Our fantastic under 16 girls football team enjoyed their first match against Haywards Heath College yesterday (Wednesday, 28 February). Although Oathall narrowly lost that match, they played incredibly well against an older, more experienced team. Well done to everyone involved, and special thanks go to their ‘Supercoach’ and team captain for organising the team so well.
Congratulations.
The equestrian team has had more success recently.
One of our students came 1st in the 90cm show-jumping and 4th in the 1m show-jumping class, qualifying for Hickstead in both classes. Another of our students not only qualified for the County Dressage Championships (due to be held at Hickstead in May), but they also placed first in another competition and second in another!
Well done to you both, and thank you to everyone involved in making it possible for these students to excel and enjoy their sport.
Congratulations.
Students are invited to take part in the annual Modern Foreign Languages faculty ‘Around the world in a cake’ competition.
Just bake and decorate your cake and bring it to the Modern Foreign Languages faculty on Friday, 22 March before school.
Good luck!
Here are some of the entries from last year…
Parent Partnership meeting: Thursday, 29 February – 5 pm – Oathall Library
Agenda: Teaching and Learning, and Uniform
Leads/guest speakers: Faye Hatchard & Zoe Froud (Assistant Headteachers)
The Parent Partnership was established in March 2018 and meets once every half term to discuss important issues for both parents and the school. It aims to be successful in contributing positively to the development of our School Community. The Partnership has a dual purpose:
- Provides a stakeholder panel for views on new initiatives and developments within the school
- Provides parents with a voice in the development of the school
The group will meet in the library at Oathall between 5 pm and 6 pm. All parents are welcome to attend; there is no commitment required. Please do come along and offer your voice to the discussions. The agenda for each meeting is sent out to all parents via the school email system the week before the meeting takes place.
For further information please contact Miss Froud, Assistant Headteacher, 01444 414001 or via email on [email protected]
Confident learners and confident people. This is what we strive to achieve here at Oathall. This half term will explore how to be an upstander and how to improve one’s self-esteem, as well as culminating in a house celebration assembly.
Our Under 15s cricket team are through to the finals! They beat The Weald, Dorothy Stringer, and finally BACA to make it through. Well done Oathall!
We are looking forward to 20 March when they play to (hopefully) lift the trophy.
Congratulations, and thank you to all involved.
Calling all of our year 7 students!
Would you like to help out on the Year 6 Induction Day on Wednesday, 3 July?
Responsibilities: You will be linked to a new Year 7 tutor group and help show them where to go and answer any questions they might have.
If you are interested, please write a short letter to Mrs Hatchard explaining why you would like to be selected by Monday, 18 March. You may email her at [email protected] or submit a paper letter (her office is next to H2 in Humanities).
Our students knocked it out of the park at the public speaking event yesterday! Their confidence, creativity, and passion were truly inspiring, and the audience was completely captivated.
Here are just a few highlights:
- Ella stole the show with her witty discussion on feminism. Her clear and engaging delivery kept the audience on the edge of their seats- even winning the proposer of the event!
- Elizabeth and Martha made the audience think about what it means to be a feminist! From David Cameron’s questionable fashion choices to the iconic Barbie movie- they were more than ‘ken-ough’ and would have made the suffragettes proud!
- Emma, Jasmine, and Peter presented such an intellectual debate last night on the death penalty showing just how intelligent and worldly-wise our students are! they took the audience on a roller coaster of emotions…
They truly represented the very best of Oathall’s talent, showcasing their critical thinking, communication skills, and stage presence.
We are pleased to announce that our performance faculty are preparing another fantastic school production. Our summer show this year will be Romeo and Juliet.
Students are invited to attend auditions in the Drama Studio on Tuesday, 20 February, from 3:10 to 4:10 pm.
Well done to our Y10s who had a great time Speed Networking with more than 40 local employers yesterday as part of our Extended Learning programme. The employers were so impressed with the students’ team work, communication and listening skills, logical thinking and thoughtful questions. And thank you to all the wonderful volunteers who gave up their time to come in to talk to the students, we couldn’t have done it without them.
