Congratulations to Ellie Smith (6A) who’s story ‘Space Lamb’ has been shortlisted in the Burnham Book Festival writing competition. Her work has now been passed to their professional judges for their final decision, which will be announced at Burnham Book Festival, on the 21st May.
Good luck Ellie !!
Congratulations to ACORN, our academy dog who celebrated her third birthday this week. Pictured are some of the birthday cards she received !
Sadly our Bikeability training booked for the 4th/5th May has had to be postponed. We will advise as soon as we have been offered new dates.
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Edition No 27 22/23 April 2023
I would like to offer congratulations to all in 6S who took the time over Easter to participate in the Anderson Shelter competition. There was an outstanding field of shelters built which had taken in to account their learning in history as well as some incredible creativity demonstrated. Some of the materials used to build the shelters were outstanding!
Congratulations to Bronwen and Ruben who were worthy winners due to their extra efforts and taking the time to construct some wonderful models. Well done!
Mr Reynolds
Achievement Awards & Houses
Corrected termly merit badges for accumulated achievement points at the end of last term have now been awarded. Pupils are encouraged to aim high to reach the next tier for July's end of year award.
Bronze = 75 achievement points
Silver = 150 Gold = 300 Platinum = 600
Along with individual recognition, these are totalled as house points for the highly coveted termly and annual awards. Your child's house is identified by their tutor group initial.
5,6,7,8 ACORNS Tutor Group House Names
A Aspiring
C Creative
O Outstanding
R Resilient
N Noble
S Successful
eg 5A, 6A, 7A & 8A are all in our Aspiring house
Year 7 & 8 Exams Week
Week commencing Monday 15th May
Kindly note the following information:-
The Canteen will not be open at break time during this week.
Please ensure pupils bring a water bottle with them to the exam.
Examinations will be taking place in English, Maths, Geography, History and Science.
Exams will take place between 8.45am 12.15pm
Normal lessons will take place during lessons 4 and 5.
GOOD LUCK EVERYBODY!
YEAR 7 MENDIP NETBALL TOURNAMENT
After 2 terms of commitment and hard work, a team of Year 7 pupils represented Oakfield at The Year 7 Mendip Netball Tournament. Oakfield Academy hosted the tournament with 4 other schools coming to play.
The weather wasn't Spring like which made the task much more difficult for all. The team did Oakfield proud and continued on until the rain became torrential, so the last game was abandoned. Despite the rain, the team scored lots of goals. They lost their first match to Selwood 2-5, then had a 1-1 draw with Fairlands but ended on a high with a 7-3 win against Crispin. The Year 7 team came 3rd overall on goal difference.
It was great experience for all and something to build on next year. The team deserve huge congratulations - Maddie Harris, Freya Long, Ruby Madge, Lily Shirvell, Tillie-Rose Smith, Luna Psa-Treadway, Lily Vicary, Niamh Webster, and Yolanda Welsh. MISS PULLEN
Congratulations to Nancy Lyall from 5N who is the first pupil in Year 5 to be awarded their Gold Badge!
If your child has false nails fitted during the holidays—please kindly ensure they are removed before they come back to school—they are not allowed in school under any circumstances. Thank you.
ATTENTION YEARS SIX, SEVEN AND EIGHT
Following the recent school photograph day, the deadline for placing orders with free postage is Tuesday 2nd May. Thank you.
Sadly our team's basketball journey is over for this season, losing 22-6 .
We came up against a very strong Clifton high school team who play together at club level and we're effectively the next level up in terms of experience.
All of our pupils have made tremendous progress this year and to compete so well against such a strong team shows what strides they have made. With Frome now starting a basketball team, our players will hopefully continue to enjoy the game as they leave us in the summer.
CORONATION CELEBRATIONS
Friday
As
Celebrations we are expecting some feathered visitors to meet each year group. Please contact your child’s Tutor if you envisage a problem with this and we can make alternative arrangements for your child if necessary. Thank you.
We are very grateful.
4 May SEND Coffee Afternoon 2.30-3pm 5 May Coronation celebrations
May Coronation Bank Holiday
9 May Yr 6 SATS Week
15 May KS3 Exams Week
May 5 6 7 8 “S” Cake Sale 24 May Yr 5 Stonehenge Trip (5C and 5N)
29 May Half Term Holidays 6 Jun Yr 8 visit Bath Uni w/c 12 Jun Activities Week 12 Jun Frome Town Council’s Great Big Green Week w/c12 Jun Yr 7 Charterhouse Trips w/c 12 Jun Yr 8 Trip to France 12,13, Jun Yr 6 Braeside Trips 14 Jun Nurture Group visit Longleat 14 Jun Yr 8 visit Airhop 15 Jun Yr 5 Summer Trip to Longleat 22 Jun SEND Coffee Afternoon 2.30-3pm 29 Jun KS2 Sports Day 30 Jun KS3 Sports Day 3 Jul Welcome Evening 5 Jul Transfer Day 12 Jul Twelfth Night performance 13 Jul Twelfth Night performance 14 Jul Twelfth Night performance 17 Jul Yr 8 Presentation Evening 20 Jul Yr 8 Leavers Trip 21 Jul Last day of Term (close 2pm) Summer Holidays 2023 24 Jul Unifom for sale (9am-3pm) 4 Sep Uniform for sale (9am-3pm) 6 Sep Term 1, pupils return 6 Sep New Yr 5 Photograph Day
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5th May 2023
part of our Coronation
breakfasts.
An enormous thank you to our friends at Sainsbury’s who have very kindly donated breakfast items to our SATS
