Northampton Class (#Year4) showed amazing #teamwork in #maths this week by looking at a maths problem involving all the operations!🌟

Two Open Morning events for Nursery (2-3) and Nursery (3-4) in February are a wonderful opportunity to visit our school, learn more about our Nursery provision and hear from our team about what makes ODA #ProudlyDifferent. See images for details.

Bath Class (#Year5) creating mind maps in English to explore and share ideas generated from Michael Morpurgo’s “I Believe in Unicorns.” We have been exploring the theme of war and what we notice as well as how it makes us feel, trying to put ourselves in the characters’ shoes. #EmpathyExpands

It was great to welcome so many siblings, parents and carers to our first Share a Story session in #Reception. #ReadersAreLeaders 📚

#Nursery have been reading the story ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’. To bring the story to life, they took part in an experience lesson in our nature garden, exploring different areas and searching for the bear. After lots of careful looking, they finally found the bear hiding among the bushes! 🐻🌱

#ChristmasBreakfastClub is served! With lots of #value being added, delicious nibbles being eaten and Twister players being tangled. There were even at least two Grinches. #ODAChristmas 💚❤️

#Year4 Goldsmiths Class had an incredible view of our #solarsystem today, complete with a shining sun ☀️ We were truly amazed! 🪐 #PrimaryEducation #FutureScientists

Our #Nursery class took a trip around the local area today—discovering, spotting different things and seeing the world with #CuriousEyes! 👀

#KS2 #MusicalTheatre Club showed all our STRIVE values, delivering a performance that combined careful practice with polished execution. #AWholeNewWorld

We were delighted to welcome two very familiar faces this week. Sasha - a former ODA teacher - returned to show her new school the #ODAWay and Riaz - our devoted Chair of One Degree Academy - joined us for celebration assembly (and you know how much we love to celebrate at ODA!). Riaz even had the honour of wearing the golden coat! 💛✨

#Year4 is on the last stages of constructing their #pavilions as they learn how to create sturdy structures. #DT #ArchitectsOfTheFuture

A #hairdresser came in to speak to #Reception last week, showing them all the wonders (and wigs!) of her profession. We explored everything from textures to gold hair cuffs. And there were lots of thoughtful questions! 💇🏼👩🏽‍🦱👨🏿‍🦱🧑🏼‍🦰💛

While the school is shut to students today, staff are analysing the assessments our scholars have completed over the last week. The analysis of assessment data at ODA is very detailed—literally on a question-by-question basis! We will then use this data on Monday to put plans in place to address any gaps in learning. We believe that staff investing time in this way ensures progress for all students and results in our consistently impressive outcomes at ODA. #ProudlyDifferent #DataAndPlanning #Scholarship

Last week, #Reception classes were lucky enough to have two #MagicalMoments. Some had a taste of Spanish breakfast! #PanConTomate While others had a special VIP visit from two of our ODA parents who spoke to us about how they celebrated #Diwali and shared the story of Rama and Sita with us. 🍅🪔

In #Reception, we have been learning about different types of celebrations from across cultures. #Halloween #BonfireNight #Diwali

#AntiBullyingWeek 2025 concluded with a beautiful display of shared appreciation. Students passed one another - and their teachers! - stickers with kind words that they thought helped describe them. #PowerForGood

Top scholars ready to show off their #football skills at Tottenham Hotspur Training Ground. @spursofficial 🙌🏾🙌🏾

#Year5 York Class has been learning how to #monoprint as part of their #architecture unit in #VisualArts. Check out some of our amazing results! 🏘️🏗️

#KS1 and #KS2 observed a moment of silence in honour of #RemembranceDay and all those who have died in the line of duty. A #RedPoppy is a symbol both of Remembrance Day and hope for a peaceful future.

#Year5, Bath Class kicked off #AntiBullyingWeek by taking part in a live lesson where we became secret agents! We created unique pledges for how we will tackle bullying moving forward. #PowerForGood

This week Cardiff class had the benefit of having a native speaker assisting with their #Spanish lesson. Gracias Iván! 🇪🇸

At ODA we know how powerful play can be and so we were happy to welcome parents of our #Nursery and #Reception students to join us for a workshop this morning all about play and how we can use it to support with the development of #Communication and #Language. Thank you to our friends at @boromihq for their amazing resources. We use them for our play libraries but they were perfect to help us practice our interactions using the #ShREC approach. #PowerOfPlay

#Reception had a great time letting their imaginations run wild while collaborating on this fantastic rocket ship! 🚀#ThinkingOutsideTheBox

#Nursery students have been celebrating #BlackHistoryMonth with joy, curiosity and creativity! Learning about inspiring figures, exploring stories and celebrating #diversity through art, music and play.

