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Home / Community / Gallery / Archived Gallery 2017-2018

Archived Gallery 2017-2018

School Year 2017 – 2018

Brass Band Festival

Our final day of term ended with some entertainment from a brass band from Spain.  The children were clapping and dancing along.

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End of school year treat

What a great way to end the school year. Water war broke out at Oakley Cross with todays mammoth water fight!  Our summer behaviour treat erupted into a fight to the end! Children against children, children against adults, no prisoners were taken and most of all nobody stayed dry!

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Article 31: You have the right to play and rest.

July 2018

Class of 2018

We wish our year 6 children well as they leave us to enjoy their summer break before  beginning their new chapter in their education.

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Most improved readers  Summer Term

Well done to you all!

Time capsule

A few months ago  we were asked to create something to go into a ‘time capsule’.  We placed children’s work, photos and their thoughts about the school in 50 years time! We were asked to attend a special ceremony to place our Time Capsule inside the village phant, it will stay there for 50 years!

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Article 12: You have the right to an opinion.

July 2108

Teddy Bears picnic

Today was the day for a teddy bears picnic! Blossom, Beech and Pine Classes joined together and had a fab time playing with their teddies and friends.  We all sat inside for food just in case it rained.

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Article 31: We have the right tom play and rest.

July 2018

Oakley Cross Talent Show

Wow! Move over Britons got talents, Oakley Cross Talent show had everything and more! Simply fantastic.  There was a wide variety of acts from singing, dancing, hula hopping, animals noises to guitar playing!

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….. and the winners were FANTASTIC!

Summer Term most improved readers

Well done to our most improved readers for this term,  well done.  Everyone choose their own book to buy and enjoyed hot chocolate with marshmallows!

Ariticle 29: Your education should help you use and develop you talents and abilities.
July 2018

On Safari

Wow! This was the very first Key Stage 1 end of your performance and they were amazing! They went On Safari, a story about friendship, they used big loud voices and fantastic singing voices.  Well Done everyone!

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Article 29: Your education should help you use and develop your talents and abilities.

July 2018

First Aid workshops

In response to suggestions from our suggestion box children in years 2 – 6 received first aid training.  Thank you to St Johns Ambulance and The Go Group for organising the workshops.  Willow class have been leaning  what to do in an emergency and how to administer first aid with Mrs Geraty.  Eric from St Johns ambulance was very impressed with their knowledge!

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Years 4 and 6 enjoyed their first aid workshop, learning how to check an unconscious casualty, to put them in the recovery position and bandage wounds.

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Article 24: You have the right to the best health care possible.

July 2018

Sports Day

What an amazing sports day we had! the children took part in a carousel of activities followed by finals in skipping and running.  Red team won! But it was very close as always.

Big thankyou to the Spar for providing refreshments for the children.

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Article 29: Your education should help you use and develop your talents and abilities.
July 2018

EYFS Sports Day

Thankyou too all our parents and friends for joining us.  The sun shone and the children were fantastic.  The Red Team won but a great time was had by all!

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Article 29: Your education should help you use and develop your talents and abilities.

July 2018

Dinosaur Day

WOW! What a day.  Thankyou to Och and his team for coming in and giving us this opportunity.  The children spent time digging and discovering all sorts of fossils.

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And then…… We met some dinosaurs!

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Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education.

July 2018

The Great Get Together

A massive thankyou t everyone who joined.  It  was lovely to see so many faces.  Thankyou for all the suggestions you gave us, we will discuss with staff how we can implement your ideas.  We hope you found our visitors informative and that the information from your children about healthy packed lunches gave you some new ideas.

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Our children have been busy sketching self  portraits, which we have framed, for you too buy.

Article 24: You have the right to safe water to drink and nutritious food.

June 2018

Treasure Island

Another fantastic show from the drama club! Well done to all of the children,  Mr Robinson and Staff who were involved in the show.   For more photos click here.

Article 29: Your education should help you too use and develop your talents and abilities.

June 2018

Soccer Aid Playground Challenge

Today we filled our boots! Thankyou to everyone who helped us raise money for UNICEF’s ‘Soccer Aid’ …. the children took part in the football obstacle course!  The children enjoyed taking part in the obstacle course and showed good control and resilience and most importantly they all had fun!

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Article 27:  You have the right to food, clothing a safe place to live and to have your basic needs met.  You should not be disadvantaged so that you can’t d many of the things other kids can do.

June 2018

Healthy Eating Week

Sycamore Class made potato and sweetcorn fritters with Mrs Lowrie for an alternative healthy snack.

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Willow Class spent the morning cooking a healthy pasta sauce.  It was delicious! Some children even offered to cook for the whole school!

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Beech Class tried a healthy snack today, they had dippy eggs with brown bread soldiers. Everyone tried them and loved them and all are showing a good understanding of how to be healthy and why it is important.

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As part of healthy eating week, we tried some new healthy treats that we grew ourselves in our Oakley Garden! We tried home-grown radishes! Well done for trying new things.

