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      <copyright>Copyright: (C) Oaklands School 2026</copyright>
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        <title>Jack Petchey Achievement Awards for Tower Hamlets Schools &amp;amp; Clubs 2026</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Oaklands is proud to support the Jack Petchey Achievement Awards for Tower Hamlets Schools &amp;amp;amp; Clubs 2026, recognising the effort, character and achievements of secondary-age young people across our community. The awards celebrate students who go above and beyond in and out of the classroom-whether through leadership, resilience, volunteering, sporting commitment, creative work or simply being a positive influence on others.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Greenhouse and CVC Employability Session at Oaklands</title>
        <description><![CDATA[During the summer holidays, Oaklands welcomed CVC Capital Partners, one of Greenhouse&#39;s valued partners, to Oaklands for a special employability session. Students took part in an afternoon of table tennis and basketball, led by professional coaches Mitch and Dean, combining sport, teamwork and personal development in a fun and engaging environment.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Greenhouse-and-CVC-Employability-Session-at-Oaklan</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>School Production 2026</title>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Summer Fete 2026</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Oaklands School Summer F&amp;amp;ecirc;te &amp;amp;ndash; Friday 3 July 2026]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Sixth Form Charity Bake Sale</title>
        <description><![CDATA[A huge well done to our Sixth Form students for their fantastic organisation and delivery of today&#39;s charity bake sale.Students and staff were treated to a wonderful selection of homemade sweet and savoury treats, with plenty of delicious options available throughout the event. The bake sale was a great success and showcased the enthusiasm, teamwork and dedication of our Sixth Formers in supporting a worthwhile cause.We would like to extend our sincere thanks to everyone who baked, volunteered, purchased items and supported the event. Every contribution helped to make a difference.We are delighted to announce that a total of &amp;amp;pound;316.06 was raised for Human Aid &amp;amp;amp; Advocacy, supporting the important work the charity undertakes to help those in need.Thank you once again to our Sixth Form students involved, the staff who supported and the wider school community for their generosity.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Made in The East: Poems By A New Generation</title>
        <description><![CDATA[We are delighted to celebrate the launch of Write Where We Stand: Poems by a New Generation, published as part of the Made in the East End Project.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Made-in-The-East-Poems-By-A-New-Generation</link>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 5 Basketball and Table Tennis Championship</title>
        <description><![CDATA[It has been a fantastic few weeks at Oaklands as we welcomed our local primary schools for a series of Year 5 basketball and table tennis sessions, finishing in a highly successful tournament.Throughout the programme, students demonstrated great enthusiasm, effort and sportsmanship, making the experience fun and rewarding for everyone involved. We would like to extend our sincere thanks to all staff, coaches and students who contributed to the success of these sessions.We are especially grateful to Lawdale, Columbia and Virginia Primary Schools for their participation and commitment. It was a pleasure to host you, and we hope the students found the experience both enjoyable and inspiring.Congratulations to Columbia aswell on their wins!]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Year-5-Basketball-and-Table-Tennis-Championship</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Kindness Workshop</title>
        <description><![CDATA[A collaborative workshop led by the Art Department, working closely with Year 12 A-level Art students aimed around our core value of kindness.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Painter-Stainers&amp;#8217; Art Prize</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Recently, our Art Department was invited to the Painter-Stainers&#39; Art prize-giving ceremony in London, where Maryam was awarded the prestigious Painter-Stainers&#39; Art Prize. This remarkable achievement marks a great reward for both Maryam and her artwork, recognising her exceptional artistic talent and creativity.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Painter-Stainers-Art-Prize</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>A Visit to Tate Modern</title>
        <description><![CDATA[A visit to the Tate Modern with Year 11 students as part of their exam unit, providing them with the opportunity to experience world-class contemporary and modern art first-hand and to deepen their understanding in preparation for their assessed coursework.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/A-visit-to-TATE-modern</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 10 Academic Sessions from UCL</title>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Parent Talk Webinar</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Oakland&#39;s has been working with Everyone&#39;s Invited, a sexual violence prevention charity that has delivered education in schools since 2022. Everyone&#39;s Invited has been working with six Tower Hamlets secondary schools over the course of this year, offering their prevention education sessions to Year 8 students. They are now offering a webinar for any parents or carers (including parents of primary school aged and younger children) interested in learning more about the online world that children are exposed to.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Parent-Talk-Webinar</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 12 Mentoring Programme Launch</title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Year 12&#39;s had the opportunity to join the mentoring programme with Global Aerospace Underwriting Managers Ltd. Global Aerospace ensures top airlines internationally as well as satellite systems around the world. 10 of our Year 12 students visited the offices for Global Aerospace and met with current employees of the company ranging from senior executives to apprentices.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>World Book Day 2026</title>
        <description><![CDATA[This World Book Day at Oaklands, our Year 7&#39;s were lucky to meet author Sue Upton. They had the chance to share posters based on their favourite books as well as question the author on her own works. It was such a great day filled with reading and creativity!]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/World-Book-Day-2026</link>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>National Careers Week Highlight</title>
        <description><![CDATA[As part of National Careers Week, Oaklands welcomed a variety of inspiring visitors to support and enrich our Careers Programme for our students.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Oaklands Strikes Gold!</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Oaklands has achieved a Gold level accreditation from TfL. We thank TfL for their recognition of our support of the next generation moving into a brighter, safer and sustainable future. Take a look at our wonderful certification...]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Oaklands-Strikes-Gold</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>World Book Week 2nd-6th March 2026</title>
        <description><![CDATA[To celebrate World Book Week at Oaklands we are holding a series of events! Please see below the timetable for what our students will be getting up to.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/World-Book-Week-2nd-6th-March-2026</link>
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        <title>East London Jack Petchey Table Tennis Individual Qualifier 2026</title>
        <description><![CDATA[This February, sixteen Oaklands students proudly represented the school at the East London Jack Petchey Individual Qualifier. Oaklands entered the Under 13 Boys, Under 16 Boys, and Under 19 Boys categories with four students per event.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/East-London-Jack-Petchey-Table-Tennis-Individual-Q</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Asthma and Allergy Friendly Certification</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Tower Hamlets Public Health, The Healthy Lives Team, Tower Hamlets School Health Service, NHS Barts Health, and NEL Clinical Commissioning Group, has congratulated Oaklands Secondary School on successfully achieving Asthma &amp;amp;amp; Allergy Friendly School Status! This recognition reflects your continued commitment to creating a safe, inclusive and supportive environment for children living with asthma and allergies.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Asthma-and-Allergy-Friendly-Certification</link>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>English Schools London Team Finals 2026</title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Under 13 boys&#39; team was represented by Yaqub, Hadi, Mihranur, Riyadh, and Kayden. The team finished 4th in their group and took part in several highly competitive matches, including two closely contested fixtures.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/English-Schools-London-Team-Finals-2026</link>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Design Club Launch</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Design Club launches new product range for Young V&amp;amp;amp;A shop co-designed by our students.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Design-Club-Launch</link>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Greenhouse Girls Development Day 2026</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Five of our female students from Years 7 and 8 attended a girls-only table tennis development day by Greenhouse Sports at Crest Academy. The students participated in a Greenhouse-themed table tennis quiz and a range of engaging training drills. They also had the opportunity to ask questions and learn from former Portuguese international table tennis player Ana Neves, as well as Greenhouse Centre Manager Maria Ingles. It was an exciting day for our students as they got to play and learn more about the sport... Thank you to our coach for supporting the students involved in the trip!]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Greenhouse-Girls-Development-Day-2026</link>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Art Competition Winner</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Congratulations to our Year 8 student Zi Chau Lau who won a honourable mention award for his Christmas card design! Out of over 900 entries submitted, Zi Chau&#39;s artwork truly stood out. His wonderfully crafted Christmas card earned him a special commendation along with a prize from the Salvation Army.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Art-Competition-Winner</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Visit From EECF</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Thanks to the generosity of East End Community Foundation (EECF) and their Connecting Communities initiative, our Year 7 cohort have each been provided with a brand-new laptop.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/AN-EXCITING-VISIT-FROM-THE-EAST-END-COMMUNITY-FOUN</link>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Musa Noor - New Tower Hamlets Young Mayor</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Musa Noor from Oaklands School, who has been elected Tower Hamlets Young Mayor!]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Musa-Noor-New-Tower-Hamlets-Young-Mayor</link>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Jack Petchey Winners</title>
