Welcome back
It is so lovely to see everyone back after the Easter break and the weather has brought a splash of colour across our school this spring. These beautiful flowers are brightening the day and making our surroundings even more special!
Green Futures Gold Award
We are delighted to share that we have been awarded the Green Futures Gold Award by Greener Henley. This award recognises the passion, hard work and commitment to building a greener, more sustainable future. From eco-projects to student leadership through eco council, we are passionate about educating children how our everyday choices make a real […]
South Oxfordshire Sportshall Athletics champions (again!)
Our Y5/6 Sportshall Athletics team made their annual trip to Wheatley Park secondary school to compete in the South Oxfordshire Final – the last round of the indoor athletics season. Once the usual running, jumping, throwing and speed bouncing had concluded, we were delighted to learn that we are still the champions of South Oxfordshire! […]
OCC Footsteps
With the Easter holidays fast approaching, and better weather and lighter evenings on the horizon, now is a great time for parents and carers to begin supporting their children on their journey to becoming safer, independent pedestrians. Oxfordshire County Council’s child pedestrian Road Safety scheme, Footsteps, has been improved with the addition of a series […]
Parent Governor Vacancy
There is a vacancy for a parent governor on our school’s governing board. The governing board has an extremely important role, they are responsible for the strategic direction of the school, working in partnership with the headteacher, promoting high standards of educational achievement and ensuring our resources are used to maximum impact. Governors individually have no […]
Comic relief (red nose day)
We have had a wonderful time raising money for Comic Relief this year at SCPS. The children from Kites to Year 6 have had a great week trying a silly sports day ‘Tour De Farce’, entering a ‘bake yourself silly’ competition and wearing something red and donating money. Miss Green thought the baked character entries […]
Outdoor play and learning
Sonning Common Primary school is about to start a programme to improve opportunities for physical activity, socialisation, cooperation, coordination, resilience, creativity, imagination and enjoyment through improved play. Children today don’t have the same freedoms we once did, so we want to give children back time to really enjoy and learn from play. After all, it’s […]
British Science Week
To celebrate British Science Week last week the whole school enjoyed 5 days of Science learning. Each year group designed their own experiments in order to investigate something they are curious about. To make things even more exciting, real Scientists from Johnson Matthey conducted workshops for each class and delivered a whole-school assembly on Friday. […]
World Book Day
We had a brilliant time celebrating World Book Day! Children spent the morning choosing from a host of different reading experiences; teachers and grown-ups read their favourite fiction and non-fiction texts, and others played audiobooks. We also ranked and battled our favourite literary characters against each other; children drew pictures of their favourite reading spots; […]
February Big Thank You
We continue our initiative called ‘Big Thank You’. We know all our staff are dedicated but it is nice to acknowledge and reward people that have gone above and beyond the expectations of their role. Each month all SCPS staff are able to nominate a colleague and winners are then picked at random and receive […]
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