Canteen Service update

18th October 2022J Godbolt

The following details our plan for the canteen service from Wednesday 19 October after the last two days of closure.

Wednesday 19 October – a limited hot food service.
Morning break: Hot food snack – toasted paninis as well as drinks.
Lunch – hot food options will be pizza, and burgers. As well as drinks, sandwiches, and some snacks.

Thursday 20 October – reduced service
Morning break. Hot snacks, paninis, drinks and sandwiches
Lunch – Roast dinner or a pasta with vegetarian pasta sauce. As well as drinks, sandwiches, and some snacks.

Friday 21 October – we hope we will be back to a near normal service but may have slightly fewer options for some snacks and cakes.

We expect to have a full service operating after half term.

 

 

Extended Learning at Oathall

17th October 2022Joanna Patch

We were delighted to welcome back Jack the Lad from Love Local Jobs and More Radio to deliver part one of the Dare to Dream programme to our year 9 students:- an inspirational and thought provoking session to help students start thinking about their futures.
We also had professionals from the Fire and Rescue Service, the NHS, First Central Insurance and Pruners Hairdressers presenting to our students as part of a full year programme designed to help with student’s long term planning of what they want to achieve and option choices.

Digital learning opportunity

14th October 2022Joanna Patch

Is your young person interested in apps and digital media? Then this exciting project could be just the opportunity for them!

Students from local Haywards Heath schools are invited to join the Enterprise Academy. This is a unique digital learning experience which will give them the opportunity to develop an app in a safe and welcoming online environment that promises them new skills and exciting career opportunities.

To be selected for this project, students are required to commit to attend weekly sessions online, from 1 November – 18 December 2022 on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5pm – 5.45pm. Over this period, each session will be focused on developing a custom-built app for Haywards Heath Town Council, where students will be supported by project mentors, and special “skills boost” guests from CloudyIT, Haywards Heath Town Council, Microsoft, and QA.  This practical and peer-led learning environment is designed to empower these young people to work as an online community using the Microsoft Power Platform to build the app, and develop core business and interpersonal skills for improved future employment opportunities supported by industry experts. 

Follow the link below to register before 25 October 2022 here: https://cloudyfoundation.co.uk/ea-student-registration/   

Say yes to this exciting project to represent Oathall Community College and also gain new skills and potential future career opportunities !

KS3 Super Curriculum

11th October 2022Joanna Patch

This week sees the launch of this year’s exciting Super Curriculum scheme, especially for students in years 7, 8 and 9.    

Super-curricular activities are voluntary. Students are invited to take part in a selection of activities designed to extend the regular classroom curriculum even further. They take the subjects beyond the point students have studied in the classroom or what they’ve done for home learning. They may go into more depth on something students will have learned in the classroom setting or learn about a new topic altogether.

These activities can take many forms, such as; 

  • Extra reading
  • Watching videos online
  • Downloading podcasts 
  • Visiting museums 
  • Entering academic competitions

Students will be provided with a Super Curriculum Passport, which they are invited to view and complete some of the Super Curriculum activities. These are all available to explore on our Super Curriculum pages.

Engaging in super curricular activities will help students develop a love for their favourite subject (or subjects). It will help them to develop their academic knowledge and research skills. In the booklet, available on our super curriculum page mentioned above, is a range of subject-specific activities suggested by their teachers. 

Once a task has been completed, students will need to show this to their subject teacher. The teacher will then furnish them with a sticker for their passport and a credit. The aim is for students to complete their passports during the academic year.  

This is a fantastic opportunity for students to participate in activities and will be of great interest to future employers or colleges. They will be interested in what they have learned and impressed by their efforts.

National Poetry Day

10th October 2022Joanna Patch

Students and staff celebrated National Poetry Day with a Poetry Slam in the library at lunchtime last week. We had funny poems, meaningful poems, poems that moved us, and poems in different languages.

Versatility Tournament Champions

7th October 2022Joanna Patch

The Oathall Year 11 Netball team are Versatility Tournament Champions!!

They beat the following teams in order to secure the title:

  • Oathall 5-0 St Pauls
  • Oathall 11-0 Warden Park
  • Oathall 4-0 Millais
  • Oathall 2-1 The Burgess Hill Academy

Unfortunately, our team lost to Downlands 6-5 but managed to win the tournament overall.

Congratulations to all involved.