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

• Children in Need - we raised.......

  Tue 21 Nov 2017

  As already reported, on Friday, 17th November, we threw ourselves into raising money for Children in Need. We had great fun raising money for such a worthwhile charity, a charity that we ourselves have been lucky enough to benefit from in the past.

   

  Our Tonbridge site raised £132.89 and our Tunbridge Wells site £223.07, which in total means we raised a very impressive £355.96.

   

  Thank you to everyone who supported the event and for their kind generosity.

  

• Children in Need

  Fri 17 Nov 2017
  Friday, 17th November is Children in Need day across the nation and we, at Oakley, are happy and proud to join in and help raise as much money as we can.  We had a fun packed day, with lots of different activities and treats.  It was a Non-Uniform day with us all wearing a combination of red, yellow, spotty, pudsey ears and pyjamas!  The highlight of the day on the Tunbridge Wells site was watching Sophie Rees, our Assistant Headteacher (who won by 'democratic' vote), get gunged!  She was such a great sport, and there were lots of squeals of delight when she started flicking her gunge at all the pupils and staff watching!  Thank you to everyone who organised and supported our fundraising, we will let you know how much money we raised as soon as we can.

  

• Once Upon a Time...

  Fri 17 Nov 2017

  Our current topic in Key Stage 2 is "Once Upon a Time" and to bring the topic to life, our Giraffe and Bear classes visited Bodiam Castle in Sussex on Tuesday, 14^th November.  Bodiam is one of our Oakley House Teams so it was especially relevant!

   

  The pupils had a lovely day out, exploring a real castle and they enjoyed a session called ‘A Knight’s Tale’ where they heard all about the life of a knight and got to try on some pieces of armour!

   

  Thank you to all the staff at Bodiam Castle for such a warm welcome and for making our visit so special.

  

• Wonderful, interactive story telling at our Tonbridge site

  Fri 17 Nov 2017
  On Tuesday, 7th November, our Key Stage 2 pupils were visited by a Story Teller which was a fantastic treat.  You can see from the photographs below just how much the pupils loved the interactive story telling experience. 

  

• A visit from Folly Wildlife Rescue

  Tue 14 Nov 2017

  On Monday, 13th November, Key Stage 3 pupils were visited by Adrian and Jess from Folly Wildlife Rescue. Adrian told the pupils lots of facts about hedgehogs. He told them that hedgehogs like to eat cat and dog food and they can have goats milk but not cows milk as it's too rich for them. They also like to eat scrambled egg!

   

  Hedgehogs have up to 5,000 spines and they sleep all winter. If you see an injured hedgehog or one out of hibernation you need to call Folly.

   

  They then put the hedgehog they'd brought with them on the floor and the pupils watched it move around, but they had to be really quiet so it came out of it's ball.

   

  The pupils were brilliant; they sat quietly and asked some really good questions. Everyone enjoyed learning about hedgehogs, a lot of our pupils had never seen one before and very few had seen one that close, so it was a great experience. Thank you to Adrian and Jess for their visit.

  

• Makaton Coffee Morning

  Fri 10 Nov 2017

  On Thursday, 9th November we ran a Makaton Coffee Morning for Oakley Parents and Carers. 

   

  Oakley is approved as a 'Makaton Friendly' School. The Makaton symbols and signs are just one of the speech and language tools we use to communicate with our children and young people.  

   

  Sharing what we do at School with our Parents and Carers is an important part of extending our children's learning and promoting skills for life and independence.  The Coffee Morning was a great success with some positive feedback and a clear indication that more Makaton courses would be very much appreciated by our families.

   

  "Really useful workshop.  I'm very grateful for all the information and handy tips."

   

  "Excellent course - lovely teacher".

   

  

• Halloween Disco

  Mon 06 Nov 2017

  On Thursday, 2nd November, Oakley School had its annual Halloween Disco on the Tunbridge Wells site.

   

  It was a huge success, with more pupils than ever choosing to dress up as zombies, witches, ghosts and ghouls.  Pupils were accompanied by parents and carers and in a lot of cases, by their equally scary looking siblings!  The DJ played a very popular mix of music which had everyone on the dance floor at some point in the evening.  

   

  Thank you to all the families for supporting the event and thank you to all the staff who helped out, it wouldn't have been possible without them.

  

• How to support your child's learning at home

  Thu 02 Nov 2017

  Today's parents and carers workshop 'How to support your child's learning at home' was not only popular with parents and carers of children from Nursery age to Further Education, but very successful.  Run by two of our highly experienced SEN teachers, who shared resources and ideas with everyone, and supported by Usborne Books, the feedback (see below) about the coffee morning style session was so positive, we are going to need to run another one!  Thank you to everyone involved for making it such a positive morning.  

   

  "Loved the selection of games and books and educational resources available - very inspirational."

   

  "It was helpful to meet other parents and talk about ideas to help our children."

   

  "It was useful to find out about all the different materials that could help my son learn in a fun way."

   

  "Great idea to have these sessions.  It's so helpful for parents to speak with staff and other parents and share ideas.  Thank you."