Oxford Road Community School

Oxford Road Project

Community Gardens 

The Oxford Road Community Gardens is an oasis just off the Oxford Road, and a space our classes have been using this term. 

Year 5 and 6 visited in the Spring term and made a list of things that they wanted to do for the local community who use the garden. On the list were a number of repairs, gardening projects and improving the provision for wildlife.

Years 5 and 6 then designed, made and put up a bird box, an owl box, a bug hotel, some bird artwork as well as some painted stones to make people smile while in the garden. 

Have a look at our photos below...

OXFORD ROAD COMMUNITY GARDENS GALLERY

We are hoping to continue to use the Community Gardens in the future as a place to relax, garden as well as providing us with opportunities to make an impact in the community.

OXFORD ROAD MURAL

Aaron, a local graffiti artist was commissioned by Reading Borough Council, as part of the ongoing Heritage Action Zone, to create a piece of community artwork to celebrate the Oxford Road. We were lucky enough to visit a few times to see the progress of the artwork. Have a look at the pictures below...

We then created brainstorms of what the Oxford Road meant to us and had a go at creating a piece of artwork to represent the local area and our identity within it. These pieces were then pieced together to create our own banner outside our school.

Oxford Road Community Theatre Project

Watch this space for news of an exciting community theatre show, coming to the Oxford Road in March 2024.