St Swithun's CE Primary School

Tuesday 7 October 2025 Online Safety Assembly On Wednesday, KS2 had an important assembly from PCSO Susan Haynes, who further supported our understanding of staying safe online. Lots of different areas were presented and discussed, including ensuring we are mindful and respectful in our interactions online as well as in-person, ensuring we keep our personal information secure and what to do if we come across messages we are unsure about. The children engaged very respectfully and asked pertinent questions to deepen their understanding.

Tuesday 7 October 2025 Be Space Thanks to Reverend Samson and his amazing team of volunteers for making Be Space possible last week. The children had the opportunity to reflect on the theme of journeys. In the Bubbles Tent, the children learnt about not keeping their worries to themselves but telling it to a trusted adult, just like Christians do in prayer, telling their worries to God. The children then blew away their bubbles. In the Boat Tent, the children considered what help we can give to people who have had to go on journeys because their homeland is not safe. Pupils wrote or drew on post-it notes and then placed it on the boat. In the Mini-whiteboard Tent, children could write anything and then wipe it off – just like in our life journey when we miss our way or things go wrong, we can always stop, reflect, trace our ways back and make amends. And in the World Map Tent, children talked about other parts of the world, areas they have visited and or have friends/family. Being far from each other does n

Tuesday 7 October 2025 National Poetry Day

Tuesday 30 September 2025 National Teaching Assistant Day Our Teaching Assistants are a critical and brilliant part of our workforce so we were delighted to discover that last Friday was National Teaching Assistant Day! I am sure that you would join us in thanking them for all that they do.

Friday 26 September 2025 Eco Crew 2025-2026

Thursday 25 September 2025 Doikayt workshop Key Stage 2 were treated to some beautiful music and singing when we welcomed Tim, Dunja and Oliver from Doikayt for an amazing workshop. Doikayt are a new ensemble of nine musicians dedicated to celebrating Klezmer and Yiddish music from the Jewish diaspora. Our children engaged well with listening respectfully and with super participation, learning also some songs in both English and Serbian. What an added joy for a Wednesday morning!

Tuesday 23 September 2025 Music Flood Week This week we are excited to let you know about our annual Music Flood in school – thanks to Radley College. Throughout the week the children are taking part in inspiring assemblies, singing workshops and a group of our musicians are going to Radley College on Wednesday to be part of an improvisation workshop with a live band. On Friday, there will be a group of talented buskers on the playground so please do give them your support and appreciation from 3pm.

Tuesday 16 September 2025 Congratulations new House Captains

Tuesday 15 July 2025 PC Ben visits Year 3 On Monday 7th July, Year 3 were lucky enough to be visited by Police Constable Sue Haynes. First, the children listened to a story about PC Ben and a clown that felt different to everyone else. PC Haynes then talked to the children about respecting everyone no matter their differences and the children showed brilliant listening and asked some really insightful questions.

Tuesday 15 July 2025 Year 4 Ukulele Concert On Thursday Y4 performed in front of their parents and showcased all that they have learnt on the ukulele this year. It was amazing to hear the extensive selection of songs they can now play. Well done to everyone!

Monday 7 July 2025 Beyond Boundaries Art Competition

Tuesday 1 July 2025 Key Stage 2 Sports Day Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 Sports Days were a fantastic celebration of teamwork, effort, and fun! All children participated with great enthusiasm and represented their houses brilliantly throughout the morning.

Tuesday 24 June 2025 Water Safety Assembly On Wednesday, KS2 were visited by Pam and Molly from Better, who talked to us about how to keep safe around water. We learned where it is safe to swim (for example in paddling pools at a venue with a lifeguard) and where not to swim (quarries and rivers, for example). We were reminded of the Water Safety Code and also what the different beach flags mean in terms of when and where it is safe to be in the water. Please find attached some pictures of the talk and a handout further explaining what we learned.

Tuesday 24 June 2025 Hazel class Bikeability Hazel Class have been completing their first lessons of Bike Ability, where they have learnt to cycle safely by using signals, approaching junctions, manoeuvring by doing a U-turn, and road safety. Although it is fun, they have also found it hard, so they have had to persevere.

Tuesday 24 June 2025 Saplings & KS1 Sports Day Thank you to all of our parents and carers who came to watch Saplings and Key Stage One Sports Day on Friday. The weather was good and the atmosphere was buzzing! All of the children did really well in their races and offered a fantastic sporting attitude towards each other. Afterwards, we all enjoyed an ice pole! A great day to end the week!

Tuesday 17 June 2025 Music Flood

Tuesday 17 June 2025 Science Oxford Yr1 Science Oxford

Friday 13 June 2025 Year 2 visit Youlbury Year 2 had an unforgettable adventure at Youlbury! The children showed great enthusiasm and bravery as they tackled exciting activities like zip lining, climbing, crate stacking, aeroball, and orienteering. They were exceptionally well-behaved throughout the trip, making us all very proud. We enjoyed delicious food each day and ended our evenings with hot chocolate, singing songs, and sharing stories around the campfire—complete with toasted marshmallows. It was a fantastic experience filled with fun, laughter, and wonderful memories.

Tuesday 20 May 2025 Year 6 Cricket Competition On Monday some of our Year 6 Children participated in a Cricket Competition at Cumnor Cricket Club against Cumnor School. They all showed brilliant sportsmanship and final scores were 1-1, a big congratulations to all.

Tuesday 20 May 2025 Nasio Trust What a joy it was to have Nasio Trust in school on Monday to talk about their work and to hear from two young people who benefitted from the Nasio Trust when they were children. They have returned to their home town of Musanda to give back some of the support that they both received as children now that they are a social worker and a Doctor. Truly inspirational!

Tuesday 13 May 2025 Year 4 visit the Woods

Friday 9 May 2025 Kilvrough 9th May We all had another great day yesterday with a group of children enjoying body boarding at the beach. Everyone especially loved the den building and marshmallows around the fire last night!

Thursday 8 May 2025 Radley Rocks visit Year 3

Thursday 8 May 2025 Kilvrough 8th May Hi from Kilvrough!

Wednesday 7 May 2025 Kilvrough 7th May Everything is all ok with the children and they have been enjoying the sunshine.

Friday 4 April 2025 Book Swap 2025 On Wednesday, we were incredibly lucky to have volunteers from the Oxfordshire Children's Book Group come in to host our first ever "Book Swap". Lots of families donated books from home (thank you!) which meant that all children were able to go home with two (if not three) new books. We hope they will provide enjoyment over the Easter holidays and keep up that all-important habit of reading for pleasure!

Tuesday 1 April 2025 Year 3/4 Drama Group This term, the year 3 / 4 drama group have spent their Tuesday afternoons developing their acting skills through games, and putting together a short play about Easter Sunday. On Monday, they performed the play in front of the whole school. They were confident and expressive, spoke clearly and remembered all their lines. Well done to the drama group!

Tuesday 1 April 2025 Thank you to FOSS & The 200 Club A massive thank you to FOSS who donated money to fund Myhappymind for the school and also to 200 Club who donated funds to buy 16 chromebooks which the children are enjoying.

Tuesday 25 March 2025 Year 2 visit British Motor Museum Year 2 had an amazing time at The Motor Museum on Friday.

Tuesday 25 March 2025 Year 1 visit Christchurch Cathedral Year 1 had a great visit to Christchurch Cathedral last Thursday. They explored different areas of the cathedral, admiring the beautiful stained-glass windows and the patterns on the ceiling. They had a go at baptising teddies over the font and learnt a song in Latin. It was a beautiful sunny day so they enjoyed walking around the court and loved seeing the ducks having a splash in the fountain!

Tuesday 18 March 2025 Yr 3 Christchurch Cathedral Trip

Friday 14 March 2025 NSPCC Assembly On Wednesday 5th March, Years 1-6 took part in an engaging NSPCC assembly called "Speak out. Stay safe." which aimed to help children understand abuse in all its forms and to recognise the signs of abuse. Children were taught to speak out if they were worried, either to a safe adult or Childline. The children listened really carefully and learned a lot during the virtual assembly.

Tuesday 11 March 2025 World Book Day 2025 It was wonderful for our school to celebrate World Book Day and recognise the immense value of reading and books. Everyone wholeheartedly entered into the spirit of the day and looked absolutely fabulous in their costumes. It was also a joy to see the different activities that classes entered into, including meeting up and reading with different classes.

Tuesday 11 March 2025 Music Assembly Last week ended on a high, with another concert for our Friday afternoon assembly. This time, thirty children performed, from youngest to oldest. There were performances on nine different instruments, showcasing a wealth of talent, and demonstrating what a wide variety of music-making goes on in school, usually unseen. The audience showed great respect in their listening and applause, and it was evident how much they enjoyed the more familiar tunes, as there were lots of humming voices and bopping heads! Congratulations to all the performers, for their hard work in practice throughout the year, and their inspiring courage in the concert.

Tuesday 4 March 2025 Ramadan It was lovely to hear from our children who observe Ramadan about what they are grateful for and how they will focus on this during Ramdan. The list included: 'my family; blessings; my friends; Allah; living life; good food; giving to others because it makes me feel good; having shelter, money, food and family because it's the month of giving; my family and a house because some people don't have them; my family, love, friends, home, food, religion, teachers, the mosque, trees, sun, moon, animals and Allah; and, in the words of one of our year 6 children: 'I am grateful for the healthiness that Allah gave me and the ability to be kind and respectful to others who seek help and advice.' Our thanks to Ms Raja who both presented in assembly and worked with the children to help them prepare.

