Oakwood School
Oakwood Prep School, Chichester, West Sussex
Oakwood Preparatory School,
Chichester,
West Sussex,
PO18 9AN,
Tel: 01243 575209
World Book Day at Oakwood
March 2008Captain Hook took charge at Oakwood School today, ably assisted by Wonder Woman and a team of Oompa Loompas, as staff and pupils celebrated World Book Day by dressing as their favourite fictional characters. Plenty of Harry Potters and Horrid Henrys were in evidence, along with Mary Poppins and Bert the chimney sweep! The children also learnt and recited their favourite poems in a wonderful competition which was expertly judged by celebrated... [more]
Oakwood celebrates Chinese New Year!
February 2008Oakwood School welcomed the Year of the Rat in splendid style today. Class 4F started off with a wonderful Assembly all about the traditions of Chinese New Year and then the Pre-Prep department spent the morning making lanterns, trying to eat rice and noodles with chopsticks, creating wonderful dragons and dressing up. Every classroom was wonderfully decorated and we all enjoyed our Oriental day! [more]
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Oakwood Choir success in Choir of the Year competition!
January 2008
The Oakwood School Choir has reached the semi-finals of the prestigious BBC Choir of the Year competition! Rehearsals are in full swing for the next stage of the contest which takes place in Warwick on 8th March. The pupils are very excited and looking forward to wowing the judges with their rendition of "Feelin' Good" and "May it Be".Oakwood Head of Music Jo Wardroper is very proud of her talented singers and is pleased that... [more] -
Year 5 Singing Day at Lancing College
September 2007
The Year 5 pupils from Oakwood School spent the day at Lancing College.The children spent the day with 7 other Preparatory Schools, learning songs that they later performed in the day to a group of gathered parents.A fun day was had by all and the children sang beautifully and behaved immaculately. [more] -
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
July 2007
From the nostalgic opening number, sung so delightfully by Georgiana Osborn, I knew that we were, to quote Mr. Kittermaster, “in for a treat”.The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is an ambitious production with its scenes rapidly changing from the wardrobe to Narnia, but this was overcome by slick scene changes from the black clad staff who melted, with the possible exception of a certain white crowning glory, into the... [more] -
100% Speech and Drama Success for Oakwood School
June 2007
28 girls and boys from Oakwood School in Chichester took part in the LAMDA Speech and Drama exams this term and all the children passed with a flurry of fantastic marks. Children from both the Pre Prep and Upper School attend Speech and Drama lessons and the youngest of the children taking the exams was just 6 years old. The exams taken ranged from Preparatory Verse and Prose to Verse and Prose Grade 3.Drama is being introduced to the curriculum... [more] -
Year 3, 4 & 5 concert
May 2007
The children from Oakwood performed brilliantly at the concert last night. Children from Years 3, 4 and 5 took part in the evening event and they were all a credit to the school.The confidence and ability of the children shone through making the concert a very enjoyable evening.Well done to everyone who took part. [more] -
Oakwood Keeps the Dream Alive
May 2007
Oakwood School have entered a choir in to the BBC Search for Joseph Choir competition.The children are simply fabulous and deserve to win the competition!Please vote for the School at www.josephchoirsearch.co.uk/choirs/967Thank you!For more information about Oakwood School, please contact us. [more] -
Pre-Prep Spring concert
March 2007
The children from Oakwood School were enchanting this morning. They all performed with confidence at the Spring Concert and there weren't many dry eyes in the audience by the end of the event.There was poetry and singing as well as children playing the recorder and guitar.Thank you for Mrs Easson, Head of Pre-Prep at Oakwood, for organising such a lovely event.For more information please contact us. [more] -
Years 5 & 6 Musical Evening
March 2007
Pupils from Oakwood School performed brilliantly in their end of term musical concert.There was something for everyone, including recorders, guitars, trumpets, a clarinet, the mini orchestra and singing. There were many highlights of the evening but the funniest performance of the evening was the song 'Barbie' sung by 'The Group'.A great night was enjoyed by all and the choir performed their winning song from the Chichester Festival, 'Feeling... [more] -
Chichester Festival - Choir Competition Success
March 2007
The Oakwood School choir was triumphant in the Chichester Festival competition today. The fifty strong choir, comprised of children in the Upper School, performed superbly and won 1st prize.The judge commented that they had chosen two challenging pieces but that the children had performed with passion, conviction and confidence. The Oakwood choir was awarded the grade of 'Outstanding' and have been invited to perform at the Grand Finale on 1st... [more] -
Chichester Music Festival Winners
February 2007
Well done to the winners from Oakwood school who picked up some trophy's at last weekends Chichester Music Festival in West Sussex.The standard of entry was very high but the children from Oakwood Preparatory School shone through with their fantastic musical talent.Well done everyone!For more information, please contact us. [more] -
Speech Festival Fever!
February 2007
The children at Oakwood Preparatory School performed with amazing confidence this weekend, at the Chichester Speech Festival in West Sussex.Many of the cups were won by Oakwood School pupils, all of whom gave polished performances. Well done everyone - you made the school and your parents very proud.Speech Festival ResultsPoem Age 71st Ella Small2nd Georgina YeomansJoint 3rd Mia Oldham & Georgia HastingsPoem Age 81st Arabella BarwickPoem Age... [more] -
Oakwood children sing on Spirit FM!
December 2006
The Oakwood Preparatory School children will be singing on Spirit FM on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.Listen in between 7 and 8pm on Christmas Eve and 1 and 2pm on Christmas Day, and hopefully you will hear our children sing.For more information, please contact us. [more] -
The Oakwood School Christmas Nativity Plays
December 2006
What wonderful performances we were treated to this morning at the Oakwood School nativity plays.The Sleepy Shepherd and The Gigantic Star plays were fabulous and all the children were so confident in their roles.There were not many dry eyes in the audience.For more information, please contact us. [more] -
The Oakwood Christmas Nativity Plays - more photos...
December 2006
More photos of the gorgeous children performing this years Oakwood School nativity plays.For more information, please contact us. [more] -
The Oakwood Christmas Nativity Plays
December 2006
The Sleepy Shepherd and the Gigantic Star plays were absolutely fantastic.The children were adorable and the performances were so professional.There weren't many dry eyes in the audience. What a great start to Christmas.For more information about Oakwood School, please contact us. [more] -
Panto Season at Oakwood School
December 2006
The Panto came to Oakwood School today - Oh no it didn't.......!The children loved the higly interactive performance of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by the Rainbow Theatre Company.Great fun was had by all.For more information, please contact us. [more] -
Recording Stars
November 2006
All the children at Oakwood School in Chichester recorded a song for the Oakwood Christmas CD. The day was fantastic and all the children performed brilliantly. Everyone sang their hearts out and the result is a total masterpiece. Well done everyone!For more information, please contact us. [more] -
Eco Friendly Quantum Theatre for Science
November 2006
At the beginning of October the Quantum Theatre for Science visited the school to perform “Destination Earth”, a play which covered environmental and pollution issues.It illustrated the potential disasters that could occur on Earth if man does not take responsibility for his actions. The terms biodegradable and non-biodegradable were introduced and problems of land-fill tips, acid rain, the ozone layer and greenhouse effect... [more]
