Year 7 are raising money for their chosen charity by staging an ‘Oathall’s Got Talent’ show. The show is being held on 18 June in the drama studio between 4.30 and 6.30pm. Tickets are on sale now for £1 from room 84 at tutor time. All proceeds raised will go to Chailey Heritage School.
Students from Oathall recently took part in the annual Central Mid-Sussex Schools Gifted & Talented festival. The event is in its third year and each year goes from strength to strength.
Workshops and activities were offered in a range of subjects such as maths, creative writing, poetry, science, ICT and philosophy as well as creative arts including pottery, sewing and textiles.
Oathall students were winners in Art and Poetry categories with a number of other students being runners up or being highly commended by the judges. A list of winners can be found on the Central Mid Sussex Schools website.
The response from the children who took part in the festival has been extremely positive, with almost 90% rating the activities in which they took part as either good or brilliant. Many children were particularly enthusiastic about having had the opportunity to learn news skills whilst working with, and making friends with, children from other schools.
You can see photos of some of our successful students on our Flickr pages.
GCSE Business and Communication students recently paid a fact-finding visit to Caffyns VW showroom in Haywards Heath. Caffyns’ Regional Director, Mr Patrick Conway, answered students’ questions about the communication systems that the business employs to contact existing and potential customers. Students will be writing a business report on these communication systems for the controlled assessment element of their GCSE. The visit got the coursework off to a roaring start. Now there’s only 15 hours of classroom graft left to get to the chequered flag!
Y10 Geography students visited Alfriston in East Sussex last week as part of their GCSE studies. Students have been studying tourism and in particular ‘honeypot sites’.
On a hot, sunny, day students visited the pretty village of Alfriston. Situated in the South Downs National Park, Alfriston is renowned for its historical buildings and beauty and is subsequently a popular destination for tourists. Students spent the day gathering data for their GCSE controlled assessment, they surveyed traffic, measured pollution and interviewed visitors and residents.
This information will form part of students GCSE examination.
Class of 2014 Oathall students received graduation certificates in front of family, friends and representatives from the local community at the first ever Oathall Graduation Evening on Thursday 8 May.
Mr Wright, Year leader created the ‘Oathall Challenge’ scheme for students in his year group to provide a way of celebrating and recognising students who showed commitment to the core values of the college, above and beyond academic achievement. To succeed at the challenge, students through years 10 and 11 had to demonstrate acceptable levels of punctuality, attendance and behaviour as well as taking part in activities such as prefecting, mentoring younger students, helping out at school events and organising their own charity function.
The keynote speaker at the event was Mr Peter Waterfield, British Diver and Olympic Silver medallist 2004. Addressing the audience he gave an inspiring speech about dedication to the task and personal achievement. Afterwards he said:
“I am simply amazed at how committed the students here are; taking part in and leading extra-curricular activities and in supporting their school.”
Last Chance today to see the 2014 GCSE Art & Photography exhibition showcases the work of students completing their Art & Photography GCSE’s.
Parents, students and our local community are invited to visit Oathall today before 2pm to view our exhibition and appreciate the impressive range of talent and creativity demonstrated in the works on display.
The exhibition features final exam pieces along with sketchbooks, coursework, sculpture, paintings and photographs undertaken over the two years of the course. The theme for this year’s work was ‘Texture’ for those students studying art and for students taking photography the themes were ‘Disguise’ and ‘Street Photography’. A selection of photographs of the exhibition can be seen on the Oathall Flickr site
Current and former Oathall students and their families were present at the annual Duke of Edinburgh awards ceremony at Oathall last week. The evening celebrated the achievements of some 80 young people who had gained their Award at Bronze or Silver level.
Kate Hall, North Sussex Duke of Edinburgh Coordinator spoke about the award and presented the successful students with their certificates. Also speaking on the night were former Oathall students, Holly Maunders and Shannon Mactaggart, both of whom went on to achieve their Gold Award after leaving Oathall. They spoke about the experience and encouraged the students present to attempt the Gold. (more…)
Our music department are planning a world-musical extravaganza in the school hall on Saturday 5 April.
Our jazz band and choir will be performing latin, swing, calypso and tango inspired numbers in what promises to be a foot tapping, heart pumping, hip swinging show!
The concert has even attracted media attention!
Our school will be supporting Sport Relief on Friday 21 March 2014.
In return for a donation all OCC students can come to school for the day in their own clothes (not fancy dress).
Students in Years 7, 8 and 9 will also be taking part in a fun run round the school fields; the dress code for this year’s run is anything beginning with the letter S or R so we want to see lots of sparkly, red, riotous, striped or spotty costumes for this fantastic cause!