Today we had a very special visit from @AlldaysFarm ??? The children were very brave and careful when meeting all of the different animals! They had the chance to brush the pony, feed some Guinea pigs and even hold a snake! Well done, Nursery ??#RPEnrichment
We had a brilliant day today at @MuseumLiverpool learning all about toys over time, materials they may are made of and worked together to order toys from oldest to newest! Well done year 1 for a fantastic day!?✨ #RPEnrichment #RPHistory
Year 5 celebrated #EuropeanDayofLanguages learning how to answer Tienes una mascota? Eating Mrs Tucker’s delicious churros and sketching flamenco style dresses. #RPenrichment #RPmfl
Year 4 had an inspiring visit from @PurvisDanny and Charlotte Holmes from @TeamGB ?♂️ ⛷️?? They told us all about the determination it takes to reach your goals and put us through our paces in an exercise circuit! #RPPE #RPEnrichment
?SAVE THE DATE?
??Following on from our successful annual Christmas Markets last year, it is back! We have Santa’s grotto, real reindeers, ice rink, fair rides, stalls, food and drinks ⛸️?
?Friday 15th December ?️1 – 4pm
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Nursery had a fantastic time during their sponsored circuit with @PurvisDanny from @TeamGB Thank you for your incredible visit and for inspiring and motivating us ?? #RPPE #RPEnrichment
Year 3 absolutely loved their @sports4champs circuit with @PurvisDanny ! They worked on their push ups, star jumps, step ups and heard all about Danny’s journey. #RPEnrichment
Reception loved their sponsored circuit with @PurvisDanny from @TeamGB We are feeling healthy and motivated. We hope we have some future gymnasts in the making ?♀️ #RPPE #RPEnrichment
We had an inspiring visit from @PurvisDanny who motivated us to complete our sponsored circuit. He told us about his aspirations as a child and how he achieved his dream. @TeamGB #RPEnrichment
Year 4 were really proud to achieve their first forest school stamps of the year with @Littlefoothq ?? The children created paintbrushes from natural materials, tided a range of knots and built cairns #RPForestSchool #RPEnrichment
Nursery had the best morning with @Littlefoothq ? We enjoyed going on a bug hunt and creating shelters for all of the different bugs! We then discovered a maple tree and loved finding lots of colourful leaves that had fallen to the ground! ? What a great day! #RPEnrichment ??
Reception had the most amazing afternoon with @Littlefoothq we went on a hunt for bugs and snakes and then we worked collaboratively to make bug houses. Then we explored our first knot and made some natural perfume with flowers ? #RPEnrichment
Today was the start of our group bikeability sessions! Children started off the day with balancing, indication and confidence building. From this they were able to head out onto the road and put their skills to the test! Well done to all involved ? @BikeabilityUK #RPEnrichment
During our weekly yoga sessions, some year 6’s have been working on deep breathing techniques, routines for calming and mindfulness approaches.?♀️✨ #RPEnrichment #RPWellbeing
Thank you to all our Year 5 families who attended our class assembly this week. Thank you for your feedback- the children loved hearing your positive messages. Head over to our y5 Seesaw to hear us sing again. #RPEnrichment
Year 3 had an incredible time in the @World_Museum at their Stone, Bronze and Iron Age workshop. We got to handle real artefacts, learn more about what life was like back then and explore other topics in the museum too! #RPHistory #RPEnrichment
Todays @HelpPicture encouraged us to discuss our own and others achievements. We decided that being kind and giving hugs and stickers is a great start! #RPEnrichment
Well done to all the children of Year 5 who completed their Level 2 Bikeability training this week. #RPEnrichment
We had a great day at Forest School with @Littlefoothq ? We went on a bug hunt, practised our rope skills, created cosy shelters and even got the chance to sit around a warm campfire ? ? The children had a brilliant day! #RPEnrichment
Today we had an exciting visit from @AnimalsTakeOver We had the opportunity to meet and hold some amazing animals! We met a bearded dragon, owl, mouse, frog, hedgehog, chinchilla… and even a snake! Nursery were very brave! ???? #RPEnrichment #RPScience
Our workshop with @AnimalsTakeOver today allowed us to meet and hold some of the animals we have been learning about in science -amphibians, birds, reptiles and mammals! We spoke about their habitats, diets and sleeping habits too!????? #RPScience #RPEnrichment
Our workshop with @AnimalsTakeOver allowed us to meet and hold some of the animals we have been learning about in science. We spoke about what the animals need to survive and discussed what is essential for them to live healthily #RPScience #RPEnrichment
We had an engaging and informative visit from @AnimalsTakeOver this morning. We all had the opportunity to handle a range of animals. We developed our knowledge of gestation and gestational periods of mammals #RPEnrichment #RPScience
This morning we had a very exciting visit from @AnimalsTakeOver ! Children were able to get up close and personal to a range of animals. We discussed classification and how the animals have evolved over time. ????#RPEnrichment
We had a fantastic and informative visit from @AnimalsTakeOver . The children had the opportunity to pet a range of animals and learn more about their food chains #RPScience #RPEnrichment
Last week, we had a fun visit from @AnimalsTakeOver where we got to hold and pet some different animals, and learn about their skeletons too! #RPScience #RPEnrichment
? ? It’s planting day! ?? Year 5 are taking part in a national bulb project with @EdinaTrust . Our bulbs are planted our data is recorded. #plantingday #professorplant #RPenrichment
FOREST SCHOOL ? Reception had a great day yesterday, making different shapes and knots with the rope. We also had to make our way through the rope obstacle course and we finished off by learning how to make a fire ? #RPEnrichment
Halloween Disco ? We had a fantastic time at the disco, singing and dancing with our friends. We enjoyed some tasty snacks and had lots of fun with the glow sticks. #RPEnrichment
HALLOWEEN ??️?️ Nursery loved dressing up for today’s Halloween disco. We had so much fun singing, dancing and eating lots of goodies with our friends! #RPEnrichment
Year 2 had an amazing time at their spooktastic #Halloween disco. The children loved getting dressed up in their costumes and dancing to their favourite songs @george_ezra was a very popular choice and their #macarena skills were very impressive. #RPenrichment
In Forest School today, Year 3 had great fun working on their map reading skills to find different locations and symbols, gathering wood, identifying different leaves from different trees and working on their fire-lighting skills.
We had an amazing first swimming lesson with @ELITE_Swim_UK! Children were practicing breathing underwater, floating and swimming with their arms for front crawl. We can’t wait to see what the next session brings! #RPPE @CAHKnowsley
Working collaboratively, Y5 improved their knot tying skills, and developed their designing and building skills. It was good to be outside. #RPEnrichment
What a fantastic first swimming lesson Reception had. We loved exploring the water, floating and finding spaces by using our arms and legs. We are already so excited for next week.
What a fantastic first swimming lesson! This afternoon Y5 focused on putting their faces in the water and breathing correctly while doing front crawl. Thank you
WOW! Today we had our first swim session with @ELITE_Swim_UK We worked on entering the water, using our arms to move around, floating on our backs…and had some noodle races too! We were very brave and showed lots of confidence and resilience! #RPEnrichment #RPPE
Everyday @RobyParkSchool is memorable but in a pool on the playground is unforgettable. Thanks to @ELITE_Swim_UK Y2 built confidence in the water by floating on their backs and putting their faces in the water. They played lots of games and had fun!
Tomorrow is our annual @RockKidzUK Day which will be teaching the children a positive message about mental health, self esteem and wellbeing, Children can come dressed as rock stars or if they do not want to dress up they can wear their own clothes or uniform.
We look forward to welcoming families to our service later this afternoon. Entry via Easton Rd gate only.
What a fantastic first session Year 4 had with @ELITE_Swim_UK! The children started by building their confidence in the water by blowing bubbles and floating. They then moved on to looking at how to use the front crawl and breast stroke #RPPE
During swimming with @ELITE_Swim_UK, children practiced their over arm swim with a float and kept their head under the water. They also practiced swimming on their back without their arms #RPPE
Rock Kidz Day! We loved singing and dancing and Reception really loved the dance battle between children and teachers.
