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New arrivals on the Farm

4th March 2015J Godbolt

Our first set of twins born on 3 March.

On Tuesday 3 March, our first lambs, a set of twins were born on the farm. This is the first birth from 13 of our ewes who are expecting lambs before Easter.

After Easter, it will be the turn of our remaining 22 black-faced Suffolks to give birth. In total, we are expecting our ewes to give birth to 25 sets of twins and 9 singles.

You can come along and see all of the lambs on Sunday 19 April at our annual Lambing Day. Free entry with a BBQ and refreshments. Donations as always are more than welcome.

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Oathall’s dancers have all the right moves

3rd March 2015J Godbolt

‘Hardship & Inequality’ was the theme for Oathall’s 2015 Rock Challenge performance and last night it proved to be a winner for the judges and audience alike. Oathall’s performance won six individual awards of excellence and we were placed third overall. This was a fantastic achievement for everyone involved.

Dancers in Year 11 getting into character before their performance

For the last seven months, 80 performers and 12 make-up, lighting and stage assistants have planned, choreographed and practised for a one night only performance at The Hawth, in Crawley. For many of the students it was their first opportunity to perform in a professional theatre in front of a large audience and they did so with confidence and flair.

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Students succeed at UK Maths Challenge

26th February 2015J Godbolt

In early February, 58 Oathall students in Years 9, 10 and 11 took part in this year’s UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge. This competition, organised by the charity UK Mathematics Trust is recognised nationally as one of the largest and most prestigious maths competitions.

We are pleased to announce that this year, Oathall’s high performing mathematicians were awarded 4 gold, 11 silver and 15 bronze certificates. Gold certificates were awarded to Lucas Foreman, Kathryn Hook, Matt Keeble and John Moore. Only the top 40% of students nationally go on to receive a gold, silver or bronze certificate in the ratio 1:2:3.

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Making a date with success

26th January 2015J Godbolt

More photos can be viewed on our Flickr pages.

Students in year 9 have just attended the annual Careers Speed Dating event at Oathall meeting representatives from employment sectors covering the media, healthcare and the sciences, uniformed services, construction, performing arts, engineering, legal services and IT.

The event was run as a means of getting students to talk to a large number of business representatives, encouraging them to find out more about future careers options direct from people employed in their sectors.

It was especially pleasing that some of the 28 participating business representatives were former Oathall students and members of the school’s Alumni Association. Former alumni said of the event:

‘A really enjoyable morning, the students were enthusiastic and welcoming. It’s a brilliant way to show the students about the wide range of career options available and the different routes you can take after school.’
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Equinox Magazine

18th December 2014J Godbolt

Earlier in the year, Lydia Wilkins in Year 11 approached English teacher, Ms Abrahams with the idea of producing a student-led school magazine. Equinox Ms Abrahams agreed to help and over the last term has been working with a group of students to produce a magazine.

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Oathall nationally recognised for arts and cultural education

1st December 2014J Godbolt

Artsmark Gold has been awarded to Oathall College for its commitment to, and excellence in, arts and cultural education. Headteacher, Mr Edward Rodriguez presented the award to a group of students representing all of the arts disciplines at the last night of the college’s performance of William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet. (more…)

And the winners are…

20th November 2014J Godbolt

Endeavour house were the triumphant winners in the first ever, Oathall School Games week. Students in each of the four houses competed in inter-house matches in football, bench ball and cross-country running competitions.

It was a closely fought competition with Endeavour beating off a strong challenge from Discovery. The final results were

Endeavour 78
Discovery 70
Voyager 67
Pioneer 65

Youth Speaks 2014

18th November 2014J Godbolt

Last night, Oathall triumphed at the Youth Speaks competition with both the senior and Intermediate teams beating teams from Ardingly college.

The stage was set. The water glasses were filled. The teams had been practising for weeks. The chairperson stood up and proceedings began. First up were the Intermediate teams. Ben White (Chairperson), Joshua Lade (Speaker) and Dan Blain (Vote of Thanks), aided by Miss Slade, took to the floor with a well crafted presentation about the value of enrichment activities. The team were impressive in their time keeping and attention to detail; Josh deftly answered a question from the audience. The other teams from Ardingly Prep School were not easy to beat, they also had superb presentations, however the passion for the farm shone through and the team won the overall performance, with Joshua winning best speaker.

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