Aureus Primary School

No Pens Day!
At Aureus primary school our children were encouraged to extend their oracy skills in a fun way, instead of writing, pupils share their ideas out loud, take part in discussions, and work together in activities like debates and role play. This helps them become more confident speakers and better listeners, making it easier to explain their thinking and learn from others. Our year 1 cohort embraced the day whole heartedly, converting the classroom into a grocery shop. In writing the teacher scribed a list for their picnic foods and the children then made their food out of playdough. Later in maths, set up a shop and introduced 20p and 50p coins. The children then got to visit the shop and use their coins to buy some 'food'.

Our Reception children had a wonderful visit to Sutton Courtenay Nature Reserve, where they explored the natural world as part of their learning about life cycles. During the trip, they observed how living things grow and change, developing a deeper understanding of the world around them. The children also took part in a fun and imaginative activity where they helped a bear build a safe shelter, thinking carefully about what it would need to survive – including water, food, air and shelter. It was a fantastic hands-on experience that brought their learning to life and encouraged curiosity, teamwork and creativity.

🎉 STALL HOLDERS WANTED! 🎉
🌞 Our FIRST EVER School Summer Fete 🌞
📅 15th July | 4:00–6:00pm
We’re excited to be hosting our first ever School Summer Fete and we’d love you to be part of this special event!
Are you a craft lover who makes, bakes, or sells something lovely? Do you have something you would like to promote ? We’re looking for friendly stall holders to help create a brilliant afternoon for our children and the wider school community!
If you’d like to run a stall or want more information, please get in touch via [email protected] — we’d love to have you join us!
Let’s make our first Summer Fete one to remember 🎪

🌟 Reminder: Please Accept Your Reception Place by Thursday 30th April 🌟

This is a friendly reminder to please accept your child’s Reception place by Thursday 30th April via the Oxfordshire County Council admissions portal 🗓️✅.

Accepting your place by the deadline is essential to secure your child’s start in Reception this September 🎒✨.

If you have already accepted your offer, thank you very much - no further action is needed 👍

If not, please log in to the Oxfordshire County Council portal as soon as possible to complete the process.

We look forward to welcoming you and your child to our school soon 😊🌈

🌟 A very warm welcome to all our new Reception children and families joining us in September! 🥰 We’re so excited to have you as part of our Aureus Primary School community.
✨ Full details about our induction process and transition days will be sent out to each family very soon - keep an eye out! 📬
✅ Please make sure to accept your child’s place by Thursday 30th April 2026.
We can’t wait to meet you all and begin this exciting journey together!

This tournament was particularly special as it marked Oxfordshire’s first ever Gaelic football event, with 13 teams taking part. Our team played three fantastic games—and won every single one of them! They opened with a dominant 3:12 to 0:0 victory (21–0), followed by a strong 1:6 to 0:2 win (9–2), and finished with an impressive 4:6 to 1:6 result (18–9). The support from our parents was incredible throughout the day, and we are unbelievably proud of how brilliantly the children performed and the outstanding sportsmanship they showed in every match. A special thank you goes to Jake for coming in every Monday after school to train and inspire them.

Our year 4 children had the pleasure of a visit from the Anglo-Saxon Workshop. During the session the children focused on the artwork and distinctive patterns used by the Anglo Saxons. They undertook activities including making a copper brooch, burial object handling and discovering the Hanney brooch.

We were recently invited to take part in a science competition run by our local UTC and our Year 5 and 6 children were delighted to win the science competition. As part of their prize, they visited the science labs at UTC, where they enjoyed exploring the equipment and learning more about real scientific work and really enjoyed taking part in a bubble experiment. The trip ended with each child proudly receiving a winners’ certificate to celebrate their achievement.

We had a fantastic World Book Day this year!
Our children and staff impressed us once again with their wonderfully creative costumes. We were also blown away by the imaginative Story in a Box creations on display.
Everyone enjoyed taking part in the character hunt, and our younger pupils especially loved sharing stories with their older schoolmates. It was a brilliant day celebrating a love of reading across the whole school.