Monday 3 March 2025 Kennington Library Promo Video

Thursday 27 February 2025 Radley Zoo visits Year 3

Thursday 27 February 2025 Yr 3 to Oxford Museum of Natural History

Wednesday 26 February 2025 Little City Visit Saplings

Tuesday 11 February 2025 Music Performance On Friday afternoon we were treated to music performances from over twenty children, in the first of our concerts for this year. We heard solos and duets on the recorder, violin, piano, clarinet, flute and cornet. The children played with courage and musicality. Hidden talents were unearthed, and the audience were entertained and impressed! We are already looking forward to our next concert on 7th March, when more children will be performing, including drum-kit and singing solos!

Tuesday 11 February 2025 Mixed Tag Rugby Tournament Last Thursday some of our Year 6's proudly represented our school in a mixed tag rugby tournament. They demonstrated amazing teamwork skills and excellent sportsmanship. The team finished 2nd place overall amongst several Abingdon schools and 1st place in West Oxfordshire, qualifying them through to the next round. A big congratulations to all and a massive thankyou to those who came to support.

Friday 24 January 2025 Visit from PC Mike Dix

Tuesday 17 December 2024 Year 4 Ukulele Concert Year 4 performed in a brilliant ukulele concert on Thursday last week. They proudly showed off to their families and friends everything they have learned so far in their music lessons with Dr Fernando!

Tuesday 10 December 2024 Chess Tournament

Tuesday 10 December 2024 Year 6 visit Hampton Court Palace Year 6 had a fantastic visit to Hampton Court Palace last Thursday. This trip tied in with our Tudor history topic as well as our class reading book, Treason, and we were excited to spot lots of the period features mentioned in the novel like the 'eavesdroppers' in the ceiling of the Great Hall. During our action-packed day each class had a session investigating Henry VIII where we looked at the evidence for and against some popular ideas about the king. We also saw some incredible portraits of the Tudor monarchs, and a replica of Henry's crown. It was such a memorable day and so powerful to see real Tudor buildings and artefacts for ourselves.

Tuesday 3 December 2024 Singing Squad visit Coventry Cathedral Singing and Drama Squad truly shone yesterday afternoon/ evening when they joined the Gabrieli ROAR choristers and other school choirs for a performance at Coventry Cathedral! The festive theme was 'A Georgian Christmas' and the children have worked so hard over the past few weeks by learning some beautiful, but ambitious choral pieces in order to participate in last nights concert. It was a thoroughly enjoyable and memorable trip and it kicked off the festive season brilliantly.

Tuesday 26 November 2024 Radley Zoo visits Year 5 The children loved having Radley Zoo visit with their various animals. The children got close and held lots of snakes and lizards!

Friday 22 November 2024 Anti bullying week & Odd Sock Day

Tuesday 19 November 2024 BBC Children in Need 2024

Tuesday 19 November 2024 Year 3/4 Boys Vale X-Country Final

Friday 15 November 2024 5 Pillars of Islam Assembly Today Year 5 had a special assembly on the 5 Pillars of Islam and Mustafaa's experience of following the Muslim faith. Year 5 would like to thank Mrs Khan (Mustafaa's mother) for such a fantastic learning experience.

Tuesday 12 November 2024 Life of a Chickpea

Tuesday 5 November 2024 Eco Crew & Christmas Cards The Eco Crew met just before half term to discuss waste and littering in school and the impact that it has on wild animals. They presented to the whole school on Friday 25thOctober with a particular message about Christmas cards:

Tuesday 22 October 2024 Sustainable Primary School of the Year We were delighted to have been one of the finalists for the Sustainable Primary School of the Year in the recent Oxford Climate Awards. Our application included the following:

Tuesday 22 October 2024 Radley zoo visit Year 1 Year 1 had a fabulous time when Radley Zoo came to visit last Wednesday. We learnt lots about reptiles, where they live and what they need to survive.

Friday 18 October 2024 Woodlands - Thursday 17th October 2024 The sun has shone today! ??

Thursday 17 October 2024 Woodlands - Wednesday 16th October 2024

Wednesday 16 October 2024 Woodlands - Tuesday 15th October 2024

Tuesday 15 October 2024 Cross Country Competition

Tuesday 15 October 2024 Woodlands - Monday 14th October 2024 Woodlands Manor - 10:00pm

Friday 11 October 2024 Translator Visiting St Swithun's This week, we welcomed Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp into school. Ruth is a literary translator working from Arabic, German and Russian into English. The children loved learning how translators help books to "travel" the world - so many stories a first published in other languages and, without translators, we wouldn't be able to enjoy them. Poplar and Hawthorn classes heard a Syrian retelling of Rapunzel and practised writing some Arabic letters. Maple and Silver Birch went a step further and worked together to translate the book into English! Great effort everyone.

Friday 11 October 2024 Yr 3 visit Christchurch Cathedral

Thursday 10 October 2024 Eco Crew Elections

Tuesday 24 September 2024 Music Flood Week Sept 24

Tuesday 17 September 2024 Summer Reading Challenge Congratulation to all those children who completed the Summer Reading Challenge. Dominique Henderson from Kennington Library came in to school to present the certificates on Wednesday 11th September. She will be back next summer to explain next year's challenge for those who are interested.

Tuesday 23 July 2024 Yr 6 Production - Start Warts Last week Year 6 took to the stage for their end of year production - Start Warts: The Umpire Strikes Back! With four performances over three days, the children were consummate professionals and supported each other to perform to the very highest standards. Thank you to everyone who came along to watch, and to everyone who helped the children learn their lines and rehearse.

Tuesday 23 July 2024 Saplings visit Science Oxford

Tuesday 23 July 2024 Yr 2 Holly Hill End visit Holly Class had a fantastic time on their one night residential at Hill End last week. They didn't let the heat bother them as they enjoyed team building games, code breaking, pond dipping and especially loved den building! They were all superstars and asleep by 9:30pm after a delicious dinner and toasting marshmallows on the campfire.

Tuesday 16 July 2024 EYFS & KS1 Water Day Yesterday morning EYFS and KS1 enjoyed our annual Water Day event in celebration of our school saint – Saint Swithun. The children enjoyed a range of water activities like fun on the water slide, hook a duck and capacity play.

Tuesday 16 July 2024 Yr 2 Rowan Hill End visit Rowan class had an amazing time at Hill End last week on their first residential trip! They built dens, hunted for bugs, did team building, pond dipping and roasted marshmallows round a campfire.

Tuesday 16 July 2024 Poplar visit Radley Farm Poplar class had a fantastic time at Radley farm on Friday. We fed the sheep, pigs and rabbits and cuddled the Guinea pigs and ferrets. We had a great time toasting marshmallows on the fire and climbing into farmer Bill's tractor.

Monday 8 July 2024 Hawthorn visit Radley Farm Hawthorn had a fantastic trip to the farm on Friday. We were all very busy with lots of animals to see. We helped feed the sheep, walked the goats, cuddled the guinea pigs and even got to sit in a large blue tractor!

Friday 5 July 2024 N'Famady Yesterday, Year 4 had the privilege of going to see N’Famady at Radley College. Joining us straight from Glastonbury, the children were treated to a rousing performance from N'Famady who sang and played a range of instruments from his home country of Guinea, Africa. Year 4 thoroughly enjoyed the experience and made St Swithuns proud with their engagement and enthusiasm.

Tuesday 2 July 2024 Mumias Township Primary School On Friday, Oak class were lucky enough to have a follow-up call with a group of children from Mumias Township Primary School in Kenya. Each class sang a traditional song they had rehearsed to the other class: a sea shanty from Oak class and some traditional Maasai call-and-response pieces from the Mumias Township children. The children then had time to ask each other questions such as: "What is school like for you in England?" and "Does Kenya have a president, prime minister and/or royal family?"

Tuesday 2 July 2024 Yr 6 Junior Citizen Last week, Year 6 visited the Junior Citizen Trust based at the fire station in Rewley Road in central Oxford. In small groups, they were taught how to keep themselves safe when out and about. Most of the activities were immersive, where the children explored carefully designed scenarios such as a living room, a roadside where a cyclist appears to be unconscious after a fall, and a river where someone appears to be in trouble. In each activity, professionals from the police, the railways, and the fire and rescue service guided the children through eight activities and all children had the chance to make a 999 call. Feedback from the Junior Citizen Trust was excellent - our children were respectful and considerate throughout - well done, Larch and Cedar!

Tuesday 2 July 2024 Key Stage 2 Sports Day Last Friday Key Stage 1 had their annual sports day. We were lucky to have some amazing weather for the activities. The children all did so well and really enjoyed themselves. Thank you to all who came and cheered the children on.

Tuesday 2 July 2024 Singing Squad's trip to the Methodist Church in Kennington Yesterday Mrs Thrower, Mrs Guthrie and 21 members of Singing Squad had the privilege to sing to the members of the Memory Clinic at the Methodist Church in Kennington. The children sang their hearts out and really made the member's day. A big thank you to Singing Squad for making the occasion really special.

Friday 28 June 2024 Year 4 Ukulele Assembly

Tuesday 25 June 2024 Key Stage 1 Sports Day Last Friday Key Stage 1 had their annual sports day. We were lucky to have some amazing weather for the activities. The children all did so well and really enjoyed themselves. Thank you to all who came and cheered the children on.

Tuesday 25 June 2024 World Music Day 2024 Last Friday, we celebrated World Music Day with performances from Year 1 through to Year 6. We enjoyed pop, musical theatre, folk and a sneaky peak of the upcoming Year 6 production. There were dance moves, costumes, acapella and Year 4 even brought their ukuleles. It was a great afternoon to come together, celebrate and be thankful for music. Everyone left with smiles on their faces!

Tuesday 18 June 2024 Rosie Stancer Polar Explorer Children from Year 5 and 6 had a fantastic opportunity to meet Rosie Stancer, polar explorer, and hear her talk about her adventures. Rosie showed us all of the equipment she had used on her expeditions, and some amazing pictures from the North and South Pole. She told us about her 80-day solo mission to the Arctic and the challenges she faced including having to remove some of her toes! The children had some great questions to ask, and Marley even got to try on her headgear needed to survive sub-zero temperatures! Our thanks to Radley College for making this happen!

