Oak Heights school end of term 1

Oak Heights School is getting closer to their Christmas holidays. Charity week is now over and the students had great participation in fund raising and done an excellent job. Throughout this week and next week we have study week for the children to study and be ready for their end of term exams. Alongside the fun the students have had at Oak Heights School the children will now have to put their heads down and study hard!
It has been an exciting and eventful week at Oak Heights as the students have been busy on school trips. Mid week Oak Heights had their wonderful annual Christmas trip which this year was to Winter Wonderland Ice Skating Rink. The children had an amazing time as it was a first time experience for most. Many children did not know how to skate and by the end of the session where skating which was a great achievement. Organising a trip to Winter Wonderland was a first for Oak Heights School as usually during Christmas we attend the National History Museum but we thought changing the annual school trip would be a great surprise for the students. Both the students and teachers who supervised the trip had great fun and having time left over we also went on many rides after skating and having lunch together.
Alongside the fun trip the children had this week we also had our compulsory English trip which was to the theatre as well for students within year 9 and 10. The trip was allocated to the theatre to watch 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. This is a mystery novel written in 2003 by writer Mark Haddon which was studied last year by the year 10's and currently studied by the year 9's. Watching the show will give the children an insight to understand the story line in more depth and get a more vivid image of what the story is about. Having a more vivid image will allow the children to expand their minds when doing their written work in class based on this play to attain good marks.
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Oak Heights school in Hounslow holds charity events in term 1

It’s a new week at Oak Heights School! Throughout the week we have all the Children in Need Charity events taking place. All students at Oak Heights are so excited to see how much money we are able to raise and help our community. As the week begins we have our first events taking place at first break and lunch. All activities are organised by the school council members of each year considering ideas from their fellow class students. We aim to create strong characters throughout Oak Heights School with good communication skills and be moulded into leaders. Whether the children are in year 7 or 11 they are all expected to be able to organise and carry out events managing all aspects. We have many functions starting as the week begins starting with The Ultimate skills challenge, Treat or Treat and Pin The Eye Patch On Pudsey all hosted by students in year 9.
We will come to see the outcome of the money raised by the end of the week and hopefully we will succeed just like last week with our Remembrance week charity donation. Oak Heights aim to achieve the highest and to participate within many occasions as possible. It is delightful seeing how supportive the children are at Oak Heights who are willing to take out their time to organise and raise money for charity helping out other vulnerable children.
All events are carried out fairly where all students get an equal chance of participating in all the events and receiving a chance to donate. Money will be collected at the end of the week from all the events and then the total amount will be donated towards the charity.
Alongside doing charity events for Children in Need, Oak Heights School head teacher has also organised a tournament of football for the school. This will be taking place on Wednesday 19th November 2014. Head girl and Head boy in year 11 was asked to create teams of 5 a side in order to carry out the matches. Seeing as the year 11's have had a stressful start to the year in regards to GCSE's as a school we thought it would be a good breather for the children! Students from all years where welcome to be apart of teams and come play football on Wednesday. All students participating will be supervised by Mr Dhillon and Mr Louis. Thursday will also be when the raffle winner will also be announced where the children will know who the winners are!
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Events held at Oak Heights School in Hounslow

The first event which would be taking place on Monday 17th November is held by the year 9 students called The Ultimate Skills Challenge. Hosts are allocated to the event and will take charge everything is organised well and played fairly. Within this event students who are taking part will be awarded a treat based on who can do the most headers without the ball dropping. Students will be giving a small donation to be participating.

The second event which is hosted by year 9 girls is named Trick or Treat where they have many treats and tricks within a box full of confetti and other materials to hide the objects. The participants will get a specific time limit to keep their hand in and get a treat. Another event held by the year 9 girls is called Pin the Eye Patch. All these events are held to raise money for charity.

Following onto Tuesday events which will be held by Miss Gill where girls and boys are welcome to donate to get a henna design done on one hand and use the money made as a donation. Other girls within the year 9 class will also contribute to creating the designs. Card games will also be held with the year 11 boys. To compete with one another they will contribute a donation in order to help fund-raise.

