We were keen this week to focus on what is going on for the younger years at Oakfield as well as the start of our bespoke Oakfield Diploma for Year 6 - we hope you enjoy the newsletter!
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Note from our Head
Dear Oakfield families,
I hope many of you had the opportunity to scan and read our 'Journey to 11+' document - if you haven't please email bgolden@oakfield.dulwich.sch.uk and he will be happy to send you a copy. The document illustrates the process and guidance we provide to children and families as they move through the school so they are fully prepared to navigate and succeed at 11+ and onward to secondary school.
On this theme it has been fantastic to see our bespoke Oakfield Diploma kick off for our current crop of Year 6s in quite brilliant fashion. The Diploma is a unique opportunity for the children to broaden their learning, further develop transferable skills and take part in new areas of enquiry once their 11+ exams are finished. This week alone has included environmental workshops, 3D design exploration and an interactive masterclass in TV presentation from international stars and creators; Paul and Jill Brunson, Tom Read Wilson and YouTube Vlogger Josiah. Thank you so much to our organisers and contributors to the Diploma as well as the children who are challenging themselves to go out of their comfort zone and build lots of new skills and interests.
We look forward to sharing more updates about the Diploma on our newsletters but there will be lots more on our social media channels so make sure you subscribe to @oakfieldprep on Instagram, YouTube and Twitter!
Have wonderful weekends all.
Moyra Thompson
BIRTHDAY BROADCAST
MOTHER'S DAY ART COMPETITION
Laurence Salmon in Uppers was chosen as the winner of the Mother's Day competition for the younger group at the Dulwich Trader and there were over 500 entries across all year groups! So very many congratulations to Laurence and his artwork will be proudly displayed at the Dulwich Trader on Croxted Road so go check it out!
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
Lots of content related to International Women's Day was shared across the school and some Year 1 children enjoyed bringing in books and sharing their female role models.
SPORT
Year 4 St Dunstan's Hockey Festival
The Sun shone and the hockey was hot. It was great to see ALL Year 4 boys and girls travelling to St Dunstan's and taking part in a fun afternoon of hockey.
Results
Team 'Theo- C-G's
- Won 2, Lost 1 and Drew 1
Team 'Deniz'
- Won 2 and Lost 2
Team Daniel
- Won 1, Lost 2 and Drew 1
Team 'Mary'
- Won 2 and Lost 2
Oakfield's Cross Country Team
We are proud of ALL our Runners that were selected to run last week in the ISA School's London South Regional Cross Country Finals. They have been training right through the winter and it was great to see them putting their hard work into a proper race.
SPORTS STARS of the WEEK
All 23 of our runners - with special mentions to 4 runners: Rory, Aja, Conor and Miller who finished in the top 10 and have now qualified to run in the National Finals next weekend in Nottinghamshire.
We appreciate that parents were unable to come and watch, so we hope you enjoy this short video of the event below. Thank you for all your support in getting your children to Tuesday morning training sessions.
YEAR 6
OAKFIELD DIPLOMA
Eco Workshop
As part of the Year 6 Diploma, we invited a company called 'Green Up Your Act' to come in and run an upcycling afternoon workshop.
Philip, Miss Francis and Mrs Fidler helped the children to make a wallet from an old juice carton and their own notebooks from scraps of paper, maps and cardboard! We also looked at upcycled examples such as pencil cases made out of can ring pulls and plastic ice cream wrappers!
To finish, we spoke about the importance of reusing materials instead of throwing them away and harming our beautiful planet.
3D Design
The Year 6 diploma is well underway this week and the children are getting well and truly stuck in!
In the 3D design group, we have begun with a wooden model design of a rally car!
We are all looking forward to getting our cars ready for spray painting next week!
TV Presenting
We had an incredible workshop today with stars of the small and big screen and we will be sharing lots of clips on our social media channels so follow us for those! Here are just a few snaps from the session today! Thank you again to Paul and Jill Brunson, Tom Read Wilson and vlogger Josiah for putting together an amazing session and group of scenarios which enabled the children to grasp the pressures of filming and learning to deal with the unpredictability of live TV!
YEAR 1
This week in our Topic lesson, Year 1 went to Belair Park. The children worked in partners to identify different plants and trees in the environment. The children had a lovely time, exploring in the sun!
UPPER FOUNDATION
Velodrome Masterclass
This week the children got to visit and have a cycle at Herne Hill Velodrome! Thank you to Mr Heasman for joining our trip and well done to the children for getting on 2 wheels!
Transport Dress-Up Day
Today the children have had a fantastic time. They look spectacular in their costumes and have enjoyed talking about their favourite modes of transport. We have had a great time doing transport themed activities such as moon biscuit decorating, fruit rocket building and even driving school in the playground!
LOWER FOUNDATION
ROCKET AND ROLL
This week the explorers are going to space. The children have been working as a team to paint, design and create their own rocket for the classroom. They then added lots of shapes and mixed media to add texture!
NURSERY
The nursery children explored a range of sensory materials this week. We had cornflour, cornflakes, coloured sand, beans and shredded paper. We used these sessions to help the children to identify colours, textures and develop their interactions and taking turns.
Credits:
Created with images by cbaquiran - "cupcakes candles birthday" • Pexels - "art watercolors arts and crafts" • elsimage - "smiling woman african american woman" • anncapictures - "tartan track athletics track and field" • greymatters - "graduation teen high school" • fietzfotos - "trees park nature" • donterase - "bicycle bike old" • ELG21 - "lake nature travel" • bluebudgie - "frosted glass background psychedelic" • _Alicja_ - "numbers counting numbers education" • terimakasih0 - "abacus counting frame education"