Tuesday 18 June 2024 We are an OPAL PLATINUM school! We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded a Platinum OPAL Quality Award for outstanding playtimes. The Platinum Award is the highest level awarded to schools that excel in promoting outdoor play and have fully embraced the OPAL ethos.

Tuesday 18 June 2024 Milestone Roadshow Winners

Tuesday 21 May 2024 Quadkids Some of our pupils were selected to take part in Quadkids at Matthew Arnold yesterday. Quadkids is an athletics event which includes a 75m sprint, a 600m run, a standing long jump and a vortex howler throw. Well done to our team who came 2nd place overall. They all did a fantastic job and were so supportive of each other. Thank you to Miss Timms for organising and to Mrs Thrower and Miss Burton for taking the children.

Tuesday 21 May 2024 Barbican Piano Trio On Thursday afternoon, Years 3-6 were lucky enough to watch and listen to a beautiful performance from the Barbican Piano Trio (on piano, violin and cello). The Barbican Piano Trio has been regarded as one of the UK’s leading ensembles, with a reputation for presenting stimulating performances, for the breadth of its repertoire and for its exceptional audience rapport. This concert was no exception, with lots of audience participation, lots of great questions asked by the children and some wonderful music.

Monday 13 May 2024 Fresh Start Taster Session Thank you to the parents and carers who attended the taster session last Thursday afternoon. It was a successful afternoon and we are very excited to be providing healthy and tasty school meals through Fresh Start. Thanks again for your support!!

Friday 10 May 2024 Yr 4 Kilvrough Day 3 Another great night of sleep! The disco, dancing, playing and movie night made us very tired! We are having a beach day today. The sun is shining and we are looking forward to paddling our feet and playing games in the sand. We have had a great time but we are all looking forward to getting back to our families. See you later, love from the Kilvrough crew 24….

Thursday 9 May 2024 Year 4 This Week!! The Y4 children who have stayed in school this week have had a lovely time at Radley Farm. They have held and fed all sorts of animals and even took the goats for a walk!

Thursday 9 May 2024 Yr 4 Kilvrough Day 2 All children had much more sleep last night and have woken up happy and looking forward to todays activities.

Wednesday 8 May 2024 Yr 4 Kilvrough Day 1 Wow what a positive first day, after some fun team- building activities we had a delicious dinner and went for a late walk in the woods. We then finished the night with some games and a story with some yummy hot chocolate… We’ve all slept…ish, now have a full tummy from breakfast, made our beds and cleaned and hoovered our rooms! We are now getting ready for either caving or climbing today. We are all happy, excited and getting on fabulously.

Friday 3 May 2024 Year 5 Bikeability

Tuesday 23 April 2024 Moon Rocks in Year 3 Last week, Year 3 were lucky enough to handle real pieces of meteorite and look at some actual lunar rocks! We enjoyed categorising the rocks, thinking if they were magnetic, looking carefully at their colour and shape with magnifying glasses and feeling their weight. What an exciting morning!

Tuesday 16 April 2024 Year 3 & 4 Writing Club Tawny Owl by Una

Monday 15 April 2024 Singing and Drama Squad It was a brilliant final Singing and Drama Squad of the spring term on Wednesday, where children created their own drama, dance or singing routine and performed them to us all. Everyone put their hearts and determination into choreographing and practising their performances, and all the children showed great courage and passion towards what they were performing. What a treat for us all!

Tuesday 26 March 2024 Year 6 Climate Change Workshops Over the past five weeks, Year 6 have been thinking hard about climate change. With the help of Jillian and Claire, volunteers with Climate Ed, they have learnt about the various causes and consequences of global warming. They looked at the environmental impact of our lifestyle choices and ended by sharing ways people could make small changes for a big overall impact. Thank you to Jillian and Claire - the children loved the workshops, which were interactive and informative. The final session's Pictionary game to review key concepts was especially fun.

Tuesday 26 March 2024 Radley Zoo visit Year 5 On 13 March, Year 5 had a visit from Radley Zoo to see and learn about their collection of animals, which includes snakes, lizards, scorpions, a tortoise and a hedgehog. The children heard how cold-blooded reptiles need to keep warm, which is why they wrap themselves around our necks and wrists when we hold them. The Radley staff and students showed us how to correctly and carefully handle the animals and all of the children then had a turn holding and looking at them. We especially enjoyed meeting Lucky the lizard who was rescued after being found on the streets of Abingdon. The tortoise turned out to be rather speedy and did several laps of the hall while we looked at the other animals! At the end of the visit Radley Zoo gave us a whole snakeskin which had recently been shed by the cobra and which now has pride of place in Y5.

Tuesday 26 March 2024 Easter Assembly It was lovely watching our children in year 3 - 6 act out the Easter story from Maundy Thursday through to Easter day. The children then explained to the school what Easter means to them. This included:

Friday 22 March 2024 Ramadan Our thanks to our children who observe Ramadan for preparing and talking about how, during Ramadan, children must show kindness, respect and perseverance.

Tuesday 19 March 2024 British Science Week We had a fabulous time celebrating British Science Week in school last week. Time-related investigations were carried out all across the school and there was a great deal of excitement about the poster competition.

Tuesday 19 March 2024 International Women's Day Congratulations to Summer, Leola and Tierney for their presentation on International Women's Day. It was great to hear what women have done in the past, with a particular focus on Emmeline Pankhurst and Anne Frank, and to understand the importance of questioning stereotypes. Our thanks too to Tom for dressing up as a suffragette.

Monday 11 March 2024 Year 2 visit British Motor Museum On Friday Year 2 went to the British Motor Museum. They had a brilliant time looking at cars from all across the ages, taking part in activities and even got to ride on a bus that was over 100 years old!

Monday 11 March 2024 World Book Day 2024 We all entered into the spirit of celebrating books and reading last Thursday for World Book Day; children had a great time bringing in a character to school. They were asked to unlock their creative book juices and create a character in whichever way they wished. The results were phenomenal! From pictures, to puppets and craft to cakes, the characters were really cheerful and creative - take a look! Your child would have come home with their World Book Day token to have either a book from the World Book Day selection or £1 off a book or audiobook of their choice. There are also some great reading activities on the World Book Day website: www.worldbookday.com

Monday 11 March 2024 Author Visit in Year 6 As part of our World Book Day celebrations, Year 6 welcomed local children's author - Angela Kecojevic - into school today to hear more about her life as a writer. Angela shared tips on how to write scary stories and we tried out some new techniques. Angela writes for all ages and her new book - Scareground - is a fantastic historical mystery set in Victorian London.

Monday 11 March 2024 Cosmic Cats Book Launch Over the past six months, we have worked with the Nasio Trust, an Abingdon-based charity which works to empower communities in western Kenya to break the cycle of poverty, together with Sylvia Vetta and Paul Gamble – to write Cosmic Cats. The brainchild of Sylvia Vetta, a resident of Kennington, Cosmic Cats is a collection of short stories about cats written by children at St Swithun’s Primary School and Mumias Township Primary School in Kenya. Cosmic Cats will be the first book on the shelves of a library currently being built at the school. The book was launched as part of our celebrations of World Book day with illustrator, Korky Paul, and author, Julia Golding, and we were delighted to be able to have a live link with the children in Kenya so that we could wave and express our thanks to each other. Congratulations to all those involved.

Tuesday 5 March 2024 Year 2 Mosque Visit Year 2 visited the Mosque in Oxford this week. We learnt more about the importance of prayer and how praying gives Muslims a sense of belonging.

Tuesday 5 March 2024 KS1 Fire Visit We had a very exciting visit from the fire service last week. They showed us their fireproof clothing and told us what to do in an emergency. The children practised shouting to get their families attention and to dial 999 and ask for the fire service. We practised stop, drop and roll which is what the children are doing on the floor in this photo. On the second part of their visit we got to see the fire engine! We looked at the equipment, climbed on board to see inside and had a turn squirting the hose. Some of the staff cars made good targets!

Friday 23 February 2024 Saplings Fire Service Visit Nursery had an amazing time when the fire engine came to visit. The dragon was well behaved and didn't start any fires today. The firefighter let the children have a go on the massive hose. We had a lot of fun!

Tuesday 6 February 2024 Mother Languages Day Later this month (Wednesday 21st February), we will be celebrating International Mother Languages Day! It's a chance for us to recognise the rich diversity of languages that we have at school and to acknowledge the benefits that come from being multilingual. After half-term we will be learning about some of our students' home languages. This week, some of our Year 6s have been busy filming for this celebration - look out for more later this month! Read more about this global day here

Tuesday 6 February 2024 Year 5 and 6 writing club A number of our year 5s and 6s have recently enjoyed a three-week nature writing challenge, led by local writer and naturalist Paul Gamble, as an after school club. Their ‘task’ was to capture the essence of a single bird species in around 50 words. The writing stimulus was a single feather of that bird. Here are some of their wonderfully imaginative creations.

Tuesday 6 February 2024 Yr 6 Natural History Museum Visit Cedar and Larch class visited the Oxford University Natural History Museum this week to enhance their learning about evolution and inheritance. A fantastic hands-on workshop with Mr Jarvis gave the children a chance to see how and why living things have evolved, and how specific traits can help to boost the chance of survival.

Tuesday 6 February 2024 Yr 3 Natural History Museum Visit On Wednesday morning, Year 3 visited the Natural History Museum where we had a brilliant workshop learning about and getting to handle a range of different skeletons! The children also had the opportunity to explore the museum and see the different displays including dinosaur fossils, rocks and lots of different animal specimens.

