Harvest celebrations
Thank you for your generous donations of food for the Faringdon Food Pantry. Thank you also for supporting Emmaus Oxford; donations to date total £46.75. It was encouraging to see so many parents attend our first church service of the year and to join us in our harvest celebrations.
Year 5 and 6 Yenworthy Residential
Our annual Year 5 and 6 residential to Yenworthy Lodge in Devon took place in September. The children and staff had another fantastic and fun-filled week of rock climbing, surfing, and kayaking as well as a number of other challenging outdoor and adventurous activities. We were yet again very […]
FoSS Family Fun Day
The Friends of Shellingford School held their annual Family Fun Day on Saturday 11 July and raised over £1715! The day included fun and games for all the family, including various stalls and games, archery, face-painting and a bouncy castle. The children also joined in sports activities and a mini-assault course […]
Archie Dobson’s War
The Summer Production this year was ‘Archie Dobson’s War’. This is a play commemorating World War 1 that has been specially written for children for performance in schools. The play combines singing, dance and a wide range of small spoken parts which meant there was something for all the children […]
Open Afternoon
The school opened their doors on Friday 22nd May from 2.00pm – 3.00pm and invited families into the classrooms to see the school as a ‘working’ school and to give parents an opportunity to engage with their children’s learning.
We had activities involving scientific experiments led by our oldest pupils in […]
Poetry Workshop and Recital
On Friday 8th May the whole school was involved in a day of poetry workshops. We were visited by the poet James Carter who inspired us all to get creative and to have some fun with words.
The day involved wordplay and music to enthuse the children to feel confident in […]
Sponsored Fun Run (and beyond!)
The last Wednesday of the spring term saw pupils taking part in our second annual ‘Sponsored Fun Run’. We were very lucky with the weather, with light cloud cover and the spring sunshine just breaking through.
The pupils showed fantastic levels of stamina with most, even our youngest, running the 15 […]
Music Serenade
We held a whole school ‘Music Serenade’ event in the Community Hall during the afternoon of Friday 23rd January. Individual pupils had the opportunity to play their instrument and pianists, recorder players, guitarists and cornet players performed to the school and in front of an audience of parents and family […]
The Nativity
Our Christmas Play was a real delight and once again the children thoroughly enjoyed performing to an audience! The community hall was packed with parents and family relatives for both the afternoon and evening performance. The mince pies, savouries, hot soup and mulled wine added to the festive spirit and […]
Open Afternoon
We are holding an Open Afternoon on Friday 28th November, from 2.30-4.30pm. Come and join us for an early Celebration Assembly, followed by an opportunity to view the classrooms, meet the Friends of Shellingford School (FoSS) committee and enjoy some refreshments.
Act of Remembrance
Our Act of Remembrance and Dedication held at St Faith’s Church was very special indeed for us at Shellingford. We have received many comments from parents and the local community commending the school on such a memorable and moving service. Two Year 6 pupils read beautifully during the service, and […]
Harvest Celebrations
Our school Harvest Service took place on Friday 3rd October at 2.00pm at St Faith’s church and was led by the children in Class 3 and the Benefice Ministry Team. It was encouraging to see so many parents attend our first church service of the year and to join us […]
SATs results – Summer 2014
We are delighted to announce this year’s SATs results, a full copy of which can be downloaded below. 100% of our Year 6 children achieved the national expectation of Level 4 or above in Reading, Maths and Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar. The Year 2 SATs results were equally impressive in […]
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Congratulations to the children for two outstanding performances and to Mr Drew in particular for leading the production. Each year our summer production seems to get more adventurous! FoSS raised over £200 on refreshments and although we are waiting on a final figure from the sale of the DVD’s we […]
Home School Values – Hope
Our final home-school value is ‘Hope.’ In worship we have been thinking about our hopes and dreams for the future and what we can do to make them happen. If you have an opportunity to explore this value together as a family there are some ideas, facts and challenges in […]
Home School Values – Truthfulness
Our school value for the next two weeks is ‘Truthfulness.’ In worship we have been thinking about how in everyday life people sometimes find it difficult to be truthful. If you have an opportunity to explore this value together as a family there are some ideas, facts and challenges in […]
FoSS Newsletter – Summer 2014
The FoSS Newsletter is now available to download. In the last twelve months, FoSS, with the support of Shellingford parents, family and friends, has raised and donated over £7,700 to the school for extras, through some fantastic fundraising events.
Find out what FoSS has been doing and how you can […]
Pupil and Parent Questionnaire Results
Our annual questionnaire was sent out towards the end of the spring term and attached are the results from both pupils and parents. We received an overwhelming number of positive responses from parents and pupils. Thank you for your support. Your views are very important to us and the questionnaires […]
Home School Values – Compassion
Our current school value is ‘Compassion’. In worship we have been thinking how we can show compassion and kindness to one another. We have been recognising when friends at school need us to listen and act with compassion. We have also been remembering how nations show compassion to other nations […]
League Tables – Good News!
We have some exciting news to announce. Out of the 16,000 plus primary schools across England only 164 achieved 100% Level 4+ in both English and Maths (the expected level of attainment for pupils at the end of Year 6) in their 2013 KS2 SATs. We were one of those […]
Parent Questionnaire
Here is our parent questionnaire which we send out annually to all families:
We are always interested to hear your views and suggestions and would encourage everyone to take time to complete the survey.
The feedback we receive is used to improve the quality of education we provide for your child/ren […]
Home School Values – Forgiveness
Our current Collective Worship value is ‘Forgiveness’ and we have been thinking about how everyone can make mistakes. Sometimes our mistakes hurt others and then we need to say sorry and be able to forgive that person. We hope your family will find these accompanying ideas helpful to explore together:
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