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• 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
• Wednesday 25 September 2019 Supporting a child after a frightening event
• Wednesday 17 July 2019 Summer Concert 2019
• Monday 25 March 2019 Kilvrough 2019
• Monday 18 March 2019 'View From My Window'
• Monday 4 March 2019 National Child Measurement Programme
• Friday 19 October 2018 Reception Open Morning
• Tuesday 24 July 2018 The Lost Words
• Wednesday 4 July 2018 Children of the World
• Wednesday 27 June 2018 National assessments 2018
• Monday 19 March 2018 Kilvrough 2018 Kilvrough 201
• Friday 10 November 2017 Admissions to Reception Classes, September 2018
• Thursday 14 September 2017 International Evening 2017
• Friday 16 June 2017 Ofsted 2017: 'Moving from strength to strength'
• Saturday 27 May 2017 Visit from HRH The Duke of Gloucester
• Thursday 25 May 2017 May Festival 2017
• Thursday 16 March 2017 Kilvrough 2017
• Monday 13 March 2017 Story Makers
• Monday 13 March 2017 Year 6: Into University 2017
• Monday 13 March 2017 Full Circle at Wood Farm School
• Thursday 2 March 2017 World Book Day
• Thursday 2 March 2017 National Child Measurement Programme
• Monday 20 February 2017 Journey Project - February 2017
• Friday 27 January 2017 Chicken Pox Advice
• Friday 4 November 2016 Advice on scarlet fever
• Saturday 1 October 2016 International Evening 2016
• Friday 22 January 2016 Kilvrough 2016
• Tuesday 12 January 2016 Consultation on federation with Slade Nursery
• Monday 16 November 2015 Michael Morpurgo visits Wood Farm School!
• Tuesday 19 May 2015 Cherwell Academy Trust Free School Proposal
• Thursday 14 May 2015 Art Exhibition
• Friday 13 March 2015 Red Nose Day
• Monday 9 March 2015 World Book Day 2015
• Tuesday 24 February 2015 Kilvrough 2015
• Tuesday 24 February 2015 Storytelling - 3 Billy Goats Gruff
• Friday 13 February 2015 Meet Mrs. Koci!
• Wednesday 14 January 2015 Emergency Closures - be prepared! Snow Closures - be prepared!
• Wednesday 15 October 2014 Switch Off Day
• Wednesday 15 October 2014 International School Award
• Wednesday 15 October 2014 Oxford Half Marathon
• Friday 19 September 2014 Oxford in Bloom - Silver Award
• Thursday 17 July 2014 Wood Farm Festival
• Wednesday 16 July 2014 Year 6 Leavers' Assembly 2014
• Friday 4 July 2014 Junior Citizens
• Friday 4 July 2014 International Evening
• Friday 4 July 2014 Oxford in Bloom 2014
• Friday 16 May 2014 Teachers visit South Africa
• Friday 25 April 2014 Changes to S.E.N.
• Friday 28 March 2014 Year 5 writers meet Children's Laureate, Malorie Blackman This Friday, eighteen lucky Year 5 writers walked down to Cheney School to listen to author Malorie Blackman talk about how to become a writer!
• Thursday 27 March 2014 Visit from Andrew Smith MP
• Wednesday 12 March 2014 Kilvrough 2014
• Wednesday 5 February 2014 A message from Gary Barlow
• Friday 29 November 2013 Welcome to our new website

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