WELCOME TO OUR SCHOOL WEBSITE
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Oughton Primary and Nursery School is a community school, taking pupils from 3 - 11 years old. The school is situated in the Westmill area of Hitchin in Hertfordshire, and was formed in 2001, when the former Oughtonhead Junior, Infants and Nursery Schools were amalgamated.
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HOME LEARNING
WEEK 2
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Please follow this link to access previous weeks' Home Learning
COVID-19 LETTERS HOME
Please keep checking the website and Parentmail for any updates.
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HERTS CATERING SUCCESS
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We are pleased to announce that Herts Catering, who provide our school meals, have recently been awarded the Silver Award for Food for Life by the Soil Association. This is to recognise all the steps they take to make sure the children's food is freshly prepared (at least 75%), free of trans fats, sweeteners and additives, cooked by trained chefs and using ingredients from sustainable and ethical sources. All beef is organic. Eggs are free range.
They have also been carrying out a sugar reduction programme and signed up to the SUGARWISE certificate last year. This guarantees that products are low in any sugars or sweeteners that people need to limit, according to WHO guidelines. All of their foods meet Sugarwise's standards. |
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NURSERY ADMISSIONS 2020Please follow this link for Nursery Admissions 2020
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NEWSLETTER JANUARY 2020
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RECENT EVENTS AT SCHOOL
Oak Class had a visitor from Hitchin museum who showed us artifacts dating back to Victorian times. We learnt about how things have changed and got to experience Victorian home life such as doing the washing by hand!
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Reception class all went to the local library. They listened to a story and had an opportunity to explore the bookshelves. Many children joined the library and took out their first book.
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Recently, School Council decided that they would like our school to focus on how to look after the environment. They held a special day to promote this where everyone came to school dressed in Earth colours such as green and blue. A visitor from Herts County Council came in to talk to us about recycling and how we can help. We learnt about how to sort our rubbish correctly and how we can Reuse, Reduce and Recycle to help fight against climate change.
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It has been a very exciting two weeks as we have watched eggs hatch into chicks. Every class has had the daily opportunity to visit the chicks, watching them develop. We even got to hold the chicks which was really exciting. Over the two weeks, we have learnt so much about the chicks.
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WORLD BOOK DAY
To celebrate World Book Day, children and staff all came to school dressed as book characters. We had lots of fun seeing all the great costumes! For our home learning, we turned a potato into a character from a book. Prizes were given to the winning potato for each class. We were so impressed with the imagination and effort that everyone put into their homework.
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For photos of past events, please link to our Gallery.
COMMUNITY PAGE
Please keep checking our Community Page for detail of the latest community events. This week we have posted information about free training for parents on anxiety in autism.
CURRICULUM INTENT
At Oughton, we provide a broad and balanced curriculum, which focusses on equipping our pupils with the knowledge, skills, vocabulary and life experiences required for the next stage of their education. We feel passionately that all pupils have the right to succeed and should be developed to become enthusiastic and life long learners. We aim for them to make links between areas of learning, retaining and recalling information. We strive to achieve this through a curriculum which is fun and enjoyable, engaging children and providing them with long term memories. We believe that at our school it is essential to provide pupils with systematic teaching of key skills, enriching their lives with powerful, cultural life experiences and a key focus on understanding and applying vocabulary.
SCHOOL VALUES & ETHOS
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School Values and Ethos are described under School Information.
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