Category: School News

First News is a newspaper aimed at children aged 7 and above. They are giving free access for a limited time. Their newspapers are brilliant for children and a great source of non-fiction reading. Free Downloadable Issue

Check out this website to find a brand new Hogwarts home learning platform! With lots of articles, crafts and quizzes on here, it brings the magic of Hogwarts to lockdown! https://www.wizardingworld.com/collections/harry-potter-at-home

This is a great story to read with your children. Stay At Home Superheroes Therapeutic Story (1) it explains why it is important we stay at home.

How fantastic Amazon are supporting and providing children everywhere with free audible books! https://stories.audible.com/start-listen https://stories.audible.com/start-listen What imaginary worlds will the stories you listen to take you?

Please see the letter below to support home learning ideas. Home learning ideas

School closure (3) This letter explains our School Closure as a result of Covid 19 and who our school will remain open to next week. Information is changeable at present so we will keep you up to date via email. Please inform school by Lunchtime on Friday 20th if your child will need to be […]

On Friday 6th March, a group of Year 3 and 4 children took part in the Splashdown Festival at the Leisure Centre. It was an excellent team performance, with some great achievements accomplished by individual swimmers and our relay teams. They did St Oswald’s proud! Some notable successes were 1st place in the Year 3 […]

Today was Shrovetide Day at St Oswald’s. We celebrated with our special guests who attended our Shrovetide Lunch and Key Stage 1 played their own mini game of Shrovetide! In Year 3 we were busy making pancakes (and eating them)!

Today, the whole school took part in Australia Day to raise money for the devastation currently being caused by the bushfires. We came to school in fancy dress, created Australian themed artwork and musical instruments and held a cake sale after school. Well done to everyone who took part… We have raised an astounding £432 […]

Today, Year 3 visited Derby Museum to develop our knowledge of Ancient Egypt – our topic for this half term. We were greeted by an Egyptian lady, Azeeza, who told us about her country and ways of life. We got to dress in authentic Egyptian costumes and have a go at mummifying one of our […]