It was with much excitement that we climbed aboard the coach to Bournemouth this morning. By the time we reached the M3 we had alleged sightings of the sea. It was actually Miss Horner who spotted the sea first. An … Continued
Swallows Class had a fantastic time on their 4-night residential visit to Glasbury. Here are some comments from the children: “I really enjoyed the canoeing because I liked learning about how you turn the paddle to go left and … Continued
Year 1 and 2 enjoyed a creative Forest School session in Peagle Woods on Thursday 16th May. Miss Stalder led this outdoor session with a maths session on positional and directional language. Following this, the children enjoyed rereading ‘The Lighthouse … Continued
Whilst Year 5 went into Oxford for Ascension Day, Year 6 spent a wonderful afternoon down at Forest School. With not long before they head off to secondary school, they were very excited to spend some time together. Our first … Continued
Swallows Class absolutely adored their poetry workshop with poet Kate Wakeling. We investigated the poetic potential of the garden pea, dived into famous paintings to create prose poems and performed what we wrote. The children gave brilliant and thoughtful feedback … Continued
Year 1 and Year 2 enjoyed a seaside themed musical day during our Music Workshop, run by the talented Jo. All children enjoyed the opportunity to explore and use a variety of percussion instruments. Moreover, new learning came in the … Continued
On 15 May the School Choir joined the grown-up Church Choir for Evensong at Combe Church. Together they performed a by German composer Thomas Gabriel (b. 1957), combining the 7th century Latin hymn “Te lucis ante terminum” (To thee, before … Continued
Swallows Class began the day with a scavenger hunt around Oxford: plenty of book shops, lots of museums, some glorious architecture and one of the largest libraries in Britain. Next, we explored the Ashmolean Museum’s Egyptian exhibition. We enjoyed finding … Continued
We started at the Natural History Museum, which was huge. We walked through a mysterious corridor with dinosaur skeletons and rocks. We then went through a door and straight into the Pitt Rivers Museum. Our tour guide, Becka, told us … Continued
