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DoE Award Presentation Evening

8th April 2013Oathall

Successful winners of Bronze and Silver D of E Awards and their families joined together on Wednesday evening to celebrate their achievements at the annual Award Presentation Evening . Students were congratulated on their achievements and presented with their award by Mrs Elizabeth Bennet DL, Chairman of West Sussex County Committee Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. Over 50 students successfully completed their Bronze award with a further 19 students completing their Silver Award and returning to Oathall to collect their certificates.

Bronze & Silver Award Winners

Oathall’s centre, coordinated by Mr Trevor Dore and his dedicated team of adult volunteers, proudly boasts a conversion rate higher than both the county and the national average for students completing this award.

Rugby County Champions

26th March 2013J Godbolt

Oathall’s U13’s Rugby County Champions

Oathall’s girls in Year 7 and Year 8 continue with their winning ways by becoming County Champions in the U13’s Girls Rugby. The girls will now go on to represent Sussex at the regional finals in April. Well done to them all!

Team members
Back row from L to R – Millie Walker, Georgina Keane, Issie Childs, Rebecca Bonanate, Mellieha Teague, Ella Hume, Jess Hook.
Front row from L to R – Katie Hastings, Megan Cooper, Olivia Tyers, Jazmin Scovell, Hannah Taylor, Isobel Purvis.

Some New Additions on the Farm!

25th March 2013Oathall

First steps…

The lambing started at the beginning of March and we’re now surrounded by 54 noisy babies. We have just two more to come and then we’re done.

The main problem for us at the moment is the weather – by now we would hope to have at least half of them out in the field but the weather has made this very difficult.

We’ve also had two more litters of piglets – both sired by a Large Black boar.

As you can see this gives us some lovely black piglets from the Large Black sow and very pretty spotty ones from the Large White sow.

Cricket County Champions

20th March 2013J Godbolt

Girl’s cricket continues to be a dominant force at Oathall Community College with both the U13 & U15 Teams successfully reaching the county finals of the Lady Taverners indoor cricket competition, beating Warden Park and Holy Trinity along the way. The U13 Team played some exceptional cricket and rightfully gained the title of County Champions for the 3rd consecutive year, booking their place at the Regional Finals in Hertfordshire during April.

Team Members
Back row L to R (Y8) Tandra Bulitokaivale-Lancaster, Isabelle Childs, Rebecca Bonanate (c), Mellieha Teague, Amber Layne.
Front row L to R (Y 7) Jessica Hook, Lydia McCleery, Millie Walker, Zoe Fairhall, Anna Worseley.

Winter Sussex School Games

13th March 2013Miss L GYNGELL

On Wednesday 6 March, three members of the Leadership Academy were given the opportunity to volunteer at the Winter Sussex School Games at Lancing College, a huge event involving Primary and Secondary schools from across East and West Sussex. Year 10 students Faye Leslie, Sam Mitchell and Stefan Kohli were allocated jobs to do on the day and with Faye reporting, Sam on information point and Stefan in charge of the VIPs, they made a highly efficient team.

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Year 9 Careers Speed Dating

12th February 2013A Oathall

To support the KS4 options process, on 18 January our Year 9 students made a date with experts from twenty-five different professions from around West Sussex including computer animators, doctors, publishers, scientists and airline engineers. They filled the sports hall and spent the morning on rotation around the space. In groups of around 5, with 5 minutes per session, the students fired questions at the experts, discussing aspects of their work and trying to get as much information from them about what their job entailed, the qualifications required and the routes they took to get there.

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Cross Country Championships at Borde Hill

30th January 2013Oathall

Borde Hill Gardens was the spectacular venue for The Mid Sussex Active Cross Country Championships on 16 January.

The extensive parkland provided a fantastic backdrop for 500 young people from schools all over Mid Sussex and beyond. Oathall students were represented in races in all year groups. The following students and teams deserve special mentions for their performances on the day:
Myles Rice – 1st place, Katie Hastings – 2nd place, Megan Tucker – 3rd place, Tom Easley – 5th place, Evie Curtis – 6th place, Georgia Upton – 6th place
Year 7 girls team – 1st place, Year 8 girls team – 2nd place, Year 9 boys team – 2nd place and Year 10 & 11 girls team – 2nd place.