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 7^th 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 12^th 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 7^th 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 12^th 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 7^th 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 12^th 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.”

PRESS 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.

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Primary 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.