6GH - SATs Busting!

What's going on here then?

Listen to the commentary by Liam and Ben to find out...







(Press the Play button to listen...)

Journey to the Jewel Shield...!!

Our Football team are the Champions of Southampton!

We beat Foxhills Junior School on Wednesday 3-1 at Townhill Junior School (we had already won against Townhill Junior last week in the Semi-Final).

After an early goal against us, we fought back strongly and just before half-time Charlie scored, celebrating by sliding across the pitch (that's Charlie for you!). In the middle of the second half George dramatically hit the ball into the back of the net, it was exquisite!

Then, five minutes before the end Matt headed away the free kick, it went to Charlie and Joel crossed it to George (who placed it into the bottom corner of the net with his usual precision).
The remainder of the second half seemed to go on forever, but Oakwood stayed strong at the back and we held them out for the remainder of the second half.

The final whistle came, we cheered in celebration, all 10 players played to get us into this final and we are proud of all of them. Everybody helped to win this including Abbie, Ryan and Sam who came on at the end to help us keep them goals out. Mitchell also made some spectacular saves, his flexible ability prevented them from scoring. Alex and Ben made some crucial tackles which helped us continue with our victory.



Well done to everyone!
(and especially to Paul Annetts and Mr Parker!)

by George, Sam, Matt

Mythical Magical Home Learning

In Year 3, we decided that we were a bit fed up with boring sheets for homework (and so were the children!!)

INSTEAD we thought we might get everyone interested in a special home learning project. We thought it might just be a little bit better...

We had been creating myth stories in class, so we asked all the children to make a myth bag and to find items to put in it. We wanted them to include:

• a map of a mythical journey
  
• a hero or heroine


• a mythical creature


• items which would assist the hero in his or her quest

The children could choose how they wanted to present their work, but they knew they had to be able to talk the story.

WOW!!

It wasn't just a little bit better, it was amazing!!

We held our exhibition of their projects today and everyone was very impressed. The atmosphere was buzzing! Children were excited and teachers and children throughout the school were taken aback with the quality of, not only the work, but how well the children could explain their projects.



Thank you for all your ideas and hard work. You have really set the standard.

You are Superstars Year 3!!

Year 6 at Saints Study Support Centre

About 16 people from Year 6 have been spending our Tuesday evenings for the last ten weeks at the St Mary's Stadium in Southampton for Study Support.

Amongst other things we have been...

• Improving their tables by using a torture square


• Improving punctuation in English by writing poems


• Using control technology to move lego robots


• Using Powerpoint to learn about Southampton Football Club


• making movies using stop motion technique - here's an example:

Last night, our parents and friends came along to see what we had been up to and be part of our Awards Ceremony!



Thanks to Chris and everyone at the stadium for a great time!

by Reece, Shaun and Jack

OJS - Podcasting to the World!

We're really excited that our very first podcast is available!

A podcast is a bit like a radio show that you can listen to on your computer or mp3 player. (It works especially well on iPods!) The BBC Podcast Page has a very easy explanation!

If you listen, you'll hear Holli and Cameron telling you all about the Myths which Year 5 have been reading.

It's not hard to do - follow the instructions below:

You can subscribe to the podcast and your computer will download each episode when it's available. You can do that in three ways...

If you have an iPod and iTunes, use this button...



Your podcast is now added, and iTunes will check for new episodes automatically.

If you just want to listen on your computer, use the RSS button...



...and then click on the episode you want to listen to. It will player in your computer's chosen media player.

If you have other podcasting software, copy the Myths and Legends feed URL...

http://www.oakwood-jun.southampton.sch.uk/school/podcasts/OakwoodJunio040308145251/rss.xml

...and paste it into the right place in the software. (That place will vary according to which program you have...)


Happy Listening!

(Let us know if you have any problems and we'll try to sort them out!)

Mrs Vaudin's Big Day Out...

Mrs Vaudin had a very special day out on Friday.

You might not know this, but she has worked at Oakwood Junior School for 25 years!

This means that she knows you all very well, but also knows lots of your parents very well too, because they knew her when they were at school!

Southampton City Council gives a very special award and certificate to people who have worked in schools for 25 years and Mrs Vaudin got hers today from the Mayor at a special ceremony at the Civic Centre...



Remember to say Congratulations to her when you see her next!

Thank you for all your hard work, Mrs Vaudin!!

(PS She gets another one when she's worked at Oakwood for 40 years!!)

Keeping Active...

We're really pleased to have been awarded Activemark for 2007.

Schools receive the mark if 90% or more of pupils across the school are doing at least 2 hours high quality PE and school sport a week



We also offer a very big range of after school sports clubs, so there are plenty of opportunities to get fit and stay fit at Oakwood!

(And that's not even mentioning all the walking we are doing at the moment!)

Bonjour, tout le monde!

And read all about it!

We had an excellent French Day in school on Wednesday to celebrate the launch of learning French at Oakwood!

Year 4 have been learning French since September and starting now, all children will be learning French too!

Every child had a chance to speak in French during the day and learn more about France, its culture and the French language.

Our latest edition of OJS Pupil News tells you everything you need to know about the day's activities.



One of the activities was to construct a new version of the Eiffel Tower and you can see the girls making a good start here!

Healthy Friday..

Look at use zooming around the playground on our scooters to keep healthy!

A Visit from the Police...

It's all smiles at our Pupil of the Week Assembly!

We celebrate pupils from every class who have worked hard, behaved well, set an example, achieved targets or done something extra special. We always have important guests who present certificates and congratulate our pupils.

Today, PCSOs French and Plummer, who are good friends of the school, were our special visitors.



We see them quite often around the school and in the playground. They give us advice about keeping safe and being a helpful member of the community.

At this assembly, we also presented certificates to Farmers of the Week and Explorers of the Week who earned their special awards in Year 5's activities week. Well done to everyone!