Lower Kindergarten put on a wonderful performance to their families today. They were very excited to show their parents how they have learned to sing along to songs and hit a drum to the beat of the music. It was even more fun because they got to perform in their…
World Book Day is a celebration of authors, illustrators, books and reading. In fact, it’s the biggest celebration of its kind, designated by UNESCO as a worldwide celebration of books and reading, and marked in over 100 countries all over the world! This year to celebrate we all dressed up as our…
On Thursday 8 February the whole of Year 2 took part in a ‘Multi-Sports Competition’ to complete their topic for PE this half term. Over the past 5 weeks they have been learning, practicing and performing various activities from football, tennis, hockey and basketball to name a few. It was evident…
As part of their topic ‘Caring for the Elderly’, the children in Garden Room visited Mellow Care Home on Monday 29 January. The children sang some of their favourite songs with the residents happily joining in. The class also took with them a selection of traditional stories which the children…
On Wednesday 24 January boys and girls from Oaklands School took part in the annual ISA London North Cross Country race at Bedford. The team, comprising of Years 3-6, were extremely excited and focused at the prospect of competing against a very large field of schools. After a traffic free…
The Oak-Tree Art Gallery, held in Lopping Hall in Loughton on Saturday, was a huge success. The room was full of proud parents, staff and pupils admiring the work produced by pupils from the Oak-Tree Schools. You can see the full gallery of images from the event HERE.
Yesterday afternoon years 1 to 6 gathered at St Mary’s Church Loughton for the annual Oaklands Christmas carol service. A packed church of friends and family were treated to a moving retelling of the ancient Nativity story illustrated by a wide variety of songs, carols and Bible readings. Years 1 and…
Wow what a fantastic morning we had here at Oaklands! Our Garden Room pupils put on a wonderful Nativity for a packed audience of family and friends. There were angels, farm animals, inn keepers, Mary and Joseph, a donkey, shepherds, wisemen, a camel and a special star! The children performed…
We were delighted to be invited again to take part in the ‘Sing Christmas’ concert at St Mary’s Loughton yesterday evening. Different local schools attended and performed some wonderful festive songs. Our choir of 25 junior pupils sang ‘The Holly and the Ivy’ and ‘Nazareth’ to a huge audience of…
What a wonderful morning we had today. Families gathered in the hall to witness a fantastic array of talent from our lovely Transition class. The show entitled ‘Oaklands’ Got Talent’ was a Christmas themed talent show with the children playing the parts of the judges; Mrs Belej, Mrs Rathbone and…
