1st-5th Sept: Eid-al-Adha: Islam

4th & 5th Sept: Inset Days: School Closed for pupils

6th Sept: Year 7 & 8 induction day

7th Sept: Years 9-11 return to school

11th Sept: Sixth Form return to school

13th Sept: Roald Dahl Day

14th Sept: First day of Afterschool Clubs

20th Sept: Kidzania Day – Careers Ideas for Year 8

5th Oct: RE Day: Hinduism

23rd – 27th Oct: October Half Term

Dates for your diary

Year 11 students had a great time on work

experience in the week beginning 3rd July.

Students went to many different organisations for

a week including Nightingale Academy Farm,

M&S Clapham South, local primary schools, an

opticians, the Co-Op, the Government’s Legal

Department and British Airways. Feedback from

both students and employers about the

placements has been very positive and our pupils

gained valuable experience and life skills.

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On Thursday 22nd June, Sixth Form students

organised a Sports Achievement afternoon for the

whole school. Games included wheelbarrow

racing, skipping, egg and spoon race and a tug of

war. Forest, Sky and Sun House were in fierce

competition but overall, Sky House won!

Sports Achievement Day

Work Experience

RE Focus Day: Sikhism This term’s RE Focus Day was Sikhism. Each lesson

concentrated on different aspects of the religion

and a group of students even went to visit the Khalsa

Centre in Tooting. Photos of student’s work relating

to the RE focus day can be found on SeeSaw. You can

download SeeSaw to your smart phone or iPad by

visiting the app store. Our RE Focus day next term

will be Hinduism on 5th October 2017.

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SPRING 2017

OAKLODGE SCHOOL TERMLY NEWSLETTER

ITV News Did you see us on the News? Year 8 and 9 pupils

have been working with elderly residents from

neighbouring Nightingale House on a weekly

basis since April, teaching British Sign Language

(BSL) and creating shared drawings as part of the

intergenerational project. This fantastic project

was covered by ITV News and The Guardian. You

can read the article and watch the clip on our

website at www.oaklodge.wandsworth.sch.uk

under the News & Events tab.

TfL STARS Award

Creative Art Exhibition Well done to the GCSE Art students and those in TWI who

displayed their art work as part of the Identity Art

Exhibition. The show included art and video creations in

response to last year’s Alberto Giacometti exhibition (a

project led by the National Portrait Gallery).

We’re so pleased to have earned

the Bronze Award from Transport

for London’s STARS Accreditation

scheme. To achieve bronze,

students undertook a number of

travel activities including using

public transport for school trips

and learning about road safety.

OLS Leavers’ Prom For the first time ever, Oak Lodge hosted a

school Prom for Year 11 students and the Sixth

Form. The Prom was a great way for those

leaving at the end of this year to celebrate all the

fun they have had at school and all the

memories they have made. Students spent the

last term planning and organising the event with

TA Serafina who worked very hard to make sure

everything went smoothly on the night. Some

pupils chose to arrive early to have their hair and

make-up done by a professional stylist before

arriving to the beautifully decorated hall for

music, dancing and food. The evening was a

great success as was the Roots and Wings

ceremony held earlier in the day which

celebrated our leaver’s achievements as school.

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SPRING 2017

OAKLODGE SCHOOL TERMLY NEWSLETTER

Prize Giving On 12th July we held our annual prize giving ceremony to celebrate the student’s achievements. It was a lovely

afternoon shared with students, staff, parents and carers. Congratulations to all our prize winners for all you have

accomplished this year! Congratulations to Forest House for winning the House Competition. Special thanks to

Oddonos, our local ice cream shop on Northcote Road, for kindly donating free ice cream in five flavours!

