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Hi everyone in Denham. its scary start at my big school good luck to all year 2 with there sats hope to hear from you soon
REPLY: Its good to hear from you too, Abby. We're sure that you will have lots of fun at your big school. Thanks for your good wishes

WOW!!! The school has changed so much since I last saw it, I'm really missing this school!!!
I can't believe it has been 4 years since I left Denham Infant!!!
The website is great and the work in the gallery is amazing!!Mrs.Cameron has done a really good job teaching,organising etc.
Hope you all are well and I hope i can come back and just have a look at the school one more time!!!
Love Shannon xxx
REPLY: Thank you Shannon. We love it when former pupils get in touch. It's good to know that we are improving all the time! Very best wishes for 2008.

Hello everyone. Hope you are well and had a great Summer. I am working in a school in Ireland but still missing you all. I read your message board so keep up the good work. Miss Mc Hugh
REPLY: How lovely to hear from you. We miss you too! You wouldn't recognise Year 2(last year's Y1) they are so grown up! We all wish you well in your new school.

I am having a good time at Denham Village Infant School and I am now in Year 2. My favourite thing is watching Percy Parker on the interactive whiteboard. Percy and his rock and roll band help us with all our times tables by singing them with us!
REPLY: We're glad that you are having fun. It's a great way to learn some very important facts. Rock on, Michael!

Hi, you may remember me, I'm Thomas McLeod. I've moved house and school, what a lot of moving I've done. I hope everything is going well, best wishes,
Thomas
REPLY: How lovely to hear from you Thomas. We are all fine - settling into a new term. We hope that you too are settling in your new school and look forward to hearing from you again.

I am going to my New School on Wednesday, I wish I was starting at Denham instead, the New School house, looks good, I would like to see inside it!, To all the teachers, thank you for the good times I spent here, Love Hannah
REPLY: Hannah, we are certainly going to miss you but we hope that you will come and see us sometime soon. We wish you all the best in your new school and know that lots of good times lie ahead. Please keep in touch!

Thanks Keith,
You have jogged my memory! I happened to log on before telling a friend about the sight i discovered a year ago, and there were the names that i had forgotten. I started in 1950 and only remember Mr Entwhistle as headmaster who was very keen on hockey! And Mrs Cossey was lovely. Mr Rudmkan took us for maths, i think.
Thanks for bringing it back!
Isobel, Christchurch, New Zealand
REPLY: Thanks for your memories, Isobel. We're glad to know you are still visiting our site.

Great to see the site of my old school,I started in 1948,and my first teacher was Mrs B.A.Dickinson,who lived in a house in the lane.
I still have all my school reports to December 1954 when I left.
The school in those days was bursting at the seams,5 classes in the main part, and two overspill classes in the village hall at the bottom of the lane.
I can remember walking up the lane to get our lunch at the main school.
The class size is on each report, and in one year it was 41,and most years in the high 30?s.
After Easter we used to go on the bus once a week to Belmont road Uxbridge, and walk from there up to the open air pool,our allotted time was 10am and it was always freezing cold .
The head master was (gaffer) Thompson,I got the cane off him twice,he was followed by Roy Entwhistle,never had the cane from him,but he went red in the face,and his voice rose when he rebuked you.
Other teachers were Miss E.M.Richards,who married and became Mrs.Cossey.
Mr.Rudman,Miss Martin,(N. Levine) (M. Bramwell)
The school meals were very bland in those days of rationing,
Any veg as long as it was greens, any potato as long as it was boiled, meat as long as it was Mutton, and the sweet or afters as we called it was invariably something that had the texture of frogspawn.
Icould go on with so many happy memories, and some not so.
Kind regards
keith
REPLY: Thanks for getting in touch Keith. It is always good to hear from former pupils. We're pleased to say that the school has improved on all fronts since those days. It's less of a crush now as we have three classes and about twenty pupils per class.

Well done Christine, Karen & Karen. the summer fayre was very good, and despite the weather it was nice to see so many people. it was nice being back in my old school
Paul, Leanne Beth & Jack
REPLY: Thanks for the kind comments. It was a Summer Fair with a difference - but still lots of fun!

