Amazon Visit

This week staff from Amazon came to visit pupils at The Oaks school. As well as staff from Amazon, their mascot ‘Peccy’ was a firm hit with the pupils. The staff presented to all pupils where they gave an overview of what  the different strands to the business are, as well going into more detail about the local distribution centre at Durham. Sarah, who works at the centre, who has additional needs, gave a moving account of how she finds working there. It was a great event; pupils had the opportunity to ask questions and were commended by the Amazon staff for their mature and probing responses.

Photographer

Just a reminder that the photographer is in school tomorrow.

Food and budgeting

£20 Food Vouchers for all parents who attend the 6 week ‘Cooking on a Budget’ after school club

Athletics group for kids

Pupil absence

Please could parents telephone school to advise of any appointments for your child?  Please note we will require sight of appointment letters to authorise the absence.  Please note absences can not be taken via email or text for safeguarding reasons.  There is someone in the office from 7am to 4.30pm.  The phone number is 01388 827380.  Thank you for your support.

Food and budgeting

School Photographer

The school photographer will be in school on Thursday 14th September.  Please ensure your young person is wearing uniform as normal.

After School Clubs

Stay safe online over Summer

This online safety guide suggests some useful ways to help children stay safe online this summer, including updating their device software and utilising built-in parental controls.

Duke of Edinburgh Award Round Up 2023

This year has seen us successfully run Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards across Year 10, Year 11 and Sixth Form. We had a total of  54 students enrolled at various levels and we ran a total of 8 expeditions this year!

The students dedicated a total of 754 hours during their respective volunteering section of the Award. These hours were made up by the students taking on numerous environmental tasks and performing a Coastal Beach Clean project. These activities were undertaken during the coldest months of the year and required resilience, determination and lot of physical effort!

The skills section of the award saw our students complete a basic outdoor first aid course and learn important outdoor skills such as navigation, map reading, nutrition and menu planning, cooking outdoors, rucksack packing and erecting tents in preparation for their expedition.

For the physical section our Bronze students undertook weekly gym sessions, whilst our Silver and Gold students embarked on weekly walks in the local area after planning their own routes.

We must not forget to mention once again our amazing trip to Buckingham Palace to celebrate our Gold Award holder Aaron!

We are extremely proud of the effort the groups have put into their Awards this year and hope you enjoy looking at a selection of pictures from their expeditions this year.

WELL DONE ALL !!!!

Looking after your Wellbeing Online

It has given us online gaming, social media and streaming but the internet can  also exposelooking-after-your-wellbeing-online (1)
us to things that don’t make us feel good about ourselves.  This helpful factsheet provides tips for protecting young people’s wellbeing.