On Tuesday 27th February, 4 girls from Year 5 spent the afternoon taking part in the Maths Challenge held at Cranford House School. It was a brilliant afternoon with lots of challenging Maths tasks. Working in pairs, the Year 5 mathematicians worked through six problems lasting eight minutes each. The activities during the event involved…
At the start of their journey, our IAPS Netball team competed in the Eagle House Netball Tournament designed especially for those schools entered into IAPS Netball. Following an undefeated season so far, we knew that these teams would be our biggest challenge to date. The team, of course, showcased great skill but also came up…
On a very cold but very sunny Saturday morning, the children were really excited to play in their very first netball tournament. The team, made up of 8 children, played five matches in the first round, winning some and losing some. In the second round, they played off for the Plate and after a mix…
Year 6 travelled to Stratford-Upon-Avon this week to enjoy a two day visit to the home of the Bard. See the photos here Successful visits to Shakespeare’s birth place and Anne Hathaway’s cottage gave us great insight into life in Elizabethan times and complemented our English work beautifully. Excellent workshops allowed us to present a…
The children in the Early Years have had a really exciting week celebrating Chinese New Year. The children have decorated the classroom with lots of lovely brightly coloured decorations and a Chinese Restaurant! On Monday the week started with a special visitor called Ling who talked to Early Years and Years 1 and 2 about…
Early Years were excited recently to have a visit from vet and Manor Parent, Mr Balta. He brought with him some very exciting friends, there was Doug the Pug, George the giant tortoise, Oliver the rabbit and Snail the giant African snail. See the photos here We learnt all about what the animals eat and…
Chamber Choir took to the stage at Rye St Antony School on Saturday 3 February to compete in the Oxford Music Festival. They sang their two pieces, “For the Beauty of the Earth” and “It Don’t Mean a Thing” with fantastic musicality and gusto and they impressed the adjudicator so much that he awarded them…
What can you do with a cardboard box? Year 2 showed us exactly what you can do with a cardboard box … and your imagination! We sailed the seven seas on a pirate ship surrounded by sharks with a sweet tooth, explored the pyramids to search for ancient treasure, climbed a mountain to play hide…
On Thursday 8 February, The Manor was invited to take part in the biannual ‘Festival de Français’ at Chandlings. The children in Year 4, dressed in the colours of the French flag, performed a song called ‘La Chanson du Non-Sens’, which was all about phonics in French, and our three bilingual pupils recited a French…
Once again the Senior Leadership Team took on the important task of selecting a shortlist of pupils’ artwork to enter into Young Art Oxford 2018. It seems to get harder each year as all the entries were of an incredibly high standard. We have a fantastic range of work in our shortlist of 88 individual…
