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

• Oakley wins Bronze Wilder Kent Award

  Tue 06 Sep 2022

  We are proud to announce that we have received a Bronze Certificate in the Kent Wildlife Trust Wilder Kent Awards 2022.

   

  This is a new award to us and our first year of entering.

   

  The judges particularly mentioned:

  • We like how you have created habitats for invertebrates through bug hotels and log piles.
  • We like how you promote a Meat Free Monday and teach children the importance of this.
  • We like how you have just created a new Forest School area and are pleased to hear this is already being used regularly for Forest School sessions.

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  We hope to take part in this again later this year.

  

• Celebrating the amazing habit in our grounds

  Fri 08 Jul 2022

  Every Phase 2 and 3 class has been pond dipping in Forest School this week and we have found some very exciting bugs.

   

  Dragonflies and dragonfly nymphs, pond skaters and pond snails, newts and water boatmen, water fleas and blood worms.

   

  It's been so interesting checking out the trays with magnifying glasses to identify everything and very exciting that we have such an amazing habitat in our grounds!

  

• Oakley's Big British Summer Fair - Saturday, 2nd July

  Mon 04 Jul 2022

  What a wonderful Summer Fair!  Our Fair was opened by the Deputy Mayor of Tunbridge Wells and his wife and we were also joined by a very special royal visitor!  It was lovely to see our school community together again enjoying the sunshine, music, dancing, pony rides, bouncy castle, ice creams - AMAZING! A huge Oakley THANK YOU to our PTA for all their hard work, to all our fantastic staff who came and supported and to all the local businesses and community organisations who supported on the day, made donations and gave us discounts - we couldn't have done it without you all.  UPDATE - we raised £3,600 which is A-MAZ-ING!

  

• Tunbridge Wells in Bloom 2022

  Fri 01 Jul 2022

  This morning we were visited by the Tunbridge Wells in Bloom judges.  Our pupils showed them around our grounds and talked to the judges, they were welcoming, friendly and so enthusiastic. The children knew the names of the vegetables and herbs in the garden and ad libbed by saying how amazing they thought everything looked!  We were immensely proud of each and every one of them.

   

  A huge THANK YOU to our Forest School Teacher for all her hard work and to all our Learning Support Assistants who have supported this year - we wouldn't have managed such a great looking garden without their contribution.

   

  Now we just wait for the results which will be announced in September - fingers crossed!

  

• Oakley success in the Soapbox Challenge

  Thu 30 Jun 2022

  On Saturday, 25th June Kingfisher Class entered a kart in the Tunbridge Wells Soapbox Race at Dunorlan Park.

   

  Having helped design and build the kart at Kent College (one of our ISSP partners), they also decorated it in preparation for the race.

   

  Cheered on by lots of Oakley staff and family members, they did amazingly well - winning 3rd place and a trophy for the best looking kart! We even got a mention in the local press!

   

  Super proud of the whole team who represented Oakley School and ISSP so passionately and enthusiastically.

   

   

  

• Oakley pupils harvesting their own vegetables!

  Wed 22 Jun 2022

  Although we have been eating carrots fresh from the soil all term, today Hawks class had the pleasure of harvesting our first potatoes.  They were out of the ground, washed cooked and eaten in 40 minutes with no food miles and just a little bit of butter.  The carrots we ate raw and were really happy with the size of some of them.  Some classes have also been trying peas straight from the pod and we spotted our first courgette this morning.  It's a very exciting time right now in the Oakley vegetable garden!!

  

• Growing our own produce

  Tue 07 Jun 2022

  Lots has been happening in our garden areas over half term, we have potatoes, peas and courgettes beginning to flower, the onions, shallots and garlic are continuing to grow and the beetroot is looking good.  Sweetcorn and pumpkin plants have been added and some strange  contraptions to try and prevent the rabbits and birds from getting to the plants.  The strawberry plants are getting ready to fruit and we are hoping to have some crops ready before the end of term.

  

• Oakley School celebrates the Queen's Platinum Jubilee

  Fri 27 May 2022

  Our pupils have had a wonderful last day of term, learning all about and celebrating the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, with the whole school decorated in and wearing Red, White and Blue!

  

• Happy Earth Day!

  Fri 22 Apr 2022

  Today is Earth Day and the theme this year is Invest in Our Planet.  To celebrate and do our part for the planet this week pupils have been working in the garden clearing weeds and preparing beds for planting. Some pupils have been clearing nettles and working to get our compost bins ready to use again. Others have been watering the 22 trees and saplings that we planted last term in celebration of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.  Such a great way to support our School and the earth!

  

• Improving our outdoor learning space

  Thu 21 Apr 2022

  Our wonderful volunteers from the Kent High Weald Partnership have been back in school today, cutting back the brambles on our Tunbridge Wells site.  They are planning to clear as much as they can, then drop some seed bombs and cover them over in the hope they grow.  They are also clearing around the pond. A lot of hard work in the current sunshine.  Thank you so much to everyone involved.