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Oriel High School @orielhighschool.bsky.social · 15h

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. 💜🙏🙌💜

Oriel High School @orielhighschool.bsky.social · 1d

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

Oriel High School @orielhighschool.bsky.social · 2d

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

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Oriel High School @orielhighschool.bsky.social · 3d

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

Oriel High School @orielhighschool.bsky.social · 4d

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

Oriel High School @orielhighschool.bsky.social · 5d

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

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Oriel High School @orielhighschool.bsky.social · 6d

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

Oriel High School @orielhighschool.bsky.social · 7d

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

Oriel High School @orielhighschool.bsky.social · 8d

What an absolutely stunning day for a Geography Field Trip!!. It was the turn of the other half of our Y11 GCSE Geographers studying coastal processes at Shoreham Beach today. Top work from this great bunch! 💜☀️🌊🌍💜 #GeographyInAction #LearningOutsideTheClassroom #FunInTheSun

Oriel High School @orielhighschool.bsky.social · 9d

8a/Ma1 were the first Y8s out visiting the Gatwick STEM Centre today, learning about environmental concerns & technologies & how @GatwickAirportH is aiming to become carbon neutral. Students built & raced their own electric cars 💜✈️🏎️🏁💜 #OrielCareers #STEM #Inspiration

Oriel High School @orielhighschool.bsky.social · 11d

Come on the Red Roses!! 🌹 Come on England!! England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 vs Canada 🇨🇦 #RWC2025Final

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Oriel High School @orielhighschool.bsky.social · 12d

What a brilliant community effort today raising money for @macmillancancer Thank you to everyone who donated cakes, bought cakes & ate cakes!! Great job from the Student Headship Team & student volunteers too. An amazing total of £368.36 was raised 💜💚💜 #RaisingAndGiving #WeLoveCake #Community

Oriel High School @orielhighschool.bsky.social · 13d

Our Y7s had a fab day yesterday thanks to @wiseupteam - full of energy, engagement & awesome teamwork! We couldn’t have asked for better weather! It was the perfect way to launch them on their journey, setting them up for success this year & beyond. 💜😀💜 #TeamYear7 #SuccessStartsHere #SetForSuccess

Oriel High School @orielhighschool.bsky.social · 14d

Our Year 11 Geographers had a lovely day in Guildford today, investigating urban regeneration and having a cheeky @nandosuk and a @primark shopping spree 💜🍗🛍️🌎💜 #TeamGeography #FieldTrip #WorkFoodAndShopping

Oriel High School @orielhighschool.bsky.social · 15d

Our Year 11 geographers had a brilliant day at Shoreham Beach today investigating coastal processes and the effectiveness of the coastal defences 💜🌊🐚🏖️
#Geography #FieldTrip #GeographyInAction #LearningOutsideTheClassroom

Oriel High School @orielhighschool.bsky.social · 20d

The @LLJFoundation ‘Dare to Dream’ kicked off this week for Y9. @1stCentral are partnering with Oriel with 15 students being mentored by their business professionals. Then a motivational assembly by ex @OfficialBHAFC captain & football pundit Adam Virgo . Dreaming big! 💜

Oriel High School @orielhighschool.bsky.social · 21d

⬆️ New Extra-curricular club alert!! ⬆️

It was a great first session in the ‘Creative Hub’ this week making hand made note books. Awesome creativity on show from this bunch!! 💜 #Creativity #Enrichment #AfterSchool #ExtraCurricular

Oriel High School @orielhighschool.bsky.social · 23d

It was great watching one of our new Y10 Hospitality and Catering crews getting stuck into some Monday afternoon baking today. Vanilla cup cakes and Oaty biscuits were the order of the day! 💜🧁💜🍪💜 #OrielBakes #OrielDT #MasterChefs #Skills

Oriel High School @orielhighschool.bsky.social · 24d

Check out this amazing sculpture by Lorena in Y11 inspired by the artist @neildalrymplesculptures It was produced with air-dry clay, painted with watercolour and enhanced with a clear gloss varnish. Incredible work! 💜👏💜 #OrielsGotTalent #OrielArt #ProudToBePurple #ArtHomeworkOfTheWeek

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Oriel High School @orielhighschool.bsky.social · 25d

What a way to end a Friday! These Y7s first hands on Bunsen Burner experiences!! Learning how to safely light, understand the different settings and then seeing some brilliant flame colours!! Brilliant work from these two classes! 💜🔥💜 #OrielScience #BunsenBurners #FunFlames #NewSkills #WeLoveScience

Oriel High School @orielhighschool.bsky.social · 26d

First Full Week completed! ✅💜
Well done everyone; it’s been great to be back! Lots of hard work and new academic year determination on show this week. 👏🙌 #HappyFriday #NewAcademicYear #Sunshine #FridayFeeling

Oriel High School @orielhighschool.bsky.social · 29d

A beautiful sunny afternoon always makes our @oriel_pe facilities look even more fabulous than normal. Y10 were out enjoying Core PE period 5 today; some amazing clouds too! 💜⚽️💜 #OrielPE #Facilities #ProudToBePurple

Oriel High School @orielhighschool.bsky.social · Sep 8

It’s great to be back! New classes, new teachers & new opportunities!
For these Y10s a chance to be part of an Oriel first! Our first GCSE Photography group with Mr Miles. Practical photography this afternoon in lesson 1 too! Lovely watching this group learning new skills 💜

Oriel High School @orielhighschool.bsky.social · Aug 14

What a fantastic morning with our Year 13 students collecting their results. Another record breaking year of Oriel Sixth Form students in terms of grades achieved and destinations secured! #VERYProudToBePurple 💜💜

Oriel High School @orielhighschool.bsky.social · Aug 12

As our thoughts start to turn to Exam Results Days & celebrating successes here’s a catch up from July when we congratulated these lovely people; the winners of our Student of the Month Awards, nominated by Learning Community Teams for some amazingly fab reasons 💜👏💜👏💜 #OrielRewards #ProudToBePurple