Last week Year 6 had the privilege of delivering all the donations that the prep children had collected over the last few weeks to the Thomas Group in Blackburn. The Thomas Group help to support homeless people in the area and toiletries were part of a list of items that were [...]
And they’re off... Francesca has laid the first pennies for this year’s St Joseph’s Penny Charity Box challenge. The aim is the raise as much money as possible in the run up to Easter for this charity which helps children and families in need. In return for each metre of [...]
After a few weeks of extreme weather, forest school was back on this week and we were greeted with sunshine and birdsong on a beautiful spring day. Our den had been a casualty of the storms so everyone worked together to rebuild it then we rewarded ourselves with pancakes cooked [...]
Year 2 have been thinking about their futures recently and talking about their ambitions in life. The boys and girls surprised us with some of the jobs that they want to do although the teachers surprised them when the children tried to guess which ambition matched each teacher! They then [...]
On Tuesday morning Peter and his associates from Peter Hitchen Architects came to give an insight to our senior pupils about careers and pathways in architecture and working in the industry. It was interesting to find out about the different avenues in from studying BTEC in Construction to a degree [...]
Year 10 were preparing for their cultural trip to Berlin next week by finding out how to travel lightly with cabin bags. They measured various bags, gauged different combinations of liquids and looked to see if they could fit them into a small plastic bag. More hazardous items were assessed [...]
Everybody at Oakhill has made a fantastic effort for World Book Day - just look at all these photos
Year 2 recently had their assembly where their focus was all about love. Following on from their recent trip into Blackburn to hand out packed lunches the children also showed us all the other ways in which we can show love. They came up with some great ideas and told [...]
Year 9 visited the Imperial War Museum North and enhanced their learning about conflict in the 20th Century to the present day. They participated in a workshop on Life in Germany and the persecution of different groups as well as the indoctrination of young people to follow Nazi ideology. They [...]
Senior pupils at Oakhill are taking part in National Careers Week this week with a number of presentations and activities. Our school focus for the week is key transferable skills. This morning, ex-pupil Jess Chatburn, came in to talk to us about her apprenticeship degree at Airbus. Jess is in [...]
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