The summer term has brought a new sport to the Manor in cricket. Children in years 1 to 6 experienced a fabulous day skills of and games with Manor PE staff and ex-England women’s cricket captain, Charlotte Edwards. The day focused on introducing batting and bowling techniques and helping the children develop an understanding…
At the end of the Spring Term, we were treated to the annual Manor Concert, performed by the children in Years 3-6. See the photos here See the videos here It was a true musical spectacular with a huge variety of pieces, from Handel to the Spice Girls and the talent which the children showed…
On Friday 16th March, the Year 2 boys headed over to the Oratory Prep school for a fun Football Festival Afternoon. The Manor entered two teams and was placed in two separate pools. The boys relished the opportunity to demonstrate the skills and techniques they have been learning in their games lessons and Football Club…
On Saturday, we took 5 pupils to Prestwold Hall to join up with other children from Oxfordshire where they represented their County in the National Cross Country Championships. This was the first year that Oxfordshire had taken part in these Championships. Ceci B and Sophia H ran for Year 5 and Evey P, Issy I…
Saturday 17 March saw 8 Manor children brave the cold conditions to compete in the British Schools’ Biathlon Championships at Crystal Palace. “The Beast from the East” brought arctic conditions with the snow coming down horizontally (not pleasant along the back straight of the running track as the snow blew straight into their faces!) However,…
Year 2 recently celebrated India Day. We dressed in traditional Indian costumes, the colours of the Indian flag and we even had a few Indian tigers! See the photos here The children had a selection of Indian food to taste and the mango chutney and poppadums were very popular. We learnt about Bollywood dancing and…
There were wonderful performances from the Poetry Festival this year and all the children who took part did themselves proud. See the photos here It is extraordinary that every child in the school learns a nursery rhyme or poem off by heart, lines that they may remember for the rest of their lives! The Early…
Following our qualification at the regional round on Wednesday 7 March, The Manor IAPS Netball team could not wait to compete in the National Finals, and luckily they didn’t have to wait very long at all, as it took place just two days later, on Friday 9 March in Basildon. They had 9 games to…
At the beginning of the week Year 6 enjoyed their surprise Forensics Day. The children became Crime Scene Investigators and solved the shocking crime of stolen DT equipment here at The Manor. To see all the photos, click here We were delighted to welcome the team from Explorer Dome to The Manor on Thursday. All…
After this event had been rearranged not once but twice due to the snow, this was third time lucky for what turned out to be a fantastic day of netball at the Regional Round. The Manor convincingly won all six of their games in the pool round accumulating a total of 31 Goals and only…
