The gallery is full of a wealth of photographs to give a real insight into the rich and varied experiences the children have in our school. Have a look at some of the wonderful things we have done in our school by selecting the links from the menu. You can also look at some of the more recent events below.
School Year 2021 – 2022
World Book Day
This year was World Book Day’s 25th Anniversary. We all made an extra special effort to dress up, as you will see in the photos. We celebrated by taking in part of lots of fun activities. We all especially liked walking down the Oakley cat walk.
March 2022
Spring Disco
We all enjoyed ourselves at the Spring Disco, it was lovely to see everyone enjoying themselves with the friends. Thankyou to everyone who came, helping us to raise £308 towards school funds.
February 2022
National Story Telling Week
We spent time during the week looking at traditional stories and sharing them with out peers and writing our own versions. We finished the week by wearing our pjs for bedtime story day. Maple class read bedtime stories to the younger children in the school, which they all loved, and no one fell asleep!
February 2022
Chinese New Year
To celebrate Chinses New Year, we opened the taster café, we had lots of tasty treats to try. We served vegetable chow mein, egg fried rice, prawn crackers and fortune cookies. There wasn’t many empty plates! Thanks to Tesco for their donations to the café.
February 2022
Christmas at Oakley Cross
We began our Christmas celebrations this year with a whole school nativity show. We have some fabulous actors and singers in our school. I hope you all enjoyed watching it as much as the children did performing.
Christmas Lunch
Christmas dinner day is always exciting and this year was no different, thankyou to our amazing cooks, it was delicious.
Mini Christmas Fayre
Such a busy day today, this morning we climbed aboard the Polar Express in our pjs of course and had enjoyed popcorn and hot chocolate. Then, after lunch we took turns to visit our mini winter fayre, there were games to play, lucky dips and name the bear.
Christmas parties
Everyone loves a Christmas party, so we made a day just for parties! We played games and danced all day! without a doubt the favourite game was trying to slide an After Eight mint from your nose to your mouth without touching it, give it go, its harder than you think!
December 2021
Children in Need
We all joined in with Joe Wicks this morning to raise money for children in Need. It was great fun we followed Joe’s lead, we did: press ups, planks, ankle spins and loads more, phew! We raised £126 for such a worthy cause, thankyou to every one for your kind donations.
November 2021
Judo Taster
Everyone enjoyed taking part in todays Judo taster session. It was great fun.
November 2021
Remembrance Day
Maple and Blossom Class visited the war memorial to plant crosses as a mark of respect to those from the village who lost their lives in past wars.
November 2021
Art Competition
This term children were challenged with sketching one of our beautiful birds. Well done to everyone who entered, it was a very difficult decision.
November 2021
Halloween Disco
What a fantastic Halloween Party we had. Dj Dixon and Dj Riley had the tunes ready to spin which got everybody moving. It was great to see everyone dressed up and having fun. Thankyou to Tesco for supplying hotdogs and bread buns.
October 2021
Children in Need
We all joined in with Joe Wicks this morning to raise money for Children in Need. It was great fun… and we raised £126 for such a worthy cause. Thankyou for all the kind the donations.
Article 24: You have the right to the best health care possible, safe water to drink and nutritious food.
Nov 2019
Harvest Assembly
Thankyou to everyone who came along to watch our Harvest Assembly, and also thankyou for your contributions to our harvest table. We will be donating them to The Well to help support the foodbank.
Article 30: You have the right to practice your own culture, language and religion
October 2021
International Day of Languages
A big thankyou to Maple Class for opening their French Café to celebrate international day of languages. We all had lots of tasty snacks from France to try. Thankyou to Greggs for supporting our French Café.
Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education
September 2021
School Year 2020 – 2021
Class of 2021
Goodbye Class of 2021 and good luck in your next adventure. Maple class held their own Award celebrations. Well done to everyone in Maple Class we all wish you well in your new schools, keep smiling and aim high at your new school.
Article 29: Your education should help you use and develop your talents and abilities
July 2021
RobinWood
What an amazing time we had at Robinwood. The children took part in some fun but challenging activities, many fears were conquered! We took part in team games, archery, 3 G swing, zip wire, raft building canoeing, knights quest, climbing wall to name just a few and the favourite by far was the Piranha Pool! Each day was started with a full English breakfast, a stop for lunch and dinner, and to finish the day hot chocolate and a biscuit or two. Here are just a few photos, but check out our facebook page for more photos and videos.
Article 29: Your education should help you use and develop your talents and abilities
July 2021
Archery Skills
Thankyou to Mr. White for coming to school today to teach us archery skills. Everyone had a really good day. it was a lot of fun.
Article 29: Your education should help you use and develop your talents and abilities
July 2021
Sports day
Sports day was a little different this year due to Covid restrictions. Each class had great fun taking part in a carousel of activities.
