Welcome back to school, we hope all our families had a lovely Easter break! Tuesday was 'Earth Day' 2025, and all this week the children have been exploring this year's theme at OWL, 'Our Power, Our Planet'. They've discussed renewable energy (solar, wind and hydro), and how we can care for nature. They spotted bluebells and insects hiding under logs, listened to the birds, written acrostic poems, and looked out for all the new signs of growth that Spring is bringing to the school grounds! Year 6 are learning about the Hindu festival of Kumbh Mela and the children heard the story of The Churning of the Ocean of Milk and the significance of the spilt Elixir. Year 1 are learning about the Sikh religion, and how the names that Sikh children are given carry special significance and meaning. They learned the meanings of their own names and had a visit from Aria's baby brother, Enzo! Year 2 are learning how to measure in centimetres and metres; they also had their Dojo reward day today so could measure their own teddies! Year R have been having fun and learning through play in their outdoor area, while Year 5 are exploring shading, line and tone through their lovely sketches. We held our coffee morning for parents/carers from all year groups to meet and chat today; we got lots of ideas from it which you will hear about soon. We'd like to make this a regular occurrence, as they're a great way for adults that are new to the school or that have been with Oakfield for a long time to get to know each other.

Every half-term at Oakfield, the class teachers choose two pieces of exceptional learning to be placed in a Gold Frame, which is proudly displayed in our reception area for the next half-term. Congratulations to the latest award recipients!

The children have been celebrating 'Earth Day' at OWL this week, exploring this years theme which is 'Our Power, Our Planet'. We talked about renewable energy (solar, wind and hydro), and how we can care for nature. They spotted bluebells and insects hiding under logs, and listened to the birds. #EarthDay2025

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Our Reception class have enjoyed being back at school with their friends today after the Easter Break!

Some of our Year 1 pupils went to Farmhouse Care Home for an Easter Celebration! They played games (wearing some very snazzy hats!) and enjoyed spending time with the residents. #totton

Happy Birthday to our most dedicated volunteer (who also worked at Oakfield for over 30 years before retiring!) - @Linda Bundy. You are amazing, thank you for everything you do for us.

Some Oakfield students have visited Farmhouse Care Home for crafts and singing. It was wonderful to see the children interacting with the residents, and they all had a wonderful time! #totton

Our Year R students went on their first ever school trip to Southampton City Farm and had the best time touching and holding lots of different animals. It was a wonderful experience for them.

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Urban Art - Year 3 took a trip into Southampton City Centre to take some abstract photos of architecture and other interesting urban features. We hope you love them as much as we do! #SouthamptonLiving #southampton #urbanart

Some more pictures from our Mothers' Day Breakfast today.

We held a special breakfast for all the Mums and Grandmothers of the Oakfield children this morning. It was wonderful to see so many families join us, and the ladies got to enjoy a hot drink, pastry, and beautiful handmade card.

Most of the Oakfield Academy pupils will have a special message for their wonderful Mums printed in the Daily Echo on Saturday 29th March. We're all very excited to see them!

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We held our very first Grandparents Event to thank all of the grandparents that do so much for the Oakfield pupils. The choir sang to them while they had tea and cake, and they explored the school with their grandchildren. They made paper flowers, planted seeds, and toasted marshmallows in the OWL area! It was a wonderful afternoon and we're looking forward to next year's event! #totton Totton Together

Pop down to Totton Library - Hampshire County Council to see our wonderful winning entries for our World Book Day 'Book in a Box' competition! Congratulations to Violet, Isla, Bethany, Pippa, Delilah, Reuben, Alba and Mattie; you're all awesome!

We have had a great day celebrating Red Nose Day! Parker and Charles collected money on the gate and then enjoyed a thank you hot chocolate while counting the money. We will let you know the total once the last few coins are in. Our play leaders organised red nose skittles at playtime and in craft club the children could design and colour their own red noses. Because it is the 40th birthday of Red Nose Day, we surprised the children (and staff!) with a disco on the playground at the end of lunch. What a great way to end the week!

We've had a very busy week at Oakfield. On Tuesday we held our first ever Grandparents Day event, with well over 100 grandparents attending! It was wonderful to see the children proudly showing off their work and their school – we've received great feedback and will be adding this event to our calendar each year. Year R and Year 1 had a Purim Party, a fun celebration in the Jewish calendar. They wore their finest party clothes, danced and feasted on biscuits! Year 3 took a trip to explore and photograph architecture and other interesting things in Southampton, and to visit the John Hansard Gallery. Mr Skeels has over 500 pictures to review, and we will share the best of these as soon as possible. The creativity has continued in Year 2 as they work on their final flower art piece, and Year R have made their own kites! In OWL, Year 6 cooked sausages over the campfire, and Year 4 explored the pond area.

Here are some more photos from our celebration of the Hindu festival of Holi, the festival of colours which marks the arrival of Spring. Enormous fun was had by all, thank you to all the parents and carers that came to watch. Happy Holi to anyone celebrating! #holi #holi2025 #totton

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Last Friday the whole school celebrated the Hindu festival of Holi. It is celebrated as the Festival of Colours, Love, Equality and Spring. The children and staff all had a fabulous time and were certainly very colourful when they went home!

Gold medals again! I have been very privileged over the past few months to take our Year 5/6 Athletics team to 3 Sportshall Athletics League matches at Testwood School. After performing brilliantly throughout the matches, we entered our final match in 1st place in group 2. While excitement filled the air about remaining in 1st, the team knew that they had to perform in their respective track and field events in order to remain top of the group. And, I am delighted to say, they absolutely smashed it. The whole team worked hard to improve upon and achieve great results in their events, and these gold medals are testament to the efforts they have put in over the past few months. The relief and joy that came out once the team were told they had finished top was delightful to see and honestly, it's the least the team deserve. So well done gold medal athletes. Wear your medals with pride. You have made myself, Oakfield, and most importantly yourselves, very very proud! Mr Cooke

This week Year R used junk modelling to create their own animals! They discussed the different environments of a desert, forest and the Arctic. Year 1 are learning about London and practised all the rhymes and songs about it, like Oranges and Lemons and London's Burning. Year 3 smashed the weekly Class Assembly and spoke confidently about the persuasive writing they've been doing in English, and money in maths. Year 4 were bug hunting, tree planting, and shown some great teamwork building dens and spotting new spring flowers and buds on the trees. It was Science Week and Year 2 used spotter sheets to help them identify animals and plants, and examined the ways animals adapt to survive in their surroundings, such as camouflage. Year 6 investigated the lux emitted by a bulb when the voltage increased, using a light meter. They also explored different forces in OWL with parachutes, teddies and cable drum towers! Look out for the chosen 'Book in a Box' which are have now been delivered to Totton Library.