Members of staff from the Lloyds banking group made short work of a list of jobs on the in-service day on Thursday 4th May. They were weeding, sweeping, tidying, cutting back and generally getting our playgrounds ready for use in the term ahead.

Here you can see the group in a photo having made short work of painting the soft top area in the secondary playground. The good news is that they will be back again on the 19th of May to complete more tasks in our playground and millennium wood area.

A huge ‘thank you’ to the Lloyds Banking Group.

Class 3 had a fabulous outing to Dynamic Earth. We were able to explore the exhibits using all our senses. We travelled back in time to the beginning of the Earth and experienced volcanoes, icebergs, exotic creatures and much more. Lunch was fun too as we ate next to another school group who sang lots of songs that kept us entertained. It was a beautiful sunny day and we had a stroll around the building and visited the ice cream van.

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A couple of weeks ago S1/S2 went to the Riverside Museum in Glasgow (Scotland’s museum of transport and travel). During the trip they learnt about Transport and Travel which is their main theme for this term. Some of the pupils also went inside the tall ship which was built in 1896 on the River Clyde.

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Throughout the year at Oaklands School we hold a range of assemblies where pupils and staff are involved in either religious observation or are given time for reflection. There are 4 such scheduled events in our school calendar. These are for Easter, Christmas, Harvest and Remembrance Day. Other religious observations/times fo r reflection may be added throughout the year and parents will be informed of any additional dates in advance.

Parents and young people can opt out of any religious observance assemblies and/or time for reflection assemblies and other curricular activities will be provided at that time. This information will be shared with parents on an annual basis via the School Website.

Provision of Religious Observance and Time for Reflection in Oaklands School is now available in the section POLICIES AND DOCUMENTS

Class 4 needs hundreds of plastic bottles to restore the greenhouse in Oaklands School. We are looking for 2 litres plastic bottles, either green or transparent. All the bottles should have a cilindric shape (see photo). Please help us to get all these bottles as soon as possible. Families, staff, friends, partners, anyone… send us your bottles!

Thank you.

The theme of national MOVE day 2017 is Holiday so we decided to turn Oaklands School into a beach resort where we can all enjoy and experience the sights, sounds and activities that are part of a seaside holiday. These include beach games, rock pools, bucket and spade, flying kites, fishing and many more. Of course there will also be an ice-cream parlour.

The MOVE programme is an activity based programme which uses the combined knowledge of education, therapy and the family to teach children with significant mobility problems the skills of sitting, standing, walking and transferring, to the very best of their ability. As a result, the MOVE programme gives these children the opportunity to take greater control of their lives, leading to opportunities to make choices and increased, and highly valued, independence.

At Oaklands, more than 20 pupils are on the MOVE programme and there have been some great success stories. The children and staff work very hard to achieve the MOVE goals and this day allows them to celebrate their efforts and show off their accomplishments.

It’s time to give it your all, it’s the last week to collect Active Kids vouchers. Make sure you grab as many vouchers as you can before the 2nd of  May. Last year, Oaklands School collected 2496 vouchers, let’s see if we can beat it in 2017.

Many Thanks

Our latest Song Signifier Video is now available in the section:

OUR SCHOOL/SUPPORTING PUPILS’ COMMUNICATION

This song can be sung as you leave to go swimming, on your way to swimming, as you get changed for swimming, as you head to the pool…or any variation of these. As with all song signifiers, it will help make clearer what is about to happen, and can help calm nerves, help focus so you decide when and how it is best to use it.

New record month! We’ve had over 2,800 visits to our website so far in March.

Today we have achieved a new visits record. This is our best month ever since we opened our new website just a year ago, and there is still another full week to go. What an amazing way of celebrating the 1st anniversary of our new website.

We are going to reach 100 followers very soon and we want to do something special to celebrate it. There will be a prize draw for all of our followers as soon as we reach our objective of 100 followers.

Thanks for your support!

Our latest newsletter is now available in the section POLICIES AND DOCUMENTS

Newsletter March 2017