On Saturday 7th December, our school choir of over 20 pupils joined the church choir to perform Christmas carols at the Combe Mill Christmas Market. Lucky shoppers were treated to brilliant singing from all. Well done everyone!
On Friday 6th December, FoCS took over the Reading Room to host the Christmas Lights Event. The evening began with Bazaar stalls, Children’s Christmas crafts, reindeer rides (well, a donkey wearing antlers) and Santa’s grotto. There was a range of … Continued
The Green Club worked hard to prepare eco-friendly gifts for their stall at the Christmas Lights event. They produced sell-out bath bombs, bird feeders using old teacups, Christmas tree decorations, and many other wonderful gift ideas. The children did an … Continued
Swallows Class spent the day at the Samba workshop, where they learned about this traditional style of Brazilian music. They experimented with a whole range of instruments: tamborims, maracas, agogo bells, pandeiros, and the huge surdo drums. As well as practising … Continued
Today we held our first Showcase event of the year, where parents were invited to share this term’s learning with their children. It was wonderful to see such a great representation. The children enjoyed sharing their ‘Funnybones’ dance, which they … Continued
Year 3 and 4 enjoyed a day of African Drumming with Richard from World Beats Music. They developed an understanding of the history of African drumming and learnt that drumming can be a form of communication. They finished the day … Continued
On Friday 8th November, an Artist, Neil Wood, worked with some of the children to create relief sculptures. They used the process of mould-making and casting to produce original designs in clay. The designs were then cast in plaster of … Continued
All the children have made a great start to their new year of regular Forest School activities. It’s been lovely to see how the children have really started to think about what they want to get out of our sessions … Continued
Today saw the completion of our pupil Half Marathon in the form of the Oxford Schools Challenge. This term the whole school have run 12 miles then the final 1.1 mile run took place in Oxford as part of the … Continued
Our spirits for the first Year 1 and 2 Welly Wednesday of this academic year were not dampened by the weather, although the rain did change plans for the day somewhat. However, this certainly was not at a detriment to … Continued