Tuesday 30 January 2024 Milestone Roadshow Years 4 & 5 On Friday, Year 4 and Year 5 were lucky enough to take part in the Milestone Roadshow which visited school. They learned about road safety, different road signs and were able to explore several different vehicles which were brought into the bottom car park, including a dragon patcher which uses flames to speed up road repairs!

Friday 26 January 2024 Radley Zoo visits Year 1 Radley Zoo came to visit Y1 today which was very exciting! We got to hold snakes, bearded dragons and even meet a hedgehog. Thank you to the staff and students from Radley for making this wonderful afternoon possible for us.

Tuesday 23 January 2024 Year 6 Tag Rugby Competition Year 6 took part in a friendly tag rugby competition last Friday. We mixed into teams and played tag rugby with the help from Danny Taylor. Well done everyone!!

Tuesday 9 January 2024 Christingle December 2023 On the last day of the term, Saplings and Key Stage 1 celebrated Christmas with Christingles. The children carefully constructed them and learnt what each part represents in a song. It was a beautiful moment when the candles were lit and lights turned out! Our thanks to Reverend Anne for joining us for this special event.

Tuesday 19 December 2023 Yr 4 Roald Dahl Day Last Friday Year 4 Roald Dahl day was a massive success. The children loved creating their own characters, learning to illustrate in the style of Quentin Blake, drew our own BFG on the playground and those daring ones even tasted snozzcumbers and Frobscottle! A giants delight!

Tuesday 19 December 2023 Year 1 & 2 Nativity The Year 1 and 2 Nativity went off without a hitch last week as expected. The children were amazing and practised very hard up until the final productions. Thank you to all the parents and carers for their support and we hope you enjoyed watching the children.

Friday 15 December 2023 Story Museum visits Saplings Yesterday we were visited by the story museum who ran a session with our Reception classes. The session was based on the story Elmer. The children looked at some illustrations and talked about how the elephants all painted themselves in beautiful patterns to celebrate Elmer. They then explored shapes and colours and came up with some patterns of their own to decorate their elephants with. It was a lot of fun and the children all listened and participated beautifully!

Tuesday 12 December 2023 Nativity Story Our Nursery and Reception children have recreated their version of the Nativity story. The children chose the characters they wanted to be and had a wonderful chance to explore the story together. They sang and acted beautifully and were amazing on the stage.

Tuesday 12 December 2023 OPAL News We wanted to share with you a selection of photos from the first full term of OPAL. As you can see the children have really enjoyed the different aspects of their play at lunchtime. Thank you for all your support with this initiative and your kind donations, it has been incredible how they use the resources in different ways, and so inspiring to watch how their play evolves and is so inclusive. The children now all have a space for their wellies and are using the field in all weathers. If you have any large cardboard boxes from the Christmas period, we would be happy to receive these when we return to school. Please ask your children what they have been enjoying in their lunchtime play.

Monday 11 December 2023 Boccia Festival

Friday 1 December 2023 Year 1 Special Visitors Today Y1 had a very special visit from the Y3 mice and Miss Winstone. This was part of our science topic and it helped us visualise the mouse in our book 'The Lion Inside.' We learnt that mice can use their tails for balance and they can make a chattering noise with their teeth. Here are some pictures of us enjoying handling the mice. They were very soft but their paws tickled our hands!

Tuesday 28 November 2023 Teddy Bear Hospital visit Saplings Last week the Teddy Bear Hospital came to visit they talked to us about how we can look after ourselves and stay safe. We explored lots of different doctors' equipment, looked inside a teddy bears tummy and learnt about dialling 999.

Tuesday 28 November 2023 Year 6 visit Hampton Court Palace Year 6 had an amazing day this Thursday visiting Hampton Court Palace. We enhanced our knowledge of the Tudors with first hand experiences, including an interactive and informative workshop which taught us about trade during the Elizabethan times. The architecture was fascinating and we were also inspired for our art appreciation by looking at real Hans Holbein portraits. A proper royal day out for all!

Tuesday 28 November 2023 Radley Zoo visit Year 3 On Tuesday 21st November, Year 3 had a very special visit from a collection of reptiles and other animals, kindly brought to school by a master from Radley College and some Radley students. The Year 3 children were given a presentation by the Radley master about the different animals and then they had the chance to hold and stroke(!) the snakes, lizards and many other creatures!

Tuesday 21 November 2023 BBC Children in Need All of our children have been fantastic this week in their fundraising efforts for BBC Children In Need. They have completed spotacular challenges of walking/ running at least 1km and then the different on the spot activities today. Well done to all! Please could fundraising come into school by Wednesday 22nd November. We were also excited to welcome BBC Radio Oxford to school this morning who recorded the children carrying out their activities and chatted to children and staff about our fundraising efforts. Click on the following link at 2:23:30 to listen https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0gnfn0r

Tuesday 21 November 2023 Dancing in Year 5! Last week Year 5 were lucky enough to have Leo Thrower (Mrs Thrower's son) come in and teach them some impressive dance moves. Leo is a professional dancer, actor and singer and the children absolutely loved the experience! Look at our moves!

Tuesday 14 November 2023 Anti Bullying Week - Monday 13th Nov - Odd Sock Day Antibullying week kicks off with Odd Socks Day on Monday 13th November. Odd Socks Day is a chance for schools to celebrate and raise awareness of Anti-Bullying Week in a positive way by asking pupils and staff to wear odd socks to school. The children really got involved in the activities and loved showing off their odd socks!!

Tuesday 14 November 2023 Hindu festival of Diwali Last week Mrs Khandelwal visited Year 5 and spoke to us about the Hindu festival of Diwali. She taught us about the 5 days of the festival and how and why Diwali is celebrated. Hazel Class and Elm Class would like to thank Mrs Khandelwal for giving us this opportunity to learn first-hand about the Hindi Culture.

Tuesday 7 November 2023 Year 2 Explorer Dome Last week, Year 2 had a great time in the Explorer Dome! They were taken on a journey, exploring different environments and thinking about why and how animals are adapted to the environment they live in. Their most favourite activity was creating a dry ice cloud which they then put their feet under. They also discovered how smelly the rubbish dump is and how important it is to reuse, repair and recycle.

Tuesday 7 November 2023 Year 1 visit Cotswold Wildlife Park Year 1 enjoyed a trip to the Cotswold Wildlife Park on Friday where they were biologists observing lots of different animals. They told the adults which animals were mammals, reptiles, birds, amphibians, fish or insects and also thought about whether they were carnivores, omnivores or herbivores. Some highlights were watching the penguins swimming quickly, the meercats scurrying around and hearing the male lion roaring very loudly.

Friday 20 October 2023 Year 2 Explorer Day Year 2 had a great time making binoculars as part of their Explorer Day today.

Friday 20 October 2023 Woodlands - Thursday 19th October 10:10pm – Woodlands Manor

Thursday 19 October 2023 Woodlands - Wednesday 18th October Oooh - we're getting earlier!! The children have just trundled upstairs to their beds after another cracker of a day! I can guarantee that within ten minutes all will be quiet – all this fresh air and different activities certainly have a positive effect on sleep.

Wednesday 18 October 2023 Woodlands - Tuesday 17th October 9:35pm - Woodlands Manor

Wednesday 18 October 2023 Woodingtons Update - Tuesday 17th October The Woodingtons have had a fabulous afternoon using their leaf identifiers, keen to spot and tick off species on autumn charts and desperately hoping to spot a muntjac deer or fox. The children all embraced searching within quadrats; in a biodiversity study focusing on the abundance of moss, worms, hazel leaves and fungi. Finally, in two teams, they searched for a suitable site (within a given area) to build dens large enough to accommodate their group.

Tuesday 17 October 2023 Woodlands - Monday 16th October 10:15pm - Woodlands Manor

Monday 16 October 2023 School Council Elections We have recently elected our School Council / Eco Crew members. Children from Years 2-6 voted for 2 children from each class.

Monday 9 October 2023 House Captain Elections Congratulations to all the children who put themselves forward for election – it’s a brave thing to do when you know that not everyone can ‘win’.

Tuesday 26 September 2023 Chess Club Our Friday lunchtime chess club launched successfully last week! We are especially keen to welcome beginners who want to learn the game and are very grateful to those families who have donated chess sets.

Friday 22 September 2023 Music Flood Week

Thursday 20 July 2023 Abingdon Science Partnership Children in Year 5/6 have had the opportunity to participate in an after-school Science Club at Abingdon School that supports and funds The Abingdon Science Partnership. Through this organisation, our children have benefitted from enrichment opportunities linked with science. During these sessions, children are encouraged to be more inquisitive and become independent learners by exploring possible answers for their scientific based questions. Children acquire specific skills and knowledge to help them think scientifically, whilst gaining an understanding of the uses and implications of Science, today and for the future. The sessions have been very popular; the photographs and children’s enthusiasm are evidence of this.

Thursday 20 July 2023 Water Safety Talk Our thanks to one of our parents, Marcus Nurton, for coming to talk to the children about Lowland Rescue Oxfordshire and the importance of keeping safe around water. The children all learnt some key skills and out thanks to Mr Nurton for his time.

Tuesday 18 July 2023 Year 6 Production The Pirates of The Curry Bean was yet again another fabulous star studded event! There was excellent singing, acting and stage management and the children all did a fantastic job. Thank you to all parents, carers and families for attending these sell out performances!! A massive thank you to all staff who helped and made this another memorable Year 6 event.

Tuesday 18 July 2023 EYFS & KS1 Water Day Yesterday morning EYFS and KS1 enjoyed our annual Water Day event in celebration of our school saint – Saint Swithun.

Tuesday 18 July 2023 Yr 1 Hawthorn day visit to Hill End Hawthorn had a rather wet trip to Hill End last week, however, we didn't let the rain spoil our fun! We enjoyed insect hunting and den building in the woods and managed to find lots of pond snails and pond skaters whilst pond dipping.

