Spring is an exciting time on the farm with lambs coming into the world round the clock. Rotas of sleep-deprived students are carrying out late night or early morning vigils – as of Monday 17 March we have welcomed 27 new lambs!
A new Sussex X Ayrshire heifer calf called Holly has joined the Oathall family and new piglets are expected very soon.
A group of OCC students took part in a special workshop at Ardingly College yesterday, Sunday 2 March, with renowned composer Alexander L’Estrange.
Alexander’s Zimbe score is a fantastic fusion of traditional African songs and jazz music.
Our musical students will be joining hundreds of others from West Sussex on stage to perform it as part of the Big Sing showcase at the Ardingly ArtsFest in Haywards Heath.
The festival runs from Sunday 22 – Thursday 26 June 2014 and our performance of Zimbe will take place on Wednesday 25 June, find out more here.
Oathall Student Voice (OSV) will officially launch on Friday 28 February.
OSV is about working together to improve the school for everyone. It enables students to have their views about five key areas of school operations heard:
It offers a forum for students to ask direct questions to members of staff regarding an idea / issue that was raised in student councils. It also allows staff the opportunity to respond to the questions and / or formulate and share a plan of action to take the idea/ issue forward to the next stage.
The existing school council activities will feed into the work of Oathall’s new parliament; MPs will represent different portfolios and have a term to work on projects/ initiatives before reporting back at the next sitting of parliament.
Look out for more information and updates soon!
On Tuesday 28 January Oathall Community College entered two teams into an inclusive New Age Kurling Competition at St Wilf’s CE Primary School, Haywards Heath.
It was organised by Mid-Sussex Active, our local schools sports partnership.
The governors, staff and students of Oathall Community College would like to wish friends of our school a very happy and healthy new year.
2013 was a fantastic year for us, there were so many highlights, here are just a few…
If you missed the performance of A Christmas Carol last week or just want a reminder of this marvelous show you can see a selection of pictures taken on our Flickr pages or by clicking on this picture below.
Many thanks to everyone who bought raffle tickets, refreshments or entered the chocolate tombola.
We raised a fantastic sum of £2000!
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Former students and their families gathered in the school hall on the evening of Thursday 14 November for our annual GCSE certificate and award presentation evening.
Special guest Sir David Davies CBE presented the certificates and afterwards he gave a potted history of his varied career and an overview of his roles as President of the Royal Academy of Engineering and as a special advisor to the Ministry of Defence.
He finished with some words of advice about the future saying: “Think broadly and think long term about your futures. In all likelihood you will be working for the next 50 years, perhaps even longer. Things will change in your career and if you have the right skills and an open mind who knows where life will take you next.”
Following a two day Ofsted inspection in October, Oathall has been rated as ‘Good’ in every area.
Inspectors observed 52 lessons, met with students, teachers, senior leaders, the governing body and representatives from the local authority.
The final report published on Friday 8 November praised teaching standards, pupil behaviour and the school’s leadership and management.