Archive for the ‘Events’ Category

Year 2 Visit Windsor Castle

As ever our trip to Windsor Castle had been a long awaited day for Year 2. On arrival we all looked to see if the Royal Standard was flying, but sadly not. �...

Scholars’ Philosophy Symposium

The boys from 8EHL and 8SEW were recently treated to philosophy discussions lead by Wellington College Philosophy and Religion HoD Tom Kirby and Dr James Tapely...

Film Night at Home Farm

Friday night is a good time to relax and what better way than with a film? It is even more enjoyable when you can watch that film with friends. Excitement had b...

Year 7 Big Weekend

The Year 7 boys had a superb and busy Big Weekend. There was huge excitement at the arrival of the Downe House ladies for Saturday night’s social and, somew...

Bradfield Choral Workshop

Years 3 and 4 had a fantastic fun filled afternoon at the Bradfield Choral workshop. It was hosted by four members of Apollo 5 – the international award-w...

Year 6 Informal Concert

In the first Informal Concert of 2018 the Year 6s demonstrated what a versatile and characterful lot they are! 11 boys performed on 7 different instruments an...

French Play

Year 5 and 6 boys have enjoyed a great interactive performance from Onatti Production, the delivery of which was both in French and English enabling them to gen...

The Year 6 Oratory Maths Challenge

On Tuesday 23rd January 2018, four mathematicians made their way to The Oratory for a fight with no enemies, a battle with instead of swords, pencils and brains...

World War II Day

On Tuesday we were visited by a company called ‘Portals to the Past’ who gave a thrilling experience of life in World War Two, our history topic this term...

Breakfast Workshop for Year 1

Year 1 have been doing their topic on Farming and were visited by Jan from The Newbury & District Agricultural Society, delivering a fun-filled morning wi...