Tuesday 18 July 2023 iRock Concert Last week a handful of pupils performed their end of year iRock concert showcasing what they have been learning this term. They all did a fantastic job! Thank you to the parents and carers who came and watched them perform.

Tuesday 18 July 2023 Yr 2 Holly Hill End Visit Holly Class had a fab time on their overnight stay at Hill End last week. From team building games to den building to roasting marshmallows and singing round the campfire, lots of memories were made. We loved having a big sleepover in the dorms, but there wasn't much sleeping going on! Despite the rainy weather on Friday, we made the most of our time and enjoyed pond dipping and more den building with our friends who didn't stay the night.

Tuesday 11 July 2023 Yr 2 Rowan Hill End Visit

Tuesday 11 July 2023 Yr 1 Poplar day visit to Hill End

Tuesday 11 July 2023 Year 4 Ukulele Concert

Thursday 6 July 2023 Recorder Assembly Well done to all the children who participated in the recorder assembly last Wednesday and thank you for all the parents and carers who came to watch. The children all did very well!

Tuesday 4 July 2023 Children's Air Ambulance Fundraising Following on from our assembly and our 'Green' fundraising day - we are excited to announce we raised over £330 for the Children's Air Ambulance Service!

Tuesday 4 July 2023 Year 5 Bikeability Elm had their last session with Bikeability last Thursday and as expected they all passed with flying colours!! Well done!!

Thursday 29 June 2023 KS2 Sports Day KS2 Sports day last week went off well. Well done to all the children who participated in the heat and thank you to the parents and carers who came to cheer them all on!!

Wednesday 28 June 2023 Beyond Boundaries Update https://stswithunprimary.greenhousecms.co.uk/admin/pages/page-edit.asp?pageID=21621#/

Wednesday 28 June 2023 World Music Day 2023 Last week we celebrated World Music Day! Each year group learnt a song within a genre and decade of music then we all came together to perform at the end of the day. Children from Reception to Year 6 sang and performed beautifully and we also had a ukulele performance from Year 4. And wow... Year 3 even dressed up!

Tuesday 20 June 2023 Beyond Boundaries Competition Winners Congratulations to Winston Ford for winning a prize last week with his creation of his interactive Lego head sculpture of Zhiyao Luo. Very impressive work Winston!

Tuesday 20 June 2023 EYFS & KS1 Sports Day Sports day last week went off well for early years and KS1. Well done to all the children who participated in the heat and thank you to the parents and carers who came to cheer them all on!!

Tuesday 13 June 2023 Year 6 Junior Citizens On Thursday and Friday Year 6 thoroughly enjoyed being immersed in scenario-based learning at Junior Citizen. They learned vital skills and information to keep themselves and others safe in our community.

Tuesday 13 June 2023 Elm Class and Bikeability Children in Elm were excited to embark on the Bikeability programme last week. The cycle-training programme provides children with the skills, confidence, knowledge and understanding to cycle safely on the roads. For the initial session, children were supported in ensuring that their bicycle was ready for the journey ahead. Children then learnt how to set off safely, pedal, slow down and stop (including looking behind, cycling one handed, turning and controlling speed). Watch this space to hear more about their progress.

Friday 9 June 2023 Year 6 IMPS

Tuesday 6 June 2023 Reception Art Exhibition On Friday 26 July Owls & Otters and Rabbits & Hedgehogs celebrated being sunflower and woodwork experts by inviting our Mummy's and Daddy's to an exhibition of our work. We were very proud indeed.

Monday 5 June 2023 Quadkids Athletic Event On Monday 22nd May 2023, Miss Burton took ten Year 6 children to Matthew Arnold to compete in a Quadkids athletics event. They each did a long distance run, a sprint, a vortex howler throw and a jump. The children represented the school brilliantly and came 2nd place out of 9 other teams in the Year 5/6 category, only missing out on the top spot by 7 points! Amelie Ashley scored the most points out of all of the girls in the Year 5/6 teams across the partnership – well done!

Thursday 25 May 2023 Yr 1 Trip to Synagogue On Tuesday, Year 1 went on a trip to the Oxford Synagogue. It was very interesting finding out about Judaism and how Jewish people celebrate the Jewish New Year and Shabbat.

Tuesday 23 May 2023 Year 3 visit Chedworth Roman Villa Last week Oak Class and Willow Class went to visit the National Trust site Chedworth Roman Villa as part of their history topic of Roman Britain. Chedworth Roman Villa is located in Gloucestershire and is one of the largest and most elaborate Roman villas so far discovered in Britain.

Thursday 18 May 2023 Year 2 Science In Rowan we have been using our observation skills to sketch the fantastic array of plants we have in our school spiritual garden and allotment area. We enjoyed being in the fresh air to do our learning and finding lots of different plants. We discussed the question of ‘Why aren’t all plants the same.’ Lots of us thought it was because of how different all the seeds were, or because it would be boring if they were all the same. Some of us talked about the different climates, and how this makes plants grow differently. Finally we thought that plants are different so that they can taste different, because we know that lots of plants are used for food.

Tuesday 16 May 2023 STATWARS Climate Change Challenge To launch Year 5s involvement in the real-world immersive national competition, STATWARS, one of our parents and Climate Change and Sustainability expert – Claire Gilbert – spoke to children about the effect of Carbon Footprint on Climate Change. Children showed that they already know much about climate change, fossil fuels and deforestation but were unsure of how a carbon footprint is calculated. They were fascinated by Claire’s presentation and interested to see how temperatures have increased dramatically since 2010.

Tuesday 16 May 2023 Saplings visit ScienceOxford On Thursday all of Saplings went on a trip to ScienceOxford, the most used words of the day were - wow, awesome and cool! All of the children really enjoyed exploring the resources, equipment and activities available. We were amazed at how well they were able to explain their understanding of what they thought about what was happening and how things work.

Tuesday 9 May 2023 Beyond Boundaries A huge well done to all Year 5 and 6 pupils who entered the Beyond Boundaries Art competition run by Oxford University. This project explored creative ways in which the research of diverse scientists could be represented in art. Your submissions included drawings, paintings, sculpture, mixed media, poetry, video and even stop motion animation. We were enormously impressed and wish you the very best of luck with the official judging!

Friday 5 May 2023 Kilvrough - Thurs 4th May

Thursday 4 May 2023 Kilvrough - Wed 3rd May

Wednesday 3 May 2023 Kilvrough - Tues 2nd May

Tuesday 2 May 2023 Music Assembly Last week, we were treated to a music assembly, where many of our musicians showed us a glimpse of the amazing talent we have here at St Swithun's. Thank you to all of the children for taking part and to our music teachers, for not only teaching the children, but giving them the opportunity to perform to an audience. We all thoroughly enjoyed it!

Tuesday 2 May 2023 PC Ben visit to Year 1 On Friday 28th April, Year 1 had an exciting visit from PC Sue! She came to tell us the story of PC Ben and talked about the role of the police in the community. We were excited to see pictures of all the different types of police vehicles and got to ask lots of interesting questions about how the police help us all.

Tuesday 18 April 2023 Easter Assembly Congratulations to our Worship Leaders for running such an excellent assembly on the last day of term. Together with Reverend Alison, our Year 6s acted out the Easter story from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday for the whole school! Well done our Worship leaders and thank you Reverend Alison for working with them! Thank you too to the Partington family for sharing with us how they celebrate Easter. It was a real privilege to hear from one of our families as to what they do during this important festival of Lent and Easter. Photos to follow soon on our website.

Tuesday 28 March 2023 Fire Service Assembly On Wednesday EYFS and KS1 welcomed the Fire Service into school who taught us about the importance of testing our fire alarms and being safe around fire. They also let us have a go with the huge hose they use for putting out fires, some of the teachers’ cars got a really good clean! Finally, we enjoyed looking inside the fire engine.

Tuesday 28 March 2023 Rags 2 Riches Last Friday morning, our Eco Crew and Support Team were hard at work collecting all the clothes bags; there were at least 120 bags! If you consider that by collecting 1kg of used clothing, we can reduce 3.6kg of carbon dioxide emissions. As a school, we collected 325 kgs – what a positive difference we have made to our environment.

Tuesday 28 March 2023 Ramadan Assembly Our thanks to some of our children who talked to us about Ramadan in Assembly last week. The children were asked what they thought about when they heard the word Ramadan and responses included: ‘commitment, fasting, perseverance, peace, helping others, determination, community, food, praying, kindness, love, respect, excited, special.’

Tuesday 28 March 2023 Year 2 British Motor Museum Trip Year 2 had a fantastic trip to the British Motor Museum on Thursday. We were able to learn about Bessie the bus who is over 100 years old! Later, we had fun sketching some of our favourite cars in the museum. We enjoyed having our packed lunches together before finishing our day with a journey through time learning about the first car ever made. Did you know it had three wheels and a tiller like a boat for steering

Monday 20 March 2023 Mothers Day Tea

Monday 20 March 2023 Science Day Last Thursday, children throughout school became scientists for the day and took part in a variety of investigations linked to the environment. As you may be aware, the theme for British Science Week this year was ‘Connections’, and we decided to link this with children’s interest in climate change and sustainability.

Monday 20 March 2023 Violins in Assembly Congratulations to our three violinists for playing so beautifully in assembly on Friday. Always hard to play in front of others - well done!

Tuesday 14 March 2023 Year 6 play football at Chandlings On Monday 13th March, some year 6’s went to Chandlings, to compete with partnership schools in a football competition, organised by Danny Taylor.

Thursday 9 March 2023 Children's Mental Health Awareness Week

Tuesday 7 March 2023 Moon Rocks!! Last week, a high security, secret delivery was received by children in Year 5 – Moon Rocks!

