Dear Children, Parents and Carers, As part of St Thomas More’s ongoing Reading for Pleasure campaign, we would like to invite you all to the Summer Reading Challenge 2020. This popular initiative is presented by The Reading Agency and … Continued
If you are looking for ideas for books, take a look at LoveReading 4 Kids Books of the Month for the latest releases. This is a fantastic website to help you find books. You can read the synopsis and there … Continued
Dear Parents and Carers, click HERE for some top tips for fostering reading motivation. Read with TRUST has some good strategies to support reading with your child at home also.
On Monday 9th March, Year 5 and 6 enjoyed taking part in an Ancient Egypt workshop led by ‘Portals to the Past.’ The full day interactive event introduced the fascinating world of the Ancient Egyptians through the eyes of an … Continued
This year we celebrated World Book day with a variety of activities involving Reading for Pleasure. Year 5 led a special whole school assembly, ‘The Day the Books Quit,’ which they wrote themselves. Afterwards, parents joined us in the classroom … Continued
As part of our ongoing venture to promote Reading for Pleasure, we have invested in more exciting brand new titles. This has been made possible by the generous donations from the Friends who have worked hard to raise money for … Continued
Are you looking to support your child with their reading at home? Would you like some suggestions for suitable, age appropriate high quality texts? Please see School Reading List for Primary Schools which is curated and reviewed by librarians, parents … Continued
Year 5 Oxfordshire Book Awards Reading Group A group of Year 5 enthusiastic readers have begun their new book group with Children’s Books editor Kathy Webb. The group will be meeting in the school library at lunch times to read … Continued
This afternoon, the whole school, from Nursery to Year 6, enjoyed a story swap session. We visited each other’s classes and spent time sharing books with each other. It was a delight to see the older children reading to the … Continued
We are delighted to advise that our After School KS2 football club (Mondays 3:30-4:30 )and our After School KS1 multiskills club (Wednesdays 3:30-4:40) with Craig will resume next week 7th and 9th October 2019 The dates are as follows: KS2 … Continued
Year 5 enjoyed their visit to the oldest museum in the world, the History of Science museum in Oxford. We learnt about the constellations of the stars and discovered how the Ancient Maya created their own calendar based on the … Continued
We have been learning how to mix different shades of grey by gradually adding black paint to white. We then studied photographs of the moon and created our own moon paintings applying the skills that we have learnt. Here are … Continued
Here are the photos from our lovely end of term visit to Blenheim Palace. The children enjoyed sketching the magnificent geographical land marks out in the sunshine. It was an enjoyable way to end the term in one of Britain’s … Continued
Year 5 Stem report
Please come and join us for our sports day on: MONDAY 24th JUNE 2019 at WEST KIDLINGTON SCHOOL 10.00am-12.00pm. Important reminders: – All children must wear their school PE kit. However, they may wear a plain t-shirt matching their house … Continued