STEM for Girls

30th January 2018J Godbolt

15 girls in Year 8 spent the day meeting and talking to inspirational women yesterday at a special STEM for Girls event held at the AMEX stadium in Brighton. The event organised by Albion in the Community gave groups of girls from schools across Sussex the opportunity to meet with women who have built successful careers using their knowledge of STEM subjects. The event is part of a programme which aims to increase the number of girls choosing STEM subjects at school and as future careers.

The following girls attended the event along with Maths teachers Ms Calleja and Mrs Gaston:

Scarlett Billson, Fatou Colley, Isobelle Deeble,Zoe Downey, Simonne Gautron, Nicola Harris, Milena Karwat, Charlotte Jones, Meg Kneller, Fionnuala Lingard, Ella Otero, Grace Owen, Isobel Robinson, Hannah Taylor and Bethany Thomas

 

 

 

 

English Faculty Public Speaking Competition

1st August 2017J Godbolt

At the end of the summer term students in Y7 and Y8 took part in the annual public speaking competition organised by the English Faculty. The topic this year for the speaking teams was  “Let me persuade you about…”.

Entries were judged by Oathall staff and members of the local Rotary Club. The staff and judges were very impressed with the quality of all the speeches and the students’ thorough preparation and confident delivery.

The results are as follows:

Year 7
1st place: Dominika Knotkova-Hanley
2nd place: Zoe Downey
Joint 3rd place: Isla Mustin and Billy Reid

Year 8
1st place: Abigail Cooper
2nd place: Felix Carte
3rd place: Georgia White

Congratulations to the winners and well done to all the students that took part.

Engineers of the Future?

16th June 2017A Oathall

Six year 8 students (Matthew Brennan, Esme Brigden, Zoe Nelson, James Polhill, Jessica Ruddock and Patrick Stedman) recently attended an ‘Introduction to Engineering Day’ run by Rockwell Collins UK Ltd in Burgess Hill who manufacture aircraft training simulators. The students learnt about the various engineering job roles within the company and participated in practical activities including building a small projector, 3D modelling using Photoshop and making a large mirror using the same material crisp packets are made from. They also got to fly and land a plane!

Year 8 Future First Workshop

22nd March 2017A Oathall

Some of our year 8 students were lucky enough to attend a workshop run by Future First, the charity that coordinates Oathall’s Alumni Association, around the themes ‘building motivation and overcoming barriers’.  We were thrilled to welcome back eight alumni to Oathall, who kindly gave up their time to talk to our students about their education and career paths, and in doing so provided valuable guidance and inspiration to the students.  We have received very positive feedback from the current and former students who took part, but of particular note:

70% of the students said they are now more confident or much more confident about being successful in the future now they have heard from former students;

82% of the students said they will now work harder or much harder at school as a result of having spoken to the former students;

76% of the students agreed that ‘the session improved my knowledge of courses and jobs that I could do in the future’;

77% of the students agreed that the session helped them understand how their school work might help them get a job in the future.

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Entrepreneurs everywhere during Tenner Challenge month at Oathall.

2nd March 2017J Godbolt

Oathall students are participating in the Young Enterprise national “Tenner Challenge” throughout March. The Tenner Challenge provides an opportunity for students to set up a business for one month. Each business is pledged £10 from the Tenner bank which enables them to get their business going. They have four weeks to make as much profit as they can. At the end of the four weeks, the company will return their initial £10 and pay £1 as a legacy donation to Young Enterprise to support this event for next year. Any additional profits will be kept by the business or donated to a charity of their choice.

Students at Oathall have already formed their companies and they have appointed managing directors, marketing directors and finance directors. They have all selected a product or service and are in the process of selling this to students, staff and family friends. On Saturday 11 March, students will be given the opportunity to sell their product to the wider community at a special event to be held in the Orchards shopping centre in Haywards Heath. Sp please come along to see the event. Everyone is welcome.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keep calm and speak!

13th December 2016J Godbolt

We are very proud of the students who took part in this year’s Rotary Club public speaking competition. This year we had 4 intermediate teams from years 7-9 taking part. They chose the following topics: badger culling, food for thought, a healthcare comparison and calming the mind. Very well done all the team members for their impressive deliveries and a special mention to Kitty Underhill in year 8 for winning the prize for being the best chairperson.

Oathall’s dancers have all the right moves

3rd March 2015J Godbolt

‘Hardship & Inequality’ was the theme for Oathall’s 2015 Rock Challenge performance and last night it proved to be a winner for the judges and audience alike. Oathall’s performance won six individual awards of excellence and we were placed third overall. This was a fantastic achievement for everyone involved.

Dancers in Year 11 getting into character before their performance

Dancers in Year 11 getting into character before their performance

For the last seven months, 80 performers and 12 make-up, lighting and stage assistants have planned, choreographed and practised for a one night only performance at The Hawth, in Crawley. For many of the students it was their first opportunity to perform in a professional theatre in front of a large audience and they did so with confidence and flair.

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Our girls are National Cricket Champions!

15th September 2014J Godbolt
U15 Cricket Winning team

Top Row: England Cricketer Kate Cross, Ella Bates, Imy Dilling, Megan Hannah, Amber Layne, Student Coach Lucy Western and England Cricketer Tammy Beaumont
Bottom Row: Issy Peacock, Mellieha Teague, Rebecca Bonanate (C), Millie Walker and Charlotte Hepburn

Oathall’s under 15 girls cricket team have beaten all the opposition to become National Champions in the Chance to Compete 2014 Girls U15s cricket finals held on 15 September in Birmingham.
Chance to Compete is a national secondary school competition aimed at giving secondary state school children an opportunity to play competitive cricket. Matches are played in under an hour and all participants play a significant part in the game. (more…)

Sport Relief 2014

21st March 2014Oathall
Captain Jade and some Oathall sailors!

Captain Jade and some Oathall sailors!

Students in Years 7, 8 and 9 at Oathall Community College completed a fun run on Friday 21 March in aid of Sport Relief.

The race took place around the school grounds and participants dressed up as anything beginning with the letter S or R for the occasion.

Check out the photos from the run here and see if you can spot Superman, Spiderman, a rocker, the grim reaper, Little Red Riding Hood, the Statue of Liberty and SpongeBob SquarePants!

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Award winning author to visit Oathall

10th May 2013Oathall

In a dangerous world, everyone needs protection…

The English Department is delighted to announce that award-winning author Chris Bradford will be visiting Oathall on Thursday 16 May to work with a group of gifted and talented students in year 7 and year 8.

The event will combine a live performance by Chris based on a character from his latest book followed by a question and answer session. This enrichment activity is aimed at encouraging and developing writing skills as well as broadening the students’ reading repertoire.

Chris Bradford is the author of the Young Samuri and BODYGUARD series and his book Young Samurai: The Way of the Warrior has been deemed one of Puffin’s Best Ever 70 Books, alongside Treasure Island and Robin Hood.