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Why Children Learn Best When They Feel Safe, Known and Valued Every parent wants their child to enjoy school. Yet happiness is not simply a desirable outcome of education—it is…

How does a Family-Run School Create a True Home-from-Home Environment? When choosing a school, parents often look beyond academic results. They want a place where their child will feel happy,…

Small class sizes are one of the defining strengths of The Old Vicarage School, and they play a vital role in shaping a child’s early educational journey. With a maximum…

Dough Disco is a great morning activity in our Early Years classrooms. It involves moulding play dough in time to music and performing different actions such as rolling it into…

In Year 3 maths, the children explored measuring and converting between metres and centimetres. We began by using rulers to measure objects around the school, such as the length of…

This Monday the boys achieved a magnificent 4th place in the U9 ISA Football Tournament. Twelve teams participated, many of them much bigger school than OVS, however the team spirit…

🕷️ Creepy Crawly Creations! 🎨 In crafts club , we had lots of messy fun exploring hand painting to create spider bodies! 🖐️🕸️ The children used black paint to make…

Year 4 As part of our English lessons this term in Year 4, we will be writing a newspaper report and using Chapter 1 of our class reader The Legend…

During our Science lesson in Nursery and Reception we have continued exploring the theme of our bodies. We have been learning about personal hygiene and how we need to wash…

Do you wonder what goes on inside the classroom each day? Here are just two moments captured with our Year 3 and Year 6 classes this week. Year 3 Today…