The father of two Manor pupils, recently went on a flying adventure and took our very own Manor Ted along for the ride! Mr Woodeson restored a DC3 Dakota and flew it from UK to India to return it to the Indian Airforce. Along the journey, Manor Ted and his aircrew visited France, Italy, Greece,…
Miss Evans’ class had a great adventure at Forest School this week. It was a stormy day and whilst dodging the showers we were able to enjoy our hot chocolate under the shelter. We discovered lots of interesting slugs, snails and even a frog! We made bridges over the mud and found different ways to…
The summer term has brought a new sport to the Manor in cricket. Children in years 1 to 6 experienced a fabulous day skills of and games with Manor PE staff and ex-England women’s cricket captain, Charlotte Edwards. The day focused on introducing batting and bowling techniques and helping the children develop an understanding…
At the end of the Easter break and in the glorious April heat wave, nine Year 5 children attended Wycombe Abbey’s exciting morning of competitive netball and inspirational lacrosse coaching led by England’s Lacrosse’s co-captain, Laura Merrifield. The day started with the netball tournament with 10 teams all playing each other. Our Manor children improved…
At the end of the Spring Term, we were treated to the annual Manor Concert, performed by the children in Years 3-6. See the photos here See the videos here It was a true musical spectacular with a huge variety of pieces, from Handel to the Spice Girls and the talent which the children showed…
On Friday 16th March, the Year 2 boys headed over to the Oratory Prep school for a fun Football Festival Afternoon. The Manor entered two teams and was placed in two separate pools. The boys relished the opportunity to demonstrate the skills and techniques they have been learning in their games lessons and Football Club…
On Saturday, we took 5 pupils to Prestwold Hall to join up with other children from Oxfordshire where they represented their County in the National Cross Country Championships. This was the first year that Oxfordshire had taken part in these Championships. Ceci B and Sophia H ran for Year 5 and Evey P, Issy I…
Saturday 17 March saw 8 Manor children brave the cold conditions to compete in the British Schools’ Biathlon Championships at Crystal Palace. “The Beast from the East” brought arctic conditions with the snow coming down horizontally (not pleasant along the back straight of the running track as the snow blew straight into their faces!) However,…
Year 2 recently celebrated India Day. We dressed in traditional Indian costumes, the colours of the Indian flag and we even had a few Indian tigers! See the photos here The children had a selection of Indian food to taste and the mango chutney and poppadums were very popular. We learnt about Bollywood dancing and…
There were wonderful performances from the Poetry Festival this year and all the children who took part did themselves proud. See the photos here It is extraordinary that every child in the school learns a nursery rhyme or poem off by heart, lines that they may remember for the rest of their lives! The Early…
