Year 5 thoroughly enjoyed their Geography field trip to the River Lee Country Park. They were able to consolidate their learning by examining the natural features of the meandering river. The children had a great opportunity to observe and record both river features and birdlife within their natural habitat. They…
Reception had the most wonderful day exploring shape and measure on their trip to St Albans Abbey. The children learned fascinating facts about the cathedral and created their very own stained glass window.
Today in their Farmer Time session, Year 5 were finding out all about lambing. Farmer Dan is in the middle of his lambing season and showed the class lambs who were only hours old. He spoke to the class about how lambing is run on the farm and the different…
Thank you to Breaside and Coopersale Hall for attending this year’s Spelling Bee competition. The children all did amazing and after a tough competition Oaklands secured first place. 1st Place: Oaklands 2nd Place: Coopersale Hall 3rd Place: Braeside Thank you Sophie for offering to host next year’s Spelling Bee at…
The children in Upper Kindergarten took part in their Mother’s Day Assembly. The children performed a variety of songs to their parents including ‘Have a Day Off Mum’, ‘I am a Firefighter’ and ‘I Love My Mummy’. The children did so well to remember all the words and actions to…
Year 2 have been reading the story ‘Biscuit Bear’ by Mini Grey in their English lessons. They decided to bake their own biscuit bear just like the character from the story. They weighed the ingredients using an electric scale independently and were able to create a bear shape using a…
Year 1 enjoyed a sunny journey to St Mary’s Church in Loughton to hear about the Easter story from Reverend Malcolm. The talk was engaging, especially when children were invited to open a little Easter egg. They also discussed the one thing you would try or give up for Lent….
It is clear how much 1W have loved learning about the Tinga Tinga tales. In their very first lesson, they learnt about what culture is, discussing their shared and different religious beliefs, spoken languages, cuisines and dress. Children searched through books to look for stories from other cultures, sharing their…
Pupils dressed in red on Friday 21st March to celebrate Red Nose Day 2025. Thank you to our staff, pupils and parents for your contribution to making it a fun non-uniform day for a worthy cause.
The children at Oaklands were surprised by a visit from the Easter Bunny! The Easter Bunny went from class to class to see our Early Years and Infant children, gifting Easter Eggs to each of our pupils. Our Kindergarten classes even entertained the bunny with a song and a dance!…
