Parents' Area

School Calendar

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
November 2017		December 2017			January 2018
				Fri 1 P6A Assembly (9.10am)	Sat 2	Sun 3
Mon 4 Nursery Show at the Waterside Theatre (9.30am)	Tue 5 Nurture Trip to Art Space (9.30-11.45)	Wed 6 School Christmas Lunch P7 Choir sing at Foyleside for Save the Children (10am)	Thu 7	Fri 8	Sat 9	Sun 10
Mon 11	Tue 12 P7 singing at Quayside for Foyle Hospice (10am) Nursery Christmas Show	Wed 13 P7 singing at City Hotel (11.30am) Oakgrove Board of Governors AGM, Parent's Group AGM and P1&2 Nativity (9.30am)	Thu 14 Oakgrove Carol Service led by P4 in All Saint's Church, Clooney (10am) P7 Choir sing with the Pink Ladies in the Guildhall (7pm - Tickets available)	Fri 15 Santa Breakfast (from 8am) Christmas/Winter Jumper Day	Sat 16	Sun 17
Mon 18 P4 Paired Reading Graduation (1.45pm) P2 visit Easons (during school time)	Tue 19 Last full day of Nursery	Wed 20 Half Day - School finishes at 12 noon School Orchestra Performance (10.00-10.30am for P1-P4 and 10.30-11.10am for P5-P7)	Thu 21 School Closed for the Christmas Holidays	Fri 22 School Closed for the Christmas Holidays	Sat 23 School Closed for the Christmas Holidays	Sun 24 School Closed for the Christmas Holidays
Mon 25 School Closed for the Christmas Holidays	Tue 26 School Closed for the Christmas Holidays	Wed 27 School Closed for the Christmas Holidays	Thu 28 School Closed for the Christmas Holidays	Fri 29 School Closed for the Christmas Holidays	Sat 30 School Closed for the Christmas Holidays	Sun 31 School Closed for the Christmas Holidays

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Welcome to Oakgrove

WELCOME TO THE PARENTS' AREA

A warm welcome to the parent area of the website. If you have any questions we hope that you will find all the answers here. If not, don't hesistate to contact us and we will be able to help.

OUR HISTORY

Oakgrove is an integrated school. It was set up by parents and other people interested in educating Catholic and Protestant children, together with others, in a spirit of openness and acceptance. It opened in September 1991 with 69 pupils on roll and rapidly increased in numbers. Child centredness and parental involvement are important aspects of integrated education and the development of high self esteem among children and staff is an important feature of the school ethos.

ABOUT THE WEBSITE

We recommend that you visit the class area for you child and also the subject areas where you will find lots of games to help support learning.

E-SAFETY

If you are a parent or a carer of a child that uses the internet 'Thinkuknow' is an education initiative by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre. Parents can click here to read more.

FAMILY SERVICES AND SUPPORT

Visit familysupportni.gov.uk for a quick and easy way to find information you need.

OAKGROVE AIMS

Oakgrove IPSN aims to promote high achievements and learning for life by workingwith children of different backgrounds - religion, culture, race, gender, ability to:

Become happy, confident, polite, tolerant and caring people
Develop high self-esteem
Respect themselves, others and the environment
Develop enquiring minds and a sense of wonder
Become highly motivated, lifelong learners
Be flexible , adaptable and skilled for the modern wider world
Be able to work independently and with others
Be good listeners and communicators
Be sensitive, articulate and develop empathy
Achieve individual potential - intellectually, physically, socially, spiritually, culturally, morally and emotionally
Be able to problem solve, self-evaluate and goal set

OAKGROVE MISSION

At Oakgrove we believe each child will succeed through experiencing quality in the provision of:

A welcoming, happy school which listens to children, parents and staff
A broad, balanced challenging curriculum
A stimulating and supportive learning environment
An ethos of respect, discipline, challenge and encouragement to succeed
An enriching extra curricular programme
An ethos of respect, discipline, challenge and encouragement to succeed
Learning partnerships between school, home and the community
High expectation of children and staff
Excellent, up-to-date learning resources and equipment
Active, reflective and collaborative learning and teaching
Safe, supported opportunities for discussion on diversity issues
Teaching strategies that recognise different learning styles
Special needs education across the ability spectrum
Inspirational, enthusiastic and highly skilled teachers
Cohesive, enthusiastic, well-motivated and valued staff

Discipline

Behaviour Management

The school behaviour management policy, which includes an anti-bullying policy, has been drawn up following workshops involving parents, governors, staff and children. It stresses the importance of positive behaviour managementand encourages the development of self-discipline. Following a course on Assertive Discipline the teaching staff have worked together with their classes to produce a number of rules that are to be adhered to in each class & teacher.

These general rules should also be kept by all children at all times during the school day and are supported by a system of rewards and consequences. Each classroom has these rules, rewards and consequences prominently displayed and they are discussed with the children at the beginning of the school year.

Have Fun!
Try my Best.
Be Kind.
Listen.
Keep Hands, Feet and Objects to Myself.

All incidents of bullying or anti social behaviour are reported to the Principal or Vice Principal and dealt with immediately. Serious incidents of misbehaviour may result in suspension. See Behaviour Management Policy.

School Policies

Annual Reports

School Uniform

The School Day

THE SCHOOL DAY

8.50 am - Children to classrooms

9.00 am - Lessons begin

10.45am - 11.00am Break Time

12.15pm - 1.00pm Lunch Time

2.00pm - P1 & P2 finish.

2.55 pm - P3 to P7 finish

Primary 1 & Primary 2 children who must wait for the buses will be supervised in the playground or resource area on wet days between 2.00 pm and 2.55 pm.

ASSEMBLY

Key Stage 1 - Monday & Wednesday (10.30 – 10.45am)

Key Stage 2 - Tuesday & Thursday (10.30am - 10.45am)

Whole School – Friday (9.00am - 9.20am)

NURSERY

9.00am -11.30am (Morning Session)

12.30pm - 3.00pm (Afternoon Session)

Oakgrove Integrated Primary School and Nursery, 19 Limavady Road, Derry~Londonderry, BT47 6JY
T: 028 7134 9644 | F: 028 7131 2945 | E: info@oips.lderry.ni.sch.uk

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