Extra-curricular activities

2nd August 2019Oathall

Extra-curricular activities timetable w/c 7 October 2019

We offer a range of extra-curricular activities and opportunities encompassing a wide variety of interests. We encourage students to join at least one club during their time at Oathall. For most activities, unless specified, students can join at any point throughout the year.

We try to make sure the information in this section is current. Some clubs especially PE clubs change during the year. If you can’t find details of an activity here please check the weekly Student Bulletin for the most up-to-date information.

 

 

Want to hear about our latest meat sales?

2nd October 2018J Godbolt

We regularly send out emails with information about the latest sales of meat and other farm produce. If you would like to sign up to receive our emails with details of the latest meat sales then

Click here to be taken to the sign-up page

Too busy to sign up? Just call us at the farm and someone will be happy to let you know when the next sale of meat will be taking place. It gets very busy down on the farm so the best days to call us are Tuesdays and Fridays between 8 am and 4 pm. Our direct line is 01444 883211 or you can email us on [email protected]

School Meals at Oathall

30th August 2018Oathall

School meals at Oathall are prepared and served by our own in-house catering team.

Catering Manager Mrs Denyer and her staff are committed to delivering the highest standards using fresh, good quality ingredients. The food and drink that we offer comply with the school food plan standards.

Menus are rotated every three weeks with themed days being a regular feature.  They are varied, nutritionally balanced and cater for all dietary needs. We offer gluten-free menus but ask that your child pre-orders this each day with the canteen team. We operate a nut-free policy but we are not always able to guarantee that nuts are not brought into the school by other children.

If you have any dietary requirements for your child please speak to Mrs Denyer or email her on [email protected] we will do our best to accommodate any requests. 

School meal food offer and menus

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Duke of Edinburgh Award Centre

30th August 2018Oathall

Oathall Community College can proudly boast one of the biggest and most successful units in West Sussex with over 100 students involved in the award at any one time.

The concept of the Duke of Edinburgh award is simple – anyone aged between 14 and 24 can do a programme at one of the three progressive levels which, when successfully completed, lead to a Bronze, Silver or Gold award. Oathall offers the award at Bronze level (Year 10).

With assistance from adult leaders, participants select and set objectives in each of the following areas:

  • Volunteering – undertaking service to individuals or the community
  • Physical – improving in an area of sport, dance or fitness activities
  • Skills – developing practical and social skills and personal interests
  • Expedition- planning, training for and completion of an adventurous journey in the UK or abroad
The award is run and overseen by the Award Centre Coordinator, Miss Arlington.   If you have any questions or want to find out more about the award please contact the school.
More information about the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and the charity can be found at www.dofe.org

Oathall Farm

4th December 2012Oathall

Few schools can boast a farm and we are delighted to have such a valuable and unusual feature as a school facility. Our extensive fields, animal enclosures, barn and farming equipment enable us to keep a wide variety of livestock. The farm creates many opportunities for learning across the curriculum. Oathall Farm’s contribution both across the curriculum and to students’ personal development is nationally recognised as outstanding.

The farm and farm shop have their own websites which can be accessed here:

www.oathallfarm.org.uk

www.oathallfarmshop.org.uk

Raising funds for Oathall

17th August 2012OPTA

There are many ways you can help support the PTA in raising money for the college. We’ve all got busy lives and pressures on our time so here are a few easy ways that you can help.

What is OPTA?

15th August 2012Oathall

Oathall’s busy Parent Teacher Association (or OPTA) is a friendly and enthusiastic group of people with a desire to contribute positively to school life.

We aim to encourage positive relationships and communication between parents and teachers, tackling the wellbeing of the school and the welfare and development of our children together.

Like other PTAs we fundraise for those extra things that the school budget cannot cater for whilst strengthening the school community through social events and activities.

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Enrichment Days 2022

21st January 2022Joanna Patch

 

On Thursday 30 June and Friday 1 July, Oathall will be holding our annual Enrichment Days event for all students from years 7, 8 and 9.

 

 

Every year our dedicated team of staff arrange a fantastic array of workshops and events designed to inspire our students and promote their personal development.

 

This year our team have arranged an amazing collection of options for our students to choose from, including trips to London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, Bodium Castle, Water Sports at Hove Lagoon, the Natural History Museum, and much more.  There is also a wide range of other activities, including a Comic Book Workshop, Multi-Sports, Mini-Musical Theatre, Rocket Masterclass, and much more.

