Recent News

16th March 2020

Hegarty Maths

At Oak Academy we are excited to be able to launch HegartyMaths across all year groups. HegartyMaths is an online website created by UK Teacher of the Year and Global Teacher Prize Top 10 Finalist, Colin Hegarty.  Colin received these his awards for his contribution to maths education and was last month named as one... Read more.

16th March 2020

Treasure Island

On Friday 13th January Students from across the Academy were treated to a production of Treasure Island at the Lighthouse Poole on Friday. Everyone had a wonderful time watching Bryony Lavery’s brilliant new adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale. Students looked smart and behaved exceptionally well. Clear ambassadors for Oak Academy. Read more.

20th December 2019

Principal’s End of Term Letter

As a super packed Autumn term comes to a close, please take time to read our letter below from the Principal, as he reflects on all that has happened over the last 15 weeks. Please do also follow us on Twitter to see everything we have been up to. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas!!... Read more.

19th July 2019

Term 6 Newsletter

As we close our Academic Year we are delighted to publish our final Newsletter. Thank you for all the hard work and support given this year. We wish you a restful summer break and look forward to seeing you on Wednesday 4th September.  Read more.

16th June 2019

Term 4 and 5 newsletter

We are delighted to share with all of our students and parents / carers our Term 4 and 5 Newsletter. It’s been a busy couple of terms but the bulk of the year is now behind us! All GCSE exams are now over as we turn our attention to End of Year exams for all other year groups. We have... Read more.

13th May 2019

Year 7 Hotel Day

On Friday 10th May Year 7 students took part in an entrepreneur skills day lead by SAMEE. The day involved being in groups and teams to design their own hotel. Once the hotel was designed the groups had to think about staffing, marketing and cost. At the end of the day each team had to... Read more.

11th May 2019

Year 7, 8 and 9 Theatre tip

On Thursday a group of Oak students from  years 7, 8, and 9 had a fantastic opportunity to visit Poole Lighthouse Theatre to watch a matinee performance of ‘The Lion, the witch and the wardrobe’. This production was produced by students from the Arts university Bournemouth which saw a collaboration between a few of the... Read more.

4th April 2019

Oak Academy Community Party

To celebrate Easter, Oak enrichment groups hosted two parties at the same time bringing together people from all ages across the community. Students from our Community service, Duke of Edinburgh, Catering, Origami and Showtime groups, supported by Cache and HSC students, hosted both Faithworks Wessex in attendance with the Mayor and Mayoress of Bournemouth and an Easter... Read more.

2nd April 2019

Journey to Curiosityland

On Tuesday 2nd April our ‘Showtime’ enrichment group performed a fantastic musical in which 3 girls explored ‘Curiosityland’ and met all the people that lived there. The students showcased a range of dance, drama and musical pieces. Audience participation was very much obliged as the narrator introduced each scene. A massive well done to all the cast and... Read more.

30th March 2019

Oak Leaders assist at Dorset School Games

A selection of Year 9 students who had attended leadership training days back in November and December were asked to attend the Dorset School Games Spring Finals at St Mary’s school in Shaftesbury. Near to 400 primary school students were in attendance at the event and the Oak leaders were tasked to run the indoor... Read more.