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        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Jack-Petchey-Winners</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Table Tennis Programme @ Oaklands</title>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Oaklands&#39; Environment Charity</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Oaklands school&#39;s forest of 1479 trees will remove approximately 455.53 tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere over the next 25 years.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Oaklands-Environment-Charity</link>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Oaklands&#39; Student Achievement - Zi Chan-Lau</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Zi was presented with an award on 11th November at the House of Lords in recognition of his achievements and dedication to Chinese language learning, leadership and community service.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Oaklands-Student-Achievement-Zi-Chan-Lau</link>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Oaklands Winter Fete 2025</title>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Design Club launches new product range for Young V&amp;amp;A shop inspired by Making Egypt exhibition</title>
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        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Design-Club-launches-new-product-range-for-Young-V</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Unwind, be kind: A Season of Bangla Drama 2025 1-30 November 2025</title>
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        <title>Digital Health Passport Poster Art Competition</title>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Sketch for Survival Art Competition 2025</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Sketch for Survival helps to raise vital awareness about species extinction and biodiversity loss while also raising funds for projects around the world.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>School Games Silver Mark Award</title>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>eSaftey Tip for Parents</title>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>2025 School Drama Production</title>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 11 Iftar Party</title>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Art Event</title>
        <description><![CDATA[We are pleased to announce that one of our students artwork is currently on display at The Art Pavilion located in Mile End Park. Kay Newman, Head of Architecture and Design at London Metropolitan University has selected one of our Year 13 student&#39;s pieces to be on show for the &#39;Connecting Narratives 2025 Exhibition&#39;.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Free online event: Using AI as a tool for GCSE revision</title>
        <description><![CDATA[The National Literacy Trust, in collaboration with leading AI Educator Darren Coxon, will be running a series of webinars for teachers, students and parents/carers on ways that AI can be used safely, simply and creatively as a revision tool for all GCSE subjects. The sessions will focus on GCSE exam structures but will be encompassing a range of revision strategies and tools that can be used in post 16 settings.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Free-online-event-Using-AI-as-a-tool-for-GCSE-revi</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Vaccination Clinic - East London Mosque</title>
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        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Vaccination-Clinic-East-London-Mosque</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>E-Safety: A Parents Guide</title>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Sixth Form Open Evening 2024</title>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Young V&amp;amp;A: Oaklands Designs Brought to Market</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Last term, our students worked with Young V&amp;amp;A to design products that were later sold in their Young V&amp;amp;A gift shop. Since then, we have been featured in the East London Advertiser in an article by Haidee Drew, Senior Producer: Design Education at Young V&amp;amp;A. Read below for more.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Young-V-A-Oaklands-Designs-Brought-to-Market</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Oaklands Winter Charity</title>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Cyber Safety Tips for Parents</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Cyber Safety Tips for Parents: Open communication with your child is important!]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Young V&amp;A Design Club</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Our KS3 Design and Technology students at Oaklands School participated in a 12-week after-school club based at the Young V&amp;amp;A. The eleven students took part in three exciting creative workshops: foiling, block printing, and suminagashi (floating ink), as well as visiting the Japan exhibition for inspiration. They collaboratively worked with creatives and designers as well as buyers for the V&amp;amp;A.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Art Award</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Well done to one of our Year 11 students, Sumaiya, who was invited to the Painter Stainers Awards for her contemporary version of Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Oaklands Alumni Event</title>
        <description><![CDATA[On the 3rd July we had our second alumni event where we welcomed back numerous past students at our Sixth Form.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Oaklands School Fundraiser - Medecins Sans Frontieres</title>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Oaklands Summer Fete</title>
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        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Oaklands-Summer-Fete</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Greenhouse Sports Trip</title>
        <description><![CDATA[On Wednesday 29th May, our Table Tennis coach took a selected few students on an enrichment trip to Singer Capital Markets. Here, students had a stock market lesson and took part in an activity with Gareth Henderson (Head of Trading).]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Greenhouse-Sports-Trip</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>The Brilliant Club 2024</title>
        <description><![CDATA[This spring and summer term, twelve Oaklands students in year 8 took part in the Brilliant Club programme. This is the fifth year that we have taken part as a school.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/The-Brilliant-Club-2024</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>WordTheatre Visit</title>
        <description><![CDATA[WordTheatre (https://wordtheatre.org/), founded by Cedering Fox and Kirsty Peart, is an LA-based charity that Oaklands has worked with many times over the years. The charity brings out international TV and Film actors to their school visits to work with young people by reading aloud short stories and poems to help bring literature to life.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/WordTheatre-Visit</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Exploring living and learning in Tower Hamlets, we would like to invite your students, parents, and school staff to a fantastic day filled with free activities, games and demonstrations for all ages.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Festival-of-Communities</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>School aged vaccination community catch up clinics</title>
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        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/School-aged-vaccination-community-catch-up-clinics</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>GREENHOUSE SPORTS: TABLE TENNIS</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Over the past month, students part of our Greenhouse Table Tennis Programme have been training hard and have achieved some outstanding results.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/GREENHOUSE-SPORTS-TABLE-TENNIS</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Letter to the Oversight and Scrutiny Committee</title>
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        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Letter-to-the-Oversight-and-Scrutiny-Committee</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>&#39;War through Children&#39;s Eyes&#39; Art Competition</title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Children in War artwork competition is a national competition in the UK. Amongst the hundreds of entries that take place each year, this marks the second year in a row that Oaklands has achieved a place in the top 3!]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/War-through-Children-s-Eyes-Art-Competition</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>OAKLANDS ALUMNI</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Oaklands School Alumni came to speak to current year 12 students during their Personal Development session. The students heard about all the amazing things our students have been doing since leaving Oaklands, and they gave personal advice and guidance about next steps, be it apprenticeships, work or university.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/OAKLANDS-ALUMNI</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>YEAR 12 BUSINESS STUDENTS FUNDRAISER</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Congratulations to the The Year 12 business students who raised &amp;pound;884.19 in total from their fundraiser!]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/YEAR-12-BUSINESS-STUDENTS-FUNDRAISER</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 7 and 8 students qualify for the UKMT follow-on rounds!</title>
