Our students have been making Christmas cards and decorations for Burleys Wood Care Home. Our volunteering group have really enjoyed visiting each week supporting the residents with seasonal activities and sharing stories. 💜🎄💜 #Community #Volunteering #InterGenerational #CaringAndSharing

We’ve had two fantastic groups go to the @thehawthcrawley this week to see this year’s awesome pantomime Snow White & the Seven Dwarves. Our students loved the show and had a brilliant time (oh no they didn’t;……….. oh yes they did!!!!) 😉💜😀 #PantoTime #ChristmasIsComing #LocalTheatre #TheHawth

We’re still catching up on all the Advent Calendar Congratulations given to students who have really impressed us this term, for a whole load of brilliant reasons. This fab lot were nominated and awarded by our Science Faculty! 💜👏💜 #OrielRewards #Advent #OrielScience #VeryProudToBePurple

This great bunch certainly got into the Christmas spirit last week painting baubles in the Youth Wing. We love this Workshop!!! The creativity & sense of achievement was wonderful to see! Thank you @educationgroup for a great day! 💜🎄💜 #Baubles #Creativity #FestiveSpirit

One week into Advent, and we’re looking back at the recipients of our Oriel Advent Calendars this week. A chance to say well done to this great bunch nominated by their Humanities Faculty teachers for a whole host of brilliant reasons. 💜👏💜 #OrielRewards #CelebrateSuccess #OrielHumanities

Having started with a great breakfast at Lingfield College our Model United Nations team are all set for the first assembly of the day ‘Israel Palestine- Solutions not Sides’. Good luck team!! 💜 #ModelUN #Debating #PublicSpeaking #Proud

It was brilliant to reward these lovely people with an Oriel Advent Calendar this week! Our November Students of the Month; nominated by our Learning Community Teams for a whole host of fabulous reasons! 💜👏💜 #OrielRewards #CelebrateSuccess #VeryProudToBePurple

This week we’ve been awarding Advent Calendars to students who have really impressed us this term for whole range of brilliant reasons! This fab bunch were nominated by our English Faculty & by our Oriel Youth Wing team! 💜👏💜 #OrielRewards #CelebrateSuccess #ChristmasIsComing

This week it was the turn of 8a/Ma3 to visit the awesome @gatwickairport STEM project. A brilliant morning learning about environmental concerns and technologies as well as building and racing electric vehicles!! 💜🏁🏎️✈️💜 #OrielCareers #STEM #Community

Here’s today’s bunch of Advent Calendar recipients nominated by Mr Barton & his team & by our Performing Arts team! It’s been a fab way to recognise progress & improvement, & lovely to reward students who have gone the extra mile in a whole variety of awesome ways this term! 💜👏

This week we’re spreading some Christmas joy by awarding Oriel Advent Calendars to students who have really impressed us this term, for a whole load of brilliant reasons!! This fab bunch were nominated by our Maths and Computing Faculty 💜👏📚👏💜 #OrielRewards #ProudToBePurple

We love the @oriel.high.school Art Homework of the Week showcase in our Art corridor. Beautiful work from these four talented artists this week. 💜🍌🍊🥑🍋🍏💜 #OrielArt #OrielsGotTalent #HomeworkOfTheWeek

What a fab day this bunch had, volunteering in Tilgate Forest, helping to restore an area of heathland. There was time to get a fire going too, to make hot drink and snacks! All round a super day! 💜🔥🪵🦎🐍🐦💜 #Community #Volunteering #Nature #GreenSkills

Our Futures Fair ‘25 is taking place on 2nd Dec. Thank you to the huge range of employers taking part. The event is open to parents too from 1:40pm if you’d like to talk to local & national companies about opportunities with them. 💜#OrielCareers #Futures #Aspiration #Inspiration

We’re loving the new display in the Art corridor of our talented Y10 GCSE Art students amazing work. A mixed media Insect project using a whole range of techniques; lino printing, stitching, printing and embroidery. 💜🐝🐞🦟🪲🐜💜 #OrielArt #OrielsGotTalent #NewSkills

Year 7 have been putting their @ordnancesurvey map skills to the test, directing rescue teams after ‘flooding’ at a nearby reservoir. 💜🗺️🧭🌍💜 #OrielGeography #Skills #Application #MapReading #WeLoveGeography

It’s Book Buzz time again! Each year, we give every Y7 the opportunity to choose & keep a book from one of sixteen titles offered by The Book Trust. We hope our Y7s appreciate their gift & take advantage of the chilly nights to read their new book! 💜📖📚💜 #OrielReads #BookBuzz

