oakfield academy newsletter june-2013

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DIARY DATES27 June FLG visit Weymouth27 June New Year 5 Parents Evening

Friday 28 June INSET Day

1 July Year 6 Crime & Consequence Police Talks

1 July Year 5 Parents Evening

2 July Frome College Staff Yr 8 Assembly

2 July Year 6 Sports Day

3 July Year 5 Sports Day

5 July Oakfield Fundraisers Bingo Night

5 July Transfer Day

5 July Year 7 visit Bristol Zoo

8 July Yrs 7 & 8 Middle School Athletics

8-10 July Year 6 Trip to Osmington Bay

10 & 11 July Year 5 Trips to Cardiff

11 July Year 7 DT visit Waitrose, Salisbury

11 July Question Time event at FCCsome Yr 8s

15 July Mr Hills KS2 Reward Trip to Paultons Park

16 July Year 8 Presentation Evening

17 July Year 5 visit Weston-super-Mare

18 July Year 8 visit Thorpe Park

Friday 19th July Last Day of Term 6 (finish 2pm)

Tuesday 3rd SeptemberPupils Return

Term 1 2013/14

Oakfield Academy,

Oakfield Road, Frome BA11 4JF

Tel: 01373 462539 Fax: 01373 453370E-mail:

[email protected]

www.oakfieldacademy.co.uk

If you would like further information on any of the

items in the newsletter please contact the school

office.

June 2013

Oakfield Academy, Oakfield Road, Frome. BA11 4JF Company No 769044 registered in England

Oakfield Academy pupils enjoyed a

wonderful week in France recently, a

fantastic experience for both pupils and

staff. A week where friendships were

created, and life-long memories were

madeand the weather was perfect.

For reviews of the trip by the pupils and

staff, see page 9.


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ASBESTOS DANGER

It has come to our attention thatsome pupils have been playing inthe old deserted Beswick factory

(below Lidl), where they mayhave been exposed to asbestos.

The cancer Mesothelioma can be contracted through exposure toasbestos, therefore please talk to your children about theimportance of staying away from this place and similar sites.

THANK YOU.

If you have managed tohave a good clear out of

your kitchen recently, MrsFlynn would be grateful

for donations of any of thefollowing unwanted

items:-

Magazines(appropriate for

student use)

Plastic take away

containers with lids

Jam jars with

fitting lids

Sweet/biscuit tins

with lids

Any donations can betaken to the DT Room orhanded in at Reception.

THANK YOU.

Congratulations to Callum for being

awarded the U12 player of the Year

AND Players Player of the Year by

Frome Town Youth FC. A brilliant

achievement, and a great

ambassador for Oakfield Academy.

WELL DONE CALLUM !!


3/16

A polite request from the office

staff.If you need to get a message to achild, please call as early in the day aspossible. Due to the size of our site itis not always easy to pass onmessages at short notice, especially atthe end of the day.

We always do our best to pass onmessages, however your co-operationwould be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks.

04.07.13 Induction Evening fornew pupils, starting with a

session at the Merlin Theatre,

6pm for Tutor Groups A-F and7.30pm for Tutor Groups G-L.

Followed by Transfer Day onFriday 05.07.13.

TROPICAL DISCOVERY WORKSHOP -

As featured at Year 7 Enrichment Afternoon

Childrens parties, Phobia cures, Workshops.

Exotic pet advice. KRIS FREEMANHead Ranger

(01749) 957046 www.tropicaldiscovery.co.uk

At a G&T Singing Workshop our pupils again shone with their ability,

confidence and behaviour. They thoroughly enjoyed the experience

and performed well in the session which also contained GCSE

students from Frome College.

A number of pupils attended a Summer picnic at Jackdaws, Great

Elm on Wednesday 12th June. Oakfield pupils opened the

performance with songs from the recent Wonderfully Wicked show.