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Article 24: you have the right to nutritious food and safe water to drink.

June 2018

Tennis festival

Well done to some of the children from Willow Class who took part in a tennis tournament at Bishop Barrington.  We played 5 games, winning 4 and only losing 1! Overall we came second.  Well done and a huge congratulations.

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Article 29: Your education should help you develop your talents and abilities.

June 2018

Edinburgh

Our visit to Edinburgh has been amazing, we loved Pizza Express, we really loved Wicked, breakfast was amazing, we had great fun just having fun! The Zoo was fantastic and we especially enjoyed hearing all about the monument to Greyfriars Bobby, the famous story of a loyal dog who sat next to his owner’s grave for years! He is a few more pictures from our trip to Edinburgh.

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We invaded Edinburgh castle!

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Hitting the streets!

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All aboard the Edinburgh express, is it lunchtime yet did I hear?

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Article 31: You have the right to play and rest

May 2018

Breakfast Club Launch

Our breakfast club is now sponsored by Greggs and the County Durham Housing Group and is therefore free for our children to attend.  We offer a variety of cereals, toast and fruit.  It is a good opportunity for our children to join in some games and meet up with friends before school. Come along and give it a try.

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Article 24: You have the right to safe water, nutritious food, a clean and safe environment.

May 2018

The Royal wedding

To celebrate The Royal Wedding, our fantastic cooks are cooking up a special wedding feast.  We asked everyone to come to school dressed in red, blue or white.

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Article 31: you have the right to play and rest

May 2018

Most improved readers

Well done to this terms most improved readers.  We all enjoyed our trip to Tesco to choose and buy their own books oh and not forgetting a cup of hot chocolate or tea.

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Ariticle 29: Your education should help you use and develop you talents and abilities.

April 2018

Skip 2B Fit

Everyone really enjoyed their sessions with Dave this morning, even parents and teachers joined in!  Everyone worked hard to do better than before, showing resilience  and a great attitude in trying to beat their scores. It was good fun! Watch out for more about Skip 2B Fit.

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Article 31: You have the right to play and rest.

March 2018

Tidy Ted

We had a visit from Tidy ted! Beech Class did some litter picking around the school.  They were brilliant and really helped to tidy up our school.

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Sycamore class took part in a clean litter activity

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Article 29: Education should promote respect for the environment

March 2018

Pollard and the Boar

Blossom, Beech and Pine classes enjoyed a story telling session this morning from Auckland Castle.  The knight Pollard and the Boar.  Everyone enjoyed this famous local story using the puppets to re-enact it.

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We made our own mitre hats, just like the Bishop of Durham in the story.

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Article 29: Your education should help you use and develop your talents and abilities.

March 2018

Easter Egg Competition

Every year children and parents get together to create a decorated egg.  This years entries were eggstra amazing!

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Article 30: You have the right to practice your own culture. langauge and religion.

March 2018

Sports Relief

A massive well done and thankyou to the children of Oakley Cross, we rasied £90!

We have really enjoyed Sports Relief this year.  Keys Stage 2 headed outside for a Sports relief workout!

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We raced Miss O’Neil and Mr Smith around the field, children won of course!

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Finished of with a nice cool down.

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Article 24: Children have the right to be healthy.

March 2018

Science Week

Everyone had fun this week,  it was science week! We LOVE science!  Sycamore investigated how far cars can be rolled and whether the contents of each makes a difference. Later in the week, they explored different ways to free a toy figure from a block of ice. Good investigations and interesting discussions.

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Article 29 : Education should develop a child’s talents and abilities.

March 2018

Famous place competition

Over the last few week, children have brought in their pictures of famous places or buildings.  We had Big Benn, The Golden Gate Bridge, The Great Pyramids, The Taj mahal and loads more.  Here are some of the children with their pictures, they are fab!  Everyone who entered won a pen, and there were loads more  prizes too.

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Article 29: Children have the right to learn about other places and cultures, and the right to develop their talents and abilities.

March 2018

Cross Country Event

we took part in a Cross Country event along with loads of other schools.  It was very soggy!  It didn’t dampen our efforts in any way.  24 children from Oakley Cross took part from years 3, 4 and 5.

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Article 31: You have the right to play and rest.

March 2018

World Book Day

Check out all the fab characters that came to school today!  We all had a great day between DEAR time, activities and games, jammed packed with reading fun!

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Beech and Pine Class had some amazing visitors today too! They had turtles, Batmen, Umpa Lumpas, Cats in Hats, Where’s Wally, Gansta Granny and loads more.

Article 31: You have the right to play and rest.

March 2018

Show Racism the Red Card

Year 6 had some special visitors today to  ‘Show Racism  the Red Card’ . Dean and Richard  played games and had discussions with year 6 all about racism and bullying.

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Article 31: Every child has the right to relax, play and take part in a wide range of cultural and artistic activities.

March 2018

 

Valentines Disco

Just a few Photos from an amazing fun night!

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Article 31: Every child has the right to relax, play and take part in a wide range of cultural and artistic activities.

