Pine Class started to get ready for Christmas when they took a trip to the The Ugly Duckling Pottery Studio in Newbury.

This term, Hazel Class have been exploring 'We’re Going on a Bear Hunt'! They engaged in a fun sensory tuff tray activity, identifying the different terrains the family travel through on their bear hunt.

Maple class' Woody from Toy Story scarecrow was awarded third prize in Beale Wildlife Park's Halloween Scarecrow Competition.

Armistice Day, or Remembrance Day as it's also known, marks the very day that World War One ended in 1918. Oaklands School has been marking the occasion in a variety of ways.

Before we broke up for the half term holiday Chestnut held their own Halloween party in class. Staff and pupils dressed up as Gru and Dave from Minions, a spooky witch and Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas.

All our classes have entered into Beale Wildlife Park's Halloween Scarecrow Competition!

Seven pupils from Beech and Maple classes had a marvellous time at the Autumn Harvest Celebration Day, on Wednesday 1st October at Newbury Showground, which was organised by the Newbury and District Agricultural Society.

World Teachers’ Day is held annually on 5 October to celebrate all teachers around the globe. It has been celebrated since 1994.

Today (Friday 26th September) is National Teaching Assistants’ Day, so we’d like to celebrate all our Totally Awesome TAs for their hard work and amazing efforts throughout the year!

It was a glorious, autumnal day on Tuesday 23rd September when Ash class paid a visit to Shalbourne Community Growers.

On Thursday 17th July, the pupils and staff at Oaklands School were delighted to welcome Lee Dillon, MP for Newbury, when he visited the school.

We're pleased to announce that we're holding our next Open Day for prospective pupils, their parents and carers on Saturday 18th October from 10am - 1pm.

This year we were really pleased to be invited to exhibit our pupils' work at the Newbury Show, which was held at Newbury Showground on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st September.

We're delighted to have been nominated in the Independent Schools Association (ISA) SEND School of the Year category of the ISA Awards 2025.

At the end of the summer term Ash class took their final Big Trip of school year to Lagoona Park in Reading.

Cedar class have recently been learning about different professions. As part of this learning topic, the class were visited by Claire, a Veterinary Surgeon and Charlie, a Trainee Veterinary Nurse, from The Veterinary Hospital in Hungerford to find out about their jobs.

Before we broke up for the summer holidays, Maple class took an extra special trip to Bournemouth for the day.

On Wednesday 16th July, we were really pleased to welcome a team from Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue to school.

At the end of the Summer Term the whole of Oaklands School participated in its annual Sports Day.

Last week the whole school got together for a fantastic team building session lead by Paul Radford, Combined Cadet Force (CCF) School Staff Instructor at Pangbourne College.