Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Great British Spring Clean 2019

  Mon 25 Mar 2019
  Y5 from @highoakhamps litter picking with @MaunConservationGroup at Oakham nature reserve & Quarry Lane Nature Reserve for the #GBSpringClean @KirstieMAllsopp @chrisgpackham @stevebackshall @JuliaBradbury @ChadNews @MDC_News @NottsCC  what fab #LitterHeroes we are  @highoakhamps 

  

• Worksop College - discovery morning for Y5 and Y6

  Thu 21 Mar 2019
  Check out this chance to get to know more about Worksop College.

  

• Tree House Easter Planner

  Thu 21 Mar 2019

  The Easter planner for the holidays has been uploaded onto the Tree House area of our website. Click here for more details. 

   

  Please note in the holidays, the opening time has changed to 7.45am to accommodate working parents

  

• Survey findings - analysis

  Sun 17 Mar 2019

  Survey findings - analysis 

   

  Click here and scroll to the bottom of the page to read a summary of the findings from the survey sent out in January 2019.

• The Big Family Singing experience

  Tue 12 Mar 2019

  We love singing at school and when we saw this, we knew we had to share it. Singing is indeed great for your emotional wellbeing, confidence and connecting with others and above all it is great fun!

   

  At the Big Family Singing experience, enjoy favourites from fantastic musicals and other songs led by inspiring conductors. See the flyers below.

   

  Hope to see you there!

  

• Online safety on World Book Day!

  Thu 07 Mar 2019

   

  Social Media guidance - Perfect for Book Week!

   

  Cautionary tale based on Goldilocks about Social Media. Written by Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross.

   

  https://www.wearecoda.com/example-flip-book/files/downloads/goldilocks-single-pages.pdf

   

  https://www.vodafone.co.uk/mobile/digital-parenting/goldilocks

• Trophies donated to school

  Fri 01 Mar 2019

  A massive thank you to Teachers UK - an education recruitment specialists based in Mansfield, who have bought us some trophies for use in school. 

   

  Louise from Teachers UK, works very closely with our Head and office staff to arrange and supply us with teaching and support staff when needed to cover illness or absence. From our collaborative work, and from observing the contribution Teachers UK make to the community supporting children in our local area, it is clear that our aims are the same - a collective responsibility for raising standards in education for our children. 

   

  Our trophies are being used in celebrating achievements and successes such as: Team Points - the greatest team, Key Stage 1 star of the week, Key Stage 2 Superstar and the class with the best attendance in school. 

   

  Thank you Teachers UK, from everyone at High Oakham Primary School.

   

   

  

• Important online safety message

  Tue 26 Feb 2019

  Do your children use social media or messaging apps? Do you know about MOMO?

  Here is some important information that has been hitting headlines this week.

  MOMO ADVICE: Make sure kids know not to contact strangers via social media/instant messaging apps regardless of the threats. Learn how to enable privacy settings & disable location sharing, share advice with children to avoid them becoming a victim! 

  Follow the link below for important advice and information:

   

  https://parentzone.org.uk/article/three-minute-briefing-momo-challenge#5c751d2add6613.87859625

• World Book Week - 4th - 9th March

  Mon 25 Feb 2019

  World Book Day takes place on Thursday 7th March 2019. We will be celebrating this in school through a variety of exciting events throughout this week - including dressing up in your favourite colour on Friday 8th March. 

  Don't forget to #shareastoryselfie on Twitter using the handle @highoakhamps 

   

  Please see the letter sent home today for more details - or in the 'letters home' part of our website. 

• Poster competition time

  Sun 10 Feb 2019

  Poster competition - raising awareness of mental health #rethinkmentalillness #wellbeing #mansfielddistrictcouncil

   

  Dear Parents/Carer & Students

   

  I hope this letter finds you well, I’m writing to you today to introduce myself. My name is Bethany Wigley and I am the current Miss Mansfield and Sherwood Forest 18/19. Since I won the title in March 2018 I have been promoting and raising funds for my chosen charity Rethink Mental Illness. They directly support 60,000 people across England a year however sadly there are many more that are unable to access support. Like myself, Rethink’s aim is to change public attitude and reduce the stigma of mental health. Mental health affects everybody at some point in their lives in varying degrees and forms. Two thirds of the UK populations feel they don’t have anyone to talk to about their personal problems such as mental health and one in four people suffer from mental illness. This charity is not only close to my heart, but I believe by promoting and fund raising for this charity it will have a great impact on the lives of many.

  The non-uniform day held across Nottinghamshire on World Mental Health Day last year was a great success. It was fantastic to work with students across participating schools and see the great work they’ve been doing in the classroom to promote a positive attitude to mental health.

   

  To continue to raise awareness amongst young people in our communities I am excited to announce that I am running a competition for students to design a poster to promote healthy minds and awareness of mental health and show how we can look after our own and other people’s mental health. The winner will have their poster published on the side of Mansfield District Council's refuse lorries for thousands of local residents to see every week.

   

  The competition is now open and will close Monday 18^th March 2019. Entries need to be submitted to your participating school by the closing date. You will also need to write on the back of your art work the following information:

   

  • Name
  • Age
  • School
  • Class year and teacher
  • Parent/Carer’s email or Parent/Carer contact number
  • Description of your art work.

   

  I hope you agree that this is a great way to promote mental health awareness to everyone in our community along with showcasing the talents of our local students.

   

  Kind regards,

  Bethany Wigley

  Miss Mansfield & Sherwood Forest 2018/19

   

  Email: missmansfieldsherwoodforest@hotmail.com

  Facebook: facebook.com/missmansfieldandsherwoodforest

  Instagram: instagram.com/missmansfield18