Oakley Church of England Combined School
Love, Honesty, Respect
Oakley Church of England Combined School
Love, Honesty, Respect
Latest News
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Animal Artwork
Mon 04 May 2020Take a look at our gallery, under the 'Children' tab, to see some fantastic artwork created by our children last week under the expert guidance of Miss Schonert. Here's just one. Perhaps some of our children could have a go at home and send them in for our gallery.
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Lab Coats for Stoke Mandeville Hospial
Mon 27 Apr 2020Thank you to those who answered the request from Buckinghamshire Council for lab coats. These have been delivered to Stoke Mandeville Hospital today where I am sure they will be put to good use. -
People That Help Us
Fri 17 Apr 2020This week our children have been thinking about the people who are helping us in different ways, especially at the moment. As the children in school have key worker parents most of them thought about the ways their parents were contributing.
Do take a few minutes to stop and look at the lovely display on the front gate thanking all the key workers helping to keep us safe and well.
Perhaps our children at home could make a similar picture and display it in their front window for the community to see. Please send copies to the office and I will add them to the photo roll.
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Oakley School's Rainbow
Fri 10 Apr 2020Our children have created this beautiful rainbow to brighten up our reception area. Please take a look as you walk past. Do give me a wave in the office too.
With very best wishes to all our families and the wider community.
Keep safe, fit and well.
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Note to our Families from Mrs Witton
Thu 26 Mar 2020Good afternoon and I hope everyone is well.
The first week of school closure seems to have gone as well as we could have hoped. I would like to say a big thank you to Oakley’s teachers for preparing work for children both in and out of school. This is a new challenge for us and the teachers have presented learning opportunities quite creatively and differently. This will obviously take time to perfect so please bear with us until we are able to purchase better recording equipment other than our phones! We have decided to use the website and email as our main teaching and learning platforms and I hope you have been able to access this easily.
We also must applaud our parents who are doing a sterling job teaching their children at home although I have had to laugh at photos and messages on social media that suggests parents will find a cure for COVID-19 before the scientists do! The emails the office and teaching staff have received show that the children and their parents are beginning to settle into more of a routine at home and it has been great to see photos of the children at work. Teachers are beginning to make weekly phone calls to parents and to talk to the children to ensure they can access the work set. Hopefully this will bring some normality to the children’s lives although apparently you could hear the shock of some children when they realised their teacher wanted to speak to them! Well done to all of our parents and thank you.
The children of key workers who have joined us this week have been an absolute delight- it’s been like having our own little family although we are missing everyone else. The children, like those at home, have spent 1.5 to 2 hours focusing on the same school work as the children have at home. This has been supplemented by some serious digging in the mud kitchen and reweaving of the willow amongst other activities. This afternoon’s activity consisted of a science lesson which dissolved (scientific term!) into a choreography session to ‘Dancing Queen’ led by Emily D- Mrs Courtney and Miss Schonert are now exhausted!
We are thinking of you all, stay safe and enjoy the sun.
The Oakley Team.
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Note to our families 26.03.20
Thu 26 Mar 2020Good afternoon and I hope everyone is well.
The first week of school closure seems to have gone as well as we could have hoped. I would like to say a big thank you to Oakley’s teachers for preparing work for children both in and out of school. This is a new challenge for us and the teachers have presented learning opportunities quite creatively and differently. This will obviously take time to perfect so please bear with us until we are able to purchase better recording equipment other than our phones! We have decided to use the website and email as our main teaching and learning platforms and I hope you have been able to access this easily.
We also must applaud our parents who are doing a sterling job teaching their children at home although I have had to laugh at photos and messages on social media that suggests parents will find a cure for COVID-19 before the scientists do! The emails the office and teaching staff have received show that the children and their parents are beginning to settle into more of a routine at home and it has been great to see photos of the children at work. Teachers are beginning to make weekly phone calls to parents and to talk to the children to ensure they can access the work set. Hopefully this will bring some normality to the children’s lives although apparently you could hear the shock of some children when they realised their teacher wanted to speak to them! Well done to all of our parents and thank you.
The children of key workers who have joined us this week have been an absolute delight- it’s been like having our own little family although we are missing everyone else. The children, like those at home, have spent 1.5 to 2 hours focusing on the same school work as the children have at home. This has been supplemented by some serious digging in the mud kitchen and reweaving of the willow amongst other activities. This afternoon’s activity consisted of a science lesson which dissolved (scientific term!) into a choreography session to ‘Dancing Queen’ led by Emily D- Mrs Courtney and Miss Schonert are now exhausted!
