It was a really fun evening and we raised £350 to support the school in the process. Huge thanks to Candy Madath and her team for organising such a fabulous event! https://t.co/Q4U0j3rzvp

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