We are delighted to celebrate with Year 2 pupil, Eleanor, upon winning the Oxford Reading Tree 30th Birthday Competition this summer. The competition gave children the opportunity to write their own Biff, Chip and Kipper adventure and Eleanor was one of the winners in the age 4-6 category with her story, The Baby Giraffe….
We are delighted to announce that The Manor has joined prestigious Artsmark Award. Artsmark is Arts Council England’s award for schools who champion the arts and help to celebrate the school’s embrace of the arts across the curriculum and making it come alive for pupils. In order to become an Artsmark School, Head of Art…
Year 3 recently enjoyed a trip to the Corinium Museum in Cirencester. See the photos here. We had so much fun looking around the museum at all the artefacts including a Roman Soldier, a Roman House, Mosaics, Jewellery and models of Celtic people. We enjoyed a workshop in which we were able to dress up…
Recently the children in Year 4 were treated to no ordinary school day. They all arrived to school dressed in amazing Egyptian costumes ready to enjoy Egyptian Day. See the photos here. Through storytelling, workshops and activities the children had an action packed day discovering what it was like to live in 3.000BC. A wonderful…
Year 5 enjoyed a stunning day at the River Pang and Rushell Farm on Monday. See the photos here. The sun was shining, the river was flowing and the fish were biting – as Mrs Forbes and others found out when they caught some Stickleback and even a trout in their nets! We all enjoyed…
Year 2 enjoyed a fabulously royal trip to Windsor Castle on Wednesday. See the photos here We began with a sunny walk up to the castle, through the airport-like security and into the castle gates. We looked up at the high walls and beautiful shapes created by the windows and battlements. We spotted arrow slits…
This term in Reception the children are learning about Nursery Rhymes and over the past few weeks they have been talking about Humpty Dumpty. See the photos here Miss Evans’ class recently made egg sandwiches to eat and used pretend eggs to see who could build the best wall for Humpty Dumpty. It was great…
The Year 1 pirates boarded the ship at the start of their pirate day. The crew quickly got busy trying out different pirate tasks and activities and made 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 deck, steering the…
Boing has arrived at The Manor and the children are loving it! We have teamed up with Boing Kids (in partnership with Oxford Brookes University) and launched our brand new Physical Education Curriculum for Years 1 and 2. See the photos here Tidying bedrooms, escaping the zoo and even trips to the wild…
Class RE have been enjoying the sunshine this week by visiting Forest School with both Mrs Dashwood and Mrs Gillies. See the photos here. Together they read the book ‘Leaf Man’ and then using mallets they made prints of leaves onto canvas. Miss Rebecca Evans Reception Teacher
