On Friday 2 October children across Year 3 & 4 enjoyed listening to the traditional European tale - Stone Soup. We used this tale to inspire our art and DT activity for the day.  Children learnt about how pencils are classified and developed their sketching and observational skills and t

Today we took part in many outdoor activities such as: Tree identification, Andy Goldsworthy Art, Forest School and an Insect Hunt.   

Children at Woodstock Primary School enjoy a broad range of engaging music activities. Beginning in Reception, children have the opportunity to explore musical instruments in their rich continuous provision. As part of weekly music lessons in KS1, recorder lessons were introduced and soon becam

We have been celebrating World Ocean Day today in school and at home.  Please share with us any pictures you have of any work you have done to the office.  Office@woodstock.oxon.sch.uk About Wrold Ocean Day: After the success of Blue Planet 2 and with mainstream conversation about cl

As in previous years we will be holding our annual Culture and Creative Arts Week this week, 18-21 May – only this year it will be a virtual programme. An assortment of art classes and activities to get involved with each day, both individually and as a family are available on the Homepage

Thank you for sending us your rainbow pictures to spread al little happiness around our school community - they look fantastic.  Keep sending us your pictures! 

Friday 8 May 2020 marks 75 years since Nazi Germany's formal surrender at the end of the Second World War.  On VE (Victory in Europe) Day in 1945, millions took to the streets to celebrate peace after years of devastating war.  Whilst this isn't possible in the normal ways we

This week it would be great to see some of the fun and exciting things you have been up to.  We have been hearing about many different and creative ways you have been keeping busy during this time. We would love to see them and share your ideas with our whole school community. As always

Our English lead Mrs Isherwood thought it would be a great opportunity to take part in this year's World Book Night, which is a national celebration of reading and books that takes place on 23 April every year. Up and down the country schools are celebrating the difference that reading

We would love to see your pictures of signs of 'Spring' this week. It may be blossom or new shoots in your garden; it maybe from a walk you take.  Be creative as you like - anything that reminds us the Spring has well and truly sprung, please send your pictures to the office:  offi

Following on from our Rainbow themed pictures last week, we would love for you to submit pictures of your favourite Teddy Bears in your windows for the school community to look out for when they are taking a walk.  We are going on a Woodstock CE Primary School Bear Hunt! Please send your pic

We heard the fantastic news that Woodstock CE Primary School has successfully achieved the Gold All Together Award (United against bullying).  The award recognises that we have evidenced our efforts to prevent and respond to bullying. All Together is innovative anti-bullying whole schoo

We have received some beautiful heart pictures that the children have been creating.  They look wonderful.  Please do send us any 'heart art' that you create to: office@woodstock.oxon.sch.uk and we will add to our gallery. Looking forward to seeing your creations.

We have received some emails from children sharing their home-learning routines, ideas and tips.  If you have anything you would like to share with the school community and beyond then please send your pictures to office@woodstock.oxon.sch.uk and we can post them here. A few lovely ideas fro

WHAT YOUR MONEY DOES When you donate to Comic Relief or Sport Relief, you’re supporting people living incredibly tough lives in the UK and around the world. Whether it’s mental health, homelessness, domestic abuse or children struggling to survive - we make it our business to reach

This year's Science Day focussed on physics and engineering. The children were involved in a multitude of inspiring activities based on these key principles. Many thanks to our visiting team from Science Oxford, who explored rocket mice, water wheels and fairground rides using pulley systems. Th

On Science Day, Reception had the opportunity to explore different experiments with water linking to our topic Splish, Splash, Splosh! There was Mixing Impossible, Frozen Frenzy, Mini Volcano, Deep Sea Rescue, Colour Changing Celery and Dancing Raisins. The children all made some brilliant a

World Book Day is a registered charity on a mission to give every child and young person a book of their own. It’s also a celebration of authors, illustrators, books and (most importantly) it’s a celebration of reading. In fact, it’s the biggest celebration of its kind, design

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Today Year 1 pupils took part in a dance event at Marlborough School. The children were taught different dance routines by some of Marlborough's talented sports leaders. 

KS1 had a fantastic day exploring Warwick Castle. The children learnt about different areas of the castle and found out what life was like during the medieval times.  

It was wonderful to officially welcome our new vicar, Jeremy. He had the opportunity to visit the children in their classrooms and in the Friday celebration assembly. We were all very excited to meet, Jeremy and are all looking forward to building a strong relationship with our new member of ou

Zimbabwe It was back in 2012 – eight years ago – that Zimbabwe was invited to prepare the 2020 World Day of Prayer. At that time, the country was facing many challenges. Since then, Zimbabwe has gone through many changes notably the ousting of Robert Mugabe. But the new dawn that s

1 in 5 children in the UK have suffered abuse or neglect1. That’s why, across the UK, Channel Islands and Isle of Man, our NSPCC VISITORS are working to protect children today and prevent abuse from happening tomorrow. But they can’t reach every child without our student&rsq

In Sewing Bee this term, the children have been working exceptionally hard to develop and perfect their sewing skills. They have been hand-sewing and machine-sewing to create something special. 

Mrs. Beaver “brought unexpectedly out of the oven a great and gloriously sticky marmalade roll, steaming hot.”  All in one baking method Children had lots of fun reading and following a recipe this week to recreate the marmalade roll that Mrs Beaver made in 'The

During our Launch Day, earlier in the term, children learnt more about The Inklings and participated in fieldwork to support our topic focus.  The walking tour, delivered by The Story Museum, gave children the chance to see the inspiration behind ‘The Lion, The Witch and The Wardr

In Reception Trudy has been busy cooking with children in small groups. Our cooking has fitted our 'Once Upon a Rhyme' theme this term. The children made shortbread shoe biscuits for 'The Eleves and the Shoemaker', gingerbread men to link with 'The Gingerbread Man' and o

Safer Internet Day is designed to empower young people to take control of their digital lives. For 2020 we are putting the focus on online identity and asking young people to consider whether they and their peers are truly free to be themselves online.

KS1 have had an exciting day dressing up as kings, queens, princes, princesses, knights, and many other castle characters. We have learnt some new dances, cooked rolls in preparation for a feast and designed our own shields. We are looking forward to our visit to Warwick Castle later in th

In Reception we all really enjoyed learning about China for our Big Question: 'Are stories a reliable source of information for a country and its culture.' In our PE lessons we created our own dragon dance and performed music with percussion instruments.

Today the children blasted off out of the atmosphere to explore all things space related. We looked at the rocket artwork of Peter Thorne, a current artist who has inspired other with his abstract rockets. 

The school community gathered together at St. Mary Magdalen church to sing festive and traditional carols. It was a truly wonderful service, led by the children. 

“The greatest sign of success for a teacher is to be able to say, ‘The children are now working as if I did not exist.” -Maria Montessori Throughout the year we learn from the inspiring work of others. Our aspirational speakers inspire our young learners to think about where

Children in Woodpecker's Class worked with Mrs Poole to create their own artwork inspired by the artist Eric Joyner.  His artwork focuses on a 'Robot' theme which links with the work we have been doing through the study of the Iron Man by Ted Hughes. The children used a range of

What a fabulous morning with Pudsey! Get together. Raise money. Change lives! When people, passions and post codes unite, great things happen. Visit the official ‘Children in Need ‘ website to see how the nation is raising money for great causes. Well done, Woodstock for donating yo