What a egg-ceptional Easter Week we have had at Ox Close this week. From egg decorating to The Eggs Factor we have had a egg-splosive fun filled week and we would like to share this with you. If you would like a look into our egg-citing activities there is a link below.

Egg-citing Easter Activities

Thank you to all of the parents who attended our E-Safety workshop on Wednesday evening. Our special guest, Stella James from Gooseberry Planet, provided an engaging and informative discussion about staying safe online. She provided a wealth of advice and strategies which will help protect parents and their children from potential dangers on the internet.

Stella has kindly provided her presentation from the workshop for you to download using the link below. It contains all of the information from Wednesday.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/vt20o6nv90haeaz/Parent%20Workshops%2015th%20January%202017.pptx?dl=0

Ox Close has been awarded the Gold School Games Mark. The School Games Mark is a Government led awards scheme launched in 2012 to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school and into the community. This award demonstrates our dedication to giving children opportunities to compete in a variety of different sports and is an accolade we are very proud of.

Next week, Ox Close is featuring as Star Radio‘s School of the Week. Today Wes Stakes visited and worked with a group of children. Without spoiling it, they came out with some very interesting comments. Please tune in to Star Radio from 7:35am and 3:30pm every day next week.

Children from across the school have thoroughly enjoyed working with the writer Adam Bushnell this week. From creating dinosaurs, to describing the scary insides of a pyramid, the children have really excelled themselves. It all culminated in an amazing assembly this afternoon, with our special guest delivering some fantastic story-telling. We are delighted that Adam will return to Ox Close in the next academic year.

Life never stands still at Ox Close and 2016 has been no exception. Our facilities have been enhanced significantly, our results across the school were excellent despite several more maternities, the school council visited parliament, and the school won many awards. It was also fabulous to see 7 of our pupils being nominated for Young Peoples’ Awards, with 5 being successful. This was all achieved amid a sometimes difficult backdrop of the Teaching Assistant dispute and various other matters. Here’s to a peaceful and successful 2017.