        <description><![CDATA[A HUGE well done to the following students who qualified for the Junior Kangaroo which is a follow-on round to the Junior Mathematical Challenge:]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Year-7-and-8-students-qualify-for-the-UKMT-follow-</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Sports Day 2023</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Sports Day on Monday 17th July at Mile End Stadium Timings:]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Sports-Day-2023</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 8 Mandarin trip 2023</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Well done to all of our Year 8 Mandarin students. On Thursday 6th July, they sat their YCT Level 1 Mandarin exam and so on Friday 7th July, they visited Chinatown on a well-deserved reward school trip.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Year-8-Mandarin-trip-2023</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Summer Art East Programme - Young Tower Hamlets</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Calling all young people, aged between 11-19 years old, to get creative this summer with the Free Summer Art East programme in Tower Hamlets. Spaces are limited so scan the QR code below and book your place on Eventbrite.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Summer-Art-East-Programme-Young-Tower-Hamlets</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 9 D&amp;T STEM challenge</title>
        <description><![CDATA[In the beginning of July we took twelve Year 9 students to Newham College as part of STEM challenge day. Two of our students, Mariyah Hussain 9M and Saara Hussain 9H, were part of the winning team for the following two categories.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Year-9-D-T-STEM-challenge</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Message from Save The Children Charity</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Dear All at Oaklands Secondary School,]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Message-from-Save-The-Children-Charity</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>The IT: An Oaklands School Production</title>
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        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/The-IT-An-Oaklands-School-Production</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Staff and Student Henna Charity Event</title>
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        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Staff-and-Student-Henna-Charity-Event</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Jack Petchey Awards</title>
        <description><![CDATA[On Monday 12th June, three students were invited to the Jack Petchey Awards to commemorate them on their achievements. The ceremony is designed to award young people who have gone above and beyond in academics, sports or achieved personal triumphs.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Jack-Petchey-Awards</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 10 and Year 12 UCL Lecture</title>
        <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Year-10-and-Year-12-UCL-Lecture</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 12 Writing Workshop at the British Library</title>
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        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Year-12-Writing-Workshop-at-the-British-Library</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Money Matters</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Year 7 had a fantastic session delivered by The Switch on Money Matters. They engaged in activities and discussion and heard from volunteers working in a variety of fields in order to help them start thinking about future careers and all things related to managing money.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Money-Matters</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Global Law Firm Workshop for Year 10</title>
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        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Global-Law-Firm-Workshop-for-Year-10</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>CAMPAIGN AGAINST SCHOOL CUTS</title>
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        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/CAMPAIGN-AGAINST-SCHOOL-CUTS</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 10 Work Experience at the Royal College of Psychiatry</title>
        <description><![CDATA[At the start of this term from the 5th-9th June, six year 10 students completed a very successful work experience placement at the Royal College of Psychiatry. We are very proud of Henry Clarke, Rashed Ahmed, Kamil Salam, Ahbidul Mirza, Adam Warner and Zaahid Hussain who gained really valuable insight into the world of work. They were each assigned to different departments and worked with supervisors on various projects.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Year-10-Work-Experience-at-the-Royal-College-of-Ps</link>
        <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Save The Children Charity Donation</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Students of Oaklands raised &amp;pound;1,005 through their Sip of Kindness fundraiser in the Summer term 2023 for the Save The Children charity. Well done students! The spirit of giving amongst Oaklands Community is contagious and Inspiring.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Save-The-Children-Charity-Donation</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Brilliant Club 2023</title>
        <description><![CDATA[This spring and summer term, 14 Oaklands students in year 8 took part in the Brilliant Club programme. This is the fourth year that we have taken part as a school.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Brilliant-Club-2023</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 23 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Sip of Kindness Fundraiser</title>
        <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Sip-of-Kindness-Fundraiser</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 28 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Women&#39;s History Month</title>
        <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Women-s-History-Month-27042023153538</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Oaklands School - Charity Donation</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Students of Oaklands fund raised &amp;pound;1,000 in Spring 2023 term to contribute &amp;pound;500 for the Emergency Relief for Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria; &amp;pound;500 towards the charity Shelter UK;]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Oaklands-School-Charity-Donation</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 21 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 8 and Year 9 Globe Trip</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Last week Oaklands Year 8 and 9 visited the heart of Shakespeare&#39;s world in an exciting trip to the Globe Theatre. The Globe Theatre performed a special 90 minute performance of Shakespeare&#39;s The Tempest designed for an audience of young people specifically. We truly had appropriate Tempest weather as it rained all day but thankfully our students were kept dry in the coverings of the theatre. Everybody had a wonderful time watching the magic of the play which supported their reading of it in lessons.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Year-8-and-Year-9-Globe-Trip</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>NEU Parents Meeting Invitation</title>
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        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/NEU-Parents-Meeting-Invitation</link>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 10 Queen Mary University London Trip</title>
        <description><![CDATA[At the beginning of this month, Year 10 visited Queen Mary University to experience a day as a Languages university student.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Year-10-Queen-Mary-University-London-Trip</link>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 8 Mandarin Culture Workshop</title>
        <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Year-8-Mandarin-Culture-Workshop</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 10 Shropshire Residential</title>
        <description><![CDATA[117 students from year 10 took part in a residential to Condover Hall in Shropshire.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Year-10-Shropshire-Residential</link>
        <pubDate>Sun, 12 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Wonderful World Book Week</title>
        <description><![CDATA[We were delighted to celebrate World Book Week here at Oaklands last week. Our librarian Ms. Lawless created a jam packed timetable full of amazing activities. Mr Chu and his 7ASH class held &#39;secret spell&#39; sessions in our science labs with Year 6 from Lawdale.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Wonderful-World-Book-Week</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Stand Up to Bullying Day February 24th 2023</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Year 7 students created posters for Stand Up To Bullying Day Feb 24th 2023. The students artwork selected encompasses and demonstrates the kindness Year 7&#39;s want to spread when encouraging people to stand up to bullying.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Stand-Up-to-Bullying-Day-February-24th-2023</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>National Careers Week</title>
        <description><![CDATA[From today March 6th until Friday March 10th Oaklands School will be celebrating National Careers Week.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/National-Careers-Week</link>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Author Attiya Khan Visit for World Book Week</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Author of Ten Steps to Us Attiya Khan visited Oaklands School as part of our packed World Book Week activities. Ten Steps to Us focuses on balancing romance and religion and Attiya Khan explained her themes throughout an interesting talk with our Year 7 students.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Author-Attiya-Khan-Visit-for-World-Book-Week</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 12 Theatre Trip for Titus Andronicus</title>
        <description><![CDATA[On Thursday 23rd February our Year 12 students got the exciting opportunity to see Titus Andronicus at the Sam Wannamaker Theatre.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Year-12-Theatre-Trip-for-Titus-Andronicus</link>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>World Book Day 2023</title>
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        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/World-Book-Day-2023</link>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Autumn Non-Uniform Day Donation to  Just One Tree</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Our Autumn term non-uniform day raised over &amp;pound;500. Our students are proud to once again donate to Just One Tree, an organisation who are actively working to combat climate change through planting trees. We are so proud of our students for being able to plant 513 trees.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Autumn-Non-Uniform-Day-Donation-to-Just-One-Tree</link>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>V&amp;A Deputy Director Tim Reeve Visit</title>
        <description><![CDATA[He showed the new design and some renders of the ongoing project to the students. The students really enjoyed these renders and remarked they &#39;looked like videogames&#39; and were inquisitive about the upcoming project.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/V-A-Deputy-Director-Tim-Reeve-Visit</link>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Dr Aminul Hoque MBE visits Oaklands School</title>
