Christopher Rawlins CE Primary School

🎁💙 A big thank you to our PTFA for organising a wonderful Father’s Day Gift Shop for the children to enjoy today💙🎁

The children had lots of fun choosing a special gift, carefully selecting the perfect surprise for Father’s Day 😊✨

We hope all our dads, grandads, and special father figures have a fantastic day on Sunday, celebrating with their families and loved ones 💙

Year 5 and 6 enjoyed a visit from Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service where they learned valuable lessons about both water and fire safety. Our visitor was impressed by the children's respectful behaviour and commented on how well they represented the school through their thoughtful questions and engagement throughout the session.

🌟 We're hiring for Teaching Assistant positions! 🌟

Do you enjoy working with young people and helping them thrive? We're looking for a caring, positive, and flexible team player to support students in the classroom and deliver targeted interventions.

📅 5 days per week

See the job description for full details. We'd love to hear from you!

Teaching Assistant & Midday Supervsior - Christopher Rawlins Church of England Primary School, Banbury, Oxfordshire Closing date: Midnight, Fri 19th Jun, 2026. View full details and apply online at MyNewTerm.

🌿 School Grounds Day Reminder 🌿

A friendly reminder that our School Grounds Day is taking place this Saturday, 13th June from 10:00AM.

If you can spare some time to help out, we would be very grateful. Even if you can only join us for an hour, your support will make a real difference.

Refreshments will be provided for all volunteers.

If possible, please bring along any tools that may be useful, such as:
🧤 Gloves
🌱 Spades
✂️ Cutters/Pruners
🧹 Any other gardening tools

We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible and working together to keep our school grounds looking their best. Thank you for your support!

⭐️ Year 5/6 Science Workshop ⭐️

Before half term, Year 5/6 enjoyed a fantastic workshop delivered by Mr Sullivan (Oscar’s grandad). He brought along a range of examples of levers, pulleys, gears and magnets, helping the children to understand how these are used in everyday life and across different industries.

The workshop was a wonderful way to enrich our science learning on forces this term, and the children loved seeing these concepts brought to life through hands-on demonstrations and real-world examples.

A huge thank you to Mr Sullivan for giving up his time to share his knowledge and expertise with us. The children thoroughly enjoyed the experience and learned so much!

KS1 have been working hard creating some fabulous spiral artwork this week! 🎨✨

It’s been a fantastic arts week full of creativity, imagination, and lots of colourful ideas. We are so proud of all the amazing effort and enthusiasm shown by everyone! 🌈🖌️

🎨 Art Week continues with these fabulous creations by our Kingfisher and Heron classes! ✨

A great start to Arts Week 🎨✨

The children have had lots of fun exploring our theme of Dots and Spirals through a range of creative activities. We have already seen so much imagination, colour, and enthusiasm across the school, and we can’t wait to see what the rest of the week brings!

🎨 Oxfordshire Art Weeks is here!

Christopher Rawlins has 25 beautiful “The View from Here” postcard entries on display at St Mary’s Church, Adderbury (OX17 3LP). Please pop along, vote for your favourite (free!), and support local art.

📅 10–17 May
⏰ 10am–6pm daily (Friday open until 8pm)

Come and enjoy a wonderful variety of artwork including painting, glass work, embroidery, printmaking, stone carving and more!

Y4 PGL Liddington - Day 2 🌟

Another fantastic day here at PGL! Everyone had an amazing time getting stuck into our new activities, showing great enthusiasm, teamwork, and plenty of smiles along the way. It’s been brilliant to see everyone stepping out of their comfort zones and making the most of every moment.