Find out all the latest news and events from Oriel Specialist Mathematics and Computing College.

The Oriel Outlook has it all. You can view or print a copy using the image link below.

Enjoy and please comment with any of your suggestions, thoughts or feedback.

Here it is… the first 100% student created game to go on our website. We are extremely impressed with the standard reached in creating these flash games and have spent quite a bit of time “testing” them.

Here is a great little game from Brad Lacey. Find the right button, use the arrow keys to escape and then leave a comment… enjoy!

If you like what you see why not give it a go yourself in the Kando centre animation club.

Flexi-Friday saw 3 year groups and nearly all the staff  either out on the school field or inside taking part in various sporting activities!

The sports included  Rounders, Archery, Dodgeball and Capture the flag to name but a few, also on offer inside school were, Wii Sports, Trampolining and Table Tennis.

The weather was fantastic all day and with every student involved in choosing their top 3 sports, it meant they had 3 lessons throughout the day .

The feedback from both students and staff was very positive and a thoroughly enjoyable day was had by everyone involved.

Last week saw the inaugural friday evening Wii tournament held in the Kando centre at Oriel. It was a hotly contested competition but in the end the standings stood as follows:

Mario Kart

1st: Jason Johnson

2nd: Sam

3rd: Cara Elliot

Wii Tennis Doubles

Jason Johnson

Jarrod Teasdel

Well done to our Winners, especially our Wii Champion Jason Johnson, who left with a bag of Maltesers and a box of Cadbury’s Hero’s.

This week you can challenge Jason in another Mario Kart Championship or Wii Bowling. So if you think you rule these games, come along and challenge him!

Remember the Kando centre is open every evening from 2.35pm until 8pm. It is open to everyone from the community, so come along and see what it has to offer.

Year 6 students attended their transition days at Oriel Mathematics and Computing Specialist College on Monday 29^th June and Tuesday 30^th June. The theme for the day was ‘Space’. Throughout the day students took part in many activities all based around this theme.

In the English faculty students were asked to write a poem based on Space with the sub-heading ‘What it is to be human’.

Following is an example of the fantastic achievements made by the students during their English session.

What it is to be Human

To be human is to be helpful

Not to be human is being horrible

To be human is being powerful

Not to be human is being dreadful

To be human is to shine like a star

To be human is to be intelligent

To be human is to be experimentive

To be human is to be helpful

To be human is to be like a flower

To be human is having emotions

To be human is kind and caring

To be human is a really great thing

You can be independent, help and a lot more things

Not to be human is to be spiteful as spikes

Mean as a fighting machine.

To be human is to be like a ray of sunshine

To be human is all the colours of the rainbow

To be human is to like other humans in different ways

Humans are all alike

But some are mean and some are kind

Everybody has a brain to think

Humans do things for other people, not just for themselves

It’s nice to be human, just think of what you are.

To be human is to be scared

To be happy and sad

To be human is to love someone else

To be human you have to have a heart

To be human is to enjoy life

To be human is to dance like a leaping gazelle

To be human is to rise above the fallen

Being human is like being the brightest star

Shining as bright as the sun

Not being human is like a being a big, ugly dragon

Devouring things. A human is like a flower

Blossoming into a tree.