Sonning Common Primary School

Space to learn, grow and be inspired

General

Smartphone safety

We know children are getting their own phones at a younger age now, so we thought you might be interested in some guides for parents on how to set up parental controls. The website National Online Safety have guides on how to set up parental controls for apps on Android phones and iPhones. Whether a […]

Henley Literary Festival

There is fun to be had for all ages at the Henley Children’s Literary Festival, 2nd to 10th October.  They have a wonderful range of family favourite authors and illustrators joining the festival in Henley, or you can join some virtually from the comfort of your own home. Stars from the entertainment world include fitness phenomenon […]

PTA Colour Run 25th September

The PTA hope you will come to their first in person event of the year, the Colour Run on Saturday 25th September from 3pm – 6pm! If you would like to join us, we will be selling tickets after school on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays at the Uniform Shop and under the tree in KS2 […]

Japanese Club

SCPS is pleased to add Japanese Lessons to our after school Clubs offerings. Michiko Sekiguchi will be teaching the children how to speak and write Japanese whilst offering a cultural experience of the country. The first lesson today was a big success and enjoyed by all as you can see from this video

Saturday morning music sessions

Children aged six to 13 can join musical groups in a series of Saturday morning sessions across Oxfordshire. The music groups are aimed at children who have been playing an instrument for at least a term (up to grade 5) and who are looking to develop their skills and performance with other players of similar […]

Open Afternoons for Prospective Parents

We are so proud of our school and we hope you are too!  If you know anyone with children due to start school next September please let them know we have some Open Afternoons coming up on Tuesday 14th October and Thursday 14th October (both 3:45-5:45pm).  This year we can offer tours of the school […]

End of Year news

Let us start by marking the end of another challenging year by thanking you all, and everyone in the wider school community, for helping us make it to this point. This year has really highlighted to us the importance of community and partnership – between committed staff, supportive parents, and wonderful, enthusiastic children. We would […]

Summer Reading Challenge

In addition to the national Reading Agency Summer Reading Challenge SCPS have their own. Can you find something to read for each letter of the alphabet? You could use the first letter of a book title, an author or one of the main characters. There will be a small stationery prize for every child who […]

KS1 Sports Day photos

KS1 enjoyed their rescheduled sports day on Tuesday 13th July. Here are some photos for you to enjoy. Apologies for the delay in posting photos, these needed to be checked to ensure children whose parents do not want their images on the website were not included. If you don’t see your child, perhaps you haven’t […]

End of term

Following the recent announcements from the government on the wider opening up of society, we will not be making any changes to how we operate our school on a day-to-day basis before the end of term on 22nd July. This means children will stay in their bubbles and parents are requested to continue to wear […]