During this week we had year 11 students holding a raffle where all students are able to by a raffle. The winner would not receive any homework for a whole week! Runner ups will also receive prizes up to 3rd place.

To sum up the week we as a school are also holding an auction where the children are able to bring in any unwanted items which they do not need and sell at school. All the money would then also be put towards the charity.

This is the overall look of the events which are being held in the following week. We are all excited to see how much money we are able to raise as we had a great success during Remembrance Day fund raising! Fund raising also helps the children know the importance of how important giving is to the community and how many lives are affected by every small donation! Thank you all for your continuous support. It is always much appreciated.

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Oak Heights school in Hounslow is now offering music lessons

Welcome back! We hope you all had a nice break during the half term. Oak heights are now in the second half term before we all break up for Christmas! As we are approaching Christmas, the time has come when the school goes out for the day for our annual ice skating trip at the National History Museum. Every year towards Christmas the students are taken out on a one day school trip to the National History Museum ending the day by going onto the ice skating ring! This is an exciting outing for the Year 7's especially as it is the first trip they will be participating in with Oak Heights School.
As you may know the new Music classes have now begun. Classes are offered to year 7 & 8's only to start off the classes to assess progress .These lessons are now organised to be every Thursday's once a week. The students will be taught by professional tutors alongside using professional equipment. As a small school, we feel very privileged to be recognised as being members of the Federation of Music. Music classes will be very intriguing to assess as we may have the chance to discover many talents within the students! Oak heights already known as being very academically strong will also be known to be very creative and talented through music classes.
Having the classing proceeding brings us closer to develop our own Christmas music band. Classes as such encouraged students to be more creative and willing to be more active and not to be just wasting energy playing video games!
Previously Oak Heights dedicated a week on E-Safety learning before the half term in order to educate them the risk of being safe using social networks and being involved with the media. As part of Student Safe Guard month, we are now approaching Anti-Bullying week. We take bullying very seriously at Oak Heights School and believe every student should feel safe and happy coming and studying with us. Bullying is not tolerated. Poetically speaking is one of the forms we believe the students are able to express what they feel about bullying and how they would feel if they were bullied. Educating children about bullying is very important as we believe that children should know and understand how to overcome bullies and why it is not acceptable to be bullying others yourself.
Mrs Sandhu will be carrying out different workshops related to Anti-Bullying week in order to educate the students and acknowledge them about the affect bullying may have on individuals.
We believe we have progressed well coming back to school after half term and have many exciting events taking place before we break up for Christmas holidays. Overall this half term should be very exciting and productive for the school and students who are participating within.
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Oak Heights Independent School in Hounslow has its own Bake Off competition!

