In Year 5 we have been looking at properties of 3D shapes. We have explored different shapes by using interlocking cubes to build structures with a view from the top, front and side. This was a fantastic practical lesson.
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Oaklands Shines at WESSP Football Festival
Our young heroes do Oaklands proud in West Essex School Sports Partnership Football Festival! Pupils from Year 1 and 2, made the very exciting and noisy mini-bus trip to Shooters, in North Weald for the WESSP Football Festival on Friday 27 September. There were goals galore, tackle aplenty, and amazing…
Upper Kindergarten visit the Wild Woods
During Upper Kindergarten’s Wildwoods session, the children listened to the story of ‘Stick Man’. The children were asked to go and collect a stick for each member of their family. They discussed whether each stick would be the same size or would their mummy and daddy stick be bigger. Afterwards…
2Z read ‘The Flat Rabbit’
2Z have been reading the story ‘The Flat Rabbit’ in their English lessons. After creating their own animal characters, the children then went outside and brought their characters to life using the natural resources that they could find on the field. Well done, 2Z!
Funky Hair Day
As a school we recently celebrated Funky Hair Day, a vibrant event to support The Little Princess Trust, a charity that provides wigs to children experiencing hair-loss, particularly whilst undergoing cancer treatment. This fun-filled day was inspired by Christopher in Year 3, who donated his own hair to the charity…
Owls Learn the Number 1 & 2
Having learned about number 1 and 2, Owls became number detectives and embarked on a mission to the car park looking for number 1 and 2 on the registration plates. They found lots of them!
Year 3 Oak-Tree Camp
Year 3 children from all four Oak-Tree schools have had a fantastic couple of days at camp! Children took part in a number of tasks from arts and crafts, archery and team building activities. The evening was especially fun, playing games and toasting marshmallows on the fire. The children enjoyed meeting…
2Z & The Great Fire of London
In their topic lessons, 2Z are learning all about the Great Fire of London. They took part in a hot-seating activity whereby they interviewed ‘Samuel Pepys’ and asked him some questions that they would like to find out about the Great Fire. Well done, 2Z! This week 2Z also cast…
Safaa Hands out Tokens
Safaa was very excited to hand out tokens at the entrance to Oaklands school. Tokens are given out to those who have parked in the school carpark. Each class get their tokens counted at the end of the week. Well done Safaa for your great work!
Year 2 Music News
Year 2 are learning about pitch in Music and have been exploring the different sounds made with the Boomwhackers instruments. They tapped the colourful tubes on lots of different surfaces outside in the field and learnt that the longer ones make low sounds, while the short ones make high sounds….
