🌟 Our Oxted News – Mental Health Edition is now live! 🌟
We are excited to share the latest edition of Oxted News, all centred around Children’s Mental Health Week.
Take a look at the fantastic activities our students have been taking part in to celebrate, reflect, and support positive mental health across our school community. 💛✨
👉 Read it here: oxtedschool.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2026/02/Oxted-News-Mental-Health-13.02.26.pdf
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🌟 Children’s Mental Health Week 2026 🌟
This year’s theme is “This Is My Place”, and our Thrive students have been getting wonderfully creative!
They have each designed their own unique map, with Islands filled with their likes, dislikes, and the things that help them feel calm, safe, and understood. These islands represent their very own ‘safe spaces’, a beautiful way to explore emotions, identity, and wellbeing.
We are so proud of the thought, imagination, and honesty that has gone into every piece. 💛✨
Thrive Approach
#ChildrensMentalHealthWeek #thisismyplace #thrive #wellbeing #safespaces #SchoolCommunity #Creativity #mentalhealthmatters #supportingyoungminds #teamoxted
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✨ Year 12 University Experience Day at the University of Kent ✨
A large group of our Year 12 students enjoyed a rain free and insightful visit to the University of Kent this week! 🌤️
Students took part in a full university experience day, including a tour of the library, sports and social areas, plus helpful talks on choosing courses and making applications. They also had the chance to put their questions to current university students.
Our Year 12 students asked lots of thoughtful and mature questions about balancing study with a social life, managing a budget, meeting deadlines, and exploring specific course options. 🎓💬
The student ambassadors were genuinely impressed by how engaged and curious our group were about life at university, a brilliant reflection of their ambition and enthusiasm.
Well done Year 12! 🌟
#universityofkent #year12 #FutureStudents #UniversityVisit #studentlife #EducationJourney #inspiration #sixthformlife #teamoxted
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What a brilliant evening of sport, teamwork and determination at the Year 9 Netball Tournament! 🌟🏐
Both our A and B Teams represented the school superbly, taking on five different schools with energy, focus and real resilience. The standard of play was incredibly high, and every match showcased accurate shooting, strong defensive pressure and some fantastic passages of play through the centre court.
Across all fixtures, the players worked tirelessly for one another and grew in confidence with each game. Their teamwork and communication were clear to see and improved throughout the tournament.
🌟 A Team – An outstanding performance, showing real consistency and composure to secure a brilliant 2nd place overall. A superb achievement!
🌟 B Team – A determined and spirited effort, finishing 4th place and demonstrating fantastic perseverance in every closely contested match.
Beyond the results, both teams were an absolute pleasure to take. Their maturity, politeness and respect made them excellent ambassadors for the school both on and off the court.
Well done to all involved – a fantastic evening of netball and a performance to be truly proud of! 👏💙
#netball #teamwork #schoolsports #year9 #greateffort #tournamenthighlights #GoTeam #teamoxted
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🎉 Year 7 Science Inter‑House Challenge! 🧪🥢
This week, our Year 7 students put their balancing brilliance to the test in a tense (and hilarious!) jelly‑cube challenge, using only chopsticks! 😄
The competition was incredibly close, but Foyles took the win with an amazing 208 cubes of jelly! 🟩✨
Hot on their heels were Grants with an impressive 206 cubes!
👏 Well done, Foyles — fantastic teamwork and steady hands!
And a big shout‑out to all our Year 7 students for taking part and bringing such brilliant energy to the challenge!
#year7 #sciencefun #interhousecompetition #teamfoyles #STEMChallenge #schoollife #chopstickchallenge #greatjobeveryone #teamoxted
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As part of National Apprenticeship Week, a group of our students had the fantastic opportunity to attend an inspiring talk from Ginny at the Surrey Care Association, exploring the wide range of careers available in Adult Social Care.
The session shone a light on how valuable life skills such as empathy, patience and communication can open the door to a truly rewarding career in the care sector. Ginny shared a powerful story about two very different individuals whose lives are connected through care and support, beautifully highlighting the real impact carers make every single day.
Students also enjoyed hearing from Jack, an Assistant Manager at a care home, through a recorded insight into his day-to-day role. He spoke about balancing hands-on support with leadership and administrative responsibilities, and shared his personal career journey, expressing just how much he values and loves his work.
A huge thank you to Ginny for taking the time to inspire our students and shine a light on this meaningful career path. We look forward to welcoming her again in the future! 🌟
#NAW26 #NationalApprenticeshipWeek #adultsocialcare #careerseducation
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As part of Children’s Mental Health Week, we have been welcoming our students into G10 to take part in a range of activities that promote positive mental health and wellbeing. 💚
Today was Wellbeing Wednesday, where students spent time over lunch discussing what healthy habits look like and how they can build them into their daily routines. Lots of thoughtful conversations and great ideas shared! 🌿✨
#ChildrensMentalHealthWeek #WellbeingWednesday #healthyhabits #positivementalhealth #StudentWellbeing #mentalhealthmatters
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🌟 Well done, Louie! 🌟
A huge congratulations to Louie in Y7 who took part in the Flanders Fields International Taekwon-Do Competition in Belgium. It was his very first international competition, and we are incredibly proud to share that all his hard work and determination paid off, he won gold in sparring! 🥇
Amazing achievement, Louie! 👏💙
#teamoxted #taekwondo #ProudMoment #youthsport #hardworkpaysoff
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