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Welcome back to another exciting academic year at Dormers Wells Primary School!

In this section you can find our newsletters, updates/announcements about what we have been up to and events going on around school!

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2024-2025

2023-2024

2022-2023


READ OUR LATEST NEWSLETTER HERE

Descendants 20th Annual Achievement Awards

Two of our Y6 pupils attended the descendants 20th Annual Dr John Roberts QC CBE Achievement Awards Shadia was shortlisted for pupils who excel in sport and received a signed football from ex footballer Marcus Gayle Tymel was shortlisted as a Future Leader and won 2 awards.https://youtube.com/shorts/TrtI8Iw-OeM?feature=share

FIRST ASIAN WOMAN TO SWIM THE ENGLISH CHANNEL

An inspirational figure visited our school on Tuesday 9th June. Her name, Leah Chowdhry and she is the first asian lady to swim the English channel. She led an animated presentation to our ks2 children all about her successes and challenges. Amazing!

TOP 5% IN THE COUNTRY

A BIG congratulations to Dormers Primary staff and students! We have received a letter from the minister for schools stating we are in the TOP 5% IN THE COUNTRY for progress in reading, writing, and mathematics!We are so excited for our thriving school community and the future.

YEAR 6 HUMAN RIGHTS ASSEMBLY

Watch Year 6’s fantastic human rights assembly. They performed fantastically and gave a heartfelt mention to poet, activist, and inspiration, Benjamin Zephaniah.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiB74jwPIPA

FOODBANKS AT SCHOOL

In August, Dormers Wells Primary School was televised on ITV news, highlighting the need for foodbanks in our school during the summer. Take a look at the news piece here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNfCI03jiIY

School food banks are on the frontline fighting Holiday Hunger

Dormers Wells Primary School in Southall is one of City Harvest food charity’s free food recipients that has seen an increase in demand for food support. Volunteer, Shireen says that families need all the help that they can get as expenses go up significantly during the holidays.

Read article here


ACCEPTED INTO HARROW SCHOOL!

We are so proud of Aaditya, who was accepted into the extremely prestigious Harrow School on a scholarship!A school in which prime ministers have attended and is one of the few schools in the UK to have educated several Nobel laureates.Here is what he had to say…https://www.dwps.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Aaditya-scholarship.mp4

GOLD TFL TRAVEL AWARD 

Well done to all those children who have come to school by walking, cycling or scooter. we have achieved gold level accreditation

Next is the platinum award so we want you to encourage your children to walk, cycle or scoot to school.

If you come by car, park on the side roads and walk the remaining distance.

Park & stride.

BRENTFORD FC – JOY OF MOVEMENT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5rSQl2eMP4

WINDRUSH WINNER

A very big congratulations to Tisha for winning the Windrush award in memory of Sam King. Tisha produced an insightful essay about the generation that travelled on the MV Empire Windrush and arrived at Tilbury Docks on 22 June 1948.

FELIX PROJECT 

Every day we feed our community and we couldn’t do that without the support of @TheFelixProject.
The charity distributed the equivalent of 32 million meals in 2023 and we see the real difference that has for people in their day to day lives. [link] We are delighted to be part of the Felix family and their fight against food waste and hunger. We look forward to working with them to support people who need it most.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhMvlppQu8Q&t=2s