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        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Dr-Aminul-Hoque-MBE-visits-Oaklands-School</link>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Andrea Diaz Charity Art Competition Winner</title>
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        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Andrea-Diaz-Charity-Art-Competition-Winner</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>STORY-silience Trip to Istanbul</title>
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        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/STORY-silience-Trip-to-Istanbul</link>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 7 Learn First Aid</title>
        <description><![CDATA[As part of the Oaklands School curriculum, every Wednesday this term students have had a lesson dedicated to Personal Development. Recently, Year 7 have had a fantastic PD session learning basic first aid.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Year-7-Learn-First-Aid</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Christmas Card Competition Winners</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Our students are always inspired by the hard working art department and enter many competitions with great success throughout the year. A huge congratulations to our Christmas Card Competition winner Maddison Marston (8 Willow) who by popular vote had her design printed for our Oaklands School Christmas cards. A special congratulations to our runners up: Azizul Islam (9 Pine), Maryam Hussain (7 Maple), Fahmida Begum (8 Pine) and Jaheed Mohammed Ali (10 Maple).]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Christmas-Card-Competition-Winners</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Salvation Army Kids Christmas Card Winner: Surina Bhakar</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Surina Bhaker (9 Pine) has recently come runner up in the Salvation Army Kids Christmas Card competition.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Salvation-Army-Kids-Christmas-Card-Winner-Surina-B</link>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Dr Aminul Hoque - &#39;A very British History&#39; visits Oaklands Sixth Form</title>
        <description><![CDATA[During a Personal Development session, Aminul Hoque, Goldsmiths University, led a discussion with year 12 students around his BBC4 Documentary exploring migration to Britain in the 20th century. The students found it fascinating to hear his stories and reflect pn their own identity.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Aminul-Hoque-A-very-British-History-visits-Oakland</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Christmas Lunch 2022</title>
        <description><![CDATA[We are excited to present the Christmas lunch menu for Thursday 15th December 2022.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Christmas-Lunch-2022</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Applying to Oxbridge Event</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Year 10 and 12 students from Oaklands took part in an event aimed at supporting students to make successful applications to Oxbridge and Russell Group universities.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Applying-to-Oxbridge-Event</link>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Oaklands U15 Cricket Team - Indoor Cricket Borough Champions</title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Oaklands U15 Boys Cricket Team finished in 3rd place at the recent Tower Hamlets Borough Indoor Cricket Competition. Having sailed through the group stage with some comprehensive wins, they unfortunately fell short of a very strong Bow School&amp;rsquo;s first innings total of 65 in the semi finals. But bounced back to take the bronze medal by comfortably beating Canary Wharf College in the 3rd place play off.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Oaklands-U13-Cricket-Team-Indoor-Cricket-Borough-C</link>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Elijah Ashraf-Haynes Cross Country Success</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Elijah Ashraf-Haines finished 4th place in the Year 9 Boys Tower Hamlets Cross Country Race at Victoria Park in October. His performance earned him a place on the Tower Hamlets Team for the London Youth Games Cross Country, which took place on Saturday at Parliament Hill, Hampstead Heath. Despite a much tougher course and a much more competitive field, he managed to complete the race in a very respectable time, finishing 168 out of 200 runners, and helped the U15 Boys Team to finish 9th out of 30 boroughs competing!]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Elijah-Ashraf-Haines-Cross-Country-Success</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>U13 (Year 7/8) Cricket Team Victory</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Oaklands U13 (Year 7/8) cricket team won the Tower Hamlets Borough Indoor Cricket Competition at UEL SportsDeck last Monday. Ali Zeeshan who captained the team, helped the group to go undefeated throughout the competition, eventually beating Mulberry Stepney Green in the final by 47 runs to take home the trophy and the gold medals.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/U13-Year-7-8-Cricket-Team-Victory</link>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Lei&#39;Lah Aroush Ayub Wins the Jack Petchy Achievement Award</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Lei&#39;lah Aroush Ayub in 9Ash has recently won the Jack Petchy Achievement Award for her outstanding contribution and achievements in Girl Guides. We are so impressed to learn that Lei&#39;lah has been an active and outstanding member of Girl Guides for a decade. A huge congratulations to Lei&#39;lah!]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Lei-Lah-Aroush-Ayub-Wins-the-Jack-Petchy-Achieveme</link>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Junior Librarians</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Learning Hub has new Junior Librarian. The boys have been successful in their training and are already assisting in the day to day running of our library. We wish you all the best for the rest of the year.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Junior-Librarians</link>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Open Week</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Our open week at Oaklands is now complete. It has been wonderful to welcome our prospective Year 7 students and their families to see our school in action on a normal working day. We are grateful for the overwhelming response this year and look forward to your continuing support.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Open-Week</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>TfL STARS</title>
        <description><![CDATA[We are pleased to announce that Oakland is officially a school plan travel champion. We have achieved the Bronze level STAR accreditation for the year 2021 - 2022. We are currently awaiting our accreditation certificate and our star to mark our accreditation level.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/TfL-Stars-Travel-Plan-Champion</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Visitors from Denmark 10/2022</title>
        <description><![CDATA[We hosted our second delegation from Denmark earlier this month. It was wonderful to have more associates from overseas. It was a wonderful day of sharing insights in to educational provision within both countries. We gave them a tour of our school, both Main and the Sixth Form Site.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Visitors-from-Denmark</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 7 BookBuzz Project</title>
        <description><![CDATA[All Oaklands Year 7 students will receive a book gift from our Learning Hub before the October Half Term Holiday. This project is called BookBuzz and it runs in conjunction with the Book Trust.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Year-7-BookBuzz-Project</link>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Macmillan Coffee Morning</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Oaklands created their own version of bake-off and enjoyed a very special Macmillan Coffee Morning. We were impressed with our staff who out-did themselves in creating mouth-watering selections of sweet and savoury treats for charity. Well done to everyone who took part and helped us collect an incredible total of pound &amp;pound;281.82.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Macmillan-Coffee-Morning</link>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>#PaintTheChange</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Oaklands School is for diversity and we are always finding different ways to teach our students to learn about different cultures. We are a very inclusive school and therefore working with Paint The Change was an amazing opportunity for our students.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/PaintTheChange</link>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>School Ambassadors 2022</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Congratulations to our ambassadors for successfully completing the application process. We look forward to working with you throughout this year in various in-school events such as open morning, open evenings, tours, interviews, drop down days etc.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/New-Ambassadors</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Visitors from Denmark 9/2022</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Our associates from Denmark recently visited Oaklands and it was an absolute pleasure to meet and catch up with them. The Danish delegation consisted of a group of members who were all either heads of secondary schools or heads and deputy heads of the Municipal Department of Children and Learning.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Danish-Delegation</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>European Day of Languages</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Our students dressed up in colourful outfits to celebrate the European Day of Languages and we managed to raise &amp;pound;514.64. Special congratulation to the Year 8 PINE students who donated &amp;pound;56.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/European-Day-of-Languages</link>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 9 Rich Mix performance &#39;Wild Wild Things&#39;</title>
        <description><![CDATA[During the summer term 2022, Year 9 Drama students were working with theatre-makers to capture stories from their local communities, asking: what is it, to be thirteen

From over 20 recorded interviews, a performance was created to platform these often unheard tales of the teenage experience.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Year-9-Rich-Mix-performance-Wild-Wild-Things</link>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Visitor from Austria</title>
        <description><![CDATA[At Oaklands, we are very proud of our international relations and take our international work very seriously.

