MUNGA 2015

20th November 2015J Godbolt
MUNGA-2015

More photos of the event can be seen on the college’s Flickr site.

This week, over 35 students from Oathall and St Paul’s Catholic College took part in MUNGA.  The Model United Nations General Assembly or MUNGA involves students in recreating the work of the United Nations.

Students represent countries from across the globe, debating and amending resolutions on international topics. On this occasion, debate issues were on the availability of clean water and poverty. This involved preparing for the event by researching their country’s standpoints as well as gaining a thorough knowledge of a range of moral and political viewpoints.

On the day, each country’s delegation prepares an introductory speech and, just like the real United Nations, delegates both lobby and debate each resolution.  After argument and compromise between delegations resolutions were passed, albeit in amended forms.

We are grateful to Martin Sinclair for his support and for chairing the assembly itself with considerable gravitas.

Congratulations to all the delegates from Oathall and St Paul’s. They demonstrated considerable maturity, enthusiasm and respect.

Runaway success at Cross Country

6th November 2015J Godbolt

Students from Oathall were runaway winners at the District Cross Country competition this week. The event, hosted by the Weald School took place at Jubilee Fields in Billingshurst. Oathall competed against 13 other schools in the district. There were some outstanding individual and team performances demonstrating exceptional determination and team spirit.

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Better Breakfast

16th October 2015J Godbolt

Making sure students get off to the best start in the mornings is important to us.  Eating a good breakfast provides the energy needed until lunchtime, improves concentration and can help to cut down on snacking. Too often students are missing out, choosing breakfast options that are high in sugar or fat or not having breakfast at all.

This week, students at Oathall will be learning about making better breakfast choices in tutor time and assembly. We hope that parents will support and encourage their child to make the right choices for a good breakfast. If you are interested in improving your breakfast habits Change 4 Life and NHS Choices have more information, breakfast ideas and tips.

Make Like a Poet

8th October 2015J Godbolt

National Poetry Day, the annual mass celebration of poetry and all things poetical is held in October.

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The Kraken by Ella Hollingsworth

As part of our year-long celebration of Poetry, year 7 have been going sea poetry crazy in lessons. We have been reading Alfred Lord Tennyson’s infamous poem “The Kraken” and using it to base stories and poems of our own. Georgia White combined her baking skills for homework and “baked” Kraken biscuits alongside a short poem:

Kraken
Slimy slithering tentacles
Gargantuan body,
Looks ominous,
Waves are turbulent.

Kitty Underhill created a clay Kraken to complement her Kraken poem, (more…)

OPTAlot! – The Oathall Lottery

27th August 2015J Godbolt

Win a monthly cash prize and help raise money for Oathall.

Half the jackpot goes on First and Second prizes; half funds school projects.
Draws will happen once a month, October to July. Join in at the start of the school year, or, if you miss the beginning, join in later and we’ll simply enter you for the next ten draws. Buy in multiples of £10, e.g. if you spend £40, your name will be entered 4 times in each month’s draw.
Payment will be via ParentPay, OR an annual standing order OR a cheque into school made out to ‘OPTA’.
This draw will be run by OPTA under the MSDC Small Society Lottery rules.

  • It replaces the present ‘500 Club’. Parents who currently have a standing order for the 500 Club do not need to do anything and will automatically be entered into the lottery.
  • There will be no paper tickets. A new Oathall Lottery computer programme picks the winners at random.
  • For more information please check links or email [email protected]

OPTAlot letter

OPTAlot application form 

OPTAlot Standing Order Form 

The 13th National Students’ Art Exhibition

21st July 2015J Godbolt

Congratulations to year 11 Art GCSE students Ellie Angus and Jess Brown whose portrait paintings were both selected to be exhibited at The Mall Galleries earlier this month.

JB-Portrait-web EA-with-portrait-webThis is the 13th year of the National Students’ Art Exhibition held under the patronage of the Royal Society of British Artists. It features the best young artists in the country, a truly inspirational exhibition celebrating gifted and talented students in Schools, Colleges and Academies.

James Horton MA RBA (President): ” It is vital and perhaps more so than ever before, that as a society we should strive to maintain a serious approach to developing new talent and ensuring that skills in all media are properly taught and the results recognised and applauded in order to preserve our cultural heritage.”

Hola! Bonjour! Guten Tag!

10th July 2015J Godbolt

Students at Oathall have been busy celebrating the European Week of Languages. Everyone had the opportunity to develop their cultural knowledge of European countries. Year 7 students participated in a sensational Eurovision contest. They sang songs in French, Spanish and German. The winning group will be announced shortly (watch this space!). Students also had the opportunity to sample European cuisine with Year 9 classes cooking European pastries with Mr Maier. And students in Year 8 and Year 9 tried out Spanish tapas with Señor Henri and German food with Frau Stockley.

Other cultural activities included working on a project about a European artist, learning how to play ‘la pétanque’ and studying the film‘ Les choristes’. Oathall staff demonstrated their hidden talents as they were challenged to say ‘hello’ in any language by Year 8 students.
We would like to thank everyone for their enthusiastic participation.

A bientôt ! Bis bald! ¡Hasta luego!

Oathall students pay their respects to the fallen soldiers of the Great War

26th June 2015J Godbolt

Oathall student Ruby Roe had the unique opportunity last week to lay a wreath at the grave of her great-great grandfather, Harry Freeman. Ruby visited his grave on a World War I history trip to Belgium. 44 students in year 9 travelled from Oathall for a tour of the battlefields and cemeteries surrounding the town of Ypres.  The trip took place to give students a greater awareness of the conflict. They visited sites and cemeteries to gain an understanding of the bravery and suffering of the fallen and to reinforce what they had learnt in the classroom.

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