We were thrilled to welcome Carlos and Neil to the Springfield School Primary site last week to give pupils in Key Stage 2 a lesson in rocket science! Carlos is one of more than 30,000 STEM Ambassadors around the UK who volunteer their time, enthusiasm and experiences to encourage and inspire young people to achieve more and…

Louise’s Key Stage 2 class have been learning about materials and all the different uses they have recently. They read the story of ‘The Three Little Pigs’, acting out the story and talking about what kind of materials are best to build a house with. They even tried blowing each other over! The pupils looked at…

OxFSN (Oxfordshire Family Support Network) are running a ‘Housing and Support Event’ on the  Wednesday 7th June at the Didcot Civic Centre. The event will have particular relevance for those family carers supporting a family member with learning disabilities and autism. It will be a busy but informative day with guest speakers, information stands and…

Our Duke of Edinburgh Awards Team were pleased to welcome Alice McLinden, Operations Officer at the Duke of Edinburgh Awards Scheme, to their assembly on Friday 26th May. The pupils who recently returned from their successful expedition canoeing on the River Thames led the assembly, sharing photos and stories of their latest adventure. It was…

It’s been a really busy few months here at Springfield School and we’ve got loads of great news to share with you! Follow the links below for the latest editions of the school newsletter and The Friends of Springfield School newsletter. Have a great half term everyone!  

  Over the weekend of 13th and 14th May nine pupils embarked on a two day Duke of Edinburgh Awards Scheme expedition, canoeing from Newbridge to Eynsham! It was a brilliant weekend and for a number of pupils their first time canoeing and camping. The weather was relatively kind to us, the days were dry and…

Nicola and Berit’s class have been reading the story “The Tiger who came to Tea”. They enjoyed meeting the characters from the story sack and re-enacting the story with the toy characters. They enjoyed tasting the food that the tiger enjoyed for tea, especially the jam and sausage and chips! Then they made cups of…

Cath’s class had a great few days away at Macaroni Woods. The class enjoyed going to Farmer Gow’s where they fed some of the animals, petted birds, sheep & goats, collected eggs and played in the hall bale climb. They were really lucky with the weather on their day trip to the Thames Valley Adventure Playground!…

Well done to one of our lovely Teaching Assistants, Josie Barrass, who has been raising money for the Make a Wish Foundation on behalf of Springfield School. Several of our pupils have benefited from this fab charity and we’re really proud of Josie’s efforts!

Kate’s class have been working hard lately to tidy and clear the ‘tyre area’ in the trim trail at the secondary site. The plan  is to clear the tyres, weed and then make a willow shelter in the area. It’s hard work but everyone is putting in lots of effort as they really want to…