This Christmas the children in Reception performed their Nativity called “The Bossy King”. See the photos here The children sang with gusto and clearly enjoyed every moment of their play, performing with confidence and remembering all their lines. The Bossy King soon realised he was not the most important King after all and joined the…
On Wednesday the Early Years had their final assembly of the term in The Barn which was a fitting and magical venue for this time of year. We lit Christingle candles and sang Away In A Manger as well as some of the songs from the recently performed Nativities. Tamara from Reception played a duet…
The Pre-Nursery children and staff visited neighbouring care home, Stowford House, to sing Christmas songs with the residents. See a short video here See the photos here The children were charming, well behaved and friendly. Some songs were new, others were old favourites and these included, Little Sleeping Reindeers, Five Mince Pies, When Santa Got…
Christmas festivities began this week in Pre-Nursery and Nursery with their Nativity called “Sharing a Stable”. See the photos here The story was about a family of mice who watched the story unfold in front of their very own eyes. The children looked gorgeous, sang confidently and remembered lots of actions. Fun was had by…
Year 1 and Year 2 had a very important task this Christmas, to decorate the Christmas tree in The Manor’s Main Hall. See the photos here Their morning started with Christmas crafts as the children got together to create their very own Christmas decorations. Once the glue and glitter had dried, the children took part…
Christmas truly arrived at The Manor with the Year 1 & Year 2 Christingle Service. It was a beautiful event with energy, enthusiasm, poise and confidence on display everywhere you looked. The Service was a lovely mix of poetry and song alongside the spiritual symbolism of the Christingle, reminding us all of the true meaning…
Recently the Year 4 children and teachers went on their annual trip to Highclere Castle. See the photos here The children thoroughly enjoyed seeing the Tutankhamun exhibition, exploring the ‘Secret garden’ and dressing up. There was a lot of excitement at the Castle this year with a crew in the room next to us finishing…
We were delighted to recently host Dr Anna Horleston who is working for NASA on the InSight Mission to Mars. The objective of the mission is to safely land a seismometer on the surface of Mars to measure Marsquakes. Dr Horleston described how she came to work for NASA, by studying hard at school and…
See the photo highlights here U8 Hockey and U8 Tag Rugby Festivals on Saturday 29 September at St Hugh’s The children had a very positive introduction to competitive sport. They played non-stop matches against Cheltenham College, Pinewood and St Hugh’s in the Hockey Festival; and Christchurch, The Oratory and Pinewood in the Tag Rugby…
The Reception children have been enjoying lots of cookery this week as they are talking and thinking about Harvest time. See the photos here The children first made Damper Bread at Forest School by squashing the dough on to sticks which Mrs Dashwood cooked over the campfire. It tasted yummy with jam or honey! Later…
