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We welcomed the return of Roots to Food in May.  Each class was involved in a hands-on practical cooking session which focused on what makes a healthy and nutritious meal of Tandoori Chicken with a Bombay Saag Aloo.  The children learnt how to prepare different foods and the principles of food safety and good hygiene.  Here’s what the children got up to!

The whole school marked Ascension Day on Thursday 22nd May and held a service at St Faith’s Church in Shellingford. Parents and friends of the school were invited to join the children and staff in reflecting on this important transition in the church calendar.

We marked the 80th anniversary of VE Day to honour and pay tribute to  the Second World War generation. The children wrote prayers, poems and messages of peace and placed them in a candlelit ‘Pot of Peace’ on the green outside the front of the school.  The school gathered for a one minute silence under the tree and Alex in Year 6 read a poem. This was followed by cupcakes, squash and the whole school forming a ‘80’ on the school field.  A box of paper, jam-jars and tea lights were placed under the tree for parents, family friends and members of the community to write their own ‘message of peace’ over the weekend.

‘We had an amazing time at Hill End Outdoor Education Centre last week and every second we made a memory.  When we arrived we had different teamwork challenges to complete.  Our favourite moment was when ‘Storm Merritt’ (our teacher) poured water on us.  We also visited the WWII bomb crater and Miss Long surprised us!  On the Roman Day we dressed up as Celts and Romans and had great fun!’                                                                                                                                                                 Written by Eva & Phoebe

Our Easter Service was led by the children and staff in Year 3 and 4. It was based on the traditional hymn ‘ All Things Bright and Beautiful’ and the events of Holy Week leading up to Easter Sunday. Staff and pupils read passages from the Bible and reflected in prayer. We sang a number of joyful Easter songs and it was a lovely way to end the Spring Term and for the school community to celebrate Easter altogether.

We were very impressed with the number of entries for the Easter Bonnet Competition at the end of last term. Clearly much effort and creativity had gone into the designing and making:

We invited an Screen-Printing artist into school to work with each class over two days. The children learnt about the process, created a design and printed their image.

Thank you to everyone who joined us in the dedicating the pond to Helen Wilson who was a Governor, Teacher and Parent here at Shellingford School for many years. It was a very special occasion and meant so much to so many to those connected to the school both past and present, not least to Helen’s husband and family.

We all danced and sang our way through an energetic rhythm and percussion workshop with Bassistry Music Education . . . it was great fun! Class 3 and 4 spent a further day using IT to compose their own music and song lyrics. Thank you to FoSS for fully funding this curriculum workshop for all the children. The children are still talking about this event.