This week saw the culmination of weeks of hard work for the Year 6 children as they presented their Earthshot Projects. The Earthshot Prize is a 10 year challenge to find solutions for the world’s climate problems. The children came up with some fantastic ideas ranging from rubbish collecting robots to ensuring green spaces and…
3SC kick-started the week with their class assembly all about ‘Rocks and Soils!’ There was a new supply teacher at The Manor, Professor Joiner, together with his his able teaching assistant and an eager class of pupils, he took us on a science themed journey exploring themes including features of sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks,…
On Dress to Express Day, the children and staff alike enjoyed wearing clothes and accessories to express themselves. Dress to Express Day is about expressing our interests, feelings and uniqueness and we are grateful for all of your support in celebrating this day and also your donations totalling £241.07 towards children’s mental health charity, Place2Be….
On Monday 23 January, we welcomed the author Eve Wersocki Morris to The Manor, along with children from The Unicorn School and Wootton Primary School. Years 4 to 6 were treated to a lively and inspirational talk from Eve about her struggles to overcome the challenges of dyslexia to become a published author. Along with…
In October, the children in Years 5 and 6 were invited to take part in the Oratory School’s Carton de Wiart History Competition. The competition was based on ‘Significant Historical Events’ and the children were invited to submit a piece of work about their chosen event, in any form they wished. We were inundated with…
Bebras Challenge 2022 This was the first year that the Manor entered Years 5 & 6 into the international Bebras Challenge. The Bebras Challenge introduces computational thinking to pupils across primary and senior schools and is one of the main concepts of Computing. The challenge was completed in Computing lessons. All of our pupils approached the…
Before we broke up for the October half term we celebrated our Harvest Festival. In the weeks leading up, we collected in a staggering 444kgs of food donations for the Abingdon Foodbank, which our House Captains delivered with some help from Mrs Duff and Mr Stepney. Mr Thomas and Mrs Duff are keen to keep…
During the Summer Term, Year 5 and Year 6 students participated in the online UK Junior Mathematical Challenge. This is a national competition with schools up and down the country taking part. We have now received the results and we are very proud of all of the students that took part in the challenge. Year…
On Thursday 17 March, 4 children from Year 5 spent the afternoon taking part in a Maths Challenge held at Cranford House School. It was a brilliant afternoon with lots of mind-boggling Maths! Working in pairs, the Year 5 mathematicians tackled a series of challenging tasks which tested their problem solving and reasoning skills. 30…
Safer Internet Day is celebrated globally in February each year to promote the safe and positive use of digital technology for children and young people, and to inspire a national conversation about using technology responsibly, respectfully, critically, and creatively. The Manor’s Digital Leaders created a range of activities for our pupils to take part in…
