Christmas Toy Appeal 2024

12th December 2024E

Oathall families donated a wonderful array of toys and gifts that will bring joy to so many children this Christmas

Our students played a vital role in this initiative, giving up time to sort and organise the donations before delivering them to The Bentswood Hub. The toys will be distributed in various meaningful ways including the Bentswood hub Christmas party, bespoke Christmas hampers for specific families they work with as well as through social workers working directly with families in our community. This project has demonstrated the power of our community coming together.

We have been overwhelmed by the kindness shown by our amazing families and would like to say a huge thank you!

Start Your Teaching Journey

11th December 2024E

Oathall is committed to developing outstanding future teachers, and we play a very active role in Initial Teacher Education (ITE). We work closely in partnership within our own Mid Sussex Federation of schools, Sussex, Brighton  and Chichester universities, GLF to provide high quality training placements for those seeking a career in teaching.

We are also proud to be part of the new Tanbridge Teacher Training Hub, a new SCITT Hub delivering excellence in Teacher Training across Sussex. Please see attached flyer to find out more.

Festive Lunch 2024

9th December 2024E

Join us on Thursday 19th December as the canteen team lay on a fantastic festive lunch with all the trimmings! Tickets are available for £4 through ParentPay but must be purchased by Friday 13th December. A vegetarian option will be available.

Christmas Jumper Day 2024

3rd December 2024E

On Thursday 19th December students are welcome to celebrate the festive season by wearing Christmas Jumpers or accessories to school! This is a great opportunity to bring some holiday cheer and have a little fun as we approach the end of term.

Please note this is optional, and students are welcome to wear their regular uniform if they prefer.

If your child wishes to participate, they can wear a festive jumper, hat, or other accessories alongside their usual uniform (blazers are optional).

A voluntary donation of £2 can be made to Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper day via parent pay.

Thank you to everyone who participated. We raised £780. 

Gunjur Project 2024

26th November 2024E
Our fabulous students, along with Mums, Dads, teachers and dogs, successfully completed a Marathon on Saturday to raise money for the Gunjur project in The Gambia. https://gpagambia.org/
We ran, walked and skipped our way through 26.2 miles in the wind and rain but we were triumphant in our efforts.
The money raised will be used to ship 120 boxes of stationery, furniture, clothes, technology and even prosthetic limbs out to the project which our students will help to distribute in February. We also hope to buy food for families while we are there – a £43 bag of rice feeds a family for a month.
If you would like to contribute and donate to this fantastic cause please use this justgiving page. Your generosity is greatly appreciated.

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Christmas Toy Appeal 2024

25th November 2024E

This year Oathall Community College is working in partnership with the Bentswood Hub and The Salvation Army to provide Christmas Hampers for some of the children in our local area.

We are asking Oathall families to donate toys, gifts and food items. The students will be creating hampers and taking them to the charities for them to distribute before Christmas.

If you are in a position to donate any new, unwrapped gifts please see below suggested gift ideas.

Each year group has a designated age group to buy for to avoid duplicates.

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We will also be accepting non perishable food donations such as biscuits, chocolate and sweets to add to the hampers (no nuts please). Students can drop off their gifts to their tutor any morning between now and the final drop off date of Friday 6th December.

We really appreciate any support you can give to this appeal and know that many children will benefit hugely from your kindness and generosity.