Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• A Sporty Week at Oakley!

  Fri 26 May 2017

  Yesterday our primary children at the Tonbridge site had a fantastic Sports Day, with activities including Gecko Golf, Jungle Jive, Kangaroo Castle, Panther Penalties, Tiger Targets and Wild Wipe Out.  Parents and carers joined in the fun afternoon in the sunshine, as can be seen in the attached photographs.

   

  Today, after a week which included a Golf Tournament against other Kent Schools and an Inter-House Football Challenge, it was the Tunbridge Wells site's Sports Day.  Our children and young people enjoyed a morning of sport-related activities including our version of a Question of Sport, followed by a picnic lunch with their families and an afternoon full of sporting events including an inflatable assault course!

   

  A wonderful, fun and sunny way to finish the term.

  

• Kent FA Inter Schools Disability Football League 2017

  Thu 25 May 2017

  Thursday, 18th May was another successful day for Oakley playing on the 3G pitches in Maidstone. Some rain but that didn’t dampen the Oakley spirit.

  KS3 boys displayed some great attacking and defending skills and had worked hard on their formations since the last tournament. They displayed excellent sportsmanship and their attitude and commitment was fantastic.

   

  KS4/5 boys played well, winning their first 2 matches and coming back from 1-0 to win 2-1. Playing some tough teams, Oakley boys did well and have managed to secure 3^rd place overall going in to the last term.

   

  The girls' team played brilliantly, winning 4 of their games and drawing the 5^th. This now puts Oakley 1^st in the girls' league with one more tournament to go.

• NSPCC launches new tools to help parents ensure children are #shareaware

  Thu 25 May 2017

  The NSPCC has updated its #ShareAware campaign with new resources to enable parents and carers to ‘untangle’ the online world and to help them to teach the children to be ‘Share Aware’.

   

  The campaign focuses on the need to talk to children about  online safety, much like we do “real” world safety such as crossing the road, bullying and speaking to strangers. There is a selection of new resources available which schools and settings might wish to share with their community.

   

  The NSPCC suggests parents and carers are an essential part of the T.E.A.M that helps keep children safe online:

   

  T = Talk about staying safe online

  E = Explore their online world together

  A = Agree rules about what is ok and what’s not

  M = Manage your family’s settings and controls

   

  NSPCC are suggesting that parents and carers have regular conversations about what their child is doing online is the best way to keep them safe.  They have shared three top tips to help parents and carers start the conversation:-

   

  1. Explore sites and apps together and talk about any concerns.

  2. Ask your child if they know how to stay safe online.

  3. Talk about personal information and what to share online.

• Outdoor Learning in the Garden of England

  Wed 17 May 2017
  Despite entering our Tunbridge Wells site from a very busy main road, we are blessed with our outdoor learning environment and often post details of insects and wildlife we see.  Today, some of our Key Stage 4 Forest School students came across a Common Garden Frog and a herd of Deer.  They managed to capture a photo of the frog, but weren't so lucky with the deer!  (We wonder if they're the same deer who like to munch on the trees in our Orchard!)

  

• Bee Project

  Thu 11 May 2017

  The Kent High Weald Partnership, in association with the University of Sussex, are at our Tunbridge Wells site today, as part of their Cross Pollination Project.   The goal of the project is the conservation of our honey bees, native bees and other pollinating insects by means of scientific study, the creation of more foraging habitat, awareness-raising, and education. Through partnership working, the project will cross-pollinate knowledge and skills through the means of science, conservation and art to ensure that the significance of these vitally important species is maintained.

   

  Skills for Life and our students have built some raised beds, which are going to be filled with a variety of different plants. What will follow is a study of which pollinators are attracted to which plants, and data will be fed back to the university as part of the study. The beds are currently located in the meadow.  Staff and student volunteers are working today to help establish these beds.

   

  For more information on the project go to: http://www.cross-pollination.uk/

   

  

• Tonbridge pupils encounter some unusual animals!

  Thu 04 May 2017

  Today we have a company called "Amazing Animal Encounters" visiting our Tonbridge site.  They are introducing our primary children to some very unusual animals: a Tarantula, a Madagascan Cockroach (called Dorothy), a Giant Land Snail, a Pygmy Hedgehog (called Bramble), a Rabbit and a Skunk! 

   

  Each class is taking a turn to meet the animals, be told about them and have an opportunity to hold and/or touch them. Some of the children are very curious and haven't even hesitated in coming forward, some are being curious from a safe distance!  (Indeed the staff are responding the same way as the children - some keen, and some not so keen and all just quietly hoping the Skunk doesn't share its spray!)

   

   

   

  

• Work has started on Oakley's Nursery

  Tue 02 May 2017
  Following public consultation, Kent County Council has confirmed that from September 2017 Oakley School’s designation will change from ages 4-18 to ages 2-18.  We are therefore excited to report that work has, today, started on our new Nursery, on the Tunbridge Wells site.  Watch this space for more details and photographs as the work progresses!