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1 JULY 2015 Oakfield Academy, Oakfield Road, Frome BA11 4JF Tel: Fax: If you would like further information on any of the items in the newsletter, please contact the school office. A large font version of the newsletter is available from Reception. WHAT A FANTASTIC YEAR END! - A message from Miss Emma Wilkes, Head Teacher A brilliant achievement by our Year 6 pupils in this year s SATS. 79% of pupils were able to achieve Level 4 or higher in all of Reading, Writing and Mathematics we are extremely pleased with their success! This year I have been thoroughly impressed with the efforts from pupils and staff, who have worked amazingly, giving their time generously to support events at the Academy. Recently we have been absorbed with our breath-taking summer production of Annie Jnr. With 11 performances, to fellow pupils and staff, invited local schools and 3 paying evening audiences (sold out!) the school has been captivated by the acting, singing and costumes of the entire cast. The production would not have happened without the marvellous support of the back-stage crew. Congratulations to Mrs Nicholson and Ms Parsons for what must be one of Oakfield s best ever shows, and well done and thank you to all the staff and parents that helped support this huge event. As we say goodbye and wish luck to our current Year 8 pupils, we hope that their experiences at this year s very successful Charterhouse Camp will remain a wonderful memory of their time at Oakfield. Good luck to you all, and have a super Year 8 Presentation Evening and day at Thorpe Park. At this time we also say goodbye to some of our staff who are leaving to retire, or move on to pastures new. Amongst them are Mrs Coleman, who joined the PE Department in 1994 and is retiring; Mr Griffiths who joined the Science Department in 2001 and is also retiring; Mr Low who has worked with the Year 6 team since 2006 and takes up a new position at another school in September. We also say a sad farewell to Mr Gerrish, our Premises Manager since 2004 who has helped to keep the school running smoothly. Farewell also to Mr Farrell from the Year 5 team and Ms Webber, one of our Teaching Assistants. Best wishes and good luck to all of you for the future, and thank you sincerely for your great work over the years. There are a number of exciting changes to the way the school runs starting next term and I look forward to announcing them in our September Welcome edition. Well that only remains for me to wish you all a wonderful, relaxing summer break. Thank you Oakfield pupils for all your hard work this year, you are an inspiration! As parents, you might wish to visit the following website which gives you the chance to provide your opinion about your child s experiences at Oakfield Academy. Please take time to visit and fill in the short questionnaire about our Academy. Pupils will return for the Autumn Term on Wednesday 2 nd September, 8.30am when we will look forward to enjoying another rewarding and successful academic year. EMMA WILKES, Head Teacher Oakfield Academy, Oakfield Road, Frome. BA11 4JF Company No registered in England

15 July Yr 5 visit Cheddar/ Weston super Mare 16 July Yr 7 French/Spanish Day 16 July Yr 8 visit Thorpe Park 16 July KS2 drop in Parents Evening 16 July Last Y5 Praise Assembly 10.

2 15 July Yr 5 visit Cheddar/ Weston super Mare 16 July Yr 7 French/Spanish Day 16 July Yr 8 visit Thorpe Park 16 July KS2 drop in Parents Evening 16 July Last Y5 Praise Assembly 10.30am 16 July Yr 5 Poetry Slam Final 17 July Last day of Term 6 FINISH 2pm 1 Sept Start of Term 1 INSET DAY 2 Sept Pupils return to school WEDNESDAY 8 Sept School Photograph Day 8 Sept Fundraisers AGM 6pm For the Spelling Bee, we had to memorise how to spell 200 Spanish words. After winning the South West Regional Final, Thomas Leigh and I qualified to go to the National Final in Cambridge on 3rd July. We were quite nervous, as we had to stand up in front of a big room of people, so I was relieved when it was over! Unfortunately, neither of us managed to get into the top 4, but is was an unforgettable experience which made me feel much more confident in languages. ISABEL HANNEY 7A UKMT Junior Maths Challenge 2015 Thirty of our top mathematicians from Years 7&8 took part in the UKMT Junior Maths Challenge. This was a national competition and involved problem solving in a range of mathematical situations. The top 40% of entrants nationally receive a gold, silver or bronze certificate. Well done to all students who participated and congratulations to all students that were awarded certificates. BEST IN YEAR Year 8 Grace Lindley Year 7 Isabel Hanney (BEST IN SCHOOL) GOLD Y8: Grace Lindley, Ben Underhill Y7: Isabel Hanney, Stephanie Verwey, Aya Hayes-Stone SILVER Y8: Arwen Wilkie, Ridley Carpenter, Ciaran Draper, Max Brewster Y7: Lennox Priddle, Lottie Robinson, Eve Lindley, Joe Coles, Molly Lindley, Sabrina Roberts, Alfie Hill, Thomas Leigh, Irek Swierczynski, Samuel Smart BRONZE Y8: Jasmine Mitchell, Rudi Bowen, Amy Cotterell, Neive Walton, Abby Palmer Y7: Niah Earl

