AirTanker is a collaborative project between a range of aerospace and engineering companies and The Royal Air Force to build and run the new Voyager aircraft at RAF Brize Norton. Springfield School has been one of their nominated charities for the last year now and the lovely people at AirTanker have been working hard on…

The end of February saw a celebration of all things arty at the Bronze Barrow with a Creative Arts Week. Pupils got involved in a of broad range of exciting creative activities including an ultra violet puppet show and Morris Dancing. Sue’s class also looked closely at the vibrant colourful painting by Marc Chagall “Circus…

On Saturday March 11th Jimmy will be making a visit to Springfield School to tour the school and meet students, parents and staff. Following this private visit, Jimmy will be hosting an intimate “Cooking With Jimmy” event and Osmond.com have a VERY LIMITED number of places available! This all ticketed event will include Jimmy sharing…

The pupils taking part in this year’s Duke of Edinburgh Awards at Springfield have been learning about two very important issues this week. Firstly, they’ve been learning about the importance of sharing and helping others by collecting items for the Witney & West Oxfordshire Food Bank. They’ve already amassed quite a collection but still have…

On the 8th February a Springfield team competed at the County Round of the Panathlon Challenge at Abingdon School. The Panathlon Challenge is a national charity which provides sporting opportunities for over 10, 000 diabled young people each year. The multi-sport event included activites such as table cricket, boccia, poly bat and curling followed by…

Hello from Bob’s class – let’s take a look at what we’ve been up to so far this year. During our Spring term, we are going back in time and looking at the Extraordinary Egyptians. This has given us an opportunity to learn about the desert, travel along the Nile river, peek into the pyramids,…

After too many years to remember of shaving his head, Mark Forkner, landlord at The Carpenters Arms on Newland in Witney is growing his for 12 months to raise money for Springfield School! Apparently, he’s taking quite a bit of flack from the locals about his new ‘hairdo’ so please help him out and pop…

Road safety is a really important learning focus and a key part of building the life skills our pupils need to become independent young adults. During Key Stage 4 learning to cross roads safely is taught in the classroom and whilst out and about on community visits. During the last week Angus and Bec’s class…

Tim’s class had a fantastic trip to London this week. They took in the sights of Buckingham Palace (they waved to the Queen but she was busy signing things) and Trafalgar Square (Tim was sure one of the lions winked at him but no-one believed him!). After parking up on The Southbank they all enjoyed…