ShWimbledon 2019
Our ShWimbledon tennis competition this year was held the week of the 17th June for Class 1 and 2 in school and for Class 3 and 4 at The Faringdon Tennis Club and . The event involved competitive sessions and mini coaching games for the children and was […]
FOSS Fun Day
I am sure you will join me in saying a huge thank you to the FoSS committee for organising the event and to all those involved in helping to make the day a most enjoyable and successful occasion. I would like to thank Mrs Linsey Legge and the […]
School Visit: River and Rowing Museum
The children had a wonderful time at the ‘River and Rowing Museum’ in June looking around the Wind in the Willows exhibition at the 3D models and theatrical lighting which we hope will inspire the children in our summer production!
Ascention Day Service
On the 23rd May staff and children from across the school led our Ascension Day Service at St Faith’s Church in Shellingford. The focus of the worship was on ‘Comings and Goings’ and how saying goodbye is always difficult, but how Jesus promises to be always with us. […]
BeSpace: Prayer and Reflection
We welcomed back to our school ‘BeSpace’ on the 21st and 22nd May, an Oxford based charity who set up prayer and reflection spaces for school communities. The aim of BeSpace is to ‘help Christians serve their local communities through prayer and reflection spaces and exploring other ways […]
FOSS Spring Ball
A huge ‘Thank You’ to Mrs Anderson and Mrs Wallbridge for organising the recent Spring Ball to raise money for an outdoor gazebo which will provide an external shelter and practical area for the children in the school grounds for learning and play. A magnificent £2529.23 was raised […]
Skip2Bfit Workshop
The children very much enjoyed the Skip2Bfit Workshop have started their 2-minute daily Sponsored Skipping Marathon for the next 26 days at the start of the Summer Term! A wonderful £519.00 was raised and the School Council are scheduled to meet next week to discuss how they would like […]
Project Based Learning – ‘Enterprise Week’
Last term each class organised an Enterprise Week linked to their Project Based Learning. A grand total of £227.07 has been raised following Class 4’s ‘Chocolate Factory’, Class 3’s ‘Fairy Tale Bookshop’ stall and Class 1 & 2’s ‘Anglo-Saxon Museum.’ Thank you for supporting the children in their fundraising […]
Easter Service
We always look forward to our Easter Service at St Faith’s Church in Shellingford. Easter is at the heart of the Christian faith and the children in Class 4 led our service. It was lovely to see so many parents, relatives and family friends attend and join the staff and […]
Codebreaking Week
The children have involved in a series of codebreaking activities linked to the work of Alan Turing and others at Bletchley Park during the World War II. They have written and cracked codes using colour codes, sequencing, binary codes and cipher wheels. We have all had great fun solving the […]
Netball Tournament
Some of our Y4, 5 and 6 pupils represented the school in a Faringdon inter-schools Netball Tournament. They played four initial matches, winning three out of the four resulting in them going through to the semi-final. Out of 10 teams their persistence and enthusiasm culminated in us coming fourth overall. […]
British Science Week (11th – 15th March 2019)
We have been celebrating British Science Week and have had another very exciting week here at school. Year 4 had a wonderful time at FCC designing and testing balloon powered cars. Bright Sparks inspired the children with exploding volcanoes, earthquakes, weather experiments and chemical reactions. Mrs Clementson-Mobbs also came into […]
World Book Day Celebration – Thursday 7th March
Some fabulous costumes were worn on World Book Day – see if you can spot who’s who!
School Open Afternoon
We had another very successful Open Afternoon and community event on Friday 8th February from 2-3pm with parents and family friends looking around the classes and talking to the children and staff about their learning.
The Story Museum and Blackwell’s Bookshop
Class 3 had a wonderful time visiting The Story Museum and Blackwell’s Bookshop on Wednesday 30th January. They spent the morning storytelling and creating stories at The Story Museum, followed by exploring the books in the children’s department at Blackwell’s Bookshop. The children came back with lots of ideas to […]
Make Me Smile – Mental Health Awareness
One-Eighty have introduced a peer-to-peer mentoring mental health awareness project for the children in Year 5/6, who then delivered the same content to the children in Y3/4. The project is told through a story of a girl who is overwhelmed by her worries. The children made felt textile faces to […]
African Drumming Workshop and Music Serenade Event – Friday 18th January
We all enjoyed the African Drumming Workshop led by World Beats Music and each class performed all they had learnt during the day at our ‘Music Serenade’ for parents. We also invited instrumentalists to ‘serenade’ us and a number of pianists, guitarists and a violinist took part in the performance. […]
Christmas Service
We ended the Autumn Term with our Christmas Service at St Faith’s Church on Friday 21st December to celebrate the birth of Jesus. The pupils in Class 3 recited the Christmas story and helped lead the prayers. We listened to the Bible Reading about Jesus’ birth which was read […]
Whoops-A-Daisy Angel
Pupils in Class One took centre stage in our Nativity production of ‘Whoops-A-Daisy Angel’. It was such a delightful re-telling of the Christmas story and our very youngest children performed extremely well to parents, governors and friends of the school. Children in Class 2, 3 and 4 helped […]
Watermill Theatre: Robin Hood
We took the whole school to the Watermill Theatre to see ROBIN HOOD in November. It was a wonderful experience and the children were enthralled by the actors, the scenery and all the different musical instruments that the cast played. We were very grateful to Friends of Shellingford […]
Child in Need: Spotacular
Thank you to Mrs Marsh and Miss Long for organising a ‘spotty-themed fancy dress’ day and The Great Shellingford Spot Hunt! Thank you for your generous donations; we raised a grand total of £136.95.
Anti-Bullying Week
Our school recently focused on respect and to choose respect over bullying as part of the National Anti-Bullying Week for schools. This gave the children time to reflect on their understanding of the term ‘bullying’ and opportunities to discuss how to deal with it should it occur. This was […]
Act of Remembrance and Dedication
Our service of Remembrance and Dedication at St Faith’s Church, Shellingford on the 9th November was a very poignant occasion for the school community. The staff placed poppy pebbles for each of the 15 men named on the war memorial who lost their lives at the end of the Great […]
The Royal Albert Hall
Some of our Year 5/6 children attended a ‘Music for Youth Proms’ concert at The Royal Albert Hall in November and had the most memorable time. They formed part of the 500-strong ‘Oxfordshire Buddy Ensemble’ massed choir, a combination of main-stream and SEN pupils, who performed a piece in front […]
The Secret Reader
Our ‘Secret Reader’ event in October was very popular with the children and was once again a great success! Our surprise readers this year included parents and members of our local community who came into school to share their favourite stories and books with the children.