Oakfield Academy Fundraisers need some more people to join the main committee group. This group meets every 6-8 weeks to discuss how to raise money for the Academy and to discuss forthcoming events.

3 Oakfield Academy Fundraisers need some more people to join the main committee group. This group meets every 6-8 weeks to discuss how to raise money for the Academy and to discuss forthcoming events. We have an Annual General Meeting booked for 8th September 2015 at 6pm please feel free to come along and hear all about us and the events we are running. We look forward to seeing you. Fair Frome Pop Up Shop will be in The Westway Precinct for 2 weeks (13 th 28 th July) to raise money for Fair Frome. Fair Frome run the food bank for the BA11 area, and among other things organise community dining events. They support local people to be more resilient in the current economic climate. They are collecting for the pop up shop, and in particular hope to be able to sell school uniforms, children s clothes, trainers, football boots, shoes, books and toys. reasons. All donations direct to the shop. COMMUNITY QUILT PROJECT EXHIBITION The art work of our Year 8 pupils can be seen at the Black Swan arts centre until the end of August in The-Home-in-Frome-Memory-Quilt- exhibition. HANDBALL HEROES. Congratulations to Max Pollock and Ben Underhill in Year 8 who were put forward for the Somerset Handball trials. Both have now been selected for the squad and will go on to represent Somerset at Handball for the foreseeable future. This is a particular achievement for the boys, and the PE Department, as we have only played handball here for 2 years. Well done lads, MR FOWLER, HEAD OF PE LOST PROPERTY can be claimed from the school stage during the first 3 days of the summer holidays (20-22 July) from 10am 2pm. After that unclaimed items will be disposed of. THANK YOU. The school office will be open from 9am 2pm on Monday 20th, Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd July to buy school uniform. We will also be open on Tuesday 1st September 9am-2pm for purchasing uniform, prior to the children returning on Wednesday 2nd September.

4 Year 8s rock at Charterhouse I think Charterhouse is a great experience which helps boost confidence, whilst having a great time. Caving was my favourite activity, but I also really like climbing as it was challenging. BARNEY NUTTALL Oakfield s very own MR. G!

The climbing and abseiling were amazing it was so great to do things

AMY COTTERELL Charterhouse was amazing, I really enjoyed the wet

5 The climbing and abseiling were amazing it was so great to do things you wouldn t normally do. AMY COTTERELL Charterhouse was amazing, I really enjoyed the wet caving and the climbing, they really were an exciting challenge. The food was fantastic. The staff were really nice and I would love to go again. JAYDEN WHEELER Charterhouse I loved it! Especially the caving, because it felt amazing to be that deep underground. All in all a fun but very tiring few days, with awesome instructors, that were always around to help you. Thoroughly recommended. IVO WADE

FIRST SECOND THIRD 100M Tyler Nutley 7O 14.19 Kallum Angel 7S 14.88 Lennox Priddle 7O 15.27 Xanthe Lawrence- Greenwood 7O 14.32 Ella Curling 7A 15.60 Millie Bates 7O 15.96 200M Kallum Angell 7S 30.

