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STANDBYme is a small Christian charity that supports children in a handful of schools and communities across the world. Last year we raised nearly £1,000 towards toys and equipment for the pupils at Bethany School in Ethiopia. During the February half-term holiday we are inviting our pupils to give up their cosy bed for one night and to sleep on the floor and to help further fund resources for the pupils at Bethany School.
This year’s global theme is Too good to be true? Protecting yourself online. We focused on how children can protect themselves and others, and who to talk to if they have any online safety concerns.
This year’s theme is ‘Know yourself, grow yourself’. During this week we helped to equip and empower the children to embrace self-awareness and explore what it means to them.
As part of our whole school STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) we welcomed Bright Sparks into our school to lead some hand-on science activities linked to this term’s curriculum. Workshops included Seasonal Changes, Animals & Humans, Rocks, Fossils & Volcanoes and Living Things and Habitats.
This year Class One and Two performed the Nativity Play ‘A Miracle in Town’ and we raised £194.46. for Helen and Douglas House. This charity provides presents provides hospice care Our Christmas Service at St Faith’s church is held at the very end of the term. The children in Class 4 presented their thoughts on ‘What kind of King is Jesus?’ We sang several carols, the Choir performed, Key Stage One also sang a song from their Nativity, the staff and pupils read Bible readings and led the whole school in pray. It was a joyous occasion.
Our School Choir performed at the Oxfordshire County Music Service Big Christmas Sing event in Oxford with many other primary schools. The Choir also performed at the Carols by Candlelight Service held at St Faith’s Church in Shellingford.
On Friday 15th November the whole school had a great time dancing throughout the afternoon! walking across the fields, and taking part in the exercise challenges! We raised £174.62 for the appeal, thank you
We have had a very positive ANTI-BULLYING WEEK which focused on this year’s message ‘Choose Respect.’ Across the school we have been delivering lessons and different activities to remind everyone whether it’s in school, at home or in the community to focus on the actions they can take to choose respect and what they can do to stop bullying.
The whole school experienced a wonderful day out at our annual visit to The Watermill Theatre to watch the Michael Morpurgo adaption of PINOCCHIO. The children were a credit to our school. We all were mesmerised by the superb acting, music and dancing and some of our older children enjoyed some audience participation, fully immersing themselves in the creative production.
Our service of Remembrance and Dedication was held this morning in St Faith’s church. It was a very poignant occasion for the school community. We would like to give a very special thanks to Mr Matt Mortiboy and Mr Steve Cloete from The Royal British Legion who were in attendance and to The Reverend Jeremy Goulston for leading the service. As a mark of respect, pupils were invited to wear their Brownies, Rainbows, Guides, Beavers, Scouts or Sea Cadets uniform. The school sang three moving songs, each class presented a wreath and poppies were laid as a mark of respect: Thank you also for supporting The Poppy Appeal. Every poppy shows that we care about the lives of our Armed Forces Community. The Royal British Legion wish to send their heartful thanks for your very generous donations. Our service of Remembrance and Dedication was held this morning in St Faith’s church. It was a very poignant occasion for the school community. We would like to give a very special thanks to Mr Matt Mortiboy and Mr Steve Cloete from The Royal British Legion who were in attendance and to The Reverend Jeremy Goulston for leading the service. As a mark of respect, pupils were invited to wear their Brownies, Rainbows, Guides, Beavers, Scouts or Sea Cadets uniform. The school sang three moving songs, each class presented a wreath and poppies were laid as a mark of respect: Thank you also for supporting The Poppy Appeal. Every poppy shows that we care about the lives of our Armed Forces Community. The Royal British Legion wish to send their heartful thanks for your very generous donations.
