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Pi-recital school record obliterated on Pi Day

17th March 2026Nathan Davidson

Oathall staff and students celebrated Pi Day on Friday of last week with Pi-themed activities.

There was the Pi-recital of course where Alice from Year 9 absolutely smashed her own school record by almost 100 digits, with a jaw-dropping 199 numerals of Pi written down in order. Some achievement. Specials mentions to Luca (Y7) and Olivia (Y8) who were year group winners.

Pi-recital school record obliterated on Pi Day, gallery 3

In addition students were invited to get creative with Pi and the 3D models above were notable entries. The cup holder is embossed with Pi numerals.

Pi-recital school record obliterated on Pi Day, gallery 2

Also last week, some Y10 students were invited to Blackthorns Primary School in Lindfield to assist with some Y6 students maths activities.

Supporting your child with maths is the theme for next Parent Partnership Meeting

17th March 2026Nathan Davidson

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We would like to welcome you on Thursday 26th March to our next Parent Partnership Meeting from 5pm to 6pm in the Library. The theme for this meeting is Supporting your child with maths and why maths matters.

We would be delighted if you could join us, but if you are unable to attend and would like to know more about how to help your child with their revision, please email Ms L Somers, Head of Performance Faculty

Are you coming to the Gym & Dance Show 2026?

12th March 2026Nathan Davidson

Excitement is building for the always-popular Gym & Dance Show event, which is on Wednesday 25 March at 6pm in the Main Hall at the school. The theme this year is Through The Decades and it will feature students from all year groups, including our BTEC dancers.

This is a non-ticketed show but it would be helpful if you would complete this form to let us know how many seats you would like.

Donations from the audience are welcome with all funds going to the school’s productions.

We look forward to seeing you there!

House Token Week is next week. Feeling confident?

11th March 2026Nathan Davidson

Next week is the inaugural House Token Week. From 16-20th March students will be awarded tokens for displaying confidence in and around school.

Students that receive tokens should deposit them in the new House Token collection point at Piccadilly Circus.

Acts of confidence – displayed inside and outside of lessons – might include, but are not limited to; asking for help, joining clubs, stand up for themselves and trying new things.

Staff also may award a gold star for outstanding displays of confidence, which are worth an additional 10 house points!

Confident learners and confident people. This is what we strive to achieve here at Oathall. This term we have explored, amongst other things, how students can be an upstander and how to improve their self-esteem.

House Token Week is next week. Feeling confident, gallery

Y10 students attend event to celebrate International Women’s Day

10th March 2026Nathan Davidson

A group of our Y10 girls were invited to Burgess Hill Girls’ Tomorrow’s Women Conference this week, to celebrate International Women’s Day. They heard from a range of inspirational female speakers, including Amanda Collier, the former Detective Chief Inspector with the Met and star of The Traitors.

Y10 students attend event to celebrate International Women's Day

It was a fantastic, thought-provoking event and our students represented Oathall brilliantly. Thank you to Burgess Hill Girls for inviting us.

The Book Quiz brings World Book Day celebrations to a close

9th March 2026Nathan Davidson

The Book Quiz bring Word Book Day celebrations to a close, featured image

World Book Day week concluded on Friday lunchtime last week with The Book Quiz. Curated by the student librarians – special shout out to Molly – the quiz challenged participating teams to guess the book from brief extracts, book covers from blurred images and book titles from antonyms.

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Thanks to everyone that took part in this, and the other events last week, and congratulations to Bea, Emily and Annie the quiz winners!

The quiz provided a fitting end to an extremely busy week celebrating the joy of reading in the school.

The Book Quiz bring Word Book Day celebrations to a close, gallery 1

Countdown to Pi Day celebrations is on

6th March 2026Nathan Davidson

Celebrated every year on 14 March – our American cousins notate this as 3/14, which hopefully goes someway to explaining why it’s celebrated then – Pi Day is just round the corner, and plans are afoot in the maths department to celebrate its arrival.

There are two strands to this.

First, there’s the Pi Recital event. Students are invited to M1 at lunchtime on Friday 13 March where they can write down as many digits of Pi, in sequential order, as they can remember. Legend has it the school record is over 100 characters which itself is mind boggling. Whisper it, there may be prizes. They could include Galaxy Counters, but this is subject to change!

In addition there’s the house competition, where students are challenged to represent Pi in a “creative way”. The deadline for submissions for this is tutor time on the aforementioned Friday. They should let their imagination fly.

We encourage all students to take part in these initiatives in recognition of this mysterious and magical number.

Open Mic session for World Book Day

6th March 2026Nathan Davidson

Oathall students celebrated World Book Day, and the National Year of Reading, at lunchtime events all week in the library.

On World Book Day itself, a number of students volunteered to participate in an inspiring Open Mic session in front of a sizeable audience.

We heard from students about the books and authors they love, some read extracts, others shared poems they’d composed themselves.

We collected together a few excerpts of some of the students that took part in the compilation video below – which you can also watch on our recently launched YouTube channel.