School Games Badminton League

Oakwood sent 3 teams to the first week of the schools' badminton league after school on Tuesday and they started very well.

Oakwood A took on Ludlow B, winning 3-0. Here are their scores:
Alex (won) 9-3
Jack & Tom  (won) 9-5
Marcus  (won)

Oakwood Girls played against Springhill, winning 2-1. Here are their scores:
Millie P (Lost) 5-12
Zahra & Holly (won) 11-5
Millie T  (won) 16-4

Oakwood Boys B played against Bassett Green B, winning 3-0:
Jenson  (won) 19-5
Tymaine & Lewis  (won) 9-4
Nathaniel  (won) 14-4

Well done to everyone, and lets see how the teams get on next week.

Year 2 trip to Blue Reef Aquarium

Today Year 2 visited Blue Reef Aquarium in Portsmouth as part of their new topic 'Beyond the Sea'.

Not only did the children get to walk around the aquarium, look at all the amazing animals and read facts about them, they were also able to touch a spider crab and a starfish!

Did you know....?

• A starfish has 5 eyes (one on the end of each leg) 
• A starfish has 2 stomachs 
• A crab's skeleton is on the outside of it's body

The children enjoyed the day and are now ready to start their new topic learning about animals and their habitats. 

Year R and Year 6 buddies meet for the first time!

Year 4 Trust and Understanding Blindness

Yesterday afternoon Year 4 took part in a trust exercise. They lead a blindfolded partner around an assault course. We also learnt about Jesus and the miracle he performed when he healed a blind man.

Stick Man science

We have been busy investigating materials in Year 2 this week. We were given the task of finding a suitable material to make curtains for Stick Man's family tree house. We found out about natural and not natural materials and used scientific vocabulary to describe them.

Once we had tested the materials, we chose the most suitable and added it to the tree house we had designed for Stick Man and his family. Super science, Year 2!

Year R have been getting healthy this week

Y5 Electronic excitment

Today in Year 5 we have spent the morning looking at instructions in order to kick-start our instruction writing topic in English. We had the opportunity to look at instructions to learn how to use a device or play a game which we have not played before. We then evaluated how clear and successful the instructions were, and thought about what would change to make them better! Using all the information we have gathered we then identified what features you would find in good instructions and writing our first set of instructions ourselves.

Year 4 Learn all about the water cycle

Year 4 have spent the afternoon learning all about the water cycle. We even learned some new words 'molecule' and 'hydrosphere'.

Year 2 Stick man

Our first topic of the year is Stick Man and the children have been hunting for sticks to make their very own Stick Man, his Stick lady love and their three children.

Look back at the blog to see Stick Man's house....

Y6 Sell out for their country...

Y6 children got to experience the highs and lows of the world trade business this morning, as they became traders for the day. Children were organised into countries ranging from the UK and USA to Kenya and Cambodia and then given a surprise supply of equipment and resources (depending on the status of their country). Countries then had to trade, barter, manufacture and sell to generate the maximum income for their country. Well done to team India! today's winners.

This afternoon children explored just how many countries there are in Europe. With the help of Atlases groups had to match countries, capital cities, country land masses and flags together. It was a huge task but there was some top drawer map and geography knowledge on show. Well done to team Cambodia who triumphed on this occasion.