It was a great pleasure to welcome Heidi Schrodt from Austria to Oaklands recently. It was an opportunity to learn and share best practices within our institutions.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Visitor-from-Austria</link>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Noah Williams came to Oaklands</title>
        <description><![CDATA[One of our most inspiring alumnus Noah Williams came to Oaklands to pay a visit to his old school. It was amazing to catch up with him and to discuss his hard work and dedication in representing England in Commonwealth Games and Great Britain in the Olympics. Although he would never let you think it he was always destined for greatness.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Noah-Williams-came-to-Oaklands</link>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 11 Expectation Evening</title>
        <description><![CDATA[We were very pleased to have our Year 11 parents/carer at Oaklands for an informative evening of Year 11 curriculum. The parents were presented with a descriptive slideshow. We aim to build lasting partnerships between home, school and wider the community, to create opportunities for all learners.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Year-11-Expectation-Evening</link>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Our New Look</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Our second mural is now complete and can be seen at our Main entrance. The mural embodies what our school stands for, a proud and inclusive community consistent of various cultures. We thank the most talented street artist, Jody, for painting this portrait and bringing the vision of our students to life.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Main-Entrance-Mural</link>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Social Space of Old Bethnal Green</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Walking along the side streets and back alleys in the footsteps of locals, this self-guided tour is a short walk of just under 2 miles through the little-known but culturally rich and historically fascinating neighbourhood surrounding Old Bethnal Green Road conservation area]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/SOCIAL-SPACES-OF-OLD-BETHNAL-GREEN-SELF-GUIDED-TOU</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Alumni Visit</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Huge thanks to Mr Alameen Hussain, Oaklands O.G. Alumni, who started his secondary school journey at Oaklands School in the Year 1990, for getting few of his fellow classmates together to attend Oaklands again after 32 years for a trip down memory lane.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Oaklands-Alumni-Visit</link>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>GCSE Results Day 2022</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Congratulations to our Year 11 students for completing their GCSEs and successfully enrolling to A Levels.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/GCSE-Result-Day</link>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>A Level Results Day 2022</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Congratulations to our A Level students for successfully completing their A Levels and all the best for their higher education. Good luck.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/A-Levels-Results-Day</link>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>CAW - Year 7 Kew Gardens</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Our students are busy with our annual cultural activities week. Year 7 took a trip to Kew Gardens to enhance their learning while exploring one of London&#39;s largest wild botanic garden.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/CAW-Year-7-Kew-Gardens</link>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>CAW - Year 12 Sussex University</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Year 12 took a residential trip to Sussex University. The students experience a taste of the university life and also enjoyed the local area during the duration of their stay.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/CAW-Year-12-Sussex-University</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>CAW - Year 9 Photography Club</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Year 9 took a field trip for their photography club as part of cultural activities week. Students were involved in taking various pictures to enhance their skills.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/CAW-Photography-Club</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>CAW - In-School Activities</title>
        <description><![CDATA[With the weather forecast of high temperature and London&#39;s heatwave we had to make some changes to our CAW week as a safety measure. Our staff carried out various in-school cultural activities for our students to enhance their learning. 
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        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/CAW-Cultural-Activities-and-in-school-Activities</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>CAW - Year 8 Places of worship trip</title>
        <description><![CDATA[To enhance their learning on religious education and in light of the cultural awareness week our students visited different place of worship. It was a good opportunity for students to learn the importance of diversity and respecting cultural differences.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/CAW-Year-8-Place-of-worship-trips</link>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>New Mural at Shinzen Square</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Over the last year our team has been working closely with Paint The Change to come up with ideas for murals for our school that best describe our culture and ethos. We are proud to announce that our mural is now complete and have certainly brightened up our Shinzen Square.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/New-Mural-at-Shinzen-Square</link>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Rich Mix Student Performance</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Over the past six weeks, Year 9 Drama students have been working with theatre-makers to create a performance asking: what is it, to be thirteen]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Rich-Mix-Student-Performance</link>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 7 Fundraising for Bangladesh Floods</title>
        <description><![CDATA[We are very proud of our Year 7 and Year 8 students for organising an event to raise funds in support of the recent crises in Bangladesh. The idea came solely from our young students from the goodness and kindness of their heart to help the less fortunate in Bangladesh in midst of the flooding.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Year-7-Fundraising-for-Bangladesh-Floods</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 11 Farewell Boat Party</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Year 11 Farewell Party was a huge success and turned out an amazing night of music, singing and memories. Students boarded the boat from Embankment pier and cruised over River Thames, overlooking various London attractions, towards Chelsea, Hammersmith, Limehouse, Greenwich and returning back to Embankment.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Year-11-Farewell-Boat-Party</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>GCSE Spanish Residential</title>
        <description><![CDATA[GCSE Spanish Language students went to Spain as part of their learning. The students visited Malaga, Seville (Royal Alcazar Palace) and Mijas. They took lessons in OnSpain Language School&#39;. Students explored the similarities/differences in Spanish culture and their own, as well as learning the importance of responsibility, time-keeping and independence.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/GCSE-Spanish-Residential-Trip</link>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Honorary Ambassadors</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Thanks to all student ambassadors for supporting the school throughout this academic year. Congratulations to the new ambassadors for successfully completing the application process. We look forward to working with you. A special tribute to all honorary ambassadors for assisting in school activities. We wish them all the best for their GCSEs.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Honorary-Ambassadors</link>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Summer Reading Challenge</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Take part in our Summer Reading Challenge by reading up to 6 new books over the summer holidays. You can borrow these books from our library at Oaklands or join your local library for extra points.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Summer-Reading-Challenge</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Half Moon Exhibition</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Half Moon are hosting their seventh annual exhibition and displaying work of our students. Parents and Staff are invited to attend, please see the link below and visit the exhibition to support our students and other young talent in the local neighbourhood.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Half-Moon-Exhibition</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Art competition prize winners</title>
        <description><![CDATA[We are pleased to announce that our student, Emily, won first prize for her creative entry in &#39;War Through Children&#39;s Eyes&#39; contest. Her creative and thought provoking entry was selected from a pool of hundreds of entries from schools across the UK.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Oakland-wins-first-prize-for-Art-competition</link>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Student Librarians</title>
        <description><![CDATA[We want to thank our Student Librarian team for helping out at the Learning Hub. They have received their badges and a book as acknowledgement of all the hard work they give to the Hub.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Student-Librarians</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 9 Art Workshop (Masks)</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Year 9 did an amazing art workshop focusing on creating masks. The students were given the opportunity to be creative and innovative with their work and come up with masks using different textures and concepts.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Year-9-Art-Workshop-Masks</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>War Through Children&#39;s Eyes contest</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Our Art students recently participated in the War Through Children&#39;s Eyes contest and we are proud to announce that Oaklands has been selected as one of the finalists of the competition.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/We-are-the-finalist-for-War-through-Children-s-Eye</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 12 Business Students raise over &amp;pound;1000 for the Lonely Orphans Charity</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Year 12 Business students raised £1427 for the Lonely Orphans charity as part of their Business Studies coursework &quot;Managing an Event&quot;.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Year-12-Business-Students-raise-over-1000-for-the-</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 9 organised campaigns focusing on poverty, housing and domestic violence</title>