They performed with superb confidence and set the tone for a great

morning. Pupils interacted with first school pupils really well, taking

time to sing with them, cheering them on and acting as great role

models and ambassadors for Oakfield. Well done. MR WILLIAMS


4/16

EXCITING NEW

FITNESS CLUB FOR ALL

YEARSMondays 3.10-

4.00pm, in the Hall.

Application slips in the

office.

A new Street

Dance Club is

starting for allpupils in Years

7 and 8.

First club

Friday 14th

June, and

running until

Friday 12th

July.

The Street Dance instructor is KIM JONES, the

cost is 6.00 for the 4-week course. Application

letters available from the office.

On Tuesday 4 June, Year 5 visited Monksham Farm and

had a tour as part of our Food & Farming Topic. Everybodyenjoyed the trip and some of the highlights were;

Feeding the pigs with the hay and straw.

Learning about organic and chemical farming.

Being taught about looking after the compost and thedifferent stages.

Listening to the buzz of the electricity pylons disturbingthe countryside sounds! BY AYA & MADDY, 5P

AMUSING QUOTES FROM YEAR 5 PUPILS

It was so smelly!

Wow! There were millions of pigs!

I never knew that pigs could eat the

same as us.

It was interesting learning facts about the

farm.

I learnt how different life was on a farm.


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E

During Arts Week we drewpictures of peacock feathersand blew them up onto A4paper with Mrs F. We alsobraided friendship braceletswith Mrs Gallop. Some of usmade a flip-book of a patternthat we could choose, e.g.butterfly, hot air balloon! Wealso made an A3 layeredpicture with dolphin andinsect designs withMrs Gardner.

The Year 6 corridor wasfull of amazing art work

by the end of the week.Ella Walker Wiltshire &

Jasmine Sanders, 6N


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We have recently held some

family learning sessions where

parents and children came along

and cooked over a 3-day period,

to actively work together in

producing a tea party for invitedguests. Led by Mrs Applegate

and Ms Lucas, the feedback was

very positive. Families spent

quality time together in a social

environment. Staff and

Governors also attended and

agreed how thoroughly tasty the

tea was. We plan to hold more

family learning sessions - contactMrs Applegate if interested.

The first phase of our

open play areaimprovements are now

well and truly underway.

Here we see Mr Gerrish

and Mr Shaw admiring anewly delivered tree

stump a donation from

Valley Sawmills, in

Nunney.

A huge thank you alsoto Acer Tree Surgeons,

for donating a number

of smaller branches,

logs and stumps, that

are being placedaround the school for

the pupils to use at

lunch times.


7/16

MY FIRST TRIP TO CHARTERHOUSE by Mr Reynolds 8I

The 2013 residential trip to Charterhouse was a first time visit for me

during my time here at Oakfield Academy and it was an experience that has

created several unforgettable memories. It was a pleasure to see all 33

pupils out of the classroom environment and to share the activities that

they took part in with such enthusiasm and commitment. They were all

fantastic in attempting activities such as archery, caving, abseiling and team

building exercises such as shelter building and walking the night line. I hope

the memories created for the pupils are ones that last forever as memories

from my residential trips have done, and they recognise what achievements

they conquered and take great pride in being fantastic representatives of

the school.

I also have to pass on a big thank you to Miss Pullen, Mr Fowler and of

course Mr Gerrish for preparing and delivering the introductory 11 mile walk

in to the centre across the Mendips and being the cause of several giant

blisters that needed treatment later on that evening. It was a pleasure tosee all pupils trying out new things and conquering any hesitation with sheer

determination and support from each other and the excellent centre staff.

A brilliant time was had by all and as a first timer to the trip I was able to

clearly see why the trips to Charterhouse have become a valued tradition at

Oakfield Academy.

WILL

BAYFIELD

FARRELL

8N


8/16

YEAR 7 HAVE A TALK FROMSEAN FENTON OF THE T.A DURING

ENRICHMENT AFTERNOON

LILY 7D: At our recent Enrichment

session, we were spoken to by Sean

Fenton from the Armed Forces. I enjoyed

hearing about snipers, although it was

rather gross. We also got the chance to try

on a gas mask, a helmet and try to pick up

his rucksack. We had a great time andsome of year 7 are now considering the

option of joining the armed forces as their

future career.