Well done to the ODA ‘Best’ #Football Team who continued their participation in the local football league over at @enfieldgrammarschl (Enfield Grammar School). We are really proud of the students who represented ODA who displayed excellent #Teamwork and #Effort throughout. A huge thanks to Prince and Melvyn who led the team and the amazing parents/carers who came out to support them.

At One Degree we are committed to #StaffDevelopment to ensure that our students get great teaching every day. We work alongside @northwestlondontsh (North West London Teaching School Hub) and @ambition.inst (Ambition Institute) to ensure that ECT’s across the borough also get this high level of quality CPD. Over the course of two weeks, we have welcomed ECT 1s and 2s to think about the importance of #CPD and #wellbeing. 💬

🦕✨ In #KS1 #YogaClub last week, the children travelled back in time to meet dinosaurs! They learned some fun dino-inspired yoga poses 🧘‍♂️🦖 and one scholar amazed us all with his incredible dinosaur knowledge 👏 @kindnessyogi + dinosaurs really is the perfect combo 🌿💫

Our #KS1 and #KS2 students were riveted today by the live “Standing Firm in Power and Pride” assembly. #BlackHistoryMonth

In #KS2 #ArtsAndCrafts, we are designing our own T-Shirts! We are carefully planning our designs before decorating to help us turn our incredible creative ideas into reality! 🎨

In York Class, we are listening to Amanda Gorman’s inspiring poem ‘The Hill we Climb’ to kick off #BlackHistoryMonth and help inspire us to write poems on what our dreams for the future are. #scholarship #value

There was #scholarship in the air in #Year6 last week as our ambassadors began planning and drafting their emotive stories... 🍂✨

Today, we celebrated all our community’s achievements as @t4.education announced the #BestSchoolPrizes25. Congratulations to Brazil’s @eeparquedossonhos9a (Escola Estadual Parque dos Sonhos) for winning the World’s Best School Prize for Overcoming Adversity!! 🎉👏🏾

#Nursery had so much fun in the fresh air last week! They enjoyed zooming around on bikes and playing parachute games together. 🚲🪂 #FunInTheFreshAir

First morning on the school bus 🚌

#NotSoNormal #SelfPortraits because there is no such thing as normal. 🥸🤠😌✨

Check out this #TopScholar from #Year4 showing his awesome writing to some of our #Year5 students. We loved his vocabulary-rich sentences as well as his great summary of the book that he is learning about! 📖

Top scholar from #Year4 in the Liverpool Class hot seat and adding #value. ✨

This #Year1 #ChefInTraining is learning new skills and having tons of fun in the process! #Scholarship #Effort 👨‍🍳

We have real life superheroes with real powers in #RelaxationClub. The power of #love, #creativity and #talking to name a few. 🦸🏿🦸‍♀️🦸🏼‍♂️

We have real life superheroes with real powers in #RelaxationClub. The power of #love, #creativity and #talking to name a few. 🦸🏿🦸‍♀️🦸🏼‍♂️

At ODA we are committed to ensuring our students get the best offer. We engage with research and constantly strive to get better #StepByStep. Some of our team headed out to #ResearchEd on Saturday to do just that! #Education #Conference

Straight back to showing #scholarship today in #Year4. 📝 #BackToSchool2025

At ODA we are constantly striving to improve so that we can ensure our students have an outstanding team of adults supporting them every day. We’ve been busy engaging in lots of rehearsal and feedback as part of our deliberate practice sessions this week #coaching #DP

At ODA we are constantly striving to improve so that we can ensure our students have an outstanding team of adults supporting them every day. We’ve been busy engaging in lots of rehearsal and feedback as part of our deliberate practice sessions this week #coaching #DP

We’ve returned a week early for our staff Bootcamp to make sure we’re fully prepared for the new academic year. Over the past few days, we’ve come back to our why—reconnecting with our vision and STRIVE values (#Scholarship, #Teamwork, #Responsibility, #Integrity, #Value, #Effort), delving into the curriculum, planning collaboratively in our new teaching teams, welcoming new colleagues, preparing classrooms and rehearsing key teaching techniques. All of this so that when our students walk through the doors next week, we’re ready to give them the very best start!

