Easter Celebrations

The whole school took part in a ‘RE Big Question Day’ and each class debated the question ‘Whose responsibility is it to look after the world?’  There were many in-depth discussions held as well as practical activities and group work as the day progressed.  Our RE day led the school […]

Science Week

In March we held a week of activities and experiments, some of which linked with Design and Technology.  It was a fun week of hands-on learning which encouraged the children to discuss, plan and reflect on their experiments, work cooperatively and to be creative.  In addition to this, each class […]

World Book Day Celebrations

Whether the children were learning remotely at home or in school we all dressed up as a character from a book.  Once again, we were impressed with everyone’s efforts and classes celebrated together throughout the day.

Home-School Learning

We have been so impressed with the learning taking place at home and at school since the start of January.  Here are some photographs of the children’s work from across the classes for you to enjoy:

Christmas Festivities

Christmas was a little different for us as a school this year, and no doubt for many families as well.  Sadly, we were unable to visit The Watermill Theatre and we missed our usual festive activities and events such as St Faith’s Christmas Fayre.  Nevertheless, we endeavoured to make it […]

Friends of Shellingford School (FoSS) Events

FoSS have been busy organising many lovely events this term.  During the October half-term, a ‘Quest’ was held around the village which raised £185.00.  There was also a fancy-dress competition for children and a virtual quiz for the adults!

Anti-Bullying Week

We had a very positive week which this year has focused on ‘United Against Bullying.’ Across the school we delivered lessons, assemblies and different cross-activities to encourage the children to think about how we can unite to address bullying both online and offline.  We have also been discussing our child-friendly […]

Five to Thrive

We organised a Great Shellingford Pudsey Run! All the children completed as many laps of a one mile course as they could, in ten minutes in the week leading up to Children in Need.  We invited families and friends to sponsor the children’s efforts over the five days and raised […]

Orienteering Challenge

Our second inter-school PE event was held in November.  Each ‘Class Bubble’ took part in a Remembrance-themed Orienteering Challenge around the school grounds and the points were then collated for each ‘Family Group.’ We had brilliant autumn sunshine for the children, as they exercised orienteering skills suited to their age. […]

Act of Remembrance

We held a short Act of Remembrance outside on the playground as a school to mark Remembrance Day.  We were disappointed that The Royal British Legion were unable to attend but pleased that we were permitted to hold a socially distanced commemoration.  A two-minute silence was held during the service […]

Extreme Reading Challenge!

We held an extreme reading challenge during October half-term and received some wonderful pictures.  Our School Council judged the entries and selected a winning entry from each class.  Well done everyone!

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STEM WORKSHOP and Creative Builders Workshop

We have scheduled another exciting event for our Key Stage 1 and 2 children this term and have arranged for Lego workshop to come into school as part of our STEM activity week. The workshops will include ‘Space Builders’ for KS1 which is based on Neil Armstrong and the moon […]

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Harvest Celebrations

Our Harvest Service usually takes place in St Faith’s church but as we are currently not permitted to gather as a whole school in the church our celebrations were a little different this year! We held a socially distanced service outside on the school playground and despite it being a […]

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Kick Ball Rounders Challenge

Kick Ball Rounders Challenge
This year we have planned a series of inter-school PE events which will be held within each ‘Class Bubble’ and the points then collated for each ‘Family Group.’ We began the competition with Kick Ball Rounders for the children in Class 2, 3 and 4 which was […]

Welcome Back

Welcome back to the start of the new academic year. We are delighted that the school is now fully open and would particularly like to welcome all our new families who have joined us.

It is so lovely to see the children return to school with big smiles, many of whom […]

Year 5 and 6 Hi 5 Netball Competition

A hearty congratulations to the Year 5/6 Hi 5 Netball Team who participated in the Faringdon Partnership Tournament. They were really determined throughout the competition and the scores were tight! The first game was 2:1 to the opposition, the second 2:0 to the opposition, the third game was 2 nil […]

British Science Week

As a school we celebrated British Science Week. We decided to have an Eco focus and to link the work to our Project Based Learning on the problems of plastic pollution and the environment.  In some classes the children studied about decomposition through investigations.  In other classes the children the […]

Faringdon Schools Dance Festival

Well done to the Year 5/6 pupils who represented the school and performed a World War II Evacuee dance at the Faringdon Schools Dance Festival just before half-term. They performed exceptionally well in front of a very large audience. We are always proud of our children at these events […]

World Book Day Celebrations

Some wonderful costumes were worn by the children and staff on World Book Day recently – see if you can spot who’s who in the photographs below!

We also had a fabulous day with Sarah Roberts, author of ‘Who Swallowed Stanley’. Sarah’s enthusiasm and life experiences of travelling around the world […]

Safer Internet Day

Safer Internet Day was on Tuesday 11th February and this year’s global theme was: Together for a better internet with a focus on online identity. During the day, we discussed as a school what makes up your online identity, how others perceive and interact with you and how online […]

School Open Afternoon

We held an Open Afternoon for parents and family friends to view the school as ‘a working school’. In the morning, the children had been engaged in a range of mathematical activities and challenges as part of the NSPCC Number Day. During the afternoon, the children were able to […]

Printmaking Workshop

The whole school have thoroughly enjoyed the Printmaking Workshop this week with Sophie Basilevitch. Sophie is an artist based in Oxford who is inspired by the simple but energetic images that can be created through relief printing. Throughout the week, she has taught a progression of printing […]

Christmas celebrations

The children in Class One and Two took to the stage to recreate the Christmas story. From charming songs to wonderful costumes, the children rose to the occasion and performed ‘The Sleepy Shepherd’ with confidence.

The children in Classes Three and Four voted for the charity they wanted to support this […]

Watermill Theatre: The Prince and the Pauper

We took the whole school to see THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER in November. The children are always captivated by the stage set, the actors and actresses in their wonderful costumes and all the different musical instruments that the cast play. We were very grateful to Friends of Shellingford School […]