As part of our Term 1 creative curriculum development we organised a cupcake baking competition which had most of the students participating! All students brought in their own designed cakes which were judged by the teachers and winners were chosen! The competition was open for all the students in the school. Being creative allows the child to expand their thinking and creativity skills. The judgement criteria were based on things such as taste, texture, appearance and creativity. Students then went on to develop their entrepreneurial skills by selling on any remaining cupcakes to the school.
Additional curriculum activities will be starting after half term which begins on Friday 24th October 2014 for one week. Extra music Classes will commence every Thursday for students in our lower years. We are very lucky to be working alongside Hounslow Music Service and becoming members of the Federation of Music. This will allow students to get involved with music and provide them with the opportunity to pursue music as a career or part time hobby in the future. Using professional equipment they will be taught how to play each specific piece by fully qualified and experienced tutors. These new music sessions will embrace the children’s creative sides and encourage them to maintain a healthy balance between academic and creative lessons.
We aim to develop our very own Oak Heights Band by the end of the academic year! This will be a wonderful way for the students to practice their skills and gain feedback.
This week Oak Heights has also been touching upon the more serious subject of E-safety. In response to the recent media interest in e-safety and children we felt it was our duty to ensure that all students know how to use the internet responsibly. In order to encapsulate the many facets of e-safety our General Studies teacher Mrs Sandhu carried out a three days of work shops across the year groups. These consisted of role plays, poetry, and quizzes which were then presented in an assembly involving the whole school. Many areas were touched on and parents were also provided with a summary of how best to monitor their children’s safety online.
The feedback was brilliant and many of the children (and staff) said they felt a lot more educated about the rules and regulations of internet usage. Most importantly they said that they felt a lot more safe knowing how to deal with uncomfortable situations online whether accessing through a mobile device or on a desktop computer.
Our first Parents Day for this academic year will take place this week. This will give teachers and parents a chance to discuss the progress of their child and for some it will also be a chance to meet for the first time if they have only just joined Oak Heights this academic year! Sixth Form and college placements will also be discussed with parents of year eleven students in preparation for the application process after their impending GCSE examinations in summer 2015. This will be a great day, in which we get to see all of the hard work that our teachers and pupils put in throughout the term, and bring it to the forefront! I would also like to thank in advance all of our student Volunteers that are getting involved and helping out! This encapsulates the great team spirit that represents Oak Heights.
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Oak Heights school term-1-2014

Oak Heights School would like to wish a warm welcome to all of our new students and a welcome back from the summer break to all of our former students. We hope that you have all settled in nicely this week and that you are ready for the term ahead.
I would like to take this opportunity to request that all parents ensure that student contact details are up to date on our system. It is also important that we have additional contact numbers in the event of an emergency. If you wish to update any primary contact numbers and postal/email addresses I can be contacted through the contact details below between 8-4pm.
This term we will be electing our new Head Boy and Head Girl for the school and re electing our student council members. All new students will also be informed of their allocated "House" for our House Points system which has been very successful over the past academic year.
As usual there will be a series of local trips throughout the year and it would be great to hear some suggestions from students on preferred locations.
Work experience for year 11 students is due to start for one week. This date may vary depending on each pupils placement, however all students will be updated within the next week.
I look forward to seeing and speaking with you in the near future. For more information visit http://oakheights.co.uk/about-us.html

Oak Heights school in Hounslow has started a tuition centre in the evening

It is my pleasure to write this congratulatory letter to all of our year 11 students for their outstanding Further Maths Level 2 and Science GCSE results. Results release day is often very nerve wracking as I am sure you are well aware, however, the results achieved today have clearly reflected the hard work of our students coupled with the support of yourselves and our outstanding teachers at Oak Heights School.
GCSE examinations are now tougher than ever before and its important that students work early to avoid disaapointment. Oak Heights school in Hounslow has now started a tuition centre in the evening which will support students in Maths, English and Sciences as well as History. Our English teacher, a graduate from Oxford University will be leading the lessons at Oak Heights School. Support lessons are free to those students at Oak Heights who require it but will be chargable at a small fee to those who are from other nearby schools.
Including our 4 year 11 students who that sat their Maths GCSE exams early last summer, we have now set a very high standard within our school, with 5 A*'s , 8 A's and 1 B&C grade in maths GCSE. We would also like to congratulate a special student from year 11 who achieved 7 A* and 5A's in her GCSE's. Well Done !
I ask that you continue to work with us and support your child with their studying as you have done so far, in order for us to keep these outstanding grades consistent throughout all subjects.
I would like to remind you that due to changes with the DFE there will no longer be any early sittings for GCSE exams. All GCSE exams will be sat in Year 11 as linear examinations and retakes can only now take place in Maths and English during the November series.
Again, well done for all of your hard work! I look forward to seeing the same effort throughout the academic year not only from our year 11s but from all other year groups as well!
All internal exam results including end of term 1 results will be displayed on the school window and will be discussed during the next parent day which will be held in September / October. The date and times are yet to be confirmed.
A reminder that school starts in September dates can be found on the school website http://oakheights.co.uk/