Friday 4th May The final day of our adventure. We all had a very busy morning first thing as we had to make sure that everything was packed in our suitcases and our rooms were clear. Nearly everyone managed to pack everything and get their sleeping bags sorted but some needed a little help!! After another hearty breakfast we went off to do our first activity. Group 1 had Matrix (or Quad bike cleaning as it is known here!), group 2 had quad biking and group 3 had survivor. Again everyone was brilliant in facing their fears and working as a team. We then had to go straight into our next activity. Group 1 were doing low ropes, group 2 did the Matrix/quad bike cleaning and group 3 did quad biking. All did fantastically well with everything. I would like to say a big thank you to Badger Class as they have been superb this week on our trip away together and we have all had an amazing time here at Little Canada. Thanks again Miss Chainey.

Little Canada - Thursday 3rd May

Thursday 3rd May. Our adventure continues... Everybody slept really well last night and most of the children didn't wake up until at least half past 6 this morning! We got ready and went for another hearty breakfast to set us up for the day. Group 1 then had aeroball, group 2 had inside climbing and group 3 had low ropes. As always everyone did fatastically well overcoming their fears and giving everything 100% effort. After that, group 1 did inside climbing, group 2 did low ropes and group 3 did archery. We all had great fun and showed lots of good team work and being brilliantly supportive towards their friends who were not so confident. After a delicious lunch of pizza and chips (much appreciated by the children), we went for our afternoon activities. Group 1 did quad biking, group 2 did archery and group 3 did aeroball. We have definately got some future Sterling Mosses and William Tells in our class! After a short break, group 1 finished the day with archery, group 2 with tunnel trail and group 3 had inside climbing. We then had our dinner and got ready for our big night out at the disco. Everyone has had another superb day (even if we are all getting very tired!) and we are looking forward to our final activities tomorrow. Well done Badgers!! Miss Chainey

Little Canada...and into the evening...

Wednesday 2nd May evening Day 2 of our adventure continued... We have had our dinner and have all eaten lots after a very busy day of activities. Most of the children went up for seconds (and thirds). Our evening activitiy tonight has been Wacky Races. Everyone had great fun and did lots of really silly fun races. Off to bed now as we are all very tired! A brilliant day had by all. Miss Chainey

Little Canada..In the Afternoon!

Wednesday 2nd May afetrnoon Day 2 of our adventure continued... After refuelling at lunch time we had our afternoon activities. Group 1 and 2 did fencing and group 3 did Matrix. We had some brilliant duels during our fencing session and some super problem solvers during the Matrix. Group 1 and 2 then did Survivor and group 3 did tunnel trail. A great time was had by all during survivor, making shelters from wood, string and a piece of plastic sheet and making mini fires. Everyone got VERY muddy and looked great with their'natural' camoflage!! Group 3 did really well playing all the games in the dark for tunnel trail. A great day so far. Miss Chainey

Little Canada Day 2!

Wednesday 2nd May morning Day 2 of our adventure.... The children were all up bright and early this morning!! We had our breakfast at 8am and then went back to the house to get ready for our activities. Groups 1 and 2 had abseiling and group 3 had fencing. Everyone did brilliantly with facing their fears and all got stuck in. Group 1 then had tunnel trail, group 2 had aeroball and group 3 had abseiling. Again everyone did fantastically and were very brave with doing something that made them feel quite scared. A great morning. Miss Chainey

Little Canada - Day 1!

Tuesday 1st May Our Adventure begins! We had a really good ferry crossing today and arrived on the Isle of Wight to fantastic sunshine. The children were all very excited to be on their trip to Little Canada and we had a lot of 'Are we nearly there yet Miss Chainey?'. When we did arrive at Little Canada, we met our groupie Laura and she took us over to the house to drop off all of our bags. The children then went on a tour with Jamie, whilst the teachers had a chat with Laura. The children ate well for dinner and filled up on lots of salad and fruit! In the evening we had our first activity 'Robot Wars'. It was brilliant fun and the children had a great time. They had to do lots of different activities to earn points towards equipment for turning two of their team in to robots for the Robot Wars at the end. The robots were blindfolded and had to be guided by their teams to pick up glasses of water to throw at their opponent. Some of which got thrown straight at me!! We all then went back to the house to get ready for bed. A superb first day. Miss Chainey

A celebration of art in Woodpeckers and Owls

Despite the impending Christmas break, last week Owls and Woodpeckers hosted their final parent celebration of 2011.

