At the end of last term Jade’s class headed off on their residential trip to Macaroni Woods. It was well-timed because they had SO much fun they needed the Easter break to recover! They stayed at Macaroni Woods which they all loved and spent their days doing exciting day trips. They visited Camp Mohawk in…

Emily’s class headed off to Macaroni Wood for their residential trip at the beginning of April with their bags packed full of fun and excitement! Fun and lots of it was the order of the day on Monday! The class explored Macaroni Woods, played in the playground and walked Macaroni Woods’ Owners, Richard and Liz’s,…

The Springfield Duke of Edinburgh Awards Team spent a fabulous day on the river this week, honing their canoeing skills in readiness for the D oF E expedition in May. Our Instructors from Adventure Plus taught us how to hold a paddle before getting into the boats, then we were off! The sun shone and…

Key stage 4 recently held a Cake and Craft sale to raise money for both the school minibus appeal and the Propeller Project . Classes from both the primary and secondary sites were joined by a number of parents and some Grandparents in a pleasant morning of eating, drinking, shopping and chat. Pupils from Angus and Bec’s…

As part of their Volunteering section of the Duke of Edinburgh Award, the Springfield D of E team have been collecting food for the West Oxfordshire Food Bank. They had to generate donations by writing letters to parents, then collect and sort the food and, finally, deliver to the West Oxfordshire Food Bank. The team…

On Tuesday 28th March pupils from Zoe and Angus & Bec’s classes took part in a Consumer Quiz taking on teams from other local special needs schools. The quiz tested the pupils knowledge about things they will find really useful to know as they move into adult life, such as the how to complain when…

During Food Tech. recently, Tim’s class have been exploring eggs and all the different ways you can cook them. They’ve tried scrambled, poached, boiled, fried, omelettes and eggy bread but they all declared their favourites to be this week’s homemade scotch eggs. ‘Eggs are such a versatile and nutritious food’ said Tim ‘We thought it…

The Nursery children have had lots of musical experiences recently. As part of Creative Arts week they joined in with other pupils from Springfield and Madley Brook for a drumming workshop – some of the drums were nearly as big as the children! We pretended to be animals in the jungle with little tapping footsteps…

Jimmy Osmond may have narrowly missed out on winning Celebrity MasterChef last year but he used his cooking skills to good effect on Saturday 11th March by helping us to kick start a campaign to raise money to buy a new minibus. Learning how to cook a meal is a key life skill and we…

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…