Books for Christmas 07 December 2023 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 …
Children in Need Mile Run 17 November 2023 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 …
Lest we forget 11 November 2023 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 …
The Great LKS2 Debate 24 October 2023 It is a lovely tradition at NKS that the culmination of the children’s geography unit on mountains and rivers ends with a debate on which geographical feature is best for a holiday. The children spent a lot of time researching and preparing their argument (writing to …
Our plans for the coming year 03 October 2023 Every year the governors, staff and I update our 3-year school improvement plan to ensure we are always doing our best for your children. We have a three-year plan as this encourages more long-term thinking and enables us to ensure projects are properly implemented and …
Honest Absences 28 September 2023 Every year we have children who have a day off or a holiday in term time and we are told they are sick. What parents may not realise is the other children tell us where they are, or the child themselves announces that they are going to be sick tomorrow to the class teacher. When …
Harvest Donations 26 September 2023 Next week we will be having our harvest assembly in school. An important part of this joyful event is donating items to the North Oxfordshire Foodbank. Our culture of kindness really comes out here as the foodbank always comments on how generous we are for this worthy cause. …
Superstar Cyclists 13 September 2023 I want to extend a massive thank you to some very intrepid dads who cycled the Ridgeway 100 this year raising funds for the school along with their heartrates. I was amazed when they got in touch and told me they had managed to raise around £1,400!!! A phenomenal amount and a …
Tiny books at NKS 09 June 2023 The British Library has launched a delightful initiative to encourage children to make their own miniature books. Miss Claxton and I were really taken with this and have shared this with the children at NKS. We would love to see the children become authors and create their own …
A special moment for one of our pupils 15 May 2023 Bella from Ash class was thrilled recently to be able to meet Prince William and Princess Catherine. Mum has said this is something ‘they can look back on forever’. The necklace you can see William wearing, Bella and I made it for him. She got to give it to him and …
