Notice Board
Keep up-to-date with what is currently happening in school and around our local community.
Open Days
We're holding our next Open Day for prospective pupils, their parents and carers on Saturday 7th June from 10am - 1pm. There'll be the opportunity to meet some of our experienced and knowledgeable team, take a tour of our school and learn more about 'The Oaklands Way'. Booking is essential - time slots can be booked here.
School Uniform
Our school uniform supplier, Skoolkit, will be holding a 10% discount week in their Newbury store from Monday 30th June – Saturday 5th July.
If you order uniform online from 19th July – 26th July you'll get free delivery by using the code SUMMER25
Online orders MUST to be placed by Monday 11th August for delivery before the start of the new school year.
Here are some helpful tips from Skoolkit for purchasing uniform during the summer holidays:
• The first few weeks of the summer holidays are generally quieter in our shops and online.
• If you are visiting our shops during the last two weeks of the summer holidays please expect to queue outside of the shop and allow more time for your visit.
• Our shops will still need to close at the advertised closing times and we may have to cut the queue short to ensure we can serve the customers we already have in the shop. This also gives us the opportunity to replenish stock and prepare the shop for the following day.
• If ordering online, please place your order by our advertised ‘last order date’ to ensure your garments arrive in time for ‘back to school’, we still dispatch orders placed after this date and will do our upmost to get them to you in time.
Pupil Mobile Phones
Following Government guidance on prohibiting the use of mobile phones throughout the school day and to comply with GDPR regulations, we will be asking all our pupils to hand in their mobile phones at Reception at the start of every school day. Their phones will be kept securely during the day and will be returned to pupils just before they leave school to come home.
Read the Government's Guidance for schools on prohibiting the use of mobile phones throughout the
school day
Find out more about UK GDPR Guidance and Resources by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).
Read specific guidance from the ICO about Children's Information.
Learn more about keeping children safe online.
Staying Safe in the Sun
Children's skin is much more sensitive than adult skin, and damage caused by repeated exposure to sunlight could lead to skin cancer developing in later life. That's why we're asking that all parents and carers apply sunscreen (at least SPF30) to pupils before they leave home for school in the morning. If you would like your child to reapply sunscreen during the school day, they can bring in their own but it must to clearly labelled with their name. If your child needs assistance to reapply sunscreen. please email us to give us your permission to do so.
Read NHS advice about Sunscreen and Sun Safety.
Sports Day
Following on from the great success of last year's Sports Day, this year's event is scheduled to take place at Hungerford Town Football Club on Friday 11th July. We have a backup date of Friday 18th July if the weather is bad on the 11th. We look forward to seeing you all there!
Mixed Ability Rugby
Hungerford RFC hold Mixed Ability Rugby for 10 - 17 year olds one Sunday a month. These sessions are inclusive for young people with or without learning disabilities or associated conditions. To find out more email: hungerfordtigers@gmail.com
Free Workshops for Parents/Carers of Autistic Children and Young People
Autism Berkshire offer a range of free online autism advice workshops to parents and carers who live in Reading, Wokingham and West Berkshire, through the Berkshire West Autism & ADHD Support Service.
These evidence-based workshops, developed by Autism Berkshire’s family support team, provide information and support to the parents and carers of autistic children and young people aged up to 18, whether they already have an autism diagnosis or are on the waiting list for a Berkshire CAMHS autism assessment.
Please note that NHS funding rules mean they can only offer places at these workshops to parents and carers who are registered as patients with a GP surgery that is in the Berkshire West NHS area.
Find out more about Autism Berkshire's free workshops.