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We have also had a very positive Anti-Bullying Week which focused on this year’s message of ‘Reach Out.’ Across the school we have been delivering lessons, assemblies and different cross-activities to remind everyone whether it’s in school, at home or in the community to reach out and show support to one another. Our Anti-Bullying Policy is written in accordance with OCC guidelines and can be found on our school website.

We all enjoyed our visit to the Watermill Theatre to see Rapunzel. It was a charming musical adventure full of surprises, laughter and wonder. The children are always captivated by the stage set, the actors and actresses in their wonderful costumes and all the different musical instruments that the cast play. We would like to thank FoSS for covering the cost of the coach transport for this event.

Our Act of Remembrance and Dedication was held at St Faith’s Church and was a very poignant occasion for the school community. We would like to give a very special thanks to Mr Tom Scrivens, and Mrs Steve Cloete from The Royal British Legion who were in attendance and to The Reverend Max Young for leading the service. The school choir sang two moving songs, each class presented a wreath and poppies were laid as a mark of respect. The school raised £232.09 for The Poppy Appeal.

Friends of Shellingford School (FoSS) organised a Crazy Hair Day for the children. We were very impressed with everyone’s hair styles – they certainly were very crazy!

We celebrated National Poetry on Thursday 6th October. The children and teaching staff shared their favourite poems. The children created poetry of our own and each class performed their poetry to parents at our Whole School Celebration Assembly.

Our whole school Harvest Service took place on Friday 30th September at St Faith’s church and was led by the children in Classes 1 and 2. We had the most enjoyable Harvest Service and it was so lovely to see so many parents and families attend the celebration. The church was full and the children sang their hearts out! We would like to extend our appreciation and thanks to Mrs Veronica Buxton from the Ministry Team who lead our service. Thank you also for your generous donations in support of the Farming Community Network following our ‘Farmers and Farm Animal Day which raised £83.00.

The pupils and staff paid tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and reflecting on her life during Collective Worship and in lessons. We wanted to thank our late monarch for all the ways she served her country and those in her care. The children wrote personal messages and drew pictures to show their appreciation and on behalf of the school Miss Villar took them to London where these are now in the memorial garden at Green Park. Many people paused to talk to Miss Villar about the children’s drawings and messages at Westminster Hall, Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace. Seemingly our tribute was also visible when the Queen’s hearse drove by as it was leaving London.

BeSpace and the Uffington Benefice of Churches organised a Prayer Space in St Faith’s Church to give the children an opportunity to experience prayer in a personal way.  We were very grateful to the volunteers and for everyone’s hard work in providing this experience for the children.

The school was inspected last term and the report has now be published. The inspection was very positive and the Ofsted Inspectors were extremely complimentary about the school. The inspection report can also be found on the Homepage of the school’s website.