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The fabulous staff at QSM in Briercliffe took Year 8 round the steam engines and weaving sheds of the mill which only closed in 1982. Brandon and his colleagues answered questions and explained in detail the process to take cotton from plant to woven cloth, demonstrating several machines on the [...]

The Senior pupils took part in the Oak Mudder as part of their House competitions. This required pairs to complete an obstacle course with tasks ranging from crawling under tarps, jumping horse jumps, wheel-barrow wiggling, coconut shy and hoop activities amongst others. The winning House was Scholars, and the Oak [...]

Oakhill History Club are delighted to be group winners in the National Archives 20s Streets Competition. Students have researched Longworth Road in Billington and the family who owned Oakhill House to find out their stories and piece together a community's experiences as they lived through the trauma of war. Longworth [...]

On Friday we took a bus load of prep and another bus of senior pupils down to Whalley Cricket club for practice in the nets at lunchtime. The sun shone for us and a lovely time was had by all. We decided to award the person with the most wickets [...]

The annual Oakhill Association Plant Sale was yet again, a blooming success! Orders totalled almost £1300. Many thanks again to T Cornwall and Sons of Higher Walton, Preston for the fantastic variety of plants and vegetables and to everyone who placed an order.  

It was Bake Off time again in Year 2 last week where the children were introduced to making bread. Great fun was had measuring, weighing and kneading although obviously the best bit was eating! They were delighted with their efforts and have even taken the recipe home to hopefully hone [...]

Year 10 enjoyed glorious weather for their first 2 day DofE expedition this weekend. They have been training since last September, fine tuning their navigation, and preparing equipment ready for setting up camp - some have even learnt to cook for the first time! Groups completed their two day walk [...]

Year 4 have been researching the Viking era in their History lessons and took on the challenge of drawing a longship. They all did a fantastic job by following a step by step guide to drawing this mode of transport. Great work Year 4

This year’s Leavers Meal was held at The Foxfields, which was the perfect place to celebrate their years at Oakhill. Many photos were taken outside, after which we enjoyed a beautiful meal. Mrs Buttery talked about each pupil’s personality and how they had blossomed during their time at Oakhill, and [...]

Pupils were fortunate to have a lunch time talk from Dr Brandon Fathy who works at the University of Leicester as an archaeologist. He gave a fascinating talk on his recent work where he uncovered 1111 bodies including a plague pit and a Roman cellar. His passion for answering questions [...]