Oak Class - Summer 2 2026

For this term’s Oak class write-up it seems like a good idea to share all the many wonderful enrichment opportunities that the children in Oak have taken part in this term. It has been a very busy few weeks, with lots of sporting and creative activities.

We started out in week 1 with a dance workshop led by a local performing arts company – Performing Stars. The children had fun putting together a dance routine to ‘Another One Bites the Dust’ by Queen.

We also visited the church to take part in a natural weaving session with Rev Jane and some of her helpers.

         

Finally, on Friday, we were visited by Sarah Plant, a local author and artist who is working with the children to create their own book all about Somerby School.

In week 2, year 5 and 6 were off to Mount Cook for their residential. They took part in a range of activities including orienteering, high ropes, abseiling, climbing and land karts. Many people, including the teachers, combated fears, and all of the children had a wonderful time with their friends working as a team.

    

    

We ended week 2 with our annual colour dash to raise money for our partner charity, LCC – lifting children’s hopes. This is always one of the highlights of the school year, and raises money for a fantastic cause.

We then went into full-on rehearsal mode for our end of year production, ‘The School-O-Vision Song Contest.’ Words have been learnt, songs have been sung, costumes prepared and props made ready to entertain our families. So much confidence is built through performance and every child in Oak has a speaking part, with some taking on solo singing roles as well.

Oak class had the opportunity to take part in a ‘Cricket and Countryside Day’ at Belvoir Castle which, despite the hot weather, was a lovely day. Year 5 have also met a real author, Ben Davis, at John Ferneley College where they worked with other year 5s from the trust, and of course, year 6 have been for their transition days at their new secondary schools – they have come back buzzing with excitement!

In amongst all of that, we have continued our Amazing Americas topic, learning about Central American food and preparing our own dishes. In English, we have written balanced arguments about technology in schools and created animal poems about the yellow spotted lizard from our class reader ‘Holes’. We have explored shape in maths, including investigating pentominoes, we have looked at how plants reproduce and adapt in science, and in RE we have thought about why some people believe in God and some don’t.

Wow! What a busy, fun, exciting term. Our year 6s have been preparing their presentations recently, remembering all their years at primary school – it is these experiences that stand out to them and make their time at Somerby so special.