Website Tip of the Week

Photos of some recent sporting events can be viewed under ‘Sports’ on the ‘School Life’ menu in the secure ‘Parents’ section of the website. Please click here to view.

Acting Annie

‘Annie’ is being presented by the C Block over two evenings on Thursday 23 and Friday 24 June and is proving to be a very popular event. No tickets are being issued for the performances, but to avoid disappointment, please reserve a seat with This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it   by Monday 20 June at the latest.

Props for Annie

We are looking to find the following items for the C Block production of ‘Annie’. Can you help at all with any of these items?

An old fashioned wicker backed wheel chair (or similar)
A wooden pillar type stand to put either flowers or a statue on
A small statue (1930s style!)
A small portable dog cage
Matching antique chairs plus a small telephone desk
A smart leather suit case (old fashioned)
2 large American flags
2 smart gold/velvet cushions
An old fashioned drinks trolley

Please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it   if you have any of these items and are willing to let us use them.

Yummy Honey

The boys of Gunga Din delighted in scraping and sieving a delicious honey-filled honeycomb this week. The boys then enjoyed the sweet honey spread on hot buttered toast and it was unanimously declared delicious. (See main picture)

Sculling at Blenheim

The Blenheim Regatta will be held on Saturday 11 June. Dragon contenders achieved an equal first with Upper Thames last year, and this year 35 children are being entered with hopes to snatch the Victor Ludorum and beat our previous medal haul. Parents are welcome to attend the regatta and may take their entered child directly to Blenheim rather than to school on the day. Please let This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it   know in advance. Everyone racing must be there by 8.00 a.m. If children are arriving at the school first, the buses leave at 7.30 a.m.

Dragon Rowers

The Dragon Regatta will be held on Saturday 2 July. There is an outline of the day on the Dragon sculling website and an explanation of who can enter. Please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it   if you have any queries.

A Force to be Reckoned With 

Year 3 children have been exploring their own ways to test the strongest magnet, in Science lessons this week. They masterminded investigations, presented ideas to the class and discussed the fairness of their tests. The children concluded that the size and weight of a magnet could not determine its magnetic strength.

Invitation to Current C Block Parents to Learn about B Block Tutor Groups

Just a reminder, this Saturday 11th June at 11.45 a.m., in the Michael Cowan Lecture Theatre, current C Block parents are invited to learn more about B Block tutor groups.

Mary Taylor and Rob Overend will be giving a short informal presentation and fielding questions you may have about this. The main aim is to explain how and why we organise the groups in the way that we do ahead of time, so when your child is told much later in the year, you’ll be well in the picture, and in the know.

Please do feel free to come along. There is no need to confirm your attendance. If you are unable to make it, we will endeavour to publish a short explanation of what will be talked about.

Strings and Singers

The Dragonetti Strings and the Dragon Chamber Choir have been invited to perform at the ‘Music for Youth National Festival’, Birmingham Symphony Hall, on Monday 4 July. The groups will perform Vivaldi’s ‘Gloria’ and the ‘Hallelujah Chorus’ from Handel’s Messiah. Tickets for the event start at £3 and can be ordered from the box office on 0121 780 3333 or online by clicking here.

Maryland Singers

The Charles Wesley Singers and the Academy of St Cecilia Youth Orchestra from Maryland, USA, will visit the Dragon on Monday 27 June and give a concert in St Andrew’s Church at 7.30 p.m. The main piece in their programme is a Mass by Haydn. Help with hosting the visit would be appreciated, this would involve bed and breakfast for two nights, Sunday 26 and Monday 27 June. If you are able to help, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it   as soon as possible.

All Out for 47

On the last weekend before Half Term, the Dragon welcomed parents and children from Primrose Hill Cricket Club in London to play against the U8, U9 and U10 teams. Families arrived to enjoy a pre-match barbeque lunch next to the river Cherwell before the children got down to business in the warm afternoon sun. Click here for more information.

Sensational Swimming

The U11 Swimming team enjoyed a clean sweep at the Stowe Prep Schools Relay event held just before Half Term. The Dragons fought off competition from over 10 schools to win their Freestyle and Medley Relay events. The teams are now training for the English Schools National Primary Finals in Sheffield over the Exeat weekend.

A ‘C’ Block Dragon swimmer (pictured centre) has struck Gold and Silver at the ASA Southern Regional swimming championships held at Crawley over Half Term. Swimming for the City of Oxford, he won the 200m Breaststroke and was placed second in the 200m Freestyle. He has also qualified for the National Age Group championships to be held in Sheffield in July.