Oakwood Friday Flyer 6th June

We have extended the entry deadline for this year's Oakwood Charity Photography Competition. 

Please send in your pictures by next Monday 9th June to Mrs Jackson - ljackson@oakwoodschool.co.uk.

Please see below a poster with details of this year's Competition. Entry is £3 which is added to school bills, with all proceeds going towards our two school charities.

Very much chanelling one of our school charities, The Rainbow Centre, the theme this year is Rainbow Flowers.

Pre-Prep 1st, 2nd and 3rd places, and Prep School 1st, 2nd and 3rd place will receive a photography badge and a special achievement certificate. The overall competition winner receives the Oakwood Photography Cup at the end of term final assembly in July.

Good luck to all entrants!

Monday 9th June

• Athletics: U9 & U10 Junior County Trials @ Hurstpierpoint College, 11am-6pm: Good luck to those Y4 and Y5 children who are representing Oakwood at the first Athletics Meet of the season. Please note the late return time to Oakwood of 6pm. Spectators are welcome at Hurstpierpoint, so please let Miss Halford know if you wish to collect your child from the venue.
• Reception Squirrels Forest School Experience Afternoon: A reminder that children will need a set of clothes suitable for the current weather (no shorts please) as well as a sunhat.
• Education & Safeguarding Governor Committee Meeting, Heritage Room, 4pm.

Tuesday 10th June

• Library Parent & Child Morning Drop-In Session, 8-8.15am: Please access the Library via the rear door/porch of the main house.
• Year 2 Trip to Arundel Castle: Next Tuesday, Year 2 will be visiting Arundel Castle to complement their recent topic work. Children should wear their school uniform, including blazers. We are hoping for good weather, so coats may not be needed. They should also bring a small rucksack in which to carry their packed lunch, provided by the catering team, and their full named water bottles.
• Year 4 Invaders and Settlers Dress-Up Day: As a finale to the Year 4 Humanities topic this term, Portals to the Past are visiting Oakwood next Tuesday to lead a day of fun workshops to allow Year 4 pupils to experience life in Saxon England and a Viking Invasion. Children are invited to come to school in topic-appropriate dress-up for the day; please refer to the Parentmail letter for costume ideas easily created at home.

Wednesday 11th June

• WHOLE SCHOOL PHOTO at 9am - Rescheduled date: Next Wednesday at 9am, weather permitting, we will be taking our whole school photograph.  Please could all children from Reception to Year 6 ensure that they have their blazers in school.  Reception to Year 5 children should be in summer dresses or shorts and green polo shirts.  Year 6 should wear a summer dress or white shirt and tie. Nursery and Kindergarten children should wear their Oakwood hoodie if they have one.  If your Nursery or Kindergarten child does not normally attend on a Wednesday, you are most welcome to bring them in for the photograph.  Please bring them to the back of the main house by 8.55am where we will invite parents to wait outside the Heritage Room until after the photograph has been taken.  We anticipate that you will be able to collect your child around 9.15am.
• New Reception Children Stay & Play in Kindergarten, 9.45-11am: This event is for families who are new to Oakwood only.
• Cathedral Evensong for Year 4 and adult choir, 1.40-6.15pm: Our Year 4 Junior Choir have been busy rehearsing for Evensong at Chichester Cathedral on Wednesday next week.  Evensong is a public worship service and all are welcome to attend. The service starts at 5.30pm, but please arrive in good time if you wish to attend this service. Children attending the service will be taken to the Cathedral during the course of the afternoon for rehearsals and will remain there until the start of the service.  Parents should collect their children at the end of the service at 6.15pm.
• Y5 & Y6 Fixtures: Senior Inter-House Cricket - please note this is an internal sports event for pupils only, no spectators.
• Y3/Y4 Forest School Club - possible cancellation: We are sorry that Mrs Hall is unable to run her Forest School Club next Wednesday 11th June. We are in the process of finding a member of staff to cover the club next week, but should this not go ahead, we will update parents by Parentmail and supervision will be available in Prep if needed and the cost of the club will be adjusted to reflect the reduced number of sessions.
• Parent Netball with Kirsty Evans: 7.30pm on front courts.

Thursday 12th June

• Library Parent & Child Morning Drop-In Session, 8-8.15am: Please access the Library via the rear door/porch of the main house.
• Y3 & Y4 Fixtures – please check SOCS for further information:
  Boys Cricket: U9 v Boundary Oak (Home) 2-4.15pm
  Girls Cricket: U9 v Seaford College (AWAY): 2-4.30pm
  Girls Cricket: U8 v Seaford College* (AWAY): 2-4.30pm  *please check SOCS for teams
  Girls Cricket: U8 v Aldro* (AWAY): 2.15-4.45pm  *please check SOCS for teams
  Boys Cricket: U8 v Prebendal & Kingscourt (Home): 2-4.15pm

