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Our service of Remembrance and Dedication was held on the 7th November in St Faith’s church. It was a very poignant occasion for the school community.    We would like to give a very special thanks to Mr Tom Scrivens from The Royal British Legion who was in attendance and to The Reverend Jeremy Goulston for leading the service.  As a mark of respect, pupils were invited to wear their Brownies, Rainbows, Guides, Beavers, Scouts or Sea Cadets uniform. The school sang three moving songs, each class presented a wreath and poppies were laid as a mark of respect: Thank you also for supporting the Poppy Appeal which raised £214.22. Every poppy shows that we care about the lives of our Armed Forces Community. The Royal British Legion wish to send their heartful thanks for your very generous donations.

Over two days, a group of our Year 6 pupils took part in Bikeability Level 1 and 2 training. The children completed a challenging ride from Shellingford to Stanford in the Vale, where they practised a range of on-road cycling skills and safety drills they had practiced on the playground beforehand. They learned how to signal, navigate junctions, and ride confidently in real traffic conditions. All the pupils showed fantastic focus, teamwork, and enthusiasm throughout the sessions.

Some of our Year 5’s also took part the Junior Active Leaders training this week. The programme is designed to develop leadership, teamwork, and confidence in leading playground games and activities for our younger pupils in the school.

What a wonderful week our pupils have had this year at their residential at Yenworthy Lodge, an outdoor activity centre set in six acres of woodland within the Exmoor National Park. They have embodied our school values, demonstrating perseverance, resilience, teamwork, curiosity and friendship.  During the week they have enjoyed surfing, rock pooling, beach art, coasteering and lots of challenges on site including the climbing wall and zipline.  We have been so impressed with their behaviour, manners and good humour as well as their willingness to work so well together and with the partner-school.  Mrs Sucksmith and Mrs Carter

As a church school our Christian vision is at the heart of our provision and steers all we do with our pupils and with one another.  We talk about having ‘roots and foundation in love’ (Ephesians 3:17) to help inspire and guide our hearts and minds.  In our Collective Worship and as part of daily activities and interactions we remind ourselves that the best roots we can have can be provided by our faith, our family and friends, and demonstrated by the way we show love for other people. We hope that this will become the foundation of our lives to enable us to grow into good people.

Our Summer Production was once again a block buster!  Congratulations to the children for two fantastic performances and to Mrs Sucksmith for directing the production.  £241.26 was raised for the charity ‘SeeSaw’ who provide support for children, young people and their families in Oxfordshire when they have been bereaved or when someone close to them is terminally ill.