We had a wonderful afternoon on Wednesday 4 December at the annual Christmas Carol Service. The children from Years 1 to 6 gathered at St Mary’s Church Loughton along with a huge crowd of friends and family. The audience were treated to a lovely performance of the Nativity Story, complete…
Year 6 have been looking at the life and works of Van Gogh. They were inspired to create their own interpretation of his famous picture ‘Starry Night’. The children first explored how to use quick swirling strokes and selected their own use of drawing materials. Some children used their knowledge…
On Wednesday 20 November, all the Houses gathered together for a team meeting. Their task was to design a House Post Box to represent their House. After the meeting, it was the job of the Year 6 children to execute the ideas that was passed on to them. They were…
Pupils from Years 5 and 6 have been using the cold weather to their advantage by taking part in ‘Indoor Athletics’ activities as their topic for this term. We have been really impressed with their efforts and concentration to achieve consistency with their techniques as well as improve on their…
Year 3 have been learning about Forces this term during Science lessons and have taken part in some exciting and informative experiments helping them learn about this topic along the way. They had the most fun using the magnets!
Upper Kindergarten did a fantastic job performing to their friends and family the story of ‘The Littlest Christmas Tree’. We had trees, stars, kings, angels, rabbits, birds, badgers, squirrels and families all singing and dancing on the stage. The children have been working hard in rehearsals to put such as…
Year 4 had a wonderful time at Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge, Epping Forest’s amazing Tudor grandstand. Immersed in history, the children discovered the royal legacy of this historic building and explored Tudor food, entertainment and fashion. After wearing traditional Tudor clothing, they designed their own personal shields. The children also…
Last Friday Lower Kindergarten had a lot of fun with paint! After getting dressed into their messy play clothes, they used spray bottles filled with water based paint to make a huge, colourful work of art! Some of the children got really creative, using their spray bottles to spray their…
Year 2 had a wonderful time visiting the Royal Gunpowder Mills in Waltham Abbey on Friday 5 November. They experienced the games that the children would have played at that time, made lanterns, wrote their name using a feather and, best of all, they watched the story of Guy Fawkes…
Christmas really has started at Oaklands. We were treated to a couple of wonderful performances by our Reception pupils this week. Songs included old classics such as ‘Jingle Bells’, ‘Let it Snow’, and ‘Frosty the Snowman’ as well as some that were a little different like ‘I Want a Hippopotamus…