Tuesday 7 March 2023 Nerys Pearce visits St Swithuns Thank you to all who participated and sponsored the children in their circuits. We all had such a fantastic day and it was very inspirational listing to Nerys’s story!

Tuesday 7 March 2023 World Book Day 2023

Friday 3 March 2023 Science Oxford visit Year 6 On Wednesday 1st March 2023, Science Oxford visited Year 6 to carry out a workshop all about how animals are adapted to survive in their environment. The workshop was very engaging and the children learnt through a hands-on activity how some animals live long enough to reproduce where as others may not survive when they are not suited to the

Friday 3 March 2023 School Council Our school council works incredibly hard with Mrs Knighton and other staff members of our school community to work on actions that support our school to be even more great. Each councillor works with their class to listen, discuss and share views to put forward at the meetings.

Monday 27 February 2023 Nursery & Saplings visit The Story Museum Nursery and Saplings had a wonderful time visiting The Story Museum last week.

Monday 27 February 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquake appeal Thank you to everyone for bringing in coins to donate to Turkey and Syria. All classes placed their coins on the map of the two countries and, dependent on age, had a moment of silence to think of others around the world. All monies raised will go to: https://timetohelp.enthuse.com/cf/turkey-earthquake.

Tuesday 21 February 2023 Singing Squad at Young Voices - Wembley Feb 2023

Tuesday 7 February 2023 Orchestral Day at Radley College Last week, a group of Upper Junior children took part in an Orchestral Day at Radley College. Prior to the day, they had the opportunity to practice with Helen Eccleston from the Abingdon Music Centre. The children thoroughly enjoyed the day and the performance at the end of the day was very impressive, with around 200 children taking part.

Thursday 2 February 2023 Year 3 visit Natural History Museum Last week Year 3 went to The Natural History Museum in Oxford. When we were there, we went into a classroom and learnt all about the different types of skeletons that animals, including humans, have. Some have skeletons on the inside, like us humans, and some have theirs on the outside. We looked at everything from insects to horse skulls! After our very informative lesson, we used our new knowledge and went around the museum on a scavenger hunt to find the bones of different animals!

Monday 30 January 2023 Year 2 visit The Oxford Mosque Throughout the primary curriculum we learn about different faiths and in order to enhance our learning, we are fortunate to visit places of Worship.

Monday 30 January 2023 Year 6 visit Natural History Museum Year 6 had a super morning at the Oxford Natural History Museum learning more about evolution, inheritance, adaptation and variation. Our museum teacher, Chris, explained the different processes amazingly with a range of different resources to support this, including specimens of different moths, amphibians and even a polar bear foot! We learned a little more about the theories of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace from their studies of different species. The children were amazing, attentive and inquisitive and had lots of questions and brilliant thoughts. It was a great trip!

Tuesday 17 January 2023 Year 6 trip to the Mosque Throughout the primary curriculum we learn about different faiths and in order to enhance our learning, we are fortunate to visit places of Worship.

Tuesday 17 January 2023 Epiphany at St Swithun's

Tuesday 13 December 2022 Year 6 visit Hampton Court Palace The trip to Hampton Court was amazing – the children loved exploring the home of Henry VIII and learnt lots from the workshop, where they had to look at a variety of primary sources to make a decision about what type of king Henry VIII was. The children learnt about the reliability of sources and bias and to always question what information they are presented with.

Tuesday 13 December 2022 Year 5 Viking Day The Vikings took over Year 5 for the day! Wednesday 7th December saw the invasion of Vikings in the Year 5 classrooms as pupils and staff came superbly dressed ready to explore a whole day of History learning.

Tuesday 6 December 2022 Year 5 Meet Tony Bradman Last Wednesday, we were delighted to welcome author Tony Bradman to Year 5. Many of our children had never met an author before; the excitement was heightened because children are excited by the author’s engaging historical adventure and fantasy book. Tony spoke about his childhood and told children that they should make the most of each and every opportunity that may come their way.

Tuesday 6 December 2022 Teddy Bear Hospital visit in Saplings Last Tuesday, Saplings had a lovely visit from the teddy bear hospital. The children explored three different activities, one where doctors showed us what to do in an emergency and how to dial 999. They also learnt how to use the medical equipment: we listened to our teddy’s heartbeats with a stethoscope, gave them injections, checked their temperatures and learnt how to use an inhaler. We also got to meet Sid who showed us all the different organs in our body and where they live.

Tuesday 29 November 2022 Year 3-4 Rugby Tag Event

Tuesday 22 November 2022 Eco Crew News Our Eco Crew met this week and have decided that as a school they would like us to be one of the first schools to make a change and inspire other schools to follow in their goal to SAVE TREES!

Tuesday 22 November 2022 BBC Children In Need 2022 Thank you to everyone who donated and got dressed up last week for children in need. St Swithun’s raised £269.51 which is a fantastic amount.

Tuesday 22 November 2022 Abingdon Science Partnership's Primary Science Club A few of our Year 5 & 6 children attended the after-school Science Club that started last week. The sessions are run by senior school Science Ambassadors and supervised by fully qualified Abingdon School science teachers. It is a superb opportunity for our Upper Key Stage 2 children to work in a fully equipped science laboratory and extend their science skills and knowledge. There was much interest for the club this term, we hope to secure some more places when the new sessions begin to enable a greater number of our pupils to gain this valuable experience. The first session was very popular amongst our children who came back to school the next day buzzing with excitement. Here are some comments about their experience:

Friday 18 November 2022 KS2 Space Talk On Wednesday we were lucky enough to have a space presentation from Dr Mamatha Maheshwarappa who works at the UK Space Agency. Years 3-6 were wowed with everything 'space', took part in an experiment and a couple of children were even given the opportunity to try on a real space suit! It was a wonderful experience enjoyed by the children and adults alike! Thank you again Dr Maheshwarappa for your time.

Friday 11 November 2022 Woodlands Day 4 Thursday 10th November – Woodlands Manor

Thursday 10 November 2022 Day 3 at Woodlands Wednesday 9th November 2022

Wednesday 9 November 2022 Day 2 at Woodlands

Tuesday 8 November 2022 Day 1 at Woodlands

Tuesday 8 November 2022 Visit to The Porch Day Centre During Harvest time, we decided, as a school to support The Porch Day Centre in Oxford, by donating non-perishable foods. The Porch provides day-long support for homeless and vulnerably housed people wanting to move forward in their lives.

Tuesday 1 November 2022 Diwali Assembly On the Friday before October half term, we marked the upcoming festival of Diwali. Diwali is the festival of lights and is celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs and Jains all over the world. We were fortunate to be joined by Ved’s mum and brother and Arvin’s mum as well as Mrs Patel who explained the main activities of the five days, the traditions behind each special day and what these celebrations include and look like. Children learnt that Diwali celebrates the triumph of light over darkness, through the story of Rama, Sita and Hanuman; that Laxmi, the Goddess of wealth is invited to homes which are decorated with rangoli designs and lit with divas (candles). Hindus pray that Goddess Laxmi brings wealth and good fortune in the new year. We learnt that it is 2079 in the Hindu calendar!

Monday 31 October 2022 Year 2 Explorer Day In Year 2, on the last day of term we had a very exciting day for our Great Explorers topic. We came dressed as explorers to school! First, we created binoculars ready to explore. Next we went on an adventure as David Livingstone, one of the explorers we’ve been learning about. After that, we discovered some new foods that had magical effects on us from across the globe. It was a fantastic day!

Tuesday 18 October 2022 Year 2 Explorer Dome

Tuesday 18 October 2022 Year 6 Map Reading Cedar Class enjoying their Geography lesson, where they were using ‘Digimaps’ to follow a route using six-figure grid references. They thoroughly enjoyed it and learnt more about how to read a map!

Monday 10 October 2022 New Eco Crew

Monday 10 October 2022 Celebrating Harvest Festival We celebrated Harvest in KS2 by using KitKats! If there were 50 children in the world across all 7 continents and 50 KitKats, would each child get one KitKat or would the distribution of food be uneven and therefore unfair The children helped work out that, although Asia and Africa have the largest populations, they don't have the greatest share of the food available. The children also decided that they should donate all the KitKats to the Porch as part of our Harvest offerings. Thought provoking!

Monday 10 October 2022 New Wellbeing Ambassadors

Monday 10 October 2022 New Worship Leaders Congratulations to Heidi, Amelie, Leo, Isabel, Ashleigh and Mathew who have been elected as Worship Leaders.

Friday 7 October 2022 New School Councillors

Thursday 29 September 2022 Congratulations Massive congratulations to Tor and Benny who were awarded the Bronze Award for their Clarinet playing on Friday!! Well done boys!!

Tuesday 27 September 2022 Year 3, 4 and 6 Singing Session Our thanks to Radley College for an exciting Singing Workshop for years 3, 4 and 6. The children were given an introduction to a capella as well as choral singing and learnt a few songs using call and response. They used their bodies as percussion and learnt some musical vocabulary including scale and octave. Thank you Radley College for coming to support us!

Tuesday 27 September 2022 Hackney Colliery Band Y5 trip to Radley WOW, one word - jazzy! Last Thursday, Year 5 had a fantastic time at Radley College embracing the exciting melodies that Hackney Colliery Band had to offer. We learnt about the different brass and percussion instruments they play to create their masterpieces. Whenever they played, we couldn't help but clap and dance along; creating a wave of enthusiasm amongst our classes.

Tuesday 20 September 2022 Year 6 Cooking Last week Year 6 started their cooking lessons. In their first session, they tried different naan breads and then made their own! Thank you to Ms Guthrie for working with the Year 6 children.

Tuesday 20 September 2022 Woodwork in Saplings Saplings have enjoyed experiencing our new woodwork area today. They have all shown great concentration and perseverance; using their finger and arm muscles to experiment with a hammer, nails, screwdrivers and screws.

