Very many congratulations to Bella K, Domino B, Tawana M, Lucinda S, Zoe H, Caitlin L, Essi O and Mariella H for performing vocal solos (and also piano for Domino) in the Abingdon Music Festival held at The School of St Helen’s and St Katharine’s on 5th May. They all performed to an experienced adjudicator…
2018 saw a significant change to the format of this prestigious tournament as it is now a mixed gender competition. As The Manor embarks upon becoming co-educational, on this occasion we teamed up with Abingdon Prep. Manor pupils Poppy D and Flo S were delighted to be joined by Sam W and Max VP from…
The children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 enjoyed an action packed day in the sunshine when we were joined by Chris from The Den Experience. See the photos here The children were split into small teams of mixed ages and tasked with building a den out of canes, tubing and sheets –…
Take a look at the photo gallery HERE Osmington Bay Our time at PGL in Osmington was amazing this year. We went on giant swings, crawled through tunnels; made fires and dens in Survival; climbed climbing walls and had very competitive dragon boat races! In the evening we travelled around the world finding countries…
What a fantastic week of Arts we have had. This year’s festival was based around Anthony Browne’s book “Voices in the Park” and everyone threw themselves into creative responses to his story and illustrations. See the photos here The week started with a wonderful teachers’ reading of the book to the whole school before children…
The father of two Manor pupils, recently went on a flying adventure and took our very own Manor Ted along for the ride! Mr Woodeson restored a DC3 Dakota and flew it from UK to India to return it to the Indian Airforce. Along the journey, Manor Ted and his aircrew visited France, Italy, Greece,…
Miss Evans’ class had a great adventure at Forest School this week. It was a stormy day and whilst dodging the showers we were able to enjoy our hot chocolate under the shelter. We discovered lots of interesting slugs, snails and even a frog! We made bridges over the mud and found different ways to…
At the end of the Easter break and in the glorious April heat wave, nine Year 5 children attended Wycombe Abbey’s exciting morning of competitive netball and inspirational lacrosse coaching led by England’s Lacrosse’s co-captain, Laura Merrifield. The day started with the netball tournament with 10 teams all playing each other. Our Manor children improved…
The summer term has brought a new sport to the Manor in cricket. Children in years 1 to 6 experienced a fabulous day skills of and games with Manor PE staff and ex-England women’s cricket captain, Charlotte Edwards. The day focused on introducing batting and bowling techniques and helping the children develop an understanding…
At the end of the Spring Term, we were treated to the annual Manor Concert, performed by the children in Years 3-6. See the photos here See the videos here It was a true musical spectacular with a huge variety of pieces, from Handel to the Spice Girls and the talent which the children showed…
