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Welcome to our Oak Class page 

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​Class teacher:  Mrs Lizzie Humphrey 
Linked teaching assistant: Mrs Anne Downes 
Our class email address is oak@sibford-gower.oxon.sch.uk 

Oak Class Reminders
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Reminders: 
PE session- Monday
​Gymnastics - Tuesday
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Oak class information, homework and support


Spring - ​Term 3

Our theme this term is 
'WW2'
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​Please click on the icon below to open a printable version
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Please click on the icon below for generic information about homework expectations for each year group.
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Class Updates - Term 3 

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​Our Class Photo Gallery
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Please click on the grey 'button' to view some of our work in D & T
Oak Class Victorian fairground rides
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​Oak Class made poppies to contribute to this beautiful mural marking the 100th anniversary of the Royal British Legion

Dazzling Diwali Lanterns

Beginning with a whole school assembly exploring customs and traditions linked to the festival of Diwali and listening to the story of Rama and Sita, we celebrated Diwali across the school.  In Oak Class, we worked collaboratively to create our own interpretations of divas using balloons, string, tissue and lots of PVA glue. 
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​It was tricky ... it was sticky... but we persevered and are very pleased with the finished lanterns.

Archimedes Screw

Air Resistance - Finding the slowest falling parachute

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Ancient Greek Workshop

Outdoor Art

On their first day back all together as a class after lockdown, the children in Oak spent some time out in the grounds, working together in the fresh air.
With masking tape, outdoor chalk and a little help from their friends, they created some simple yet stunning art work to brighten things up.

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Rosie and Olivia worked together to decorate the lintel above one of the 'Bat Caves'.  Beautiful!



​Armistice Day Art

As part of their exploration of Armistice Day and the importance of remembrance, Oak Class children created some beautiful pictures inspired by the armistice silhouettes one often now sees by cenotaphs in honour of the fallen.
Returner Rap - the children in Year 6  had fun today exploring rap and rhyme. Although these are first drafts and need editing for spelling, word choice and presentation, we thought they were good fun and worth sharing.
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Alchemy Island

As part of our exciting topic entitled Alchemy Island, we had great fun working in 2s and 3s to design and make our own versions of the island, including the key human and physical geographical features.  We really enjoyed doing this and took the results outside for an open air display so we could share these with our parents.
Once we had finished our models, we revised our knowledge of simple electrical circuits to illuminate some of the features.

Martial Arts Workshop, Sports Week 2020

Year 5 Science Day at Tudor Hall

Stargazers Projects!

Year 6 IMPS 2020

Drawing with an Eraser - Year 5

Year 5 spent an afternoon with Ms O'Sullivan exploring how to create pictures using a rubber to make marks by 'removing' charcoal shading from a page.   We chose the theme of nature and everyone was very pleased with the finished works of art.
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Jacob worked very carefully to create this atmospheric image of the bushfires in Australia.  If you look carefully, you can see the firefighters at the bottom of the picture.

Our trip to the History of Science Museum

On Wednesday 15th January, we embarked on a visit to the History of Science Museum in Oxford. We had a fantastic talk all about the history of stargazing, learning about early theories surrounding the planets and studying the constellations. Our favourite part of the trip was when we were allowed to go on our own treasure hunt around the museum. 

Music created with Miss Perkins, inspired by the Northern Lights.

'Frozen Kingdom' Launch Day

As the weather gets colder, there has been a distinctly chilly theme woven through the learning of Oak Class, as they explore their topic entitled ‘Frozen Kingdom’. 
Exploration of this topic began with the arrival of a surprise parcel, accompanied by a letter claiming to be from a Professor Matland of the Royal Geographical Society.  We opened the parcel to discover a ‘sample’ of ice taken from the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.  The children had an opportunity to explore this very closely, applying and developing their learning approach as scientists. 
Everyone’s ‘learning muscles’ were stretched as the children noticed, questioned, and made links with their wider knowledge to explain their thinking. They made some detailed observations which generated a wide variety of scientific questions, predictions and hypotheses and we explored a range of scientific vocabulary. 


Even more extraordinary than the arrival of the scientific sample, was the small object that emerged from deep inside as the ice melted away.  Our learning approach moved from that of the scientist to that of the historian as we used the information provided by this clearly man-made artefact to support further research.
The object turned out to be a tiny but ornate diary page marker, produced in East London and possibly from as early as the 1890s, which we can only assume was dropped by someone on an expedition within Antarctica.  Who could it possibly have belonged too?

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​Peasants, Princes & Pestilence

​We really enjoyed seeing all the creative and informative homework projects created under the theme of 'Peasants, Princes & Pestilence'. Well done Oak!