Rock Kidz Day! 🎸🤘🏼We loved singing and dancing and Reception really loved the dance battle between children and teachers. @RockKidzUK reminded us how amazing and unique we all are. #RPEnrichment #RPWellbeing pic.twitter.com/KjR4vqdIku
— Reception @ Roby Park Primary (@RecRobyPark) November 10, 2023
WOW! We had another amazing visit from @RockKidzUK who taught us the importance of believing in ourselves, the value of looking out for others and encouraged us to be the best version of ourselves. We had a great time singing along to the motivating songs #RPEnrichment
We had an incredible time with @RockKidzUK once again - singing, dancing and rocking out all whilst learning the value of believing in ourselves! 🤘#RPEnrichment pic.twitter.com/qE3HOFOAhF
— Year 3 @ Roby Park Primary (@Year3RobyPark) November 10, 2023
What an amazing end to another fantastic week! Y2 rocked out with @RockKidzUK who taught us the importance of believing in ourselves, the value of looking out for others and encouraged us to be the best version of ourselves. #RPWellbeing #mentalhealth
Rock Kidz Day! We loved dressing as rock stars today and singing and dancing like one too! @RockKidzUK reminded us to be kind to everyone and also how amazing we all are #RPEnrichment #RPWellbeing
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Thank you members of @Year6RobyPark who led our poignant and reflective Armistice Day service. Thank you to @Knowsley_Leader and Cllr Frank Walsh for your attendance and laying a wreath in our Remembrance Garden
Extra-curricular clubs are now live on Parent Booking. Clubs will not run on the following dates so please make a note before you book: 14th Nov, 24th Nov, 15th Dec, 18th Dec, 21st Dec. Thank you to all of our staff for dedicating their time for free clubs
Another fantastic swimming session with @ELITE_Swim_UK Nursery continued to develop their confidence in the water as well as learning how to float on their backs! They ended the session having lots of fun playing some ball games! Well done, Nursery
The children loved getting cosy to explore some new books together! They loved talking about their books with their friends #RPEYFS #RPReading
Reception had another fantastic session with @ELITE_Swim_UK They have been continuing to develop their confidence in the water. Children had a go at balancing and relaxing on their backs and putting their faces in the water.
Today we raised money for @DiabetesUK and showed our support by wearing blue! We spoke about what diabetes is, that anybody can get it and most importantly, what it means for those who have it #WorldDiabetesDay #diabetes #RPEnrichment
Before we start developing our own recipes, we taste tested bolognese sauce from jars. We rated their appearance, texture, smell and taste before we studied the ingredient list and nutritional values. There was a clear divide in results.
Rock Kidz visit @RobyParkSchool every year and it NEVER disappoints Thanks for ROCKING with us AGAIN
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We LOVE @ELITE_Swim_UK Today we worked on our arm movements and leg kicking in the water before practising floating on our backs and some ball games too! Our confidence is growing each week and year 1 is showing such resilience. Well done!
Year 4 had a fantastic session with @Littlefoothq We started of by learning the sheet bend knot After that, we worked on identifying different trees by their leaves Finally, we started developing our map skills #RPForestSchool #RPEnrichment
Today year 1 and @Year2RobyPark had their first after school @LEGO_Group club. The children enjoyed working collaboratively to create a variety of different structures from gardens to towers, whilst having fun along the way! #RPEnrichment #RPExtracurricular
In our @ELITE_Swim_UK swimming lesson today, we worked to begin to swim front crawl across the pool. We also practiced the life-saving skill of floating on our backs, both with a float and in the star shape with no float. Year 3 are gaining so much confidence! #RPPE
In swimming with @ELITE_Swim_UK the children used floats to help them develop their kicking and breathing technique when using front crawl . We also practised floating on our back and had the chance to have some fun with different equipment #RPPE #RPEnrichment
Every morning we record the temperature and rainfall @EdinaTrust @Professor_Plant #BulbBuddies
Time spent outside with @Littlefoothq always makes us smile. Today we identified leaves and named the trees they had come from as well as secured hammocks and raced to start a fire
Another fantastic swimming lesson with @ELITE_Swim_UK the children explored different ways of moving through the water and practised floating. One child said, “I felt more confident in the water this week and can’t wait for next week.” #poolstoschools #RPPE
This week in swimming, children have been practicing their legs from breast stroke. From this, they were able to move onto swimming without a float, incorporating their arms and keeping their head under water.
This week during DT, children have been creating their own waistcoats. They started the unit by researching fashion brands such as @FollowWestwood @Burberry @StellaMcCartney From this, children planned their designs and created their masterpieces! #RPDT
Today we dressed up to raise money for @BBCCiN We loved being part of a fantastic cause #Pudsey #ChildrenInNeed
Our Christmas Family Dining event is back this year but with a few changes. This year, parents and carers can choose the day they want to attend and book their whole family on together so siblings can sit together. Head to Parent Booking to reserve your seats.
This week in DT, Y2 have designed, created and ate healthy wraps that met a specific design brief. They considered different flavour combinations and the importance of using ingredients from different food groups to ensure the meal was balanced.
Children loved dressing up on a Friday for @BBCCiN we had a fantastic day! #ChildrenInNeed
EYFS Book Club We enjoyed some more fantastic stories in book club. It is great to see our children showing a great passion for reading!
#RPReading #readingforpleasure
Year 3 have had so much fun making their pneumatic toys. We made lots of animals including some crocodiles, dogs, turtles and even a Pudsey bear! We have definitely learnt that air has the power to make something move!
Year 4 built their own torches out of a range of different materials We used the bottom of a plastic bottle to create the housing. Then we made the reflector out of the top half by wrapping it in tin foil. Finally, we had to add the electrical elements
As we try to cut carbon why not substitute 4 baths for 4 showers? Limiting showers to 4 minutes can help you save 44 litres of water!
If you haven’t yet booked on for Christmas Family Dining, you have until Friday to reserve your place. Any new bookings we are asking for Weds 6th or Thurs 7th Dec Check the letter out for more details: https://robyparkprimary.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/17.11.23-Christmas-Family-Dining-2023.docx
What a privilege to be included in @LFCFoundation and @IanByrneMP Real Truth Legacy project today. Informative and powerful hearing from Hillsborough survivors and learning about social injustice and the importance of campaigning. #JFT97 @CAHKnowsley
Another great swimming session with @ELITE_Swim_UK It is fantastic to see the children continuing to grow in confidence in the water. Children are exploring their floating skills as well as practising kicking their legs in the water. Brilliant! @CAHKnowsley#RPPE
Another great session with @ELITE_Swim_UK children have been working on front and back stroke, removing some floats as children grow in confidence. They had lots of fun putting their faces in the water and blowing bubbles
We have been looking at humans and our senses and today was taste! We tried lemon juice, lettuce, popcorn, chocolate and apple before discussing its taste and rating it too! We discovered that everyone has different tastes! Next up…smell! #RPScience
Today in PE our aim was to copy, repeat, create and perform actions that represent the theme. Well done year 1!
In our @ELITE_Swim_UK lesson this week, we focused on swimming on our fronts and putting our faces in the water. We also worked on swimming on our backs. #RPPE #RPEnrichment
Each week our confidence is growing in the water and our smiles say it all! Today we worked on moving around the pool with floats, practised floating on our backs and also had a go at breast stroke and backstroke too! You make us very proud!
Check out our Anti-Bullying chant from last week when we took part in Anti-Bullying Week
#AntiBullyingWeek #RPWellbeing
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This week in swimming, the children have been focusing on their butterfly technique and incorporating their arms and legs into the movement.
Y2 really enjoyed their swimming lesson with @ELITE_Swim_UK this week. They had the chance to learn & develop their skills & technique when swimming on their front & backs. The progress they have made is fantastic. They should be very proud with what they have accomplished. #RPPE
In this week’s swimming lessons with @ELITE_Swim_UK, the children focused on the backstroke. They began by using floats to gain confidence swimming on their backs. Next, they worked on developing the correct arm movements #RPPE #RPEnrichment
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Today in PE our aim was to develop rotation jumps and sequence building using apparatus. Well done year 4!
This week Y5 focused on leg movements for breast stroke and resistance swimming. To finish sessions we took part in a team relay
Year 5 carefully prepared their ingredients and spent time in the school kitchen making bolognese sauce. The results certainly looked delicious
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What a fantastic night for our EYFS Star Gazing Night Walk We spotted lots of stars in the sky, the moon and even Jupiter! The children loved exploring forest school in the dark and we discussed what we found. We ended the night with a lovely hot chocolate #RPEnrichment
We had a fantastic night star gazing we were able to see lots of stars, the moon and even caught a glimpse of Jupiter! Children loved using their torches to explore forest school. We finished off with a delicious hot chocolate. #RPEnrichment
EYFS Book Club Today we shared some fantastic stories around a cosy fire
#RPReading #readingforpleasure
Nursery had a fantastic last swimming session with @ELITE_Swim_UK They enjoyed practising their floating skills and blowing bubbles They ended the session with lots of fun games! It has been great to see Nursery grow in confidence over the past 4 weeks. Well done #RPPE
Wow! Reception have grown in confidence so much thanks to @ELITE_Swim_UK Today they have been using their arms to swim forwards and lying on their backs and practising back stroke. They can blow bubbles and put their faces in the water. #RPPE
Year 1 were very excited to see Lucy the @LanguageAngels_fairy as the fairy on the top of our tree this morning, watching over us as we practice our Spanish number song for our class assembly on Friday! Uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cincooo ….