I particularly like playing in the field with sophia.I love miss daley.
REPLY: We're glad you are enjoying school, Annabel. It's a great place to make friends.

i love this school because i use to go here when i was 5
REPLY: We're glad you remember us with affection! I wonder how much it has changed since then? Thanks for visiting our site, Laura.

I Loved the school trip to the Tower of London today, also I loved going to the Teddy bear picnic. I love you miss Daley
REPLY: Wow , Hannah! It sounds as if Year 2 is turning out to be lots of fun! Well done, Miss Daley!

i like your website it is great look on www.Ashill.ik.org to see ours.
REPLY: Thank you Jake. It is always lovely to hear from other schools. We will certainly look you up on the net.

Wow, this website is fantastic, it really is breathtaking and no wonder so many people have written such wonderful comments. Congratulations x
REPLY: Many thanks for the kind comments, Julia, it makes the effort worthwhile to know that we are appreciated!

I am a teacher in Northern Ireland. I run the web site for our school (Carryduff Primary). Keep up the good work your web site is brilliant!
REPLY: Thank you, Lynne. It is always exciting for us to hear from other schools.

I loved my first day in Year , Thank you Miss Daley xxxxxxxxxxxxx
REPLY: Thank you Hannah. We are all looking forward to the new school year too!

Hello everybody!!! My name is Matthew Bourne and I am starting reception in September so my mum thought she would show me this fab website so I could "look around" my new school. I am really looking forward to making lots of new friends and learning lots of new things and becoming a part of the Denham Village Infant School "family". Bye for now. Love Matthew xxx
REPLY: Hello Matthew. We are delighted that you decided to look around the site. We are all looking forward to getting to know you in September.

I loved going to Willows Farm, today. It was great to see all the animals, I loved it when my sheep won the race, and I loved it when I got to hold a rabbit and a hampster. A big thank you to Mrs Cameron & the teachers, for making it a special day.
Love Hannah
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REPLY: We're glad that you enjoyed the outing, Hannah. Look out for some pictures on the News page very soon.

Dear All

I am currently in Kabul in Afghanistan until August. Oscar, Hugh and Alister are back home hopefully looking after Pamela while I am away. Good to see your site, the boys still talk of your school and miss it very much. Oscar is attending a special school and is doing well. He still has his moments! Hugh and Alister are coming on well and growing like mad. We hope to build a house this year, it is on hold until I return.

Best Wishes to you all

Russ
REPLY: Its good to know that you are all well and still visit the site. Thanks for your good wishes.

What a wonderful find. My old school with such a neat website! This was Secondary school for both me and my sister, Thelma. I left in 1954, my sister in 1958, as far as I can remember!

We lived in New Denham where we went to primary school.

I walked from New Town Road to the school each day, whatever the weather!

My uncle and aunt lived opposite the pub near the school. I once stayed with them and went to the infant school which was the large room on the left, in about 1946.

The headmaster Mr. Entwhistle loved hockey! We played hockey and rounders on the field behind the school. I often came top in art, and some of my paintings were framed and hung in the corridor.

I was confirmed in St Mary's Church, and my parents and other family are buried there.
Even though I have lived most of my adult life in New Zealand, Denham is where I come from. So, I feel a strong attachment especially to the school.

When I visit the U.K. I often visit the village with my sister. The school looks just the same as it did all those years ago.

I was looking for some history of the village when I saw your website. What a great find!
Thank you.

Isobel Snow (formally Isobel Mayling)
REPLY: Thank you so much for visiting the website. Its thrilling to know that it reaches the other side of the world! I'm sure your letter will be of interest to many of our visitors. Do visit us again soon.

Great to see some more additions to the website. It's looking really good and such an easy website to find your way around. Well done one and all.
REPLY: Thanks for the kind comments. We are always pleased to know that people are taking the time to visit the site.

Have just visited your website to catch up on what has been happening at the school since I left.Great to see all the New Pictures of the School.Really Like the pictures of the staff!!!
Congratulations for your 2nd Award .
REPLY: Thank-you, Luke, we're glad you still visit the website. As you see there is still lots going on here. Do keep in touch.

hello its katie in year 2 i think this is a fantastic website hope you had a good bank hoilday and i like everyone at school
i looked at all of the stuff and its wonderful i think its a good school ever i dont want to leave it because its great . i like all of the teachers as well im glad we won the award and im exiting to go to black park.

