Oasis Community Hub: Brightstowe has launched the Bristol NW Foodbank, an organisation which provides emergency food supplies to those in need. Since opening its doors in mid-February, the Foodbank has already given food to 48 people who could not afford to purchase any.
There are exciting changes ahead for Brightstowe this September. These changes are the result of extensive consultation with staff, local primary schools and a group of parents over proposals to take Brightstowe forward on its next step of development and enhance the education of our students.
Nine Brightstowe students performed Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" as part of the Annual Oasis Learning Community Awards "Best Team Endeavour" Event and won 2nd place! "It was really unexpected to get the award but it was really nice for someone else to recognise all the hard work that our team put into the performance," said Georgina Reed who played Peter Quince.
On May 10, a group of 10 students from Oasis Academy Brightstowe’s first ever Debate Team travelled to the University of Bristol to compete in the first ever Bristol Regional Debate Mate Cup. They faced off against opponents Fairfield High School and The City Academy in a gruelling 3-round debate competition and walked away with a 2nd place finish.
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Oasis Academy Brightstowe is working in partnership with Inspire Arts to put on a weekly Glee Club for students.
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Earlier this month, some of our Year 10 students accompanied members of the Hub team to the Blaise Weston Court Old People's Home in Lawrence Weston.
Last Tuesday 30th November, Oasis Academy Brightstowe held a Careers Fair for students in Years 10 and 11.
On Thursday 9th December, Oasis Academy Brightstowe will be holding an evening of student performances to celebrate the festive season.
Oasis Academy Brightstowe has revised our attendance procedures and will be working with parents, carers and the Education Welfare Service to ensure regular attendance and punctuality.
Academy students are preparing for their first exchange visit to Northern Spain in the New Year.
Last week, a group of physiotherapy students from the University of the West of England came to speak to Academy students about the profession.
On Wednesday 10th November, Oasis Academy Brightstowe held a celebration event for those students who had achieved 100% attendance so far this term.
On Saturday 16th October a group of dedicated staff and volunteers cycled from London to Bristol to raise money for the Academy's Community Hub.
Academy student Bethany Frankham has won the Oasis Community Learning Annual Christmas Card Competition with her beautiful ‘Dove of Peace’ design.
Oasis Academy Brightstowe will be taking part in the Shakespeare Schools Festival again this year, and will be performing an abridged version of 'A Midsummer Nights Dream' at the Tobacco Factory on 1st November.
If you missed our Open Evening, or just want to come back for a second look, we are having Year 6 Open Mornings on Wednesday 6th, 13th and 20th of October.
On Tuesday 28th September, Year 7 students were treated to an educational show that aimed to illustrate the magic of science.
Oasis Academy Brightstowe is very proud of three of our students for winning the Barclays Live Dance Contest.
Last night's Open Evening was a great success with parents enjoying science experiments, 3D technology and homemade cakes!
As from Monday 6th September, students are banned from using any electronic equipment on site. Items must be switched off and in bags at all times while on site until the students leave the site at 3pm.
Parents and Carers are invited to attend the Academy Open Evening from 06.30pm - 08.30pm
Oasis Academy Brightstowe is looking to the future with a new Principal and a fresh approach for the new academic year.
In its second year as an independent Academy, Oasis Academy Brightstowe has seen a significant increase in the number of students achieving 5 A*-C grades including English and mathematics.
Students are expected back at Oasis Academy Brightstowe at 08.30am on the first day of term, Monday 6th September.
In the last week of term, the Academy had two collapsed curriculum days, during which the students enjoyed a variety of trips and enrichment activities.
On Wednesday 21st July, Oasis Academy Brightstowe held its second whole school sports day.
At the end of term, we said a final goodbye to Principal Mrs Winterman and Vice Principal Mrs De Sousa Wyles.
Oasis Academy Brightstowe has teamed up with Shirehampton Cricket Club to offer free cricket-coaching sessions to children under nine.
Year 11 student Lewis Hepburn gives up his free time to run a Judo club with his father at the Academy.
You and your family are invited to the Jim Tolman Memorial Fun Run and Family Picnic at Oasis Academy Brightstowe on Sunday 18th July from 10.30am – 2.30pm.
Oasis Academy Brightstowe is starting up a Bicycle Maintenance Club to encourage students to make better use of their bikes.
In a recent Ofsted monitoring visit, Oasis Academy Brightstowe was judged to be making good progress towards raising standards.
Oasis Academy Brightstowe was saddened by the news that Jim Tolman passed away on Tuesday 18th May at the age of 57.
Oasis Community Learning is pleased to announce the appointment of Matthew Butler as Principal of Oasis Academy Brightstowe, following a rigorous and lengthy interview process.
Seven students from Oasis Academy Brightstowe have been nominated to win prizes at a national awards event held by Academy sponsor Oasis Community Learning.
