Year 6 have been commemorating the centenary of World War I in their work this term.
They have been reading, dramatising and writing, trying to empathise with those involved.
They also watched listened to the radio production of Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo and saw the film at the cinema.
We present evocative pieces of writing by two children, both awarded Level 6 for their achievement.
Year 6 started several days of goodbyes today with their leavers' production...
Called The 59 Minutes and 59 Seconds Production, it actually lasted over an hour, but there was a lot to fit in!
We were reminded of "Panto Pandemonium", with Moo and Tail, from Christmas; the mood got very silly with Mr Wills and his penchant for sweets and biscuits; we saw Jack being Miss Patchett being Conchita Wurst (although Miss Patchett says we can't put that video on the blog!) and there were slightly too many Mr Taylors...
Year 6 have been watching everyone carefully throughout their time at Oakwood and the performances were spot on! (There was even an appearance from Mr Howard from Fairisle!)
Thank you for acting and dancing and singing and making us laugh, Year 6! Twice! All on the hottest day of the year!!
Year 4 have been working very hard, learning all about the Aztecs. As part of their topic, they worked with Commotion Dance and the Nuffield Theatre to produce an amazing dance based on 'Worshippers and Warriors'.
Thank you to all the parents who came along to see their performance too! For those of you who didn't see it live, have a look at the video below!
Crazy times were had by all on Alien day in year 1. Children (and teachers) dressed up as Aliens and spent the day doing some fun alien-based activities. We baked some alien cupcakes, made clay models of aliens and wrote some alien poetry.
Here are some photos of the children's costumes.
24 children from across Y2, Y4 and Y6 made the short journey over to Fairisle Junior School to take part in the Federation Sports Day. Oakwood, as defending champions, were keen to put on a good show and try to win the trophy for a second year running.
The groups of children competed in 8 different events during the morning against 8 other schools from our local area.
All of Oakwood's groups did really well and scored lots of points for Team Oakwood, unfortunately it wasn't to be Oakwood's day - but we did finish on the podium picking up 3rd place.
Well done to all the children who took part, and represented Oakwood in the best way possible trying their hardest and competing with excellent sportsmanship.
The whole school took part in an Interhouse assault course competition a few weeks ago. All classes competed for their house to get around in the quickest time. Bonus time deductions were given for team effort and sportsmanship. Thank you to our amazing house captains for organising it!
Year 3 had a superb time at Tudor House in Southampton. The children found out so many more fascinating facts about the Tudors, also having the chance to explore a real Tudor building.
The OSA Summer Fete was a little different this year!
Instead of taking place on a Saturday afternoon, it all happened on a Friday evening and, for the first time in several years, it was sunny and we were outdoors!
We had a great range of stalls and activities - the boat races went particularly well and got everyone wet!
Miss Patchett kept us all in check as Mistress of Ceremonies (and played lots of loud music!)
Thanks to you all, we raised just over £2000 - a record for a summer fete at Oakwood!
Big thanks to Mrs Handley-Garland, all members of the OSA Committee and everyone who helped make it a huge success!
Our new library was opened earlier this term!
It's in the Key Stage 1 building, and forms part of our Linkway which will join the two buildings later on this year.
Mrs Handley-Garland (and some of her family!), Mr Barrett and Mr Chafe have worked really hard to move all the furniture and get everything set up. Children from all classes have already been visiting, borrowing books and doing research.
We think it's a really special place to be and looks amazing!
We also dug out some old photos - (going back to 2003) - which show the old junior library being set up. This slideshow goes right up to "moving out" day this year, so it's a real history of our library!
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