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• 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).
• Tuesday 26 January 2021 Keeping children safe online With more children accessing their learning from home at the moment through laptops, tablets, and phones, it is more important than ever to make sure that you have the right parental control settings on your internet, and privacy settings on your devices - so that children can't come across harmful content online.
• Wednesday 20 January 2021 Help with mobile data offer January 2021 During the national lockdown, when most children are learning at home, the government is working with some mobile providers to help disadvantaged children who don't have a fixed broadband connection, and are using mobile data devices to learn and might not be able to afford additional data.
• Wednesday 9 December 2020 Applying for Reception places 2021 If your child turns five during the school year 2021/22 you will probably be thinking about starting school in September, and applying for places.
• Saturday 24 October 2020 Parent - Teacher Meetings Nov 2020 This year we are using an on-line booking system for making appointments on Parents' Evenings.  Click on the link to go to the Parent' Evening booking system:
• Thursday 18 June 2020 Mental Health Support Team
• Saturday 9 May 2020 Supporting Mental Wellbeing During Lockdown
• Friday 20 March 2020 School Closure from 23rd March 2020
• Wednesday 19 February 2020 Corona Virus advice
• Tuesday 22 October 2019 Miss Werrell and Miss Blair in South Africa

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