JACK 7I: The gas mask was very hot and

hard to breathe inside properly. They used

it in gas chambers but I wouldn't want to

use one in an emergency!

KONNOR 7P: I loved the army man. I

picked up his rucksack but it was so heavy

as it weighed 25kg! It was sad to hear

about the children losing limbs due to the

mines.


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This trip has been really, really fun!

My French family were nice and kind.

The visit to France challenged my

French but I liked that. To tell the

truth, I am glad I do not attend the

Collge Desnos because the hours

are long each day. However, the

children and the lessons are very

good. The workshops we attended in

Arville were excellent and I liked

spending time with my

correspondent. Mine and Chloes

favourite activity was making our

leather bracelets. Paris was the best

day and the sunshine was brilliant.

On this hot day we saw many sights

which were fantastic!

Rhiannon James 7I

We really enjoyed our trip to France.

It was a great experience and we

would encourage other pupils to go

in the future. The stay in host

families worked very well and it was

different from staying with your

friends. Our favourite part was the

trip to Paris. It was thrilling and veryinteresting. The weather was brilliant

and we would love to go again!

Evie Gardiner & Laura James 8P

How wonderful it has been to travel

back to my home country with such

supportive staff and enthusiastic (so

well behaved!) pupils from Oakfield

Academy. Everyone made the most

of the experience and the children

were a real credit to both their

parents and our school. We were

blessed with beautiful sunshine

throughout our stay and, even after

such a short visit, saying goodbye to

our hosts wasnt an easy task! My

strongest memory is of seeing

French and English students working

collaboratively, playing and relaxing

together without letting their linguistimperfections and cultural

differences get in the way.

Mrs L Hall


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Can we please remind pupils again thatdogs are NOT allowed on school premisesunder any circumstances (even if the dogis being carried). We have to consider the

health and safety of children and staff,therefore please do not bring your animalswith you when visiting. Thank you.

Message from

Senior Management Team

Please can we remind ALL visitors toschool that they should enter thebuilding via the front office at alltimes, even when coming to watchevents that their children are involvedin. Also, to stay in line withSafeguarding, there should be notaking of photographs or filming ofany pupils.

THANK YOU.


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Take time with your child to check out the following websites, which will assist

pupils with school work and home work.

https://home.espresso.co.uk Username: student3711 Password: field6

Resources on every aspect of the curriculum.

http://schools.magnahigh.com/oakfieldacademy

Used by Years 5 and 6 pupils. Game and revision activities for every unit in Maths

http://www.doddlelearn.co.uk/

Homework and revision tool for Science and Geography for Year 7 and 8 pupils.

http://www.mymaths.co.uk/ Username: oakfield Password: equal5

Another online resourse used at Oakfield Academy by all year groups

Well done to Lily Breese 7D and her mum for creating this marvellous

Wizard of Oz cake. The cake was raffled and raised 60 for the Drama

Department. Mrs Peacock , Data Officer won the cakewhich was then

donated to the cast of Enchanted Evening.


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AMAZING

PERFORMANCE

After months of

rehearsals the

FLG group finally

performed their

version of themusical Oliver to

a captivated

audience of pupils,

staff, parents and

guests.

From the very

start the cast

enthralled

onlookers with

their renditions of

the popular songs.

Special mentions go to Aaron Cooper for his confident delivery of Consider Yourself, and

the delightfully comical version of Oom-Pah-Pah by Georgina Cooper. Other favourites with

the audience were Food Glorious Food, Id Do Anything, and the touching Where Is Love?

caused many a tearful eye in the room. The Academy Choir supported the cast with their

marvellous singing, to the music provided by Mr Williams. As the final curtain was drawn the

audience went absolutely mad and the applause was deafening.

