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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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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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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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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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Phonics Workshop

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Drumming Performance

This afternoon, some of our amazing Year 6 children performed the djembe drums outside school at home time with our drumming teacher, Mr Bamford. They have been working hard on their drumming skills, and were excited to show off what … Continue reading

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Crescent Food Bank

Crescent Food Bank is based locally in Bolton and has been supporting individuals and families for the last 18 months. To date, they have provided over 135,000 food parcels and supported over 4,000 individuals. If you need support with food, … Continue reading

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Times Table Rock Stars competition winners!

Thank you to all those children who tried hard to build up the points for our school during the Times Tables Rock Stars competition last week. It was an amazing effort from all the children who took part. Their recall … Continue reading

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Harvest – Thank You!

We have received a letter from The Destitution Project, thanking all of our families for their kind and generous Harvest donations. Thank you again to everyone for your generosity in these times of need.

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Harvest Celebrations 2022

To maintain our Harvest tradition of donating and sharing, we asked for each child at Oxford Grove to donate a Harvest gift. Thank you so much to all of our families who have kindly donated for our Harvest collection. We … Continue reading

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Leading Parent Partnership Award

Oxford Grove are proud to announce that we have been re-accredited with the Leading Parent Partnership Award! Our school has held this award since 2006.  The Leading Parent Partnership Award focuses on the impact of parents on children’s learning. It … Continue reading

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Welcome Back!

Welcome back to Oxford Grove! We hope all of our families have had an amazing summer break, and we are looking forward to seeing everyone again tomorrow for the start of the 2022-2023 academic year. We are very much looking … Continue reading

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Leavers Video

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Key Stage 2 Results

At Oxford Grove, we are extremely proud of our Key Stage 2 results! All of our Year 6’s have worked so hard and we are incredibly proud of them. In reading, writing and maths, we have smashed the national benchmark! … Continue reading

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Work Related Learning – Summer Fair

We are so happy to have been able to bring back our Work Related Learning Summer Fair this year! We were lucky enough to get a break in the weather and hold the summer fair outside. There were so many … Continue reading

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Another Design & Technology national competition winner!

We are absolutely amazed to have Grace from Year 5 also scoop a prize in the Focus Racing Design and Technology competition – FIRST PLACE! We are thrilled to have won a 3D printer for our school, and Grace also … Continue reading

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Our Design & Technology national competition winner!

A huge congratulations to Jude in Year 5 who has achieved third place in a national Design and Technology competition run by Focus Racing – Formula One in schools! A group of our Year 5 children worked with Miss Lord … Continue reading

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Anti-bullying competition

Congratulations to the winners of our anti-bullying competition. School Council was very impressed with all the entries and it was really difficult to choose. These children will be having their designs printed by a professional printer and displayed within school. … Continue reading

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Jubilee Music Concert

This morning we had a fabulous musical celebration for the Queen’s Jubilee. Our brilliant music ambassadors hosted the assembly and the first people to perform were the Year 5 drummers. Mr Bamford led the drummers who did an amazing job … Continue reading

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Oxford Grove are World Record Breakers!

To celebrate National Numeracy Day, Oxford Grove made history by joining in with a brand new World Record by Times Tables Rock Stars! We helped to break the record for ‘Most Viewers of a Rolling Numbers Live-stream’ on YouTube by counting … Continue reading

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Mental Health Awareness Week – Music for Self Care

This Morning, as part of Mental Health Week, Miss Roscoe and the Music Ambassadors led an assembly all about how we can use music to help us manage our emotions and help us to feel better if we are feeling … Continue reading

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Step into Quality Early Years Award

Congratulations to our amazing Early Years team for achieving the Step into Quality Early Years award! The staff have worked hard all year to achieve this prestigious award for our amazing Foundation Stage Unit – well done everyone!

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School Council visits the Mayor’s Parlour!

Today the School Council have been extremely lucky to have a trip to visit the Mayor of Bolton in her parlour!

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OG Vocal Group

Our amazing choir performed today at Bolton Council’s winter event. All the children were amazing and sang their hearts out. We are so proud of you, well done everyone!

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Musical performances

We have so many exciting musical opportunities within school and this week two of our choirs performed outside for our parents. Mr Martin’s Boys choir and the Oxford Grove Vocal Group did a fantastic job of raising Christmas spirits with … Continue reading

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Remembrance Sunday

Today, staff and members of our School Council took part in the Remembrance Sunday service in Bolton to lay a poppy wreath. We even met the Mayor of Bolton! Thank you to all those who attended – we are very … Continue reading

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Times Table Rock Stars competition

Don’t forget – our Times Table Rock Stars competition starts today! This is a national competition, but Oxford Grove will also be offering prizes for children who perform the best overall and who show the biggest effort and improvement. Remember … Continue reading

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