Year 7 pupils spent a very enjoyable team building day at Gisburn Forest. The rain didn’t dampen their spirits as they started the day with an orienteering activity. They worked in small groups to solve the clues, with many groups even returning so quickly that they were challenged to find [...]
Year 4 pupils had a wonderful surprise in store for Mme Crook when she arrived for this week's French lesson! A group of them had been working hard on a surprise for her - a French flag made out of Lego bricks. They had been determined to produce something extra [...]
Today all of our Year 5 & 6 pupils were trained by Michael Frayne, our borough school games organiser to become Playground leaders. This will enable them to set up games and activities during break and lunchtimes to engage in play with the younger years. The course started with learning [...]
Darcy in Year Three has everything going her way this week. She is the class Wiz of the Week and the winner of the most merits. Added to this she has won a prize in the weekly Chocolate Raffle, for pupils who have been all round stars. On top of [...]
Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 had a true forest school adventure this week - jam packed from start to finish. After harvesting the potatoes and carrots we had grown last year, we decided to cook them in the woods. On the way, we foraged for elderberries on the school [...]
Year 7 along with year 8 enjoyed their first PE lesson. They embarked upon a variety of problem solving challenges. The pupils worked together with respect, cooperation and a great sense of fun. It was a fantastic opportunity to watch our new pupils bond and many natural leaders emerged as [...]
Our upper prep pupils who are studying from home were set a new task. Mrs Smith found a Disney dance class to follow online. Once they had completed the workout the task was extended to choreograph their own dance, with the option of dressing as their favourite character and the [...]
This half term both our prep and senior school PE lessons have been based on trying something new! Each and every lesson both in school and at home school pupils have been encouraged to try new activities. These have included Pi-yo training, yoga, viral TIKTOK fitness challenges, breathing exercise, mindfulness [...]
Children in the Prep school have been joining in with the RSPB’s garden birdwatch scheme this week. They have learnt about the different varieties of birds we might see in our gardens at this time of year and how to identify them. Some classes joined in either from home or [...]
As part of their 12 Days of Advent Oakhill School wanted to say a huge thank you to those NHS workers who have kept us safe so far throughout this pandemic. They decided to make up some care packages using parents’ very generous gift and cash donations which enabled us [...]
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