Thank you to everyone who joined us for our quiz night in the village hall. Our PTA did a superb job hosting an excellent quiz and serving delicious food. We raised over £700 towards our playground improvements.

There has been such a lot going on in our school recently.

Our younger children enjoyed a trip to the Royal Festival Hall earlier this term. They enjoyed hearing music from the London Philharmonic Orchestra and joined in the singing with great gusto.

Our older children have taken part in visits to the Winchester Science Centre and experience days at the Abbey. They really enjoyed exploring the Last Supper sculpture in the Abbey and creating their own mosaics.

We also took our Year 5 and 6 children over to Didcot recently to join other schools at an inter-school tag rugby tournament. This was a new sport to most of our children and we were proud of the way they all did their best and persevered against some teams who clearly had way more experience!

Our mini ox for the Sobell House Oxtrail has arrived in school. He has been christened Birinox and we are looking forward to decorating him. He will then be placed in a public space over the summer with other mini oxen from schools and community groups around Oxfordshire. The Oxtrail will be taking place over the summer and we are really proud that our little school is playing a part in this fundraiser. We will share photographs and the exact location with you when we know it.

We have spaces in school and you are welcome to come and visit us to see what we can offer your child. You can find out more from our website here: https://www.st-birinus-pri.oxon.sch.uk/

Jo Staples
Headteacher

After a hectic Christmas term, children have settled incredibly well back into school and are busy getting stuck into their Spring term topics; Superheroes for our younger children, Anglo Saxons in Year 3 and 4 and Rivers in Year 5 and 6.

We are also working hard to raise money for our special community event in the summer as we are part of the Sobell House Oxtrail through the city. We will soon be receiving our mini ox to decorate but we need to raise the funds before this can happen.

The children at Dorchester St Birinus Primary school would like to invite you to their very special festival of lights. This will take place in the school hall on Tuesday 6th February at 3pm until approximately 3.30pm. You are welcome to come and join us for some singing and poetry by candlelight with candle holders created by our children. This event has been arranged to raise money for the Sobell House Ox trail that we are taking part in later in the year.

We are suggesting a minimum donation of £2 and we hope you will join us for this important opportunity to raise funds for a fantastic charity: Sobell House Hospice in Oxford. There is no need to book. Just turn up on the day.

We have spaces in school and you are welcome to come and visit us to see what we can offer your child. You can find out more from our website here: https://www.st-birinus-pri.oxon.sch.uk/

Jo Staples
Headteacher