It was a beautiful but cold day for our Forest Schoolers. The fire definitely worked hard for this group today. Look at their awesome makes!!Paracord people and whittled rings were the order of the day. 🔥🪵🌳💜 #ForestSchool #Skills #LearningOutsideTheClassroom

Thanks to @LLJFoundation these Y9s had a workplace visit on Monday, hosted by the @1stCentral insurance HQ to complete a team building escape room & have a chance to write their own personal statements with their brilliant Dare to Dream mentors. 💜🙏💜 #BusinessMentoring

Our Y11s enjoyed a trip to the London School and College Leavers Festival @ExceLLondon Our students enjoyed learning about potential pathways post 16 and 18 in work and study and took part in lots of fun & engaging activities on the stands including auditioning for a podcast! 💜

So, on Friday we said big congratulations to our October Students of the Month!! All nominated by their Learning Communities for a bunch of brilliant reasons!! 💜🎉💜 #OrielRewards #ProudToBePurple #SotM

Loved this hands on learning last week! Our Y7 Geographers learning about contour lines by making mountains out of play-doh! 💜🌎💜 #OrielGeography #ModellingIdeas #WhoDoesntLovePlayDoh

‘Girls in Aviation’ hosted by @Boeing This lucky bunch got to learn about roles within aviation; from cabin crew & pilot, to engineering, marketing, & sales. Taking off in a 737 simulator was amazing!. Thank you so much for the opportunity! 🙏✈️💜 #OrielCareers #GirlsInSTEM

Thank to @plumptoncollege for welcoming some of our Y11s for a visit. Our students were given information & ideas to help them to decide whether a future pathway such as Animal Management, Equine Studies or Agriculture might be for them. 💜🐄🐏🌾💜 #Inspiration #Aspiration

Life Drawing was the choice this week at the ‘Creative Hub’ in the Youth Wing. Lots of mixed media collage and looking at space and tone. 💜🎨✏️💜 #OrielExtraCurricular #AfterSchoolAndRelax #CreativeClubs

We will remember them 🙏 #RemembranceSunday2025 #LestWeForget

Year 11 Big Science last week was BIG!! Mr Bayle was in the hot seat delivering a great masterclass on Enzymes with such awesome work and engagement from our Y11 students! 💜👏💜 #OrielScience #HardWorkPays #WhenScienceGetsBigger

A wet and wonderful day at Forest School today. Team games, campfire bannocks and some fabulous mallets made. A great days work!! 💜🔥🌳🪵💜 #LearmingOutsideTheClassroom #Skills #WhateverTheWeather

Before Half Term these Y9s attended a Computer Science Day @UniOfSurrey involving workshops on AI, Cybersecurity and Programming. There was a chance to reflect on routes into computer science careers too. 💜💻💜⌨️💜 #Opportunities #Inspiration #Aspiration #ThankYou

Brilliant experience for this bunch visiting beautiful @glyndebourne Opera House to see The Railway Children. They managed to grab some photos with the cast too! Stunning performance & production. We can’t wait for next year! 🎭💜🎼 #OrielPerformingArts #Enrichment #Opportunities

Yesterday it was the turn of 8a/Ma2 to visit the brilliant STEM Centre at @gatwickairport for a morning of Engineering. We are so grateful to the staff @gatwickairport for providing these great opportunities for our students #OrielCareers #EmployerEngagement #Community #ThankYou💜🙏✈️💜

Great Oriel DT trip to @IKEAUK & the Design Nation Exhibition ‘Materialised’ before the half term break - lots of inspiration and design ideas on show. Fun in the sun by the beach too! 💜☀️💜 #OrielDT #DesignIdeas #Inspiration #Creativity #BrightonBeach

Our Y11 & 12 Food & Nutrition students baked croissants like professionals yesterday @BreadAhead before exploring the sites and flavours of Borough Market. Both the students and their culinary skills were amazing and did themselves proud. A brilliant day!! 💜🥐💜🥐💜 #OrielDT

Last week saw these Y8s to visiting @UniOfSurrey for a CSI Maths day. They needed to solve the crime & find the suspect who killed professor Fred, all done by using lots of maths!! Thanks to @SurreyOutreach for the opportunity! 🙏💜➖➗💜 #OrielMaths #LearningOutsideTheClassroom