Tuesday 13 September 2022 Lego Club is Back!! Pictures from our first Lego club of the year. We had a large group of excited children attend our lunch time club today! Lots of creativity and team work. The 30 mins flew by and we were sad that it ended- there's always next week!

Tuesday 13 September 2022 House Captain Elections

Tuesday 13 September 2022 Healthy Smiles Accreditation for St Swithun's! Congratulations to St Swithun's C of E Primary School for working with Community Dental Services and achieving their Healthy Smiles accreditation!!

Tuesday 13 September 2022 School Award We are pleased to announce that St Swithun’s School has been awarded ‘Silver’ for their school games mark. Well done to all of the adults working to keep our children as active as possible.

Thursday 21 July 2022 Leavers' Day Den Making

Tuesday 19 July 2022 Eco Award for St Swithun's 'We like how the Eco-Committee members communicate with each other and to internal and external stakeholders through using a variety of methods including reporting back to classes and through assemblies. You also use your lovely colourful and eye-catching Eco-Board and the school website.

Tuesday 19 July 2022 St Swithun's Water Day On 13th July we celebrated St Swithun’s Day early…it’s on 15th July. The legend is that the weather on 15 July supposedly determines the weather for the next forty days, as noted in the popular Elizabethan verse:

Tuesday 19 July 2022 Year 3 Art Project This term, some of the children in Y3 were fortunate enough to participate in a 4-week project with two visiting artists. Oli and Andrea worked with them and the Endeavour special school in Headington on a project entitled 'The Gift'. Their focus was well-being and their aim to produce artwork that could be gifted to the other school. The children in Willow class produced works inspired by contemporary artists and ranged from a hanging origami mobile, a dance, a sequence of photographic stills and a wooden puzzle. In turn, St Swithun's was gifted a fabulous artwork made by the students at Endeavour that can be seen hanging in reception.

Tuesday 19 July 2022 Year 1 & 2 Hillend Visits!! Recently the Year 1 and 2 classes visited Hillend Outdoor Centre for day trips (Year 1) and overnight stays (Year 2).

Tuesday 12 July 2022 Kabantu Concert

Tuesday 12 July 2022 Year 5 Project Pylon You may recall that our Year 5 children took part in a project, organised by Oxford City Council and sponsored by Pivot Power, to raise the profile of renewable energy. Children used inspiration from pylon designs around the world to design and create their own pylons made out of willow. Well, the artist children worked with – Andrew Manson – used one of the children’s designs to inspire his Superhub Mural. The design he chose can be seen at Redbridge Park and Ride.

Monday 11 July 2022 Street Tag Here are our latest, most active Oxfordshire School teams from the concluded Season 3 of the Vale of White Horse Schools leaderboard, 2022.

Tuesday 5 July 2022 Schools Eco Application Submitted The School Council have now submitted their application for an Eco-Schools Award. The final step was to write an Eco-Code which will be displayed in school.Congratulations to Runa, Ikram, Audrey and Ellie for winning the energy-saving poster competition and to so many others for entering. It's great to see re-cycling have a higher profile in the lunch hall and our energy monitors are doing a great job reminding us to turn off the lights! The good weather has enabled teachers to do a few lessons outside and our new caretaker, Mr Martin, is talking to the cleaning company about using more environmentally-friendly products.

Tuesday 5 July 2022 Larch's AMAZING trip to Abingdon School What an amazing and 'poptasic' experience Larch Class had during our Science workshop at Abingdon School on Friday. We developed our observation and measuring skills by testing out some indicators in acids and alkalis and examining the results. We also added a piece of magnesium to hydrochloric acid and then set fire to the gas within the test tube to see what would happen. Our session, quite literally, ended with a bang when our teacher showed us the effect of setting fire to a hydrogen filled balloon. A massive THANK YOU to the staff at Abingdon School for accommodating us and for this brilliant workshop!

Thursday 30 June 2022 We love Lego club!!! We love Lego club! From towns to cities, to cars and people.. We love creating them all!

Tuesday 28 June 2022 St Swithun's Sports Days Last week we had two successful sports days with Foundation & KS1 on Monday and KS2 on Friday. Merlin were the winning house for Foundation & KS1 and Red Kite were the winners for KS2. All did brilliantly in their events and a special thank you to the sports leaders for running the field events and Premier Sports for preparing the children for their races.Well done to everyonewho took part!!

Tuesday 21 June 2022 Year 6 Matthew Arnold Sports Day Last Friday 17th St Swithun's went to Matthew Arnold for a sports afternoon along with the Y6s from North Hinksey School and Botley School.

Thursday 16 June 2022 World Ocean Day Using cues and changing the tint and the shade the children designed their own pictures to show the different layers of the ocean. We took our learning outside and we measured out a life size whale on the playground and as a team we formed the shape to show how large a whale is. It was great fun!!

Thursday 16 June 2022 Saplings visit Science Oxford We went to Science Oxford and had a wonderful time exploring in the Discovery and Exploration rooms and then going out for a woodland walk . We played a game that helped us to understand how bees collect pollen from flowers and then went bug hunting, some of us even found a newt! It was an amazing day!

Tuesday 14 June 2022 Year 6 Quadkids Event Year 6s participated in a Quadkids event at Botley School on Monday 13thJune 2022. Quadkids is an athletics event, where the children sprint 75m, run 600m (long distance), do a vortex howler throw and a long jump. The children who went represented the school brilliantly and came 2ndout of 6 teams. Caelan also came 2ndin the top 3 individual year 5/6 boys. Well done!

Thursday 9 June 2022 Year 5 MAD Museum visit What fun was had when Elm Class visited The Mechanical Art and Design Museum in Stratford upon Avon on Tuesday 7 June. Children relished the opportunity to see and interact with a wide range of automata. ( An automaton is a control mechanism designed to follow a predetermined sequence of operations.)

Tuesday 7 June 2022 Jubilee Celebrations On the last day of term, St Swithun's had a lovely day celebrating the Queen's Jubilee by giving the children the option to dress in red, white and blue. We all enjoyed scones with jam and cream on the field for morning tea and also planted a special Jubilee tree, which was donated to the school by Millets Farm.

Friday 27 May 2022 Year 6 Hampton Court Visit Year 6 visited Hampton Court on Thursday 26thMay 2022 as part of their Tudor topic, which was back in the Autumn term. Due to Covid bubbles, it was postponed but it was just as exciting. The children had a workshop about Henry VIII’s court and explored the palace. The children represented the school really well and were a delight to take. Thank you to Miss Maskell for organising such an amazing trip!

Friday 27 May 2022 Project Pylon Year 5 children had a fantastic day working with a local artist, Andrew Manson, and an engineer from Pivot Power to find out more about the history, innovation and benefits of green energy, sustainability and environmental art. This creative project, sponsored by Oxfordshire City Council, is related to the electric vehicle charging hub opening at Redbridge Park and Ride in the summer and supports our current learning on Global Warming.

Tuesday 24 May 2022 Cedar's Science Workshop at Abingdon School The children really enjoyed their visit to Abingdon School The session was based around lab skills and the children did different experiments with acids and alkalis.

Tuesday 10 May 2022 Year 3 Visit Chedworth Roman Villa Last week, Oak Class alongside Willow Class, went to visit the National Trust site Chedworth Roman Villa as part of their history topic of Roman Britain. Chedworth Roman Villa is located in Gloucestershire and is one of the largest and most elaborate Roman villas so far discovered in Britain.

Monday 9 May 2022 Thursday at Kilvrough

Thursday 5 May 2022 Day 2 in the Big Kilvrough House

Wednesday 4 May 2022 News from Kilvrough

Tuesday 3 May 2022 Singing Squad trip to Young Voices - Tues 26/4/22 Well, all that can be said is WOWWW!!. After months of hard work practising the songs and dance moves, and also having to endure the disappointment of a postponement, the wait was definitely worth it as Singing Squad and staff made the journey down to Wembley for an afternoon rehearsal and an evening performance of fantastic singing, beat boxing and street dancing for the Young Voices 2022 concert. The atmosphere was electric and taking part in a huge musical performance along with about 4,500 other children was awesome and life enhancing. Despite it being a very long day, the children simply shone; they sang and danced their hearts out. They represented St. Swithun's incredibly well and they should be very proud of themselves. It was certainly a day to remember and cherish for the rest of their lives.

Friday 1 April 2022 Year 6 visit Science Oxford Year 6 had a visit from Science Oxford on Tuesday 30thMarch 2022 and they did a workshop all about survival of the fittest. The activities were all hands on and the children learnt about how the finches that Darwin observed had different shaped beaks (represented by the different sized clips) and therefore, could only eat and survive off certain foods. The children also learnt about how competition could impact on chances to survive! The workshop was fun and engaging and the children learnt lots about our Science topic of Evolution.

Tuesday 29 March 2022 Saplings Mother's Day Tea

Tuesday 29 March 2022 Shona Beecham Music Assembly St Swithuns were lucky enough to have Shona Beecham come and play her violin to the whole school on Thursday 24th March. Shona is currently at the Royal College of Music and has played in concerts around the world. She is also a member of the Chineke! Junior Orchestra who have been featured on Britain’s Got Talent! Our thanks to Shona for a wonderful concert of Bach and Dvoâ„¢ák

Thursday 24 March 2022 Children's Mental Health Awareness Week WOW!!! Take a look at the AMAZING and creative balloons the children made following Childrens' Mental Health Awareness Week. They brighten up our school and it is a delight to see them displayed and hanging around. We looked at the different strategies that we can all employ should we not be feeling too great. These may include going for a walk, playing some sport, reading a book, getting out into nature, deep breathing and mindful colouring. On our balloons, we wrote these on the basket so we had these in our own toolkit to keep us secure, just like the basket does. We also listed the different trusted people whom we could talk to during these times. Speaking with someone can really support when we are feeling upset or 'out of sorts'. These people can lift us up when we are feeling down, and so this is why we wrote their names on the balloon.

