New for 2008/ 09: Wheelbarrow News

Next year everyone will be getting their hands dirty and hopefully filling their tummies as we green up the playground and get growing. We will be linking up with our neighbouring school, Bridlewood, to create more than just a gardening club.

KS1 and FS have been trialling the process this year and we have pictures that show what a success story growing our own food has been so far!

We will need some enthusiastic adult helpers to get the Wheelbarrow Project started so... click here to find out more!!!

Feb 08

International School Award Special Announcement

Red Oaks are awarded the Intermediate International School Award for their global activities and work with South Africa and France in 2006-2007.

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Nov 07:
Red Oaks Global Curriculum has a Glowing Review.
An evaluation of our global curriculum and international links has been done by Jilly Hillier from the Wiltshire Development Education Centre.

Here are some of Jilly’s comments

• Red Oaks has achieved an enormous amount in its first year. Important structures have been put in place to ensure that the Global Dimension takes high priority in the life and ethos of the school.
• International links play a very important part of the global curriculum at Red Oaks helping to shape attitudes and expand experiences of both staff and children.
• Visually, the school celebrates its global curriculum through its displays.
• Teachers are inspired and enthused by having the opportunity to have first hand experience of a country, as well as improving their own subject knowledge, which can be passed on to their learners.
• Pupils at Red oaks felt, as students, their voice was heard.
  The children were familiar with the term ‘global citizen’ and felt a global citizen was ‘someone who has a lot of respect for other cultures and traditions, someone who cares for others , who gives to other countries and sometimes to people in the UK.
  

Jilly Hillier from the Wilts. DEC is finding out about our Global Curriculum
and International Links