Term Dates
Brighton and Hove school holiday dates can be found here:
School INSETs for 2022-23 (agreed with Downs Juniors): School is CLOSED to pupils on these dates.
Thursday 1st and Friday 2nd September 2022
Monday 31st October 2022
Tuesday 3 January 2023
Friday 26th May 2023
School Day
The school day begins at 8.45 and ends at 3pm. This gives 31 and a quarter compulsory hours in school each week.
Downs Infant School Overview of Trips and Events
These are the types of things we USUALLY do. We hope this gives you a rough flavour of to what to expect.
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Reception |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Whole School |
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Autumn 1 |
Teddy Bear’s Picnic |
Local geography walk (free) |
Great Fire of London (dress up and donation for Rainbow Theatre) |
Harvest City Mission (food donations)
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Autumn 2 |
Autumn Walk (free) Nursery Rhyme Tea Party (dress up) |
Super hero day (dress up) |
Synagogue Trip (donation for transport) |
Antibullying (dress in blue/odd socks - we will let you know) Christmas performances (costumes) Christmas Jumper Day (donations of items for the Fair) Elf Yourself (dress up and donations for charity) |
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Spring 1 |
Transport Trip (donation)
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Church visit (free) |
Pavilion Trip (donation) |
Charity TBA - donation |
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Spring 2 |
Space Day (dress up) |
Trip TBC |
Children’s Parade and Let’s Dance (tickets) |
World Book Day (dress up and donation of pre-loved books for sharing/library) |
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Summer 1 |
Lady Land Farm (donation)
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Theatre Trip (donation) |
Science Day Challenge Gender Stereotype Day Charity TBA - donation |
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Summer 2 |
Topic themed show (donation) and day (dress up) (in the past this has been pirates) |
Beach trip (donation) |
Year 2 Show (costumes) |
Healthy Week – various activities some of which need dress up and some donations Sports Days and Splash Day |