Dame Janet is a good school for everyone.

Our provision and our focus on personal development and welfare is outstanding. Supportive and skilled staff nurture and develop children to find what they are excellent at - whether it’s in the classroom, on the sports field, or as an artist.

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‘Pupils meet the school’s high expectations by behaving well and working hard. They participate in lessons with enthusiasm and want to do their best.’- Ofsted 2024

Shorty's Nursery

Our nursery provides a warm nurturing environment for our youngest pupils, where they can flourish through play.

‘From the start we have always felt very welcome and comfortable. He absolutely loves going to Nursery and always talks in a positive manner about his experiences’- Nursery parent quote to Ofsted 2018

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We’ve had week one of term 3’s clubs, but it’s not too late to sign up. Use your School Gateway app to book a place for your child. On offer this term, we have 14 free clubs: Lego; Times Tables Rockstars; Kent Test; Science; Cleaning; Cross-Country; Dance; Book club; Blooklet; Football; Tri-golf; Library; Singing; Thrive. Clubs run from the end of the school day until 4.10pm.

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Friday 23rd January is Italian Day. Children are invited to wear colours of the Italian flag (green, white, red) They will be learning about customs and culture throughout the day.

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Happening on Monday 19th. Find out more: https://tkat-damejanet.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/lettershome/Understanding-behaviour-workshop-19.1.26.pdf?t=1766060388

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Congratulations to this week's times table super stars!

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Congratulations to this week's spelling super stars!

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Specialist Speech and Language workshop, open to parents from any local school, being held at Newington Primary School next week. Feel free to drop in if you are concerned about your child's speech and language development.

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Understanding Sleep and Autistic Children 🗓️Friday 16th January ⏰08:45am—10:30am 📍Dame Janet Primary Academy

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Happening tomorrow evening at Pie Factory in Ramsgate. Connect with Respect is a community wellbeing project in Thanet for girls aged 7 to 18 which aims to strengthen wellbeing, nurture kindness and empower girls to trust their bodies, voices and choices.

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This week's BSL sign of the week is scared. With BSL facial expression is important so make sure to match your face to the sign you are using.

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Not quite a time capsule but a blast from the past of 2020 at least… When changing the backing of some boards today, we unearthed these ‘Covid bubble’ messages:

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Please see below for information on workshops being delivered by the Emotional Wellbeing/Support Team during terms 3 & 4. More information on each of these workshops, and links to register, can be found on our letters sent home page of the website- use the filter box to look for 'parent workshops' https://www.damejanet-tkat.org/parents/letters-home

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Understanding Sleep and Autistic Children 🗓️Friday 16th January ⏰08:45am—10:30am 📍Dame Janet Primary Academy

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Book your child's All Day Breakfast for next Thursday today.

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Welcome back! We are continuing with BSL emotion signs, we hope they may help children express themselves without verbalising.

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Save the Date! TKAT schools in the area are working together to bring parents a workshop on 'Understanding your child's behaviour' in the new year. 🗓️Friday 23rd January 2026 ⏰9.30-11am 📍At Northdown Primary School, Margate. Tea and coffee available from 9.15am

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Kent Adult Education are running courses throughout January and February 2026. To book your place on one of these FREE courses, go to 🔗www.kentadulteducation.co.uk and enter the course code into the search box.

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Breakfast club will return on Tuesday 6th January! We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas! 🎅

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HoHoHo! 🎅🏻 You should have heard the squeals of excitement when Father Christmas was spotted outside the school hall during our whole school festive sing-song today! 🥰 Father Christmas managed a quick break from his duties to dash through the hall for some waves and high fives! From all of us at DJPA, we wish you the happiest Christmas. Thank you for the cards and gifts- they were all very much appreciated 💜We’ll see you all on Tuesday 6th January 🎄

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What a busy week we have had in Reception! Tuesday was a definite highlight with a fantastic class party and an excellent Nativity performance. Merry Christmas everyone🎄

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Friday 23rd January is Italian Day. Children are invited to wear colours of the Italian flag (green, white, red) They will be learning about customs and culture throughout the day.

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Congratulations to this week's times table super stars!

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Congratulations to this week's spelling super stars!

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This week's BSL sign of the week is scared. With BSL facial expression is important so make sure to match your face to the sign you are using.

@damejanetprimaryacademy

Not quite a time capsule but a blast from the past of 2020 at least… When changing the backing of some boards today, we unearthed these ‘Covid bubble’ messages:

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Welcome back! We are continuing with BSL emotion signs, we hope they may help children express themselves without verbalising.

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Breakfast club will return on Tuesday 6th January! We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas! 🎅

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What a busy week we have had in Reception! Tuesday was a definite highlight with a fantastic class party and an excellent Nativity performance. Merry Christmas everyone🎄

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Thank you to Karen & Mel (Lower) and Kayleigh & Stuart (Upper) for a lovely Christmas meal today! 🎄 Here are some photos of Upper’s Christmas meal- more photos to follow of Lower School later 🎄

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Congratulations to this week's spelling super stars! ⭐

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As part of our Enrichment curriculum Edison class made hot drinks for their adults last week. Thank you to everyone who visited us, we hope you all enjoyed being waited on and the children learnt some valuable life skills! 🫖

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Congratulations to this week's times table superstars! ⭐

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Our BSL sign of the week this week is 'hungry'!

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Thank you for your understanding this afternoon 💜 We’re feeling grateful for the Dame Janet community 💜

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A big thank you to Isaac’s family for their big donation of pre-loved toys and games. Here are some of our Year 5 children enjoying today’s donation 🤩

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