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Year 6 trip to The Globe and The Tate Modern

29th February 2016

Arriving at Shakespeare’s Globe, we were struck by how small it is compared to the modern buildings all around. Our tour guides took us into the auditorium, bringing to life the theatre of Shakespeare’s time, from the “penny stinkers” watching in the pit, to the grandest lords and ladies in the painted boxes nearest to…

Reception at Farmer Gow's

24th February 2016

This week the Reception classes visited Farmer Gow’s Activity Farm. See the photos here It was a bright and sunny day and the children enjoyed feeding the sheep, pigs and goats. We carefully collected the eggs and hunted for treasure in the hay bales. A great day was had by all.

The Manor's 'Big Sing'

24th February 2016

The new half term started melodiously with The Manor’s ‘Big Sing’ House event on Monday! From a super shortlist provided by  Mrs Woodall at the end of last term, each House chose a song to perform to Mr Heyworth and special guest ‘judge’ Mrs Pughsley. The Houses had practised and honed both singing and movements…

Festival de Français

12th February 2016

On Friday 12 February, 4S took part in Chandlings’ ‘Festival de Français’. Eleven other schools presented some short plays, songs and sketches in a lovely non-competitive celebration of the French language. Our girls performed three songs and their scene from ‘On va à Paris’ (which was part of our French Assembly in the Autumn Term)….

Love Languages

11th February 2016

On Wednesday 10 February, six Year 6 girls, Madame Spikes and Mrs Bicarregui went to The School of St Helen’s and St Katharine’s for their ‘Love Languages’ competition. It was a ‘live competition’ and was to celebrate the linguistic skills of our learners in a fun way. The theme for the competition this year was…

Learning about the Arctic Circle

10th February 2016

This week, Year 1 were excited to welcome the Arctic explorer Mr Jim Wilkinson to The Manor. Year 1 have been learning about the Arctic Circle and many of the animal inhabitants of the frozen tundra. The children had written questions to ask Mr Wilkinson. They enjoyed seeing photographs of his trip and learning what…

Young Art Oxford 2016

10th February 2016

The whole school has been having great fun creating artwork for the Young Art Oxford Competition 2016. The theme this year was ‘What Makes Me Laugh’ and the team of school selectors (including Mr Heyworth) had a wonderful chuckle as they chose work for entry. We all agreed the standard was very high and, as…

Visit from Olympic Bronze Medallist

8th February 2016

The hairs on the back of every neck were standing firmly on end as we watched the video of Chloe Rogers stroking home the most significant goal of her career. This was an assembly to remember and set the tone for what was to be an inspirational day of hockey coaching from the Olympic bronze…

A Squash Extravaganza for Year 4

27th January 2016

Year 4 had the pleasure of meeting Ben Rosec, the head coach of Abingdon Squash Club who has great enthusiasm for the sport. The girls learnt how to control the ball with some hand-eye coordination drills, some shuttle runs to prove how fit squash makes you and some pop up walls, to get the feel…

Super Science and Interesting India

25th January 2016

Year 2 have made a vibrant start to our Indian topic this term, linked to some fantastic Science learning. This term began with Indian food tasting, encouraging the children to try many different foods including fruits – mango, papaya and guava, pilau rice, chapatti and dhal – yummy! This week we have discussed the importance…

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