6 FIRST SECOND THIRD 100M Tyler Nutley 7O Kallum Angel 7S Lennox Priddle 7O Xanthe Lawrence- Greenwood 7O Ella Curling 7A Millie Bates 7O M Kallum Angell 7S Noah Broch 7R Felix Piper 7S Xanthe Lawrence- Greenwood 7O Lauren Billing 7P Teigan Throup 7A M Jack Green 7N 2.43 Beau Whisstock 7R 2.51 Isabel Hanney 7A 3.12 Iris Shulman 3.17 Alfie Bayfield-Farrell 7C 3.06 Aya Hayes-Stones 7C M Evan Williams 7C 5.57 Beau Whisstock 7R 6.09 Conner Read 7C 7.26 Eve 7A/Molly Lindley 7N 6.35 Amaia Sulinski 7A 7.00 Kate O'Connor 7O 7.01 HIGH JUMP Buddy Thomas 7A 3.95 Lennox Priddle 7O 3.90 Kallum Angels 7S 3.64 Ella Curling 7A 1.15 Beth Johnson 7S 1.00 Annabelle Storey 0.95 LONG JUMP Alfie Bayfield-Farrell 7C 1.15 Lennox Priddle 7O 1.15 Charlie Dobson 7S 1.15 Xanthe Lawrence-Greenwood 7O 3.57 Isabel Hanney 7A 3.15 Willow Scott 7C 3.03 JAVELIN Jack Green 7N LJ Land 7C Charlie Dobson 7S Lottie Robinson Ella Monk 7O S 10.4 Ellie Smith 7C 9.38 SHOT Jude Phelps 7N 7.52 Irek Swierczynski 7S 7.35 Annabelle Storey 7A 6.00 Ella Curling 7A 5.69 Kieran Spooner 7N 5.70 Jessica Rutt-White 7N X 100M RELAY BOYS 7O 7S 7C GIRLS 7O 7R 7S

7 FIRST SECOND THIRD 100M Ben Underhill 8C 13.0 Barney Nuttall 8A 14.1 Jake Ramsey 8R Mollie Alden 8S 15.5 Gabbie Bird 8S 15.5 Jodie Vicary 8R M Ben Underhill 8C 26.7 Louis Sullivan 8S 29.3 Ollie Lamb 8N Ella Camille Dani Barden 8S 29.7 Walker-Wiltshire 8O 30.6 Whittaker 8R M Kieran Willis 8C 2.59 Rudi Bowen 8C 3 Alex Willmott 8N 3.02 Amy Cotterell 8C 3.3 Grace Lindley 8C 3.36 Ella Kempshall 8R M Max Pollock 8C 5.40 Jake Ramsey 8R 6.11 Jake Cooper 8S 6.27 Skye Whitty 8C 6.18 Jomara Martin 8A 7.13 Amy Monger 8C 7.37 High Jump Barney Nuttall 8A 1.3 Sam Neale 8S 1.1 Maja Henry 8R 1.05 Ella Walker Wiltshire Zoe Warden 8N 1.2 Mollie Alden 8S 1.2 Long Jump Max Pollock 8C 3.9 Jake Cooper/ Louis Sullivan 8S 3.8 Fin Hess Skye Whitty 8C 3.65 Louisa Martin 8S 3.37 Amy Broadway 8S 3.35 Javelin Jago Paton 8R 19.6 Mitchell Price 8A 17.4 Lewis Wells 8N 15.3 Georgia Holly Miller 8A 10.3 Holly Fleetwood 8S 9.3 Kitchen 8N 9.25 Shot Ben Underhill 8C 9.31 Lewis Wells 8N 7.1 Shannon Wells 8C 7.15 Fern Andrews 8S 7.07 Damian Padararu 8R 6.76 Georgia Kitchen 8N X 100M RELAY BOYS 8C N S 61.9 GIRLS 8R S N 64.44

After months of blood, sweat and tears (and that s just the dogs!

Schools and packed houses of paying customers for 3 evening shows

Well done to the entire cast, support crew, staff and parents who

8 After months of blood, sweat and tears (and that s just the dogs!), our hugely anticipated summer performance of ANNIE JNR hit the stage. 2 casts, 3 Annies, 3 dogs and a total of 11 performances wowed audiences. The cast performed for the rest of Oakfield pupils, local First Schools and packed houses of paying customers for 3 evening shows each show completely sold out! Well done to the entire cast, support crew, staff and parents who helped. The show was legendary and will be remembered as one of the best Oakfield have ever produced. Thank you to everybody who supported it watch out for next year s plans in the Performing Arts Department! was raised at our recent MUFTI Day well done!

Sportshall Secondary. Somerset School Games. Field Track. 16 December Millfield. Year 7 Girls. Total Overall Position

Sportshall Secondary. Somerset School Games. Field Track. 16 December Millfield. Year 7 Girls. Total Overall Position Sportshall Secondary Somerset School Games December 0 Millfield A - RED C - GREEN D - BLUE Year Girls Oakfield Stanchester Obstacle Relay Lap Race Field Track Lap Race Lap Paarlauf x Lap Relay Total Overall