REPLY: Thank you for your message, Katie. Its good to know you keep up to date with the website. Hope you and Year 2 enjoy your visit to Black Park.

i am lewis blake's auntie and i have just visited your web site it is a very well laid out site with a great deal of interesting information. fantastic more schools should be like this.
REPLY: Thank you . We are pleased that you enjoyed your visit! Call back again soon.

Just been looking at the web-site for a couple of photos. Great job, well presented and put together in a friendly manner. Well done.

REPLY: Thank you for the kind words. Do visit again soon.

I LOVED LOOKING AT ALL THE PICTURES ON THE WEBSITE, I HAVE MADE LOTS OF NICE FRIENDS AT DENHAM VILLAGE AND MY TEACHERS ARE KIND TO.
REPLY: Thank you for your message Kayleigh. We're so pleased you like looking at the website and it's great that you've made so many friends!

I love school and I like Mrs Cameron. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

REPLY: Thank you for that lovely message Hannah.

It is saturday afternoonand i checked out the website and i was looking forward to on the website and i really enjoyed the news and all the the other things. Its really cheerful that i have miss daley. I will miss miss blakley. Its really good when we do french in year 2 even when we sing happy birthday in french and the colurs in french aswell.Ireally like going on the Rm maths. iLOVE DOING English.
REPLY : Thank you,Katie and Nicola. We are glad you are enjoying school so much and hope you will visit the site again soon.

Congratulations on winning the award. We have just been looking at your website and all the things you have been upto since we left. Miss you all lots and all the fun we had. Hope to see you when we return from Dubai. XX
REPLY: We miss you all. Hope you're having a good time and working hard.

Just having a break in the busy October half term, website is fantastic and congratulations to you all on the award. Can it get any better?
REPLY: Thank you Sharon. We welcome any new ideas to improve the site!

Hi I think you website is smashing. Can you tell me how you put your own design on the border? It's really lovely. Thanks
Mrs Cooper St Joseph's Catholic Primary
REPLY: Thank you for your lovely message. I'll send a mail to explain about the border.

thank you for that lovely reply from the year 2 comment. I am enjoying my half term and I hope you are all having a great time too. I liked it when Fran came and spoke to us about the seaside, she was funny.
REPLY: Thanks for your message Frankie. Have a great half term.

Just been notified by ik.com of your Golden Owl Award for the quality of your website. Congratulations to all involved. It is a wonderful showcase for your school.
Pat Cragg
The ICT Curriculum Support Team
Buckinghamshire School Improvent Service
REPLY: Thank you very much. We are very pleased to have won the award again.

Well done to Miss Blakeley and Mrs Stevenson for looking after the school website. We visited it this morning and it looks fantastic, great, excellent, wonderful and exciting!
REPLY: Thank you Year 2. I think you have helped to make it look so good by producing such wonderful work!

Nicola and i think this a great website and the best school ever !!!!
REPLY: Thank you Katie and Nicola. What a lovely message!

hi to everyone at denham village infant school, i went to your school for work experience and i work with year 1, i just wanted to say that i had a fantastic time and i like looking at the pictures of what the children have done, i would love to come back and help. steph
REPLY: Thank you for your message. We're glad you had such an enjoyable time at our school and it's nice to know you still look at what the children are doing in class.

I had a lovely first day in year 1!
REPLY: What a wonderful message to receive at the beginning of the Autumn term! Thank you Hannah.

I think the Denham website is good. I enjoyed my time at school and I will miss you all very much when I start my new school in chalfont st peter.
REPLY: Thank you David. We'll miss you too. Good luck at Chalfont St Peter.

The website is looking fantastic and the Year 1 Powerpoint presentation is wonderful. Very clever to have it on here. You amaze me!
REPLY: Thanks Jo!

I love going to my school I hope everyone has a great summer holiday. I love looking at this school website and seeing all the work we have done.
REPLY: Thank you for your lovely message Frankie. We hope you have a lovely summer holiday too!