        <description><![CDATA[We are very impressed with all Year 9 students for organising and managing a campaign competition over the last six days. The competition involved identifying a problem faced by the vulnerable, preparing presentations to raise awareness on the particular issue and looking for ways to support an organisation dedicated to the cause.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Year-9-Maple-Support-Campaigns</link>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 7 Aayan&#39;s trip to Havas London</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Ayaan won first prize in the Government Challenge on promoting healthy eating. Aayan&#39;s work was selected by the Mayor and his team alongside the prestigious Vicki Maguire Chief Creative Officer, Havas London and judge at Cannes film.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Year-7-s-Aayan-won-trip-to-Havas-London</link>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Scholastic Book Fair</title>
        <description><![CDATA[We are having a Scholastic Book Fair in the Learning Hub from Thursday 7th of July until 14th of July.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Scholastic-Book-Fair</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>All London Athletics Competition</title>
        <description><![CDATA[We are very proud of Sadman and Rayan for their incredible performance during the London School Athletics Competition.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/London-School-Athletics-Competition</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 7 Cricket Team qualified for LSCA U12s Finals</title>
        <description><![CDATA[We are very pleased with the performance of our Year 7 Cricket Team as they have made it through to the London Schools Cricket Association U12s Finals Day. Oaklands scored a competitive total of 133-0 in 16 overs and secured a well deserved victory by 57 runs.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Year-7-Cricket-Team-through-to-the-LSCA-U12s-Final</link>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 8 Geography Mayor Challenge Submission</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Earlier in the year, a number of our year 8 students had signed up for the Mayor of London Challenge. Our students were asked todesign a masterplan for a sustainable neighbourhood in the Royal Docklands. We are very proud to announce that our students have been shortlisted asone of 20 groups from 110 to move on to the next round!]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Year-8-Mayor-Challenge-Submission</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 7 West End In School Workshop</title>
        <description><![CDATA[This half term our Year 7 will be exploring the chaos that is created in Shakespeare&#39;s A Midsummer Night&#39;s Dream. The workshop was led by the West End In Schools and students created dramatic interpretations of key scenes.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Year-7-West-End-In-School-Workshop</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 7 Cricket Team Vs Langdon Academy</title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Year 7 Cricket Team took on Langdon Academy and the scores are as follows:]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Year-7-Cricket-Team-Vs-Langdon-Academy</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Unmute - Discussion and Debate Club</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Rich Mix are starting a fun and friendly discussion and debate club for 11-14s called UnMute, which supports students to speak up and share their opinions, building communication skills which will help them at school and in their future life and career.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Unmute-Discussion-and-Debate-Club-for-11-14s</link>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Mural Workshops</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Art department at Oaklands have been working on the importance of representing Diversity. Parents/students art workshop took place from all year groups from Year 7 to Year 12 where parents were encouraged to take part in Art workshops with their children. The workshop were facilitated by an outside agency called &amp;lsquo;Paint the change&amp;rsquo;. The aim of the workshops was to give the parents / students an opportunity to voice their ideas to be passed on to Jody Thomas, a well-known Art Director and Urban artist across all kinds of sectors &amp;ndash; from motor racing and corporate finance to interior design and fashion to produce the final ideas on the walls on Oaklands.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Mural-Workshops</link>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Oakland&#39;s production of &quot;A Midsummer Night&#39;s Dream&quot;</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Congratulations to the talented cast of &#39;A Midsummer Night&#39;s Dream&#39; who delivered 5 successful performances in one week. The cast consisted of students across year 7 - 10 who worked incredibly hard to bring the characters, the story and the challenging language of Shakespeare to life.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Oakland-s-performance-of-A-Midsummer-Night-s-Dream</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Working with St Paul&#39;s Cathedral</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Oaklands is honoured to work in conjunction with St Paul&#39;s Cathedral to create art pieces to celebrate the Queen&#39;s Jubilee. Dean at St Paul&#39;s commended on the Artwork which will be seen by thousands of visitors and will be on display for six months.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Queen-s-Jubilee-Exhibition-at-St-Pauls-Cathedral</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 7 Cricket Team Vs Central Foundation Boys</title>
        <description><![CDATA[We are very proud to announce that our Year 7 Cricket Team won their recent game against Central Foundation Boys School at Regents Park.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Under12-Cricket-Cup-Fixture</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 7 &amp; Year 8 Tower Hamlets District Athletics Competition</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Two of our students ,Sadman and Rayan, performed exceptionally well during the Tower Hamlets District Athletics Competition and successfully qualified for All London Athletics Competition.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Year-7-Year-8-Tower-Hamlets-District-Athletics-Com</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Overdue Book Amnesty</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Perfect opportunity to return your over due books to the library with no sanctions imposed and to ensure that others benefit from all the choices of titles we offer.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Overdue-Book-Amnesty</link>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>A Midsummer Night&#39;s Dream</title>
        <description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, 25th of May Oaklands will be showing its very own school production of William Shakespeare&#39;s play &quot;A Midsummer Night&#39;s Dream&quot;. All parents/carers are requested to attend and join the event. The performance will take place in Equiano Hall from 4:15 pm.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/A-Midsummer-Night-s-Dream-Production-at-Oaklands</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 7 trip to Lord&#39;s Cricket Ground</title>
        <description><![CDATA[A group of Year 7 students took a trip to Lord&#39;s Cricket Ground. The trip involved watching a cricket match, touring the stadium and playing a soft ball match on the nursery ground as part of Middlesex Cricket&#39;s Secondary Schools engagement day.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Year-7-trip-to-Lord-s-Cricket-Ground</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 7 Count on Us Maths Competition</title>
        <description><![CDATA[We are very proud of our Year 7 students for completing the Maths competition Count on Us against 50 other teams. Oakland&#39;s team was the youngest team against mainly Year 9s students from other school and even with the age gap they did exceptionally well in the competition.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Year-7-Count-on-Us-Competition</link>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 12 Geography residential to Eastbourne</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Our Year 12 Geography students were given the opportunity to go on a 2 day residential trip preparing them for their NEA in A level Geography. Students were introduced to a variety of methodologies (covering both human and physical geography) for gathering primary data.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Year-12-Geography-residential-to-Eastbourne</link>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>One short day defying gravity</title>
        <description><![CDATA[All students and staff at Oaklands school took an enchanting trip to the Apollo Theatre in Victoria to experience the most loved and popular musical, Wicked. The show was exceptional with outstanding performances from the cast, wonderful choreography and thrilling special effects. We were captivated from start to finish and left wishing for more.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/One-short-day-defying-gravity</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>The Queen&#39;s Jubilee Celebration</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Our students are working extremely hard to celebrate The Queen&#39;s Platinum Jubilee Celebration by creating exceptional artwork to be displayed at the St Paul&#39;s Cathedral. We are honoured to be given this opportunity and congratulate all our students who have been chosen to take part in this exhibition.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/We-are-preparing-for-The-Queen-s-Jubilee-Celebrati</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Artwork of our students to be displayed at St. Pauls Cathedral for Queen&#39;s Jubilee</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Oaklands students will produce art work for Queens Jubilee Celebration to be showcased at St. Paul Cathedral and The Queen will be visiting to view the display. We are honoured to be chosen for this incredible opportunity.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Artwork-to-be-displayed-at-St-Pauls-Cathedral-for-</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Poisson d&#39;Avril competition</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Modern Foreign Language Department conducted a fun competition on April the 1st to celebrate Fool&#39;s Day or Poisson d&#39;Avril, as known in France.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Poisson-d-Avril</link>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Award Ceremony for Painters Company Charities</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Mishkat for being the first student in the 400 years longstanding history of Painters Stainers to be awarded for his photographic work.