Shiplake CE Primary School - The small school with big ambitions!
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Our purpose is to lead, develop, inspire and educate all our young community. We welcome everyone!
The School’s ethos and values of ‘mutual respect, good behaviour and high academic standards within a Christian and moral culture’ are borne out in all aspects of your work. Consequently, pupils are highly motivated, keen to learn and achieve well.
OFSTED 2016, Good
Explicit Christian values, understood and used by everyone create a successful learning environment in which children are nurtured in their academic and personal development. The headteacher, governors and staff have a passionate commitment to continually develop the Christian character of the school.
SIAMS Inspection (Statutory Inspection for Anglican and Methodist Schools) 2016, ‘Outstanding’.
Summer Fair 2025
For information on the programme for the day see our forum post.
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Barn Dance 10th May
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Christmas Fair
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Shiplake Primary Quiz night
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Shiplake Primary Open Mornings
Are you looking for a Reception Class place for September 2025? Would you like to come and look around our wonderful school?
We are hosting 2 open mornings this term:
- Friday 18th October 2024
- Thursday 28th November 2024
Please arrive for a 9.30am start – tours will be conducted by our Year 6 pupils and there will be an opportunity to meet with Mrs Page-Howie (Headteacher) and representatives from our school governing board.
To reserve your place, please email Mrs Harris in the school office – office.3810@shiplake.oxon.sch.uk – or call us on 0118 940 2024. Don’t forget to confirm your preferred date!
We look forward to meeting with you
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Christmas School Fair
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Christmas Wreath Making Workshop
On Sunday 26th November from 14.00-16.00 at Harpsden Village Hall.
Christmas is coming!! Gather together and get creative at the annual Christmas wreath workshop, raising funds for Shiplake C of E primary school PTFA (1009978). This year the workshop will run by Lyndsay (a shiplake year 2 and 4 mum) from Moomi Botanicals.
Everything you need to create your own beautiful Christmas Wreath for your front door.
This event is a great way to kick off the festive season. Whether you’re a seasoned wreath maker or a complete novice, you are guaranteed to end the session with a wreath you can be proud to display in your home.
You will be provided with everything you need to create a natural 10" evergreen Christmas wreath, including adornments. Along with a festive drink and mince pie.
Please note that while there will be some secateurs available, you may wish to bring your own and gloves. If you have a special ribbon or adornment you would like to use, bring those too.
Cost: £45 https://buytickets.at/moomibotanicals/1016269
Book your tickets now to avoid disappointment (Link above, or email the School office:- office.3810@shiplake.oxon.sch.uk)
Any queries, email Lyndsay on moomibotanicals@gmail.com
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Shiplake Summer Fair 24 June 2023
Next week is the Shiplake Primary School and Little Squirrels Nursery Summer Fair – 12:00 – 15:30 at the Memorial Hall.
We have something for everyone so please come along and join in the fun.
For more details see the Summer Fair Poster.
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BARN DANCE
Barn Dance Poster
Shiplake Primary School presents... The Barn Dance! at The Bottle and Glass Inn, Binfield Heath.
Dust off your cowboy boots and hats and support our lovely School whilst enjoying a great night out including;
Line Dancing (hosted by a professional caller),
Prize for best dressed (dressing up optional),
LIVE Auction (promises including, Weekend in The Cotswolds, x2 VIP Tickets to Madness at the O2 London and a selection of power tools courtesy of Rexel),
Food and drink available to purchase,
Free drink on arrival.
Email office.3810@shiplake.oxon.sch.uk for tickets!
£25 per ticket- All proceeds go to Shiplake C of E School.
April 22nd from 7pm.
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Christmas Fair
Shiplake C of E Primary School & Little Squirrels Nursery would like to invite the villages to join us & support our Christmas fair on Friday the 2nd December 3.30 till 6pm £2 entry
There will be Music, Stalls, Games & Fun.
A fabulous Raffle to win a hamper full of goodies
Count the sprout - Win a Shiplake Butchers Christmas Turkey.
Mulled Wine & Hot Sausage rolls
Stalls to buy your xmas gifts,
Crafts & games for the kids
& a Santa's Grotto.
We would love to see you all...
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School fundraiser
- Got a wardrobe full of clothes and trainers that you don’t need? Shiplake Primary can help you…and at the same time, you can help us!
We are running a much needed fundraising project on the 27th October (Next Tuesday) in partnership with Rags2Riches. We can earn 40p per kilo / £400 a tonne for your unwanted Clothes Shoes & Bags. We need all of your clean and intact clothing, paired footwear, belts and handbags.
Every bin bag will generate money with the funds raised going directly back into the school and the classrooms of our local children. This money is crucial in keeping us open and educating the local community like we have done over many years.
