2011-12

This term Year 1 have been exploring the theme of dance using percussion instruments and Vivaldi`s “The Four Seasons” for inspiration.

As part of their topic on ‘Conservation’, Year 5 enjoyed an up close and personal encounter with Pipistrelle bats.

Nursery children enjoying the snow covered play area at on Monday 6th February.

On Monday 30th January Y5 and Y6 had the opportunity to work with Carlos Munoz, a musician from Chile.

Year 3 enjoyed a workshop at the Pitt Rivers Museum,
investigating the Inuit culture. This linked with their topic on Hot and Cold Deserts.

Year 1 recently visited Banbury Museum to learn more about old and new toys as part of their topic for this term. 

Our visit from the Police and Firefighters was amazing. They came to visit in their vehicles which we had the chance to explore.

Year 4 enjoyed a trip to see the City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra on Friday 20th January.

As part of the Science topic about ‘Pushes and Pulls’, Year 1 made the short walk to Polstead Road Playground.

As part of their Science topic about ‘Light’, Year 2 enjoyed a visit from Mrs Whitten who demonstrated how light was made and used in the past.

Our Junior School from Year 1 to Year 6 celebrated the Festive Season with music and singing at St. Andrew’s Church.

Our Head Judith Carlisle, had the difficult job of deciding the entry which would represent the Junior School in this year’s ‘Design a Christmas Card’.

Year 3 performed their production to an appreciative audience on 30th November.

Parents were invited to our assembly on 5th December to watch the Junior School Training Orchestra perform.

The Junior Strings, who meet each week under the careful guidance of Mrs Blackwell, performed a lovely selection of seasonal music for us in assembly.

Year 6 has recently visited the Senior School to watch a production of ‘A Victorian Christmas Night’ and to show some of their French Power Point presentations.

Every year Mrs White makes two ‘Pudsey Bear’ cakes which are raffled at both sites of the Junior School.

‘I really enjoyed the trip to the British Museum because I saw lots of absolutely amazing things I’ve only seen in pictures and I would never have dreamed of seeing them otherwise.’

What an exciting time we had at Hill End Woodlands this week! Armed with treasure maps and treasure boxes the children had to follow a series of clues to find a special hidden treasure box.

Working co-operatively, Year 4 used wooden rods and elastic bands to construct their own Globe Theatre!

Year 5 experienced a Victorian school day at the Gloucester Folk Museum.

Year 2 had a super day out at the Cotswold Wildlife Park to coincide with their topic on animals.

Year 3 investigated and built pyramid structures during their Design Technology workshop on 19th October. This was linked with their topic on Ancient Egypt.

Year 5 girls enjoyed an afternoon of singing with pupils from New College School, Oxford.

Year 3 took part in an Egyptian Workshop where they dressed up and enacted a burial ceremony.

Scroll down to the bottom of the article to hear recordings from the performance

Year 4, dressed in their finery, enjoyed a sunny day at Sulgrave Manor.

Year 5 went to the Museum of Oxford and investigated what washing in Victorian time was like.

We were treated to a display of Judo during assembly on Friday 23rd September from the children who attend Judo as an activity.

Year 6 became engineers for the morning; designing, building and testing their own motorised vehicles.

‘a remarkably unpressurised environment in which to excel’ New Head Judith Carlisle has certainly landed on her feet at first-class Oxford High. No major changes are planned and she tells us that she’s spent most of her time so far ‘listening a great deal’ and deciding how to move forward with what is already a