To launch our Tomb Raiders topic each class visited The Oxfordshire Museum in Woodstock to enjoy an Egyptian workshop. It was lovely for the children to explore Egyptian artefacts, write in hieroglyphs and problem solve to discover how to move building materials along the River Nile. In Art, w

We have been learning about foods traditionally eaten in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. We had a great time practising our baking skills to make some tasty treats. We dressed in the colours or the UK flags. 

Children and adults in the phase came to school dressed for our new theme of Amazon Adventure. It has been a busy day: we baked healthy rainforest snacks; investigated tribal face painting; researched and drew rainforest animals; and for those with PE today, created rainfore

We had lots of fun launching our topic 'Once Upon a Rhyme'. We enjoyed showing everyone our costumes and singing our nursery rhymes. We will continue to enjoy nursery rhymes and different fairy tales throughout the term. 

As part of our Field to Fork topic we made a low budget and seasonal recipe of apple crumble. The children enjoyed making the crumble from scratch and focussed on many different skills, including peeling, chopping, grating, weighing as well mastering the rubbing in method.

Thank you to families for supporting our carol service at St Mary Magdalene church. Children sang and read beautifully. We also enjoyed some wonderful instrumental performances.

To conclude our Ancient Greek work, we have been researching how the Ancient Greeks influenced the world we live in today. In DT we designed, made and evaluated water clocks, known as clepsydras "water thieves".

The children have been working really hard to sing songs and learn lines ready for our production 'The King is Born' this Christmas. We are really proud of them for trying their very best and performing in front of a live audience. 

This week children in Key Stage 1 performed their nativity play to their parents and family. It was magical! The children performed so well and had wonderful singing voices. A few tears shed by the grown ups who looked very proud of all the children.

Reception had a fantastic time at the pantomime in Chipping Norton. Dick Whittington was a wonderful plot, and we followed the story carefully. We enjoyed being squirted by water and singing along. The coach journey was a highlight too!

All classes visited walked to the Oxfordshire Museum in Woodstock this week to take part in 'Cheering on the Greeks' workshops. Children re-enacted the Ancient Olympic Games and made clay discuses. The museum staff were very impressed with the children's knowledge on this topic!

It has been an absolute pleasure to welcome so many of our parent community into school to attend the open events - I am sure you have thoroughly enjoyed spending time with your children, sharing their learning and talking about the key areas of the curriculum they have been finding out&nb

KS2 enjoyed an exciting STEM talk today from two Design Engineers from Owen Mumford in Woodstock. Owen Mumford is a global leader in medical device design and manufacture. The children heard all about the life as a medical engineer and the skills needed to fulfil such a job.  The highligh

Today we had a visit from Ben, our local PCSO. He discussed the emergency services, how they can be contacted and steps children should take to keep themselves safe in the wider world.    

The first group of Year 6 children braved the wet weather to participate in Bikeability training today. Bikeability is the government's national cycle training programme. It helps children to understand how to cycle on today's roads and aims gives them the confidence to cycle and enjoy

The whole school visited the church to celebrate the harvest. Children from each class shared facts and readings linked to the sharing and giving of food at this special time of year. We also sang some exciting harvest songs. We would like to thank everyone for their kind contributions that have hel

Year 6 took part in the Junior Citizens Trust safety event at Rewley Road Fire Station in Oxford. During their two-hour visit all children experienced eight different safety scenarios, and each child was given the opportunity to practise making a 999-telephone call. The interactive learning ses

Years 3&4 visited the church in Woodstock, St. Mary Magdalene's to support their RE learning of Christianity by finding out more about baptism and Holy Communion. The session was led by Rector Jeremy Auld who went through both services with the children so that they could see what it is like

In Reception, we had a wonderful visit from PCSO Helen Duffield. She told us all about her job and showed us her police truck! 

KS1 have been on an adventure to Blenheim to spot signs of Autumn. We have been learning about seasons and weather in Science this term. We had a wonderful day exploring the grounds, receiving a talk from a beekeeper and practising our observational drawing skills. The children were e

The Year 3 children walked to the walled garden at Blenheim Palace to take part in Autumn Fest. They took part in three activities: making Blenheim Bees, becoming vegetable garden detectives and being educated and entertained by the 'Bug Theatre'. The children also took part in hobby horse r

The Year 4 children walked to the walled garden at Blenheim Palace to take part in Autumn Fest. They took part in three activities: painting autumn leave using natural paint, becoming vegetable garden detectives and being educated and entertained by the 'Bug Theatre'. The children also took

Year 3 children have visited Woodstock Library this morning. Children explored The Great Big Green Week exhibition, explored how to use the library and enjoyed a storytelling session in the Coach House. 

Classrooms across the school have been transformed into the countries of Europe in celebration of European Day of Languages. This morning, children in KS1 and KS2 were issued with European passports and visited 9 countries, gathering information and learning to speak new languages. We are fortunate

We all really enjoyed our visit from the veterinary nurse and asked lots of great questions. She showed us how to bandage up a dog's paw, and we had lots of fun dressing up and role-playing vets!

We had a fantastic launch day for our topic our community. We dressed up as people who help us and could talk about our roles in our town. We enjoyed role-playing different scenarios and helping our pets get better in the vet role play area.

Today, children in Year 4 visited Coleshill Organic Farm and a working Dairy Farm on the National Trust Buscot Estate to learn more about where our food comes from.  It was a fantastic day learning about growing organic fruit and vegetables that are then delivered locally to farmers m

KS1 have been learning about the artist Andy Goldsworthy. We spent the day learning about how Andy Goldsworthy creates his artwork using natural materials. We collected our own natural materials, designed our artwork and then created our very own art, using materials such as sticks, leaves

Today, children in Year 3 visited Coleshill Organic Farm and a working Dairy Farm on the National Trust Buscot Estate to learn more about where our food comes from.  It was a fantastic day learning about growing organic fruit and vegetables that are then delivered locally to farmers market

Children dressed in the Greek flag colours or ancient Greek costumes to launch our new topic. During the day, children prepared and tasted a selection of Greek dips. We linked zodiac signs to Greek mythology and wrote our names using the Greek alphabet. Taking inspiration from Greek soldiers, childr

Please see pictures from our Year 6 Summer Production which was enjoyed by everybody. Pictures courtesy of Pawel Sytniewski

Children in Years 3&4 have been researching pottery designs typical to the Roman Times to design and create our own pinch and coil pots. We looked at the skills involved with using clay, including smoothing, creating pinch holes and thinning, imprinting designs, attaching handles and decora

This was a really fun activity to celebrate the beauty of the woods. Children began by wrapping wool around their web - this was super gross motor development! After that they hunted the woods for 6 'treasures' to then add to each point of their web. The younger children used number stones t

To celebrate the end of primary school, all the Year 6 children enjoyed a Forest School session in the woods. They enjoyed cooking popcorn on the fire and then used some of the tools to create their own inspirational tree cookie. 

Children in Year 5 spent a night under canvas at the Fat Squirrel woodlands in Northleigh. They spent time exploring the woods, building dens, playing games and having lots of fun. Learning to light a fire, eating the very tasty food and singing around the campfire were highlights.

Years 3&4 have been immersed into a world of time travel. As design technologists, we have been making time travelling machines, linked with our electricity topic in Science. We have had lots of fun working together as small groups.