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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. Pupils have been providing sweets and chocolates as well as daily care items like toothpaste, wet wipes and tissues, plus [...]

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 involved but just the children's teddies. A fun time had by all!!!

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 performance working in both singles and doubles games. The girls won the majority of their games in each round, finding [...]

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 members. Last week Juliet, from year three, decided to extend her family circle to include her pet rabbit! We’re not [...]

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 on it. They tested out six different reflective materials under test conditions involving a near black out of the classroom! [...]

In the Summer our amazing team cycled 500 miles across the width of England from Lands End to Lowestoft, their target was £3500 which is the average cost of a call out for the life saving work of the North West Air Ambulance. We are pleased to say we raised [...]

Children in Prep and Seniors enjoyed watching England’s first World Cup game against Iran, especially with the final score being 6 -2 to England!

Year Ten enjoyed time together in the fresh air on Sunday morning as they took their first steps towards their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh's Award Expedition. Starting from Downham, they practised map reading and navigation skills with a series of challenges set by Mr Peel and Mrs Raho. A lot [...]

On Thursday 17th November, pupils, parents and staff celebrated Oakhill’s 44th Annual Prize Giving in the Sports Hall. Marc Pugh, former professional footballer and online health coach presented the prizes to returning and current pupils, in front of parents past and present and their families, invited guests including the Clitheroe [...]

Throughout their first half term of GCSE PE theory study, our Year 10 class have engaged in a lot of play! Mrs. Smith has been given many strange looks from both staff when borrowing equipment and her pupils when they arrive to lessons to find out they will be playing [...]