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    January 2024

    • 6th Form A Level Psychology Trip to London's 'Psychology in Action' Day

      Published 31/01/24

      Last term, 6th Form A Level Psychology students attended 'Psychology in Action' by Education in Action at the Emmanuel Centre in London.

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    • Oratory Football Success in the Central Independent Schools League

      Published 30/01/24

      It’s been a fantastic season so far for Oratory Football as they top 4 out of 5 league tables in the Central Independent Schools League.

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    • 'The Challenges of Raising Successful Young People' - a Discussion by Matthew Fogg, Deputy Head Pastoral

      Published 29/01/24

      It was a great pleasure to welcome senior leaders from a wide range of prep schools for a discussion of how we can work collaboratively to raise successful young men and women.

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    • Oratory 3rd & 4th Form Sports Award Students visit GoPerform

      Published 26/01/24

      On Wednesday, 3rd and 4th Form Sports Award Students visited GoPerform in Reading, where they learnt about sports performance and injury rehabilitation.

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    • Oratory Classics Trip to Wales and the West Country

      Published 26/01/24

      Over the weekend, an elite group of 4th and 5th form Latinists went on a Classical trip to Wales and the West Country.

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    • Oratory Maths in Ritangle 2023 Competition

      Published 23/01/24

      Last term, Oratory Maths entered a team into MEI's Ritangle Competition, a maths competition designed for 6th Form students who are currently studying either A level Mathematics, The International Baccalaureate, Scottish Highers or qualifications with equivalent content.

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    • Loquitur Talk by Daniel Philips (OS 2014-2019)

      Published 19/01/24

      This week The Oratory School had the pleasure of welcoming back Daniel Philips (OS 2014-2019), former Captain of Music and Drama, who delivered a hands-on Loquitur to our L6 Form about the importance of learning to network effectively as a student. It was a real privilege for our pupils to receive guidance from one of the Top Thought Leadership Voices on LinkedIn.

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    • Oratory Hockey 1st XI Team become Berkshire Schools’ League Winners for Third Consecutive Year

      Published 19/01/24

      The Oratory is delighted to announce that their 1st XI Hockey team has won the Berkshire Schools’ Hockey League for 2023, a third consecutive year

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    • A call to action. What does Blake’s ‘epic’ poem mean, and is it ‘true?’

      Published 12/01/24

      ‘Jerusalem’ or ‘And did those feet in ancient times’ (1804) set to music by Hubert Parry (1916) and orchestrated by Sir Edward Elgar, is not in its first incantation and intention a hymn. Indeed, neither is it technically a hymn because it is not a prayer. Rather the poem, by William Blake, is from the preface to his work Milton: A Poem in Two Books and is better titled in fact ‘Milton’.

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    January 2024

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    Oxfordshire
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