It has been a pleasure to welcome so many parents into school to hear more about how we teach reading. We are so appreciative of your support. A highlight for parents was the opportunity to read with their child. We will share the presentation slides on Google Classroom.

Year 3 and 4 had a wonderful day at Blenheim Palace exploring their walled and kitchen gardens today. As part of the children's Field to Fork topic, they took part in activities looking at planting, harvesting and picking as well as completing a scavenger hunt linked to our science topic abou

After researching ancient Greek architecture, children focused on the 3 forms of columns: Doric, Ionic and Corinthium. This term's art focus is on using and handling clay. The children have now started their clay journey by making their own column, inspired by the ancient Greeks. As they worked,

Perhaps you spotted the flags on our railings this morning? Children have been practising their language skills today, to celebrate the many languages spoken across the world. Within our school community we have a number of children who speak a second language, and today was the

Children walked to the Oxfordshire Museum in Woodstock for a Greek workshop. We learnt about the very first Olympic Games before taking part in a jumping competition and making clay discuses.

To support this term's curriculum theme 'Field to Fork' and our Curriculum Launch Day, the Year 3/4 phase went to Perdiswell Farm in Woodstock over two mornings. The children explored links between food and farming and gained a greater understanding of where our food comes from. Ch

As promised,  here are a few photos of the new classroom areas in Reception.  As you can see, it is a wonderfully, colourful environment. We look forward to loading up lots of new galleries over the coming weeks.

To launch our Autumn topic, many children dressed as Ancient Greeks. We prepared and sampled a range of Greek dips with pitta bread. Children worked in groups to research and present information about their Zodiac sign. We also studied the Greek alphabet and children wrote their 'Greek' name

Thank you for joining us for a wonderful sports day. 

After weeks of rehearsals, this week Year 6 performed 'Let Loose' to very appreciative audiences. Congratulations Year 6 - you were all fantastic! 

After two weeks of auditions across the school, Woodstock CE Primary School has crowned its new champion of smash hit show Woodstock's Got Talent. With six fantastic finalists to chose from for, the panel of esteemed judges, including past winner Isa, picked Rupert as their winner. Rupert

The Year 2 children arrived safely at Hill End this morning, and they have all had a wonderful time exploring the site and taking part in a range of activities. We even booked the sunshine! ☀️ Following dinner we are watching a little bit of the England match! 

Year 4 visited Chedworth Roman Villa whilst Year 3 went to the Corinium Museum.

The sun continues to shine on the Year 3/4 residential as two groups headed in different ways on Day 2. The Year 4s walked into Cirencester, passing its Roman walls, to visit the Corinium Museum - looking at Roman mosaics, playing ancient games and dressing up as Celts and Romans. The Years 3s

We have arrived safely and settled in to our accommodation for the next few days. We ate lunch at the Cirencester Amphitheatre and spent this afternoon exploring the grounds.  

On Thursday 13th June, three children collected their awards at the official award ceremony in Southampton. The Leaders Award from Primary Engineer is a National Competition that asks 'If you were an engineer what would you do?' Pupils from the ages 3-19 take part all across the U.K. All ide

Children were very happy with last night's dinner: pizza! Many of them braved the mud pits in the evening and only a few showers needed unblocking after washing off the layers of mud. In between today's activities, children have been rehearsing for this evening's talent show. Falcons:

After dinner on Tuesday evening (chicken - popular and vegetables - not so popular), we had a riverside walk to a play area beyond the Frontier Centre boundary. All the children slept well and have had a very busy day. We celebrated another birthday, so plenty of excitement! Red Ki

On Monday evening we had pasta for dinner, then the children enjoyed the bouncy castle and inflatable slide. After a good night's sleep, this morning Red Kites went mountain biking and Kestrels went climbing, while Falcons braved the high ropes and zip-wire. This afternoon it was the t

We arrived at Frontier Centre for lunch, then made beds (which took a while!) and unpacked. This afternoon, Red Kites tried archery, Falcons went kayaking and Kestrels built (and tested) rafts. We are looking forward to our first meal in the dining hall and the bouncy castle this evening. 

As part of their 'Going Global' curriculum enrichment, children in Years 5 & 6 visited Westmill Windfarm to see renewable energy sources in action: wind turbines and solar panels. They measured sound levels and wind direction / speed.

Our school’s main theme for this year’s Arts Week is based on the idea of “Shining Lights” and the many interpretations associated with this, whilst also emphasising our sub-heading - making “Connections”. Across the school, we have celebrated Arts Week by en

Children in Year 6 spent the morning in Blenheim Park. They had a wonderful time and enjoyed the opportunity to relax after a busy week. We are extremely proud of the positive attitude displayed by all Year 6 children this week, and how supportive and kind they have been to one anothe

Today, Professor Rebecca Nicholls came to visit each phase to deliver a Science session. We enjoyed listening to talks about materials, including the properties of iron and learning about elements in the earth's crust. We even got to handle some amazing fossils and crystals!

Today we have launched into our new topic 'Fighting Fit'. We took part in many exciting activities such as; learning about the Olympic Games, exploring healthy eating and participated in a circuit training session to keep fit. 

Children visited the Oxford Museum of Natural History for a fascinating evolution workshop and a self-guided tour of the museum. It was a brilliant way to revisit and embed our science learning from this half-term.

This term, children in Y5/6 have been researching models that use cams to make them move. Children worked in groups to design their own moving cam model, with a space theme. Today we were ready to make and evaluate the models. Children reported that they particularly enjoyed using ham

As we are now an NRICH problem-solving school, we have been celebrating International Day Of Mathematics with a range of collaborative problem-solving activities.

This week we have been celebrating British Science Week with a focus on Engineering. We have been lucky enough to have two Engineering assemblies this week , a team from Owen Mumford and also Airbus Helicopters. The children have been working on inventions to solve problems and have come up with som

Reading for pleasure, amazing outfits and an overall celebration of books. It was an exciting day! It was lovely to see the children arriving at school ready to celebrate reading. We enjoyed an early morning assembly where we met Merle from the Woodstock Bookshop, who shared with us some of the b

The children had a fantastic time visiting Warwick Castle. We explored the grounds, had a bow and arrow demonstration and saw the very famous trebuchet. We discussed how things have changed over time and compared the rooms to what we might see today. We learnt about castle features and the tactics b

Science Oxford's planetarium show came to Woodstock, generating awe and wonder across Y5/6. Sitting on the floor of the dome, children had a 360-degree view of the night sky, learning about the movement of the Earth, Moon and other planets, relative to the Sun in our solar

Year 3 and 4 students were transported into a magical storyland today as the Kingfishers, Woodpeckers and Nightingales visited Oxford Story Museum. The children were immersed into story portals as well as having the opportunity to explore different story-themed rooms. As part of the City of Spires t

The children spent the day dressed as their favourite castle characters. We had knights, jesters, prince, princess, kings, queens and many more. The children are excited to find out about castle life, build catapults in DT, explore a range of castle stories in English and they are especially excited

After weeks of practice, children performed in a choir of 6000 at the Birmingham Arena: the world's largest children's choir. Well done to children and staff for learning all the words and thank you to those families who were able to travel to the venue. It was a truly magical and memor

The children danced, sang, acted, played music, dressed up and had a wonderful time performing this year's nativity called 'Baubles'. The children learnt many new skills and embraced the opportunity to perform for friends and family.