Mrs Clause will be visiting Roby Park on Tuesday 12th December. Children can enjoy Christmas songs, Christmas story and write their Christmas wishes to go on the tree with Mrs Clause. Please make payment of £2.50 on Parent Pay by Tuesday 12th. Thank you #RPEnrichment
Christmas parties are now available on Parent Pay. Cost £2.50. Parties take place on Friday 8th December and children can wear their Christmas party clothes to school on Friday
Year 3 had an excellent time in their @Littlefoothq Forest School session. We made leaf kebabs to identify different leaves, played directional games, worked on our knot tying and had great fun using a technique to stay warm! #RPEnrichment #RPForestSchool
We are experts at this technique to stay warm! #RPEnrichment #RPForestSchool
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WOW year 1! Your resilience the past couple of weeks has been amazing and it’s been lovely to see how much your confidence in the water has grown! Today we had our final session with @ELITE_Swim_UK and put all of our skills into practice and even went underwater! #RPPE
This week in Science, we have been exploring electricity. We created simple circuits to begin with, then moved onto changing variables and monitoring voltage. We also explored how to fix broken circuits, as well as creating a set of traffic lights.
We had a fantastic forest school session with @Littlefoothq We went on a hunt to see who could find the most snakes and then had great fun using a technique to stay warm by cosying up underneath a shelter! We ended the day playing a game of predator and prey! #RPEnrichment
Y2 enjoyed another fantastic swimming lesson with @ELITE_Swim_UK They played games to develop their kicking technique, practised floating & developed their confidence breathing by putting their faces in the water.
#RPPE #swimming #poolstoschools
Year 4 had a fantastic session with @ELITE_Swim_UK The children continued to develop their front crawl and back stroke before having some fun in the water! #RPPE #RPEnrichment
Thanks to the hard work & generosity of Cllr Walsh, who has secured us additional funding, we are able to have the swimming pool on site for an extra week! This means all children will be able to enjoy additional swimming lessons next week #RPPE #RPMakingMemories
A huge well done to this week’s Remarkable Readers. We hope you enjoy your books. #RPReading
With every lesson, the children have grown in confidence, learnt and developed new skills, learnt a life skill and had fun!
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Today we shared some more fantastic stories with our friends. We then enjoyed some Christmas stories together!
#RPReading #readingforpleasure
Thanks to Cllr Walsh, who secured us funding, we are able to have the swimming pool for an extra week! The children were beyond happy to find out that they had another day of swimming! Nursery have grown in confidence over the past 5 weeks thanks to @ELITE_Swim_UK
On Friday, we were joined by Elfie the Elf to mark the beginning of December. He delivered a special letter to us from Father Christmas! #RPEnrichment
Last week we explored our topic of ‘Light and Dark’ We used our dark tent to find out which objects could be seen in the dark. We then discussed space and created a collaborative night sky with brightly coloured planets #RPEYFS #RPUnderstandingTheWorld
For our final session, children practiced putting their heads under water to blow bubbles. They had to hold on to the side and use their legs to push away, building strength and confidence in the water.
In our fourth @ELITE_Swim_UK swimming lesson, we saw how far we could swim without stopping. We also practiced floating on our backs and swimming backstroke too! #RPEnrichment #RPPE
We had a very magical visitor today in Year 4. The elf gave the class a very special message and shared the news that Cllr Walsh has secured funding for us to keep the swimming pool for an extra week. A massive thank you to Cllr Walsh #RPEnrichment
Don’t forget to book your child’s class party on Parent Pay ahead of this Friday. We are looking forward to Angels & Scallies hosting our Christmas parties with great games, competitions, prizes and their famous red carpet! Festive clothes can be worn to school
We can not wait for our annual Winter Wonderland which is set to be an incredible community event #RPMakingMemories
Tomorrow is Christmas Jumper Day. Children can wear their festive jumpers/clothes to school. All donations go to supporting the work of Save the Children
See the article below about our fantastic curriculum offer for our children at Roby Park!
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We had another fantastic session with @Littlefoothq We learnt essential skills to survive in colder conditions The children built a shelter out of natural materials, used a tarp to build an overhead shelter and practiced how to get under a cover in an emergency #RPEnrichment
Reception had a fantastic session with @Littlefoothq today. We started with a fun game, we had to collect all of the ropes and defend the base. Then we tied knots and showed resilience moving and untying the knots. #RPEnrichment
A HUGE thankyou to Cllr Walsh who secured funding to extend our pool for an extra week! We were so happy to find out we had another week of fun & it’s amazing to see how much the children’s confidence has grown in just 5 weeks. We’re very proud of you all
In their final @ELITE_Swim_UK swimming lesson, Year 3 focused on swimming underwater, floating on their back and swimming backstroke. Year 3 have shown great resilience since week 1 and have enjoyed every second of their swimming sessions! #RPPE
Year 4 have shown fantastic motivation and resilience since they started lessons with @ELITE_Swim_UK Today they focused on kicking. They began by using a kick board to develop their technique and endurance, then they applied this to the front crawl and back stroke #RPPE
We loved wearing our Christmas jumpers yesterday for #ChristmasJumperDay2023 #RPEnrichment
Nursery had an amazing Christmas party with Elfie! They showed off their best dance moves and enjoyed throwing snowballs at the cheeky elf We also had a special visit from the Grinch! #RPEnrichment
Reception had an amazing Christmas party today. We had fun with our visitors, Elfie and Grinch. Children loved dancing, singing and having a snow ball fight with Elfie. #RPEnrichment
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Things are getting very festive at Roby Park! Year 2 had lots of fun at their Christmas party and even had some special visitors
Family dining wouldn’t have been possible without the kitchen team for cooking the delicious food; Mrs Allen and Mrs Lyon for organising everything; and all the grown ups who took time out of their day to enjoy the festivities with the children #thanks #RPenrichment
Year 2 had a magical morning with Mrs Claus today. The children wrote their Christmas wishes, had a Christmas story and danced around to some festive songs! #RPEnrichment #RPChristmas
In geography today the children worked collaboratively to use maps of the playground to find clues left by the mischievous elf. They did a fantastic job of orientating their maps to help find the clues
We had so much fun in our class Christmas party on Friday! We danced, played games and even had a visit from the Grinch! #RPEnrichment
We had an amazing time at our Christmas party with Elfie. We danced, threw snowballs and played some games too! We were quite surprised when the Grinch came in but he just wanted to make friends and join in the party! #RPEnrichment
We started the Christmas celebrations with our class party. We had a fabulous time dancing and partying with the Grinch #RPChristmas #RPEnrichment
WOW! We are incredibly proud of Nursery and @RecRobyPark You have worked so hard over the past few weeks to prepare for our Nativity performance! Your singing, dancing and storytelling was amazing! Well done! #RPEnrichment #RPChristmas
What a gorgeous morning we had with our special visit from Mrs Clause. We drew our Christmas wishes that she could take back to Santa, listened to a lovely Christmas story and sang and danced together! The children had such a magical time! #RPEnrichment #RPChristmas
We enjoyed some fantastic Christmas stories with a tasty hot chocolate and biscuit. Our favourite was ‘The Christmas Selfie Contest’ and we think that our selfies definitely would have won the competition! #RPReading #readingforpleasure
We had a gorgeous morning with Mrs Claus. We read a story, made a Christmas list with our great writing and drawings and sang Christmas songs. It was truly magical. #RPEnrichment #RPChristmas
We had an absolute ball at our annual Christmas party #RPEnrichment
Well done to our most recent Remarkable Readers. You have all shown positive attitudes towards your reading. Keep it up!
Christmas has begun! We started celebrating with our class party….. Even The Grinch made an appearance and joined in with the fun, games and dancing. #RPChristmas #RPEnrichment
We hope you all had a fantastic time at our Winter Wonderland event. It was a huge success. Thank you to all of the staff who worked hard to put on such a festive event for all of our community. Thank you for your dedication, hard work and effort #RPMakingMemories
KS1 you were AMAZING! During rehearsals for our Fireside Nativity and in your performance you have shown resilience, motivation and fantastic team work. We are very proud of each and every one of you!
Checkout these space pictures we created with oil pastels during our WATMO after school club. #RPEnrichment
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Here is a little taster of what a spectacular time our Winter Wonderland was for all of our families Our school hosted this wonderful festive event for free, for all to enjoy.
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Mr Couling kindly organised visits to Whitestone Lodge & St Bart’s Nursing Home where our children sang festive songs, chatted & played with residents. We look forward to our next visit next term. We wish all the residents a very merry Christmas
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What a fantastic show at @TheatreRoyalStH! The children thoroughly enjoyed Aladdin. Our children always make us proud with their exceptional behaviour! Well done!
