Headmistress’s Letter January 2022
Read the first Headmistress’s Letter of the Spring Term, packed with lots of useful information about the year ahead.
The Readathon!
The children in Key Stages 1 and 2 have been reading a wide range of reading material as part of the Oaklands School Readathon. Pupils took pleasure in sharing books, visiting the library and developing their reading skills. The older pupils particularly enjoyed reading to small groups of younger children…
Christmas Party Games in KS1 Art Club
KS1 Art Club had great fun with Christmas party games in their last session of the year. Two teams competed to create the best dressed snowman and had a race against time to see which team member could shake the most ‘snowballs’ out of the box on their back without…
Year 5 Communicate In Morse Code
Year 5 have been busy learning about the Victorians as part of their Humanities topic. They enjoyed travelling back in time to the nineteenth century in our recent workshop. The children learnt about different areas including Victorian transport, steam power, trains, tunnels and bridges. They were particularly interested in the…
Festive Post Boxes
Our Year 6 children were given the task to design and decorate a post box for their Prefect class. These designs were absolutely amazing and the standards were definitely raised this year. Thank you to all our parents who helped making this possible! Well done to all our Year 6…
Christmas Carol Service 2021
We had a wonderful afternoon on Wednesday 8 December at the annual Christmas Carol Service. Children from Years 1 to 6 gathered at St Mary’s Church Loughton ready to show their friends and family the wonderful production they’ve all been working so hard on. The audience were treated to a…
Oaklands School Council’s Amazing Short Film ‘One Bottle At A Time’
The School council have been busy making this amazing Short film called ‘One bottle at a time’ to inspire and challenge the school on how we can make a difference with recycling.
Headmistress’s Letter December 2021
Read our December Headmistress’s Letter, full of useful information about end of term events, coffee mornings, parking and more…
Year 6 Show Their Bravery In Tag Rugby
On a cold and windy Friday, Oaklands year 6 Tag-rugby team took part in the West Essex School Sports Partnership Tag-rugby tournament at Davenant foundation school. It was a fantastic event with over 18 schools taking part. Considering they have only been practicing this year in PE for a few…
Upper Kindergarten Show – The Meaning of Christmas
Upper Kindergarten put on a couple of wonderful Christmas performances this week. The children explored the true meaning of Christmas through lots of songs and many even had lines to learn, which they spoke beautifully. It was a lot of fun, with favourites such as ‘Santa Got Stuck up the…
