Year 5 recently had the opportunity to visit Roche Court near Salisbury. This wonderful sculpture park is positioned on the side of a gentle valley in the middle of rolling countryside. Not only did the children have around 60 amazing sculptures to contemplate but the curation of these works also drew their eye to the…
Our Manor Arts Council were extremely lucky today to spend an hour with Julia Roderick. Not only is she The Director of Participation at The City of London Sinfonia but also a Manor Prep old girl! Julia clearly loves her job, which involves working in The Arts, promoting the CLS, and quickly enthused our pupils…
On Wednesday 7 June, it was Year 2’s turn to discover a snack with a difference: the French ‘Goûter’ (or French Tea)! Mrs Bicarregui had prepared small sections of baguettes filled with squares of chocolate, a traditional French snack young children have in France for their afternoon tea when they come home from school. This…
On Wednesday 24 May, Year 1 children discovered a snack with a difference: the French ‘Goûter’ (or French Tea)! Mrs Bicarregui had prepared small sections of baguettes filled with squares of chocolate, a traditional French snack young children have in France for their afternoon tea when they come home from school. This was of course…
The children are in groups in maths lessons and are designing cookies to package, cost and sell. They started by choosing a section of the school as their target audience: EYFS, Years 1 and 2, Years 3 and 4, Years 5 and 6 or staff. They then designed and carried out a questionnaire to find…
On Saturday 20th May, the double county champion swimmers travelled to Guildford to compete in the ESSA Regional finals – the day they returned from their Year 6 residential trip to France! Our team competed in two races; the medley and freestyle relay. Getting the medley out of the way, they came 4th in their…
The Manor Preparatory School in Abingdon has just received its Inspection Reports from the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI). We are delighted to announce that the news could not have been better – every area of school life received the highest possible rating of ‘excellent’ confirming the exceptional academic and personal development of every pupil…
See the photos here (more to follow soon!) Friday 19 May We have safely arrived on the Isle of Wight after a very smooth journey. We had a picnic on the beach at Alum Bay in the sunshine with an excellent view of The Needles and then took the coach to Little Canada where we…
Keep checking back for updates from the Year 6’s in France. See the photos here Tuesday 16 May – Bonjour les parents! We are having a fantastic time in France. After our first authentic ‘petit déjeuner’, we have started our morning of activities in glorious French weather – canoeing for some, abseiling and fencing for others….
I was amazed when I found out that my artwork had been awarded third place in the young art Oxford competition at the Ashmolean Museum. See some of the photos here There was a prize giving on the 4th May and I went with my parents, sister and grandparents who had driven down from Scotland….
