Merry Christmas from the nurses and the therapy base. Enjoy your holidays!
Category Archives: NEWS
Christmas Show 15th Dec.
Oaklands School Christmas Show on Thursday the 15th of December at 10am. We are really looking forward to sharing our Christmas Crackers with you.
There will be enterprise products and teas and coffees after the show and also the chance to meet the Parent Council.
See you there!
Care Inspectorate report
We had an unannounced visit from the Care Inspectorate in October and have recently received the final report.
Two areas were graded, we received Excellent for ‘Care and Support’ and Very Good for ‘Quality of Environment’. Please see final report attached.
MOVE PROGRAMME
On the 29th of November Oaklands School was reapproved as a Centre of Excellence!
We are so proud of our children and young people and our dedicated staff team. Watch a trailer of the video that was played at the re-evaluation event.
Christmas Shopping Trip to John Lewis
A group of pupils from class 2 and 3 were invited to go on a very special Christmas shopping trip in John Lewis last week. We were greeted at the door by our friends from John Lewis including Markie the dog who was so pleased to see us! We had a wander around looking at the colourful decorations, listening to Christmas tunes and smelling delicious festive smells. We even met Buster the boxer and his furry friends! Together, we chose three decorations to hang on our Christmas tree back at school. We were then given the chance to choose our favourite toy or game that we got to take home with us. The whole trip was lots of festive fun!
November Newsletter
Our latest newsletter is now available in the section POLICIES AND DOCUMENTS
Give it some welly for The Yard!
The Yard is a purpose built indoor and outdoor adventure playground for children and young people with disabilities.
The Yard has been celebrating its 30th anniversary this November. Oaklands School joined in and celebrated this special event. Give it some welly for The Yard was a success in our school. During the special assembly on Friday the 18th of November, all pupils enjoyed a few welly themed activities. They played a find out what’s in the welly game and after that sensory activity we did a welly wang in the primary and secondary playground areas to see who could throw a welly the farthest.
The pupils from S1/S2 worked hard visiting the whole school to collect all the money from our friends.
We raised a total of £85.54!
A fantastic effort by everyone. Thank you very much and well done!
Remembrance assembly
The learners at Oaklands school held a special assembly on the 11th of November. Each class made a wreath to create a school remembrance display. We held a two minute silence to remember those who have been injured or killed while serving their country.
Swimming Gala at Braidburn School
We have had a fun and exciting inter school swimming gala!!!
TEAM OAKLANDS took part in a swimming gala at Braidburn School.
Teams from Oaklands, Braidburn and St Crispin’s had a fun morning with several races and then a fun swim. Cameron Orr, Ben Holmes, Liam Finlayson, Alzhara Maka and Maddie Shanley all represented the school at this event.
This was a brilliant day and a great achievement for all taking part.
SQA Star Awards
On Friday the 11th of November staff from Oaklands School attended the SQA Star Awards at The Assembly rooms on behalf of former pupil Gregor Downie.
Gregor had been nominated in the School Candidate of the Year Category for his exceptional work in the Senior Phase at Oaklands School. Gregor obtained 19 National Qualification units and awards in a wide range of subjects in levels 1, 2 and 3.
Gregor received a highly commended award at the event along with a lovely prize and trophy. The SQA annual Star Awards are a unique way to celebrate success, triumph, achievement and recognition of the best in education and training. Behind every success story lies motivation and commitment, pride and self-esteem and, of course, a lot of hard work. The SQA want to reward excellence by both individuals and establishments, across all sectors of education and training.
A massive well done to Gregor, his family and all the staff who worked with Gregor throughout his years at Oaklands and we wish him continued success for the future.
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