It was an early start for our skiers as we left very early on a wet and windy Sunday. What a contrast in Milan! The sun was shining as we made our way to Sauze D’Oulx, stopping for lunch on the way at a pizzeria...the holiday had begun. On arrival [...]
Pre School and Pre Prep learnt all about the post office last week during the holidays, they went down to Whalley on a walk to visit the post office and post their own letters. The children are now enjoying playing with the post office role play in Pre School.
Children from year 3 and 4 represented Oakhill in the annual gymnastics competition . They had to learn a floor routine and perform the vault. Every member of the team performed superbly well and performed with a smile on their face. Team Green came 6th out of 28 and Team [...]
Year 5 pupils have been inspired to produce their very own Mr Men and Little Miss books in French. They studied some of the French versions of these famous characters and were surprised to learn of differences in translations for some of the well-known names. They then invented their own [...]
Year 8 pupils recently spent a day at Manchester Metropolitan University participating in a Language Enrichment Event. They learnt about how languages can open up a wide range of opportunities in the world of work. Current language students at the university explained how over 80% of the world's population does [...]
Following this term’s topic of China, Year 6 have been busy researching and making paper. They made their paper pulp and spread it on deckle frames made from old art canvas frames. The results were excellent and they wrote their name in Chinese on their paper. Each pupil then tackled [...]
Year one and two have worked on a dance module this half term, taking inspiration from Mr Men and Little Miss characters. Our pupils had to design 4 beat motifs to perform using a variety of dance moves. They then had to perform them as their favoured character. The class [...]
Year 4 pupils have thoroughly enjoyed putting together colour poems in their French lessons this term. They have used their dictionary skills to search for new words to describe a whole range of things. Some pupils had their pets as inspiration whilst others chose to write about animals in general, [...]
This half term the Prep Student Council have been very busy putting everyone’s new year diets on hold, by having cake sales on some Friday afternoons. Lots of yummy cakes were brought in by all Prep children and the money raised is going towards extending our eco friendly outdoor classroom. [...]
Year 6 pupils have learnt all about the tradition of La Chandeleur in today’s French lesson. Celebrated on 2nd February, they discovered that this was originally a pagan festival. While some say La Chandeleur celebrates the return of sunny days (crêpes symbolise the sun), others say that making crêpes using flour left over from [...]
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