#ClassOf2032

Congratulations to our class of 2032 and the #Year6 teachers, Alice and Saskia, who shepherded them across the finish line. Scholars, you have a bright future ahead of you. Remember your #values! 👏🏽🎉🎓

#Bullseye! Northampton class have been using their knowledge of addition and subtraction to play a fun game of darts! Look at the concentration and fun being had in a recent lesson. #scholarship🌟🎯

Lido beach was a jam-packed day of fun! #Value 🏖️

Today, Bath Class was lucky enough to have a #Year6 Ambassador help with their English work #teamwork

The #SATs math results for #Year6 are in, and they’re phenomenal. ✨100% of students met or exceeded the Expected Standard and 37% achieved a GDS (Greater Depth). We could not be more proud of our scholars! #PracticeMakesProgress 👏🏽👏🏾👏🏿

Last night, we were delighted to welcome back so many of our Class of 2030 and 2031 graduates for their #SummerReunion! ☀️ #ValueKeepsIncreasing

Showing #teamwork on the last day of cooking club by making a school cake. 🎂

Joyful scenes yesterday as our ambassadors opened their SATs results! 90% achieved or exceeded the Expected Standard compared to the national average of 62%. Congratulations scholars! A huge thanks to the #Year6 team for the progress they’ve helped achieve and families for all their support. #SATsResults #ResultsDay2025 #PracticeMakesProgress 🎉

#Year6 went for lunch at @lapaellatapas to enjoy some delicious Spanish food and practise their speaking skills! #Scholarship #FoodFuels

Last week, Bournemouth Class was completing their “The Girl who Speaks Bear” quiz showing excellent retrieval and scholarship! #teamwork #HighStrive

#Year2 had a fantastic time last week at Hyde Park watching the Chicken Shed Theatre. The show included interactive games, some explosive “elephant toothpaste” and even an ODA shout out from the stage! #LovingLiveTheatre #Value 🐘🪥

Lots of #scholarship and #responsibility on display at #ChessFest2025 - a five medal haul! The students were all a credit to the school. A big thanks to Leon for guiding us through! We really appreciate the #value and #scholarship that you gave us! ♟️🏅

Bath Class loved having Ash Dickinson share his poetry and help us create our own. Look out teachers because their pet monster might be coming after you.... 👹 #Scholarship #Year1

Thanks for the invite to Family Dining AIM North London! AIM North London is a co-educational Secondary Education Academy based in Edmonton. #SharingValue

It is always such a joy to hear from past employees at ODA. Gabriella, a former Associate Tutor, will always have a special place in our ODA family—thank you, Gabriella, for such a heartfelt note. ✨

Recently, students showed great effort in Construction Club with our first Lego set completed #effort #teamwork

Thanks to our incredible community, this year’s STRIVE Fest was full of food, fun and fantastic performances! Take a look at the “STRIVE Fest 2025” highlight here on our Instagram for lots of photos and videos. #Value #Community 🥘🥳🎤

We were delighted to welcome NHS staff yesterday morning who conducted a workshop with #Year6. We discussed making healthy choices around food, hygiene, mindfulness and keeping our bodies safe, particularly as Year 6 make the transition to secondary school #Value #Responsibility

Last week, hardworking players got to participate in the #Year6 Football Festival at Tottenham Hotspur training ground. #WorldsBestTeam #Effort ⚽️💨

Sometimes it’s nice to pause from learning all of life’s many lessons for a little celebratory ice cream. #value #WBS 🍦

In Leeds Class this week, our word of the day was #adversity. This top scholar wowed us by reading a paragraph where his protagonist was facing adversity! #scholarship #value

#Reception had a visit from a paramedic while we were learning about careers! #value #RealLifeHeroes

Please vote for One Degree Academy in the Community Choice Awards: link in link tree (in bio). #WBS

In Northampton class last week we created rustic bases to start preparing for our topic of Ancient Egyptian scrolls! #AncientEgypt #Year3

Year 6 enjoyed a trip to the theatre to see Matilda the Musical! As well as the wonderful singing and acting, we were so impressed with the elaborate sets and costume design. It provided us with lots of inspiration for our end of year show - and even led to a bus singalong! ✨🎭 #AddedValue #MusicIsTheKey #Year6 @matildathemusical

Share the love! We need your food skills! One of the things that makes STRIVE Fest so special is the incredible array of food donations from families for our buffet. If you are able to donate any home-cooked delights, please fill out the short survey we link to in the Weekly Bulletin and we will be in touch. And thank you!

