Chamber Choir took to the stage at Rye St Antony School on Saturday 3 February to compete in the Oxford Music Festival. They sang their two pieces, “For the Beauty of the Earth” and “It Don’t Mean a Thing” with fantastic musicality and gusto and they impressed the adjudicator so much that he awarded them…
What can you do with a cardboard box? Year 2 showed us exactly what you can do with a cardboard box … and your imagination! We sailed the seven seas on a pirate ship surrounded by sharks with a sweet tooth, explored the pyramids to search for ancient treasure, climbed a mountain to play hide…
On Thursday 8 February, The Manor was invited to take part in the biannual ‘Festival de Français’ at Chandlings. The children in Year 4, dressed in the colours of the French flag, performed a song called ‘La Chanson du Non-Sens’, which was all about phonics in French, and our three bilingual pupils recited a French…
Once again the Senior Leadership Team took on the important task of selecting a shortlist of pupils’ artwork to enter into Young Art Oxford 2018. It seems to get harder each year as all the entries were of an incredibly high standard. We have a fantastic range of work in our shortlist of 88 individual…
As part of our personal safety learning, Year 3 have enjoyed actively taking part in real life scenarios on our trip to The Safety Centre, ‘Hazard Alley’, Milton Keynes. One of the key experiences for the children was to make a 999 call (to an on-site operator). This was from a phone box without adult…
Firstly may I take this opportunity to wish you all a very Happy New Year! I hope that you have had a wonderful Christmas break and that you, and your children, are ready for a new term full of all the excitement that awaits. It was lovely to have had the opportunity to meet many…
We had a great Reception play time yesterday. Our new grass area was ready for us to explore! Miss Evans opened the gate so we could play. We put our Wellies on and went to see what we could find in the trees. We found twigs and built up a bonfire and also ran down…
The Manor children have been working hard across their Religious Studies lessons this term, with some new interactive and creative approaches. Please enjoy reading our highlights from the Prep Department. See the photos here In Year 3 pupils have explored the topic of ‘Symbols’, discussing examples found in the world around them, within Christianity and…
Year 2 enjoyed a wonderful afternoon with the Oxfordshire Fire Brigade recently. See the photos here They taught us how to stay safe in our homes and we learnt about the special equipment that Firefighters use. The Firefighters dressed Mrs Gower up in their uniform including breathing apparatus – it was very big and…
It was a wonderful week of Nativities last week at The Manor Prep, starting with Pre-Nursery and Nursery performing “The Snowflake’s Wish” – a world premiére written by Mrs Belcher and Mrs Shaw, where even our youngest children of 2 years old remembered all the words to some wonderful songs they had been learning. Please…