Please use your own bags, fill them up and drop them off at either the Shiplake Corner shop (During opening ours only) no later than the Monday 26th October. or at Shiplake C of E School on the 27th October from 8am - 11am
Thank you Shiplake C of E School.
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Shiplake-Ukraine Fundraiser!
Year-six fundraisers
A group of year six children from Shiplake Primary wanted to raise money for school playground equipment and for those still suffering in Ukraine. Plans for a Bric-a-Brak and Cake stall kicked off last July and they co-ordinated their efforts throughout the summer, to create an outdoor stall close to school. It was well attended by parents and children walking home, picking up bargain books, clothes and toys, as well as enjoying homemade bakes, sweets and a lucky dip. They were proud to raise a total of £400 and delighted that their teachers came along to support them. They certainly brought an enthusiastic tone to the new school year, hoping to inspire others too.
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The Friendship
A book written by the children of Shiplake Primary School!
The front cover of the book is by our wonderful Reception Class, with contributions of words, poems from ALL of the children at Shiplake C of E Primary School! With support from their amazing teachers, the children were given the opportunity to harness their creativity through the writing process; with each Year group taking charge of 2 pages of the story - or in the case of the Reception class - creating the front cover!
Further thanks to Mrs Rachel McDonald for all her help bringing the book together and beehive_illustration for making the story come to life with their amazing illustrations! Artists and help from Sofi and Sarah from LYS publishing have made this book such an amazing collaboration.
"The Friend Ship was originally written in response to a fundraising drive but I also wanted to find a way to put the children, their local environment and the values of the school at the centre of the book.
"Ultimately the book is a childhood allegory; sometimes we’re in such a rush to grow up that we forget to enjoy the lessons that life throws at us. This book is for all those children who are on the cusp of being BIG. Please remember that you don’t need to be anything but YOU. Brilliant YOU."
Available to buy now on Amazon! #thefriendshipbook #shiplake #everychildareader #everychildawriter #fundraising
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Totally Tropical Summer Fayre
Shiplake School are having a Totally Tropical School fayre on Saturday the 25th June 2022
The fayre is open to the public & activities on the day are:
A Tiki Bar, BBQ, kids stalls & Games, Face painting & Inflatable Fun, Tea & Cake Tent, Plant Stall, A Steel Band, Classic cars & a Dog Show!!
We’re also looking for local sellers & crafts people to hold stalls in our craft tent. If you would like a stall contact: belinddouglas@outlook.com Tables are £25.
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Shiplake CE Primary - Sunday Marketplace
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Shiplake Primary Snowdrops for Snowdrop Sunday ( 16 Feb )
Children at Shiplake CE Primary have been very busy making pictures and poems for Snow Drop Sunday tomorrow.
There’s some very eloquent and lyrical writing, and a brilliant mix of materials were used to make collages, as well as a model of the snowdrops themselves. All their work (and there’s lots more) will be displayed at All Saints Church in Dunsden ( @dioceseofoxford) for Snowdrop Sunday. The Church is open from 10am to 5pm and the Snowdrop Morning Service is at 11am.
Don’t let Storm Dennis put you off.
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Year 5 at Shiplake CE Primary sing in one of the biggest choirs in the world at Wembley !
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Spring cleaning at Shiplake CE Primary School
There has been some serious spring cleaning of the playground over the weekend. ( No need to call upon the services of Mrs Hinch here). And all over school signs of spring are beginning to appear. It's making us all feel a lot, lot happier.
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Sprouts lose out on the Christmas dinner table !
The results of the Sprout Election could be seen on the Christmas dinner table at Shiplake CE Primary School lunch. Guess who won by a small majority? The Anti Sprout league. For those keen on the numbers, The votes were 81 to 73. The Pro-Sprout Bureau supporters took it well and the green vegetables were still available to those who wanted them. But look at all these sprout free happy faces. A clean campaign was fought, there was no lies told, this is true democracy in action. Politicians take note.
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The real Postmistress of Shiplake gives her approval to School Post Office.
The Reception Children at Shiplake CE Primary School have been very busy this week turning their classsroom into a Post Office.
They've been learning all about the Postal Service and the journey letters take ( or should take) to get from A to B. Carol Harvey, kindly gave her approval to their role play area. She'd have loved to pop in but for the huge queues snaking through the shop at this busy time of year.
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Do you love them or hate them? Shiplake CE School votes !!
Love them or hate them? Pupils will vote to decide their fate to see if they keep their place on the school Christmas dinner plate.
This week in school we've been preparing for our sprout election which will take place on December 17th.
And, in a still life masterclass, the school’s Art Teacher Mrs Watt has been asking the children to make their own drawings for a competition. Here's a sneak preview of Year 4's offerings.It’s all part of a cunning plan by Miss Watt to ensure pupils understand the power of their vote and the fact that in times past many people (women for example) didn’t have a vote. Now that’s what we call creative learning.
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