From the SLT’s Desk… The Oaks Academy News Friday 14 th February 2020 #everydayisanopenday Tel: 01270 661223 I www.theoaksacademy.co.uk The Oaks Academy, Buchan Grove, Crewe, Cheshire, CW2 7NQ 14 th February Break for Half Term 6 th —13 th March Naonal Science Week 20 th February Enterprise & Markeng Coursework Workshop 26 rd March HPV Vaccinaons (Years 8 and 9 only) 24 th February Start back aſter Half Term Y11 Enterprise + Markeng Half Term Coursework Workshop Thursday 20 th February 2020, 10am-2pm in Room 8. Miss Marshall There have been many excing events that have taken place this half term and although only 6 weeks in length it has been packed with students displaying 'Pride and Respect' on a daily basis. Approximately 30,000 achievement points have been issued to students so far this year and thirteen students have over 1000 achievement points each, which is a remarkable effort. The Academy launched a new BFL system in January and this is supporng beer learning in the classroom. Students have earned just shy of two thousand '1's' (outstanding grades) in lessons which is a terrific achievement. This demonstrates the high standards of our students who are commied and engaged in their studies. A mixture of year groups have aended the boxing each Tuesday at a local gym and students have thoroughly enjoyed the workout along with the discipline of such a sport. Thank you to Mrs Hall for organising this each week. The Academy has welcomed a Ugandan choir, 'Livvy K' (an up and coming pop star) and a special presentaon about Internaonal Women's Day to assemblies plus our very own Mr Ausn delivered an insighul and poignant Holocaust memorial assembly. The students behaviour has been impeccable when inving external speakers into the Academy. To celebrate the achievements of our students, twenty individuals have been invited for a lunch with myself and the Headteacher to recognise their efforts and a significant number of students have been selected for a reward aſternoon during period four and five of the final day of the half term. Well done to all of those invited. Mr Frost Deputy Headteacher Upcoming Events... HPV Vaccinaons HPV Vaccinaons will be held in school on Thursday 26 th March. This is a naonal screening programme offered to all 13 and 14 year olds (Years 8 and 9). If you would like to know more please visit the NHS website /vaccinaons or click the logo. English Across Year 7 and 8, students have been launching into narrave wring in preparaon for the 500 word story compeon. They have been working extremely hard and comming their own me for the compeon. Students will be shortlisted by the BBC in April so watch this space… Mrs Brindley
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From the SLT’s Desk…
The Oaks Academy News Friday 14th February 2020
#everydayisanopenday Tel: 01270 661223 I www.theoaksacademy.co.uk
The Oaks Academy, Buchan Grove, Crewe, Cheshire, CW2 7NQ
14th February Break for Half Term 6th—13th March National Science Week
20th February Enterprise & Marketing Coursework Workshop 26rd March HPV Vaccinations (Years 8 and 9 only)
24th February Start back after Half Term
Y11 Enterprise + Marketing Half Term Coursework Workshop
Thursday 20th February 2020, 10am-2pm in Room 8. Miss Marshall
There have been many exciting events that have taken place this half term and although only 6 weeks in length it has been
packed with students displaying 'Pride and Respect' on a daily basis.
Approximately 30,000 achievement points have been issued to students so far this year and thirteen students have over 1000
achievement points each, which is a remarkable effort.
The Academy launched a new BFL system in January and this is supporting better learning in the classroom. Students have
earned just shy of two thousand '1's' (outstanding grades) in lessons which is a terrific achievement. This demonstrates the
high standards of our students who are committed and engaged in their studies.
A mixture of year groups have attended the boxing each Tuesday at a local gym and students have thoroughly enjoyed the
workout along with the discipline of such a sport. Thank you to Mrs Hall for organising this each week.
The Academy has welcomed a Ugandan choir, 'Livvy K' (an up and coming pop star) and a special presentation about
International Women's Day to assemblies plus our very own Mr Austin delivered an insightful and poignant Holocaust
memorial assembly. The students behaviour has been impeccable when inviting external speakers into the Academy.
To celebrate the achievements of our students, twenty individuals have been invited for a lunch with myself and the
Headteacher to recognise their efforts and a significant number of students have been selected for a reward afternoon during
period four and five of the final day of the half term. Well done to all of those invited.
