'Free Write' in Year 3

Year 3 have been enjoying taking part in a 'Free Write' session. They  have had lots of opportunity to use their creativity and write for pleasure.What fun we had!

Year 2 Gymnastics

This term, in their PE lessons, Year 2 have have been trying out different balances, created different shapes with their bodies and travelled in a variety of ways too. They have really enjoyed having the wall bars and apparatus out and have had the opportunity to transfer some of the skills they have practised on the floor.

Look at how we point our toes!

#Sensationalperformance!

Oakwood played host to Springhill this evening in the Semi-final of the Southampton City Cup, and it was truly an epic match.

Oakwood, who lost the final last year, were desperate to get back to the final and get their hands on the trophy, and started brightly going 1-0 up inside a few minutes. Before long, with goals flying in one after another, the half time whistle was blown with Oakwood 2 - 4 down. But thanks to some sensational individual skill and superb team play the scores were levelled at 4-4 half way through the second half.

This wasn't to be the end though. Five more goals were scored in the final 10 minutes, Oakwood snatching the lead with just a minute left on the clock. 

And they defended resolutely to claim a 7 - 6 win!! 

A big well done to man of the match Sam C, and to scorers Gabe (4) Sam B (2) and Robbie (1).

The final will be held on Wednesday 1st April @ Eastleigh football ground.

Elm Class' Assembly

This week Elm class took their peers, friends and family back in time to 2nd September 1666 when the Great Fire of London started.

Our topic in Year 2 was the Great Fire of London so Elm class wanted to share what they had learnt. The children re-told and acted out the story, they read out facts which they had learnt, they shared their art work and sang 'London's Burning'.

They were fantastic and they should feel really proud of themselves for doing such a great performance!

Run, run, as fast as you can!

You can't catch me! I'm the Gingerbread Man!


As part of our Adventures topic we have read the book, "The Gingerbread Man". We have baked our own gingerbread men and were careful not to take them out of the oven too early......so they didn't run away like they did in the story! We retold the story using puppets and have made "WANTED" posters to catch the sneaky fox! We made our own collages using cutting skills. We even used gingerbread men to find number bonds in maths!

Year 1 Marvellous Maths Investigations

On the week commencing 26th January, Year 1 took part in four exciting maths investigations.

They had to apply their skills of counting, reasoning and group discussion. The main focus was to persevere and innovate. We were very impressed with how they recognised where they had not followed patterns and kept going until they succeeded.

You can see that they were so excited, Willow class chose to continue with their investigations during snack time.

What a fantastic maths week!

Year 5 learn all about 'Holst' in their music and gymnastic lessons

Last week Year 5 had a musical time learning all about the famous 'Gustav Holst' and the 'Planets'. Our current topic is based around the 'Earth, Sun and Moon' with our class novel 'Cosmic' by Frank Cottrell-Boyce so the planets was a perfect match. The children listened to the music thinking about key vocabulary and how we appreciate music.

They also completed a sound line showing where changes happen. We talked about the type of musical instruments played in an orchestra, what they look like and sound like too! Other activities led onto performing a short piece of drama as if you had landed on the planet Jupiter, and it was HOT! Also, children's gymnastic unit is based on performance.

The children are currently working in groups to perform to 'Mars' thinking about how the music changes and how this is reflected in their performance and equipment choice.

Y5 Inter-House Tag Rugby Competition

This morning saw round three of the Inter-house sports cup. Y5 competed in a tag rugby competition. Thankfully there was no snow today and the weather was fine, with sun shining!

The scores were:

Ventura 1-7 Britannia Adonia 2-4 Azura
Britannia 2-3 Adonia Azura 1-1 Ventura
Ventura 4-4 Adonia Azura 4-3 Britannia

These results meaning;
Azura 1st, Adonia 2nd, and a tie for 3rd place both Ventura and Britannia scoring 5 points.

Next week Y3 compete in round 4 with a benchball competition.

Beech Class Alien Dance

During our topic 'Aliens Love Underpants', Year R made up dances based around our ideas about space and aliens. We got to show off our dances to all the grown ups who came to our special work share! Here is Beech class' dance again, in case you missed it. First, we blast off, then we press buttons, pull levers and steer our rockets through space. When we land, we pull on our boots, zip up our space suits, and put on our heavy helmets. We take a few steps out onto the planet, before becoming an alien! We hope you enjoy!

Playground Committee Test Out Wet Play Games.

After the successful introduction of wet play books, the Playground committee have made it their next task to ensure that every class contains a wet play box that has a variety of entertaining, fun and interesting games. Needless to say our first port of call was to test out and play different games to see what games we would like to have in our wet play boxes.

Take a look at the fun we had:-





Now we have a good idea of the activities we prefer, we have come up with ideas to raise funds and persuade people to part with old board games etc that they might not use any longer. We will keep you posted-so keep watching this space.