If you missed our recent Open Day, a selection of photographs taken on the evening can be viewed on the Oathall Flickr page, thank you.
Students are introduced to some of the animals on the farm
During the early part of their ICT course students in Year 7 develop their desktop skills using Microsoft Word and Publisher.
Students will use approximately 25% of their curriculum time in ICT to produce a Farm Guide making use of all their ICT skills. They are given the opportunity to visit the farm to take digital photographs.
These documents are sent to parents of students joining Oathall in year 7.
Katie and Pylon Ambo at the show
Oathall Community College student and Young Farmer, Katie Russell, has had a brilliant few days, displaying both her academic prowess and her livestock showmanship skills.
At the Edenbridge and Oxted show held over the bank holiday weekend, an Ayrshire calf, “Pylon Ambo” trained and shown by Katie and loaned by David and Jeanne Heasman from Lane End Farm Sheffield Park was the Champion Ayrshire in the calf classes.
In addition Katie, aged 16, won the DSC trophy for the champion handler in the showmanship classes. Katie is a volunteer on the school farm and chairs the young farmers club.
The previous week Katie recorded outstanding grades in her GCSE examinations finishing with 11 GCSEs, four of which were A grades including her Environmental and Landbased studies course based on the farm which counts as 4 GCSE equivalents.
Head of Farm Howard Wood said: “These results demonstrate the all-round and balanced education we offer to students of all abilities at Oathall. Congratulations to Katie.”
Holly and her Dad at the end of their two week trip!
Some people might take the opportunity to sit back and relax after taking their GCSE exams but Oathall Community College student and former chair of our Young Farmer’s Club Holly Farrage decided to do just the opposite.
Over the summer Holly and her father participated in a charity bike ride from John O’Groats to Land’s End raising a good sum of money in the process.
Holly has been a brilliant club chairman and member of Oathall Farm and we will all miss her as she goes off to Sixth Form College in Brighton.
This is a gallery of images from the recent School Games held at Oathall, as you can see it was a great day!
Click on each image for a larger view, thank you.
Friday 12th July saw Oathall’s first ever fully completed School Games Day! Students battled it out in their tutor groups in a variety activities from swimming to tug of war, in the hope they would be crowned The School Games Day Champions 2013. All students played their part in making the day a success, whether competing, supporting or officiating, students were a real credit to the school. The winning tutor groups were: 7 KPM, 8 DT, 9 VT, and 10 TI.
Congratulations also go to the following tutors who had a competitor in every single event and race:
7AP, 7BP, 7KPM, 7BA, 7ASM, 7KJ, 7ARK, 8ASW, 8SMR, 8JPT, 8PR, 8DT, 9 CEE, 9KRG, 9VT, 9DRM & 10TI.
School Games Day results and Picture Gallery
The schedule for the trip and all the details from Mrs Mac Taggart’s parent’s presentation can be viewed here. Students should meet at the college, by the entrance to the small tennis courts ready to load luggage on Friday 5 July at 17:15. Parent’s should park in the small tennis courts or in the main car park. Please do not park on the drive.
Students from local primary schools joined students from Oathall Community College in raising the roof with their beautiful performance of Emile Sande’s “See Beneath You’re Beautiful” accompanied by members of the school orchestra and special guest, cellist Hannah Carter.
This was followed by the energetic Afro Blues rendition of “Obatala” arranged specially for the event by Martijn Van Galen. Head of Vocal Studies for West Sussex, Emily Barden, led the two hundred and fifty voice choir including an inspirational performance “Oh My Day”, which was beautifully sung in three parts. We admired the talents of all the young performers and especially those who stood up on stage with the senior students to lead the performances and the young man who played the keyboard.
You can listen to the performances via the link below. We hope that you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed making it!
Oathall’s Big Sing 2013 – See Beneath Your Beautiful 1
Students in Year 7 have had a fantastic weekend of adventurous outdoor activities at Windmill Hill in East Sussex. If you want to see how they got on check out their Windmill Hill blog.