Mr Frost
Deputy Headteacher
Upcoming Events...
HPV Vaccinations
HPV Vaccinations will be held in school on Thursday
26th March. This is a national screening programme
offered to all 13 and 14 year olds
(Years 8 and 9).
If you would like to know more
please visit the NHS website /vaccinations or click the
logo.
English
Across Year 7 and 8, students have been launching into narrative
writing in preparation for the 500 word story competition. They have
been working extremely hard and committing their own time for the
competition. Students will be shortlisted by the BBC in April so watch
We would encourage all Year 11's to continue to attend from 2.45pm until 3.45pm every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Don’t forget each session attended earns you an entry to the half term raffle and points towards a free prom ticket. #youvegottobeinittowinit
On the 27th January 2020 the annual
‘AlanTuring Coding Competition’ started;
every Monday at 4pm a code is released and
teams of 4 attempt to solve it.
Our group of year 8’s were slightly
disadvantaged as they are against teams up to
year 11 and one member of the team has already decided he could not commit the time to this competition.
The three eager year 8’s turned up on Monday 27th January at 3pm for some pre competition practice, they looked at
cypher’s, key word cyphers, binary codes and Morse codes to name a few different styles of codes.
The code was released at 4pm and at 5.15pm after several different tries of making sense of the cryptic message it was time
for home, with the students wondering if they would ever solve this code.
The following week all 3 students returned with new ideas on how to solve the original code and
they were able to continue to work on the code and hoped for a breakthrough. Alas this first code
seemed impossible. At 4pm the new code was released and they felt this was easier to solve. The
three students worked together and after just 44 minutes it was solved. They achieved 15 points to
put up on the board. That was not a signal to pack up and go home, instead they continued to work
on the first code until once again at 5.15 pm after working solidly for 135 minutes I told them it was
time to go home.
I am super proud of how these year 8’s have worked so far not only have they seen success but they have shown resilience
to continue when they seem to be getting nowhere - what a great attitude! An attitude we should all aspire to have.
Mrs Piggin
Clubs
If you are interested in joining a club please see
the posters around school, speak to your form
teacher or visit the Student Zone on the website
for more information.
www.theoaksacademy.co.uk/student-zone-new/
Extra-curricular
Year 8 Coding Competition
The last official exam date is Wednesday 24th June 2020
To celebrate our friend Sergeant Bernard Morgan's 96th birthday, Jess Shea in year 7 made him a birthday card with a beach scene. Staff and students wrote birthday wishes and messages of thanks on the back. Bernard was the youngest sergeant at Normandy and he landed at Gold Beach. Jess did a modern twist with her design. Bernard showed us some of his mementos from the war. He is a big football fan and showed us the actual pair of boots he played in. They had metal toe caps and as Jess said, " That would hurt if you were kicked by them!" Thanks again Bernard for all you have done for us.
Mrs Hall Sargent Bernard Morgan is a regular visitor to schools in our area, if you would like to read more about him and his fantastic historical stories please have a look at this article published recently in The Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7946799/D-Day-veteran-learned-end-WWII-Europe-48-hours-early.html
Happy Birthday Sargent Bernard Morgan
Science Week Competition
Science Week Competition
In the new half term we will be taking part in science week from 6th—13th
March. As part of this celebration of science Mrs Tzabach is running a
competition to produce a fact file about endangered species. Please visit the
student zone of the website to read more about this competition.
Wow… what a Half Term Treat! Great music and an important message about ‘Healthy Lifestyle Choices’ too. Thoroughly enjoyed by both students and staff. Thank you Livvy K for coming to visit The Oaks Academy.
Art Trip to Lowery Gallery
A group of year 7, 8 and 9 pupils visited the Lowry gallery in Salford with Miss
Grimes and Mrs Abberley. Pupils took part in a workshop with a local artist and
learnt some valuable art techniques. They also found out about the interesting
life of the artist LS Lowry. Pupils then had the chance to have a look around
the gallery and the amazing pieces of artwork painted by Lowry himself.
Whilst looking at these they discovered the contemporary exhibition that had
some interesting and very strange pieces of artwork. It was a fantastic day