 

More information and booking forms can be found below.

 

Year 7 Enrichment Days activities

Year 7 online form

 

Year 8 Enrichment Days activities

Year 8 online form

 

Year 9 Enrichment Days activities

Year 9 online form

Learning Support Assistant – Literacy Intervention

20th January 2022Mrs S WATKIN

Learning Support Assistant – Literacy Intervention

Grade 6, term-time only.  30 hours per week

The college is seeking to appoint a learning support assistant for literacy intervention. The successful candidate will work with individual and small groups of students to improve their literacy to achieve their potential. You will work alongside the SENDCO and specialist assessor identifying students with literacy needs and implementing literacy programmes to support their progress.

The ideal candidate will be passionate about helping students to overcome barriers and helping them achieve and be successful. You should have excellent communication skills and have high expectations. Experience of working with children is desirable but we will provide training and support.

The full time equivalent salary is £20,903 to £22,198 per annum (actual salary £14,015 to £14,883).

Please complete an application form and equal opportunities monitoring form and include a short covering letter (no more than one side A4) and email to [email protected] or by post to Mrs Sue Watkin  Closing date for applications is 11 am on Thursday 3 February 2022. 

job description

Harry Potter Book Night

20th January 2022Joanna Patch

On Wednesday, 2 February, Oathall will be holding our first-ever Harry Potter Book Night!

 

Students from years 7, 8 and 9 are invited to participate in this exciting event, where they will get the chance to immerse themselves in all things Harry Potter.   Students will get a taste of what it might be like to be part of the wizarding world and enjoy a number of activities, including wand and owl making.

 

This event will be taking place from 3:30pm until 5:00pm on Wednesday 2 February, and is completely free of charge.  Tickets will be available from the College Library and will be issued on a first-come-first-served basis as numbers will be limited.

House Motto Winners

13th January 2022Joanna Patch

Here at Oathall, we enjoy setting our students new challenges.

 

Towards the end of 2021, we set each house a challenge to come up with a new House Motto, and as always, we were not disappointed!

 

There were a number of very strong entries, making it very difficult to choose a winner from each house.  But after much deliberation, the winning entries are as follows:

 

For Pioneer House: “Paving the way to perfection”

 

For Voyager House: “Destination: Success”

 

For Discovery House: “Uncover it, explore it, question it”

 

For Endeavour House: “If we endeavour, we will conquer”

 

Congratulations to all of the lucky winners, and well done to all those who entered.

Covid-19 updates & reminders 17 January 2022

3rd January 2022J Godbolt

We are looking forward to seeing everyone return to school for face-to-face education this week. We appreciate that there is some anxiety about the Omicron variant and difficulties that this might present. Attending school in person is the best way for our children to learn. We continue to prioritise this whilst balancing the ongoing risks presented by Covid-19. With that in mind please read and take note of all these important reminders and updates about the return to school this term.

If your child has any Covid-19 symptoms
Please do not send your child to school if they are showing any symptoms of Covid-19. Instead you must self isolate and follow the latest national guidance.

At home testing
After testing at school, students should continue to test at home twice a week. As you will be aware there are national supply issues with these kits, please bear this in mind when using the kits. All test results should be reported on the NHS track and trace service here.

Self isolation rules have changed

From Monday 17 January, students who are self-isolating with COVID-19 will have the option to reduce their isolation period after 5 full days if they test negative with a lateral flow device (LFD) test on both day 5 and day 6 and they do not have a temperature.
For example, if they test negative on the morning of day 5 and the morning of day 6, they can return to school immediately on day 6.

The first test must be taken no earlier than day 5 of the self-isolation period, and the second must be taken the following day. All test results should be reported to NHS Test and Trace. Contact tracing is triggered once a positive LFD test is reported.

If the result of either of their tests is positive, they should continue to self-isolate until they get negative results from two LFD tests on consecutive days or until they have completed 10 full days of self-isolation, whichever is earliest.

Daily testing for close contacts of COVID-19
People who are fully vaccinated, or children and young people aged between 5 and 18 years and 6 months, identified as a close contact of someone with COVID-19, should take an LFD test every day for seven days and continue to attend their setting as normal, unless they have a positive test result or develop symptoms at any time.

