Greener Christmas

Please help us here at Oakleigh to be greener this Christmas by bringing the following items into school in the New Year to be recycled...

Old batteries

Old unwanted toys

Used stamps (with cm border)

Sweet wrappers

Christmas cards

Thank you for supporting us to save our future planet. Have a lovely Christmas. 

The ECO committee 

SECOND International Green Flag Award

This afternoon Miss Roseanne Hennessy visited us from Keep Wales tidy to assess us for the Eco Schools Green Flag Award.  She was very impressed by the whole school's enthusiasm for the Eco-Schools process, and the level of staff and pupil involvement with environmental issues raised by the programme. 

She was delighted on behalf of Keep Wales Tidy to inform Oakleigh House that their application for the Eco-Schools International Green Flag was successful.  Miss Hennessy was pleased with the presentation the children had put together and spoke about and the tour she had of the school.

Mrs Ferriman and Miss Palmer are very proud of how hard everyone has worked to achieve this fantastic award.

Oakleigh House quickly achieves next step towards becoming a FairTrade school!

Oakleigh House is now a FairActive school.

We did this by holding a FairTrade assembly, setting up a Fairtrade group which is made up of our current ECO and School Council groups.  We created an Action Plan of how we could become a FairActive school and set about completing our goals.  We hold various Fairtrade events throughout the year and now we are going to challenge ourselves even further and work towards achieving the next award - FairAchiever!

'The Fairtrade Schools Award is a campaign that gives primary and secondary school students the opportunity to develop their knowledge and understanding of global issues and the solution that Fairtrade is for so many farmers and workers in marginalised conditions across the globe.  The Fairtrade Schools Award is not only about teaching the students the issue, the award aims to teach them how they can be involved in changing the world around them, encouraging them to know that they can make a difference, that through supporting and promoting Fairtrade in your school, they can empower farmers and workers in marginalised countries.'

Oakleigh starts its journey to become a FairTrade School

We are really pleased to announce that we have started our journey to become a FairTrade School. We achieved our FairAware award this week and are hoping to continue our journey to becoming a FairTrade school during this term... Can you think of any other ways we can become a FairTrade school?

IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE WOODS TODAY...

... then you will be in for a pleasant surprise as Oakleigh House School are now having Forest sessions from Nursery to Year 6. All the children thoroughly enjoy using the Nature Trail for these sessions on our school grounds. They make use of our new outdoor classroom weekly and have been learning all about features in a Forest and how we can use natural resources to make pictures/collages/models etc. Come and have a look at what we've been doing...

ACORNS RESTAURANT OPENS

Highly regarded catering firm, Thomas Franks, have taken over the catering for the Acorns restaurant.  The children and staff are looking forward to enjoying locally sourced freshly prepared lunches each day. 

'Thomas Franks is a contract caterer with a passion for food, professionally presented through excellent service by using fresh, locally sourced ingredients in each and every meal we serve.'

FLYING THE FLAG HIGH

 

In June 2012 Mr Gerry Taylor came to assess us for the Eco Schools Green Flag Award.  He was very impressed by the whole school's enthusiasm for the Eco-Schools process, and the level of staff and pupil involvement with environmental issues raised by the programme. 

He reported "...Excellent Eco-linked curriculum work by all age groups; Lots of staff and community involvement; Enthusiastic and knowledgeable pupils during the tour; an all-round ESDGC school with well-integrated Healthy School, Fair Trade, Nature Detectives etc."

He was also able to record that the school site was completely litter free - Grade 'A' - Well done!

He was delighted on behalf of Keep Wales Tidy to inform Oakleigh House that their application for the Eco-Schools International Green Flag was successful.  The Award has been given without preconditions.  

Mrs Ferriman is very proud of how hard everyone has worked to achieve this fantastic award.

ECO Code

If you take a walk around our school then you will see our ECO Code on display in all our classrooms and on our ECO display by the hall. This helps to remind us what we believe being ECO means in Oakleigh House School.

Oakleigh House Pupils - keeping it clean!

Coverage of Oakleigh House Pupils participating in a beach litter pick recently.

Oakleigh House School pupils are keeping it clean!

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