The whole school took part in a Carnival parade to cap off a wonderful Creative Arts week on Friday 26 May. Dressed in homemade headdresses and masks, the children produced a display of colour as parents and guardians watched the parade pass by. The Kestrels class created the theme music

This week the children have enjoyed a range of activities linked to the theme 'Carnival', including Samba drumming, Samba dancing and designing and creating carnival costumes ready for the carnival parade on Friday afternoon. The children had the opportunity to contribute to a whole school C

The first group of Y6 children took part in this session this morning. Children were taught emergency life skills including basic life support, how to use an automated external defibrillator, how to put someone into the recovery position and the management of choking. They also watched a film concen

Today it was the turn of Year 6 students to take a tour of Blenheim Palace, learning how it was used during World War II. During the trip, the children worked out hidden clues to crack a code as well as enjoying a tour of the Churchill exhibition. The day also included a guided tou

To embed learning about Judaism, children visited the Synagogue in Oxford to hear about Jewish lifestyles, worship and places of worship.

Year 5 students toured around the grounds of Blenheim Palace today learning how it was used during World War II. During the trip, the children worked out hidden clues to crack a code as well as enjoying a tour of the Churchill exhibition. The day also included a guided tour of the Palace'

Children have made a start on this term's DT project, which involves designing an alarm system to protect valuable artwork at Blenheim Palace.

Y6 children have been arriving in school early this week for a run and breakfast before their assessments. They should feel very proud of their hard work and the support they have shown to one another. They enjoyed relaxing with games and a picnic once they were finished.

Today across the school we have been learning about and celebrating the King's Coronation. We have  taken part in a variety of activities from dressing up, having a feast, making bunting, decorating our classrooms, listening to classical music, designing and making crowns and even

Local artist Rod Craig came to visit to show us how to use watercolours effectively.

We have started celebrating King Charles III's Coronation this weekend with a whole school picnic on the field. We had a wonderful time together eating our picnic and playing in the sunshine. We are also following a dressing up theme of red, white and blue or a King, Queen, Prince or Pri

The children thoroughly enjoyed visiting Blenheim Palace to view the coronation exhibition. We learnt of the close royal connections with the British Royal Family as well as looking at unseen artefacts of crowns, coronets, robes and photo albums. We also had a wonderful time exploring the new advent

Year 5 and 6 students got to grips with their new topic War and Peace on Tuesday 25 April with a full day of World War Two related activities. The children were put through their military paces in a series of team building activities, tasked with baking potato cookies and challenged to 

This week, we enjoyed welcoming Professor Rebecca Nicholls back into school to talk to us about her job as a scientist.  Key Stage One enjoyed learning how scientists use microscopes in their jobs and Key Stage Two enjoyed testing hardness of substances and observing scientific experiments usi

In D.T the children have been designing, making and evaluating an ancient Egyptian Shaduf with a working lever. The children have enjoyed making prototypes, before moving onto making the real product.  Children enjoyed improving skills such as measuring, sawing, drilling and using a g

To enrich our Amazon Adventure topic work, we visited the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford. Children used objects to build up a picture of what life was like for the Maya people living in the Classic period AD300-900 and to see how traditions and skills continue today. The visit included a fun hand

To celebrate International Day of Mathematics, we learned about game theory and played some mathematical board and card games.

Children in Year 5 enjoyed preparing for World Day of Prayer last week, when we were visited by representatives from the 4 churches in Woodstock. They enjoyed decorating biscuits, making lanterns and flowers and creating dragons to represent Taiwan which was the focus for this year's prayers. To

Children today have enjoyed celebrating World Book Day 2023! Across the school, from Nursery to Year 6, there has been lots of book talk, sharing and enthusiasm for reading. We had a visit from Merle from the Woodstock Bookshop, who helped children to select their special £1 WBD books. St

At the end of last term, children took part in various activities throughout the week to further enhance our school’s work on promoting positive mental health and wellbeing.  Children took part in a ‘Wellbeing in the Woods’ session – where they explored activities in the

The children have been learning how to stay safe online. We have discussed the SMART rules. Safe (Keeping our details private), Meeting (Not meeting up with strangers), Accept (Not accepting messages or invites from strangers), Reliable (Not everything you see online is true), Tell (Tell an adu

Today, Year 5&6 children visited the Living Rainforest near Newbury, touring around two different zones.  The children experienced humid conditions as they sketched a range of different animals and typical rainforest plants.  Guides then gave the groups a tour, providing det

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.