Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Oakey's Tip of The Week

  Thu 27 Jun 2019

  'Thank-you' to the #VarietyClub and all the incredible staff @TwycrossZoo who welcomed 40 of our children, their families and staff members last night. The zoo staff made sure it was a fully #inclusive and #accessible event. Everyone had a fantastic time!

  

• Oakey's Tip of The Week

  Mon 17 Jun 2019

  Recent findings in @journalautism identified that Julia, a muppet character with autism in @sesamestreet, helped increase knowledge & understanding of #autism. Make it your mission to discuss characters, films, books with autistic characters! #inclusion

  

• Oakey's Tip of The Week

  Mon 10 Jun 2019

  We have lots of children who like turning light switches on & off, so this board of switches and bolts is a hit! Some #autistic children like to do unusual things. Can you give them space to do this in a safe way? #thinkoutsidethebox. Be #inventive #sen

  

• Certificate of Commendation

  Tue 04 Jun 2019

  Dear Parents/Carers,

   

  We are very proud to announce that we have received an Enhanced Practice Commendation from the National Autistic Society for Furthering the Knowledge of Autism. This commendation is not awarded to many schools nationally, and is therefore a fantastic achievement for Oaklands. The work undertaken to achieve this has been relating to developing staff understanding of Autism through training and performance reviews, but also our work to support other schools, professionals and organisations by sharing the school’s expertise.

   

  I very much appreciate the hard work and commitment of our whole staff team to ensure that Oaklands is seen as a centre of excellence for supporting children with Autism or communication and interaction needs, and am so pleased to be able to share this good news with you.

  Yours sincerely,

   

  Sarah Osborne

  

• Oakey's Tip of The Week

  Mon 03 Jun 2019

  For a non-verbal child, tune in to their body and face to see what they are 'saying'. Mirror movements & vocalisations, with some variations, to gain attention, building social connectedness and emotional sharing. #communication #autism #SEND #health