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Questions about Oasis
Questions about the Uniform
Practical Questions
Q: How many Academies have you opened?
A: Oasis Community Learning opened its first 3 Academies in September 2007; in Enfield, Immingham and Grimsby. We are opening a further 6 this September: Oasis Academy Coulsdon is joined by Oasis Academy Lord's Hill and Oasis Academy Mayfield (Southampton), Oasis Academy Bristol and Oasis Academy Brightstowe (Bristol) and Oasis Academy MediaCityUK (Salford).
There are pictures of the Academy uniform now throughout this site. To see more go to the uniform gallery.
Q: What colour is the uniform?
A: The uniform consists of: Black blazer with Academy badge, black trousers (or optional knee-length skirt for girls), white shirt and Academy tie (green tie for yrs7-9, blue tie for yrs 10-11), appropriate (i.e. non-fashion) plain black shoes.
The P.E. kit consists of: green rugby shirt, white P.E. polo shirt, black shorts, Socks-black with green stripe.
Coats worn by students must be either blue or black
Q: What colour is the school jumper?
A: The Academy jumper is black.
Q: Will we be able to buy the badge only to go on an existing black blazer?
A: Due to the way the badge is stitched on to the blazer the badge and blazer come together as a package and so therefore the badge can not obtained separately. Oasis apologies for any inconvience this may cause.
Q: Are tracksuit trousers allowed? Not all kids are comfortable wearing shorts.
A: There will be an option for students to wear tracksuit trousers. Further details of the style and colour that the trousers should look like will fiollow shortly.
Q: Does the school tie have stripes?
A: The tie include a section of the circle of inclusion, the tie does not have any stripes
Q: What does the badge look like?
A: Here is a visual of the Oasis Academy Coulsdon badge:
Q: Is it ok to buy jumpers from the shops or do we have to get them from the school?
A: Uniform which carries any Oasis branding i.e. the black jumper, will need to be purchased through the Academy
Q: Are we allowed to wear small studs in our ears?
A: Students are not allowed to wear any jewellery (with the exception of a wristwatch) on the Academy site.
Q: My child will be travelling from South Norwood, how easy and safe is the journey?
A: You can find the best route on the Transport for London website - go to their getting around page (link opens in new window).
Q: Do you still provide buses for students going towards Croydon?
A: Arriva Buses have allocated two 466 buses, specially designated for our Academy Students at 3pm; the end of the school day. The buses wait at the Lacey Drive bus stop and students are escorted safely onto the buses by staff. Students who leave the premises later than 3pm should walk to the Coulsdon Road, cross at the zebra crossing by the parade of shops and catch the 466 bus opposite the petrol station. Buses run every 10 minutes.
Q: How do the children sign up for extra activies? Will they be run before and after school?
A: Each student will have the chance to sign up and be involved in what we call the Enrichment program (extra curricula activities). Students will have the chance to sign up to these through the Academy.
Q: When will the new year 7 children be issued with a school dinners swipe card?
A: All students, including Year 7, have been issued with their school dinner swipe card and have received instructions as to how to put money onto the card.
Q: This is a suggestion: I think no bad language should be part of the rules. I know of some kids who came for induction last Friday, They thought some of the kids language was vile, so I think it is not good for the young ones who are just starting.
A: All Oasis Academies endeavour to make sure that the use of bad language is not used on any of the Academy sites.
Q: What work is being done to the building and how long will it take?
A: Minor work on the Academy took place during the summer 2008.
From 2009 the start of the remodelling of the Academy will commence and will be complete by 2011.
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Academies are all-ability schools serving local communities and working in partnership with the DCSF, Local Authority, local businesses, other schools and other local stakeholders.
As of September 2009 there will be 11 Oasis Academies; two in NE Lincolnshire (Immingham and Wintringham), two in Southampton (Lord’s Hill and Mayfield), two in Bristol (Brightstowe and Bristol), two in Croydon (Coulsdon and Shirley Park), one in Salford (MediaCityUK) and two in Enfield (Hadley and Enfield). Further details can be found on the Our Academies page.
The DCSF meets the capital and running costs for an Academy in full, as a part of an overall strategy to raise standards beyond the improvements already made by the predecessor school. Once up and running Academies receive equivalent funding to other secondary schools in the same area.
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