OHS Junior Department News
Summer Term 2007
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Head's Letter - Summer 2007
The Head of Junior Department's end of term letter to parents. more... |
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Art Exhibition
After a busy and fulfilling year in the Art and D.T. departments, a selection of work from both Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 was displayed in an exhibition held during the last week of term. more... |
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Year 2 Production:
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
“The rats have gone, completely gone. Lets sing and dance and celebrate” was the unanimous and cheerful cry of the of the villagers of Hamelin town when they realised that the Pied Piper true to his word. more... |
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After School Care - July 2007
Children having fun and relaxing in a safe, stimulating environment at After School Care. more... |
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4th July Independence Day
Independence Day was celebrated in the Junior Department with the children enjoying an American themed lunch. The food and decorations were enjoyed by all. more... |
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Year 6 Art Project - June 2007
Mrs Ritchie helped the Year 6 girls create sixties costumes made from bin liners. They used their own ideas to create a spectacular variety of costumes. This project culminated in a fashion parade to which we all looked forward to. more... |
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Training Orchestra Assembly - June 2007
Members of the Training Orchestra play in their termly Assembly. Many of the girls will move on to the Senior Orchestra in September, which is for players of Grade 2 and above. more... |
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The Queen's Magic Cloaks - June 2007
Yesterday we did our school play. It was called the Queen’s Magic Cloaks. I was an executioner. The story was about a queen who got some magic cloaks that the double-glazing salesman gave her. more... |
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School Fete - June 2007
Despite the poor weather, which forced us to hold the event in the Sports' Hall, the Junior Department Annual Summer Fete, organised by the Junior FOXHS, was a huge success. more... |
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Café Chic - June 2007
Year 4 created a French Café on Wednesday 20th June. Click here to read some comments from the girls. |
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Science Demonstration for Year 6 & 7
- June 2007
On Friday 15th June Dr. Taylor from Queens College came to visit the Junior Department to give a science demonstration on gasses in the air to Year 6 & 7. more... |
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The Jagger sisters make the news!
The Jagger sisters each had articles published in First News, a newspaper for young minds. Read the articles here. |
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Year 2 Trip to Banbury Canal Museum - June 2007
Year 2 recently enjoyed a very successful trip to the Banbury Canal Museum. The children participated in various workshops which helped them to gain an understanding of how life was lived on canals in the past. more... |
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Year 2 visit to University Parks - June 2007
On Friday 8th June, Year 2 visited University Parks to study the River Cherwell and the pond, as part of their topic on water. Using ‘Pooh Sticks’ to find out which direction the river was flowing proved to be an exciting game. more... |
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Readathon at the Junior Department - May 2007
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, The Worst Witch Strikes Again, Ruby the Red Fairy, The Groovy Greeks and Dinosaurs were just some of the books read during the very successful Readathon held recently. more... |
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Year 3 Grandparents' Coffee Morning - May 2007
The coffee morning for the grandparents of Year 3 was a huge success with over sixty visitors to the school. The grandparents were given a guided tour of the school and an opportunity to visit an exhibition of fashion through the decades,with some of the items dating back to the nineteenth century. more... |
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Dancing in the Nursery - May 2007
In the Nursery we have a specialist dance teacher. This term we have been dancing to ‘Bob the Builder’, ‘Rosie and Jim’ and music from ’La Fille Mal Garde’. more... |
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Year 3 visit Christ Church - May 2007
Year 3 went to Christ Church on Wednesday 8th May as part of their project on Oxford. They were given a tour of the cathedral and sketched the impressive architecture. more... |
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Rumble in Reception - May 2007
All was quiet apart from the buzz of busy children creating a mural for their current topic Rumble in the Jungle. more... |
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Fun in the Jungle - May 2007
Reception has been having such fun in the jungle. They really enjoyed making their own display!! more... |
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May Day Dancing - May 2007
Today we went to Greycotes to do our May Day dancing. Our dance was the patter-cake polka. The Year Fives and Year Sixes danced round the maypole and made beautiful patterns with the ribbons. more... |
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Year 5 visit to the Oxford Museum - April 2007
During April, as part of their project on the Civil War, Year 5 visited the Oxford Museum. Read an extract from Natasha Black in 5H here... |
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OHS
Entry to the BBC Joseph Choir Search - April 2007
20 girls from Year 6 entered the BBC Joseph Choir Search competition with a video recording of their performance of one of the songs from the show. View the video here. |