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• Tuesday 23 April 2024 Photography Superstars
• Sunday 21 April 2024 Well done Miss Brash!
• Saturday 6 April 2024 Early Reading and Writing Workshop
• Thursday 21 March 2024 Forest School is Coming
• Wednesday 20 March 2024 Parking Petition Success After securing over the required 500 signatures on a recent petition to make the roads and streets around our school safer, Mr Cash and Claire Knowles (parent) attended the full Trafford Council meeting on 20th March 2024 to present the petition to the full council. A HUGE thank you to Claire for her hard work and to Dylan and Thomas in Year 4 for representing, our exceptional learners. Below is a copy of the speech.
• Friday 15 March 2024 Oracy Education at Oldfield Brow Today, Mr. Cash and Mrs. Moody had a very early start as they took a train to London to attend the 'Speaking Summit' organised by Voice 21 as we begin to shape our school's approach to Oracy education at Oldfield Brow. We believe that Oracy is a key component in allowing all of our learners to achieve our vision of having the skills, knowledge and attitude to "thrive in a changing world" (School Vision, 2023)
• Sunday 3 March 2024 Oldfield Brow Book Week We cannot wait to embark on Oldfield Brow's annual 'Book Week' as we celebrate everything book-related.
• Sunday 3 March 2024 Oldfield Brow in the News
• Tuesday 27 February 2024 Women's History Month at Oldfield Brow In assembly this week, it was great to introduce March as 'Women's History Month'. We focused on Emmeline Pankhurst as an example of a local woman from History who fought for equality for women in the 19th century. During the assembly, we continued to focus on our school values of aspiration, innovation and reflection but through the eyes of the 'Fantastically Great Women' who changed the world. Phase assemblies will focus on Women's History month this week and we will continue to learn more about these incredible women as the month progresses.
• Wednesday 7 February 2024 Premier League Visit to Oldfield Brow On Wednesday 7th February, Oldfield Brow welcomed representatives from the Premier League to our school as part of their national campaign to raise the profile of women's football. They brought with them the REAL Premier League trophy and we also had a question and answer session with England and Everton women's footballer, Izzy Christensen.
• Wednesday 7 February 2024 Young Voices 2024 On Monday 5th February, Oldfield Brow's 'Exceptional' Choir attended their first 'Young Voices' concert at the AO Arena in Manchester. They sang a wonderful medley of songs, including 'mash-ups' from Matilda the Musical and Moana alongside other pop and classical music. We were inspired by the special guests too including the one and only MC Grammar and the inspirational Nandi Bushell who wowed us with her musical talents at the age of just 13!
• Sunday 28 January 2024 Stockport Grammar Art Competition
• Sunday 14 January 2024 New School Video We are proud to share our new school video with you all which is narrated by our most important and special asset; our exceptional children. We hope you like it!
• Sunday 7 January 2024 Happy New Year! We cannot wait to continue to "Inspire the Exceptional" learners at Oldfield Brow in 2024.
• Thursday 14 December 2023 Christmas Carol Concert at St. Margaret's 2023 We were so proud to host our first Christmas Carol Concert in the magnificent surroundings of St Margaret's church in Altrincham; rekindling an old link between our school and the church. The children were, of course, the stars of the show; singing a melody of traditional songs, in between exceptional readings and ending with our own Oldfield Brow musical mash-up! Well done everyone and Merry Christmas!
• Friday 8 December 2023 EYFS Open Day - New Parents/Carers #2 Following the announcement that we are now, officially, an Early Excellence Partner School, we have decided to offer a new open day for prospective parents/carers to view our EYFS and help support those who are still undecided about which school to choose for their child/ren in September 2024.
• Thursday 7 December 2023 We are an Early Excellence Partner School! We are proud to be named an Early Excellence Partner School in recognition of the school's commitment to providing an "exceptional" EYFS experience for our children. From the leadership to the practice in the classroom, our school is now a centre for excellence that will be used to support the development of excellent EYFS practices across the nation.
• Sunday 19 November 2023 Children in Need 2023 WE DID IT! As a school we took part in the Pudsey 'Bearpee' challenge as part of Children in Need today and each year group did 1000 'Bearpees' in one day!
• Monday 30 October 2023 EYFS Open Day - New Parents/Carers
• Monday 23 October 2023 Year 1 Learners lead our Harvest Celebrations
• Monday 23 October 2023 Oracy Project 2023 WOW! What a busy end to a fabulous half-term. I've only just been able to sort through some photographs that sum up some of the whirlwind of events at the end of term.
• Tuesday 17 October 2023 Local Schools Visit our EYFS Setting It was lovely to welcome lots of schools from across Trafford to Oldfield Brow today to see our EYFS provision as we aim to “Inspire the Exceptional” by securing the strongest foundations for all learners.
• Monday 16 October 2023 Year 1 at Beeston Castle Despite the rain, learners in Year 1 had a wonderful time at Beeston Castle as they brought their learning about 'Kings and Queens' alive. The children thoroughly enjoyed bringing their learning to life including learning about arrow slits, moats, drawbridges and the types of people who used to live in castles. It was a fantastic day!
• Saturday 7 October 2023 National Poetry Day - Refuge! On Friday 6th October, we celebrated National Poetry Day with each class performing a poem based on this year's theme, 'Refuge'.
• Friday 29 September 2023 National Teaching Assistant Day 2023 We are so lucky to have a large and fabulous team of Teaching Assistants at Oldfield Brow Primary School, they work tirelessly every day for each and every one of our wonderful learners. That meant that is was even more special when we found out that one of our own fabulous TAs has been nominated for TA of the year!
• Friday 15 September 2023 Year 6 Visit Crucial Crew Today our Year 6 learners enjoyed taking part in Trafford Council's 'Crucial Crew' where they met professionals from a range of services including the NHS, Greater Manchester Police, and the British Transport Police. They learnt about how to stay safe in the community and some of the laws relating to parts of our society. All of our learners had a great time and know more about how to keep themselves and others safe in the community.
• Monday 11 September 2023 Local Author Visits Oldfield Brow #InspireThe Exceptional Local Author Visit
• Friday 21 July 2023 Writing SUPER STARS! This year also saw some huge successes in the world of writing with a record number of Oldfield Brow learners nominated to win the Greater Manchester 500 word challenge. I am pleased to report that we had 5 finalists, Stanley and Jessica (Year 6), Cane (Year 5), and Amy and Soraya (Year 3).
• Friday 21 July 2023 Year 6 Enterprise Fair Year 6 held a wonderful enterprise fair last week and raised a significant amount of money for charity. Despite the rain (a comment I am saying a lot recently), our Year 6 ‘entrepreneurs’ were relentless in their pursuit of raising as much money as they can by providing excellent customer service.
• Friday 21 July 2023 Beats on the Brow: A HUGE Success! Our fabulous PTA have been very active this year and has organised a range of exciting events that have been enjoyed by the whole school community. Our PTA is a key part of Oldfield Brow whose remit extends far beyond raising money for our school.

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