Edition No 34 22/23, June 2023
Congratulations to Year 6 pupils and staff for their incredible efforts making Enterprise Day a huge success, and thank you to all the parents and friends who came to the big sale at the end of the day to purchase some of the fantastic items. Total sales were:-
TOTAL INCOME RAISED £1,238.21 !!
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Year 5 enjoyed a wonderful trip to Longleat on Thursday 15th June
Volunteers from Bath Astronomers made their second visit of the year to Oakfield. Thanks to glorious clear skies, pupils and staff from across the Academy were able to safely observe the structure of the sun, mind blowing solar flares, and sun spots using the 4 solar telescopes. Pupils in Y7/8 STEM Club also had a lesson on using spectroscopy to analyse the chemical make up of the sun and the work of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin by splitting light into rainbows. Simon & Roger were very impressed with the calibre of questions asked by some of our pupils several of which had them stumped and were to a degree level equivalent! Are there some future Astronomy PhD pupils at Oakfield perhaps?
Fraser Portraits have now put the Year 8 Leavers group compilation online for parents to view and order. To view the print, please log in with the following details:- www.orderphotos.co.uk and use the following proof card id 0000589832A239Z5E
If you have any queries please contact Fraser Portraits on 01202 692433. Thank you.
On Wednesday 14th June, our Flexible Learning Group visited Longleat Park as special guests of Frome Rotary Club—it was a marvellous day.
Thank you to all the Year 7 parents who sent us amazing emails and letters stating what a wonderful time their child had at Charterhouse.
The weather was wonderful and staff and pupils found the whole experience absolutely fantastic.
A fabulous week of memories was created for Year 8 pupils last week when they visited tourist spots around Paris and took part in activities in the chateau, like making crepes!
Baillie in 8N went to work with his mum who works at Bristol Rovers Football Club.
Baillie helped answer emails and saw how a DBS was carried out and how the Club save that information. Bayley also helped update the reminder calendar of when they need to be renewed. He spoke with one of the players and the CEO and asked them questions. He had a full tour of the stadium and held the Watney Cup from 1972.
Pupils in 7A put a great deal of effort into a recent History project studying Medieval times. Pictured are Emily and Maddie with a ride that they created for a Medieval Theme Park.
Well done girls—great work. History Teacher, Mrs Gardener was both delighted and impressed.
SPORTS DAYS 2023
Yrs 5/6 Thursday 29th June
(1.00 - 2.45pm)
Yrs 7/8 Friday 30th June
(1.50—3.00pm)
Parents welcome to watch. Enter the academy via the red gates where we will be waiting to welcome you and direct you to the field.
YEAR FIVE POETRY SLAM COMPETITION
Congratulations to all Year 5 pupils who took part in this week’s Poetry Slam semi finals.
The grand final will take place on Tuesday 11th July at 6pm in the Hall.
Parents of finalists will be invited nearer the time to attend.
To Chickenhouse Books, FROME for their very generous donation of books and bookmarks which are prizes for the Year 5 Poetry Slam Competition.
Emily Farr and Maddie Harris from 7A
Congratulations to our Year Five Poetry Slam Finalists.
This term the Y7 girls have played several games of Rounders. On Wed 7th June we hosted Selwood Academy at home. There was some great hitting enabling us to score some brilliant Rounders and in field we took several great catches and showed excellent decision-making to field into bases to stump players out. We won the game 6 -3 ½. Special mention to Lilja Macleay for being named ‘Player of the match’ and to Milly Humphreys for some fantastic bowling.
On Wed 21st June after a hot walk up to Selwood Academy, we took part in a Y7 Rounders tournament against other local schools. Unfortunately the girls looked tired in our first match against Selwood and they took the win on this occasion. Hannah Puleston was named as the ‘Player of the match’. Our second match against Fairland ‘A’ team we batted more confidently and made better decisions in field and lost by ½ a rounder. Final score Oakfield 7 to Fairlands ‘A’ 7 ½ . Luna Psa-Treadway was named as our ‘Player of the match’. By our final match against Fairlands ‘B’ the girls had got used to the heat and perfomed superbly – great hitting in bat and great teamwork in field led to a win of 5 ½ - 4 ½ . Lily Vicary was named as ‘Player of the match’. A great effort by all the girls involved – Lily Shirvell, Maddie Harris, Hannah Puleston, Faye Chapman, Niamh Webster, Luna Psa-Treadway, Ruby Madge, Lily Vicary and Lilja Macleay.
Summer Holidays 2023
24 Jul Unifom for sale (9am-3pm)
4 Sep Uniform for sale (9am-3pm)
4 & 5 Sep INSET Days
6 Sep Term 1, pupils return
6 Sep New Yr 5 Photograph Day
YEAR EIGHT SCHOOL MEALS
Kindly note that from Friday 30th June Year 8 pupils will not be allowed to go overdrawn on their school meal accounts. The catering staff will not be able to serve them if this is the case and you will need to provide them with a lunch. Please kindly top up your child’s account to ensure there are sufficient funds to last until the end of term. THANK YOU.
Congratulations to Leon Brooks in Year 8 who took part in TAKE YOUR CHILD TO WORK DAY and spent the day with his dad as a delivery driver.
Here are some of the wonderful crafts that our Flexible Learning Group created during Activities Week.