Well done to those who update this website so well, its great to see all the fantastic things which go on at this wonderful school. Keep up the good work.
REPLY: Thank you very much for your kind message Sylvia!

RE: SUMMER BALL
I would just like to CONGRATULATE Paul & Dave for a really FANTASTIC evening "the boys done good! "
Best Wishes to everyone at the school - hope the Summer Fayre goes well, will probably see you there !

REPLY: Thank you for your message Sue. We look forward to seeing you at the Summer Fayre.

saturday i checked out the website and saw all my teachers and school work
i think the website is great.
keep up the good work. katie year 1
REPLY: Thank you for your lovely message Katie!

hello its lois i came here 4 work ex... i really enjoyed it and missing u all so much xxx
say hello to reception class 4 me PLZ xxx thanx xxx
REPLY: Thank you for your message. Lovely to hear from you! I'm sure Reception miss you too.

Hey! I just came across this website so thought I'd leave a message! I used to go to the school a few years ago [1993 - 96] before moving off to Devon which is where I'm at now, doing gcse's in a couple of weeks time and probably off to College next term/year to study to be a doctor or nurse.. not too sure which yet either that or try and become an actress and get a part on Casualty or Holby [seem to be obsessed with them programmes and often end up travelling to the sets where they are filmed meeting the actors & actresses either that or travelling round the country meeting up with fans of it from a website I belong to about it!] So, anyway, just thought I'd say hey to everyone, I shall shurrup rambling now! Hope everyones doing ok up in Denham! :) xxx

REPLY: Thank you for your message. Good luck with GCSEs

lovely website it's good to get information about the school.
im missing the school and the teachers.
love shannon and joe
REPLY: Thank you for your lovely message. We're missing you too!

Just checked out the updated website - very impressive!!

REPLY: Thank you Karen

Great website, easy to use, informative and interesting.
REPLY: Thank you for your positive feedback. Hope you visit us again really soon.

Dear Denham Village Infant School, We have very much enjoyed browsing your web site as we create our own. Thank you for a great model from The Robert Arkenstall Primary School.
REPLY: We are glad that you enjoyed looking at our site

Brilliant web site. Your school looks a lovely environment for the children to learn.
We are just setting up our school web site and I found your web site via the Golden Owl Awards. Well Done. Your site covers everything and is very easy to navigate.
It gives us some ideas.Keep up the good work.
REPLY: We are really glad that you liked the website and hope you will visit us again really soon.

THIS WEBSITE IS REALLY COOL
REPLY : We are glad you like the website. Visit again soon for more information and photos about our school.

What a fantastic website. Great pictures of all the children at work and some fantastic Links in the Community. Keep up the good work. Great site Miss Blakeley.
REPLY: We are glad you enjoyed the site, please visit us again soon.

To everyone - I have been having a look at the hard work you have been doing since I left the school. I miss coming to Denham school, but am working hard at my junior school. p.s Hope to see some of my old friends at the Christmas Fayre
REPLY; We really miss you too James!!.Hope you are having a great time at your new junior school and look forward to seeing you at the Christmas Fayre.

I used to go to this school it was a fantastic school. I started the school in 1994 or 1995 and finished in 1997 and I wish I could go back
Lee

REPLY: Thank you for your message! It's always lovely to hear from past pupils.

Hi! I was at the school for work experience this year in July for 2wks. I loved working with the children in Reception they were lovely and I learnt a lot. All the staff were very friendly and I would love to go back. I went to the school myself between 1994-1996.

REPLY: Thank you for your kind message. We are glad you enjoyed your work experience with us.

Hi To All The Children & Staff at Denham Village Infant School!

It was such a pleasure to visit and do the Face Painting for you on 2.4.04 at your 'Easter Egg Hunt.' Everyone seemed to really enjoy the day! What lucky children you all are!

Thank you so much for your hospitality. The coffee and biscuits were most welcome! Thank you also for collecting me from and returning me to the Train Station! My thanks also to the lady that showed me round the village.

You have every reason to congratulate yourselves! The Staff work very hard to ensure the children have a warm, secure, comfortable environment in which to study and this is reflected by the excellent behaviour of all the young students!