During this half term the children have been studying the life and art of the famous Vincent Van Gogh. Following a lot of preparatory art and experimentation of different techniques and mediums, each child in Woodpeckers class produced their own version of either 'Starry Night' or 'Sunflowers'. Friends and family were amazed at the impressive efforts. Here are some of their comments:

"Some very talented pupils in Year 5 - super!!"

"The quality of the artwork was very impressive."

In Owls' class, they combined art with Science, by creating their own versions of 'Starry Night' and illuminating them with lightbulbs on complex circuits they had devised themselves. Well done.

Keep watching this space for photos of this stunning work in the New Year.

By Miss Blackler

Christmas Carol Service 2011

Christmas is coming....and what a fantastic way to celebrate with our Christmas Carol Service at Testwood Baptist Church!

On Monday 12th December, teachers and children, friends and family of Oakfield, all congregated at the Church to sing lots of songs and join in worship with Ray (the Youth Pastor).

The juniors created a great tableau and re-told the nativity story, whilst the choir led us in singing some more modern Christmas songs with very inventive actions! Great fun was had by all.

Thanks to all who attended and as always, huge thanks to Ray and his team for making us feel so welcome!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

Oakfield Choir Sings at ASDA!

On Tuesday 6th December, Oakfield Choir performed at ASDA in Totton. We sang christmas carols for the general public in our local supermarket. Everyone who was watching us loved the performance and clapped and cheered every time we finished a song! After singing beautiful songs for about one hour, Mc-Donalds kindly supplied us with a mouth-watering hot-chocolate each (yum yum!). The choir had a really enjoyable time singing at ASDA and we would love to do it again next year!

By Charlotte and Scott ( Yr 5 Woodpeckers)

More Fun at the Fair!

All the fun of the Fair 2011!

This afternoon Oakfield got into the festive spirit at our Christmas Fair. Friends and family of the school had a fantastic time buying handcrafted cards, crackers and christmas tree decorations all made by the children.

Ladybirds made some beautiful table decorations (as modelled by Mr Graham) and Caterpillars and Dragonflies created some cracking crackers!

Dylan (year 5) drummed up some passing trade in the Woodland and children happily had their faces and nails painted and some even had tatoos applied - the kung Foo panda transfers were definitely the most popular!

With the smell of candy floss in the air and Christmas tunes playing in the background, it was lovely to see everybody having such a wonderful time.

Thank you to everybody who came for your fantastic support and a special (extra big) thank you must go to FOO, especially Mrs Lemon, for their excellent organisation which made the event so successful.

The Greenies Vs. bugs!

Jean and Debs from Hampshire Recycling came back to work with us again today. We audited our waste...we had more rubbish than before (oh dear!) but we also had nearly double the amount of recycling (great!). We now need to REDUCE our rubbish before they visit us again in the Spring.

After our waste audit, we looked carefully at our new compost bin by the herb garden. Did you know fruit, veg and paper towels are perfect to put in your compost bin but you shouldn't put in meat or cooked food because it might attract rats!

We then looked at all the animals you might find in a compost bin - worms, milipedes, centipedes and wolf spiders to name a few. We then made some movable compost animals and have displayed them by our school council board - come and take a look!

Oakfield's Big Dig Day 2!

Another Sunday..another checklist of jobs ticked off!

On a gloriously sunny November Day, the garden team (plus a few new willing arrivals) continued work on the Herb Garden. All the groundwork for the posts has now been completed - holes were dug and huge wooden posts chopped to size!

Sub-groups also worked around the school; painting walls and rubbing down the climbing frame ready for a good lick of paint - it should look as good as new when completed. We have also ordered new netting for the frame so apologies if it is out of action for a while but we want to make sure that it is always in tip-top health and safetly condition for the children.

Many thanks to everybody who helped. It was lovely to work alongside such supportive parents and form stronger bonds with the people in our community, all your help was very much appreciated and I know the children will benefit hugely from all that we have achieved.