Congratulations to our final Remarkable Readers of 2023 
Enjoy your new books
We have an incredible range of extra-curricular clubs on offer in Spring term 1. Booking opens on Parent Booking tomorrow at 8.30am. Booking closes at 8.30am on 8th January. Places are subject to availability #RPEnrichment
We had some very special visitors in class today… it was Father Christmas and Elfie! They surprised us with some lovely chocolates! Thank you! #RPChristmas #RPEnrichment
We had a fantastic time at @TheatreRoyalStH We loved watching Aladdin and found it especially funny when they got Mrs Bomba-Bennett on the stage! #RPChristmas #RPEnrichment
Year 2 were very lucky today and received a special visit from two very busy people who came bearing gifts. They must have known how hard we have been working. #RPChristmas #RPEnrichment
Welcome back to school! This Spring term, we have more incredible plans in place which we can not wait for! #missschool #missout
Last few places for clubs are remaining on Parent Booking. All clubs begin week beginning Monday 8th January. Please note: NO CLUBS ARE ON 30th JANUARY AND 8th FEBRUARY
This week, we have launched our amazing new library area within our classroom. We are very lucky to have an amazing range of brand new, high-quality texts. We explored the new area and chose our favourite book for “Drop Everything And Read” #RPReading
This week, Year 3 loved beginning to read their new books. We had the difficult decision of choosing a book from over 100 new fiction and non-fiction texts and we are excited to complete our Spring Term reading challenge!
This week, we have launched our amazing new library area within our classroom. We are very thankful to have an amazing range of brand new, high-quality texts. The children can’t wait to complete the spring reading challenges #RPReading
It was a difficult choice for Y5 this week when we relaunched our amazing reading areas within our classroom. Children could choose from over 100 high quality texts.
Check out what is coming up this Spring term and save the key dates in your diary #RPEnrichment #RPMemoryMakers
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We came back to school to an amazing new reading area within our classroom. We feel very lucky and are really excited to have an amazing range of brand new, high-quality texts that we can explore independently or with friends! #RPReading
We spent the morning at Space World as a treat for being the class with the highest attendance in Autumn! Laughing, playing and having fun with our friends – what a great way to start the week! Well done year 1, keep it up!. #RPEnrichment
This week we took part in our first ever goal-ball competition. The children really enjoyed trying a new sport and were so happy to win the competition and show their medals off back at school. Big thanks to @KnowsleySSP for organising such a fantastic event.
A mural capturing everything the community loves about #Huyton has been unveiled at Huyton Train Station.
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Congratulations to our first Remarkable Readers of 2024. Children can win a book from our vending machine which is full to the brim of the best titles or the weekly Remarkable Reader bag by showing a great effort with reading at home & school. Who will be next week’s winners?
Year 2 love their new reading area & with over 100 high quality texts to choose from they were excited to get reading. The Comet by @Joetoddstanton & We are all Wonders by @RJPalacio were great reads so far.
Year 2 had a great forest school session with @Littfoothq. The children worked together to use sticks to accurately mark out the 4 compass points & used flint and steel to practise making sparks for fire lighting. #outdoorlearning #forestschool #RPForestschool
We are all really enjoying playtimes with our new role play area as well as scooting and lots more area’s to get creative to make playtime more fun for all!
What a lovely surprise today, receiving our 6 free chess sets from @schoolschess
We look forward to setting up our very own chess club. Thank you for all of the resources you have provided us #RPEnrichment
Please send children in wrapped up warm in thick coats, hat, gloves and scarves with wellies so we can enjoy the snow together! Please send children in with spare socks/tights
Today we had great fun in the snow! We headed to the field and enjoyed time making memories with our friends.
EYFS loved getting out on the field today to explore the snow. We drew pictures, made snowballs and a rather lovely snowman. Children has so much fun with their friends.
We absolutely LOVED spending some time on the field in the snow today! We built snowman, made snow angels, threw snowballs at the teachers but most importantly had lots of fun playing with our friends!
So much fun was had today in the snow All children enjoyed today, building snowmen and having snowball fights with their friends. A special shout out to Mr Lyon, Mr Couling & Mr Swatman who were the dream team moving the snow & making sure school was safe
What a fantastic experience the children had today getting time to spend with their friends on our school field in the snow
Thank you to parents & carers for sending the children to school ready for the weather. This meant we were able to have fun in the snow comfortably & safely. After play, one child said, “My cheeks hurt from smiling & laughing so much!”
Just look at the smiles! The children loved exploring the snow today. We made snow angels, snowmen and especially loved throwing snowballs at the teachers! It was so lovely to see the children enjoying themselves with their friends!
Working collaboratively to tie knots, create art and get into a shelter. The cold certainly didn’t stop Y5 learning outside with @Littlefoothq this week. #RPForestschool
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Congratulations to this week’s Remarkable Readers! We hope you love your new books from our vending machine. Who will be our winners next week? #RPRemarkableReaders
Year 3 had a great time at the Museum of Liverpool looking at different forms of transport. We even got to experience the Liverpool Overhead Railway and a carriage too! #RPHistory
Thank you to the parents and carers who attended the Year 6 class assembly. The children explained their learning for this half term and future events. #RPAssembly
The past few weeks we have been planning and designing our superhero tower… and today we built it! We made sure to include hideouts, a helicopter launch pad and secret lookouts! How brilliant!
Y2 we have been learning about Kings and Queens from the past & today we had a visit from Queen Elizabeth I thanks to @PastProductions. The children loved learning about royal etiquette, Tudor dancing, jousting & what life was like during the Queen’s reign. #RPHistory @SILPrimary
Today year 1 and @Year2RobyPark welcomed in our families for book and a brew! We talked about the benefits of reading for pleasure, how reading looks at Roby Park and our wonderful new book areas, before having the chance to share our favourite book with our adults
Thanks to the @Year1RobyPark & Y2 families who joined us for book & a brew! We talked about the benefits of reading for pleasure, how reading looks at Roby Park & our amazing new book areas, before the children joined us for some shared reading
Thank you to all of our Year 6 & @Year5RobyPark parents and carers who were able to attend ‘Book and a Brew’ It was great to be able to discuss how children view reading, how it is incorporated into the curriculum and reading for pleasure. #RPReading #readingforpleasure
We had a brilliant session with @Littlefoothq we practiced our knots, found fire wood, showed perseverance when we attempted fire lighting and had great fun quickly getting inside a shelter #RPEnrichment
Thank you to all of our Year 4 & @Year3RobyPark families who were able to attend ‘Book and a Brew’ It was great to be able to discuss how reading is incorporated across the curriculum, the benefits of @ReadingPlus and how we promote reading for pleasure. #RPReading
Year 5 had an amazing day at Liverpool’s Maritime museum. The children consolidated their knowledge on The Battle of the Atlantic. It was fantastic to hear them make connections across their learning. #RPHistory #RPEnrichment
Today in forest school, we practiced knots which could secure a shelter in the wind, practiced compass points using the school grounds and worked on team building shelter activities. #RPForestschool
Thank you to our families who could join us today for ‘book and a brew’. The children loved inviting you into class and sharing some of their favourite stories with you! #readingforpleasure #RPReading
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Check out the letter below regarding our Valentine’s discos on Thursday 8th February #RPMemoryMakers robyparkprimary.co.uk/wp-content/upl
Children worked collaboratively and made a bridge using sticks. They enjoyed sitting around the fire and using their senses to describe what they could see, hear and smell. The most exciting part was relaxing in the hammocks.
The children really enjoyed showcasing all of their fantastic work they had created through the WATMO project with
This week Nursery and Reception worked collaboratively to create this amazing superhero city! They all worked very hard and supported each other. They made sure to include people, towers, trees, vehicles and obviously some superheroes!
Nursery have had a great forest school session today with @Littlefoothq. We went on a snake hunt and then worked collaboratively to build houses for the snakes. We then practised our rope skills and ended the day with some hammock fun! Well done, Nursery #RPEnrichment
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Today we wore clothes with numbers or patterns on to raise money for @NSPCC
We enjoyed our Maths activities across the day, especially colouring and ordering our Number Blocks! #RPMaths #RPEnrichment #NumberDay2024
All Spring term 2 clubs are now live on Parent Booking. Please only book one space per club. We have freed up lots of extra spaces due to multiple bookings. Please be on time to collect your children at 4pm. Thank you.
For our final craft club session we created our own mini-me superheroes!
Today we dressed up as superheroes and trained to be a superhero on our obstacle course! We had some fantastic superheroes including Hulk, Iron Man and a paramedic! We ended the day with an ice cream to celebrate our hard work as superheroes! #RPEnrichment
We had a fantastic time today as superheroes. we had some very special superheroes including Hulk, Spider-Man and a Mersey Rail hero. We completed the obstacle course, shared our super powers and had a very super snack #RPEnrichment
Don’t forget tomorrow is our Valentine’s disco! Check out the letter below for all of the details. Tickets can be purchased on Parent Pay.
