Having qualified at the Regional Round just a week before, our Manor IAPS U11 Netball Team were so excited to compete and represent The Manor on the ‘big stage’ of the National Netball Finals which took place this year in Basildon on Friday 10 March 2017. They, again, were in a pool of 10,…
Very many congratulations to Isabelle in Year 5 for winning a holiday for her family to Ibiza in May! Isabelle’s mother spotted the competition on the Family Traveller website and Isabelle decided to take part and write about the family’s trip to Costa Rica that summer. Her wonderfully descriptive piece completely transports you to the…
On Thursday 2 March, our U11 IAPS Netball Team took part in one of the Regional Rounds held at Queen Anne’s, Caversham for the very first time. 38 teams took part and the format for the first round consisted of 4 pools with 9 or 10 teams in each. We were in a pool of…
The annual Year 6 Forensics Day was its usual mix of exciting, crime-busting activities this year! See the photos here. The Year 6 children were surprised to arrive at school for a normal Friday morning to find that someone had taken Mr Heyworth’s car for a jaunt around the cross-country track and left it abandoned…
This year we held the Poetry Festival for Years 3 to 6 for the very first time. There was a palpable buzz of excitement in the Main Hall as the school entered and the performers sat, waiting, at the front to begin. Each child in the audience had learnt a poem off by heart themselves…
I am delighted to tell you that The Manor’s Year 6 team of Freya R-O and Bea M have won the Demosthenes Public Speaking Competition at Bradfield College this week. Speaking on the topic of ‘The Secret Lives of School Librarians’, the girls spoke confidently and were very entertaining! They triumphed against 12 other prep…
This week the children in Nursery and Reception have been reciting Nursery rhymes in front of their friends in small groups ready for a special assembly. We were delighted so many children wanted to take part and everyone supported each other. Many of the rhymes had actions, some were traditional, others more modern and some…
Year 6 had an exciting trip to London to visit the Tate Modern and The Globe Theatre. See the photos here. Our time in each of these two creative establishments was brilliant: we perused the galleries at the Tate, drawing and discussing works of interest; we were intrigued by Phillipe Parreno’s sensory installation in the…
The Manor’s Senior Leadership Team have taken on the monumental task to select a shortlist of pupils’ artwork to enter into Young Art Oxford 2017. See a selection of the entries on the Art and DT page. All of the entries were of an incredibly high standard and they have managed to narrow the shortlist…
The children in Nursery have been talking about their favourite teddy bears and have been bringing their bears in from home for a visit to Nursery! Mr Heyworth came to see us and brought his teddy bear “Honey” with him. We loved hearing the tales of Honey the bear and it was so lovely to…
