August 2009
Prize-winning pupils at Oakwood School were honoured to be presented with their awards by the Olympic gold medallist Sally Gunnell at this year’s very successful Speech Day. The famous athlete kept parents, staff and pupils on the edges of their seats as she spoke about the four year journey that led to her amazing performance in Barcelona in 1992. Sally was delighted to help Oakwood celebrate an unprecedented year of academic excellence:...
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March 2009
The children from Oakwood's Little Oaks Nursery took at trip out to visit Staunton Country Park this week.
The absolutely loved their trip where they got to see and feed all the animals. There were lots of newly born baby animals which of course added to their enjoyment.
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February 2009
Oakwood was honoured to host the Watoto Children’s Choir from Uganda this week for a morning concert. The children, aged between 7 and 13 and all orphans looked after by the Watoto Childcare Ministeries, sang beautifully and passionately and some told the story of their life. Headmaster, Johnnie Kittermaster, was delighted to give the Oakwood pupils a glimpse of how different life can be for other children. “It’s important to... [more]
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January 2009
The children from Kindergarten visited the Minerva Theatre this week to see 'How Long is a piece of String?"The children thoroughly enjoyed their trip out.For more information about Oakwood School, please contact us [more]
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January 2009
The popular children's theatre company Quantum Theatre visited Oakwood today to delight both the Pre-Prep and Upper School with a production called "The Starry Messenger". As always, the educational show involved lots of audience participation!For more information about Oakwood School, please contact us [more]
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November 2008
Oakwood School was visited by the West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service today.The children in Kindergarten and Reception were given an in-sight into the service and what happens in an emergency by Carol Hart from the service.'Trying on the hats was great fun', commented one of the children! [more]
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October 2008
As part of the Year 2 World Warr II topic, they were treated to a fantastic workshop from the Rainbow Theatre Group.The children had a fantastic time getting very involved in the workshop and really understanding what it would have been like to be an evacuee.This was a great example of cross curricular learning. [more]
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July 2008
All term, each class in the Pre-Prep Department has been competing to see who could grow the biggest crop from 3 seed potatoes in buckets in the Stable courtyard. Maggie Haynes from Tuppenny Barn kindly came to adjudicate on the eagerly awaited Potato Day when each bucket was emptied out and the potatoes weighed and counted. Nursery won, with over 2 kg of splendid potatoes but everyone did very well and the competition was very... [more]
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February 2008
We were thrilled to welcome back Christine Bassadone, a former Oakwood pupil, and her team-mate Saskia Clark who are currently preparing to represent Great Britain in Beijing in the Ladies' 470 sailing class. The girls gave a fascinating and truly inspirational talk about their sport and about going to the Olympic Games. We are all looking forward to watching their progress in China and we wish them the very best of luck! [more]
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December 2006
Year 2 children at Oakwood School in Chichester were lucky enough to have a play and workshop afternooon today.The Rainbow Theatre were fabulous in dramatising the life of an evacuee. The children all got involved as well as learnt a lot.For more information, please contact us. [more]
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November 2006
Portsmouth Football Club Community coaches came to Oakwood School last week. Their lead coach, Paul Curran, started the day off with an assembly on healthy eating and the importance of hydration. Each year group, from 1 to 6, then had a 40 minute coaching session which included fun games and simple ball and football skills. The children really enjoyed their sessions and Paul commented on how fun and well behaved the Oakwood children... [more]
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October 2006
They say an apple a day keeps the doctor away, well there are 365 days in a year and the number of apples that Ganesh brought along to Oakwood on a sunny October morning far exceeded that number, although fair to say he left with many fewer. Watch out you Turner Prize finalists we are breathing our apply breath down your necks.For more information, please contact us. [more]