OAK HEIGHTS SCHOOL TERM 2 NEWS

As well as Oak Heights offering exceptional education, we also offer students both internal and external to join Oak Heights Tuition. The tuition centre offers after school classes in order to give children the extra push which is needed in order for them to achieve to their highest capability. An initial test is given before they start which allows us to see what the weak and strong points of the children are and what can be done for them to improve. We work with the students to see which method they respond to and understand best when giving them support lessons.
As well as usual tuition which we as a school provide children, we also have after school workshops which take place for the year 11 students in order for them to get enough exam practise to be confident when taking their actual GCSE's. The tuition centre in Hounslow offers English, Maths, Science, French, Spanish and History after school. These workshops are vital as there is only 3 weeks left until half term which means when the students are back their exams will commence.
On the brighter side at Oak Heights in Hounslow we have also organised many tournaments for the children to also have a break from all the exam stress. We will be having a basketball tournament within the next few weeks where all students participating have chosen their teams and will be competing against one another. This tournament will take place at Osterley Leisure Centre. Other tournaments we are going to be organising will be football and Goals and lastly a badminton event which will also take place at Osterley Leisure Centre.
We also have our school trip taking place after the half term on the first weekend back. This trip will last 3 days where we will be going on Friday and returning Sunday evening. This is an exciting event for all the students as well as the teachers who are participating as there are many different activities which take place. These activities are equally fun for children and adults which make's the trip a fun weekend away for all. This is a good opportunity for all the children to be active and carrying out many activities which will help them improve their confidence and team work skills.
At Oak Heights School in Hounslow we aim to balance out the work load with many fun activities. Students should feel as if they are awarded for their hard work and efforts as it would make them want to work even harder. Children are given the luxury to give us their best chosen places to attend for school trips and we then try out best to organise a trip best fit for all of the students. This helps the students to feel as if they are apart of the school and their intake is vital to us.
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What to look forward to in Term 2 at Oak Heights school in Hounslow

Coming to the end of the term we have much more to look forward to in term 2! Oak heights school like to recognise hard work and punctual students. We will have an assembly on the last day of school were we distribute certificates to specific students for their good hard work or having a continuous good punctuality. It is important to show students that their hard work is recognised as this motivates them to work harder and continue to perform at a high level. We have many students who have worked hard throughout the term and will be rewarded. Having certificates showing your commitment to hard work is good for every students records which is why at Oak Heights we ensure all students are rewarded.
Seeing as the students collect house points throughout the whole term, it’s come to the conclusion of Red house winning as they have the most house points! They will be rewarded with a fun house trip as a reward of their hard team work to win. We will be excited to see who next terms winners will be at Oak Heights School. As the weather will be warming up we will also have our annual trip to PGL where the children are away for the weekend completing many tasks and activities. PGL is a very active trip as they complete many activities such as raft building and canoeing and so on! It is seen to be a good experience as we know from feedback which is why the trip is held on an annual basis.
We would like to thank you for your continuous support throughout the term by communicating with us along side supporting your child fulfilling their needs. We would also like to thank you for your support throughout our charity weeks as your intake had a great impact on our school as we could not of done it without you!
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Coming to an end at Oak Heights school in term 1

Coming up to mid week most of the charity events have no taken place and money is raised. The raffle winner was a fellow student from year 8 which means he does not get any homework for the whole week! Second runner up was a year 11 student which means he is able to eat anything for lunch healthy or not! At Oak Heights School we ensure all students are eating healthy food and not consuming fizzy drink. This however will be a one off exception. The third runner up was a year 9 girl, the year 9 girl was able to join the end of term trip for the winning house team. We are delighted to say we managed to raise £125 from just the raffle event. Oak heights still needs to sum up the money raised from the other events and sum up the total amount which we will donate. Fund-raising will commerce until the end of the week for Children in Need charity.
On Friday the year 11's will be going to a trip relevant to History as they go to The Tower of London. This would be a good experience for the students where they will gain knowledge of many items which are seen to be symbolic of Britain. These items at first where only privileged where as now they are able to be seen. Following onto next week the year 9 and 10's have another compulsory trip where they will be visiting the Theatre Show watching "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time"
On Wednesday we also had our tournament at Goals take place where students had created mixed teams from all years 5 a side and played matches till one team was the winner. Team Abriza won the tournament as they won the most matches. Overall this was a good experience for the children alongside being a fun day out for them. This was the first football tournament which had taken place for our new year 7's. The feedback from the students was positive and it is an event we would book in the future.
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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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