Sonning Common Primary School

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County Quad Kids Champions

On 5th July the Year 3/4 and Year 5/6 Quad Kids teams travelled to Radley College to compete in the Oxfordshire County Finals.  We are proud to say that, after many years of trying to achieve a podium place, we finally accomplished this.  Not once, but twice!  Our Y3/4 team finished in 2nd place and […]

Holiday Activity and Food Programme

Information for Families Oxfordshire County Council has been awarded funding from the Department for Education to deliver a Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme in 2022, as part of a national scheme. The programme provides organised holiday activities for children who are in Reception-Year 11 and who are eligible for benefits-related free school meals. You […]

School Games Gold Award

We are delighted to announce that we have achieved the School Games Gold Mark Award for the 2021/22 academic year. The School Games Mark is a Government-led award scheme launched in 2012, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward and recognise school’s engagement (provision and uptake) in the School Games against a national benchmark […]

German Day at SCPS

We will be running our 5th tomorrow, Thursday 30th June, we have already celebrated the delights of France, Spain, Italy and Japan, and this year we will be learning all about Germany! We have lots of fun activities planned for the day and as usual our wonderful Kites Kitchen staff will being serving some culinary […]

PTA Summer Fair

We hope you are all coming to our PTA Summer Fair on Saturday 18th June, 12-3pm. The weather’s looking good, and every class has been busy preparing their stalls. There will be a BBQ and a bar, music and dancing, crafts, a tombola and a raffle, a cake stall, didi cars and an inflatable assault […]

Cricket at Shiplake College

Dr Loader and Mr Burrows took 21 cricketers from Years 5 and 6 to a tournament at Shiplake College on Friday 10th June. The tournament was played against other local primary schools and took place on the beautiful main field at Shiplake, in front of the grand school buildings and under the watchful eye of […]

Job vacancies at SCPS

We are looking for positive and proactive people to join our team in a number of roles. There is the possibility of combining two or more of the roles for the right applicant. Start date 06 September 2022 (or earlier by arrangement). Role Days Times Hourly Rate Swim Chaperones Tuesday-Thursday 1:15 – 3:15pm £9.79 Lunchtime […]

Jubilee Day

On Monday 6th June 2022 we are inviting children to come to school wearing their sports kit in red, white and blue colours. The day will be spent celebrating the Jubilee with outdoor activities for all children. Every child will receive a Jubilee coin kindly funded by the PTA. Each year group have produced some […]

Maths Challenge

Four children from Year Six were entered into a regional maths challenge on Wednesday.  The event was held at Eagle House School in Crowthorne. They performed very well against schools from as far away as Stroud and London, many of whom are able to select and offer scholarships to the best mathematicians in the area. […]

Quad Kids through to semi-finals

On 24th May our children competed in the first round of the Quad Kids competition at Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge. Quad Kids involves sprinting, distance running, jumping and vortex throwing. Our Year 3/4 and 5/6 ‘A’ and ‘B’ teams did fantastically, with both ‘A’ teams coming 1st and both ‘B’ teams coming 3rd. This means […]