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Two schools support museum's art exhibition
Fri 02 Feb 2018News Release – February 2018 For Immediate Release
Two Primary Schools Support Mansfield Museum’s Art Exhibition.
Two local Primary Schools have increased their collaboration links by sharing a family art session – a clay ‘selfie’ workshop.
The two schools were offered the chance to take part in the “This is Me, This is Mansfield” project by artist Clare Taylor who has been managing the art project for Mansfield Museum. Four families from Oak Tree joins five families from Asquith to take part in the workshop.
The workshop was great fun. All the artwork will go into an exhibition at the Museum. The exhibition is to formally open on the 17th February and runs through until the 24th of March.
The project gave local residents the chance to create mini-me ceramic figures of themselves. This was to celebrate the very first building the Museum was housed in, known locally as the Tin Tabernacle.
Oak Tree and Asquith Primary Schools are part of a local four school collaboration, called the Open Door Collaboration. This was one of the first events that has been organised to increase links between the schools, their children and families.
Rebecca Judson, Teaching Assistant at Oak Tree Primary said “Working with Clare Taylor the artist has been brilliant. We have taken families to visit another school in our collaboration which was a great opportunity.
We are looking forward to visiting the Museum to see our art work in an exhibition”
Clare Harding Head at Asquith Primary School said “Working together within the collaboration has given us great opportunities to join forces and to let our children and families enjoy greater experiences.
The families all had a great time, met some new people and really got something out of the morning. We are very grateful to Mansfield Museum and Clare Taylor, the artist for their help and the opportunity to join in this great project.”
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The Town Mouse & The Country Mouse
Mon 29 Jan 2018.
Reviews: Best Movie Ever....Mason 5*
Performers from Nottingham Playhouse performed, "The Town Mouse and The Country Mouse." Adventure, song and dance. They followed the show with performance workshops
The production was paid for by Councillors Vaughan Hopewell and Martin Wright.
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More Sporting Success
Mon 29 Jan 2018The year 5/6 athletics team won the Mansfield indoor athletics title.
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The 12 Days of Christmas
Mon 08 Jan 2018The choir and class 12 lead a carol concert to lead us into Christmas.
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Twinkly Treetop Tale
Mon 18 Dec 2017A lovely show, as Mr Thrower said, it makes you feel Christmassy.
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Tree Dressing
Tue 12 Dec 2017Local School Involved in Singing event and Tree Blessing!
Oak Tree Primary School recently visited Jubilee Tesco on two occasions this week, singing to shoppers and then working alongside the Tesco staff to bless a local tree.
The school choir visited to Tesco Jubilee on 7th December, to sing for shoppers on Thursday afternoon. The children were welcomed to the store and sang their Christmas song repertoire near the main entrance as shoppers came and left the store. Donations were collected by the pupils towards the school funds and raised £?.
On the morning of 12th December two classes worked with Oak Tree Conservation Group, Sherwood Forest Trust and Tesco staff to create bird feeder pinecones, fat balls and string peanuts. Later that afternoon they all walked on to Oak Tree Heath to hang the bird feeders and to bless the Scots Pine tree with prayers and songs. The blessing was led by Vicar Phil Stead of St Albans Church in Forest Town.
Pupils, teachers and community leaders then returned to the Tesco store to have a hot drink and biscuit, before walking back to school with a present from the store for the children who had taken part.
Oak Tree Primary School Head Mark Thrower said “Our School Choir is going from strength to strength. Tesco’s is one of the children’s favourite places to perform.
We had lots of lovely comments from the public and wish to thank them for the donations made. The children certainly enjoyed the experience.”
We are pleased the annual tree dressing has continued for another year. It is one of our established Christmas traditions continued by a great partnership between with the school, the Tesco store and a key community group all working together to support local wildlife while creating a great activity memory for the children.”
Local School Involved in Singing event and Tree Blessing!
Oak Tree Primary School recently visited Jubilee Tesco on two occasions this week, singing to shoppers and then working alongside the Tesco staff to bless a local tree.
The school choir visited to Tesco Jubilee on 7th December, to sing for shoppers on Thursday afternoon. The children were welcomed to the store and sang their Christmas song repertoire near the main entrance as shoppers came and left the store. Donations were collected by the pupils towards the school funds and raised £?.
On the morning of 12th December two classes worked with Oak Tree Conservation Group, Sherwood Forest Trust and Tesco staff to create bird feeder pinecones, fat balls and string peanuts. Later that afternoon they all walked on to Oak Tree Heath to hang the bird feeders and to bless the Scots Pine tree with prayers and songs. The blessing was led by Vicar Phil Stead of St Albans Church in Forest Town.
Pupils, teachers and community leaders then returned to the Tesco store to have a hot drink and biscuit, before walking back to school with a present from the store for the children who had taken part.
Oak Tree Primary School Head Mark Thrower said “Our School Choir is going from strength to strength. Tesco’s is one of the children’s favourite places to perform.
We had lots of lovely comments from the public and wish to thank them for the donations made. The children certainly enjoyed the experience.”
We are pleased the annual tree dressing has continued for another year. It is one of our established Christmas traditions continued by a great partnership between with the school, the Tesco store and a key community group all working together to support local wildlife while creating a great activity memory for the children.”
