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Christmas Jumper Days in School & Donations
Tue 29 Nov 2022Children are invited to wear a Christmas Jumper to school on the following days:
- Nursery, Reception, Years One & Two - Tuesday 13th December
- Years Three, Four, Five & Six - Wednesday 14th December
(These are the same days as your child's Christmas Lunch Day)
If you have any unwanted Christmas Jumpers at home then we are more than happy to find new owners for them. These will be available from the Pre-Loved uniform rack in the main reception area.
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SMBC Prevent - Safer 6 'Online Safety (Extremism) and Prevent' session
Mon 28 Nov 2022If you are a parent or carer, do you know what your children are doing online?
Sandwell Council’s Prevent Team are taking part in Sandwell’s Safer 6 campaign by offering free online safety (Extremism) and Prevent sessions.
Parents, Carers and adult members of the community can join the free online session on 1st December 2022 and receive tips and advice to keep young people safe online.
Top tips include:
- Turn on filters/parent control settings
- Set accounts on private and report any issues through the apps
- Be ‘share aware’
- Keep up to date with online safety – the online world changes quickly
- Know where to access further support
The sessions will be delivered on Microsoft Teams and will provide key information on popular apps and social media, as well as links for further advice and support.
If you need help to get onto Microsoft Teams, please email prevent_inbox@sandwell.gov.uk or call 07717 427057.
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Class Visits to Oakham Library 2022-23
Wed 23 Nov 2022Here at Oakham Primary School we are proud of our links to the local community. With this in mind, I am delighted to announce a collaboration with Oakham Library over the course of this academic year.
Library staff will be available to meet teachers and children to explain how the library can support both classroom learning and enhance our experiences of reading for pleasure.
Please click below for further information and dates of visits:
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GM2LF Christmas competition
Thu 17 Nov 2022The GM2LF Big Local Partnership is inviting all schools in the area to take part in their Christmas Poster Design Competition 2022.
The competition is open to all school children and as usual is split into two categories children aged 3 – 6 and children aged 7 – 11. .
The two overall winning entry designs we will be used as designs to create our own Christmas e-cards and goodies will be printed and given to the winning entries.
In addition, the children will each win a £10 and the two overall winners will also win £50 each for their school.
Rules
- To design a Christmas poster, on an A4 portrait sheet of paper
- Designs can be in any format, paint, crayon, felt tip, etc The brighter and jollier the better!
- Each school chooses the 3 best entries for the two age categories, thus 6 in total
- Please take a photo of the 6 best entries and email to myself at the above email address.
- The GM2LF Big Local Partnership will organise the final judging of all entries from all schools.
- Closing date for entries is: Monday 5th December 2022
- Winners will be announced: Friday 9th December 2022
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Odd socks day
Mon 14 Nov 2022A massive thank you today to everyone who wore odd socks to raise awareness of anti-bullying week. There were two different assemblies for Key Stage 1 and Key stage 2 and children will be discussing this issue again during their PSHE lessons this week.
For more information and to take you to the anti-bullying alliance website please CLICK HERE
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Remembrance at Oakham 11/11
Fri 11 Nov 2022Our wonderful House Captains led Oakham's Remembrance period of reflection today at 11am. This was impeccably observed by all of the children across the whole school.
They placed poppies and a RBL wreath at our school memorial, followed by a short reading taken from 'For The Fallen' by Laurence Binyon.
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Odd Socks Day @ Oakham - Monday 14th November 2022
Fri 11 Nov 2022To launch National Anti-Bullying Week at Oakham, we'd like everyone to wear odd socks to school on Monday (no donations are needed).
Miss Stretton will be leading special assemblies on Monday and children will also be completing Anti Bullying Week sessions during the week.
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A big thank you to the team from Murphy Group
Tue 08 Nov 2022Many thanks go to the lads from the Murphy Group who have been busy working on the KS1 bank to remove the trim trail. Their generosity has saved the school a considerable amount to remove this as it was unstable and had made that area unusable.
The bank area will be grassed for next spring and now has an amazing 'Bug Hotel' - hand built by the team - which will allow lots of creepy crawlies to find a home and provide a great resource for science lessons too!
Many thanks for braving the Oakham weather and all of your hard work!
A special mention goes to Jennifer Walker at LMJV for ensuring this work could take place too.
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Free Christmas lunch hampers
Tue 08 Nov 2022We have received an email today from Helen Trueman, the development coordinator for Grace Mary 2 Lion Farm (GM2LF). They do lots of great work in the community for our school and families including 'The Big Feed'
This year any body who lives, works, volunteers or have children attending a school within the GM2LF Postcode area and receives benefits can apply for a free Christmas Lunch hamper. Please note hampers are collection only and people must be available on 23rd December at the stated time to collect. Please see the poster below for more information.
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After School Multi-Sports Clubs for Y2,4 & 6
Thu 03 Nov 2022Mr Homer & Mr Heywood will be running 'Multi-Sports' after-school clubs, on different nights, for children in Years 2, 4 & 6 for four weeks later this half term.
Children in Years 1,3 & 5 will have the same opportunity in the spring term.
Places will be limited to 20 children, per club, due to the time of the year and indoor provision.
Further details and a link to the online booking form will be shared next week.