Y2 had an amazing forest school session with @Littfoothq. They worked collaboratively to build a bridge, practised tying knots, learnt how to use a storm shelter and had the opportunity to use a hammock. #RPForestschool #outdoorlearning
We are looking for a team of parents/carers to galvanise our Home School Association (HSA). We are looking for parents/carers who have ideas and want to lead our HSA. To find out more and/or come share your ideas, join us for a drink, pastry and a chat.
Nursery had lots of fun at their Valentine’s disco They loved singing, dancing and eating lots of treats with their friends! #RPEnrichment
We had a fantastic session with @Littlefoothq this week – working collaboratively to build hammocks from sticks, building hammocks between trees we could spend some time in with friends and then showed our resilience when working on our knot tying skills. Well done year 1
We had lots of fun today at our valentines disco, dancing with our friends, playing games, enjoying some treats and singing some of our favourite songs! #RPEnrichment #ValentinesDay
Reception loved our Valentine’s disco today. They did some amazing dancing, singing and enjoying time with friends. We finished off with some lovely treats. #RPEnrichment
We had a fabulous trip to @MuseumLiverpool! We had the opportunity to explore the museum, find out about trade links to Liverpool and take part in a workshop, which taught us about imported and exported goods. This linked to our learning in Geography. #RPEnrichment #RPGeography
Last night, year 6 had a great time at our valentines disco. They danced and sang along to their favourite songs and enjoyed making memories.
We had lots of fun at our valentines disco, dancing with our friends, playing games, enjoying some treats and singing some of our favourite songs! #RPEnrichment #ValentinesDay
Our Mother’s Day celebration services are back on Weds 6th March. We are looking forward to inviting in all of the wonderful women who make a difference in the lives of all of our children. See the letter below for all of the details:
We’re excited to have @Scholastic book fair back @RobyParkSchool this week. Come and have a look at the books on offer after school. Payment can be made using both card & cash. For all books purchased, we receive rewards which can be used to purchase books for our school.
Y2 have decided that the gigantic sandpit is a great addition to playtimes @RobyParkSchool. One child said, “Playing in the sandpit with my friends was the best! Our school is so much fun.”
#OPALPlay #OPALSchools #RPPlay
Year 5s @dotartschools entries have been selected and uploaded. Watch this space for the next part of our journey. #RPART
Congratulations to this week’s Remarkable Readers We hope you love your new books from our vending machine Who will be our winners next week? #rpremarkablereaders
We are looking for a team of parents/carers to really galvanise the HSA and lead on exciting events for the children & wider community. Come and join us for a drink, pastry and chat to find out how you can make a difference to our school community!
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Today was the day! Year5 completed their awareness Fun Run. Other classes joined in and allowed Y5 to proudly share their #iwillbeabuddy message. Children have worked collaboratively, showing mutual respect for each other in organising this event #IWill
We are looking at our playtimes and thinking about how we can improve them by introducing the @OPAL_CIC
Programme. Can you help? We really want to know what you think of playtimes now – please complete this 2 minute survey. Thank you. forms.gle/dsLcU5m7AB3ea6
In our Forest school session, children practised their fire lighting skills both independently and as part of a team. They needed to build a fire that lasted at least 8 minutes. There was success for one young man who managed to complete a Trucker’s Hitch for the first time
The deadline for photos for Mother’s Day celebration assemblies is 3pm today. Thank you #RPEnrichment
The children have loved their first gardening club with Mr Lyon. We have planted carrots, cabbages and some broccoli! We can’t wait to see them start to sprout
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Congratulations to this week’s Remarkable Readers We hope you love your new books from our machine Who’ll be our winners next week? #RPRemarkableReaders
Our Easter Holiday Club is back for YR-Y6, running from 2nd-12th April. Sessions run from 9.00-3.00pm and cost £12.50 per day. Children need to bring a packed lunch, water bottle and raincoat. Select your days and make payment on Parent Pay #RPEnrichment
We are looking forward to all the special women in the lives of our children joining us on Wednesday. Please see the letter attached with all the information needed: https://robyparkprimary.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/19.2.24-Mothers-Day-Celebrations.docx
During #WorldWildlifeDay2024 we sorted food chains, made our own and considered what can happen when a food chain is disrupted. We discovered the dangers on the food chain if animals go extinct, and how all different food chains are dependent on each other.
For #WorldWildlifeDay2024 we focused on food chains! We looked at the different types of producers, consumers and predators from a range of habitats. We created fact files on food chains to share what we have learnt
As a part of #WorldBookDay2024 , we had the amazing @WestEndinSchool who allowed us to explore the play Twelfth Night. We created different freeze frames and acted out an important scene as a class.
Today we have taken part in some digging and planting. We helped Mr Lyon dig out all of the weeds and then we learnt how to plant some potatoes! The children did a fantastic job at digging out their trenches for their potatoes!
Year 4 had a fantastic session with @WestEndinSchool to gain information about William Shakespeare and created freeze frames of key parts of the twelfth night #RPEnrichment
As part of our #WorldBookDay2024 activities, the fantastic @WestEndinSchool paid us a visit. Vicki taught us the story of Twelfth Night. We created different freeze frames and acted out well known scenes. #RPENGLISH #RPENRICHMENT
Our Mother’s Day Celebration Assemblies take place today and the children are very excited.
Assembly times are as follows:
• EYFS @ 9 – 9.45am
• Y3 & Y4 @ 10.00 – 10.45am
• Y1 & Y2 @ 1.10 – 2.00pm
• Y5 & Y6 @ 2.10 – 2.50pm
Thank you to all of our special ladies that joined us today. We are so proud of the children for showing great confidence and fabulous singing! We hope you enjoyed spending time with your little ones, it was beautiful to hear their lovely words.
We celebrated #WorldBookDay2024 by coming to school dressed in our comfiest pyjamas! We spent the day reading our favourite stories and even had a special visit from @Year6RobyPark. Thank you for reading stories with us, we had the best time! #RPEnrichment
Look at our fantastic paper plate characters for #WorldBookDay2024 So creative!
We had the most beautiful morning celebrating all of our special ladies. The children made us all so proud today as they explained why you are all so special. We hope you loved your gifts and have a lovely weekend. #RPEnrichment
Children enjoyed wearing their comfy pyjamas and showing off their amazing story plates. We also enjoyed reading a story with
. #WorldBookDay2024 #RPEnrichment
As part of #WorldBookDay2024, year 6 enjoyed a fantastic session with @WestEndinSchool. We explored the William Shakespeare play Twelfth Night. From this, we created freeze frames and acted out key scenes. #RPEnrichment
Year 6 had a fabulous morning at forest school @Littlefoothq We used mallets to help us build camouflaged shelters, hung hammocks and collected birch bark to light our own fires #RPEnrichment
Thank you to all of the fabulous ladies who attended todays Mother’s Day assembly. The children did us all proud with their lovely words and fabulous singing. We hope all of the significant women in our lives enjoy the celebrations
For #WorldBookDay2024 we wore our comfiest pyjamas and read with @Year2RobyPark. We shared books and listened to new books being read to us by someone different. #RPEnrichment
In today’s forest school session with @Littlefoothq we learnt how to safely use a mallet to put up a camouflage net and worked collaboratively to install a hammock #RPEnrichment
For #WorldBookDay we came to school in our pyjamas! Miss Clarkson shared her favourite book with the class then we took our reading books outside to read, finally we shared the reading books from our library with the children from
For #WorldBookDay2024 today, we spent time with another class and having a story read to us by Mr Couling. We really enjoyed sharing stories with year 4 and having stories read to us too and it was made even better by all being cozy in our pyjamas! #RPEnrichment
We need parents and carers to take 2 mins to complete our playtime survey!
Click here: https://forms.gle/ysHDq715T95rwe827
The class with the most responses will win an incredible prize!
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We look forward to getting involved from 17th April with the bags we have pledged to collect
Happy Mother’s Day to all of the wonderful women in our children’s lives. Thank you for all that you do x
Save the date! Parents & carers get limbering up and ready to get filthy! Our colour run is back for the 4th year running and again this year, we are choosing to support @cashforkidsliv and @hitsradiouk with @SamThompsonUK
More details to come around Easter.
Y2 enjoyed a fantastic trip to @StBartsRoby. We were able to find some of the important parts of the church by completing a fun scavenger hunt. We developed a better understanding of why Christians celebrate Easter and we found out that the building is 174 years old #RPRE #Easter
We are excited to participate in @OutdoorClassUKI on 23rd May and coincide this with our first parent @OPAL_CIC
parent play day.