We are thinking of you all, stay safe and enjoy the sun.
The Oakley Team.
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Note to our families 26.03.20
Thu 26 Mar 2020Good afternoon and I hope everyone is well.
The first week of school closure seems to have gone as well as we could have hoped. I would like to say a big thank you to Oakley’s teachers for preparing work for children both in and out of school. This is a new challenge for us and the teachers have presented learning opportunities quite creatively and differently. This will obviously take time to perfect so please bear with us until we are able to purchase better recording equipment other than our phones! We have decided to use the website and email as our main teaching and learning platforms and I hope you have been able to access this easily.
We also must applaud our parents who are doing a sterling job teaching their children at home although I have had to laugh at photos and messages on social media that suggests parents will find a cure for COVID-19 before the scientists do! The emails the office and teaching staff have received show that the children and their parents are beginning to settle into more of a routine at home and it has been great to see photos of the children at work. Teachers are beginning to make weekly phone calls to parents and to talk to the children to ensure they can access the work set. Hopefully this will bring some normality to the children’s lives although apparently you could hear the shock of some children when they realised their teacher wanted to speak to them! Well done to all of our parents and thank you.
The children of key workers who have joined us this week have been an absolute delight- it’s been like having our own little family although we are missing everyone else. The children, like those at home, have spent 1.5 to 2 hours focusing on the same school work as the children have at home. This has been supplemented by some serious digging in the mud kitchen and reweaving of the willow amongst other activities. This afternoon’s activity consisted of a science lesson which dissolved (scientific term!) into a choreography session to ‘Dancing Queen’ led by Emily D- Mrs Courtney and Miss Schonert are now exhausted!
We are thinking of you all, stay safe and enjoy the sun.
The Oakley Team.
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Note to our families 26.03.20
Thu 26 Mar 2020Good afternoon and I hope everyone is well.
The first week of school closure seems to have gone as well as we could have hoped. I would like to say a big thank you to Oakley’s teachers for preparing work for children both in and out of school. This is a new challenge for us and the teachers have presented learning opportunities quite creatively and differently. This will obviously take time to perfect so please bear with us until we are able to purchase better recording equipment other than our phones! We have decided to use the website and email as our main teaching and learning platforms and I hope you have been able to access this easily.
We also must applaud our parents who are doing a sterling job teaching their children at home although I have had to laugh at photos and messages on social media that suggests parents will find a cure for COVID-19 before the scientists do! The emails the office and teaching staff have received show that the children and their parents are beginning to settle into more of a routine at home and it has been great to see photos of the children at work. Teachers are beginning to make weekly phone calls to parents and to talk to the children to ensure they can access the work set. Hopefully this will bring some normality to the children’s lives although apparently you could hear the shock of some children when they realised their teacher wanted to speak to them! Well done to all of our parents and thank you.
The children of key workers who have joined us this week have been an absolute delight- it’s been like having our own little family although we are missing everyone else. The children, like those at home, have spent 1.5 to 2 hours focusing on the same school work as the children have at home. This has been supplemented by some serious digging in the mud kitchen and reweaving of the willow amongst other activities. This afternoon’s activity consisted of a science lesson which dissolved (scientific term!) into a choreography session to ‘Dancing Queen’ led by Emily D- Mrs Courtney and Miss Schonert are now exhausted!
We are thinking of you all, stay safe and enjoy the sun.
The Oakley Team.
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Stay at Home Guidance for Households
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Robins Class Visit to the Living Rainforest
Fri 13 Mar 2020On Thursday 12th March Robins visited Living Rainforest near Newbury.
We have been learning about where tropical rainforests are located in the world and studying the plants and animals. We had time to explore as well as an amazing tour by the guide who taught us all about how plants and animals have adapted to live in the different layers of this unique environment. We saw waterproof leaves, camouflaged animals and some with the most amazing colours, either because of their diet or as a warning of danger. The children learned so many facts they could recall back at school and all of them commented on how hot and sweaty it was there! It really brought to life everything they have been learning and of course a quick run in the park at lunch time caused a great deal of excitement, where they made me very proud by being so caring and considerate of a mum and her little boy. She was so impressed she thanked us several times. What great ambassadors of our school they were!
