Drayton Community Primary School

Drayton Community Primary School A community in which everyone flourishes

🏫✨ Come and see Drayton Community Primary School in action! ✨️🏫Choosing a school is a big decision — and we’d love to we...
03/10/2026

🏫✨ Come and see Drayton Community Primary School in action! ✨️🏫
Choosing a school is a big decision — and we’d love to welcome prospective families to experience our school for yourselves.
Whether you’re looking for a place for your Reception child starting in 2027 or considering a mid-year transfer into another year group, our school tours are a unique opportunity to:
🌱 Meet our wonderful children and school team
💬 See learning and relationships in action
❤️ Get a feel for our approach to wellbeing and holistic development
🌟 Discover how our values shape everyday school life: Be kind: to me, to others, to the world • Aim high: work hard • Be brave: challenge yourself • Together we succeed
Most importantly, come and see whether Drayton feels like the right fit for your child and your family’s values and hopes for their education. 🥰
📞 Please contact our school office to book a tour. We can’t wait to welcome you!

🍂🔎 Ready for an autumn adventure?Following Mrs Hodders’ science challenge in assembly last week, why not enjoy a lovely ...
02/10/2026

🍂🔎 Ready for an autumn adventure?
Following Mrs Hodders’ science challenge in assembly last week, why not enjoy a lovely autumn walk together as a family this weekend? 🌳
Take your spotter sheets, wrap up warm and see what wonderful signs of autumn you can discover along the way! 🐿️🍄
📸 We’d love to see your autumn adventures! Share a snap of your autumnal discoveries with us in the comments🍁

🐶 A Special Visitor to Puffins! 🐾Puffins loved meeting Marlo🐕, Mrs Farrant’s gorgeous puppy! As part of our 'Smelly Loui...
02/10/2026

🐶 A Special Visitor to Puffins! 🐾
Puffins loved meeting Marlo🐕, Mrs Farrant’s gorgeous puppy! As part of our 'Smelly Louie' learning, the children worked together to think of everything we would need to wash a dog. 🛁🐶
This gave us the perfect preparation for our instruction writing — generating ideas, ordering steps and using clear, precise vocabulary. ✏️📚
Thank you, Mrs Farrant and Marlo for making our learning so memorable! 💛💙

🥚🔬 Year 4 Science – Egg-cellent Investigations!We’re not sure who found our science experiment more gross — the children...
01/10/2026

🥚🔬 Year 4 Science – Egg-cellent Investigations!
We’re not sure who found our science experiment more gross — the children or Miss Archer! 😂
The children investigated what happens to eggs in different liquids, making predictions and observing changes over time.
💬 “It looks disgusting!”
💬 “It’s gone all squishy!”
💬 “I didn’t expect that!”
Why not try your own egg experiment at home? 🧪 Make a prediction, leave an egg in different liquids and observe what happens! What do you notice? 🤔
Share your investigations below 🔎

🔬 Science Assembly with Mrs Hodder, our science lead 🌍🍂A little throwback to last Monday’s science assembly! Our Years 1...
30/09/2026

🔬 Science Assembly with Mrs Hodder, our science lead 🌍🍂

A little throwback to last Monday’s science assembly! Our Years 1–6 explored why we have seasons, making predictions and using a globe and light to investigate how the Earth’s tilt affects sunlight throughout the year. 🌍☀️
We discovered some surprising facts, including that Earth is actually closer to the Sun in winter than summer! 😮❄️
Perfectly linked to last Tuesday’s autumn equinox, we also explored what an equinox is and why our days are getting shorter.

We finished with a science challenge:
👀 LOOK • 🔎 NOTICE • 💭 WONDER
What signs of autumn can you spot around you? 🍂🍁🔬

🦷🔬 “It’s gross!!!” — Year 4 have been getting stuck into some seriously exciting science!Our scientists have been invest...
29/09/2026

🦷🔬 “It’s gross!!!” — Year 4 have been getting stuck into some seriously exciting science!
Our scientists have been investigating teeth and digestion, using eggshells as a model for tooth enamel.🥚🦷 They placed eggs in different liquids and observed how each one affected the shell.
The results have certainly caused some strong reactions! 😂
💬 Anna: “It’s really cool!! Every time I look at it it’s so gross!”
💬 Ruby: “The milk surprised us the most as I thought milk was good for our teeth.”
💬 Beau: “It’s gross!!! The milk was smelly and rotted the egg!! Just gross!”
💬 April: “So cool! If I was the teacher I’d love to pick it up and show everyone. The vinegar surprised me. It made the egg swell up.”
💬 Charlie: “Gross, it smelt gross! We need to brush our teeth. The Coke was mouldy! Our teeth are mouldy!”
🧠 This investigation links to the Year 4 Science curriculum, helping children understand the importance of teeth, digestion and making careful observations about changes over time.
Sometimes the best science lessons come with a little bit of “Ewww!” 🤢😂

🍂✨ What a busy term it’s been already!A little throwback to the start of term, when our children were busy building new ...
29/09/2026

🍂✨ What a busy term it’s been already!
A little throwback to the start of term, when our children were busy building new relationships, settling into their new class teams and getting back into the rhythm of school life. 🥰📚
From learning new routines and expectations to making new friends, discovering their classrooms and getting stuck into learning — it’s been wonderful to see everyone grow in confidence. 💙
Here’s a little sneak peek into Years 2, 3, 5 and 6 during those first few days! 👀✨
How quickly the weeks are flying by! 💫

🦅 Our Eagles are thinking about spreading their wings!To all our Eagles, and other children in our community born betwee...
28/09/2026

🦅 Our Eagles are thinking about spreading their wings!

To all our Eagles, and other children in our community born between 1 September 2015 and 31 August 2016 (inclusive) — it’s time to start thinking about the exciting next step: secondary school! 🎒✨

Many of our Eagles have already visited local secondary schools and attended open events. 🏫💙 If you haven’t yet, there are still plenty of opportunities to explore, meet staff and see what’s on offer.

📅 Check out some of the open event dates below and don’t forget to note the Oxfordshire application window and key deadlines.

🌟 The next adventure awaits! 🦅🎒

🎄✨ With only 65 days until Advent, have you booked your wreath-making place yet? 🌿🎀Looking for the perfect excuse for a ...
27/09/2026

🎄✨ With only 65 days until Advent, have you booked your wreath-making place yet? 🌿🎀
Looking for the perfect excuse for a little “you” time? 💕 Come along to FODSA (Friends Of Drayton School Association) Abingdon ’s festive wreath-making class, get creative, enjoy some Christmas spirit 🎅🏼✨ and, of course, have a delicious festive brownie in hand! 🍫
🎟️ Booking is now open — come and join us!
We can’t wait to see you there! 🎄💙

https://www.pta-events.co.uk/fodsaevents/?event=event&eventId=122840

22/09/2026

Larkmead Open Evening Thursday 8 October.
Our new Year 7 have got off to a wonderful start. If you'd like to see what makes Larkmead such an ambitious, happy and successful school then please join us for our open events.
No need to book for Open Evening, and Open Morning tour booking will soon be open via our website.
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