For their topic ‘Under the Sea’ Reception Woodpeckers have been looking at plastic pollution in the ocean. The children watched a demonstration of ocean pollution. A big tub was filled with water, shells, sea creatures etc and the class discussed how this was a good environment for the fish. Then…
The children in Upper Kindergarten have been learning how to keep their teeth healthy. The children watched a short educational video of a little girl called Ava and her first trip to the dentist. They learnt about milk teeth, what happens at a dentist appointment and how to brush our…
Year 3 investigated which materials are easier to see in the dark. After making their predictions, they peeped into dark boxes to see which of the materials were easier to spot. The class agreed that the shiniest materials, including tin foil and sequins were the easiest to spot, while black…
The children in Lower Kindergarten loved exploring our ice and shaving foam ‘snow’ sensory tray. It was a great opportunity to encourage the children to use descriptive language to describe the different textures. Some of the descriptions used by the children were “The ice is slippery” and “Polar Bears live…
For Cooking this week, Lower Kindergarten made Snowy Rocky Road. The children had to first take it in turns to break the biscuits, by using a rolling pin. They then helped to mix the biscuits, raisins and apricots, with the melted chocolate and golden syrup. Once all the ingredients were…
In a link to their topic of The Romans, and a pre-cursor to their volcanoes topic in Spring 2, 3C have read ‘Escape from Pompeii’ and the children have put themselves in the shoes of the characters Tranio and Livia on that fateful day in AD 79. The class have…
Year 6 were showing their knowledge about light travelling in straight light by creating magic light boxes. Without a torch these boxes appeared blank but when lit up, revealed a message. All of the class worked hard and were very creative with their designs but a particular well done goes…
1C had so much excitement on the last week of term, especially with their naughty elf-on-the-shelf who got up to lots of mischief in their classroom. The class were also amazed by the visit from Santa! They couldn’t believe he had left the North Pole at such a busy time…
With the Christmas season in full swing, we celebrated Christmas jumper day at Oaklands on Wednesday 11th December. The day raised £210 for Crisis at Christmas, helping provide vital services to those in need during the holiday season. On the same day our caterers hosted a fabulous Christmas lunch, with pupils…
Oaklands School were very lucky to receive a special visit from Santa this week! The children were so happy to meet him and confidently told him exactly what they’re wishing for this Christmas. Santa bought lots of gifts with him that he handed out to all of our very grateful…