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Award-Ceremony-for-Painters-Company-Charities</link>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 12 &amp; 13 English Litrerature trip to Margaret Atwood Live</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Year 12 and Year 13 A Level English Literature students went to see Margaret Atwood live at the The Southbank Centre. Atwood talked about her new non-fiction book &quot;Burning Questions&quot; and also broaden the discussion to ideas of feminism, current affairs and totalitarian regimes.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Year-12-13-trip-to-Margaret-Atwood-Live</link>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 11 Drama Take the Lead project</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Year 11 Drama students took part in the employability project Take the Lead. This was in partnership with the Old Vic Theatre that uses theatre techniques and creative workshops to build on five core skills: communication, self-management, self-belief, teamwork and problem solving.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Year-11-Take-the-Lead-project</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Water Only Competition Update</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Our young artist Ayaan&#39;s masterpiece was displayed in the blog post raising awareness and applauding his work among various other talented students.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Water-Only-Competition-Update</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 8 &amp; Year 9 Food Technology FUN HCCA Project</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Oaklands hosted a student workshop with FUN HCCA Project for Healthy Chinese Cuisine. Their team demonstrated how to cook Kung Pao Chicken to Year 8 &amp; Year 9 students.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/FUN-HCCA-Project</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 12 Physics trip to HQS Wellington</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Year 12 Physics students visited the HQS Wellington, a former second world war convoy ship, moored on the Thames. As well as finding out about the history of the ship and how key parts worked, students took part in a range of tasks.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Year-12-Physics-trip-to-HQS-Wellington</link>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 11 Sports studies predicted results</title>
        <description><![CDATA[We are very proud of our Year 11 Sport studies student who have received their predicted results and all students are on target to receive an A* or an A for their GCSEs.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/GCSE-s-sports-studies-predicted-results</link>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 7 English language reward trip to Old Operating Theatre</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Year 7 selected English students who had shown excellent progress in lessons attended a reward trip to the Old Operating Theatre. They were invited to listen to a lecture on Victorian surgery and medicine, took part in a mock amputation and discovered more about the scientific developments at the time.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Year-7-reward-trip-to-Old-Operating-Theatre</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 12 &amp; 13 Politics residential to Lambourne End</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Year 12 &amp; 13 Politics students enjoyed a series of workshops to support their A Level studies in Lambourne End. They heard from campaign groups to &#39;Save Brick Lane&#39; from a massive development project, Resist and Renew on the different strands of Feminism, took part in a Climate Conference simulation game, heard history of Palestine and ongoing human rights abuses.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Politics-residential-to-Lambourne-End</link>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Reflect Reconnect Renew exhibition</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Various schools in the borough of Tower Hamlets have been chosen to have their art work displayed in a private exhibition in the Art Pavilion. We are delighted to be one those school.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Reflect-Reconnect-Renew</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 11, 12 &amp; 13 Art reward trip to British Museum</title>
        <description><![CDATA[To celebrate the recent incredible successes of our Art students in Year 11, Year 12 &amp; Year 13 they were awarded a trip to British Museum and Bloomsbury. We are very proud of our young artists for being dedicated and working hard throughout the lockdown.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Year-11-12-13-Art-reward-trip-to-British-Museum</link>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>International Mother Language Day</title>
        <description><![CDATA[We are very proud of our students for raising a significant donation to contribute towards Human Relief Foundation to supply clean and fresh water for the poor and needy by building water wells.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Charity-Fund-Raising</link>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 10 Drama trip to Yard Theatre</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Year 10 drama GCSE students visited the Yard Theatre to watch the innovative production, An Unfinished Man. A bold, troubling, brilliant examination of the devastating effects of depression.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Year-10-Drama-trip-to-Yard-Theatre</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Maths Baking Challenge</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Maths Department organised a Baking Challenge to encourage children to bake and sell the baked good. The students worked very hard in the kitchen to bake very delicious sweets before setting up stalls in the Shinzen Square to serve to all students and staff during bake time.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Maths-Baking-Challenge</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Water Only Art Competition Winner</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Oaklands art students win both awards for Arts in London for Healthy School London Network and Art &amp; Design Competition, in conjunction with City Hall.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Water-Design-Competition</link>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Painter Stainers Art Prize Winner</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Mishkat for featuring in Painter Stainers with this incredible piece of photography.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Art-Prize-Winner</link>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>&quot;A Christmas Carol&quot; production for Year 7</title>
        <description><![CDATA[A performance of Charles Dicken&#39;s &#39;A Christmas Carol&#39; by Quantum Theatre was organised for Year 7 to enhance their learning.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/A-Christmas-Carol</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Sovereign Art Foundation Student Prize Winner</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Fasihah Haseeb(Year 13) whosephotography piece titled &#39;Carving Memories&#39; (pictured below) has been shortlistedfor the Sovereign Art Foundation Student Prize, London 2021. As a finalist, her work will be displayed at Philips, the world&#39;s leading auction house for art and design from 2nd to 9th December 2021. A huge well done to Fasihah!]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/SOVEREIGN-ART-FOUNDATION-STUDENT-PRIZE</link>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Basketball Wins</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Congratulations to our KS3 Girls Basketball team for winning a bronze medal at the Tower Hamlets Basketball Competitionheld on Tuesday, 16 November. Well done Girls!]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Basketball-Win</link>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Science Club</title>
        <description><![CDATA[The OaklandsScience Club is well underway and our student scientists are having lots of fun exploring the world of science.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Science-Club</link>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Table Tennis Victory</title>
        <description><![CDATA[A hugecongratulationsto our KS4 boys table tennis team for wining in theTower Hamlets Borough Competitionheld on Tuesday, 9th November 2021. Many congratulations also to theKS3 Girls team who also came 2nd place in the competition. Well done Ammar,Yasmin, Jahan, Jyoti, Musa, Rajib, Israk, Abdallah, Ismail, Tamim, Saara, Angelina, Ridwan andMariyah!]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Table-Tennis-Victory</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Sixth Form Open Evening</title>
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        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Sixth-Form-Open-Evening</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Boomerang Schools Climate Change Poster</title>
        <description><![CDATA[A huge well done toEftehab Bin Rashid 10M and Inaayah Parvin 10E who were both runner-ups in the Boomerang School Climate Change Poster Competition.The brief was to create a portrait poster to persuade and inspire people to become more aware about climate change and to lead more environmentally-friendly lives.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Boomerang-Schools-Climate-Change-Poster</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Netball Success Against Canary Wharf College</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Oaklands School KS3 Netball Team played their first pre-seasonmatch againstCanary wharf College. The girls showed such a great team spirit and played outstandingly well for their first ever full match. Both their attack and defending skills were commendable and we look forward to their many successes in the future. The women of the match were Angelina Harea who didnt stop working hard throughout the whole game and holding the team together and Summer Law for her excellent goal scoring skill. Well done to the whole team!]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Netball-Success-Against-Canary-Wharf-College</link>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>European Day of Language 2021</title>
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        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/European-Day-of-Language-2021</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>European Day of Languages 2021</title>
        <description><![CDATA[As part of this year&#39;s European Languages Day, we will be holding a non-uniform day on Friday, 24 September 2021. All student are expected to donate £1 to support the school&#39;s chosen charity, details of which will be shared in due course. The canteen will also serve sumptuous European dishes that day such as tuna niçoiseand ratatouille, mushroom risotto, patatas bravas and many more.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/European-Languages-Day-2021</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Open Events 2021</title>