Great to see the Oriel choir back in style taking part in the Crawley Sings Live vocal workshop. They learned a variety of warm ups & confidence boosting techniques, while working with other local schools. 💜🎶💜🎼💜🎤💜🎹💜 #OrielPerforms #OrielMusic #CrawleySings

Big Science is back!!!!! The first ‘Big Science’ sessions of the academic year this morning & Y11 were on top form!! First up was Miss Pooley leading a great revision session on Atomic Structure & Ionic Bonding. Awesome work & engagement all round! 💜 #Impressed #ReviseBig #OrielScience #HardWorkPays

Thanks to @lovelocaljobsfoundation it was the second motivational ‘Dare to Dream’ assembly for our Y9s today; @officialbhafc captain & current football pundit Adam Virgo Inspired Y9 to think about what they can be & encouraged them to reach outside their comfort zones! 💜💜 #Aspiration #Motivation

Our Y13 Chemists have made a great start to the second year of their A Level studies. Lots of challenging new Reaction Kinetics concepts covered and lots of practical skills and techniques on show. 💜🧪💜 #IodineClock #ActivationEnergy #HardWorkPays #OrielScience #WeLoveChemistry

A just brilliant day at Forest School last week. Loads of skills on show. Tools, tools, tools, cheese toasties and lots of climbing were on the agenda. A day full of perseverance and collaboration. 💜🪵🪚🧀🥪🔥💜 #ForestSchool #OutdoorSkills #LearningOutsideTheClassroom

Thanks to @educationgroup our Y7s were able to explore the depths of space using the wonders of Virtual Reality. They piloted research vessels around planets and moons, delving deep into the wonders of the solar system. Fantastic fun!!!! 💜🚀☄️🪐🛰️🛸💜 #OrielScience #VRSpace #WondersOfTheUniverse

Thank you to everyone who wore yellow; made or bought sweet treats and donated to #helloyellow for @youngmindsuk today! Our collaborative art work created with the whole school community will be finished next week and we can’t wait to share it! #Community #RaisingAndGiving

Our Y7 students have settled in brilliantly at @oriel.high.school and their Geography lessons have helped! with students putting their map skills to the test to see how familiar they are with the school building and layout 💜💜 #NavigationSkills #OrielGeography #SettlingIn

This bunch were invited to the ‘Girls in Engineering’ event hosted by @Engineering.Tomorrow at @londongatwick STEM centre. Students joined with others from the UK, Ireland & the USA in a virtual “lab” to design, build & test bridges; aiming to Inspire the next generation of engineers. 💜🙏🙌💜

Our Y12 Chemists are making a brilliant start to their A Level Chemistry studies. New theories around electron configurations, electronic excitation and emission spectra were the order of the day this week. 💜🔥⚛️🔥💜 #OrielScience #TeamChemistry #LithiumIsMyFavourite

Happy sunny Monday everyone!! and a massive congratulations to these lovely people, winners of our September Student of the Month Awards, nominated by our Learning Community Teams for some amazingly fabulous reasons 💜👏💜👏💜 #OrielRewards #CelebrateSuccess #VeryProudToBePurple #FirstSotMOfTheYear

Despite being a bit damp last Friday the rain certainly didn’t stop play at Forest School. This fantastic crew made campfire donuts, created wonderful woodland crafts and built and lit a cracking fire. 💜🔥 🪵🍂🍁🍃💜 #ForestSchool #NewSkills #LearningOutsideTheClassroom #LookAtThoseSmiles

Thank you to all the budding artists who visited the Art Department during our Y6 Open Evening. We have combined all of the paintings to produce a finished composition inspired by Wassily Kandinsky’s work. It is now proudly on display for all to see. Well done everyone! 💪💜😍 #OrielArt #TeamEffort

This week saw the last of the GCSE Geography Field Trip action for Y11; this time it was a trip to Guildford for this bunch, to study urban regeneration. Of course there might have been time for a cheeky @mcdonaldsuk too 💜😉🍔🌎💜 #FieldWork #LearningOutsideTheClassroom #BigMacPlease

We love being able to open our doors & showcase our school! Our Open Evening was buzzing tonight with so many things for our visitors to see & get involved in. Our student helpers & guides were amazing, & such brilliant ambassadors for their school 💜 #VeryProudToBePurple

It was a great first session of the year at Forest School today! Fire making, exploring and lots of tool use, learning valuable practical skills along the way. 💜🔥🪵🌳💜 #TheGreatOutdoors #LifeSkills #LearningOutsideTheClassroom #OrielYouthWing