Oriel High School
@orielhighschool.bsky.social
11-18 Secondary school in Crawley, West Sussex. Opened in 2004. Our values are Creativity, Achievement, Respect & Excellence #ProudToBePurple 💜
This week, The Big Science Christmas Special!! It was led by the legend that is Mr Pullin who put Y11 through their paces looking at the science of the digestion of…….. Christmas dinners! and revising osmosis by tackling Rudolph’s Carrot Challenge! 💜👏💜 #OrielScience
December 20, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This week, The Big Science Christmas Special!! It was led by the legend that is Mr Pullin who put Y11 through their paces looking at the science of the digestion of…….. Christmas dinners! and revising osmosis by tackling Rudolph’s Carrot Challenge! 💜👏💜 #OrielScience
It wouldn’t be Christmas without the #AlevelChemistry ‘Chemistree’! This year’s is one of our all time favourites! Lots of love for this @oriel.high.school @oriel_sixthform tradition #LoveTheBaubles #MolyModStar #Y13ChemistryRightOfPassage #Chemistree 💜🎄😀🎄😀🎄💜
December 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
It wouldn’t be Christmas without the #AlevelChemistry ‘Chemistree’! This year’s is one of our all time favourites! Lots of love for this @oriel.high.school @oriel_sixthform tradition #LoveTheBaubles #MolyModStar #Y13ChemistryRightOfPassage #Chemistree 💜🎄😀🎄😀🎄💜
This great crew finished their final W.I.L.D session of the year in the Oriel Garden this week, adding new barked pathways! Great collaboration and motivation on show from everyone! Well Done! 💜👏💜 #LearningOutsideTheClassroom #Skills #TeamWork #ProudToBePurple
December 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This great crew finished their final W.I.L.D session of the year in the Oriel Garden this week, adding new barked pathways! Great collaboration and motivation on show from everyone! Well Done! 💜👏💜 #LearningOutsideTheClassroom #Skills #TeamWork #ProudToBePurple
The beginning of December,saw the 2nd annual Oriel Futures Fair & the feedback has been incredible! Over 600 students attended, motivating & inspiring our future talent. Thanks to the 50+ employer professionals who gave up their time to support us. 💜🙌💜 #OrielCareers #Futures #Inspiration
December 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The beginning of December,saw the 2nd annual Oriel Futures Fair & the feedback has been incredible! Over 600 students attended, motivating & inspiring our future talent. Thanks to the 50+ employer professionals who gave up their time to support us. 💜🙌💜 #OrielCareers #Futures #Inspiration
It was a visit to @waterstonescrawley @waterstones or Waterstones Wonderland last week for this crew of avid readers. Choosing new books and then enjoying cake in @caffenero Books and Bakes...is there anything better? 💜📚🧁📚🍰📚💜
December 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
It was a visit to @waterstonescrawley @waterstones or Waterstones Wonderland last week for this crew of avid readers. Choosing new books and then enjoying cake in @caffenero Books and Bakes...is there anything better? 💜📚🧁📚🍰📚💜
Thanks vmuch to @UniOfSurrey & @SurreyOutreach for an awesome Chemistry Discovery day for these Y9s last week. A visit to the pilot plant looking at Chemical Engineering & experiments galore in Polymer Science. Thank you so much for the opportunity! 🙏💜 #Aspiration #Inspiration
December 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Thanks vmuch to @UniOfSurrey & @SurreyOutreach for an awesome Chemistry Discovery day for these Y9s last week. A visit to the pilot plant looking at Chemical Engineering & experiments galore in Polymer Science. Thank you so much for the opportunity! 🙏💜 #Aspiration #Inspiration
Wow! Just Wow! What a week! What a show! Over 120 people involved in the school show Little Shop of Horrors this week. Rave reviews and such a great atmosphere along the way. So proud of all those who took part and to the awesome audiences for supporting us! 💜🎭🥀💜 #Proud
December 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Wow! Just Wow! What a week! What a show! Over 120 people involved in the school show Little Shop of Horrors this week. Rave reviews and such a great atmosphere along the way. So proud of all those who took part and to the awesome audiences for supporting us! 💜🎭🥀💜 #Proud
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
December 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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
December 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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
December 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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
December 8, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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
December 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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
December 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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
December 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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
December 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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
December 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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! 💜👏
December 2, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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
💜👏📚👏💜 #OrielRewards #ProudToBePurple
December 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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
💜👏📚👏💜 #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
November 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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
November 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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
November 29, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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
November 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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
November 25, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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
November 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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
November 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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