Sainsbury's School Games - Badminton League

Monday saw week one of the SSG badminton league get underway at Bitterne Park School. Oakwood took both a girls and a boys team, each consisting of four Y5/6 children.

The Boys team were victorious against Springhill 'B' but were beaten by Bassett Green 'A' and Springhill 'A'. Whilst the girls team were closely outplayed by Springhill.

Thank you to the parents who provided transport for their children, and we look forward to the next set of fixtures in future weeks.

Healthy Schools Week in YR

Last week it was Healthy Schools week throughout the school. In Year R we focused mainly on dental health, and most of us have started brushing our teeth in school! We each have our own toothbrush that is kept in a special 'bus' to make sure they don't touch anybody else's. Some children practiced brushing using the giant teeth. We also thought about other ways to stay healthy, like eating healthy food, getting enough sleep and doing lots of exercise. Lots of us were very pleased when we got a sticker for eating all our fruit and veg at lunchtime!

Year 5 make a Pen Pal!

In Year 5 we have been writing letters to Year 5 and 6 children at a school in Nottingham (Robert Mellors Primary School).

We planned and drafted them in our English books then wrote them up on headed paper and illustrated them to represent us.

Finally, we addressed our envolopes, stuck on the stamps and had a rainy walk to the post box to send them on their way!

We are really looking forward to our replies and hearing from our new Pen Pals!

Check out our photos and video of our letter writing process and trip to the post box.

Musical Bears!

These little bears are looking for honey and berries because they know that winter is coming! They are looking high in the trees and low on the forest floor. When the tinkly winter music (played by our wonderful musicians) begins to play the little bears begin to get tired and look for somewhere to hibernate. They sleep soundly all winter and then one spring day......they begin to yawn and stretch. It's time to wake up, little bears! We then each got an instrument and played along with the song, "Brown Bear is Sleeping". We kept the beat of the music and talked about how it was SLOW.

Year 5 Suss out dissolving

Year 5 were given the chance to investigate two key questions based on 'dissolving'. 1) How do you know a substance will dissolve in a liquid? 2) How can you get a substance back from a solution? They had lots of fun deciding what worked and what didn't. When it came to the writing up part and finding out the answers the children had the task of reporting back their findings using Google drive.

Aliens Love Underpants!

Last week we received a message from space! An alien in the video message told us to go and search inside the rocket ship (in our new role-play) and we found a book, "Aliens Love Underpants". The alien told us that if we decorate the role-play with pants and label them that they will fly back down and steal some of them! We have been very busy designing and labelling pants for the role-play and hanging them up with clothes pegs, just like in the story! We have also been building rocket ships using construction, cutting and sticking astronauts (using our improving scissor skills), doing rocket ship surveys around the school and making 'splat' aliens using paints and straws.

Stay tuned for more......

This week we're reading, "Aliens in Underpants Save the World!"

KS1 enjoy M&M's fantastic production of Pinocchio!

On Friday, KS1 had a very special treat! Thanks to the OSA, M&M Productions came to school with their spectacular version of Pinocchio, complete with "Oh no he didn't!"s, "He's behind you!"s and boundless energy. The children particularly enjoyed references to Frozen, The Lego Movie and X Factor, and even two of our very own Teaching Assistants got to join in the fun! Can you spot them?

Year 5 Electronics Day

To start off our English instruction writing topic we had an electronics day. This involved us bringing in an electronic device and its instruction manual. We then looked at each other’s devices using the instructions and had a go at following them.

This allowed us to identify the features of successful instructions in a practical fun way. Following this activity we had a go at rewriting one of devices instructions without looking at the original instructions, trying to include as many of the features we previously identified.

We then swapped devices and instructions and tried them out to see if they were written in a clear way.

Do you know how often you should test your smoke alarm?

Well ask any member of Year 6 and they will be able to tell you the answer.

Following a visit from the Hampshire Fire Crew, Year 6 have been made very aware of how to avoid fire hazards particularly in the home.

Have you ever planned an escape route with your family should a fire ever start in your home?

Article 21 - All children must be protected and kept safe.

Year 1 fly to Kenya and back again, all in one morning!

Year 1 have had lots of fun today getting their passports and tickets ready, making their way through security and taking an aeroplane journey all the way to Kenya. On the flight the children watched a safety video and had some tasty in flight snacks!

When they got to Kenya the children became explorers and found out lots of fun new facts about the country for example the capital of Kenya is Nairobi and it has a mountain called Mount Kenya.

They managed to squeeze all of this in before flying back to the UK in time for lunch!