We have had a wonderful start to the new school year at Grove Primary! It’s been a joy to welcome our pupils back and see their excitement for learning.

Our open day dates for 2025 are as follows. Places must be booked in advance by completing the eform below. All open days run from 10:00am.

In English this week, we have been learning about Aesop fables like The Tortoise and the Hare and the Fox and the Crow.

Last week, Beech class visited the Horniman Museum and Gardens and took part in a workshop about Ancient

Year 6 visited the British museum. We had a wonderful time exploring various galleries throughout the

We are excited to inform you that our Reading Café will be coming back to EYFS. 

With SATs Week drawing closer, we have collated a series of very useful videos covering all aspects of the

On Thursday 8th May is the 80th Anniversary of VE Day. On 8th of May 1945, people across Britain and

Year 6 will be taking their SATs week commencing 12th May. The KS2 assessment timetable is as follows.

Dear Parents and Carers, Welcome back to the Summer Term at Dog Kennel Hill Primary!

This week Year 3 Beech Class went on a trip to the William Booth College and

This week, Year 2 and Year 3 had Road Safety workshops led by Southwark. They first discussed what to watch out

It’s Thursday 6th March 2025, which means it’s World Book Day here at DKH Primary School and all schools across the country.

Welcome back- this half term is jam-packed with fantastic activities planned for the children! Next week, is Book Week,

Take a look at Year 2’s (Elder Class) artwork for the Great Fire of London! As well as creating this wondering artwork capturing the style

This week we held ‘Internet Safety Day’ and completed some activities to explore this year’s theme ‘Too good to

We are celebrating the Chinese New Year this week. This year, we celebrate the “Year of the Snake”.

Please download and register for StudyBugs. Not only is this our way of reporting absence but we will soon be

All parents and carers want the very best for their children and for them to get on well in life.

On Friday, we celebrated Children in Need. Children were encouraged to

On Thursday 21st November 2024, all DKH Primary children from Reception

On Thursday, we celebrated ‘Hello Yellow’ Day to promote children’s mental health and support ‘Young

Throughout the day and everyday of the week, children from EYFS and keystage 1 classes break away for their

Over the past few weeks, Year 6 (Oak Class) have been having sessions at

This week we have begun our Harvest Collection for Southwark Foodbank.

This week we held our School Council Chair elections with our 4 Year 6 representatives!

At DKH Primary School, we are always striving to offer the very best in everything that we do.

Come and join us for our Breakfast and Afterschool Clubs! Breakfast club will start at 7.45am– This will

On Friday, 20th September we would like all children and staff to wear jeans and denim in support of Jeans for Genes Day.

This Harvest, DKH will be collecting items for the Southwark Foodbank to support families, ensuring that no one in our community goes hungry,

What a fantastic week we have had to kick off a brand new school year at DKH! It has been great to see our pupils back and so eager for learning.

It’s the last week of term, which means end of year performances, parties, and of course, the Summer BBQ! The sun was graciously beaming down on us this lunchtime as we all enjoyed

During a class visit to talk about The Windrush Generation, Ms Best treated us to some incredible stories dating back to that crucial period in our history. We were all in awe of the

We are excited to announce that we are running a Spanish Empanada Recipe Competition this term. Empanadas are Spanish or Latin American pastry turnover that are

Year 6 children had a fantastic time this week on their school journey to Hindleap. It has been a great opportunity for them to build on their independence and social skills as well

DKH Primary will be live streaming its chicks hatching (four to go!!!) this afternoon from 15:45pm. We will be streaming on Wednesday 15th May at

DKH Primary will be live streaming its chicks hatching (hopefully) this afternoon from 15:45pm. We will be streaming on Wednesday 15th May as

Our week-long celebration of the walk to school will take place 20-24 May 2024! Through this challenge, children will be well on their way to reaching their recommended 60 minutes

May is upon us, which means it’s time for our Year 6 children to sit their SATs examinations for 2024. Below, we have collated a series of good online videos to help you along the way.

Our events and workshops both in school and off site are always a fantastic adventure in creative learning for our children to enjoy. Our events diary is constantly updated

We would like to wish our children, Parents and carers a warm welcome back to DKH Primary School and the start of our new Summer term! We hope that you had an enjoyable,

We had a magnificent day of reading fun at DKH Primary School today with numerous workshops throughout the day both in the classroom and in the downstairs Hall with One Day Creative

With World Book Day just around the corner, the DKH Primary School team have been developing a fun brand new page on our website entitled “Bedtime Audiobooks“.

This year, Beech class have been exploring the world of multiplication. We used arrays to show that multiplication is commutative ( 3 x 4 = 4 x 3), we used place value counters to show that if 3 x 4 = 12 then

On Monday, Beech Class had a special visitor who had travelled along way to meet them – all the way from the Stone Age. Ug explained how people adapted through time – especially the ice age.

May 2024 will once again be testing time for pupils in Years 2 and 6. From this year, however, testing of Key Stage 1 (KS1, Year 2) pupils will be optional, however most schools are expected to test as in previous years.

