Year 6 have gone high-tech in their revision during the last few weeks. They have used Crumble coding to create their own interactive quiz game. They have programmed a question selection system and written piles of testing questions to quiz their friends.
Y6 completed their final end of Key Stage SATs test this morning, and in traditional Oakwood style they completed their SATs CONGA around the school to celebrate.
To take a break from SATs, the Year 2 children have created fantastic settings from Roald Dahl's stories, using construction and lego. Have a look at their imaginative, crazy creations...
Year 6 children have had a tough Spring term. They have been exceptionally busy, working hard on their English and Maths. They have even completed their Mock SATs week with a smile. So this week, as well as finishing off some bits of work, they have been taking it a bit easier.
They have completed in the Southampton Sumdog maths competition, had an extra PE lesson with Mr Crook from TMC and even tried their hands (or brains) at Sodukus.
Year 6 have been working hard towards their End of Key Stage Tests for a long time, and now they're here!
To help pupils relax and prepare for their days ahead, Mrs Worley (helped by lots of staff and a governor) has been running 'SATs Breakfast'.
Toast in abundance and a choice of cereals whilst chatting with friends - what better way to start the day?!
"I always thought I wasn't any good at maths, but I had fun and was able to answer more than I thought! I got 3 stars!"
Parents showed a real sense of enjoyment and achievement at our Maths Open Afternoon!
Over 120 parents, grandparents and family friends came to see how we teach maths and how children learn. We gave them number, algebra, data, logic, shapes, problem solving, practical challenges, games, "computer" maths to name but a few things!
Everyone worked hard, faced challenges, made their brains work and 100% of the comments we received were positive! Lots of parents also said what fun maths was! Who would have thought that?!
Our aim was to help families understand their children when they do maths homework, talk about methods and use different strategies and vocabulary to those they learned at school...
As one parent commented..."I wish I could have learned this way when I was at school!"
This is an important week for Year 6 as they sit their end of Key Stage 2 tests and the OJS Governors would like to encourage you to do your very best. We know that you, and your teachers, have worked hard and we hope that you will feel confident to answer all the questions and show what you have learnt. Good luck!
We all know that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so Year 6 started today as they meant to go on...
It's also a very social way to start the day, gives you some energy and makes sure tummies don't rumble during the Year 6 tests!
On the menu: Rice Krispies, Cornflakes, toast and jam! There was even Marmite - which everyone either loves or hates! (A bit like the SATs, really!)
Thanks to Chef Worley and all the other staff who are helping this week!
Hello all,
As I've been working so hard in school here over the past few weeks, my hosts decided they would treat me to a day out at Warner Brothers Movie World on The Gold Coast. I had such a fun day!
I was allowed to walk around the film sets and pretend I was a film star whilst I had several photos taken, and of course there are some big rides there too. I was a bit scared about going on some of them, my hosts are braver than me! We met some real Movie stars like Batman and Scooby Doo!!
Well, as you may know, I'm about to return to Oakwood very soon. I have a couple more weeks here with a special trip planned for next week which I will let you know all about soon. In the meantime, I've started packing my bags.
I've had a great time living "Down Under". It's been a wonderful experience of a new country and different culture. There's no place like home though!! See you all soon!
Oscar. x
Hello Folks!
How are you all doing?
I'm sorry I haven't been in touch for a while.....I have been soooooo busy!!
How did you all go with your SATS a few weeks ago? I thought I'd be able to escape them whilst I'm here in Brisbane, but no such luck, they have them here too! They are called NAPLAN here: National Assessment Program in Literacy and Numeracy, and they have to do them in years 3, 5, 7 and 9!
Last month I went on a school camp...it was awesome!
Unfortunately the photos the teachers took of me have gone astray so you can't see what I got up to, but I can tell you I had great fun. We stayed up really late both nights and during the day we did high rope climbing, abseiling, raft building and canoeing! On the last night we had a disco and a trivia quiz. I had such fun.
I hope you are all being good at Oakwood....and that the sun is warming up as you are going into summer. It's autumn here now, but it's really nice weather. I'm still in my shorts and t-shirt at school!
Bye for now
Oscar x
It's a busy week for Year 6!
There are End of Key Stage tests every day, starting with Science today.
It's really important to have the right start to the day when you have a hard-working, hard-thinking morning ahead of you, so everyone was very lucky that Vaudin's Breakfast Bar was open for business this morning (and will be all week...!)
On the menu: juice, cereals and toast, but more importantly, a chance to de-stress and chat with your friends.
Over 40 children took part this morning and we expect it to get busier during the week. (We already have six toasters on the go - not sure we can plug any more in!)
Thanks to everyone who helped and good luck with the tests, Year 6!
What's going on here then?
Listen to the commentary by Liam and Ben to find out...
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