I hope to come and paint you all again soon! I had so much fun!

Hope everyone had a Happy Easter!

Kindest Regards,
Nicole
Face Painter
Tel: 07785 182211
www.geocities.com/nicole1965uk

REPLY: Thank you for coming to visit us and for your kind message. We're glad you had a lovely day - the children certainly did!

Hello to Everyone

We hope you are all ok. We are enjoying living in Cyprus. We miss all our friends and our teachers and staff at the school. Dad will send some photos, but we have had problems with the computer (he's supposed to know how to fix them!). It is hot here now, but when we flew out it was cold, and our house was freezing. Our new school is very big, and we are very busy there.

Bye for now
Oscar, Hugh and Alister

REPLY: Lovely to hear from you. Hope you are all enjoying yourselves - the weather sounds great! Everyone is very busy here at school also and we miss you a lot. Keep in touch!

Great web site, was nice to see the old school after so many years, I was a pupil in the 1940s when it was Old Denham School, and I can remember well Miss Martin and her love of wild flowers, and also Mr Thompson the head master, I can't say I have any pleasent memories of him!! I came to New Zealand in 1967 and ended up as a teacher at Eltham Tech Centre, retiring in 2001, keep up the good work.
REPLY: Thank you for your message. It is always lovely to hear people's memories of our school.

Hi everybody! I love the website and I love the school. I hope you all had a happy easter.
REPLY: Hello Katie. Happy Easter to you too!

we think your website is wicked and we would be grateful if you could visit our website at www.staugustinescp.ik.org.
REPLY: Thank you for your kind message. We visited your site and especially enjoyed looking at the drawings of the members of staff and your displays.

Fantastic website, congratulations.

I have very happy memories of Denham Village School. I left in 1975. It has changed so much. I note your policy on encouraging parents to help. In the 70's a letter was sent out asking Parents to help by contributing their special skills and their time. My Nan (Mrs Fryer) used to come into school every week and hear us read in the library - and continued to do so for many years after I had left. There were lots of other parents who used to help too - I remember learning pottery, cookery and macrame.

I loved the pictures of old Denham. My grandad lived in one of those cottages and attended the School in the early 1900's.
REPLY: Thank you for your message. It's always lovely to hear memories from past pupils.

Loved your web site. It has given us lots of ideas to add to ours(which is only just being constructed). Keep up the good work!
REPLY: Thank you very much. We would love to see yours when it is up and running! Send us the address.

Found your site following a recommendation from Andy Dixon of the ICT team. Congratulations on your recent award. Well deserved.

Best wishes from everyone at Weston Turville CE School
REPLY: Thank you very much!

Hello everyone. I can't believe how much the school has changed. I'm glad it's still around. I was at the school from 1990 - 1994. I would love to hear from anyone who remembers me. Loadza luv Brooke! xXxXxXx
Reply: Thank you for your message. It's always lovely to hear from past pupils!

Congratulations Miss Blakeley on your award winning site. This is a terrific website - very informative and easy to use.

Sarah Capon, eLearning designer, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Reply: Thank you very much for your comments!

A message for Miss Blakeley: congratulations on your award-winning website! It's truly fabulous and I'm very impressed! I especially enjoyed the photos - it's nice to put names to faces and places. The school looks lovely. Keep up the good work!
REPLY: Thanks for your lovely message Sally.

What a fantastic web site. Congratulations Hilary on a wonderful job. You will have to come to Australia and pass on your expertise in this area. Everybody looks well ( the photos must have been taken just after a break!!) Erin really enjoyed visiting your website and wished to be remembered to Mrs Cameron and Mrs Stevenson. Hope to hear from you soon. Fiona Mcevoy.

REPLY: Lovely to hear from you. Hope all is going well in Australia - it is very cold here - wish we were there!! Hope Erin is doing well in school. Best wishes to you and a happy new year from us all at Denham.

It was wonderful to see pictures of the school after so long and to see how things have moved on since 1975 when I left!! Good luck to all staff and students in the New Year. By the way, It's warm and sunny in San Jose, California where I now live!!!

REPLY: Thank you for your message and a happy new year to you from all at Denham Village Infant School.

