Family outings to the library inspire pupils

READ ALL ABOUT IT: Volunteers Barbara Posner, left, and Gill Shepherd with St Nicholas Primary School pupils Abigail Earl, seven, Samuel Kelsey, six, Maisie Stansfield, six, and Camren Curtis, seven

2:00pm Friday 17th May 2013

VOLUNTEERS are helping an Oxford school forge closer links with a local library.

Parents push for extra class at primary school near homes

Outside Wolvercote Primary School, left to right, back: Payashi Garry holding Hannah Garry, Kerry Harries, Rosa Faulkner holding Otto Faulkner. Front: Joseph Garry, Isabelle Harries, Amaya Faulkner, Ixeya Faulkner and Alice Wilkinson. Picture: OX59199

1:00pm Friday 17th May 2013

PARENTS who missed out on primary school places want action taken long before a planned expansion.

Children will get to grips with fun at festival

Louis Goodall, 9, from Willow Croft Primary School – pictured front left with Oliver Bishop, from Gosford Hill School

5:00pm Monday 13th May 2013

PRIMARY school children across Oxfordshire are counting down to the launch of a new festival.

Record 2,400 pupils take part in art competition

Luigi Felici. Picture: OX59027 Antony Moore

2:00pm Monday 13th May 2013

CHICKEN drumsticks and hairy spiders were among the record number of entries submitted for this year’s Young Art Oxford (YAO) competition.

Author serves up a real-life thriller for pupils

Children’s author Chris Bradford. Picture: OX58958 Damian Halliwell

12:00pm Monday 13th May 2013

PUPILS at Larkmead School in Abingdon were given top tips on how to defend themselves from an underworld of crime and combat.

Education expert in bid to boost schools

John Howson

7:00am Monday 13th May 2013

AN EMINENT Oxford education expert says he wants to help improve exam results after being elected to Oxfordshire County Council.

Teenagers are an enterprising bunch

Isabel Yue

2:00pm Saturday 11th May 2013

A GROUP of teenage entrepreneurs have cooked up a winning formula after triumphing at a special awards ceremony, writes Matt Oliver.

Teachers hatch plot over new chicks

Rachel Downey and pupil Petros Papadopoulos handle the chicks

2:00pm Friday 10th May 2013

PUPILS at a Didcot primary school got the chance to pet some chicks after watching them hatch.

Our Fran inspires love for reading

Oxford Mail education reporter Fran Bardsley reads a book with Star Wars fan Sam Scott at St Ebbe’s Primary School

12:00pm Friday 10th May 2013

NO two children are alike and that certainly seems to be the case with reading.

Chelsea Flower Show trip for youngsters

Kirtlington Primary School pupils, from left, Gemma Croker, eight, Joe Straker, nine, Izzy Potts, eight, and Gabriel Popham, nine

7:00am Friday 10th May 2013

THESE growing gardeners are blooming delighted after they were invited to show off their stuff at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show.

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