Friday 13th June

• Year 5 Assembly Presentation, Lyne Hall, 8.35am: Friday’s Assembly will be led by Year 5 with a focus on their recent Residential Trip. Parents of Year 5 children, musicians and Star Badge Winners are welcome to join us in the Lyne Hall for assembly at 8.35am.  Refreshments for parents will be available afterwards in the Heritage Room.
• Athletics: U11 Senior County Trials @ K2 Crawley, 10am-6pm: Good luck to those children who are representing Oakwood at the Senior County Trials at the K2 Stadium in Crawley. Please can children arrive at Oakwood from 7.30am for a prompt 7.45am departure. Please note the late return time to Oakwood of 6pm. Spectators are welcome at Crawley, so please let Miss Halford know if you wish to collect your child from the venue.
• Mini Orchestra Rehearsal at Morning Break: Please can children remember instruments as it’s nearly their first performance!!
• Groovy Grandparents Afternoon, 1.30-4pm: We look forward to welcoming grandparents (or a significant older adult) to our Groovy Grandparents Afternoon next Friday. Please see the next section for further information about the event.
• Year 3-5 Speech & Drama Promenade Show in the Woods, 5pm & 5.30pm: We look forward to welcoming families to watch Year 3-5 Speech & Drama Pupils perform their Promenade Show ' Forest Fables' in the Oakwood Woods next Friday evening. Please see the next section for further information about the event. A reminder please to parents of children performing - please can all costumes be in school by end of the day Monday 9th June, thank you.

Saturday 14th June

• Oakwood Summer Fair, 11am-1pm: please see information below for further details about this event.
• Oakwood Charity Colour Run, 1.30-2.30pm: please see information below for further details about this event.

Groovy Grandparents’ Afternoon, Friday 13th June, 1.30pm - 4.00pm (please note the slightly earlier start time)

We look forward to welcoming grandparents (or a significant older adult in your children's lives) to an afternoon at Oakwood next Friday. 

• Please complete the Groovy Grandparents Form to advise us if your child/ren will have a relative attending the event.
• On this occasion, it is politely requested that parents do not attend, there are many events for parents and this afternoon has been set aside specifically for grandparents.
• Due to the space available in classrooms we ask that a maximum of two grandparents join us for the afternoon.
• Grandparents will have the opportunity to visit their grandchild/ren and take part in an activity. Members of staff will ensure that grandparents are guided to the correct areas of the school for these sessions.
• Where grandparents have more than two grandchildren to visit, we will be asking them to ‘divide and conquer’ visiting up to two grandchildren each rather than all of them.
• All pupils will be involved in an activity regardless of grandparent attendance.
• Children who do not usually attend on a Friday should arrive at school at 1.30pm with either their grandparent or parent and make their way directly to Nursery or Kindergarten as appropriate.

Pre-Prep Timings

• 1.30pm: Grandparents of Pre-Prep grandchildren (Nursery to Year 2) arrive and meet in Pre-Prep playground.
• 1.35-2.30pm: Grandparents will be directed to classrooms for activities with their grandchildren.
• 2.30-3.15pm: Grandparents of Pre-Prep grandchildren (Nursery to Year 2) make their way to the back of the Heritage Room for afternoon tea. Pre-Prep Grandparents with Prep School grandchildren will be escorted to Prep School classrooms at 3.15pm.

Prep School Timings

• 2.30pm - 3.15pm: Grandparents of Prep School only grandchildren (Year 3 to Year 6) are welcome to join us for afternoon tea on the back lawn before visiting classrooms/activities.
• 3.15pm - 4.00pm: Grandparents of Prep School grandchildren visit classrooms/involved in activities.
   

Year 3-5 Speech & Drama 'Forest Fables' Promenade Show in the Woods, Friday 13th June, 5pm & 5.30pm  

Parents are invited to ‘promenade’ around the Oakwood Woods, which will be clearly signed and manned by staff to guide you along the trail. The children will perform in several locations in the woods. To enable us to manage numbers we ask that if your last name starts with the letters A-J you attend the 5pm performances and K-Z the 5.30pm performances. 

On arrival, please make your way to the entrance to the woodland area, where there will be colourful bunting on the fence and there you will be met by staff to guide you through the woods. All of the children will be ready for collection at the end of the second set of performances which we anticipate will finish by 6.30pm. We ask you to collect your child/children from the Drama studio (behind the Lyne Hall).

Weather permitting, we invite you to bring your own picnic and rugs/chairs. We will all meet on the lawns outside the Heritage Room after the performances to enjoy picnics and the company of other families. The event should finish around 7.30pm.

Pupils who are performing will be supervised by staff after school and they will be offered a light tea. Unfortunately, pupils who normally attend Pathway Football will not be able to do so on this occasion.

Oakwood Summer Fair and Charity Colour Run, Saturday 14th June - please see below

We hope to see many of our Oakwood families at the Summer Fair and Charity Colour Run next Saturday. Please invite your friends!

Oakwood Charity Colour Run - FAMILY SIGN-UP
If you would like to take part, [lease sign up to the Oakwood Charity Colour Run, using the form below. This 'Oakwood First' promises to be a fun way to finish off the day after the Summer Fair.

