Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment

• LDPS Girls: Football Champions

  Thu 16 Dec 2021 Steven Cumbo

  For the first time in six years, LDPS girls are the new football champions of Blackburn and Darwen. This talented group of players finished top on Finals night at St Bedes.

  

• Christmas Fair and Bingo raises over a grand

  Thu 12 Dec 2019 Steven Cumbo
  What a fantastic evening at LDPS. Our Christmas evening organised by the FOLD and the school raised an amazing £1310! Wow! The sold out event included a visit to Father Christmas, a raffle, food, stalls and games and four amazing games of bingo. A big thank you to all the parents and children who attended and the staff and FOLD for co-ordinating the event. 

  

• Jubilee Shield Double Winners

  Fri 08 Nov 2019 Steven Cumbo
  For the second successive year, Lower Darwen Primary School have won the Jubilee Shield. In an excellent team performance they retained the historic shield without conceding a goal. Well done, boys.

  

• Quad Kids Athletics Team: Blackpool bound

  Fri 21 Jun 2019 Steven Cumbo
  Our Year 3-4 Quad athletics team are Blackpool bound after being crowned champions of Blackburn at the St Bedes competition. They will now represent the town in the Lancashire finals.

  

• Silly Hat Day

  Fri 17 May 2019 Steven Cumbo
  Today (Friday 17th May 2019) was Silly Hat Day for the charity Maddi’s Butterflies. This is our annual money raising event for this charity which was set up to help children and families affected by cancer. There were some wonderful creations. 

  

• Year 5-6 Athletics finish eighth in Lancashire Games

  Tue 05 Mar 2019 Steven Cumbo
  This afternoon (5th March 2019) Year 5-6 athletics team finished a creditable 8th out of sixteen schools in the finals of the Lancashire Games at Blackpool Sports Centre. Well done, children for their magnificent effort.

  

• Important information regarding Internet Safety and MoMo

  Wed 27 Feb 2019 Steven Cumbo

  Several of our parents have been worried to see, "MoMo" appearing on their or their children's social media accounts and have contacted the school. This is a game which has been linked to a child suicide and other challenges which leave our children vulnerable. The police are advising that it is a way of obtaining personal information about you or your children.

  It is important to create an awareness of this latest craze without spreading hysteria, panic or inadvertently promoting.

  It is a good opportunity, therefore, to remind parents and children of the national guidance on on-line safety for children and a parent and carer’s responsibilities around the supervision of children using the Internet.

  Follow this link for useful information concerning this latest craze:

  https://nationalonlinesafety.com/resources/platform-guides/momo-online-safety-guide-for-parents

• School Disco for Velentine’s Day

  Fri 08 Feb 2019 Steven Cumbo
  

• Football: LDPS Sport win Jubilee Shield

  Tue 06 Nov 2018 Steven Cumbo
  The boys’ Under 11 football team sparked mass celebrations at St Bedes, when they won the Jubilee Shield for the first time in the school’s history. It was a superb squad effort throughout the evening and it was capped by a storming performance in the final against Salesbury. LDPS won the game 4-0 to claim the eighty year old Shield. 

  

• Ribbles River Trust Art Project Day

  Fri 12 Oct 2018 Steven Cumbo

  On Tuesday (9th October 2018), some of our children were involved in a Ribble Rivers Trust art project. This involved sketching and creating art in the local community. Our pupils had a wonderful day.

  Emily from the Trust who worked with the children on the day wrote ‘It has been an absolute delight to work with KS2 children from Lower Darwen Primary School. After an engrossed morning of developing new artistic skills, the children demonstrated just how much they had learnt and how focussed they had been, by creating absolutely stunning artwork to record their journey to the River Darwen.

  We were also impressed at how much understanding the children had absorbed about their local river and the importance of protecting it. We hope that these new skills and care for their river are things that they will enjoy using and sharing with other children in their classes.’