The Cube house challenge week is now over. The response from students and the community has been brilliant with 245 entries from students, friends and families. it’s clear from the entry videos that there was a lot of fun had by everyone who took part.
The PE department is thrilled to announce that Voyager house were the outright winners with 179 successful entries. Well done to everyone who took part.
Just before half term, all students in KS3 were invited to take part in a maths competition with a difference. The challenge involved recreating Miss Calleja’s recipe for a Spanish sponge cake, Bizcocho 1, 2, 3 using volumetric ratio.
The recipe is easy: You need 125g of yoghurt, follow with oil, sugar and flour in the volumetric ratio 1:2:3. Add three eggs and a teaspoon of baking powder. The challenge was for students to make their recipe their own by adding their own ingredients or twist to this basic recipe. Additionally, students could look at changing the recipe for a different number of people and the ratio calculations for weight, instead of volume.
The winners were Francesca and Flora in year 7, Lucy in year 8 and Grace in year 9. Prizes were also awarded for best presentation and ‘most out there’ decoration.
Congratulations to the winners!
Students may not have access to the full range of school art resources at present but that hasn’t stopped them from getting creative at home.
In their remote lessons, students in key stage 3 and key stage 4 have been working on a number of topics and creating a range of pieces using photography, video, painting, drawing and collage. 
Year 9 students have been tasked with creating a digital drawing using the Banksy artwork ‘Girl with a red balloon’ as inspiration, whilst students in year 7 were asked to observe and record the views from their windows in a media of their choosing.
This presentation gives you a flavour of some of the amazing work that has been created.
Students at Oathall have recently benefited from a generous donation from the Fairfax “Building Young Futures” education support programme. The programme has helped to fund a new outdoor learning hub on Oathall’s farm where students will be taught to develop skills using the Forest Schools ethos of learning. The new hub and resources will be used by students across all year groups helping them to develop confidence and self-esteem through hands-on activities and experiences gained in an outdoor setting.
An activity week is also being planned for summer 2021 where young people will be able to enjoy a week of fun and challenging activities, all provided by Fairfax.
Mr Blackholly, Head of Farm, said,
“I would like to thank the ‘Building Young Futures’ initiative for their generous support of Oathall students. We are especially grateful to Mr Peter Chisholm MBE for his help and support for this project. We are looking forward to inviting him and Fairfax representatives back to Oathall to see how their support has helped to transform young lives”.
Welcome to our final Teaching & Learning bulletin of the year. At the end of what might be considered, a long and arduous autumn term, it is so important to remind ourselves of the many positive events that have been taking place. Not least, the excellent news below of the school’s success in being selected to name the first operational turbine situated off the coast of Brighton. Well done to Mrs Lindsley and the EcOathall group.
Like others, the school has clearly faced many challenges this year. Regardless, it has been so good to see our students back at school, engaging with their learning so positively and interacting in person once again with their teachers and friends. The Oathall school community has demonstrated resilience, patience and optimism. Please explore, via the links at the top, examples of such positive experiences across the school.
As always, thank you for your continued support.
On behalf of the staff anf governors of the college, may I wish you and your families the very best wishes for Christmas and the New Year.
Edward Rodriguez
Headteacher
Left to right: Oscar, Molly, Nicole, Isla, Lola, Katie and Wahi.
We are especially pleased to announce our 2020-2021 Senior Prefect team. Our selection process was delayed by several months after the school closure and restrictions arising from COVID.
The normal process of applications, interviews and voting took place this term and we are pleased to announce that our school captains are Isla and Lola. Our team of vice-captains are Katie, Molly, Nicole, Oscar and Wahi. They have already begun to contribute by assisting with Zoom Q&A sessions for families of students in Y6 who are thinking of joining Oathall next September. Congratulations to all of them.
Congratulations to all of our students receiving their GCSE results today. In these unprecedented times we are immensely proud of what you have achieved in your time at Oathall and your results today reflect the hard work and effort that you have put in as a student.
Headteacher Mr Rodriguez said
“The excellent results today reflect how committed and hardworking our students have been during their time at Oathall. They should all be rightly proud of what they have achieved. The support from teachers and families has been crucial, particularly at this time. I wish each and every one of you success as you take next steps in life.”
We are pleased to announce the 2019-2020 House Championship winners.
Credit cup winners – Pioneer
Attendance Cup winners – Pioneer
House Championship winners – Pioneer
Congratulations to everyone in Pioneer for this great achievement. Assistant Head of House, Mrs Corbett accepted the cup on behalf of the students in Pioneer at the end of the term.
The final end of year House scores were
Pioneer – 138
Voyager 125
Discovery – 104
Endeavour – 104
Thank you, everyone, and keep up with the exercise over the summer
Prior to the Easter holidays, our ‘Good Deed House Competition’ was launched, students were asked to submit a picture, report or video of a ‘good deed’. Unsurprisingly, many of our students rose to the challenge; baking cakes for elderly neighbours, gardening, supporting younger siblings, making supportive signs and raising money for the NHS to name just a few.
Our top 4 deeds as voted for by staff were:
Libby (Y7) who made a cake for her elderly self-isolating neighbour and put a box of old books and DVDs outside her house for people to take.
Lola (Y10) who has been looking after her sister whilst her Mum has been at work and even taught her to bake biscuits
Ella, Amy and Rose (Y10) who have been climbing steps in their house equivalent to the Empire State Building to raise money for the NHS and The Gunjur Project in The Gambia as visited by students in February.
Isla has been supporting her grandmother by caring and walking Rupert, her much-loved dog. Isla sends her grandmother pictures of the dog which has been of great comfort.
Special thanks go to Jacob (Y9) for his heartwarming sign in support of NHS, Lucy (Y7), Jason (Y9), Jacob and Maxwell (Y7) for their fantastic gardening, Jasmine (Y7) for waking early to prepare a surprise breakfast for her family and Frederick (Y7) for helping his dad with some heavy-duty logging work!
All entries contributed to the House points and the overall results were
1st Voyager
2nd Pioneer
3rd Discovery
4th Endeavour
Congratulations to you all and keep up the fantastic work!
Miss Gyngell
