Dodgeball Tournament
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 [...]
Year Three DT
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 [...]
Mountain Bike Adventure
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 [...]
Annual Cross Country Race
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 [...]
Ribble Valley Schools Swimming Gala
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! [...]
Year Three Rock At Science
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 [...]
Year 6 Visit THOMAS
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 [...]
St Joseph’s Penny Charity Box Challenge
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 [...]
Forest School
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 [...]
Year 2 Poetry
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 [...]
Careers Week
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 [...]
Independent Travellers
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 [...]
World Book Day
Everybody at Oakhill has made a fantastic effort for World Book Day - just look at all these photos
Year Two Share The Love
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 [...]
Imperial War Museum North
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 [...]
Careers Week
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. [...]
Sunshine Smiles In Sauze D’Oulx
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 [...]
Visit To The Post Office
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 [...]
