Have a look at some of our wonderful young people taking part in the YMI Arts Award. The full video clip can be accessed here.
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Outdoor Learning Week
We love learning outdoors at Oaklands all year round. May is especially fun, as every year we celebrate all things outdoors with our Outdoor Learning Week. This year it was Carnival themed as we linked in with the local West Pilton Community Festival. We had so much fun! We had visiting dancers, a maypole, tie dying, drumming, colourful spray painting in the woods, stories and more. Best of all, we had a whole school Carnival Parade with a visiting musician, Jed, who led us all in some high energy drumming and dancing through the woods.
Welcome to Oaklands! Take a look around with our video tour.
Have you ever wanted to come and have a look around Oaklands School? Well now’s your chance. Have a look at this video for a whistle stop tour of our fabulous rooms, resources and outdoor spaces.
Wishing you a Merry Christmas from everyone at Oaklands!
A festive offering to make you smile from the pupils and staff at Oaklands.
Bhangras and Mash Up
Aspen Class worked together with Drake Music Scotland to create this musical mash-up masterpiece!
Bake Sale and Tuck Shop
We are hosting a bake sale and tuck shop on Monday morning 10-11am to raise money for Toilet Twinning. All welcome! If you would like your young person to buy something, send them in with some coins. It will be a social event with the opportunity to sit down and have a cuppa and a natter. Looking forward to some yummy cakes!
Sport Scotland Award Winners!
We are absolutely delighted to have won this year’s School Sport Award. We couldn’t be prouder of our young people who showed off their many and varied sporting talents when Sport Scotland visited our school. Have a look at the video to see some of their amazing talents in action.
Not only did we win the award, but we were also invited to the star-studded award ceremony in Glasgow which was a fabulous night out. One of our secondary pupils, Euan, represented Oaklands at the event. He looked extremely smart in his kilt and even made it into school the next day to tell us all about it. We’d also like to say a special thanks to our Sports Coach, Sharon Humble, whose hard work and incredible energy is the driving force behind this incredible achievement.
Well done Team Oaklands!
The holidays are nearly here!
Remember that school is closed for two weeks for the Easter break. We finish on Friday 31st March and return on Monday 17th April.
If your young person needs a little help understanding why school is closed, there is a social story below that you can download and print out for use at home. You can tick off the days on the calendar at the end.
Eco-tastic!
The pupil Eco group have been hard at work this term carrying out our 3rd Environmental Review. This has involved investigating all areas of the school to see how we’re doing as part of our mission to become a greener school. The Eco reps have been checking out the classrooms and school grounds, investigating how well we are doing in areas such as biodiversity, waste and sustainability. We hope to soon have our new Action Plan ready so that we can start working towards our 3rd Green Flag.
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