Imagine The Future...!

Oakwood was really privileged to be involved in Southampton City Council's Imagine the Future event today...!

Our pupil representatives boarded the Red Funnel Isle of Wight Ferry this morning (thanks to our friends at Fairisle and their minibus!) and spent the day being involved in workshops about the future of the city of Southampton.

We talked about how we could improve the lives of young people in the city and what would be the best use of the city's money...

Thanks to the City Council, Red Funnel, Bitterne Park Sixth Form, Richard Taunton College, St Anne's Sixth Form and City College for a brilliant day!

Have a look at our Twitter storyboard below to see how the day unfolded!

Tweets about ImagineTheFuture

Sending My Friend To School...

We have been really excited to be working on Send My Friend to School.

This is a project to raise awareness and send help to the millions of children in the world who don't get an education as a matter of course.

Pupils in more than 4000 schools have been saying what they would do if they were a World Leader... and have been designing their own Minecraft-style world leaders to tell the story.

Oakwood presented our mini-world leaders to Dr Alan Whitehead MP and he promised to take them, and their messages, up to Westminster to persuade the government to support the right of all children in the world to an education.

Fur-alicious!

For the past few weeks Year 6 have been busy following patterns, cutting, sewing and constructing their own teddy bear. With every child now having completed their very own, handmade and totally unique bear, we can now show off the finished product.

Patterns and cutting


Completed Teddies.


Thank You

We would like to say  big thank you to our fabulous helpers Mr and Mrs Bisson and Mrs Yeo-we could not have done it without you!

A Lovely Summer's Day!

What a fantastic afternoon everyone had at the OSA Summer Fete on Friday!

It was our busiest yet, and the new Barbecue was a real hit if you were feeling peckish!



There were lots of new games to try - balancing coins on lemons was particularly frustrating and Mr Rumble was challenging to make anything out of balloons -and there were lots of old favourites too - what's a summer fete without a coconut shie?!

We also had the very talented ladies and gentlemen of the Lordswood Community Choir joining us. (They have a concert here at Oakwood on 11 July if you want to come along!)



Thanks to the amazing support and the hard work of all the volunteers, and especially Gill Handley-Garland and Gary Chafe (our chair and treasurer respectively), a great time was had by all.

We will let you know the total raised for the OSA as soon as it's been counted!

Year 2 Computing

This term in computing, Year 2 have been learning about coding.

The children have designed programs to instruct a character to do different things.

They have really enjoyed this and grasped it very easily.

Maybe we are seeing some budding computer programmers?!

Celebrating Music on the Map!

Year 3 put on a stunning performance at Central Hall in Southampton this afternoon!

They have been working hard practising and playing their instruments since they first picked them up only nine months ago!



Working with their Showcase teachers, they have learned several new pieces for the performance, including single instrument pieces and ensembles.

They also played alongside the professional musicians of Cordelectra and Philharmagic Orchestra!

The finale was In The Hall of the Mountain King, which is part of the BBC Ten Pieces Project!

(We weren't allowed to take photos in the hall, but Showcase have very kindly provided these photos - not everyone is from Oakwood!)

Summer coleslaw challenge!

Today Year 2 worked in groups to plan and make coleslaw, choosing from a variety of ingredients.

They all worked together to chop the vegetables, grate the carrots and mix it all together. The final products were judged by Mr Taylor, who enjoyed tasting them all and deciding which the tastiest and tangiest bowl of coleslaw was!

What do you like in your coleslaw?

Mmmmm, radishes!

Year Rs were busy this afternoon watering our baby carrots and runner beans. We also began harvesting our radishes, ready to eat for snack tomorrow! We've been learning about plants this month and so many of the children noticed the roots, stems and leaves of the radishes as they pulled them out of the ground. They were able to decide which radishes were ready to be harvested and which needed to be left in the ground for a bit longer. When asked why they thought some grew faster than others (considering we planted the seeds at the same time) one child answered, "I think because some got more sun!"

Drowning Prevention Week.

As part of Year 5’s swimming lessons this week, children participated in some extra activities for Drowning Prevention Week, to help them and others around them stay safer in water.

Murder Mystery Solving Success for Oakwood!!!

Some children in Year 5 were lucky enough to visit Oasis Academy to take part in a murder mystery activity. They spent time studying the crime scene and looking at the evidence they were given. Next they spent time in the science lab looking at the fingerprints and the ink used on the killers note. Then using the evidence they had gathered they interviewed the suspects and came up with their killer! They were the only group at the event that successfully identified the correct killer!