Easter Service
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 […]
Easter Bonnet Competition
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:
Screen Printing Workshop
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.
K’Nex Workshop
Thank you to STEMWorks and Mr Dorey for providing the children in Key Stage Two (Class 3 & 4) with an opportunity to experiment and problem-solve with K’Nex. Children worked in pairs to design and construct a working vehicle for the Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station.
Helen’s Pond
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 […]
Music Workshop
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 […]
World Book Day
As always was an enjoyable event. There was a range of activities taking place throughout the day to celebrate reading. We were impressed with the wide variety of book characters.
Class 3 – Visit to Stonehenge
Class 3 went to Stonehenge. ‘When we got there we went to the monument. We were shocked when we saw it because it was so big. Then we went to the Neolithic houses. We made some rope by twisting rafia. We learnt a bit about how they lived. We tested […]
February on the Floor: Half-Term Sponsored Challenge
STANDBYme is a small Christian charity that supports children in a handful of schools and communities across the world. Last year we raised nearly £1,000 towards toys and equipment for the pupils at Bethany School in Ethiopia. During the February half-term holiday we are inviting our pupils to give up […]
Safer Internet Day
This year’s global theme is Too good to be true? Protecting yourself online. We focused on how children can protect themselves and others, and who to talk to if they have any online safety concerns.
Children’s Mental Health Week
This year’s theme is ‘Know yourself, grow yourself’. During this week we helped to equip and empower the children to embrace self-awareness and explore what it means to them.
STEM Week
As part of our whole school STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) we welcomed Bright Sparks into our school to lead some hand-on science activities linked to this term’s curriculum. Workshops included Seasonal Changes, Animals & Humans, Rocks, Fossils & Volcanoes and Living Things and Habitats.
Christmas Celebrations
This year Class One and Two performed the Nativity Play ‘A Miracle in Town’ and we raised £194.46. for Helen and Douglas House. This charity provides presents provides hospice care
Our Christmas Service at St Faith’s church is held at the very end of the term. The children in Class 4 […]
Our School Choir
Our School Choir performed at the Oxfordshire County Music Service Big Christmas Sing event in Oxford with many other primary schools. The Choir also performed at the Carols by Candlelight Service held at St Faith’s Church in Shellingford.
Children in Need Appeal 2024 – Dance-A-Thon!
On Friday 15th November the whole school had a great time dancing throughout the afternoon! walking across the fields, and taking part in the exercise challenges! We raised £174.62 for the appeal, thank you
Anti-Bullying Week
We have had a very positive ANTI-BULLYING WEEK which focused on this year’s message ‘Choose Respect.’ Across the school we have been delivering lessons and different activities to
remind everyone whether it’s in school, at home or in the community to focus on the actions they can take to choose respect […]
Watermill Theatre – Pinocchio
The whole school experienced a wonderful day out at our annual visit to The Watermill Theatre to watch the Michael Morpurgo adaption of PINOCCHIO. The children were a credit to our school. We all were mesmerised by the superb acting, music and dancing and some of our older children enjoyed […]
Remembrance Service
Our service of Remembrance and Dedication was held this morning 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 Matt Mortiboy and Mr Steve Cloete from The Royal British Legion who were in attendance […]
Prayer Space
Earlier this week 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.
Activities […]
Year 5 Active Junior Leaders
Our Year 5 children were trained as Active Junior Leaders this week. The training programme took four days to complete and was led externally by ‘Active Leaders’. Our Year 5 pupils are now trained in leading practical outdoor playground games for younger pupils with an emphasis on teamwork, confidence building […]
Harvest Service
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 The Reverend Jeremy Goulston who led our […]
Year 5 & 6 Residential
Class 4 enjoyed a wonderful week at Yenworthy Lodge in Somerset, embracing a range of outdoor and adventurous activities – not even the rain could dampen their spirits! During the week, the children had the opportunity to learn many new skills including canoeing/kayaking, surfing, coasteering and mastering the centre’s ropes […]
The Windrush Generation
As part of Class 3’s topic this term on the children went to The Oxford Playhouse this week to watch a stage production of Floella Benjamin’s book ‘Coming to England’. What a fantastic way to kick-start the topic this term!
“I couldn’t take my eyes off it! Now I know why […]
Shellingford School Family Learning Culture
At our school we also talk about the ‘Shellingford School Family Learning Culture’ and refer to this in our lessons. We expect all our pupils to have a ‘Growth Mindset’ and for children to embrace challenge, to persevere and learn from mistakes, show curiosity, enjoy learning together and have aspirations. […]
Roots and Foundation in Love
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 […]