Local School Involved in Singing event and Tree Blessing!
Oak Tree Primary School recently visited Jubilee Tesco on two occasions this week, singing to shoppers and then working alongside the Tesco staff to bless a local tree.
The school choir visited to Tesco Jubilee on 7th December, to sing for shoppers on Thursday afternoon. The children were welcomed to the store and sang their Christmas song repertoire near the main entrance as shoppers came and left the store. Donations were collected by the pupils towards the school funds and raised £?.
On the morning of 12th December two classes worked with Oak Tree Conservation Group, Sherwood Forest Trust and Tesco staff to create bird feeder pinecones, fat balls and string peanuts. Later that afternoon they all walked on to Oak Tree Heath to hang the bird feeders and to bless the Scots Pine tree with prayers and songs. The blessing was led by Vicar Phil Stead of St Albans Church in Forest Town.
Pupils, teachers and community leaders then returned to the Tesco store to have a hot drink and biscuit, before walking back to school with a present from the store for the children who had taken part.
Oak Tree Primary School Head Mark Thrower said “Our School Choir is going from strength to strength. Tesco’s is one of the children’s favourite places to perform.
We had lots of lovely comments from the public and wish to thank them for the donations made. The children certainly enjoyed the experience.”
We are pleased the annual tree dressing has continued for another year. It is one of our established Christmas traditions continued by a great partnership between with the school, the Tesco store and a key community group all working together to support local wildlife while creating a great activity memory for the children.”
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The super successful spolling boo, sorry spelling bee
Tue 12 Dec 2017Lots of effort, well done to everyone who took part, all the finalists, and the winners.
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Lantern Parade
Mon 11 Dec 2017PRESS RELEASE - Dec 2017
LOCAL SCHOOL TAKES PART IN COMMUNITY LANTERN WALK.
Oak Tree Primary School worked in partnership with both Oak Tree Children’s Centre, Oak Tree Neighborhood Management Team and Jubilee Tesco to organize a community Lantern Walk around the estate.
School made sure all their pupils were aware of the event and provided the entertainment. The Children’s Centre had organized reindeer for the children to visit and crafts to take place. Oak Tree Neighborhood Management worked with Tesco to provide refreshments.
During the hour before the Lantern Walk people gathered at the Children’s Centre to hear the School Choir sing Christmas carols. The Samba Band performed a rendition of their performance pieces.
All the participants then walked around the Estate to sing Christmas songs. The event was very well attended with well over 70 people taking part.
Music Lead Kathryn Greenwood said “It was great to give our choir and Samba Band performers an opportunity to show what they could do. They did so well.
We have been supported by funding from JN Derbyshire to purchase samba equipment and by Inspire from the Old Library Theatre, who have funded a drumming expert to help us get going.
To have an opportunity to perform at a Christmas community event has been the icing on the cake to a brilliant term of singing and samba drumming”.
Oak Tree Primary School Head, Mark Thrower said
“We hope our school performers enjoyed being part of this event and that their skills were appreciated by the local community.
The event was a great start to the festive celebrations”
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For further information, please contact Corinna Brown, 0797 424 9449, scaesc@oaktreelane.notts.sch.uk
Photo shows Oak Tree Primary School pupils and staff.
We do not name pupils in photographs.
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Meet Santa at the Lantern Parade
Tue 28 Nov 2017
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Den building in the forest
Tue 28 Nov 2017Primary Schools Organise ‘Family Den Build’ with Forestry Commission Support.
Four local Primary Schools have increased the links within their formal collaboration by working with local Forestry Commission staff and volunteers, to organise a family woodland skills and den building activity on Saturday 25th November at Sherwood Pines.
Most of the families offered the opportunity are members of the School’s Eco Clubs. Certainly a good proportion of the families had never taken part in this type of activity before.
Up to sixty people, children and adults alike worked with four Forestry Commission Rangers to learn how to safely cut down saplings that needed thinning out, using bow saws, pruning saws and loppers.
They then used these sections of tree to make the structure of a den, completed by foraging in the undergrowth for bracken, smaller trees and grass to create the covering for the den. Then it was time to make a fire for a warming drink. It was a cold day and this drink was very welcome.
The four schools are working closely in a formal collaboration called the Open Door Collaboration. This was one of the first events that has been organised to increase links between the schools, their children and families.
The idea came from a joint training event held in October for all the staff from the four schools. Staff are very keen to learn from each other and to replicate good ideas, from both within the classroom and outside it.
Getting children outside and learning in a safe way is part of way all four schools help the children particularly the youngest, to learn. The Forestry Commission have been very supportive of helping the school generate resources to use in outdoor learning.
Leanne Swain, Teacher and Eco Lead said “Working with the Forestry Commission has been brilliant. We have taken families to visit the woods before so we knew this was a great opportunity.
When the Forestry Commission offered a Saturday morning event we wanted to make sure more people got the chance to take part so offered it to all the schools in our collaboration. Families have had a go at activities today that they might not have tried before. Everyone had a marvellous time.”
Clare Harding Head at Asquith Primary School said “Working together within the collaboration has given us an ideal opportunity to work with the Forestry Commission again.