Mrs Wilkinson

Specialist ICT teaching at Oakfield

We are extremely fortunate to have James Harrap, Secondary ICT teacher and ICT specialist, coming in and working with the children. He is currently working with Foxes and as you can see from the photographs below, they are having lots of fun learning how to e-mail each other safely.

Molly said "I've learnt how to type an e-mail...Mr Harrap showed us a few different computer tricks that I never knew before. I can't wait to learn how to blog too!"

Mr Harrap will be working with year groups 2-6 to give the children additional specialist ICT teaching. What a fantastic opportunity for all the children and we would like to thank Mr Harrap for supporting Oakfield.

FOO Fashion Show!

Glamorous models, bright lights, the smell of hairspray in the air...it could only be Oakfield's fashion show!

With a fabulous selection of clothes from Street y'z, children were styled to perfection before hitting the catwalk! Mrs Mabbatt was great on the mike alongside Nikki Scammell.

FOO set up some exciting side stands selling a selection of jewellery, gifts, bags
and refreshments to satisfy the crowds.

Oakfield would like to say a massive thank you to FOO for organising such a successful event and also to Street y'z, meandher handbags and fancytogs jewellery for all their support at the event.

The NSPCC visit the children of Oakfield

Pat and Buddy from the NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children) visited us on Wednesday 2nd November to tell us all about Childline and how they help children who are feeling worried or upset.

We are going to help Childline by raising some money for them. We get to take part in a Super Circuit event tomorrow (Tuesday 8th November) which we will be sponsored for. If we get enough sponsors, we earn badges!Pat explained that we should not ask strangers to sponsor us, we are only allowed to ask people we know.

INFORMATION FOR CHILDREN
If you are having a tough time, don't forget the Childline number is 0800 11 11, there is always a person waiting to take your call. It doesn't cost you a single penny but having a chat might help you to overcome your fears or worries.

Thanks for reading all about the NSPCC.
From the Squirrels!

Oakfield's Big Dig!

The Herb Garden starts!

After measuring up and a visit from Mr Muir, who kindly dug the foundations out for us, the Oakfield Gardening Team got started! Lots of enthusuastic and hard working parents and children gave up their Sunday to help us create an idyllic garden for all of us kids to use. The herb and flower garden will help us to learn more about Science, Geography and Healthy Eating.

Everybody worked really hard to make 8 garden planters, 1 herb wheel, 1 chicken coop and half the slabs were laid down. We also managed to tidy up the quadrangle, organise the greenhouse and give the new guinea pig hutch a new home! What a lot of work to do in one day! A MASSIVE THANK YOU to everybody who came and helped out.

As you can see below, it is all looking really good! We are continuing with work this Sunday 13th November from 1-4pm. Please pop along for a couple of hours and help out if you can spare the time!

Any help would be much appreciated!

From Squirrels class!

Awesome Egyptian Art!

Today Foxes and Badgers have been artists all day. We had a visiting artist, Caroline O'Brien, who led the day. We found out lots of information all about different Egyptian Gods and then used this to create our own banners displaying symbols about our God.

Miss Chainey and Mrs Cunningham were really impressed at how well we worked together in our groups to produce our art work. We are planning to display it around school, but if you can't wait for it to be hung up then please pop into the classrooms to have a look!

Miss Chainey and Mrs Cunningham

Owls and Woodpeckers family celebration

On Wednesday Owls and Woodpeckers had a family celebration. We (the children) planned the whole celebration ourselves. We showed our parents some acts and we told them about keeping healthy as our topic was called Feeling 100%. We had a brilliant family celebration and then once it finished our parents came back to our classes and had a look at our work.
By Scott (Woodpeckers)

Oakfield's fashion show

Love the latest fashions?
Fed up of trapsing around the shops?
Want to find a bargain?

Then come to OAKFIELD'S FASHION SHOW!
Hosted by FOO
on

THURSDAY 3RD NOVEMBER

Doors open 6.45pm

Show starts 7.00pm

Tickets are FREE!

Come and watch the models show of the latest fashions at the right price for your pocket!

10% of the proceeds from all sales will go to FOO (Friends of Oakfield) to help support our school.