School blogs

With the school summer holidays approaching we thought you might like be reminded of how to keep your children safe whilst on-line. We have lots of resources to look at via our online safety pages: Online safety . This website has some good advice for you about a new mapping feature announced recently by Snapchat: SnapChat map advice The UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS) is a group of more than 200 organisations drawn from across government, industry, law, academia and charity sectors that work in partnership to help keep children safe online. They have issued this guide for parents and carers to help you with this. Social Media Guidance.pdf

Here are the stars of the week for 30th June 2017

We were lucky with the weather for Sports Day, everyone showed great sportsmanship and we hope you liked the new layout in the top field. Here are a few photos of the event. KS2 KS1 Check out the Year group pages for more photos in due course.

KS2 Sports day will start at about 9.15am and KS1 sports day will start at 1:30pm. Parents attending either event are requested to sit on the left side of the TOP field towards the hedge (children will sit on the side nearest to the Courts). There will be limited seating on school benches for parents so we would encourage you to bring your own chairs. This year we have put the track on the top field, with field events taking place in Dobinsons Paddock. Please can we remind you not to cross the track to be with your child and not to bring food into school for your child during the event. Kites will be selling ice lollies costing 50p after the KS1 event. Let’s hope for good weather – in the event of inclement weather, we will take a decision on cancellation by 8.30am and communicate this by text or email. The reserve day is Wednesday 28th June.

It was a pleasure to take a fairly raw group of Year Five cricketers to the annual Oratory Cricket Tournament this afternoon. This is one of the bigger events in the area and usually draws a good number of primary school teams – often with established Club players. Our team of Lucas T, Joe W, Joe M, Ben A, Sam A, Max H, Edward H-K and Will J did not all count themselves as regular cricketers, and indeed were not necessarily amongst the best individuals, but as a team they proved themselves unbeatable and with a 100% record lifted the trophy! Huge credit is due to them all, and to see them bond so well with each other, encourage each other unquestioningly, and reap the rewards was very satisfying. It is fair to make special mention only of Lucas who captained the team with great style and focus – but everyone played their part. Please see below for a couple of pictures from the event. With many thanks to Ms Brett, Mrs Killick, and Mr Winpenny for transport and support, and...

Oxford County Council have some free software licence available for making and hosting Wiki websites, which they have asked us to let you know about. Wiki websites are a powerful tool which can be used by families and young people to create interactive website using through pictures, words, videos and sound. Although originally designed for those with learning disabilities, wiki websites can be used by a wide range of children and young people. At SCPS children in Year 4 do an ICT module using wikis so they are familiar with them and a wiki website can be made accessible to others if the family gives permission. As your child attends an Oxfordshire school you are entitled to apply for a free licence, see here for more information: Wiki Information .

Family Fun Friday Quiz Mr Andrews and Mr Foley are hosting a family quiz from 6pm on Friday 30th June in the hall. Are you up for the challenge?! Get together a team of 6 people that must be made up of one to two adults and four to five children. Entry is £12 per team payable on the day. Soft drinks and snacks will be available. To reserve a place contact Mr Foley at dfoley@sonning-common.oxon.sch.uk with the name of your team and the people in it. Places will be limited. Good luck!

A big thank you from the PTA to everyone who helped make the fair a special day. As well as everyone enjoying themselves we raised a fantastic £4000! Here are a few highlights:

Here are this week’s stars of the week. and last week’s stars too.

Eight girls from Years 4 and 5 competed at the annual Queen Anne’s School Mathematics Olympiad on Wednesday. Events were based around Olympic events, including ‘Front Crawl’ and the ‘Marathon’. The girls (Maddie, Alice, Alice, Harriet, Nina, Charlotte, Mary and Amelie) all enjoyed themselves and there were excellent individual and team performances. Many thanks to the teams for their enthusiasm and to Mrs McNeill for her support.