Sport

The Oakwood school swimming team came 2nd in the school swimming gala. Congratulations! :)

Star Of The Week

The star of the week this week is James L. Well done James!

Celebrations

Juliet got a shiny trophy when she swam for the county and Elouise got a  part in a musical called The Wiiz.

We Will Rock You

Well done to everybody who has got a part in this year's summer production of We Will Rock You. The teachers were SO impressed with the auditions that it made choosing the parts extreemly difficult.
Some of us are dissapointed, but happpy for our friends who have got main roles.

The cast list is below:

Galileo: Jason
Scaramouche: Grace
Killer Queen: Phoebe
Britney: James
Meat: Elouise
Kashoggi: Jack
Magnifico: Oscar
Pop: william k

Bohemians:
Big macca : Raj
Charlotte Church: Isla
Bowie: Billy
Alanis: Tian
Christina: Alex v
Elton: William c
Cliff: Claudia
Gary: William L
Robbie: Jamie
Howie: Thomas w
Mark: Huw
Jason: Stefan

Employes of global soft
Teacher: Rachel
Cop 1: Thomas g
Cop 2: Ewan
Docter: Thilanka
Eletronic voice: Lydia
 Teen queens :
 Holly
Olivia
Lucia
Antonia
Amy
Alisa
Juliet
serena
Yuppies:
Mohsin
Moosa
Scott
Salim
Finlay
George

Backstage crew:
Lewis
Alex p
Katie
Essa
Jagreet

Birthdays

Happy birthday toOlivia; it was her birthday on the 24th March unfortunately her birthday was not put on the blog last week. Also Alexander  is having his birthday on the 15th April.

This week's work of the week is............ Tian

Tian's work was the homework about global warming and its effects. He was work of the week because he used the features of a newspaper article very well.

Joke of the week HA HA HA HA

Q. What did the saw say to Mike after he chopped his fingers of?

A. I'm sawwwwwwwy

Table Points Update

Saturn: 121

Jupiter: 45

Neptune: - 20

Mercury: 291

Venus: 129

An interview with........ TIAN

Did you like journalism day? If so why? Yes, because I learnt how I should write a newspaper article.

What was your favourite part of the week? Learning how to do enlargments in maths.

Which test was the hardest and why? The reading because it really tested my skills.

How has your term been? Great because I made a great improvment in my reading.

This week's bloggers are..... Ewan and Huw

Writer of the week!

This weeks writer of the week is...... Mohsin for his homework about global warming; he was awarded writer of the week because the writing was very powerful and full with excellent detail!

A day of tests

On Wednesday we had maths test A&B and mental maths test to get our levels, we all did very well and got some phenomanol scores, hence Mr. Edwardes was very proud. We also had a reading test on Wednesday but some of us found it a bit tricky though of us managered to get a higher level then the last test we did.

Maths

In maths, Pythagoras group we ave been using numicon to help solve problems;in Mr giggs maths group we were translating shapes, it was hard, but relaxing.

Journalism Day

Journalism day was a day in which we got split into groups and presented some news to the class. On that same day Martine Croxall, a BBC presenter, came to speak to us to answer some questions we came up with; she also gave us some handy tips about how to present well.

Easter Assembly

On Tuesday we saw lower key stage 2's assembly, Easter praise. It was phenomenal and very interesting to watch! It was about Jesus' crusifiction and his ressurection. They sang and acted very well and everyone enjoyed it very much! We hope that the end of year 6 production will live  up to the high standers which lower ks2 showed!

Creators

This weeks blog was created by William Lewis and Mohsin thank you for reading!

Literacy

In literacy we have been learning about persuasion and different techniques of persuasion such as: emotive language and rhetorical questions. In this lesson we persuaded people to come to Mexico.

 

PSHE

In P.S.H.E we have been learning about drugs. We have learned about what legal drugs are and what illegal drugs are.

Production

The production this year is we will rock you, a musical using the songs of the band queen. Remember, audition slips need to be in as soon as possible!

PE

In PE we are learning about cricket and have played some games in groups.

history

In history we learnt about how the Aztec society was organised

There were four different classes. At the top was the emperor, underneath him was the nobles, priests and warriors, bellow them were the commoners (the normal people) and at the bottom were slaves.

Star of the week

The star of the week is Salim.

Interview with Huw

What is your favourite subject and why?

“History, because it is really interesting finding out about what happened before you were alive.”

What would you like to do more of in school and why?

“I think we should do more PE in school because getting fit while having fun is very good.”

What subject do you not like as much and why?

“Maths, because we normally do not do interesting lessons.”

What is your favourite subject in carousel and why?

“Music, because I love looking into the different styles that music has within it.”

Mad science assembly

On Monday we had a great, fun filled assembly run by Static Shell from the company “mad science”. This assembly involved two experiments one about inflating balloons and another about mixing different chemicals with water to produce different results.

All of us really enjoyed this assembly and hope that the mad science company come again soon.

This week's blog was created by Juliet and Serena

This week in Willow class

Joke of the week:

Q:What did the saw say to the hammer when he sawed its head off?

A: I’m sawy

Achievements

Elouise and Rachel have got into a show called "The wiz", which is being held at the Abbey theatre over the Easter holidays.

Star of the week is William Lewis

Interview with Oscar

Q. What was your favourite lesson this week? And why?

A. The art mosaics because it let you be creative and it was fun

Q. What is your favourite subject and why?

A.          History because it is fascinating finding out about the past

Q. What did you learn from the world book day authors and illustrator video?

A. That day dreaming helps you come up will ideas.

Table points update!

Saturn: 111

Mercury: 201

Jupiter: 46

Venus: 169

Neptune: 5

Song of the week this week is

We’re the fundraisers

Birthdays

Esaa & moosa 5^th

Lydia 8th

Assemblies

On the 6^th march Mr. Edwards held a singing assembly. Alisa thought the singing assembly was fantastic because she got to sing loudly.

A note from Mr Edwards

A very busy week as normal in school. It was lovely meeting up with all the parents throughout the week, and sharing your good work. We also had our sharing assembly and world book day, where we shared our favourite books and dressed up!

. Enjoy a restful weekend and keep reading!

Football Match Report

On Tuesday 27^th Oakwood played St Albans and St Stephens in a league match. St Albans St Stephens having the better chances scoring first. Also in the first half, they were given a penalty but did not score. In the second half, Oakwood had the better chances and scoring making it 1-1. Both teams had chances to win but it stayed 1-1.

Good learner and Song of the Week

This  song of the week is...

One direction: We are young

This weeks good learner is...

Jamie

This week's star of the week is......

HUW

Table Points Update

Saturn = 111

Jupiter = 36

Neptune = 25

Mercury = 201

Venus = 159

Balanced Arguments

In Literacy this week we were learning about balanced arguments. we chose a topic a to write about and wrote a balanaced argument based around our planning.

Boosters

On Wednesday mornings, from now until to SATS, we have gone into maths and literacy booster groups with either Mr Edwards or Mrs Williams and Mrs Gilider to practice, so we do our upmost best!

Joke of the Week

Knock knock who is there? Scott

 Scott who?

Scott nothing to do with you

by Esaa

Interview with Moosa

Interview with Moosa

What was your favourite lesson this week?

Art because it was fun and creative

What is the most interesting piece of information you have learned?

How does evaporation work - the energy gives the molecules more energy. We did an experiment to see if water evaporates differently with heat.