Temporary suspension of confirmatory PCR tests in schools
Confirmatory PCR testing following a positive result on a lateral flow device (LFD) is temporarily suspended. This means that for all education and childcare settings, staff and students who have tested and reported a positive LFD result will no longer be advised to get a confirmatory PCR test.

We therefore don’t need to ask people to do a confirmatory PCR unless they:

  • have symptoms (in which case they need to follow the stay at home guidance, self-isolate and order a PCR test)
  • wish to claim the Test and Trace Support Payment
  • have been advised to take a PCR test because they are in a clinically vulnerable group
  • have been advised to do so as part of a research or surveillance programme

Updated guidance on the use of face coverings in education settings
From Sunday 2 January, the DFE recommended that face coverings be worn in classrooms where pupils in year 7 and above are educated. The advice is short term only, to support pupils and teachers as they return to school this term. This recommendation will be in place until Wednesday 26 January, at which point it will be reviewed by the DFE. If you are concerned about your child wearing a face mask please contact the school office and one of our pastoral team members will contact you.

As we are unable to safely manage canteen queues and the dining room facility whilst the new face covering guidance is in place, students may not sit and eat meals in the canteen. This will be reviewed following the DFE review on face coverings.

January 2022 – student testing and return to school

3rd January 2022J Godbolt

The government has asked schools to offer all students one Lateral Flow Device (LFD) test onsite in January.  Testing will take place for all year groups on Tuesday 4 January. There will be a staggered return for different year groups as per the schedules below.

The guidance on testing if you have had COVID within the last 90 days has changed.
Even if your child tested positive for COVID-19 within the last 90 days, they are strongly encouraged to take part in testing on-site on Tuesday 4 January.

If you would like to withdraw consent previously given to the school please confirm this to the school via this on-line form. Otherwise, prior consent records will carry forward to the January tests. Consent forms and privacy notices can be found on our website here.

Students in year 10 and year 11

Students in year 11 and Year 10 who are not being tested by the school must return to school as follows:

Year 11 – attend school at 08:45 and follow your normal school timetable
Year 10 – attend school at 10:05 (P2) and follow your normal school timetable.

Student testing rota – All students being tested must report to the sports hall.

Year 11 – students arrive at school at these times, once their test has been processed students will go to lessons as per their timetable.

8.30am – 11EEC & 11DSKG
8.45am – 11ETS & 11PJSH
9.00am – 11PRB & 11DSHR
9.15am – 11VMT, 11VDI & 11EARK

Year 10 – students arrive at school at these times, once their test has been processed students will go to lessons as per their timetable.

9.30am – 10DMC & 10DLF
9.45am – 10PPR & 10EDRM
10.00am – 10VAR & 10VCEE
10.15am – 10ELMS & 10PAMN

All students in year 10 and year 11 continue to attend school as normal from this date onwards.

Students in Year 7, 8 and 9

Only students in years 7, 8 and 9 who are being tested by the school should attend school. They must report to the sports hall on Tuesday 4 January at the following times.

Year 8 – students arrive at school at these times, once they have had their test students will leave school and return home.

11.00am – 8EJGD & 8EZF
11.15am – 8DKRG & 8DJH
11.30am – 8JPL & 8VCM
11.45am – 8PSM, 8VEDL & 8VFR

Year 7 – students arrive at school at these times, once they have had their test students will leave school and return home.

12.00pm – 7EKP & 7EWF
12.15pm – 7DACN & 7PDN
12.30pm – 7VPB & 7VKM
12.45 – 7DPVP, 7PSB & 7PSML

Year 9 – students arrive at school at these times, once they have had their test students will leave school and return home.

1.30pm – 9VFHR & 9PSR
1.45pm – 9DEJ & 9EDA
2.00pm – 9VAHM & 9ESK
2.15pm – 9PLD, 9DEBD & 9DJP

All students in all year groups return to school on Wednesday 5 January. 

Vaccination catch-up clinics

14th December 2021J Godbolt

The NHS vaccination team has asked us to make parents aware of ‘catch-up clinics’ that have been organised for first vaccinations of all eligible children between the ages of 12-15.

A vaccination clinic has been organised at Haywards Heath College on the 21st December.

If you have already completed an NHS consent form for the COVID-19 you should not complete another one; and instead use the booking reference, found in your consent form submitted email, to book into a clinic here or alternatively call 01293 227797.