The Oratory’s Whole School Charity Day on Friday 16 October saw fantastic levels of participation, over £2,414 raised for Cardiac Risk in the Young and Henley-based charity Special Kidz International, and our target distances smashed!
Oratory GCSE Latin students spent the weekend exploring some sites of Roman Wales and Gloucestershire.
The Oratory was honoured to welcome Vint Cerf, American Internet Pioneer, for a fascinating Oratory Windhover Society talk to the whole school on the 'Challenges of the Internet and AI' on Friday 4 October.
Congratulations to Claire Fahey, Head of Oratory Racquets, who successfully defended her Real Tennis French Open singles and doubles titles last weekend.
1st Form students had an exhilarating visit to Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, where they delved into both the art and science of nature in an action-packed day!
During September's Exeat break, students from 2nd, 3rd and 4th Form travelled to East Anglia on the annual Oratory Racquets tour.
The Oratory 1st XV Rugby opened their season in commanding fashion with a convincing 34-3 victory away at Shiplake College on Saturday.
Congratulations to A. Watson, E. Milton and J. Bradley, who recently represented the school at the Real Tennis World Junior Championships in Bordeaux.
This week, L6th Form 6th Form Business & Economics students visited the MINI assembly plant at Cowley, Oxford. This plant, in one guise or another, has been producing motor cars since 1913.
To celebrate the start of the academic year and to encourage new year groups to get to know one another, The Oratory partnered with The One Day Film School for a fun-filled filmmaking day!
The Oratory is delighted to have raised over £4.5k this summer for The Ruth Strauss Foundation following a ‘Red for Ruth’ ‘Turn Cricket Red’ sporting initiative and a charity fundraising event held in June, which welcomed Angus Fraser MBE, former England cricketer and trustee of The Ruth Strauss Foundation as Guest Speaker.
The Oratory has enjoyed a good year of GCSE exam results, with many students achieving above prediction.
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