Our events and workshops both in school and off site are always a fantastic adventure in creative learning for our children to enjoy. Our events diary is constantly updated with new activities happening here at

DKH Primary School would like to take this opportunity to say Happy New Year to all of our amazing Children, Parents and Carers. We hope that you all had a fun filled, relaxing and enjoyable Christmas break with your family and loved ones.

On Thursday 14th December 2023, do remember to dress up festive in your amazing Christmas Jumper! On this day, the children will also sit down to their first Christmas Lunch of the season.

Today, Rowan class were joined by MyBnk to talk about money matters! This was the third workshop with Rita from MyBnk and our budding financiers who are thoroughly enjoying the budget and finance orientated workshops hosted by this

Year 3 took part in pedestrian training to support their safe active and sustainable travel. They practised basic road crossing, as well as Stop, Look and Listen. They talked about things that might get in the way when trying to cross the road and learned

With the winter months drawing in, birds will find it more difficult to find food so they will be very happy to see the amazing bird feeders that our gardening team have made for them. The team also got busy harvesting the fabulous leeks that they have grown.

Southwark’s Winter of Food and Fun will run across the winter holidays (21st December – 5th January) and will offer free places for children between the ages of 4 – 16 years, receiving benefits-related free school meals or

Your child’s annual flu vaccination is now due. This vaccination is recommended to help protect your child against flu. Flu can be an unpleasant illness and sometimes causes serious complications.

Today, Rowan class were joined by MyBnk to talk about money matters! The children found out some important facts about money habits in the UK. For instance, did you know that the people of the UK combined, which includes, Scotland, Wales,

Have you noticed our new walking map? Lots of children and families have been studying it as they enter or leave the school grounds. Stop and have a look! Our map shows realistic 5 and 10 minute walk zones and promotes active travel to, and from,

With rain pouring outside, Beech Class got to work on adding multiples of hundreds to 3-digit numbers. They realised that the tens and ones digits are not changed when adding or subtracting multiples of 100s.

 Make A Noise About Bullying Anti-Bullying Week 2023 is coordinated in England, Wales and Northern Ireland by the Anti-Bullying Alliance. This year it has the theme ‘Make A Noise About Bullying‘ and will take place from

It’s Back! The DKH Primary School Disco Night returns this Friday 10th November 2023. The fun starts at 6pm and runs through to 8pm. Tickets for the Disco Night are priced at £3.50 per child.

We’re pleased to announce that Dog Kennel Hill is introducing a new, more efficient and secure system for reporting your child’s absence due to illness, called Studybugs. You can download the free Studybugs app, or

DKH Primary School is pleased to announce its next 2023 open morning date for all parents with children looking to start their learning journey with us. All available dates start from 9:15am.

This term, Beech Class have been learning about digital devices. Today, we have been designing our own digital devices by choosing inputs and outputs and describing the process of our own devices.

As a part of our “Celebrating our Sisters” theme for Black History Month this week, we welcomed Author and School Teacher Sade Fadipe who spent the day with us telling the children about her life both in the UK

I am excited to let you know that School Council elections are taking place this week. Children in Years 2 to 6 have been encouraged to consider running for school council by sharing their ideas and vision for the school

Year 6 children in Elm Class took part in a pilot project with TfL this week. The children were able to input into the “TfL Streets for People Engagement” and share their views and feelings about change to their

Hello Yellow Day took place on Tuesday 10th October. This day is in recognition that at some point in our lives, we all struggle with how we’re feeling and that it is normal to have ups and downs.

On Wednesday 4th October 2023 Beech Class set off for a fantastic trip back in time as they visited the TFL Museum to learn more about computing and how transport works in

Our events and workshops both in school and off site are always a fantastic adventure in creative learning for our children to enjoy. Our events diary is constantly updated with new activities happening here at

Our Year 3 Spanish Workshop with Alleyn’s School started this week. Alleyn’s School is a 4–18 co-educational, private, Church of England, day school and sixth form in Dulwich, London, England.

On Friday, Beech Class were transported to Blackpool Amusements, where they played a game in which they had different target numbers to score. As you can see you from the photos.

Mr Butt and his team of gardening enthusiasts set off for our very first Autumn 2023 term visit to the allotment on Thursday afternoon for a great day of watering and harvesting. The team managed to get some lovely

On Friday, 22nd September we would like all children and staff to wear jeans and denim in support of Jeans for Genes Day. This is the day to wear double, even triple denim! Children and staff are asked to bring in a £1

Since coming back from the summer holidays, Beech Class have been playing number games to improve their understanding of place value. They have been able to identify how many tens and ones are in a 2-digit

Mr Butt and his team of gardening enthusiasts set off for the allotment this afternoon for a great day of watering and harvesting. The team managed to get some lovely carrots, beet root and shallots to take back

On Saturday 1st July 2023, DKH Primary School welcomed friends and families to our annual Summer Fair. What a fantastic day of fun, music, food and laughter we all had. With so much to do including a fabulous onsite

Year pupils had the fantastic opportunity to meet and speak with a range of professionals from doctor and banker to engineer and architect. In all, Year 6 were able to meet accomplished representatives of nine

DKH Primary School cordially invite you to Join us this Saturday 1st July 2023 from 12pm for our Annual Summer Fair. We have so many exciting things to enjoy this year including a visit from the Surrey