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Note from our Head

Dear All,

Once again, I just want to pay tribute to our school community of children, families and staff for the outstanding job that everyone has done since term began in January - it has without doubt been yet another journey of challenge and discovery, but there is so much to be proud of and inspired by in the way in which Oakfield has adapted once again to remote/blended learning and coped with the variety of personal and professional situations that adults and children alike have encountered.

I hope that you will all take time over the coming week to relax, rest and spend whatever time is possible with your loved ones. When we come back the days will be a little longer, the signs of Spring will be around us and hopefully we can start to plan and look forward to life returning to a greater degree of normality.

Oakfield remains, as always, in good heart and we are optimistic and ambitious for the future. The emphasis that we place on living out our school values and on developing character in our children has never been more important. We should all be rightly proud of our collective achievements at this time.

I wish you all a happy half term break - take good care of yourselves and keep well and safe.

Moyra Thompson

OAKFIELD BIRTHDAYS

BABY NEWS

Congratulations to Miss Moral who gave birth yesterday morning to healthy baby José! Mother and son are doing well!

EXPRESS YOURSELF VIDEO

For Children's Mental Health Week some Year 1s really pulled out all the stops and showed what expressing themselves really meant! Some wonderful skills on show!!!

LOWER FOUNDATION

Chinese New Year

ENGLISH

The tremendous, tragic journey

It was 11am when I graciously stepped out of my chariot and began to take in the gorgeous view...

The Titanic was a beauty, her colossal, metallic black body was bobbing up and down in the calm (yet somehow exited) ocean. People from all around were dramatically waving and shouting things like “we’ll miss you!” or “come back soon!”. Drifting through the air and wispy clouds gazed down at the black beauty. The few little life boats were lined up neatly like soldiers going out to war. All my family were waving their top hats and tickets wildly with excitement watching and waiting for the ship to depart.

Gracefully, stepped onto the ship in my Prada pumps not knowing what the future had to hold. My future husband took me by the hand as we made our way up to our grand cabin with fabulous four poster beds and antique oak dressers, I took Agatha onto my lap and she gently muzzled my on the cheek and purred peacefully. I rested my sleepy head on my silky soft pillow.

Still half asleep, I was rudely awoken by Agatha gently licking my face and I randomly decided that she wanted to say that it was time for an adventure. I patiently waited for my mother to tie my corset but rather intimidatingly, my boyfriend was watching me with a rather cross expression on his face, I did wander what on earth he was stropping about but I decided to ignore him.

Despite my tiredness I , ventured up the mountainous stair case covered with a blanket of cotton red carpet and gazed longingly at the delicate, dainty pristine chandelier made of glistening glass. with excitement and joy I raced down to the 1st class dining room like an over exited puppy. when I finally arrived, the sweet smell of salty fish and chips and sirloin steak cooked to the perfection. the chefs were neatly lined up cooking the day away to satisfy every customer. The specimen of food that tickled my fancy was the desert coated in sweet smelling marzipan with strawberries picked at the peak of perfection.

Although I was not exactly tired, my mother and father insisted that I should go to bed. As I tossed and turned, I couldn’t get to sleep, Agatha was sound asleep therefore I feared to wake her. The gloominess haunted me, I was terrified I didn’t know what was happening and then I heard a sudden thud, I didn’t know what to do or what was going on. I heard the tragic sound of footsteps running around the ship and the crew stressfully awoke us from our slumber and handed us all a neon orange florescent life jackt, they had lost the grace a sophistication in their voice it had been swapped with stress and disorganization. They yelled with a rather ashamed tone in their voice, “we’ve hit an iceberg, put these on, stay calm and follow us!”

We we’re shocked and wandered if this was some kind of joke? I heard screams and tears from the 3rd class deck I thought to myself, what on earth is going on down there? The ship was tragically filling up all I could hear was the daunting silence of death, I felt as if the whole world was ending but then I heard a sound I recognized, it was the scowl of Agatha, she was freezing in the water. I plunged in to save her but my family pulled me back, after a while of tugging I reached the water as hauled Agatha out and wrapped her in my shawl I could tell she was clinging on to dear life. The sun was bulging with heat and I gaped open mouthed at the sinking ship, almost as if I was dreaming. I thought to myself, the Titanic is UNSINKABLE how could this be real!

We all stood there, just wandering what was going to happen to us. In a blink of an eye, the Titanic dramatically snapped in half. The bow of the ship lazily sank to the bottom of the ocean, leaving the front of it peacefully hanging there, the broken chimneys lolled of the side, it was a corpses lifeless head. Gracefully, the icebergs sat there faultlessly as if they had done nothing wrong in the slightest. If they were real people, they would have been infested with shame and guilt, never forgetting the lifeless tragedy they had caused.

Simply staring into space, I thought back to the buzzing line of people, waving top hats and wildly shanking flat caps, no - one had any fear or apprehension! As I dived deeper into this joyous memory, I noticed something I didn’t when it actually happened, the clouds were a musky grey, gazing down at the titanic with worry and despair as if they knew what was going to happen.

Everyone else in the lifeboat was gossiping, trying to decide whether or not the life boat had reached its capacity and was over crowded. I decided that it was all nonsense and that if anything was wrong, it would be that the lifeboat was not full enough! Rather irritatingly, they thought very differently

Agnes and I felt helpless, we were rudely dragged out of the lifeboat. And didn’t find our family until the next day...

HOUSE POINTS

Baird: 576

Pearsall: 574

Webster: 575

Ruskin: 670

Dulwich Books and Wigwam Toy Shop are OPEN!

Dulwich Books on Croxted Rd and Wigwam Toy Shop on Rosendale Rd are both open for collection and free local delivery so ditch the Amazon orders and shop local!

Drama Workshops with Miss B!

"Hello, Miss B here! I miss seeing everyone's faces at school and hope that everyone is doing well at home. Now that we've all become a little bit more settled in online learning, I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to let everyone know that my Performing Arts company is offering online workshops for children between the ages of 4 and 11. It's the perfect way for your little one to let off some energy in a wonderfully creative way. If your child has an interest in the performing arts, would benefit from some extra confidence boosting or just wants to let off some steam in a fun environment, then this is the place for them! I hope to see many familiar faces there!"

Philip Pullman and Michael Rosen Virtual Event

On March 16th there is a rare opportunity to listen to the acclaimed and inspiring children’s authors, Philip Pullman and Michael Rosen, in conversation about children’s literature. Philip Pullman will be talking about his writing and some of the stories and ideas behind his influential and much loved books. And the event is FREE - you just need to register at the link below.

Sparks Filmmaking Course

Take part this February half term, where young movie makers will be producing their own films full of fantastical adventures, all set lightyears into the future.

In this fun movie making workshop, young filmmakers will learn all about how to put together their own film production. It’s an action-packed camp full of fun and creativity.

They’ll step into the roles of director, camera crew, actors, production design, production crew and even more as they make their original and unique movie. They’ll also explore plenty of imaginative art direction and how to produce some incredible visual effects.

At the end of the camp, they’ll have a futuristic movie production to proudly share with friends and family, as well as lots of new creative skills and some new friends too.

Dates: Monday 15 – Wednesday 17 February 

Times: 9am – 3pm daily

Ages: 7-11 & 11-14

Price: £120