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• Friday 4 July 2025 Summer Fete On Friday we enjoyed our annual school summer fete: the playground was full of different stalls, games and activities - and with the always popular bouncy castle and slide on the field. Thank you to everyone who came along: there was a huge turnout of our school community, enjoying a warm summer evening together.
• Thursday 26 June 2025 National Teaching Awards - Silver winner We were delighted to hear that Emma Pallant has been recognised with a Silver Award for Outstanding New Teacher of the Year in this year's Pearson National Teaching Awards. Chosen from thousands of nominees across the country, she will now be in with the chance of winning the highly desired Gold Award, which will be announced at a prestigious awards ceremony in London and on BBC One's The One Show later this year.
• Thursday 8 May 2025 Oxford Art Weeks Exhibition From the 6th - 9th May we are delighted to be exhibiting art work from across the school, and opening our doors during Oxford Art Weeks - the annual celebration of art and creativity across the county.
• Saturday 3 May 2025 Pearson National Teaching Awards
• Friday 28 March 2025 Year 6 Kilvrough Residential A tired but happy group of Year 6 children arrived back in Oxford today after a fantastic week in South Wales, at Kilvrough Outdoor Education Centre.
• Friday 14 March 2025 Year 5 & 6 Tennis coaching Courtside tennis coaching visited our school this week, giving coaching to children in upper key stage 2. Coach Simon was impressed with everyone, and commented on what a great session all had enjoyed.
• Tuesday 4 March 2025 Spring Concert The school band, led by Mr Turner and accompanied by Mr Herrington, performed a sparkling spring concert this month - featuring ensemble and solo pieces. They were also joined by the Year 4 choir for several numbers.
• Saturday 1 March 2025 Girls' Football Success Miss Holman and Mrs Green took two teams from the Year 5 & 6 Girls squad to take part in the Oxford High invitational competition this term.
• Thursday 3 October 2024 International Evening Our whole school community joined together on the 3rd October, for an evening celebrating our international links and diversity - and to learn about the many different cultures represented at Wood Farm School.
• Saturday 13 July 2024 Year 4 residential Children in Year 4 classes enjoyed the chance to stay away overnight at Hill End this term. Along with exploring the beautiful countryside at Hill End the children took part in group activities including shelter building, camp fire and tracking.
• Friday 15 March 2024 New College Student Volunteers To mark student volunteering week Srig, a second year Law student at New College Oxford and one of our regular student volunteers, reflected on his work at Wood Farm in this interview on the New College site:
• Thursday 29 February 2024 Kilvrough 2024 - Thursday Our final full day at Kilvrough has been fantastic! This morning for breakfast we enjoyed lots of different cereal and sausage or veggie sausage rolls. We were very pleased to see the sun shining after a wet day yesterday and were feeling excited for our final activity.
• Wednesday 28 February 2024 Kilvrough 2024 - Wednesday Today has been a fantastic day for the group at Kilvrough. After a long day yesterday, we all enjoyed a good sleep. Everyone settled really quickly and stayed in their rooms until it was time to get up this morning.
• Tuesday 27 February 2024 Kilvrough 2024 - Tuesday We’ve had a very busy day two at Kilvrough! Everyone went to sleep straight away last night and stayed in their rooms this morning until it was time to get up (some children even needed waking up). There was lots to get ready this morning for our first day of activities but we all coped with the new routines really well.
• Monday 26 February 2024 Kilvrough 2024 - Monday The coach set off just before 8:00 this morning, and arrived safely in Wales just after 12:00 midday today. Check back later for news and updates on our first day at Kilvrough Manor.
• Saturday 27 May 2023 May Festival After a break for a few years during the pandemic, our annual May Festival made a triumphant return in the final week of the spring first half-term. On a beautiful sunny afternoon the children performed traditional dances to a large crowd of visiting friends and families - including of course the dances around the maypole by Year 6.
• Friday 31 March 2023 Art and Music Spring 2023 Examples of beautiful work from reception to Year 6
• Thursday 9 March 2023 Kilvrough March 2023 - Thursday Our fourth day at Kilvrough brought with it another weather experience - it was pouring with rain all day!
• Wednesday 8 March 2023 Kilvrough March 2023 - Wednesday Snow!
• Tuesday 7 March 2023 Kilvrough March 2023 - Tuesday More news and pictures from our second day at Kilvrough.
• Monday 6 March 2023 Kilvrough March 2023 - Monday The coach taking our Year 6 group to Kilvrough, in South Wales, set off just after 8:00 this morning and has arrived safely in Wales.
• Monday 9 January 2023 'All pupils get a top-quality education' Ofsted inspected our school on the 8th and 9th November 2022, and the full report has now been published. The inspectors' judgement is that Wood Farm School is Good in all areas, and Outstanding in leadership and management.
• Friday 9 December 2022 Scarlet Fever The UK Health Security Agency has issued some further advice to Parents and Carers about the recent national increase in Scarlet Fever cases in children:
• Monday 5 December 2022 Christmas Cards 2022 Each Christmas our talented children design some beautiful Christmas Cards, to be sent out to friends of Wood Farm Primary School around the country.
• Sunday 17 July 2022 Extreme heat warning A Red warning for extreme heat has been issued for Monday 18th and Tuesday 19th July in the Oxford area. See our letter to parents/carers on planned actions.
• Wednesday 23 March 2022 Veg Power!
• Tuesday 18 January 2022 Partnership with Oxford University We are excited to be forming a long-term partnership with New College, Oxford, as part of a new scheme to promote links between the university and schools in the city.
• Saturday 29 May 2021 May Artwork
• Friday 5 March 2021 Opening for all children 8th March 2021 On Monday 8th March we will be open again for all children, and we are looking forward to seeing everybody back in school.  There will still be lots of special arrangements in place, following government and Public Health guidance on how to keep schools covid-secure: please watch this short video presentation, and see the newsletter for March 5th for more details.
• Tuesday 26 January 2021 Supporting Children's Reading at Home Shared reading is a great way to develop children’s language and communication and to boost their reading skills. Regular reading routines can offer lots of opportunities for learning during school closures - here are some helpful tips from the Education Endowment Foundation (these tips are aimed at supporting children in Years 3 to 6).

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