The Cup winners were:

Charles de L’Epee Cup -­­ Andreea Tempe

The Atiya Khanon Cup -­­ Bradley Maule

The Rotary Cup -­­ Jayden Wilkinson

Kim Humphrey Cup -­­ Francesco Saponara

Peter Merrifield Cup -­­ Finette Likolo & Ayesha Said

Artistic Achievement Cup – Ayesha Said & Fredrick Da Costa

Sheila Foot Cup – Ruqaya Zaman & Grace Makengo

Whiting Cup – Shainil Raval

World of Work Cup – Joshua Owasanoye

Year 7 Cup -­­ Adem Gjini

Year 8 Cup -­­ Amani Stewart

Year 9 Cup -­­ Paulo Estrela

Year 10 Cup – Silan Karagoz

6th Form Cup – Cheyenne Buttigieg

TWI Cup – Naseer Iqbal

College Cup – Leya Sanjider Akther

English Cup -­­ Amy Rees

Gerry Turner Cup – Fredrick Da Costa

Sarah Price Cup-­­ Anisa Musammath Amina Jannah

Residential Award Winners were:

Aspire, Believe, Achieve Award - Lucy Miell

Outstanding Progress Award – Isaac Anderson

The Skills for Life winners were:

Creative thinker – Chyna Harrison-Bell

Self-Manager – Ruqaya Zaman

Independent Enquirer – Mawdood Butt

Team Worker – Melos Isufi

Reflective Learner – Clinton Osondu

Effective Communicator – Salma Sakhi

The 100% Attendance winners: Cristina Gherman, Fredrick Da Costa and Kleyvis Hasani

Sixth Form 95% Attendance winners: Nikolas Parris-Nyakoh, Mohamed Idtnaine, Cheyenne Buttigieg, and Junior

Apanishile

The students who achieved the Most Merits:

Sun: Grace Makengo (Y7), Manisha Ahmed (Y8), Jayden Wilkinson (Y9), Kleyvis Hasani (Y10) & Mouhammed Felkaoui

(Y11).

Sky: Cristina Gherman (Y7), Kristina Alexander (Y8), Amy Rees (Y9), Roshni Khatun (Y10) & Shainil Raval (Y11).

Forest: Ruqaya Zaman (Y7), Cabdi Ahmed (Y8), Mohammed Ali Amin (Y9), Silan Karagoz (Y10) & Jessica Howard (Y11).

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SPRING 2017

OAKLODGE SCHOOL TERMLY NEWSLETTER

Fundraising for Oak Lodge

Sporting Achievements

This term our students took part in a number of

sporting challenges including the Panathlon

London Plate Final, the Panathlon Deaf/Hard of

Hearing Football and Rock Climbing Day and the

swimming Para Gala and Athletics competitions

for the London Youth Games.

We had several fundraisers this term to raise money for Oak Lodge

including the annual Nightingale Walk, the 5K Colour Run and the 5K

Battersea Park Run. All money raised by staff, students and friends

of the school will go back into the school fund for future projects. A

big thank you to all who took part in this term’s fundraising efforts.

Eat Well, Move Well, Live Well Thank you to all who collected Active Vouchers from their Sainsbury’s shop

for us. Together, you managed to raise enough vouchers to buy outdoor

sensory equipment including an outdoor tepee, coloured Jamanga tower and

an ankle skip. Regardless of ability or impairment, Sainsbury’s Active Kids

believes that every young person should be able to lead an active lifestyle.

Staff raised over £370 on behalf of Oak Lodge by taking part in the 2017

5K Colour Run in Wembley. Group E designed a very creative outfit for

SaL Therapist and event organiser Alanna to wear - which she wore with

pride! A big thank you to all those who raised money for the day

including Ms Day who provided lots of cake and lots and lots of pennies

for the copper trail and Mr Golowacz and Ms Moore who baked lots of

yummy cakes. Congrats to Sky House for raising the most in the copper

trail. They will receive 10 merits each and a chocolate.

It was planned that all money was supposed to go back into the school

however after recent events which have hit the UK, £200 will be donated

in Oak Lodge School’s name to the British Red Cross who are supporting

all those affected by Westminster Bridge, Manchester Arena, London

Bridge and Glenfell Tower. Of the remainder, £70 will go towards staff

projects and £100 to create an AAC budget for students.

Special mention to Luke Newman and Aya Agram who both made and

brought in cake to sell at the cake sale. What a big contribution to school

life and initiative. It is vital for students and their families to get involved

in school life and support projects like this.

Colour Run 2017