Over Founder’s Fortnight, the Learning for Life department asked girls, staff and families to share what they have learned during lockdown.
“In lockdown I have learned not to worry about things I cannot control.” Tosin, Head Senior
“In lockdown I have learned how important our family, friends and human contact are in our lives!” Mr Perdikis, Head of French
In his latest blog post, Mr Godfrey (Deputy Head) advocates against the infamous quote, "those who can, do; those who can’t teach."
Our French A Level pupils spent the day at Migrateful, a charity whose mission is to celebrate migrants and refugees on their journey to integration by supporting them in running their own cooking classes.
Our Chinese New Year celebrations included a whole School lunch, traditional Chinese performances and special workshops for the Lower School.
Discover how this special programme for our Sixth Form dramatists helped refine their acting skills before their performance of 'Marvin's Room'.
A special Futures Department event to prepare the Upper Sixth for their next step after life at Downe.
This week, our Lower Sixth were delighted to be invited by Radley College to a conference on resilience, as part of our ongoing Respect Project.
The Upper Fifth (Year 11) were delighted to take part in our annual trip to the 'Poetry Live!' showing at the Oxford Playhouse as part of their English studies.
Downe House was recently represented in Cross Country by our U13, U15, U17 and U19 teams.
Lower Sixth (Year 12) pupils delivered presentations about a work of art they find inspiring in this informative and entertaining evening.
Four budding chemists had the fantastic opportunity to compete in the RSC Top of the Bench Chemistry Competition held at the University of Oxford.
The Centre for Learning and Research at Downe House has a single aim: to use the latest and most cutting-edge educational research to improve the outcomes of our pupils.
Pupils studying German and Spanish at GCSE and A Level recently adventured to the respective countries at the height of the festive season.