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On #WorldWildlifeDay2024 we focused on reusing, reducing and recycling and the damage it can cause to the environment if we are careless. Listen to our important messages written by the children.
On #WorldWildlifeDay2024 we focused on reusing, reducing and recycling and the damage it can cause to the environment if we are careless. Listen to our important messages written by the children. 🌊 🐠 🌏 ❤️@EcoSchools pic.twitter.com/OE7ArCwAkJ
— Year 5 @ Roby Park Primary (@Year5RobyPark) March 13, 2024
To celebrate #WorldBookDay2024 we came to school dressed in our pyjamas! We enjoyed spending time reading with
During world wildlife day, we explored how our oceans have become polluted over time. We discussed the impact this has on our wildlife and explore ways we can help save our oceans.
To celebrate #WorldBookDay2024, we wore our comfy pyjamas to school and had the opportunity to read books to
For #BritishScienceWeek, we had a visit from @sublimescience. We experienced how sound can be made in lots of different ways and experienced an explosion too! It’s not magic, it’s science! #RPScience
For #BritishScienceWeek, we had a visit from @sublimescience. We experienced how sound can be made in lots of different ways and experienced an explosion too! It's not magic, it's science! #RPScience pic.twitter.com/olX0YSCAVh
— Year 3 @ Roby Park Primary (@Year3RobyPark) March 13, 2024
Reception started the morning with a fantastic session with @Littlefoothq. We had to search for bugs and work collaboratively. Then we practised making our own fires using stones and sticks. We had a real fire and practised using the fire lighters. #RPEnrichment
This afternoon we had a visit from @sublimescience. We got to see how acetone can break down a polystyrene cup. We explored different instruments, including one you make with a straw! Reception had a fantastic time learning lots of new vocabulary and facts. #RPScience
This afternoon we had a visit from @sublimescience. We got to see how acetone can break down a polystyrene cup. We explored different instruments, including one you make with a straw! Reception had a fantastic time learning lots of new vocabulary and facts. #RPScience pic.twitter.com/BhIZ6OuEI4
— Reception @ Roby Park Primary (@RecRobyPark) March 13, 2024
Today we have been working on our digging skills. We worked really hard and supported each other to dig out all of the weeds, even the really big ones!
Wow! What a fantastic visit from @sublimescience. We enjoyed watching lots of different science experiments and exploring different instruments! We especially loved the smoke circles and bubbles! We were amazed, thank you! #RPScience #RPEnrichment
Wow! What a fantastic visit from @sublimescience 🧪👨🏼🔬 We enjoyed watching lots of different science experiments and exploring different instruments! We especially loved the smoke circles and bubbles! We were amazed, thank you! 👏🏻 #RPScience #RPEnrichment pic.twitter.com/N2OHIztthv
— Nursery @ Roby Park Primary (@NurseryRobyPark) March 13, 2024
We had a great session with @Littlefoothq. First we went on a bug hunt! We then showed great resilience through using our hand-eye coordination to carefully hammer nails into wood! We ended the session by collecting sticks for our own fire #RPEnrichment
Here is our action plan for how we are working to develop play over this academic year. Check out our Opal page on the website for all up to date information: https://robyparkprimary.co.uk/curriculum-2/opalprogramme/
Just a polite reminder that tomorrow is Comic Relief. We will be collecting donations via Parent Pay only.
We hope the children enjoyed their sponsored reading event & we look forward to finding out how much sponsor money we receive in which will go back into the children receiving books to take home & keep through our ‘Remarkable Reader’ initiatives. Thank you for your support.
WOW! We have raised £379.20 for brand new books from our sponsored reading event and £104 for @comicrelief. Books will be going into our new reading shed for children to enjoy at playtimes. Thank you so much! @OPAL_CIC
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As part of The Great Big School Clean we have been collecting litter from the school grounds and local area. The children have loved looking after their environment. #TheGreatBigSchoolClean
We hope you can join us this afternoon, at 3pm, for our H.S.A meeting to plan for your exciting ideas and upcoming events
Did you hear about our involvement in the @cashforkidsliv one million steps challenge this May? Listen to Mrs Allen having a chat with @SamThompsonUK on @hitsradiouk
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Please make sure your child has wellies to keep in school, no later than Mon 15th Apr. Children can only go on the field in wellies if the grounds are wet and we do not want anyone to miss out on all of the exciting play opportunities coming this Easter.
Our Easter discos are taking place this Wednesday. Please see the letter attached for more details. Tickets are available to purchase on Parent Pay only.
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A MASSIVE thankyou to @Year6RobyPark who spent some time with us today for #WorldBookDay2024. We really enjoyed you reading stories with us and you made reading our new books lots of fun. We have already been asking when we can do it again! #RPEnrichment
For #WorldWildlifeDay we learnt about oceans and waters. We located waters that surround the UK, created posters to stop plastic pollution and save our oceans before creating under water scenes with wax after seeing the amazing colours in oceans around the world!
Year 4 promoted the British Value of democracy through our smart school council session. Children were able to discuss ‘What ways can we be proud of ourselves and our school?’The majority vote was to treat each other with respect .
Summer term extra curricular clubs are live on Parent Booking at midday today. Please note our @OPAL_CIC play sessions are family events and parents/carers are to accompany their child. Younger siblings are welcome but are the responsibility of parents/carers
Don’t forget tomorrow children can come to school in their own clothes to enjoy an Easter egg hunt. Easter disco tickets are available on Parent Pay. Tickets must be purchased before discos. Please see our letter sent on Class Charts for timings and details
We had a fantastic last session! We worked with partners to plant some pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds. The children have been fantastic this half term and have loved gardening club with Mr Lyon! We can’t wait to see it all begin to grow!
For forest school with @Littfoothq we had to build structures that were strong enough to withstand challenges of Joe trying to knock them down. We discovered that the strongest towers aren’t always the tallest and need a really strong base! #RPEnrichment
Today we had a great session with @Littlefoothq. We learnt how to make a raft for our insect friends to float on. We placed it in a large puddle that we found and used bark from the trees for the insects to eat! We ended the session by safely warming our hands on our campfire
Today we had a special visit from the Easter Bunny and Easter Chick! They took us on a very exciting Easter egg hunt around the school grounds! We followed all of the clues and found our way to some yummy Easter eggs! #RPEnrichment
We ended the day with our Easter disco! We loved dancing, singing and had some tasty treats with our friends! #RPEnrichment
Thank you to our HSA & our staff for making Easter happen at Roby Park. They’ve collected Easter eggs & organised an Easter Egg Hunt that the children thoroughly enjoyed. Our Easter discos were a great success also & today there will be visitors to class with more egg surprises
Y2 had lots of fun at their Easter disco and they even had a visit from a special visitor #RPenrichment #Easter
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Our latest @OPAL_CIC newsletter is out now. Check it out here: https://robyparkprimary.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/OPAL-Newsletter-April-2024.pdf
We have been so busy getting ready for the upcoming term that we couldn’t wait to share with you feedback from our
To launch all of our exciting new @OPAL_CIC resources, we are going to host a launch day this Mon for the chn. All chn need to come in to school wearing their PE kits and trainers, with their wellies also to keep in school. Children are only allowed on the field with wellies.
Check out all the new resources your children will love to play with as of this Monday, in our latest newsletter: https://robyparkprimary.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/OPAL-Newsletter-April-2024-2-1.pdf
The weather is predicting a few showers throughout Monday but rain doesn’t stop us so please make sure your child has a suitable coat with them.
Don’t forget the deadline for our @OPAL_CIC bingo competition is this Mon. Please feel free to get friends, family & neighbours involved! The more, the merrier. Please send all resources through to class with your child so your child’s class teacher can mark them off.
Can you spare a moment to vote for your favourite piece of Art work from Y5? Vote online for your favourite shortlisted piece in April and then the shortlisted entry from each school with the most votes wins a place in the public exhibition in June
Click on the link to vote: https://t.co/Abk3WrsoUt
We are excited to see all of the chn back for an exciting start of term tomorrow. Doors open at 8.40am. Just a polite reminder to send chn into school in their school PE tracksuit, trainers and warm coat for our @OPAL_CIC launch day tomorrow.
Chn will get to experience and enjoy all of our new resources. Chn must have their wellies with them to go on the field. Wellies will stay in school so please wear trainers and bring wellies in a bag. Keep an eye out on all of our socials to see what fun the children get up to.
We will be holding an information meeting for parents & carers of Y6 children going to London in July. The meeting will be @ 2.30pm on Friday 26th April. We hope all adults can make it so everyone has all of the information they need. Thank you.