Today is Open Farm Sunday, where hundreds of farms open their doors to the public free of charge, allowing you to see behind the scenes of how our food is produced (https://farmsunday.org/visit-a-farm). Here, one of our own little farmers is hard at work. Look at that egg count rise! 🥚📈 #FarmLife #EggCount #UKFarming

Nursery loved exploring in our nature area this week. We found poppies and daisies to smell as well as ladybirds and butterflies! #UnderstandingTheWorld #Nursery

Bath Class has been taste-testing seasonal fruits and vegetables in Science. As a class we decided that strawberries are our favourites! 🍓✨🥕✨#Year1 #FruitsAndVeggies #TasteTest

We ❤️ sharing our writing at ODA! This top scholar from Bath Class wowed a Year 6 ambassador by using adjectives and a conjunction in their writing! She even edited a spelling! #scholarship #effort #Year6Ambassador

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Half Term! Today may be rainy but expect snow as we head to the slopes to remember Year 6’s recent trip to The Snow Centre for skiing and ringo sliding! #WinterInMay #Year6 #TheSnowCentre #AddingValue

International superstar @mrmcgrammar, star of Spy Kids' Wonder Raps and a World Book Day Ambassador, came on May 6th to give our children rap lessons - passing on a love of words and inspiring lots of dance moves. The teachers even got in on the action, spitting some rhymes of their own. #mcgrammar #rap #reading #EYFS #KS1 #KS2

Year 6 celebrated the end of KS2 SATs with a pool party! #Year6 #SATs #Celebrate

#FlashBackFriday to when Y3 had their sleepover! They showed all of our values when sleeping at school overnight. We enjoyed some different activities, had pizza, watched a film with popcorn, got comfortable and had a lovely sleep in our home base #Year3 #Sleepover #CulturalCapital

Bath class have been busy conducting maths experiments. We created predictions and explored how we can measure objects around our classroom using our hands or feet! #Maths #Year1 #NonStandardUnit #Scholarship

These scholars in Northampton showed great teamwork in computing by making a trailer for The Three Little Pigs #Computing #Year3 #Teamwork

We enjoyed welcoming local MP and under secretary of state for Science, Innovation and Technology, Feryal Clark to ODA. Students ate and spoke with Feryal at family dining showing our MP how we celebrate our values and appreciate each other. @clarkferyal #VIP

Brunel Class exploring 3D structures in DT this term #DesignTechnology #Year1

Summer term is time for Summer sports! Some hard working scholars had the incredible opportunity to visit @homeofcricket to find out what it’s really like to play on the world famous grounds #Aspiration #Cricket #LordsCricketGround #Sport

We had such an incredible workshop with thanks to @steelpantrust Thank you for visiting us and sharing the most amazing music. Key Stage 1 and 2 enjoyed a fun packed assembly and then year 3 enjoyed a workshop where they got to learn how to play the pans themselves! #Music #SteelPan #CulturalCapital

Nursery were super lucky to get a visit from our head chef Vicky, to learn about how to keep our bodies healthy. she also shared some tips on how to make nutritious eating fun! #HealthyEating #VIP #EYFS

At ODA we are proud of our, ever expanding, club offer. This term students in KS2 have had the opportunity to try out lacrosse #AfterSchoolClub #Lacrosse #Sport

Year 5 had a great time on their trip to the Natural History Museum, last term, as well as exploring the different galleries, they enjoyed an interactive workshop on Earthquakes and Volcanoes. #NaturalHistoryMuseum #SchoolTrip #Year5

In light of the anniversary of VE Day yesterday we look back to an incredibly assembly earlier this year delivered by our Year 6 Ambassadors. Year 6 gave a special assembly for the whole of Key Stage 2 where they showcased their History topic this term - World War I and II. #Value #VEDay #History

On the road to success - our bus had a bit of a facelift over Easter. ODA students will now travel in style. Give us a wave if you see us around Enfield! #SchoolBus #ProudlyDifferent

Our farmers have been working hard, helping in the farm. We are grateful to them for adding value by caring for our chickens and showing other students how to look after them #Chickens #Farming #AddingValue

Bath Class had lots of fun decorating their puppets in DT! #Creativity #Scholarship #Year1

Flashback Friday to when some KS2 children went to watch a live orchestra perform in central London! We were amazed to hear the different sounds and compositions created by professionals and also children in our local area! #CulturalCapital #Music #KS2

What an amazing day at the @minilondonmarathon we are really impressed with the effort showed by the children (and adults) throughout the race! #Effort #LondonMarathon #CulturalCapital

Lavender Blu enjoyed a one off performance from KS2 Musical Theatre Club. Definitely some future performers in the mix! #Performance #AfterSchoolClub #Value

Planning day in full swing! Part of the day was used for Deliberate Practice of phonics. We know learning to read is one of the most important things we do at ODA #ReadersAreLeaders We also looked at the strategies to support gross and fine motor development to lead to great handwriting #MotorSkills #CPD #PreWriting #Phonics

Year One had a lot of fun exploring coding this week with BeeBots #Coding #Computing #Year1

Hertfordshire class demonstrated the value of Teamwork this work in Science by creating parachutes to test the effects of air resistance #Teamwork #Science #Year5

Fried chicken wings last week for our budding chefs in #CookingClub #Tasty #Chef