Tuesday 22 March 2022 Schools Eco Award

Tuesday 22 March 2022 British Science Week 2022 Following an egg-citing launch assembly on Monday, children across the school engaged in a week of hands-on science. They enjoyed being scientists; exploring, predicting, discovering and asking/answering questions about the science around them using CREST awards as a stimulus for their learning. Children learnt about scientists and their various roles in our world. There was a real science buzz across the school, it’s full of future scientists!

Tuesday 15 March 2022 Year 5 Radley College Visit The Year 5's were lucky enough to visit Radley College last week to attend a concert performed by Braimah Kanneh-Mason. It was an amazing opportunity for the children to experience this and we hope it was inspiring for them.

Tuesday 15 March 2022 Year 4 Big Sing On Thursday 10thMarch, Year 4 took part in the 'Big Sing' in the magnificent surroundings of Radley College Chapel, along with children from6 other local primary schools. They had a wonderful time singing and composing songs based on nonsense poems!

Tuesday 15 March 2022 Anti Bullying Assembly Last week our Anti bullying ambassadors gave a presentation to Key Stage 2 to discuss the importance of their role and what to do if you have any concerns in school. They will be repeating this presentation to Key Stage 1 tomorrow. They did a fantastic job putting the assembly together and presenting it themselves. Well done to all of them!

Friday 11 March 2022 Year 2's trip to the British Motor Museum The children learnt about the oldest car, and went on board a 99 year old bus. They enjoyed using their own special notebook and pencil to write down facts and sketch what they saw.

Tuesday 8 March 2022 School Council start Eco Award!

Tuesday 8 March 2022 Year 5 Orienteering Mr Briggs and Mr French took ten Year 5 children to the orienteering event, organised by Mr Taylor at North Hinksey Rugby Club. They did a fantastic job and thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

Tuesday 8 March 2022 Year 1 History Workshop Year 1 had a fantastic History workshop where we learnt all about Mary Seacole. First, we explored what life was like during her life, discovering that they didn’t have light bulbs and the fastest mode of travel was a steam train. We then explored and imagined her British hotel and realised that it was nothing like the hospitals we have today. Next, we became nurses and helped our wounded toys by bandaging their wounds. We had a great time!

Friday 4 March 2022 World Book Day - Where's Wally!!! The children had a lovely day dressing up in their own versions of Where's Wally. They enjoyed sharing and reading their favourite books with their buddy classes as well as doing Where's Wally themed work and activities. Thanks to all parents and carers for your support with getting costumes sorted!

Thursday 3 March 2022 Shrove Tuesday in Saplings On Shrove Tuesday, everyone in Saplings had a wonderful time enjoying pancakes. Each class made their own batter mixtures, chose the toppings they'd like on their pancakes and then thoroughly enjoyed eating them! We also did a good job of washing up our plates afterwards too!

Thursday 3 March 2022 Rowan Science Trip to Abingdon School We enjoyed a trip to Abingdon School to be scientists. As soon as we walked in we put on lab coats and protective glasses. One of us said ‘ I’m a real scientist, I can’t wait to get started.’ Another said ‘ this is terrific seeing the science happen!’ We have been learning about healthy eating so we learnt about energy in food by burning different foods and investigating what this told us about the energy in them. It was exciting when the teachers showed us this with sugar as it created a huge flame!

Monday 28 February 2022 Year 2 Explorers Day In Year 2, on the last day of term we had a very exciting day finishing our Great Explorers topic. We came dressed as explorers to school! First we had created our own world map puzzle and then virtually explored our favourite places on Google Earth. After that we discovered some new foods that had magical effects on us from across the globe. We created our own binoculars to spot our new discoveries more easily. Finally we created paintings of the animals we invented in Science. It was a fantastic day!

Friday 18 February 2022 Year 6 - Bird Spotting & Sketching In art, Year 6 have been studying the work of Frank Jarvis, who is known for his field sketching. He has a passion for nature and in particular, birds. These photos of Cedar class show the children bird spotting in the school’s garden and doing field sketches themselves. A great way to spend a Friday in the sunshine!

Friday 18 February 2022 Year 5 Football Tournament The Year 5s represented the school well and won most of their games. The football festival was at Tilsley Park in Abingdon. All involved had a great time! Thank you to Mr Kearney and Mr French for accompanying the boys.

Friday 18 February 2022 Year 1 The Great Fire of London! In Year 1 this term, we have be learning all about The Great Fire of London. We have really enjoyed finding out that itstarted in a bakery on Pudding Lane in 1666. We explored the reasons for the fire spreading so far and lasting for so long and discovered that the houses were made of wood, packed close together and there was no fire brigade! In art, we created our very own houses out of boxes and then had our own fire, with real fire! It was all very exciting!

Tuesday 15 February 2022 Year 4 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Day Wacky Willie Wonka Day for year 4

Friday 11 February 2022 Year 5 Bikeability Sessions Some children in Elm Class have been taking part in the Bikeability programme which provides children with the skills, knowledge and understanding to cycle safely on the roads. Children have learnt about the ‘ABCDs’ of cycle maintenance and are building their road confidence. Trained instructors help children cycle safely and responsibly, identify and respond to hazards, learn to start and stop on-road journeys and maintain suitable riding positions, show children how to share the road and communicate with other road users, understand signals, signs and road markings and advise children how to manage risk when cycling and negotiate junctions. A valuable life skill!

Friday 11 February 2022 Year 4 Science Enrichment Session As a result of our recent collaboration with Abingdon Science Partnership, children across Year 4 participated in a Primary Physics Workshop to support their learning on ‘States of Matter’. Children enjoyed using laboratory apparatusand measuring equipment, including Bunsen burners. They investigated questions related to evaporation and condensationand discovered more about solids, liquids and gases.

Thursday 10 February 2022 Year 3 visit Oxford History Museum On Friday the 4thFebruary, Willow and Oak Classes went to the Oxford History Museum where we experienced an amazing workshop all about human and animal skeletons. We also were able to look around the museum at all the amazing artefacts.

Thursday 10 February 2022 Chinese New Year Last week the children in our nursery and reception classes (Saplings) have been busy learning about Chinese New Year. We learnt that as part of the traditional celebrations, people clean their houses, so we cleaned our classrooms! Then we tried some noodles, rice and crackers, we decided that they were very yummy. Then some of us had a go a writing in the style of chinese writing, that was tricky! Then on Friday we ended our celebrations by dancing to music as the animals from the Chinese calendar and then creating our very own Chinese dance with ribbons and mirror dancing - great fun!

Friday 4 February 2022 A massive thank you!! Thank you to everyone who donated and purchased a signed Korky Paul book when we were lucky enough to have him visitin January.

Thursday 3 February 2022 What's been happening in Year 2? In writing journeys in Year 2 we have just finished the book ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’ by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers. We really enjoyed learning lots of vocabulary to describe the exasperated and furious stationery we discovered in our own classrooms. We wrote our letters as angry stationery, and created our own class books. As well as writing, we illustrated our books too in the style of Oliver Jeffers.

Friday 28 January 2022 May Fair - Can you help???

Tuesday 25 January 2022 Drago's Fire Safety KS1 had a visit from Oxfordshire Fire Service last week to tell us all about how to be safe with fire. They told us a story about Drago the Dragon and how he learnt to be careful with matches. After that we got to see inside the fire engine. We asked the firemen questions about their job and learnt a lot!!

Friday 21 January 2022 Art & Craft Club The newly launched Art and Craft Club is proving a success with the childing enjoying making and creating things!!

Thursday 20 January 2022 February Half Term Holiday Camp

Thursday 13 January 2022 Korky Paul Visits Our huge thanks to Korky Paul, the illustrator of the Winnie the Witch Stories, for entertaining and inspiring us all to read and draw. Korky's enthusiasm and sense of fun was infectious and it was wonderful to see the children enjoying themselves so much.

Thursday 16 December 2021 200 Club December Super Draw Winners

Thursday 16 December 2021 Breakfast Club & Art Club Launch St Swithun's and Oxford Active are excited to announce the launch of a Breakfast Club and Arts and Crafts Club from January 2022.

Thursday 16 December 2021 Christingle The children really enjoyed the Christingle service this week. Thank you to all who participated.

Monday 13 December 2021 Christmas Lunch All our children enjoyed the Christmas Lunch.

Thursday 9 December 2021 BBC Oxford Visit BBC Oxford came into school to film our KS2 children singing carols.

Monday 6 December 2021 Year 5 Viking Experience Year 5 were lucky enough to welcome a ‘real-life’ Viking to our school on Monday 6thof December to deliver an inspirational and interactive workshop all about the Viking way of life and the invasion of Britain. Amongst other activities, children had the opportunity to take part in a craft project and be immersed in storytelling. They all had a fantastic time!!!

Monday 6 December 2021 COP 26 Here's a sample of how our children learnt about COP26 and what it hoped to achieve.

Friday 3 December 2021 Football Tournament

Wednesday 1 December 2021 Noah's Pudding "I think the message of the story is that you don't need to all act the same to be in a community. Neither do you all need something external to bring you all together. You just need each other - if one person was left out of the community, it wouldn't be the same."

Friday 26 November 2021 Anti Bullying Ambassadors

Friday 19 November 2021 Children In Need 2021

Monday 15 November 2021 Odd Sock Day Nov 2021

Monday 15 November 2021 Explorer Dome For Year 2

Friday 12 November 2021 Handwriting Competition

Monday 18 October 2021 Woodlands Oct 2021

Thursday 14 October 2021 Welcome to our new website

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