Article 29: Your education should help you use and develop your talents and abilities
July 2021
Peter Pan
A huge well done to the stars of Maple Class for their production of Peter Pan. They battled aeroplanes flying above, noisy birds and rain to bring the performance outside for the school and their parents. But the show went on and the cast were fantastic. A big thankyou for those parents who came along to watch the show and endure the rain as well. Here are just a few photos that were taken between the two shows.
Article 29: Your education should help you use and develop your talents and abilities
July 2021
Frisbee Fun
Sycamore and Maple classes really enjoyed the intra frisbee competition. They had lots of fun and learnt some new skills too!
Article 29: Your education should help you use and develop your talents and abilities
July 2021
Global Wellness day
We have been thinking about eating healthy for global wellness day. Pine Class have been using their cutting, grating and slicing skills to make a stripy salad. Willow Class made a delicious salsa!
Maple Class discussed what would be good for their wellbeing, some children chose to paint or draw whilst others chose their own physical activity.
Article 24: You have the right to the best health care possible, safe water to drink and nutritious food.
June 2021
Race for Life
What a fantastic day! We are so proud of our children, they have gone above and beyond to raise money for Cancer Research. Not only did our children run 1k or 2k, they made the decision to run even further!
Thankyou to everyone for their donations! We raised a massive £1,232.50 including gift aid. It is clear Cancer Research is a charity close to hearts of many in our community.
Article 29: Your education should help you use and develop your talents and abilities.
May 2021
Go Well Heart Project
We have been invited to take part in the Go Well Heart Project. The project focuses on helping to keep children fit and healthy by giving them resources and challenges to take part in each week. We randomly selected children to take part. The children have sent us some pictures of them taking part in the challenges.
Article 31: You have the right to play and rest
April 2021
Cricket
Willow and Sycamore Class have been practising the cricket skills with Lucy from All Stars. They have really worked hard and most of all had alot of fun!
Article 29: Your education should help you use and develop your talents and abilities
April 2021
Goodbye Mrs Brannan
To say goodbye to Mrs Brannan we began with a walking assembly! Children shared their favourite memories and read some lovely messages. I’m sure you will agree she’ll be a big miss. On our behalf of pupils and staff, past and present we want to thank Mrs Brannan for all she has done. Oakley Cross won’t be the same without her.
Treat Afternoon
We have had the most amazing treat afternoon! We had a visit from Pete at Circus Sensible, we learned some sensational circus skills! We have honed our hula hooping skills, tried our hands at juggling and even practised some gravity defying plate spinning tricks… check out these brilliant photos of the fun we ‘ve had for our Easter Treat! Oh.. and a visit from the ice-cream man!
Article 29: Your education should help you use and develop your talents and abilities
March 2021
Thankyou Tesco
Thankyou Tesco for supporting our breakfast club, and giving us some well received prizes for our Easter activities.
Easter Egg Hunt
We had loads of fun today taking part in our Easter Egg hunt. We had to follow and solve the clues to complete the secret word. The clues were hid in some funny places and took team work to find them.
Article 31: You have the right to play and rest.
March 2021
World Book Day
We love dressing up in Oakley Cross, and World Book Day makes it just more fun. Thankyou to parents who supported children with costumes, teachers and children looked fabulous!
Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education.
March 2021
Snow Sculptures
While we can’t do much in the snow, we challenged everyone to a snow building competition, here are some of the entries. Well done to everyone who joined in the fun!
Article 31: You have the right to play and rest
February 2021
Fun in the snow!
Willow class made the most of the snow today, practising their throwing skills!
While Sycamore class had fun making snowmen.
Article 31: You have the right to play and rest
February 2021
Christmas
Christmas is always good fun at Oakley Cross, and this year is no different, bring on the fun!!
We had parties, games and just fun!
Delicious school Christmas Lunch
Thanks to our school kitchen Elves, Sharon and Stacey, they cooked up a storm! The children and staff certainly enjoyed it!
Christmas Jumper day
How amazing do we all look! We raised over £70 for a good cause, thankyou for all your kind donations.
Article 31: You have the right to play and rest
December 2020
Remembrance Day
Maple Class visited the war memorial to pay their respects. They planted crosses the names of those local soldiers who lost their lives in past wars.
Article 30: You have the right to practice your own culture, language and religion
November 2020
Halloween
What a scary bunch we are! Everyone had great fun today taking part in lots of fun activities and Halloween treats.
Article 30: You have the right to practice your own culture, language and religion
October 2020
School Year 2019 – 2020
Art Gallery Challenge
During our time in lock down – the staff were challenged to recreate a famous work of art with only what they had at home. See what you think !
Valentines Disco
What a fabulous time everyone had at this years Valentines Disco, lots of laughing and dancing. It was wonderful seeing everyone enjoying themselves.