It may be wet and windy but the children are having a fantastic time putting everything from their play assemblies into action with all the new resources @OPAL_CIC
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Amazing to start the summer term with a day of play! The children discussed how they wanted to use the play equipment, focusing on potential risks & benefits before getting out & testing it for themselves. Lots of fun was had by all @OPAL_CIC #PlanForPlay #OPALSchools #RPPlay
Our annual colour run is back and all in aid of @cashforkidsliv who do an incredible job to support children in our school community cashforkidsgive.co.uk/campaign/sam-t
Please share the sponsor link far and wide to raise as much money as we can for this wonderful charity! Thank you for your support!
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Today we had an amazing time launching our new @OPAL_CIC resources. We climbed, made mud potions, played with small world pieces, used a parachute, built obstacle courses and more. We can’t wait to use these every day! #RPEnrichment
What a fantastic start to the new term! The focus of the day was PLAY. Children discussed the benefits and potential risks of each play area before going out and testing each area. Year 5 especially enjoyed making mud pies!
#PlanForPlay #OPALSchools #RPplay
What a fantastic start to the Summer term! We launched our new @OPAL_CIC resources! From tree swings to den building to small world… WOW! We can’t wait for every playtime to look like this! #RPEnrichment
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For St George’s Day, children can wear red and white to school tomorrow. Children will enjoy workshops with Past Productions. Keep an eye on our socials to find out what we get up to…
Today we wore red and white for St George’s Day. We loved learning all about St George and the dragon! #StGeorgesDay2024
Nursery and Reception were so excited for EYFS Book Club! They loved choosing their favourite books to share together and it was lovely to see the children so engaged with their stories!
#RPReading #readingforpleasure
Nursery had a fantastic time at Forest School with @Littlefoothq We enjoyed collecting natural materials to create our very own clay faces! We then practised our rope skills by making different shapes and tying them around trees! What a great day! #RPEnrichment
Today we had our first KS1 Spanish extra-curricular club. With the help of Language Angels Lucy, we looked at the unit En la selva – learning animals, playing spot the wrong animal part & singing a song before doing some colouring! #RPExtraCurricular #RPSpanish
To celebrate #StGeorgesDay2024 we had a visit from @PastProductions and St George himself who taught us lots about who he is. We turned ourselves into dragons that St George wanted to slay, went on treasure hunts and acted out key words linked to his story. #RPEnrichment
To celebrate St George’s Day we had a fantastic visit from St George himself! We learnt about why we celebrate St George’s Day and the legend of him slaying the dragon. We then took part in a range of fun activities
To celebrate St George’s Day we had a fantastic visit from St George himself! We learnt about why we celebrate St George’s Day and the legend of him slaying the dragon. We then took part in a range of fun activities
St George’s Day brought a visit from @PastProductions and St George himself. Through dance and drama Year 5 retold the legend of St George and the dragon. #RPHistory.
For the third year running, @NextEnergyUK are sponsoring our PE kits which means every child will receive a FREE PE tracksuit and logo tshirt for the next academic year. Thank you so much for all the support this incredible company shows us
This week, we had a fantastic time in forest school with @Littlefoothq! From fire lighting, matching colour with natural materials and flower printing, Year 6 enjoyed exploring the first sights of spring. #RPForestschool #RPEnrichment
To celebrate St George’s Day, we had a brilliant visit from @PastProductions. We learnt about why we celebrate and the explored the story of St George slaying the dragon! We also took part in some medieval dancing and a dragon hunt! #RPEnrichment
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Our new Reading Shed has arrived in our quiet zone. Children will be able to enjoy a range of fiction and non fiction books purchased with money raised through our reading sponsored event. We have also purchased Tonies for children who want to enjoy audible stories
We enjoyed sharing lots of stories together! We compared books and shared our favourite ones. It was lovely to see Reception children reading their stories to Nursery!
#RPReading #readingforpleasure
We had a fantastic time in club tonight making sea themed sun catchers. Children couldn’t wait to get home and put them in the window.
We are looking forward to @hitsradiolv joining us tomorrow for our colour run for @cashforkidsliv. Don’t forget your trainers
Thank you so much for a brilliant day today. We pledged 242,000 steps as part of @hitsradiolv and @cashforkidsliv challenge and we have raised an incredible £1347 already! Thanks to our incredible team for pulling off a brilliant event.
And thank you to every parent and carer who showed up, participated and donated. Lots of videos and photos pending….but first a hot bath and bed! It’s not too late to donate and every penny makes a difference: https://www.cashforkidsgive.co.uk/campaign/sam-thompson-million-steps/fundraisers/roby-park-primary-school/
After our colour run we decorated some yummy cupcakes. We used lots of colours to create our cakes, mixing them and creating rainbows… a bit like the paint all over us! Thank you
We had a brilliant day raising money for @cashforkidsliv by taking part in the @hitsradiolv @SamThompsonUK 1 million steps school challenge Well done Nursery! #RPEnrichment
We had a wonderful morning spent with @Littlefoothq in forest school From identifying trees, compass points, bug hunts, camouflaging ourselves, fire lighting & knot practice, we had a very busy morning with lots of stamps towards our forest school badges! Well done year 1!
Year 2 had a great forest school session with @Littfoothq. The children worked together to create natural prints while also practicing their knot tying skills. #ForestSchool #outdoorlearning #RPEnrichment
Yesterday, we helped raise money for @cashforkidsliv and supported @SamThompsonUK in his 1 million steps school challenge! Well done year 6! #RPEnrichment
Don’t forget to check out the letter detailing all end of year trips. Payments are live on Parent Pay. If you would like to attend the trip as a volunteer, click on the link to express your interest. robyparkprimary.co.uk/wp-content/upl #RPEnrichment
Check out our letter for sports day on Monday 20th May
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Please see the letter attached for all the details of our father’s day celebration assemblies on Friday 14th June
Three of our year 1 children were awarded our Golden Broom Award this week for demonstrating an excellent attitude towards tidying up our resources and equipment ensuring it is well looked after and ready for the next children to use! Well done girls!
In Forest School, we pitched our own shelters and practiced knot tying. Then, we had to create our own clay animal using decorations and imprints from natural resources! #RPForestSchool #RPEnrichment
Our Summer Fair is back on Friday 21st June @ 1-4pm! Tickets will be available on Parent Pay from tomorrow. Entry will cost £2.50 and wristbands given out. Join us for fun in the sun… School will finish at 12.45pm on the day so all children can attend with their families.
*Meet and greets with unicorn ponies
*Birds of prey display
*Inflatables
*Fair rides
*Stalls
*Princesses
*Face painting
*Food & drink
One of our most popular books in our reading area at the moment is Tell me a Dragon by @JackieMorrisArt. Lexie chose it as our class read today and said, “I love the pictures and all the different places you can find dragons.” #readingforpleasure #RPReading
Working collaboratively and using natural resources to create a natural picture frame brought out the creativity in year 5 this week with
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Please see the letter below for all of the information regarding the Y6 Celebration Sleepover tomorrow and what the children will need. Thank you #RPEnrichment
Summer Fair tickets are now available to purchase on Parent Pay. Tickets cost £2.50 per person.
*Meet and greets with unicorn ponies
*Birds of prey display
*Inflatables
*Fair rides
*Stalls
*Princesses
*Face painting
*Food & drinks
Year 4 had a fantastic forest school session with @Littlefoothq. We focused on achieving our blue and brown badges. To receive the blue badge you need to create a range of natural art pieces and to get the brown badge you had to identify natural materials #RPEnrichment
This week children went outside to paint and draw. We enjoyed being outside and creating collaboratively.
Children enjoyed using flowers to make natural perfume. We made some art using a rock to transfer flowers on to the fabric. We ended with some creative rope skills.
We were very lucky to have had a little surprise treat this morning…some time spent on year 6’s end of SATs inflatables! Happy faces all round – what a fantastic way to end the week. One of our children said “This has been my favourite day ever!”#RPEnrichment
Big well done to @Year6RobyPark for all their hard work with their SATs. You have done us all proud and thanks for letting us have a go on the bouncy castles. We had loads of fun. #RPEnrichment
What an amazing surprise to our day! We were so lucky to have some time on the bouncy castle before Year 6’s reward. We had so much fun and lots of us saying that Roby Park is the best school ever! #RPEnrichment Thank you
Y6 have had a fantastic day in the sun and now are settling down with a movie in their teepees #RPEnrichment
Nothing like a bouncy castle to make you smile! Year 5 enjoyed every moment of their impromptu ‘bounce’ courtesy of year 6 – their treat for working so hard during SATs #RPEnrichment
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and sports day also #RPNews
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We enjoyed spending some time outside today for book club. We shared our stories with each other and enjoyed the sunshine together!
