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…
The hairs on the back of every neck were standing firmly on end as we watched the video of Chloe Rogers stroking home the most significant goal of her career. This was an assembly to remember and set the tone for what was to be an inspirational day of hockey coaching from the Olympic bronze…
Year 4 had the pleasure of meeting Ben Rosec, the head coach of Abingdon Squash Club who has great enthusiasm for the sport. The girls learnt how to control the ball with some hand-eye coordination drills, some shuttle runs to prove how fit squash makes you and some pop up walls, to get the feel…
Year 2 have made a vibrant start to our Indian topic this term, linked to some fantastic Science learning. This term began with Indian food tasting, encouraging the children to try many different foods including fruits – mango, papaya and guava, pilau rice, chapatti and dhal – yummy! This week we have discussed the importance…
The Vikings from 3P rowed into assembly at The Manor claiming they were farmers (which isn’t quite true!). They entertained the school and their parents with lively songs and a wealth of interesting facts from this time in History. From trading, wrestling, Gods, a Viking wedding and with just one slave Patch (named after a…
On Friday 15th January the children were treated to a surprise performance of ‘Strictly Come Dancing In Panto-Land’ performed by the staff of The Manor! Click here to see all the photos. The children believed that their assembly was going to be about the Country Code and were watching a video, when suddenly a glitter…
