We celebrated Harvest Festival at the Manor with a service led by our school chaplain, Rev Pete Wilkinson. Each of our classes from Nursery to Y6 shared a song to celebrate Harvest where parents were invited to join in with a more traditional hymn. There were many very generous donations of food, toiletries and household…
This week saw great excitement at The Manor as we immersed ourselves into everything Kenya for Culture Day. See the photos here We started the day with our special guests, The Osiligi Maasai Warriors, joining us for assembly. They shared with us a little taste of their culture, including singing, dancing and even hunting a…
Pre-Nursery enjoyed their own safari hunt today. We started our journey with the Early Years children at The Manor. We followed the animal pictures all the way around the school and then onto field. We continued our trip into town to see what other zoo animals we could find lurking in the streets of Abingdon!…
The River Pang trip is always enjoyed by our Year 5 children and when we woke to beautiful blue skies we knew it would be a great day, which did not disappoint! See the photos here When we arrived at the River Pang, the children were split into 4 groups and headed off to enjoy…
Back in July, the Reception children planted some pumpkin seeds in their garden. They have been cared for all summer and the children in class RE have taken over looking after them – and just look how much they have grown! We’re looking forward to picking them in a few weeks. Miss Rebecca Evans Reception…
Pre-Nursery have had a busy time learning about their topic ‘The World Around Us’. See the photos here At the start of the week, The Manor’s Minibus Driver, Mr O’Neill, brought three adorable five week old kittens in for us to hold and to learn about caring for them. At the end of the week,…
The Year 1 pirates boarded the ship at the start of their pirate day. See the photos here The crew quickly got busy trying out different pirate tasks and activities, making dice, flags, draw-string bags for their gold, ink for map making, eye patches and remedies. They also performed vital tasks such as scrubbing the…
Pre-Nursery had an amazing time when they walked into Abingdon this week. The children saw and experienced so many things, all on one outing. They asked lots of questions about their surroundings in order to further their knowledge and worked well together to problem solve when Henry needed help to find the correct shade of…
All the staff and children in Pre-Nursery would like to send a huge thank you to Olive’s mummy for making a wonderful new mast for our pirate ship and transforming our role play climbing frame. The children have been thoroughly enjoying playing on their refurbished equipment at playtime. Thank you! The Pre-Nursery Team
At pre-season netball before the start of the Autumn Term, 30 children from Years 4 to 6 had the fantastic opportunity of being coached by Amanda Newton, former England Netball player and current London Pulse coach. The children were treated to her expertise through a wide variety of different skills including timing to release the…
