Students succeed at UK Maths Challenge

26th February 2015J Godbolt

In early February, 58 Oathall students in Years 9, 10 and 11 took part in this year’s UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge. This competition, organised by the charity UK Mathematics Trust is recognised nationally as one of the largest and most prestigious maths competitions.

We are pleased to announce that this year, Oathall’s high performing mathematicians were awarded 4 gold, 11 silver and 15 bronze certificates. Gold certificates were awarded to Lucas Foreman, Kathryn Hook, Matt Keeble and John Moore. Only the top 40% of students nationally go on to receive a gold, silver or bronze certificate in the ratio 1:2:3.

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Spring and summer term dates

23rd February 2015J Godbolt

School will start at the normal time on Monday 23 February and the spring term ends on Friday 27 March. The Easter break runs from Monday 30 March until Friday 10 April. The college will be closed for an INSET day on Monday 13 April. Summer term commences at the normal time on Tuesday 14 April.

To Kill A Mockingbird – review by Charlotte Weller

2nd February 2015J Godbolt

On Friday 23rd of January, 50 pupils from year 11 piled onto a coach and journeyed to Chichester. We went to see the Chichester Festival Theatre’s production of ‘To Kill  Mockingbird’, the groundbreaking and literary classic written by Harper Lee.

To_Kill_a_Mockingbird_54181775675db‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ is one of the exam texts that two of the year 11 English Literature classes are studying. Seeing the book in front of us visually in the form of a play was a fantastic opportunity for us to consolidate our knowledge on the plot, the key themes of the novel and the main characters. This is all essential information we need to understand and include in our English Literature exam.

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Making a date with success

26th January 2015J Godbolt
speed-dating-event

More photos can be viewed on our Flickr pages.

Students in year 9 have just attended the annual Careers Speed Dating event at Oathall meeting representatives from employment sectors covering the media, healthcare and the sciences, uniformed services, construction, performing arts, engineering, legal services and IT.

The event was run as a means of getting students to talk to a large number of business representatives, encouraging them to find out more about future careers options direct from people employed in their sectors.

It was especially pleasing that some of the 28 participating business representatives were former Oathall students and members of the school’s Alumni Association. Former alumni said of the event:

‘A really enjoyable morning, the students were enthusiastic and welcoming. It’s a brilliant way to show the students about the wide range of career options available and the different routes you can take after school.’
Dr Sarah Bruce, General Practitioner (more…)

Year 11 Parents’ Evening

8th January 2015J Godbolt

The year 11 Parents’ evening will be held on Thursday 22 January 2015 from 5.00 pm – 8.00 pm. Parents’ evenings are held to discuss the progress of students based upon their academic grades. To get the most from the discussions we encourage parents and students to attend together. Parents will be able to book appointments online by logging into their INSIGHT account from Wednesday 14 January.

Year 11 Parents’ Evening Letter 

Online booking instructions

Oathall nationally recognised for arts and cultural education

1st December 2014J Godbolt

Back row left to right: Mr Martijn Van Galen, Mr Edward Rodriguez, Mrs Amy Kingsford, Mrs Carol Mac Taggart, John Moore (art and music), Kelly Tingley (dance), Joe Willis (drama), Rhiannon Jones, (dance), Sophie Farrell (drama), Mina Mae Alexander (music), Nathanael Thomas-Atkins (music). Front row left to right: Mrs Carla Avery, Charlotte Weller (music and drama)

Artsmark Gold has been awarded to Oathall College for its commitment to, and excellence in, arts and cultural education.  Headteacher, Mr Edward Rodriguez presented the award to a group of students representing all of the arts disciplines at the last night of the college’s performance of William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet. (more…)

And the winners are…

20th November 2014J Godbolt

Endeavour house were the triumphant winners in the first ever, Oathall School Games week. Students in each of the four houses competed in inter-house matches in football, bench ball and cross-country running competitions.

House-games_2014It was a closely fought competition with Endeavour beating off a strong challenge from Discovery. The final results were

Endeavour  78
Discovery    70
Voyager      67
Pioneer       65