February 2018

Mother’s Day

A few weeks ago we asked children if they would like to draw a special picture for their mum. It see these pictures please click Mother’s Day Pictures.

Snow Day!

We had great fun making snowmen, safe snowballing and making snow angels!

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Article 31: you have the right to play and rest

January 2018

Most Improved Readers

Well done to this terms most improved readers.  You have all been amazing.

Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education, you should be encouraged to go to school to the highest level you can.

December 2017

Christmas Carols

Thankyou to everyone for joining us in Carols round the tree.  Merry Christmas to you all!

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Snow white

We had a great time at the panto this year, it was as fantastic as always.

Article 31: You have the right to play and rest.

December 2017

Jack and The Beanstalk

This years christmas performance was amazing.  For a change we performed a traditional tale, with special effects!  The drama club and the whole school showed off their wonderful acting and singing skills.

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Article 29: Education must develop every child’s personality, talents and abilities to the full.

December 2017

Santa’s Visit

This time of year is always special and the children love it when we get a visit from Santa.  he always has a good chat with us and usually brings a pressie!

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Article 14: Every child has the right to think and believe what they want and to practise their religion.

December 2017

Christmas Fair

What a lovely festive day we had for our fair, it snowed! We thank everyone for braving the weather to come and see us and also to the stall holders, staff and to The  Friends of Oakley Cross  for helping to organise another successful event.

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The winner from the colouring competion:

Well done Girls!

November 2017

Dukeshouse Wood

What a great time everyone had this year at Dukeshouse Wood.  We had such busy days! We took part in Activities such as mini olympics, climbing wall, 3G swing, quad bikes, archery and the night line in the dark! We were yo from 7:30 until 10:30 finishing the evening with a campfire and toasted marshmallows, fab!

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Article 31: Every child has the right to relax, play and take part in a wide range artistic activities.

November 2017

Go Bright!

This friday we went bright for children in need and raised a whopping £167! Well done to everyone who paid £1 to  wear bright.

 

Article 26: You have the right to help if your are poor or you are in need.

November 2017

Remembrance Assembly

Well done to maple Class for delivering such a moving Remembrance Assembly this morning.  Thank you to everyone who came along to watch.

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Article 38: You have the right to freedom and protection from war.

November 2017

Anti-Bullying Week

Our Rights Respecting Ambassadors spent the morning at Evergreen Primary in preparation for anti-bullying week.  They had a great time.  They made delicious looking biscuits and were amazing representatives of our school.

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Aricle 31: Every child has the right to relax, play and take part in a wide range of artistic activities.

November 2017

Reading Hub Grand opening

We had an exciting morning in school as we had some very special visitors along to officially open our reading hub today. PCSO Bree, PCSO Atkinson, PC Graham, PC Irvin and PS Turner all joined us in assembly to talk about reading and their other interests with the children. They shared some of our stories and then PS Turner officially cut the ribbon and opened the reading hub for us. I am sure our children are going to have many hours of reading fun in our fantastic new hub. A huge thank you goes to Mrs Wilkinson and PCSO Bree for organising this visit.

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Article 28: Every child has the right to an education.

November 2017

Apple Bobbing!

This half terms treat was spookytastic!  Children choose from a choice of films and apple (and Pear) bobbing.  It was great fun and everyone had a great time.

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Article 31: You have the right to play and have fun

October 2017

Decorating Stones Competion

Well done to our decorated stones competion entries, they were all fab.  The winner won a box of crafty things.

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The winner!
The winner!

Article 29: Children have the right to develop their talents and abilities.

October 2017

Tuishi Pamoja

The amazing children of drama performed Tuishi Pamoja, a story about  friendship.  The story is set in Africa and features all kinds of animals.  There  was some amazing singing and acting.  Well done to you all!

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Article 29: Children have the right to develop their talents and abilities.

October 2017

Halloween

What a scare you gave us all! Everyone really enjoyed our night of spookiness.  Warning these picture might scare you!

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Article 31: You have the right to play and have fun

October 2017

Arty-Fact

The children enjoyed the visit of Arty-Fact theatre company who presented their maths filled show.

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Article 28: Right to an Education

October 2017

Harvest Festival

Thankyou to everyone who came to our Harvest Festival Assembly. We took all the donations of fruit, vegetables and groceries to The Well to share in the community.

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Article 27: You have the right to food

October 2017

Tag Rugby

Team Oakley took part in a tag rugby festival at Bishop Auckland Rugby Club.  They all had a great time playing against different schools.

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Article 29: Your education should help you use and develop your talents

October 2017

World Biggest Coffee Afternoon!

Thankyou for your support of this event this year.  Your generosity has helped raise £310.75 for Macmillan Cancer Support.  We hoped you enjoyed at the lovely treats made by children and parents as well as taking five minutes to relax and chat.

Our master baker this year was James’ Gran – congratulations on winning the Great Oakley Bake off.  in second place was Fynley and Freya’s mum and in third place Dalton’s mum.  Well done all!

Article 24: You have the right to the best health care

October 2017

 

 

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