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Amazon Visit

m.broom September 14, 2023 No Comments

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…

Post 16 College Open Evenings

m.broom January 20, 2023 No Comments

Please find all dates of local colleges open evenings this term. This can now be found on the website: Curriculum > CEIAG > College information. Venue Event Date Time…

Year 11 ‘Head Persons’

m.broom January 20, 2023 No Comments

A large number of our year 11 pupils have applied to become this years ‘headperson’. The quality of the written applications was excellent. All pupils that applied were added onto…

Year 11 and Sixth Form Mock Interviews

m.broom January 19, 2023 No Comments

Durham Works organised 8 business ambassadors to conduct mock interviews for over 50 of our pupils this morning. The event went really well where pupils were able to have a…

Virgin Hot Air Balloon Pilot Visit

m.broom September 15, 2022 No Comments

On Tuesday we had a really exciting day at The Oaks. ‘Woody’ a hot air balloon pilot who flies the North East Virgin Balloon came to visit the school today.…

KS4 Employability / Personal Development – NOCN Basic Cooking Module

m.broom October 6, 2021 No Comments

Our Year 10 pupils enjoyed an afternoon of using our home grown vegetables and eggs from the school garden / hens to create a healthy meal. Pupils prepared a salad…

7B – Exploring our new environment

m.broom September 2, 2021 No Comments

Today 7B read a story about exploring a new environment using a telescope. We created our own telescopes and explored areas of our new school.