Mrs Brooks and

Mrs Shields were

presented with

flowers at the end.

Mrs Brooks said:

What can I say? I

am so proud of myclass, they were all

amazing. It just

goes to show what

Oakfield Academy

can do for all of its

children. A huge

thank you to

everyone who

helped andsupported us.

Well done FLG!


13/16

Eco Workshop at Bruton

A group of Year 4 gifted andtalented girls had the wonderfulopportunity to spend the day atBruton School for Girls recently,participating in an Eco-Outdoorworkshop. They identified faunaand flora in the nature reserve,were inspired by an African storyto make necklaces and toasted

marshmallows over a camp firethey helped to build.

It was really amazing and fun toexperience the eco and wildlifeactivities. It was so different to anormal school day! said Aya andSaffron.

A great day was had by all,including Mrs Baillie-Smith who

accompanied them, and hadattended the school herself as ayoung girl. Well done girls.

On Friday 14th June some students went on atrip to the Bristol Festival of Nature. When wegot there we split into groups. My group wentto do a plant doctor activity first, where you hadto match the plant diseases with the humanones. Next, we talked about bacteria in yourown urine! In another activity we were

experimenting with glowing bacteria, we evenwent into a pitch black tent (that was rathersmelly) to look at some glowing bacteriait wasreally fun.

Some other activities we did were watching avideo and playing games to do with Siberiantigers, making kites and investigating DNA.Did you know we share half of our own DNA

with a banana? It was an exciting trip and I

hope I get to do something like it again.

ISABEL HANNEY 5N


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FIRST SECOND THIRD

100 m Darcey Mellen Lazara Haynes Zoe Gilbert

** Jamie James-Reddin Aaron Brewer Kalem Marsh

NEW OAKFIELD ACADEMY RECORD 13.07s

200 m Darcey Mellen Zoe Gilbert Millie Maidment

Max Stroop Ben Bullus Finley John

400 m Albie Hopkins Tom Dunn Karl Glover

800 m Holly Scott Emily Gulbis Ruby Rumming

1500 m Evie Gardener Katie Drew Kelsey Palmer

Albie Hopkins Max Stroop Ben Bullus

High Jump Lianna Denwood Holly Scott Darcey Mellen

Stan Ford Jamie James-Reddin Finlay Osborne

Long Jump Safia Gregory Sophie Godman Imogen Piper

Rufus Hayes Evan Parry George Dobson

Javelin Robyn Asquith Freya Coleman Sophie Godman

Cain Evans Kristian Green James Holland

Shot Lianna Denwood Tamzin Ratcliffe Izzy Lakin

Cain Evans Kristian Green Finlay Osborne

4x 100 mRelay Girls 8I 8E 8N

Boys 8I 8N 8E

Medley Relay 8D 8N 8I

FIRST 8N with 222 points

2nd 8I with 197 points 3rd 8D with 172 points4th 8P with 165 points 5th 8E with 164 points

