Students from Oathall were runaway winners at the District Cross Country competition this week. The event, hosted by the Weald School took place at Jubilee Fields in Billingshurst. Oathall competed against 13 other schools in the district. There were some outstanding individual and team performances demonstrating exceptional determination and team spirit.
Please click on the links below to view the presentations from the Year 10 GCSE Evening and Year 11 Exam Evening.
Year 11 Exam Evening Information Letter
Year 11 Exam Evening Presentation
Year 10 Exam Evening Presentation
Making sure students get off to the best start in the mornings is important to us. Eating a good breakfast provides the energy needed until lunchtime, improves concentration and can help to cut down on snacking. Too often students are missing out, choosing breakfast options that are high in sugar or fat or not having breakfast at all.
This week, students at Oathall will be learning about making better breakfast choices in tutor time and assembly. We hope that parents will support and encourage their child to make the right choices for a good breakfast. If you are interested in improving your breakfast habits Change 4 Life and NHS Choices have more information, breakfast ideas and tips.
National Poetry Day, the annual mass celebration of poetry and all things poetical is held in October.
The Kraken by Ella Hollingsworth
As part of our year-long celebration of Poetry, year 7 have been going sea poetry crazy in lessons. We have been reading Alfred Lord Tennyson’s infamous poem “The Kraken” and using it to base stories and poems of our own. Georgia White combined her baking skills for homework and “baked” Kraken biscuits alongside a short poem:
Kraken
Slimy slithering tentacles
Gargantuan body,
Looks ominous,
Waves are turbulent.
Kitty Underhill created a clay Kraken to complement her Kraken poem, (more…)
The 100% Design Exhibition in London is the largest and longest running contemporary design event for industry professionals in the UK, and last week, our Year 11 Product Design class, accompanied by their teacher Mr Maier, went there to explore the latest new trends and technologies. (more…)
Win a monthly cash prize and help raise money for Oathall.
Half the jackpot goes on First and Second prizes; half funds school projects.
Draws will happen once a month, October to July. Join in at the start of the school year, or, if you miss the beginning, join in later and we’ll simply enter you for the next ten draws. Buy in multiples of £10, e.g. if you spend £40, your name will be entered 4 times in each month’s draw.
Payment will be via ParentPay, OR an annual standing order OR a cheque into school made out to ‘OPTA’.
This draw will be run by OPTA under the MSDC Small Society Lottery rules.
Congratulations to year 11 Art GCSE students Ellie Angus and Jess Brown whose portrait paintings were both selected to be exhibited at The Mall Galleries earlier this month.
This is the 13th year of the National Students’ Art Exhibition held under the patronage of the Royal Society of British Artists. It features the best young artists in the country, a truly inspirational exhibition celebrating gifted and talented students in Schools, Colleges and Academies.
James Horton MA RBA (President): ” It is vital and perhaps more so than ever before, that as a society we should strive to maintain a serious approach to developing new talent and ensuring that skills in all media are properly taught and the results recognised and applauded in order to preserve our cultural heritage.”
Oathall Farm and Farm Shop 2015
Over the past year, the Headteacher, Governors, farm and school staff along with representatives from the farming community have been meeting to discuss the farm operation at Oathall. Following the meeting of the governors on 13 July 2015 a new plan for the farm operation has been agreed.
The Oathall Farm exists as an educational facility for students at Oathall and other schools in the wider community. It is with this in mind that the operation has been examined closely to ensure that it has a sustainable future and can serve its purpose in the College.
The farm provides a resource for delivering; vocational courses for students aged 14 to 16, a vocational experience for younger students, a farm tour for primary school pupils and a very well attended Young Farmers Club. Moreover, it provides enriching experiences for studies in a wide range of curriculum areas. To meet these requirements in the most effective and efficient manner stock levels will be rationalised to more manageable levels so that the vast majority of the animals can be kept on the Oathall site. Students will continue to visit other agricultural establishments to learn about farming practices that are not sufficiently demonstrated on the Oathall Farm.
The lowered stock levels will inevitably result in less meat being produced. The Oathall Farm will still sell its produce but with less volume there will no longer be a need to open the shop on a regular weekly basis. The shop will still be used to provide an educational experience of meat preparation and commerce for students and to retail meat when the need arises. Further details will be published in due course.
The governors and Headteacher would like to gratefully acknowledge the invaluable contributions made by all staff, students and stakeholders in the development of the retail aspects of the farm. We are very grateful for the support that our local farming community has given us over the past year in working with us to find a realistic and viable plan for the future of the farm at Oathall.
The Oathall Governors
July 2015
