Head Teachers Blog

We have quite a novel weekly assembly at North Kidlington. Part of the assembly involves the sharing of post from the children. It is amazing to see what the children produce and they love seeing their work on the big screen. Sometimes we get so much post that I have to create a …

The Barn Ows and Blue tit nest cams are back! As of yesterday, the Barn Owls had 2 eggs and the Blue Tits were finishing their next.  Barn Owls Blue Tits  This year I have found a couple more cameras that people may be interested in. A lovely Tawny Owl sitting on 5 eggs and a …

Over this year it has been great to see the enthusiasm for book making and writing. We have great fun in assembly sharing all the stories the children have written. You may remember that last year we taught the children how to make mini-books and they are still very popular here …

We were very excited to find out today that NKS was nominated for the YST’s Outstanding Primary Practice award.  This is for our trainer policy which came in earlier this year.  Our aim for this was to ensure children were ready to be active at all times of the day and to …

We had such a wonderful World Book Day at NKS. We have a new tradition where Miss Claxton, Mrs Preston and Mr Leach wrap and hide books in each classroom for the children to find. The children then have a day of activities based on the book. This year, it was encyclopedias! We …

On top of the spelling lessons we provide at North Kidlington School, we have also signed up to Spelling Shed. Spelling Shed is a really fun site with lots of games and challenges for the children to take part in. We have set the classes into teams and we will announce the …

Every year when we return from the Christmas break, we start the new term with a whole school science investigation. This year the children in every class (Reception through to Year 6) have been creating their own science investigations around bubbles. Children develop a …

Alongside our thorough phonics programme, we spend a lot of our day celebrating reading and sharing books with the children at NKS. Children here seem to really enjoy reading and it is fabulous when they get this enthusiasm at home too.  I found these great book gift ideas …

I thought I would share how amazingly the whole school did on the mile run today. EVERY SINGLE CHILD completed the mile, and many did much more. We have always prided ourselves on being a fit and healthy school, but this is a real achievement.   The Young Sports Leaders who came …

Every year on the Friday closest to the 11th November, the whole school comes out on the playground for Remembrance Day.  Apple Class made their own poppies to wear and Year 5 & 6 created some beautiful wreaths to display during our assembly.  I want to thank the fire …