Colour run tomorrow
The PTA have their fingers crossed for good weather tomorrow for their popular Colour Run. The gates open at 3pm and the first race is at 3:30pm, the event finishes at 6pm. Each race is 1 mile around the school field and spectators are welcome to come and throw paint at the runners (special paint […]
Welcome Back
Welcome back We are pleased to see everyone back looking so happy and healthy and we are working hard to settle children quickly into their new classes. Teachers and PTA have planned some great events and activities for the year ahead, which we look forward to telling you more about in the coming weeks. The […]
Enjoy your summer
We have had a great year, with lots of achievements in all subjects including several sporting successes. Our thanks to all staff, governors, parents and pupils for making our school such a great place to be! We say a sad goodbye to Mrs Matthews, Mrs Green, Mrs Fraser, Mrs Kemp, Mrs Miskuf and Miss Martin. […]
Activities in the library for Summer 2023
Children across Oxfordshire are invited to join this year’s sport-themed Summer Reading Challenge at Oxfordshire Libraries this summer (until 9th September). The free challenge is open to children aged 4 to 11 to sign up to read six books this summer, and visit the library at least 3 times, as part of the exciting, sporty and […]
Piano concert
Our talented pianists gave a small concert in June. With thanks to all the performers and to Sandy Hubble for her patient tuition.
Support for families over the summer
Hello everyone! This time of year, many parents/ carers are trying to figure out how they will cover childcare over the long summer holiday. Asking grandparents and other relatives to help sounds like the perfect solution, but differences in parenting approaches can make it a challenging time for everyone. There is a new Quick Read […]
National Education Union – Teacher Strike Days
Teacher members of the National Education Union (NEU) in England and Wales, and support staff members in Wales, have voted to go on strike on Wednesday 5th and Friday 7th July. The strikes are in response to the erosion of real-terms staff pay over many years, and the increasing pressures on school budgets. The nature […]
Sports Day (Tuesday 27th)
We’re all very excited about Sports Day tomorrow and we hope you are too. Just a quick reminder about how it works on the day for KS2 (in the morning) and KS1 (in the afternoon). Given the hot weather, it is essential that your child brings a named water bottle with water inside. As our […]
Parenting resources
At SCPS, we want to help our parents and carers understand their children’s behaviour better. There are a number of free resources we recommend for parents and carers: My Family Coach is a free website written by behaviour experts with 20 years’ experience working with over 5,000 schools. My Family Coach can support you through […]
Cricket and Climbing
Dr Loader and Mr Burrows were delighted to take ten young cricketers to a tournament at Shiplake College this morning. There were nine primary schools represented, on a beautiful morning on Shiplake’s main lawn. It was such a pleasure for us to be supervising such a great bunch of players. They played hard, they encouraged […]
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