Geography Field Trips
At Oakhill, we make field trips a core part of the Geography curriculum for every year group. The field work is designed to bring classroom learning into focus and to [...]
Waddow Hall
Lower Prep had a great day out at Waddow Hall where they enjoyed grass sledging, archery and many more fun outdoor activities.
Year 4’s Scavenger Hunt
Year 4 tried to find some shade in the soaring temperatures last week and took themselves on a scavenger hunt in their maths lesson. Once they had calculated the answer [...]
Prep Orienteering
Our prep team gave the orienteering a brilliant amount of effort with two of our pairs finding 19 of the 20 check points! Unfortunately, with 21 teams entered it all [...]
Orienteering Success!
This morning Mrs Smith took 8 pupils to participate in the annual borough orienteering competition at Wilson’s playing fields. Our 4 mixed pairs worked excellently together, coming in second position [...]
Ella Is Player Of The Day!
We are very proud of Ella in Year 2 who went to her first football training session last week and came home with the Player of the Day trophy. Well [...]
ReAct Academy of Theatre Arts
ReAct Academy of Theatre Arts visited the Prep school today, to deliver a Disney's Aladdin workshop. ReAct Academy have been running their Ribble Valley branch in Whalley for over ten [...]
Oakhill Mountain Bikers
A team of Oakhill mountain bikers enjoyed an excellent finish to the half term break with a group ride from Hurstwood near Burnley over the moors to West Yorkshire and [...]
Kensuke’s Kingdom
Year 5 have been reading Kensuke's Kingdom this term and created their very own island! Here are some of their amazing creations!!
Well Done Maya!
Maya, in Year Three, swims at the Pioneer Club and she has been awarded first place for front crawl. She has also been a winner at Glow Dodgeball, played in [...]
Prep Football
Last week our prep football team played their final matches in the Ribble Valley B Football League. They won 2 and drew 3 which meant they finished overall 3rd in [...]
Skating Success
Well done to Juliet in Year Three, who last weekend took part in a competition at the Blackburn ice rink. With a combination of fantastic spins, spirals and jumps Juliet [...]
Sporty Evan
Well done to Evan in Year Three, who this weekend received a special trophy, that he gets to keep, for being a member of Lammack Junior Football Club. He also [...]
National Laugh Out Loud Day
In case you weren't aware, last Friday was National Laugh Out Loud Day. This was celebrated at Oakhill by year three and year four in their class assembly. With a [...]
Year 8 Visit Queen Street Mill & HAPPA
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 [...]
Oak Mudder
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, [...]
National Archives 20s Streets Competition
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 [...]
Cricket Nets Practice
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 [...]