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OG Historians take a trip to Bolton Museum

Today, the OG Historians went on a very exciting trip to Bolton Museum to learn about our locality. We spent the morning exploring different artefacts from Bolton’s past. We looked at images that showed Bolton in 1700, 1800 and 1900 … Continue reading

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Christmas Performance

We have really enjoyed an exciting Christmas performance today! Our Year 5 djembe drum players and brass players performed songs they have been learning over the Autumn term. Our school choir also sang beautifully for us. We enjoyed celebrating Christmas … Continue reading

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Pantomime Smiley Reward

Today we were very lucky to watch the Cinderella pantomime in school for our Autumn 2 Smiley Reward. The performance was fabulous and we joined in with lots of singing and dancing. Thank you Miss Harvey for this lovely treat! … Continue reading

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Wheelchair Fencing

This afternoon we were visited by Justine who does wheelchair fencing for Great Britain. She told us about her accident and recovery and how she got into training for competitions and events. Her first competition was in the World Championships! … Continue reading

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Choir brightening the darker mornings,

Christmas Cheer from the Choir.  The children performed a selection of Christmas songs, to show case their fantastic talents. This morning during the start of the school day. They again wowed us with their beautiful harmonies. 

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Bebras Computational Thinking Challenge

A selection of our Key Stage 2 children were selected to take part in the Bebras Computational Thinking Challenge, an international challenge organised in over 60 countries and designed to get students all over the world excited about computing. Each … Continue reading

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Choir Performance

This morning our amazing choir performed outside of school. They showcased some of the Christmas songs they have been working on alongside Mrs Hudson over the past few weeks. Everyone did an amazing job and should be very proud!

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Welcoming Drumming performance

Children from Year 5 this morning brighten up your day! With an entertaining performance showing you their drumming skills they have been learning this term. I hope they made you smile and put a spring in your step.

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Art Parent Morning

This morning, our families were invited to an Art workshop, followed by a visit to their child in class, to observe how art is taught at Oxford Grove. A range of art skills and techniques were being modelled as well … Continue reading

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Online Safety Workshop Winners!

A big congratulations to our laptop winners! These families won the raffle for the parents/carers who attended our Online Safety workshops last week. We hope you enjoy using your brand new laptops at home!

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Remembrance Day assembly

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Online Safety Workshops

Today we have had a full day of online safety at Oxford Grove! We have held workshops for Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6. During the workshops, we talked specifically about gaming, social media, apps and the risks of … Continue reading

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Computing Open Morning

Today, our families from KS2 were invited into school to attend a Computing Workshop followed by a visit to their children in their classrooms, to watch them taking part in Computing lessons with their teachers. We had a focus on … Continue reading

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Black History Workshops!

This week, Key Stage Two have been lucky enough to have high-quality Black History Workshops tailored to each different year group.  First, the children looked at what makes up their cultural heritage. For example: the food they eat, where they … Continue reading

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Early Reading open morning ..

Today, our families from EYFS and KS1 were invited into school to attend an Early Reading Workshop followed by a visit to their children in their classrooms, to watch them taking part in reading lessons with their teachers. This was … Continue reading

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Phonics Workshop

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Football Vs Homophobia

Today, Oxford Grove had a special assembly all about treating people with equality. Equality means treating everyone fairly no matter what they look like, who are they are or what they believe in. We learnt about homophobia and how this … Continue reading

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SATs Information Session

We have really enjoyed having Year 6 parents in school tonight for our information session about SATs! We hope all parents have found this session useful and have enjoyed coming into school this evening. 

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Welcome back!

Welcome back everybody! It has been wonderful to see all of our children back in school. Here are a few dates for your diary over the next few weeks to help you get back into the school routine. Sports Afternoons – … Continue reading

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Anderton Centre

This week, Year 6 have had a fantastic time at the Anderton Centre. We took part in many different activities such as paddle boarding, orienteering, crate stacking and  low ropes. Take a look at some of our pictures…   

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Leavers Assembly

Year 6 celebrated their time at Oxford Grove with their leavers assembly. They showcased their memories of their journey through school.   All the children were presented with their record of achievements which is a record of all their amazing … Continue reading

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Our charity walk!

I want to say a huge thank you to everyone who took part in our charity walk for WaterAid.  It was lovely to see everyone coming together to raise money for such an important charity. In total, Oxford Grove have … Continue reading

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Boys’ Choir Performance

An amazing well done to Mr Martin and his boys’ choir who performed for our parents and carers outside school today! Thank you to everyone who came to watch!

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Summer Fair (Work Related Learning)

Thank you to all of our families who attended our Summer Fair (Work Related Learning). The children had a fun-packed day researching, designing, producing and evaluating their products. Due to the weather, our event had to be held indoors but … Continue reading

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School Games Mark 2022-2023

Well done to everybody at Oxford Grove for achieving the School Games Mark – Gold award for yet another consecutive year. An amazing effort by all children and staff! The School Games Mark is a Government led award that focuses … Continue reading

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School council’s assembly about anti-bullying!

