Last Monday, our girls played their first Cricket matches in their first ever Cricket season at the school. This comes as we have removed Rounders from the curriculum in favour of Cricket, allowing the girls to play the sport for the first time. The first matches were played against Holme Grange School in Wokingham. All…
The Great OPS Bake Off made its debut on Thursday 28 March, with 17 finalists and their amazingly creative and delicious cakes. Mrs Robb, Mr Sexon and Mrs Butler scored each cake in 10 year groups according to presentation, taste, texture and originality. There were many tense moments but the winners were revealed and received…
On the morning of Friday 15 March, a group of visiting children joined our Early Years pupils for a morning dedicated to celebrating the joys of spring. The children went on a walk through the grounds, where they spotted signs of spring, including frogspawn, birdsong and daffodils. They eventually made their way to the Forest…
On Monday 4 February, the crew of Station 3 Blue Watch from Dee Road Fire Station in Reading came to The Oratory Preparatory School. Along with their fully equipped fire engine, and Watch Manager Steve Trenery, the crew spoke to the Early Years children in the Pre-Prep department about their jobs, and the importance of…
Year 8 made an educational visit to Roman Baths and Museum in Bath this week.
The Year 5s had a most enjoyable trip to Twickenham – one we’ll never forget. We began our tour in the Rugby World Museum where we followed the history of the game from seeing the first international rugby jersey in 1871 to the William Webb Ellis World Cup. There were a number of displays, some…
