The first Prep School Student Council cake sale of 2020 was eagerly anticipated, with queues forming outside the Year One classroom before the event began. The cakes were very kindly provided by Reception, Year One and Year Two pupils and parents. The money raised is going towards the Eco-Brick project [...]
To celebrate Chinese New Year the pupils from Year Three were invited to Yu Restaurant and Bar at Copster Green for the morning. Taz, the children's entertainer kept everyone laughing and joking before a banquet of the most scrumptious Chinese food was thoroughly enjoyed. Each pupils then received a goodie [...]
There was much excitement in Year 4 this week as pupils acted out the famous story ‘The Enormous Turnip’ in French. Each child chose to either act as a specific character or be a narrator. It was fantastic to see them joining in the key vocabulary after only one rehearsal. [...]
It has been a busy week in Year 2 starting with a trip to Tesco on Monday to buy all that was needed for the pack lunches we made on Tuesday. Thanks to the very kind donations, we were also able to make up toiletry bags which were very well [...]
Reception children have been learning the story of Handa’s Surprise in their Spanish lessons this week. They have been studying the vocabulary for the various fruits that appear in the story, playing games to aid their learning. They were able to confidently explain in Spanish which fruits they liked and [...]
A popular way for Prep to spend their Friday lunchtimes is attending our regular board games club. It’s a great way to practise skills in cooperation and critical thinking as well as having fun working together, taking turns , solving problems and explaining the rules to each other.
This term, all pupils from Year 5 to Year 11 took part in a resilience training day during which they learnt about ways in which they can help themselves to maintain positive mental health and wellbeing in the face of the many stresses they face in life. The day was [...]
Pupils from years 6 - 11 thoroughly enjoyed representing Oakhill this week at a Chess tournament, kindly hosted by St Augustine’s. Our children have been working with Harrison and Matthew in Year 9 in a lunchtime practice club and were very much looking forward to trying out their skills against [...]
Saturday was a dark and cool January morning and four of our finest pupils climbed on the bus to head off to Lancaster University for the Royal Society of Chemistry Top of the Bench Competition. Not a run of the mill Saturday by any means and the closure of the [...]
Year 8 were greeted with a crime scene on their return to English on Monday morning, finding crime scene tape on the door and the outline of a body on the floor. They have been told that the victim in the literary murder case was Victor Frankenstein, a local scientist, [...]
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Principal: Jane Buttery BA (Hons) NPQH
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School Secretary: Katie Wilson
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