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

• Environmental Oakley replaces Trees

  Wed 05 Dec 2018

  Staff and pupils of Oakley School were keen to ensure that the trees that had to be cut down during the summer, to make space for our new classrooms, were replaced.

   

  Having put our heads together, we found the Woodland Trust Community Trees Scheme. We applied for a small copse pack, thirty trees to plant in our field and hopefully create another wildlife area at the back of the school.

   

  We were delighted that our application was successful!  

   

  Teams of pupils and staff have been busy planting and Oakley would like to say a huge thank you to the Woodland Trust for providing us with this amazing resource.

  

• Children in Need 2018 - update

  Thu 22 Nov 2018

  Thank you to everyone involved in the organising of Children in Need day and thank you to all our parents and carers for their support and donations. Together, from the gunge voting, cake sale and donations for wearing our pyjamas, we raised a fantastic £427.67 (compared to £355 last year). Well done everyone!

• Children in Need 2018

  Fri 16 Nov 2018
  Children in Need is one of our chosen charities for this year, so, as always, we threw ourselves into it whole heartedly!  Pupils and staff were invited to wear their pyjamas or a onesie into school for a donation of £1, we had a cake sale, pudsey art (pictured below), a Children in Need song and so much more.  The grand finale of the day was the gunging! We had asked members of staff to volunteer to be gunged and then over the past couple of weeks pupils have been voting (20p per vote) for their 'favourite' volunteer to be gunged!  This year's willing volunteer and gunging victim, with the most votes by a long way, was none other than Mr Gordon Tillman, Executive Head.  The photos below show just what a good sport he was, it's just a shame the photos don't capture the squeals of delight and laughter from our children and young people as they watched.  Thank you to everyone involved in the organising of the day and thank you to all our parents and carers for their support and donations, we will share the total amount raised as soon as we've finished collecting and counting. 

  

• Oakley's Spooktacular Halloween Disco

  Fri 02 Nov 2018
  The Halloween Disco is always a highlight in the annual school calendar and this year was no exception.  Thursday, 1st November saw Phase 2 and 3 pupils leave school as normal, in their school uniform, only to return a few hours later dressed as ghosts, witches, skeletons and even mystical unicorns!  Oh what a night and what a wonderful, family atmosphere, as everyone; pupils, siblings, parents, carers and staff danced the night away in our haunted (dining) hall. Thank you to everyone who came and made the evening such a great success for our children and young people.  

  

• BREAKING NEWS: Oakley School awarded GOLD for SMSC!

  Fri 19 Oct 2018
  On Wednesday, 17th October we had our assessment for the Spiritual, Moral, Social & Cultural (SMSC) National Quality Mark and we are delighted to share that Oakley School has been awarded the GOLD standard. If you listen to the week’s Radio Oakley show (under the News section of this website) you can hear the moment we found out and just how delighted we all are with this outcome. You can also read the Assessor’s report (which can be found on this website: Our School Community\Parents & Carers\SMSC).  The report is a wonderful reflection of how fantastic our children, young people and the staff team who support them, are. What a great ending to what has been a great term at Oakley School.  

  

• Harvest Festival

  Thu 11 Oct 2018
  Today, Thursday 11th October, we celebrated Harvest Festival in assembly on the Tunbridge Wells site. Reverend Rich Thomas from St. Phillips led the assembly. Rich is also one of our Governors and so a regular visitor to Oakley School and a familiar face to our children and young people. All donations for Harvest Festival will go to Nourish, the local food bank, which is one of our chosen charities this year. Thank you to all our parents, carers and members of staff for their kind and generous donations.

  

• Final instalment of the Year 6 adventure at Bore Place

  Tue 09 Oct 2018
  The pupils have loved their time at Bore Place. They all keep asking to stay another night! This morning they have been pond dipping (which they LOVED) and cooking apple crumble. Everyone back at school is looking forward to hearing all about it when they return to school this afternoon.

  

• The Next Instalment of the Year 6 adventure at Bore Place

  Tue 09 Oct 2018
  Everyone had a lovely evening. Lasagne and Eton mess for dinner and then they went on a bat walk. They had sound detectors which picked up when bats were near and they could see them flying around above them. The pupils then helped Tom make a campfire and toasted marshmallows. Everyone was asleep by 10pm-ish and there was only one child awake this morning at 7am!
  
   

  

• Update from the Year 6 pupils at Bore Place

  Mon 08 Oct 2018

  Everyone is having a lovely time. They have raked hay, harvested beetroot, squash, tomatoes and cucumber. They have peeled and cleaned onions, done some gardening, visited the farm and saw cows and calves (some were only hours old!). They have enjoyed snacking on lovely flapjack and played football in the fields at break time and are now baking bread to go with their dinner! The children are loving it and some have asked if they can stay all week! They are getting a little tired from all the activities so they are going to have some down time after baking and before dinner. Then after their lasagne it's time for a night walk looking for bats and a campfire (where they will be enjoying pop corn and marshmallows!).
   

  

• Phase 2 Residential - Bore Place

  Mon 08 Oct 2018

  Skills for Life and Independence is at the heart of everything we do at Oakley School.  We believe that providing our children and young people with opportunities away from home provides them with positive and challenging learning and social experiences in new environments. Our aim is to offer a variety of experiences and progression that help to develop our children and young people to extend their skills and promote their well-being, positive attitudes and self-confidence.

   

  And so, with that in mind, our Year 6 pupils headed off this morning, Monday 8th October to Bore Place.  They have had a lovely morning, hay raking and having a tour of the site.  This afternoon they have some play time and a visit to the farm!  Smiles all round so far, with one of the pupils saying "Oh I love it here!"