You would be forgiven for thinking that the Romans had invaded The Manor, as Year 3 became filled with splendid Gladiators, elegant Roman ladies and glorious Goddesses. The children researched the Roman belief in many Gods and Goddesses for all aspects of their life and designed Top Trump cards based on the deities’ power, strength,…
Members of The Manor’s Upper School Choir recently travelled to Waddesdon Manor to perform a collection of Christmas songs and carols. Wrapped up warm and with the scent of hot chocolate in the air, they gave two beautiful performances in ‘The Stables’ within the Waddesdon Manor grounds to crowds of parents and visitors. Whilst we…
On Saturday 25 November three Manor pupils; Evey P, Ceci B and Frankie H competed in the British Biathlon Championships in Solihull. See the photos here A biathlon consists of an 800m run and a 50m swim. It was a very cold day so the girls had to keep themselves wrapped up during their warm…
Year 1 have been continuing their learning on a very exciting topic of ‘Space’ this term and had a visit from Chris and Trev from the Satellite Applications Catapult. They came into school and talked all about satellites and why we have them, and what they do. We each made our own satellite and a…
We would like to say a big thank you to everyone who helped their Y3-6 children source stationery for the Buddy Group pencil cases. We were overwhelmed with the response. Our aim was to try to fill 48 and we filled over 70! The charities have been delighted – we sent the first half to…
At The Manor, our teachers’ Professional Development is very important to us. We recently experienced a fantastic textile workshop given by Charlotte Liddle, a textile artist and teacher trainer. Charlotte planned a very hands-on and practical session exploring textile techniques suitable for children aged 3-7. It was great to have teachers from Wootton C of…
Year 1 were very lucky to have a very special space assembly presented to them by Sophie V’s Daddy. He taught the children all about satellites. He showed them a video of satellites being built, talked about what they are for and explained the purpose of the different components. The children then had the opportunity…
Our Reception children enjoyed a trip to Forest School today, using our onsite grounds. Mrs Dashwood showed us all the different areas that we could explore, including the mud kitchen and the fire pit. Once the children had time to make lots of new discoveries in Forest School, they learnt how to light a piece…
In our Early Years assembly last week we learnt all about how to clean our teeth! Mrs McConnell explained all about the best way to keep our teeth shiny and white. We watched a video clip of children visiting the dentist and learnt about what a dentist does and how they help us. At the…
Mr Heyworth, our Headmaster of over 11 years is retiring at Christmas. To start his celebrations we organised a very special surprise day. All the children and staff arrived at The Manor in their golf attire, ready for a day of fun. Each class went out onto the school field in turn to play a…
