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We are honoured to be the head teachers 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 June 2023

Art at The Bridge

On Wednesday, 20 children from Years 4 and 5 were chosen to represent our school. The children were invited to help paint a mural of a beautiful meadow at our Trust’s headquarters – The Bridge. The children did a truly...

19 May 2023

Girls on Track event

On Wednesday 17th May, a group of girls from Years 3, 5 and 6 attended the Girls On Track event held at Monkton Senior School. Organised by British Motorsport, the one -day workshop was designed to engage and inform girls about mo...

10 March 2023

Book Week - You are a Reader!

We had a wonderful book week last week with plenty of memorable moments to celebrate and an eye-catching new display in the library (if you haven’t seen it yet, it is definitely worth a visit!). Kicking off the week o...

10 February 2023

Year 6 Swimming Gala Report

On Monday 6th February, fourteen year sixes from our school attended a swimming gala held at the Leisure Centre to compete against eleven other schools, in a variety of races. We swam relays, races, medleys, and a cannon.&nb...

6 January 2023

Author of the month

This January we will be celebrating two fantastic authors. The KS2 Author of the Month is Kwame Alexander. Kwame, originally from the USA, lives in London and has written over 30 books, both prose and poetry, fo...

18 November 2022

This Week's News!

From Mrs Gascoigne: It has been great to see the value of compassion in action again this week. The collective worship session led by Mrs Bird focusing on parking is just one example. Another was the exploration of stories from o...

11 November 2022

This Week's News!

From Mrs Gascoigne: What a wet week it has been, however, on Wednesday morning the sun shone as we showed another large group of prospective parents around our wonderful school. The pupils in year 6 were amazing ambassadors...

4 November 2022

Remembrance Day, 11th November 2022

On Friday 11th November the children will spend time in school thinking about and reflecting on Remembrance Day. The children in Reception and Years 1,3 and 4 will mark this in school with a short Remembrance Day assembly and ob...

4 November 2022

This Week's News!

Welcome back to the new term. I hope you all had a good half-term break. This term we will be focusing on the value of compassion. The children have already been exploring this in collective worship and class sessions. Having loo...

21 October 2022

Absence during Term Time from Term 2 2022

From the start of Term 2, and in line with the Trust Attendance and Punctuality Policy, absence during term time will not be authorised unless there are very exceptional circumstances and never at the following times: KS1 and K...

21 October 2022

This Week's News!

So much has happened this term; the sadness of the death of Queen Elizabeth, harvest services, school visits, explorer dome, discos, open days, sporting events, mental health day activities culminating in singing to everyone. It w...

14 October 2022

Congratulations!

We have great news! Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Bibby on the safe arrival of Noah and George. The twins were born on Wednesday morning weighing 6lbs 3oz and 5lbs 8oz! Mum, Dad and the twins are doing very well.

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February 12th 2025

Delighted to see the great work @combe_down being recognised during our @PalladianTrust peer review with Leaf Trust 👏 https://t.co/yLyvJlMmHv

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February 12th 2025

Fascinating visit to the excellent @combe_down today as part of an inter-Trust Disadvantaged Strategy review. The use of @voice21oracy was exceptional, as was the adaptive teaching across the school. Hope to bring leaders from @trust_leaf to see it soon. pic.twitter.com/KRRtjoNRxH

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February 7th 2025

What a fun Friday we've had in year 6 with a special visitor (Professor Ferreira- Miss Ferreira's cousin) coming in to teach the children all about the components of blood!😉 @PalladianTrust pic.twitter.com/0gtaoo7nyV

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January 24th 2025

Thank you to our enormously supportive parents for helping to keep our KS1 reading books well-stocked! It makes a huge difference! @PalladianTrust pic.twitter.com/QpP9oZnE2V

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January 14th 2025

Well done team! @combe_down Combe Down Primary School celebrates Outstanding Ofsted inspection report - The Bath and Wiltshire Parent: https://t.co/3elQtaQPlu pic.twitter.com/EyABaL4c1w

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January 12th 2025

Combe Down has had a wonderful first week back and our Forest School teacher, Mr Parsonage even captured some night time visitors on site! @PalladianTrust pic.twitter.com/44IppGhqpI

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January 8th 2025

Remembering Ruth Perry today. Time for change #RememberingRuth pic.twitter.com/1j3PyWr6hx

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January 6th 2025

Apply for your child to join our wonderful Reception class! @PalladianTrust pic.twitter.com/0Q839p0A10

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December 20th 2024

Today our school had 2 very special visitors. one was Santa and one was a special baby lying on a bed of straw!! Happy Christmas everyone! @PalladianTrust pic.twitter.com/CufjfQ9vCG

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December 16th 2024

Year 4 have been learning about how ancient civilisations built settlements along rivers for fertile ground. They built Ancient Sumerian irrigation systems out of playdough and pipe cleaner crops to apply their learning! @PalladianTrust pic.twitter.com/dZlxwZxG2t

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December 16th 2024

This week in DT, year 2 have been designing and making Christmas baubles! They have developed very impressive sewing skills!! @PalladianTrust pic.twitter.com/Rokfqkp17t

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December 13th 2024

Hot off the press!! Our newest edition of The Combe Down Primary Times and it’s a Christmas special! Grab your copy from the office. Well done newspaper club and Mrs King! @PalladianTrust pic.twitter.com/aj746KvFbx

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December 11th 2024

It's day 3 of our 12 day countdown, sharing actions to help parents and carers support their children to be #SaferByChristmas on their devices. Find today's quick tips below. pic.twitter.com/Pq0d03W3Np

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December 11th 2024

Before learning to use the short division method, year 5 are exploring division using manipulatives. This will ensure that when we explore our formal method, the children will understand exactly what each step represents and the “why” behind the method. @PalladianTrust @NCETM pic.twitter.com/P6Yz3vEkws

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December 10th 2024

It's day 2 of our 12 day countdown, sharing actions to help parents and carers support their children to be #SaferByChristmas on their devices. Find today's quick tips below. pic.twitter.com/S9U2O9nXzN

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December 9th 2024

It's day 1 of #SaferByChristmas. Find the first of our quick tips to action below and follow to catch all 12 days. pic.twitter.com/hGlUrnJNJV

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December 5th 2024

This December we're making it easier for parents and carers, sharing quick, easy actions to take, helping their children to be #SaferByChristmas pic.twitter.com/tMao0ulUmh

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December 4th 2024

Today, it was brilliant to welcome Isla from @CofE_Education to visit our FLOURISH projects @combe_down and @StMarksBATH. It was wonderful to see how Sam and Claire are bringing FLOURISH to life in two completely different contexts. pic.twitter.com/qJihfJYlXO

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December 4th 2024

Tasting fun! This week, years 3 and 5 enjoyed a tasting experience where we learnt about our taste buds and how all of our senses contribute to our food preferences. We then had a blind taste test of lots of different foods!! @PalladianTrust pic.twitter.com/wHyV4Hv7V3

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December 4th 2024

Years 1, 2 and 3 were very excited to have a visit from local authors Steve Gunning and Chris Wheeler this week, who shared their humorous Christmas story ‘Santa's Secret Agents' with us. @PalladianTrust pic.twitter.com/tG7V5w87ZI

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