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Primary Times Oxfordshire
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EDUCATION
Kingham Hill School
Kingham Hill School, surrounded by idyllic rural Cotswold beauty, offers a
secondary school experience to girls and boys marked by nurturing pastoral care
and academic rigour. The clear Christian foundation is central to its ethos in the
21st century, and it welcomes pupils of all backgrounds into family-style boarding
and day houses. Although inclusive in intake, GCSE and Alevel results are well
above the national average, with ahigh proportion of Sixth Form leavers taking
up places at Russell Group and other elite universities in the US and Europe.
Abingdon Prep enters the battle
for Britain’s Youngest Tycoon
Boys in Year 7at Abingdon
Prep are embracing a
national Dragon’s Den style
project developing their
entrepreneurial skills and
business practices alongside
their ICT skills.
The Tycoon Enterprise
Competition
encourages the
UK’s budding
entrepreneurs
to get involved
in business.
The boys
wrote business
plans for their
ideas and the
top five were
submitted to
the competition.
All have been successful,
receiving loans totalling
£400.
The business range from
potting up bulbs in recycled
containers to homemade
dog biscuits.
Igniting passion for life and learning
Open Days
Saturday 2nd February &15th June 2019
Boarding and day school for girls and boys aged 11 to 18
Kingham, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 6TH
T: 01608 658999 or E: registrar@kinghamhill.org
to request aprospectus or arrange avisit
www.kinghamhill.org.uk
“A supportive
community of pupils
and teachers...in an
area of outstanding
natural beauty.”
The Good Schools Guide
CCCS Pupils Unearth Natural
Treasures in theWoodland
School
“At Christ Church Cathedral School,
in Oxford, we complement and
enrich the children’s learning
through classes in our Woodland
School. Set in the heart of Christ
Church Meadow, this is the ideal
place to use the relaxing effects of
learning in nature to help children
develop self-esteem, confidence,
and independence. The boys in
Form 1and Reception recently
looked at different types of autumn
leaves and made woodland power
bracelets. It was all so much fun,
especially with the help of our
beloved School dogs, Thistle and
Gordon, who were more than happy
to help the boys dig around in the
undergrowth.”
Rebecca Farmer
Head of Pre-Prep
Achoristership in New College
and amusical education for life
Each September four or five seven-year-old boys start as choristers in
New College Choir, and begin an extraordinary musical and educational
journey. Six years later they leave as expert musicians. They sing in concerts
across the world record CDS, and take part in choral services in Oxford’s
grandest medieval chapel. Parents often ask how an ‘ordinary’ small boy
is transformed into amusician of professional standard while still being a
‘normal’ school boy! The answer is in the New Colleges specialist music
programme developed by the choir director. Robert Quinney, with choir and
school staff. Choristers learn exceptional musical skills but also the fun and
challenges of being ateam player, as well as commitment and focus which
enhances every aspect of their lives.
For all information about being achorister please see ‘Choristerships’ on
www.newcollegechoir.com or contact the Chapel &Choir Administrator:
nancy-jane.rusker@new.ox.ac.uk
Chandlings School
How would your children like to ride apony to start the day? Or go pond
dipping to see nature close-up, practice in the ballet studio, visit the
vegetable garden to learn about where food comes from?
At Chandlings Prep School, you don’t just learn in the classroom. Learning
happens everywhere.
Chandlings educate boys and girls aged 2-11 within 60 acres of beautiful
grounds; located in idyllic Oxfordshire countryside, yet just five miles from
Oxford itself.
Indoors or outside children can swim, play rugby, tennis, hockey or cricket,
and enjoy fencing, archery or even around of golf. They can learn teambuilding
on the rope course in the bluebell wood, or watch birds from the eco
hide. They can cook in the food tech room, practice in the music suite, create
in our DT room or act in the mini-amphitheatre.
The Nursery children, whose classrooms are located in the Lavender
Courtyard, enjoy all of this along with their own special Nursery Woodland,
secure Nursery garden and play area.
“We’ve been called by some ‘a hidden gem’.
Please, come and see why at our next Early Years Christmas Open Morning
for Pre-School children on Tuesday 11 December 0930-11.00am. www.
chandlings.org.uk”
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