 Oakwood Charity Colour Run Sign Up

 Oakwood Colour Run - Information Sheet

The end of term Oakwood Summer Party is nearly upon us and we hope those who are attending are looking forward to celebrating the end of term at the event. Thank you to the Year 2 Party Committee who are working hard to put together a fabulous evening. For further information please visit the super page on our website dedicated to the party: https://www.oakwoodschool.co.uk/summer-party 

To book your tickets to come, please book here: Summer Party Ticket Booking

Please remember to book babysitters and carriages for the evening!

IAPS Swimming Finals tomorrow!
Good luck to Bertie and Dylan who are representing Oakwood at the IAPS Nationals Swimming Finals at the London Aquatics Centre tomorrow. What a wonderful opportunity for them to swim at the Olympic Pool! We look forward to hearing how the boys geet on next week.

Weekly Fixtures Stars of the Week
Well done to our cricket super stars, who all performed brilliantly in their fixtures this week.

Year 5 Cricket: Isaac, Sam, Molly and Rosie.
Year 4 Cricket: fixtures cancelled due to poor weather.
Year 3 Cricket: fixtures cancelled due to poor weather.

A reminder that all Sports Fixtures are available to view for your Prep School Child in their SOCS calendars. Spectators are welcome at fixtures, and Match teas are served in the Heritage Room for parents of players.

SOCS Oakwood Parents Link

Oakwood Big Charity Stonepillow Sleepout - Well done and thanks!
Well done to everyone who took part in our BIG CHARITY STONEPILLOW SLEEPOUT at Oakwood on Friday 23rd May. We are delighted to announce that we have raised nearly £4000 for the charity, with huge thanks to all who donated to support those who slept in cardboard shelters. 

If anyone still wishes to make a donation in recognition of the efforts made by those who slept out, please see below for our dedicated Just Giving page for 2025:
 Oakwood Big Charity Sleepout JustGiving Page

Niamh's St Wilfrid's Hospice Moonlight 10 mile walk
One of our pupils is fundraising by taking part in the St Wilfrid's Hospice Moonlight walk, and has decided to challenge herself to attempt the 10 mile distance event, after completing the 5 mile walk last year. Should anyone wish to support her with this super challenge, please see below for her dedicated JustGiving page. Good luck Niamh!

https://www.justgiving.com/page/niamh-10miles

Pink Pub to the Arctic Circle Memorial Challenge
One of our previous pupils, Rocco Callander, is taking part in a memorial event with 16 other members of the football club he attends, to raise money for two children's charities, The Sussex Snowdrop Trust and Children on the Edge, following the sudden loss of a friend and member of the club. Please see the link below to find out more about the challenge they are undertaking in August this year, which they are self-funding, and to donate to their cause should you wish. Good luck to all the members later in the year.

https://www.givengain.com/project/pinkpub2ac

Our two school charities for this academic year 2024-25 are The Rainbow Centre and Save the Children. These two charities will be the focus of school fundraising initiatives during this year, in addition to our ongoing fundraising for FOO (Friends of Oakwood).

If your child has any fundraising ideas for these charities, please complete the form below, or contact our Charity Coordinator, Mrs Annelise King - aking@oakwoodschool.co.uk

School Charity Fundraising Ideas Form

Upcoming charity fundraising events for the Summer Term

1. Oakwood Summer Fair and Charity Colour Run, Saturday 14th June
2. Pupil Led Charity Selling Afternoon, Friday 27th June

The Little Green Shop is our pre-loved uniform shop, run by Oakwood Parent Volunteers. Reuse, Recycle and Relove!

Current opening hours: Monday 8.30am-9am and Friday 8.30am-9am

• We are delighted to receive items of uniform for resale.
• Labelled, donated items are sold with 75% returning to the seller and 25% to FOO funds.  If any unlabelled items are left at the shop it will be assumed that these are a donation to FOO.
• PDF or hard copies of the T&Cs, uniform labels and master lists are available from the school office and in the Parent Section of this website.

Little Green Shop - Items suitable for donation/selling

• In order to streamline the stock in the Little Green Shop, going forward the parent volunteers will be focusing on stocking just branded and Oakwood specific uniform items.
• As such, we will no longer be accepting donations of generic and non-uniform items. This includes white shirts, grey shorts and trousers, base layer skins (tops and bottoms), tights, ankle socks and shoes.
• We are grateful for donations already received, but thank you for your future support with just donating Oakwood specific uniform going forward.
• A reminder that we do have an Astra clothing and shoes recycling bin by the Year 4 classrooms which does generate money for the school's Green Team budget should you have any generic items to recycle.

Prep School Zippies: The traditional Prep School zippies are being phased out so there are no longer replacements avilable to purchase. We will gradually be moving over to the Oakwood Bookbags with handy shoulder strap, which are available to purchase from Perry Uniform.

Perry Uniform Oakwood Bookbag link