Missed seeing the film that our new Year 7 students produced about their first few weeks at Oathall, then here’s your chance to see it.
Pupils from Haywards Heath primary schools joined students from Oathall Community College today for a morning of music and singing at Oathall’s Big Sing. Now in its third year, the Big Sing aims to boost the musical confidence and experience of Year 5 and 6 pupils by allowing them to perform with older students under the expert tutelage of Emily Barden, Head of Vocal Studies at WSCC Music and music teacher Martijn Van Galen. (more…)
Three year 11 Oathall students, Toby Clifford, Ed Curtis and Jack Heslop, along with students from other local schools, have been involved in the development of a new online employability advice website called Take OFF ‘Our Future First’.
Take OFF is set to become a powerful tool to help school students and other young people to develop skills that employers are looking for in future candidates. This online resource offers top tips on how to look and apply for jobs, how to deliver the perfect interview and understanding what employers expect from young people joining their business. (more…)
Top Row: England Cricketer Kate Cross, Ella Bates, Imy Dilling, Megan Hannah, Amber Layne, Student Coach Lucy Western and England Cricketer Tammy Beaumont
Bottom Row: Issy Peacock, Mellieha Teague, Rebecca Bonanate (C), Millie Walker and Charlotte Hepburn
Oathall’s under 15 girls cricket team have beaten all the opposition to become National Champions in the Chance to Compete 2014 Girls U15s cricket finals held on 15 September in Birmingham.
Chance to Compete is a national secondary school competition aimed at giving secondary state school children an opportunity to play competitive cricket. Matches are played in under an hour and all participants play a significant part in the game. (more…)
We are proud to be awarded the South and South East in Bloom 2014 Blooming Schools Competition Gold Award! Students in all years of the school who were involved with maintaining the farm gardens were happy to accept the award, presented by TV gardener Chris Collins. The award celebrates 50 years of the annual RHS Britain in Bloom competition.
Oathall was delighted to welcome Haywards Heath Town Mayor, Mrs Sandy Ellis to present awards at the college’s annual celebration evening on Tuesday 15 July. The evening recognises students in all college faculties and from all year groups who have demonstrated the greatest progress and highest achievement over the school year. Students are also awarded for their outstanding contribution to the college and wider community. Accompanying parents left the event with pride stating what a memorable end to the school year that the evening provided.
Pictured with Mrs Sandy Ellis, Haywards Heath Town Mayor and Mr E Rodriguez, Headteacher, are left to right: Lila Jones (English award), Connie Went (Headteachers award), Jesse-Antoine Allotey (Humanities award), George Adams (Science award), Connor Ghosh (Year 8 award), Myles Rice (Modern Foreign Languages award and Year 10 award), Kimberley Guest (Year 9 award)
Katy Gardner beside her portrait at the Mall Galleries
Congratulations to Katy Gardner, whose GCSE artwork was selected by the Royal Society of British Artists judging panel to be exhibited at this year’s National Students Art Exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London. This is an incredible achievement, particularly as both large scale pieces made the final selection.
Congratulations also to Zakiyra Begum, Kieran Ross, Hassana Akther-Tuhra, Freya Way and Marjana Akther-Bushra whose submitted artwork was highly commended.
Students in Year 10 have just completed a range of work related activities aimed at broadening their experiences and helping to inform future career choices.
Students visit Sainsburys in Haywards Heath
During the week students participated in visits to local businesses, trips to colleges and universities and workshop activities led by employees from Barclays Bank. This included a formal mock job interview which was subsequently graded. One senior Barclays advisor said of the experience “I would happily employ any of the students I’ve interviewed today”
As well as these activities, two former Oathall students, Dr Daisy Moffatt who is training to be a GP and Ben Higgins, Director of HR at the Societe Generale Bank returned to talk to students about their experience of work. Daisy and Ben are both members of the Oathall Alumni Association which is set up to keep in touch with former Oathall students. A short movie of the week’s activities was collated and shown to students at the end of the week.
