News and Events

Elm, Maple and Oak classes have enjoyed two geography field trips this term. We visited the Littlestock Brook and the River Evenlode, testing the water for phosphates and nitrates as well as turbidity and the speed of the flow. We also carried out a 'kick test' to discover which invertebrates we could find living in the brook. We were interested to find different results on each day and we thought that this was most likely due to changes in the weather and rainfall. We later carried out similar tests in our own Forest School area ready to collate all of the data and draw some conclusions about the levels of pollution in our local rivers. Having found the levels to be high, we will be writing to our local MP to try to persuade him to take some action to improve the water quality. 

Year 3 and 4 had a fabulous time this afternoon at Kingham Lodge where we explored the gardens to discover a huge array of sculptures exhibited for Arts Week. We were particularly excited to see our own work among that of the other professional artists! Earlier this term, every class in our school enjoyed a clay workshop and we all made dragons which you can now find, breathing smoke at Kingham Lodge. You can visit between 20th and 29th May, 2023 for free by booking a ticket on their website. 

Every morning in reception, the children count how many days we have been at school. On their first day, we shared our 100 square and explained how on the 100th day we would have a party to celebrate! 

The children in Foundation Stage had a very exciting day on Thursday as they went to visit the Story Museum in Oxford. We left school around 10.30 and went to get on our bus. The children have been learning about where we live and comparing this to cities and so were excited to spot signs that we were approaching the city of Oxford! 

We have had lots of fun in the snow and ice over the last week! We set up different ice experiments in our tuff trays and even created some ice art to hang in the trees. We watched closely to spot the first signs of melting. In the snow, we built snowmen, made snow angels and had snowball fights. A chilly but fantastic last week before the holidays!!

The Lower Key Stage 2 children had a wonderful trip to The Corinuim Museum in Cirencester last week. We enjoyed finding the various mosaics in each gallery and also spotted some artefacts that we had looked at in our lessons in school. Each class was able to take part in a workshop led by staff from the museum which involved dressing up as Ancient Romans, learning about the food they used to eat, playing Ancient Roman games and pretending to be in 'mosaic school' honing our mosaic laying skills! It was a really fun and informative day.