A group of GCSE students from Oasis Academy Brightstowe have scooped the John Williams Award for the ‘most inspirational team entry’ at the inaugural Oasis Community Learning Annual Awards ceremony held at the Birmingham International Convention Centre on the 11th May.
Following the recent purchase of two new school minibuses, Oasis Academy Brightstowe is planning to make two older vehicles available to organisations within the local community.
On Thursday 29th April, students at Oasis Academy Brightstowe put on a range of moving drama performances as part of their Spring Showcase.
Oasis Academy Brightstowe have invested in two brand new minibuses to take students out on trip. Both are state-of-the-art vehicles and one has a wheelchair lift to accomodate students with disabilities.
On Wednesday 21st April, students from Oasis Academy Brightstowe will be taking part in a political debate which will be aired as part of the general election coverage on Sky News.
On Monday 29th March, 26 Academy students from Year 8 and 9 went on a visit to the Tobacco Factory Theatre in Southville, as part of a collapsed curriculum day.
In March, Year 7 went on an extensive tour of the sights and landmarks of Bristol to learn more about their home city.
As part of the recent Business and Enterprise Day, a group of Year 10 students went to @Bristol to learn more about marketing and the media.
David Lloyd Leisure Company has offered all Year 7 students and their families a weeks free pass which allows them to use their Leisure Centre in Long Ashton.
On Monday 29th March, Strictly Come Dancing’s Vincent and Flavia will be visiting Oasis Academy Brightstowe in Shirehampton as part of a ‘Business and Enterprise within Curriculum Day’.
Three Year 7 students from Oasis Academy Brightstowe have had their inventive ideas entered into a competition to be part of a new CBBC programme called ‘This Kid Could Change The World’.
Students and staff at Oasis Academy Brightstowe are preparing to take part in a range of sporting challenges this Friday to raise money for Sport Relief.
We are currently collecting Tesco's Vouchers for Schools and Sainsbury's Active Kids vouchers
On 2nd and 3rd March 2010, Oasis Academy Brightstowe took part in a global mental arithmetic challenge to celebrate World Maths Day.
Oasis Academy Brightstowe has been encouraging its students to participate in extra-curricular mathematical activities and has already seen some significant student achievements.
Students and staff at Oasis Academy Brightstowe have been celebrating Fairtrade Fortnight this week with a whole host of events and schemes of work to help raise awareness of the plight of disadvantaged farmers and producers in developing countries.
During half-term, three of our students attended an acting course at the Bristol Tobacco Factory Theatre called 'So You Want to be an Actor?'
Fifteen year-old Brightstowe student Shaquille Hunter has a bright future ahead of him in football.
It is with mixed feelings that Oasis Community Learning announce that Julie Winterman, Principal of Oasis Academy Brightstowe will be leaving to commence her well-deserved retirement at the end of the Summer term this year.
The Oasis Academy Brightstowe Bully Counsellors are taking a positive new approach to their duties for 2010.
Oasis Academy Brightstowe has raised over £300 for the victims of the Haiti earthquake through a recent non-uniform day.
Following the publication of league tables, Steve Chalke has penned a short note to the Academy Community
Year 11 students were celebrating last week after receiving promising results in their maths GCSE.
Students at Oasis Academy Brightstowe raised £647.92 for charity through their efforts at the Enterprise Christmas Market held last term.
The Academy is pleased to announce that our new sixth form will be opening in September 2010 and will provide opportunities for Post 16 students to study both vocational and academic pathways, to assist them on the road to Higher Education and provide a head-start towards a career.
The Government is running a Home Access initiative to help low-income families obtain a computer and/or internet access at home.
On the 17th December, Oasis Academy Brightstowe held a Christmas market to conclude a programme of Business and Enterprise activities that ran this term.
On December 10th Academy students put on a Christmas pantomime to which local people were invited free of charge.
Four students from Oasis Academy Brightstowe have established a successful new hip-hop dance group called ‘NU - NRG’.
Student Leader representatives from all 11 Oasis Academies met in Westminster on the 25th November to shape their future.
On Friday 20th November, five lucky students from Oasis Academy Brightstowe had their animated films screened as part of the Encounters Short Film Festival.
On 26th November, Oasis Academy Brightstowe hosted a tea and cake celebration to congratulate a record amount of students for their good attendance this term.
On Weds 18th November the Brightstowe netball team took part in the national Academies Netball Cup and gave an impressive performance.
On Thursday 12th November, the graduating class of 2009 were invited back for a special celebration evening that paid tribute them as the first set of GCSE students to graduate from the new Oasis Academy Brightstowe
On Tuesday 10th November, Year 11 BTEC Sport students hosted am after-school basketball festival for local primary schools
Oasis Academy Brightstowe has launched an ‘accelerated reading’ programme as part of an increased focus on developing literacy levels across the school.
