Mrs Smith's badminton club was popular on Friday with our key stage 3 bubble! Pupils worked hard refining their skills after a long six months off! But they could still give their opponent the run around, using a well selected shot and game plan!
This Thursday saw the return of Mr. Peel's BMX club, and many pupils from Years 7 and 8 took the opportunity to get out into the school grounds and the fresh air. For some this was an introduction to BMX riding, whilst for our more experienced pupils it was a [...]
This morning Reception had their first PE lesson with Mrs Smith. The lesson began with some ‘getting to know you challenges’ then moved on to bean bag skills. The pupils were asked to invent ways to travel and balance their bean bag. Mrs Smith focussed the lesson on the fundamental [...]
Year 5 took their learning outside this week to take advantage of the milder weather and the outdoor eco-classroom. What better place to run around and look for the information cards hidden around the play ground? The children were trying to find the answers to complete some work all about [...]
We hosted the borough dodgeball tournament at Oakhill. We welcomed 12 schools to play in the ‘spirit of the school games tournament.’ This was a none competitive event where rather than being scored on the game, pupils were asessed by their teachers, officials and opposition team on the three core [...]
Year three have begun their new D.T. topic on Sculpture. They were set the challenge of using only cocktail sticks, sultanas and marshmallows to make a sculpture. It was a wonder that any sculptures appeared as the temptation to eat the resources was almost overwhelming!
Oakhill cyclists of all ages got together last Sunday for a mountain bike ride across Gorple Moor and sections of the Pennine Bridleway. Pupils, ex pupils, parents and staff made up the team who enjoyed the chance to explore and get some much needed fresh air. As ever, the long [...]
On Friday we finally got a beautiful afternoon to host our annual inter house cross country race. All of our senior pupils from Year 7 to 11 took part and yet again every single runner completed the course and we had lots of smiles along the way, for a few [...]
Oakhill entered the Ribble Valley schools swimming gala on Monday, competing against nine other schools. Although we only had a small pool to choose from our team did fantastically well! We had a team made up of four girls and four boys. Mae, Jess, Gee, Jack, Cody, Will and Zach [...]
Year three are having a ROCKIN time in science this half term. Their topic is all about Rocks. So they went on a rock hunt last week looking for objects made from different types of rocks.
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