Rain didn’t stop play today, Year 7 & 8 continued working through their scheme of work to build their cardiovascular and muscular endurance in preparation for the inter house event. [...]

Reception children have been very interested to learn this week about the Festival of the Three Kings that took place last week in Spanish-speaking countries to celebrate the Epiphany. They [...]

Pupils have had lots of fun during yesterday's Lego club. Their designs have ranged from go-karts and houses to building structures that are as tall as them. We look forward [...]

Mason, in Year Three, is a wiz at designing and making things and spends many a happy hour with his dad coming up with all kinds of wonderful creations. So [...]

The Prep Student Council held a Christmas Sock Competition before Christmas, where children had to decorate a pair of socks with a Christmas theme. There were lots of festive entries, [...]

As a final activity to complete their history studies on The Romans, Year Three had a go at designing and constructing their own aqueducts. They worked in teams and began [...]

Last week moon rocks and meteorites landed at Oakhill by special delivery from the Science and Technology Facilities Council through their Borrow the Moon scheme. Pupils from all year groups [...]

Yesterday we went to Jodrell Bank to see the third largest telescope of its kind in the world. It’s a radio telescope, which uses radio waves from space. They go [...]

Year 10 and 11 triple science groups are almost at Jodrell Bank

Pupils from reception to year 11 have been treated to GLOW dodgeball in their final PE lessons of the term. Mrs Smith borrowed the UV kit and lights from the [...]

Today was everybody’s favourite lunch - Christmas lunch as always it was absolutely delicious. Well done and thank you to all our catering staff for today and all the lunches [...]

Last Friday, Oakhill’s running club finished the term, as always with a festive run around Whalley. Everybody looked very Christmassy indeed!

Year 9 enjoyed watching the Royal Society of Chemistry's Flash Bang Show last Friday, expertly delivered by Dr Frank Mair. Dr Mair, who lectures at the University of Manchester, educated [...]

Prep children, led by the school council, have been giving back this festive season by decorating and filling bags with treats and essentials to donate to Blackburn homelessness and addiction charity, THOMAS. [...]

As part of their History topic this term, Year 4 have been looking at Ancient Egyptians and this week's lesson was all about mummification! Luckily, there were no real bodies [...]

Last week our U14 badminton team took part in the Ribble Valley & Hyndburn badminton tournament. 8 teams entered from a range of schools. Our girls put in a fantastic [...]

All the children at Oakhill are encouraged to read to others in order to practise their skills of fluency and expression. Most enjoy reading with their parents or other family [...]

Year three have turned into science researchers this week. They have been investigating reflective materials, as they have been tasked with designing a new school bag with a reflective strip [...]