Horspath at Work

Here are some captured moments from the daily life of our school. 

Harvest Festival.  Our donations were joined with those from the church and taken to the local food bank. 

Macmillan Coffee Morning - setup, organised and led by this group of children, who received high praise for their level of service to the guests. 

Remembrance at the Horspath Village memorial. Our children took their place in the service with reading and laying wreaths. Afterwards, school council were invited back to the hub to talk with members of the community. We invited the village community to school for our VE Day celebration in the style of a street party. 

Christingle

Christmas at St Giles' Church

We visited Christchurch for The Big Spring Sing and our Year 6 attended the leavers' service. 

Our KS2 children took part in The Big Summer Sing organised by Oxfordshire Music Service.

First came the afternoon rehearsal with the other schools taking part, followed by tea and changing into colourful tops for the performance.

Ready for the evening performance to an audience including some parents.

Our amazing PTA have organised family breakfasts for each class throughout the year. 

A visit from the fire service to talk about their jobs and fire safety. We have also had visits from PC Ben. 

One of our children in Acorn Class decided that fire safety was the role for him. 

Our PTA organised a colour raffle to raise money.  Each class was assigned a colour.  Mrs Courtney decided to represent every colour. Each Friday, parents are invited to join us for our celebration worship. 

Horspath Extravaganza - organised in conjunction with St Giles' Church and hosted at school.  Funds raised were divided equally between the school and the church.  

Science

Life cycles

Exploring what happens when certain materials are mixed. 

Learning about animals on a trip to Crocodiles of the World.

Exploring Friction

Sorting activity 

Human digestion

Teeth

Spirituality In Science:

• Wonder as the basis of science.

• Questions of beginning, creation and evolution.

• Discovering the limits of experimentation.

• Birth, life, death and renewal.

• The universe and beyond.

• Regularity and order in science.

• Beliefs in science and the faith of scientists.

• The impact of scientific achievements.

English

World Book Day

Spirituality In English:

• Empathy with authors and the characters in stories and plays.

• The appreciation of beauty in language.

• Emotions and sentiments in writing and speech.

• The values of great works.

• Heroes and heroines in literature.

• Imagining oneself as someone else.

• Escaping into other worlds through literature.

• The element of wonder in literature.

Geography

Learning about other countries.

Learning about climate around the world and exploring flooding.  Science and DT skills were also used to attempt to build flood safe homes.  The moment of truth was when they were tested using a watering can to create a flood of rushing water beneath the models. 

Spirituality In Geography:

• Wonder at the diversity of environments and people.

• Questions about the care of the environment.

• The beliefs behind particular causes and campaigns.

• World (economic) development.

• Land formation.

• Empathy with people from other parts of the world.

RE

The Oxford Dialogue Society visited us to present key beliefs from a selection of religions.  they then told the story of the chickpea, using recipe analogies to talk about how tolerance and mutual respect build an incredible society where everyone has their own identity but works together superbly, mixing to form the perfect blend. 

Spirituality In RE:

• Offering a safe space to explore their own religious, spiritual and/or philosophical ways of seeing, living and thinking, believing and belonging.

• Providing opportunities to engage in meaningful and informed dialogue with those of all religions and worldviews, linking these to pupils’ ideas of spirituality.

• Considering the way of life of others.

• Learning to respect the beliefs of others and considering their own beliefs. 

Maths 

Spirituality In Maths:

• Infinity and nothing.

• Pattern and order.

• Shape and regularity.

• Truth, certainty and likelihood.

• The universality of mathematics over time and space.

• The wonder of numbers, formulae and equations.

History

Spirituality In History:

• Being in touch with past people, things and ideas.

• Being part of history.

• Handling artefacts.

• Influential events and people.

• The commitment of significant people in history.

• War and peace.

• Interpretation in history.

• The nature and importance of invention and exploration.

• Empathy with people from other times in history.

Art

Drama and music

Our summer production

Spirituality In the Creative Arts (Art, Music, Drama and Dance):

• The work of creative artists from a variety of times and places.

• Beauty, truth and goodness.

• Expressing, interpreting and exploring deep feelings and profound beliefs.

• Artistic creativity.

• The effects of the arts on emotions  and senses.

• The arts as means of expressing mood.

• Skill in creation and performance, and particularly in personal reflection upon their own creativity using various art  forms.

• Effects on the emotions and senses.

• Personal response and preference.

• Mood.

• Skill.

• Pattern.

DT

Including food

Spirituality In Design and Technology:

• Discovering how something works.

• Appreciating genius.

• Beauty in design.

• Perseverance to solve problems.

• Personal achievement.

• Learning from others and nature.

Computing

Spirituality In Computing:

• The wonder of worldwide instant communication.

• The speed of the growth of knowledge.

• The accessibility of knowledge and contact with other people worldwide.

PSHE

Junior Citizens at Rewley Road Fire Station

First Aid for everyone in school

Resilience workshop

Spirituality In PSHE:

• Thinking about ourselves.

• Reflecting on emotions.

• Considering how we interact 

• with others.

• Looking at opportunities.

• Considering how we care for ourselves and others.

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PE

Rugby tournament

Sports Day

Netball tournament

Footy Kids

All classes had a session led by the coaches and this is a popular lunch time club.

Toplink with other Primary Schools at Wheatley Park School

The parade

Taking part in a range of sports activities

Spirituality In Physical Education:

• Being a team member.

• Pushing yourself to the limits.

• Extremes of skill, endurance and achievement.

• Emotion in sport.

• Personal limitation and failure.

• Appreciation of perfection.

• Sportsmanship.

Exploring in Early Years

Creating a video and poster about safe parking

Friendship