This morning our fantastic school councillors held an assembly all about anti- bullying. They informed us all about what we should do if we are being bullied at Oxford Grove. First, we looked at the different types of bullying and … Continue reading

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Transition

Our classes have now started transition! Children have moved into their new classrooms with their new teachers and are starting to get to know the expectations for the next year. Our teachers are working hard to ensure that children are … Continue reading

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Coronation Celebrations!

We have had a fantastic day celebrating the coronation at Oxford Grove! We took part in lots of coronation themed activities and were lucky enough to take home some amazing coronation commemorative items.  We also enjoyed our special coronation themed … Continue reading

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Thank you from Urban Outreach!

Thank you to all of our families for your kind Easter egg donations! Here is a thank you message from Urban Outreach.

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Easter Eggs for Urban Outreach

A huge thank you to our amazing families who have brought in Easter eggs for us to donate to Urban Outreach food bank. Our School Council presented the eggs to Urban Outreach in assembly today. These eggs will be given … Continue reading

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School Choir’s Official Recorded Tracks

Last week, School Choir visited a real recording studio in Manchester! They had some of their very best songs recorded and mixed professionally to create expert tracks.  Please click the videos below to hear the tracks:

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Fundraising for Action Aid

Today we were so proud to welcome staff from Action Aid charity into school to present them with a cheque for our fundraising day organised by the School Council.  The money raised will be used to support people in Turkey … Continue reading

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OG Historian’s Project

Oxford Grove are pleased to be taking part in a local history project with Bolton Museum. We are taking part in a project called Class of 37 where we read essays written by girls in Bolton in 1937. Our job … Continue reading

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School Choir at the Recording Studio

Our School Choir have been so lucky today to be able to visit a recording studio in Manchester! It was an amazing experience to be able to go and see where professional singers record their songs, and we recorded some … Continue reading

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We are OUTSTANDING!

We are absolutely thrilled to announce that following the recent Ofsted inspection, Oxford Grove has secured OUTSTANDING in every area! We have made a short video with the reaction of the children when they heard the news:

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Happy World Book Day!

Happy World Book Day from all the staff at Oxford Grove!

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Thank you from the Rainbow Trust!

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Online Safety Competition

All entries to be handed in by Monday 20th March. We will choose the very best five entries to be sent to Bolton Schools ICT to be judged alongside entries from other schools in Bolton.

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Times Table Rock Star Winners

Well done to our top scorers and fastest rockers in Time Table Rock Stars over this last half term! Here are our winners from Year 2, Year 3 and Year 4 – amazing!

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School Council Fundraising

Every year, our School Council choose charities to focus on for our school fundraising efforts. The Rainbow Trust is an excellent charity that works hard to support families who have a seriously ill child. This can be a very difficult … Continue reading

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STEM partnership with Smithills School

Oxford Grove are very excited to be getting involved with a new partnership with Smithills School which will be starting this year.  This project will help us to improve teaching, learning and engagement with STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and … Continue reading

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A visit from King Charles

King Charles came to visit Bolton! Oxford Grove were so lucky to be able to send some representatives from our school to see him. Children from our School Council and our Language Ambassador group lined the streets to wave to … Continue reading

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Family Learning

Our Family Learning course has begun! Every Monday, parents and carers are invited into to work with our tutors from Bolton College. Our latest course focuses on Early Years and Key Stage 1 English, including communication, speaking, listening and storytelling. … Continue reading

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A visit from our local PCSO

This morning, we were visited by our local PSCO. She came to talk to us all about knife crime as lots of us have been hearing different stories on the news. We were amazed to find out how many crimes … Continue reading

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Musical Performances

We have had a very busy week at Oxford Grove full of amazing musical performances! This morning we had some of our amazing Year 5 children playing their brass instruments alongside Mr Dunkley at the front of school. We also … Continue reading

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Family Learning

Our latest Family Learning course will be taking place next term, starting onMonday 16th January. This will be a Stories and Reading course, based on traditional tales. This course willsupport you as parents/carers to help your EYFS or KS1 child … Continue reading

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Big Bolton Carol Concert

Thank you so much to everybody who came along to the Big Bolton Carol Concert on Monday! We all had a fantastic time celebrating on this wonderful evening.  Oxford Grove School Choir were featured on ITV! Click the picture above … Continue reading

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Oxford Grove taking part in World Record Attempt for the largest group of Carol Singers! 🏆

We are all excited to be taking part in the attempt to break the current Guinness World Record for the largest group of carol singers on Monday. The current record is 25,272 singers!  146 children from Oxford Grove taking part. … Continue reading

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Reading open morning

This morning, Oxford Grove hosted our Reading open morning. We invited our families in across school to come and join in our Guided Read lessons! Mrs Taylor-Johnson spoke to the parents at the start of the day to inform them … Continue reading

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Bebras Computing Challenge

In November, a select group of our Key Stage 2 children took part in the Bebras Computational Thinking Challenge. This challenge is organised in over 50 countries and designed to get students all over the world excited about computing. Each … Continue reading

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