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Happy 2023 to you all! Delighted to welcome our children back to school after the festive break. We are looking forward to another exciting term full of fun learning both inside and outside of the classroom.

So happy to be back after the half term break. Looking forward to some fun this coming Friday 24th February with our Break the Rules Day! In exchange for a small donation, children can break up to 4 rules with money raised going towards our rainbow buddy bench!

We are so excited to be celebrating #worldbookday2023 later this week. The children are invited to come to school on Friday dressed as a character from their favourite book - we can't wait to see their creations

Our Kingfishers class have been studying altitude this term and recently visited the roof terrace of Parade Green Halls of residence to get a better understanding of how high something is compared to the ground. They thoroughly enjoyed being out in the fresh air for a few hours!

We have organised a Book Swap as part of World Book Day activities to encouraging reading. On Friday, children will be given the opportunity to choose a book from our Book Swap to take home and keep! Any book donations would be gratefully recieved in the school office!

We are celebrating World Book Day today! How lovely to see all our children dressed up in their fabulous outfits. Our Book Swap has also been a huge success with the children enjoying choosing a new book to take home with them!

We are pleased to invite parents and carers to join us for our Easter Service at 2.00pm on Thursday 30th March at St. Francis Church. Put the date in your diaries and we look forward to seeing you there!

We will be supporting Red Nose Day this Friday 17th March by asking children to come to school dressed in their pyjamas and/or wearing a red nose in return for a small donation to charity.

Bringing to life our topic of Muck, Mess & Mixture with trips to George & Delila's and Pizza Express. We loved exploring how mixtures change in consistency when water is added, and what happens to ingredients when they are heated and cooled!

Look who arrived yesterday! Everyone has been making a fuss of this little one today. We didn’t want to frighten him/her so didn’t take too many photos. More to follow tomorrow. The children (and staff!) were so ridiculously excited this morning.

We start the new term with some wonderful news! One of our Year 5 girls took part in a sponsored cycle over the Easter break. She originally aimed to complete 20 miles but ended up completing 45.5 miles, and raised an incredible £510 for the National Autistic Society. Wow!

Yesterday, children in our Kingfishers enjoyed a fantastic trip to Shotover to help bring their topic of 'Beast Creator' to life. They carried out a minibeast hunt, enjoyed getting stuck in the mud and had great fun running down the hill in the Spring sunshine!

We are pleased to announce our King's Coronation & May Dancing Celebration on Friday 5th May. If families would like to buy or bake a cake for this event we would be most grateful. Cake donations can be dropped off at the school office from Wednesday 3rd May. #KingsCoronation

Our Year 5 & 6 children have arrived safely in Glasbury for their Woodlands residential. There is much excitement as the children settle into their accommodation and look forward to a week of fantastic outdoor learning. Watch this space for further updates!

Undeterred by the wet weather, our Year 5 & 6 children are enjoying some team-building exercises of day 1 of their Woodlands residential. They are learning all about problem solving, listening, leadership, and creative thinking. They look like they are having great fun!

One group of intrepid St Francis explorers ventured into the Brecon Beacon's fascinating network of caves earlier today. Equipped with cave-suits, helmets and head lamps they were guided through a network of underground passages exploring the beauty of the subterranean world!

Fire fire!! Well thankfully not! Instead. Earlier this week we were visited by Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service who taught our KS1 children all about fire safety. A fun morning where the children got to explore a real fire engine and test out the fire hoses!

We have an Open Morning on Wednesday 18th October for anyone interested in a place for their child in our nursery or main school. To express your interest in this event, please click here: forms.gle/c3AWVqT1pz3sQE… We look forward to welcoming you to St. Francis School!

The OCC's 'Footsteps' guide offers ideas on how to support children in developing the decision-making skills that will help keep them safe when walking to and from school or to a friend's house independenly. 365alive.co.uk/cms/content/wa…