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        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Open-Events-2021</link>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Summer School</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Our summer school this yearwhich took place from Monday, 9 to Friday 13 August was a huge success and thoroughly enjoyed by our incoming Year 7 cohort. Students took part in many activities including Maths and English catch-up sessions, Geography, Sports, Arts and Crafts and Mindfulness activities which they loved and it was a great opportunity to make new friends before starting at Oaklands in September.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Summer-School</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>GCSE Results Day 2021</title>
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        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/GCSE-Results-Day-2021</link>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>DfE Turing Scheme</title>
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        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/DfE-Turing-Scheme</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Sixth Form Enrolment for External Students</title>
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        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Sixth-Form-Enrolment-for-External-Students</link>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Cultural Activities Week 2021</title>
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        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Cultural-Activities-Week-2021</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>National Sports Week at Oaklands</title>
        <description><![CDATA[This week, we have been celebrating National Sports Week to mark the restart of sports and competitions at Oaklands.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/National-Sports-Week</link>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 11 Thorpe Park Trip</title>
        <description><![CDATA[To celebrate the end of year 11, students spent the day at Thorpe Park and it was lots of fun!]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Year-11-Thorpe-Park-Trip</link>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Honouring Bangladesh50@ Toynbee Hall</title>
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        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Bangladesh-at-50-Celebrations-Toynbee-Hall</link>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Oaklands Raises Funds for Medical Aid For Palestinians</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Thank you to all staff and students for your contributions during our fundraising event last term for medical aid for Palestinians. Your contributions are much appreciated.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Oaklands-Raises-Funds-for-Medical-Aid-For-Palestin</link>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Oaklands Student to exhibit at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Huge congratulations to Fasihah Haseeb, Year 12 A level Arts Student whose art piece has been accepted in the Royal Academy Summer Show Exhibition. Below is a statement about her piece:]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Oaklands-Student-to-exhibit-at-the-Royal-Academy-S</link>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Thank you Revolut!</title>
        <description><![CDATA[A huge thank you to Mr Hambrett and the team at Revolut (a global financial super app) for their kind donation of 30 Chrome Books to Oaklands on 11 March 2021. These will certainly go a long way to support our remote learning provision and our students will benefit greatly from them.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Thank-you-Revolut</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Supporting Families</title>
        <description><![CDATA[At the end of term, our wonderful staff at Oaklands with the support of Ms Janiszewska and the Business Support Team at Valero limited, donated food items to support some of our families who may be struggling at this time. A huge well done to Mr Miah and the pastoral team for coming up with this wonderful initiative. No doubt these families will benefit from these items. Thank you!]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Supporting-Families</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Book Week</title>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Careers Week</title>
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        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Careers-Week</link>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Covid Testing at Oaklands</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Where will testing take place?]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Covid-Testing-at-Oaklands</link>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Virtual Sportshall Athletics Competition</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Well done to our athletics team for the awesome wins last week, Our Year 7 boys and girls teams did us proud:]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Virtual-Sportshall-Athletics-Competition</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Lockdown Legends!</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Oaklands was in the top 10% of schools nationally for use of GCSEPod lastweek! Well done to students and staff who keep working hard albeit remotely!]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Lockdown-Legends</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Remote Learning</title>
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        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Remote-Learning</link>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Oaklands plants 766 trees!</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Our students raised a whopping £765.19 as part of a non-uniform day to support an environmental charity called &#39;Just one Tree&#39;. This money will go towards planting 766 trees removing 235.9 tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere over the next 25 years making us climate change makers! Well done to all who contributed to this.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Oaklands-plants-766-trees</link>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>MR AFSAR RECEIVES AN MBE!</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Many congratulations to Mr Syed Afsar (Teacher of Bengali) for receiving an MBE for services in education and the community in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in this year&#39;s Queen&#39;s birthday honour list. The Oaklands community is proud of this wonderful achievement. Well done Mr. Afsar MBE!]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/MR-AFSAR-RECEIVES-AN-MBE</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Year 13 Geography Field Trip</title>
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        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/GEOGRAPHY-FIELD-TRIP</link>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>We are in the news!</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Did you catch us on BBC London news lastnight? If not, you can see www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000n8rkfor full details as Ms. Fenn (Head of 6th Form) and some of our 6th Form students talk about remote learning and how they have found mytutor as a useful remote learning tool.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/We-are-in-the-news</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>TES Schools Awards 2020</title>
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        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/TES-Schools-Awards-2020</link>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>European Languages Day 2020</title>
        <description><![CDATA[We have had another fantastic year of celebrations for European Languages Day and raised a whopping £524.60 from our non-uniform day which will go to one of our chosen charities. From tutor group challenges, to the best dressed &#39;famous European figure&#39; staff competition, the day was crowned with a delectable European themed menu for lunch, which was  thoroughly enjoyed by all! Huge thanks to Ms Rodrigues and her team for going all out for this all important day at Oaklands!]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/European-Languages-Day-2020</link>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Open Evening 2020</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Thank you to all the wonderful Year 6 families who visited our Open Evening last night. We have had lots of positive comments about the evening and many thanks to staff and students who went all out to make the evening a success. See here for a summary of the Headteacher&#39;s presentation. If you are a Year 6 family and you haven&#39;t had the opportunity to visit to find out what Oaklands can offer your child, we have 3 more Open Days in coming weeks; Monday 5th October, Friday 16th October and Wednesday 21st October. Please book to come and see our school in action, we look forward to seeing you.]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Open-Evening-2020</link>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>New Starters - Year 7</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Our year 7 students have had a fantastic start to their secondary school journey at Oaklands. Here is what some of them had to say about their first week..]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/New-Starters-Year-7</link>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Open Events 2020</title>
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        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Open-Events-2020</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Two Oaklands Teachers Win A National Award</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Two Oaklands Teachers Win National Award]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Tuesday by Alison Carr</title>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>World Book Day 2020</title>
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        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/World-Book-Day-2020</link>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Girls&#39; Football League</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Girls Football League]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Girls-Football-League</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Indoor Athletics Championships</title>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Winners - Accelerated Reader</title>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Drop Down Day</title>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Road to Rwanda</title>
        <description><![CDATA[Rwanda 2020]]></description>
        <link>https://oaklands.greenhousecms.co.uk/News/Rwanda-2020</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Families Together Coalition</title>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Nigel Adams MP visits Oaklands</title>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Visit From Austria</title>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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