Jamie James-Reddin for setting a new Oakfield Academy record in the 100 m sprint

Lianna Denwood for coming first in the High Jump and Shot

Darcey Mellen for winning both the 100m and 200m races

Albie Hopkins for winning the 400m and 1500m races

Well done to 8I for winning both the boys and girls 4x 100m Relays

8D for winning the Medley Relay


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FIRST SECOND THIRD

100 m Macy Ford Sadie Daykin Carmen Difazio

Chris Clacee William Gilbert Joseph Palmer

200 m Meg Durston Tallulah Hooper Leila Curling

Joel Newland Joseph Palmer Ben Green

800 m Tallulah Hooper Meg Durston Charlotte Cooper

Eli White Taylor Cann Jamie Gould

1500 m Sadie Daykin Sophie Smith Leila Curling

Tom Mead Chris Clacee Jamie Gould

High Jump Kaitlin Ainslie-King Sophie Smith Sasha Harries

Callum Loughlin Seb Hartley Joseph Palmer

Long Jump Macy Ford Tallulah Hooper Rhiannon James

Ryan Snook Jaden Allen Tom Mead

Javelin Macy Ford Louisa Naylor Megan Martin

Ethan Gregory Jay-c Daly Sam Akiniyi

Shot Tia Rollason Amy Nicholls Stevie Baggs

Jamie Gould Liam Whiting Matthew Farrant

4x 100 m

Relay Girls 7I 7D 7N

Boys 7N 7P 7E

Medley Relay 7N 7D 7P

FIRST 7P with 257 points

2nd 7I with 252 points 3rd 7E with 193 points

4th 7N with 192 points 5th 7D with 121 points

Congratulations to 7P for winning Sports Day.

Well done to all those who took part and achieved a personal best for themselves.

All staff who were supervising events thoroughly enjoyed the day, the atmosphere waspositive and it was good to see pupils encouraging each other.

WELL DONE.


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ROLL OF HONOURROLL OF HONOURROLL OF HONOURROLL OF HONOUR KEY STAGE 3KEY STAGE 3KEY STAGE 3KEY STAGE 3

English Ryan SnookRyan SnookRyan SnookRyan Snook

7D7D7D7D

Jazmine CarpenterJazmine CarpenterJazmine CarpenterJazmine Carpenter 8E8E8E8E

Maths Jack HumphreysJack HumphreysJack HumphreysJack Humphreys 7I7I7I7I

Emily GulbisEmily GulbisEmily GulbisEmily Gulbis 8P8P8P8P

Science Joe MalleyJoe MalleyJoe MalleyJoe Malley 7D7D7D7D

Kelsey PalmerKelsey PalmerKelsey PalmerKelsey Palmer 8D8D8D8D

History Daisy HarrisonDaisy HarrisonDaisy HarrisonDaisy Harrison----BroninskiBroninskiBroninskiBroninski 7I7I7I7I

Jago HooperJago HooperJago HooperJago Hooper 8P8P8P8P

Geography Ethan GregoryEthan GregoryEthan GregoryEthan Gregory 7N7N7N7N

Caitlin MoslerCaitlin MoslerCaitlin MoslerCaitlin Mosler 8E8E8E8E

R.E. Louis TozerLouis TozerLouis TozerLouis Tozer 7N7N7N7N

Holly ScottHolly ScottHolly ScottHolly Scott 8E8E8E8E

French Baxter NigoumiBaxter NigoumiBaxter NigoumiBaxter Nigoumi 7P7P7P7P

Imogen PiperImogen PiperImogen PiperImogen Piper 8D8D8D8D

German Dodi SwanDodi SwanDodi SwanDodi Swan----CapperCapperCapperCapper 8E8E8E8E

I.C.T. Aaron BennettAaron BennettAaron BennettAaron Bennett 7I7I7I7I

Solomon WarsopSolomon WarsopSolomon WarsopSolomon Warsop 8P8P8P8P

D&T Tom MeadTom MeadTom MeadTom Mead 7E7E7E7E

Alex HillAlex HillAlex HillAlex Hill 8P8P8P8P

Art

Nicola BielaNicola BielaNicola BielaNicola Biela

7D7D7D7D

Armarni ChaplinArmarni ChaplinArmarni ChaplinArmarni Chaplin 8N8N8N8N

Music Lily BreeseLily BreeseLily BreeseLily Breese 7D7D7D7D

Laura JamesLaura JamesLaura JamesLaura James 8P8P8P8P

P.E. Ryan PriddleRyan PriddleRyan PriddleRyan Priddle 7E7E7E7E

Rebecca McVeighRebecca McVeighRebecca McVeighRebecca McVeigh----VenessVenessVenessVeness 8N8N8N8N

Drama Finlay CollinsonFinlay CollinsonFinlay CollinsonFinlay Collinson 7P7P7P7P

Luna BrudenellLuna BrudenellLuna BrudenellLuna Brudenell 8N8N8N8N

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