A group of talented students from Oasis Academy Brightstowe took part in the Shakespeare Schools Festival this month, performing the playwright’s great tragedy King Lear.
Oasis Academies Brightstowe and Bristol support STOP THE TRAFFIK in their latest campaign: START FREEDOM
“I’m Ashley and I am studying for my exams at Oasis Academy Brightstowe.
“Hi, I’m George Tomkins and I am taking my GCSE’s at Oasis Academy Brightstowe.”
Three talented Year 9 students from Oasis Academy Brightstowe have won prizes in the ‘Bristol in Bloom’ Children’s Painting Competition.
Reece Beeton and Georgina Reid, Year 9, are part of a growing number of capable students at the Academy who are being put forward to take a selection of their GCSE examinations up to two years in advance.
On 20th July, students celebrated the end of the academic year by taking part in the first Oasis Academy Brightstowe Sports Day.
Students at Oasis Academy Brightstowe have won £50 shopping vouchers for the Mall Cribbs Causeway for showing outstanding commitment to their GCSE revision.
On Friday 17th July Oasis Academy Brightstowe hosted a ‘Bully Counselling’ event for fellow students from Oasis Academy Bristol in Hengrove to share good practice and build good working relationships.
On 8th July, a group of students and teachers from Oasis Academy Lord’s Hill in Southampton came to Oasis Academy Brightstowe to share their expertise.
A group of Year 11 students from Oasis Academy Brightstowe have completed a nationally recognised adult qualification in Leadership and Management, the only professional qualification of its kind to be made available to young people outside of the workplace.
The summer holidays have begun and we have now waved the students off on their well-deserved break.
At the end of June, Year 7 classes at the Academy were treated to a trip to Goblin Coombe in North Somerset.
Year 9 students from Oasis Academy Brightstowe were involved in an Inter-School Poetry Slam competition at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre in June.
During the w/c 22nd June, Oasis Academy Brightstowe held digital animation workshops for Year 6 students from local primary schools.
During the w/c 22nd June, Oasis Academy Brightstowe held an exhibition of GCSE artwork which was displayed in the foyer.
Oasis Academy Brightstowe have set up an Ultimate Frisbee Club at the request of Academy students.
Students from Oasis Academy Brightstowe spent the Whitsun Bank Holiday weekend at Wembley stadium as ball-boys in the Coca-Cola Final League Play-Offs.
A lucky student from Oasis Academy Brightstowe has won a brand new iPod Touch in a competition organised by BAM FM, the company which provide facilities management support to the Shirehampton based Academy.
On Thursday 2nd April, students from Oasis Academy Brightstowe had the chance to race against students from Oasis Academy Bristol in Hengrove, when they attended a Go-Karting trip in Avonmouth.
Oasis Academy Brightstowe is celebrating the launch of an Academy DVD in which several students have become the stars.
Students at Oasis Academy Brightstowe supported Fairtrade fortnight this Friday by taking part in a world banana eating record.
Over 80 students from Oasis Academy Brightstowe joined 18 Bristol secondary schools as they took part in the second annual Bristol Festival of School Sports which took place the week of 23rd March.
On Wednesday 18th March, eighty students from Year 7 and 8 were treated to a special ‘Rising Stars’ lunch to celebrate their positive attitudes and good behaviour this spring term.
On Weds 4th March, PE teacher and Academy netball coach Claire Kerslake, and netball players Katie Andrews and Ellie Tompkins gave an interview on Bristol Community Radio station BCfm 93.2.
The week beginning Monday 16th March, the Year 10 students went out on work experience to get their first taste of what will be in store for them when they leave full-time education.
We would welcome anyone who would be prepared to volunteer some of their time to help our students improve their literacy.
On Red Nose Day, students from Oasis Academy Brightstowe came together to raise money for Comic Relief.
On Wednesday 11th March, Year 7 students from Oasis Academy Brightstowe took part in a theatre workshop with national education specialists CragRats, introducing them to the possibilities of higher education.
On Friday 13th February Year 11 pupils from Oasis Academy Brightstowe travelled to Colston Hall to attend the GCSE Poetry Live! event.
Students at Oasis Academy Brightstowe in Shirehampton were put through their paces on Tuesday 3rd February when they took part in a series of drama workshops to prepare them for a trip to the theatre on Thursday that week.
Students at Oasis Academy Brightstowe were shooting for success at the Laser Quest in Avonmouth on Friday 16th January after receiving record amounts of merit certificates for academic achievement.
On Tuesday 13th January, volunteers at the Penpole Luncheon Club received a helping hand from pupils at Oasis Academy Brightstowe who assisted with dinner service and clear-up duties.
On Friday 9th January, pupils at Oasis Academy Brightstowe enjoyed posh cakes and soft drinks at a special celebration rewarding those children who achieved 100% attendance in the first term of the new academic year.
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