George, Graeme and Grandma Maureen Henley
A very exciting web site! we've set it as our home page.
George was thrilled to see all the photos, he especially enjoyed the Halloween graphic of the 'Witch'. Grandma was amazed watching George navigate the site with ease - Broadband helps.
A truly excellent web site! well done.
REPLY: Thank you, we're glad you all enjoyed looking at our site.

It was so wonderful to see this website, I currently live in Austin Texas, USA , but I used to live in Denham and attended your school in the early 70's. It was so exiting to see you. Thank you very much. (I love the pictures you have of the village -- they made me cry, thanks so much.)
REPLY: Wow! Thank you so much for your message. The children will be so excited to know that you have been looking at our website from America!!

Now I know why Miss Blakeley won a prize, what a fantastic web site! Well done. It's so colourful, fun and informative, also quite emotional when you see the children in action, but not enough to wake Joe up and show him.

REPLY: Thank you very much Julie. Joe can look tomorrow!

Well, being new to the 'internet' I finally managed to locate your site by going through google.co.uk. Great set up, well done and Jack thinks it's great!!!!

REPLY: We're glad you managed to find it in the end!!

Congratulations on your award . Well done Hilary and all the staff. It really is a great website

REPLY: Thank you Kathy. We are very excited to have won!!!

Love the web-site! Great to see all you teachers on the site! Miss you all, but can now stay in touch through the site (Jack no good at keeping me informed of all the news!!) Miss you all, see you soon, Love Rebecca
(ps I know that Mrs Witney from somewhere!)

REPLY: Thanks for your message Rebbeca. It's lovely to hear from you!! Hope school is going well.

Very good site. Very useful for finding out what's going on. Especially after newsletters have been placed in the Bermuda Rectangle known as a child's school bag!

We will let the boys have a good look when they get home. Again well done!

REPLY: Thank you. We will make sure the calandar is regularly updated!

We have enjoyed looking at the website and will be regular visitors. Good luck and thank you.

REPLY: Lovely to hear from you both! Thank you for your message.

Hello everyone! What a wonderful new website! It's great to see all the beautiful work and photos at a click of a button!
It doesn't seem as long ago as 4 and a half years since I was sitting at those desks - they are all such lovely memories.
Robert sends his love to Miss Blakeley and to all his friends now in year 2.
Mum (Mandy!) sends her best wishes and says thanks for a lovely evening at Mrs Rea's retirement meal.
xxx

REPLY: Thanks for a lovely message Hannah! We all miss Robert very much and hope he is enjoying his new school. Pop in and say 'hello!'

The computer suite really seems to have come on since my day!!


Well done Hills on the website. Very informative and colourful.

George and Edward say Hi!!

REPLY: Thanks Allan. 'Hi!' to Edward and George.
George - would be lovely to see you this term - pop in and say 'hello'.

Hello Everyone!

I didn't realise that Denham First School had a website! Wow! I have to say, from the looks of things, it has changed a lot since I was there!

I was there around 1991-1993, if anyone remembers me, feel free to contact me! I would love to know where people are/what they are doing!

REPLY: Thanks for the message Megan. Hope you manage to catch up with old friends!

Congratulations on a wonderful website. Very professional and easy to navigate. The graphics and photos keep you and your child interested. Shannon is very proud to have her school (and her teachers) on the net. We will be making lots more visits in the future, I can tell. Well done Miss. Blakeley!

REPLY: Thank you very much. We're really pleased you all enjoyed looking at it.

This is great for the school leavers! Jamie Fairbairn left Denham in February to live in Australia and is really excited to see his old classroom on the computer!! - Is my school famous now mum? ha ha!! : ) Jamie's new teacher would like to set up an email link to Denham as a project! Hello to everyone at DVI we miss you all!!!

REPLY: Lovely to hear from you! Thank you for your favourable comments. The children often ask about Jamie and would love to set up an email link with his school.

Congratulations. The website is absolutely fantastic. It is very informative, colourful and enjoyable to look at. Anna-Marie loved looking at the Gallery.

REPLY: Thank you. We're glad you like the website. A big 'Hello' to Anna-Marie.