‘Poems shouldn’t be tucked away inside the pages of the book but be spoken out loud and so brought to life’. Mr Sami Cohen, Headmaster of D’Overbroeck’s School. And that’s exactly what happened at the Manor Prep’s Poetry Festivals! Children from Pre-Nursery to Year 6 all took part during class with some going on to…
National Qualifier at IAPS U11 Regional Netball Tournament. On Thursday 3 March, The Manor U11A team took part in the Regional Round at High Wycombe of IAPS Netball. With a total of 50 schools, The Manor were in a pool of 9 teams with the aim of finishing top of our pool to merit an…
Year 3 took part in a wonderful Viking Day recently. The children all arrived in fabulous Viking costumes and took part in a wealth of craft activities including candle making, crafting amulet necklaces and making their own clay runes and cloth bag to put them in. They even tried their hand at making ‘wise woman’…
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…
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…
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.
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)….
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…
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…
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…