Article 31: You have the right to play and rest
February 2020
Safer Internet Week
Classes have been busy using their safe search skills to do some research, here is willow Class researching Thomas Edison.
Article 17: Children have the right to reliable information.
February 2020
Autumn Term Superstars
December 2020
Christmas 2020
Christmas is always a busy but fun time in school, take a look at a few things we got up to this year.
Panto time with Jack and the Beanstalk
We had a fantastic time, and even got to meet the cast!
Class Parties
Keystage 1
Keystage 2
Carol singing at Devonshire House
Maple class joined Blossom and Saplings singing carols and songs at Devonshire House.
Maple Class Carol singing
Christmas Fayre
Thankyou to everybody for supporting our Christmas Fayre, and a huge thankyou to Mrs Lowrie and the PTA for organising the event.
Article 30: You have the right to practice your own culture, language and religion –
November 2019
PJ and movie night
Another successful PJ and movie night. Everyone had a great time, thankyou to the PTA for their continued support.
Article 15: Every child has the right to meet with other children and play.
November 2019
Anti-bullying week
Evergreen joined our Rights Respecting Ambassadors this afternoon, joining in some fun activities. We all had a lovely afternoon.
Article 15: Every child has the right to meet with other children.
November 2019
The Key Master
Another fantastic performance from our drama club! Not only did they share their talent but they also shared some key messages about how to protect our future.
Article 29: Education should develop a child’s talents and abilities.
November 2019
Dukeshouse Wood
Everyone really enjoyed their stay at Dukeshouse Wood this year, once again the food was fantastic and the activities were enjoyed by everyone. Hope you enjoy the slide shows.
Day 3
We spent today problem solving and flying through the sky on the 3G swing.
Day 2
Another busy day, we’ve flown the sky on zip wires, played laser tag, giant twister, crawled through mud and abseiled. After tea took part in mini Olympics and team games, phew!
Day 1
We’ve had a fantastic afternoon at Dukeshouse Wood including an archery lesson, abseiling, orienteering following hot chocolate and toast before bed.
Article 31: Children have the right to play, rest and enjoy a range of activities.
November 2019
Children in Need
To celebrate children in need and the end of anti bullying week each class dressed in a different colour and cam together to make a rainbow flag to celebrate being proud of who we are!
Article 2 and 19
November 2019
Speak out, Stay safe!
The NSPCC came to visit KS1 and KS2 about how to keep themselves safe. Children spoke about worries and trusted adults they could talk to.
if children have any worries head to: https://childline.org.uk/kids for advice on how to support them.
Article 19: children have the right to be protected from all forms of abuse.
October 2019
Halloween Disco
Warning! These pictures may scare you! What a Spooktacular night we all had, the children had a frightfully good time.
Article 31: Children have the right to play, relax and enjoy a range of cultural activities.
October 2019
Pumpkin Carving Competition
A big thank you to the PTA and everyone at Oakley Cross for entering our school pumpkin competition. It was a hard decision but the winners were:
KS1 Emilia runners up were Libby, Artur and Chelena.
KS2 Layna runners up were Annabelle, James and Mary Beth.
Article 29: Education should develop a child’s talents and abilities.
October 2019
Pumpkins
Tesco delivered loads of pumpkins today ready for use to carve for our pumpkin competition. Thanks Tesco!
Article 29: education should develop children’s understanding of their own and other cultures.
October 2019
World Mental Health day
To celebrate we took part in the #BBCteachlesson on mindfulness and wellbeing. We thought about different feelings and tried techniques to support our wellbeing.
Article 23: every child has the right to the best possible health.
October 2019
Rights Respecting Ambassadors
Meet The Rights Respecting Ambassadors, they had their first meeting today and have big things planned! Watch out!
Article 15: every child has the right to meet with other children.
October 2019
Harvest Festival
Thankyou for coming along to this years Harvest Festival. Each class played a special part to celebrate this exciting time of year.
Thankyou to everyone for bringing donations of food which were taken to The Well to contribute to the foodbank.
Article 24: every child has the right to nutritious food.
October 2019
Macmillan Coffee Afternoon
Thankyou to everyone who came along to our MacMillan Coffee afternoon to raise funds for Cancer Care. Together we raised a fantastic £130!
A special mention to Dalton, who won our bake off competition with his very own recipe.
Article 24: every child has the right to the best possible health care.
September 2019
Judo
Many of our children enjoyed a judo taster session at school today. The children enjoyed being able to try out a new skill.
September 2019
Article 29: Education must develop every child’s personality, talents and abilities to the full.
Messy play
Messy play has come to Oakley Cross! why not pop along with your babies and toddlers. It is held on Tuesday mornings, contact school for more details.
