If you have a memory of DWJ please email it in!
Please share with us your memories of the school.
Your name (including maiden name):
When were you at Donnington Wood?
Who were your friends?
Who were your teachers?
What were the school dinners like?
What memories of the school do you have?
What was the best thing you learnt?
How did your time at DWJ help you go on and have success?
Anything else?
Please continue on another piece of paper if needed.
We are in the Shropshire Star!
Donnington Wood C.E Junior Golden Jubilee
On the 13th July 1966 our school was officially opened and dedicated by the Bishop of Lichfield. Therefore we will be celebrating our Golden Jubilee this July. The purpose of our celebrations is to be ‘proud of our past; prepared for our future.’
To celebrate our birthday we have uploaded photos to our website from the last 50 years (and some from the original Donnington Wood School) and will be digitally publishing many of our written records, including: registers from the 1850’s (original school), the punishment book and notes from early governors’ meetings.
On the 13th July we will be hosting a special Rededication Service for our school (more
details to follow nearer the time.)
Our current Year 6 classes will create a presentation during their last term at the school. At the start of the Autumn Term we will continue to celebrate our school history with a project reflecting back on the last 50 years and looking forward to the next.
The Golden Jubilee will culminate in a Family Open Afternoon on Friday 23rd September to celebrate DWJ’s special place in the community.
If you, or a family member attended this school we would like to hear your memories of your time here. If you have any old photos or memorabilia (reports, books, school jumpers etc) please send them to us. To share your memories:
Email: dwjgoldenjubilee
Post: Use the address above.
In person: Please bring anything you have into the office.
Comment on the DWJ website: At the bottom of the DWJ Golden Jubilee page there is a comments box. Register with WordPress and leave your comments. We will then moderate and publish them if appropriate.
Photos are available on the website: www.donningtonwood.com and then click Golden
Jubilee (at the bottom). You can scroll through the slide show.
There will also be a collection of the photos in the hall tomorrow as part of our Multi-Cultural Week celebrations.
We look forward to hearing from you and hope you can share some memories of DWJ over the last 50 years.
Mr Rawson and Mr Fox, Golden Jubilee Team
Our year 5s visited the Shropshire as part of their work on aspirations. They learnt all about how the paper is run. Look out for their report in the Woody Weekly and in the Shropshire today.
Dear Ms. Morgan,
I am writing to you to express my strong feelings about the upsetting,fearful SATS we took on Monday to Thursday, week commencing 9th May. In this letter I will explain my points and how I think they are really not fair.First I am 11 years old I have been taking these really challenging SATS I thought it was a mission and a half.I asked how my friends felt and they all agreed that it was really difficult. I believe that the whole country found the reading test paper and all of them really hard.I understand that the progress of the children is important but why not look in our books and the progress that we are making?
To begin with I am going to tell you about how I fought the reading test was….. I think the reading test paper was really hard (especially the bit about the dodo) the text was okay I guess but the questions were tough.Most importantly,I think it is not fair that we have to take an age relented test that was for 15 to 16 year old.We know this because Mrs Osman,are head teacher,found the test and it said I was age relented for a 15 to 16 year old.Do you think this is fair,could you do this test paper?