#RPReading #readingforpleasure
What a fantastic surprise we had on Friday! We were very happy that we got to spend some time on Year 6’s end of SATs inflatables! WOW! One child said “This is the best day ever!” #RPEnrichment
WOW! What a great Sports Day! We showed great teamwork by cheering on our friends and we tried our very best at each of the stations including running, long jump, javelin, speed bounce and more! #RPEnrichment
What an amazing sports day we had today. Our children showed fantastic motivation and perseverance to compete in each event ! #RPPE #RPEnrichment
Today the children showed great resilience and motivation during sports day. Well done to all who took part and thank you to those who came along to cheer us on! #RPEnrichment #RPPE
To celebrate the end of SATS, we had a fabulous day on the inflatables before our school sleepover! We are all incredibly proud of how hard you’ve worked! #RPEnrichment #RPLeavers
Our annual careers week is back and it is one of the events our children look forward to most. We are looking for members of our school and wider community to come and chat to our children about the brilliant and inspiring jobs they do.
Also, if there are specific careers you would like shared with our children pop it below and we will see what we can do.
Would you or somebody you know be interested in being part of our careers week? If so, please email us at robypark@knowsley.gov.uk with your availability and for more information. Please share with any contacts you may have.
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Sadly our @OPAL_CIC parent play session was rained off with an amber weather warning but it has been rescheduled for Thursday 6th June. Fingers crossed the weather is better! Sign up here if you would like to join us for some outdoor fun: https://forms.gle/ZZwWy2KaX7bapKPo7
As part of the Million Steps Challenge, @cashforkidsliv teamed up with publisher Simon & Schuster to offer all participating primary schools the chance to win a Library Pack of 20 books. Following the end of the challenge all schools that signed up were put into a draw, and…we’re thrilled to let you know that our school is a winner! Books are on their way to us and will go into our reading shed for our children to enjoy
If you haven’t emailed your photos in, please email them to robypark@knowsley.gov.uk by 3pm on Thursday 6th June to be included in the assembly.
⭐️ Father’s Day Celebration Assemblies – Friday 14th June ⭐️
?If you haven’t emailed your photos in, please email them to robypark@knowsley.gov.uk by 3pm this Thursday to be included in the assembly.
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The weather is looking better for our OPAL Outdoor Play and Learning CIC play day this Thursday afternoon. If you’re free, why not come and play with your child/ren?
Do you have books gathering dust that you could give a new lease of life to? We would love your pre-loved books for others to enjoy.
This week, we are going to be setting up a book exchange for adults, in our office area. Parents & carers are welcome to come and help themselves to a book to enjoy and all we ask is when you’re finished, pop it back for someone else to enjoy.
Any book donations can be popped on the shelving unit in the office area. Thank you!
We started the term with a forest school session with @Littlefoothq. We practised our rope skills and worked collaboratively to build homes and find food for our insects! We ended the session by taking part in some colourful leaf printing! #RPEnrichment
The weather is looking better for our @OPAL_CIC parent play day this Thursday afternoon. If you’re free, why not come and play with your child/ren? Sign up here if you would like to join us for some outdoor fun: https://t.co/6yb7zT52bM
Our final clubs of the school year go live at 9ma tomorrow. Head to Parent Booking to book your child on. Thanks to our incredible team who devote their time to putting on clubs. Without them, we wouldn’t have been able to offer 58 clubs with 900+ places taken up!
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We had a fantastic afternoon for our @OPAL_CIC parent play afternoon! We enjoyed playing with all of our new resources with our grown ups! We can’t wait for the next one! #RPEnrichment
What a fantastic day! We headed down to West Kirby to have a go at some water sports. We practiced our teamwork during sailing and tested our balance skills whilst on a giant paddle board. We also enjoyed lunch and games on the beach. #RPEnrichment
Nursery had the best time at @FarmerTedsFarm. We visited lots of animals, stroked some guinea pigs, took part in some pony grooming, met lots of minibeasts and enjoyed a tractor ride to see some dinosaurs! We ended the day with a play in the play area! #RPEnrichment
Reception had the most amazing time at @FarmerTedsFarm today. We met lots of animals, brushed the ponies, stroked different mini beasts and reptiles. We loved the tractor ride searching for dinosaurs and visiting the gift shop and play area. #RPEnrichment
Thanks to everyone who attended our very special assembly. The children did us all proud & were superstars. Thanks for getting involved with our quiz fun and tie tying race. The children loved it and your Disney knowledge was surprisingly good! #RPAssembly
We had a wonderful forest school session that led to lots of forest stamps & badges! We worked on our knot tying before working collaboratively to collect leaves and create decorations from them…some of us even got the chance to cut wood with an axe and mallet! #RPEnrichment
Y2 had a fantastic forest school session that led to lots of badges! We worked on our fire lighting skills before working collaboratively to create a piece of artwork using natural materials. We also used potato peelers to develop our whittling skills. #RPEnrichment @Littfoothq
We had a wonderful day celebrating our special men in preparation for Father’s Day. We challenged you to a dance off and you did amazing! We hope you all have a great weekend and left our assembly feeling very loved.
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Check out our Careers Week plans with more visitors to be added… Aspirations Day will take place on Friday 28th June and children can come dressed as something they want to be or do when they are older. #RPPSHE #RPPERSONALDEVELOPMENT
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We loved celebrating all of our special men during our Father’s Day Celebration! We hope you had a lovely day, we love you all lots! We especially loved our dance off… #RPEnrichment
We have had a fantastic day at @Smithillsfarm today. Benji took us around and we were able to feed & meet the animals, watch the cows being milked, enjoy donkey rides & tractor rides to feed the animals! One of the children said “I’m having the best day ever!” #RPEnrichment
This week in Forest school we were building shelters and creating our own flag pole using natural resources. We worked on our map reading skills to determine distances between locations on a map. The children were so excited to receive their badges! #RPEnrichment
Our Summer Fair is back this Friday 1-4pm! Children can wear their own clothes to school. Purchase your tickets on Parent Pay and collect your wristbands from the office for priority access. Join us for fun in the sun…
School will finish at 12.45pm on the day so all children can attend with their families.
EYFS children should be collected from the Easton Road gate and KS1 & KS2 from their Western Avenue exits. All children and families should make their way around to Easton Rd for entry to the fair. All children are to be supervised by their adults.
Summer camp places can now be booked on Parent Pay. Sessions run from 9am – 3pm and cost just £12.50 per child, per day. Summer camp runs from Monday 22nd July – Friday 9th August. Children need to bring with them a coat, packed lunch, snack and water bottle.
Thank you to our amazing grown ups who joined us yesterday for ‘Reading is Fun’. It was lovely to invite you in to read with your child! #RPReading #RPEnrichment
Y2 have been looking forward to their end of year trip & it didn’t disappoint. We had lots of awesome fun @BubblesPlayNB & were then able to enjoy the fabulous weatheron New Brighton beach with a delicious ice cream #RPEnrichment #NewBrighton #RNLI
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Check out our latest plans for Careers Week taking place this week. YR – Y2 have author Lauren Mather visiting on Wednesday and she will be signing copies of her new book Paws & Claws for children which is available on Parent Pay for £3 for anyone wanting to purchase
We loved our visit from Glass Slipper Entertainment. We loved singing and dancing and learning all about being an entertainer! We especially loved meeting Belle #RPEnrichment #RPCareers
We had a fantastic start to careers week with a visit from Rebecca Horn who is an independent psychosocial specialist who shared her work that she did with UNICEF and talented musician Chris Ellis who shared his experience of breaking into the music industry #RPCareersWeek
We have loved the start of our careers week. We have discussed lots of different careers and can’t wait to meet our visitors. We have explored our provision, becoming doctors, nurses, builders, archaeologists, firefighters and even scientists! #RPEnrichment
We started the week with a fantastic visit from @thekdclub. We explored how to get into a career of fashion and then had a go at creating our own designs! #RPCareersweek #RPEnrichment
For #RPCareersWeek, we also had a visit from Merseyside Police! We experienced the motorbikes, tools, CSI investigations, fire arms and we even got to try on some uniform! #RPEnrichment
Our second visit was from @KrisZadziuk. He showed us the process of becoming and animations director and how a simple design is transformed into a game. #RPCareersweek #RPEnrichment
To start #RPCareersWeek, we had a visit from Rebecca Horn, a psychologist who has worked with UNICEF, and Chris Ellis who is a musician! We learned so much about their careers and skills specific to their jobs. #RPEnrichment
Today we enjoyed a fantastic visit from @MerseyPolice. We were able to take a seat on the motorbikes, have our fingerprints taken, did a role play with crowd support and explored some equipment used by fire arms teams. #RPCareersweek #RPEnrichment
For Day 2 of careers week, we were visited by different units of the @MerPolKnowsley who informed us of all they do for the community. We were also visited by @Knowsley_Leader who shared with the children the responsibilities he has as leader of the borough #RPCareersWeek
We had a visit from John who is a chef at @DavidLloydUK. He told us all about his career as a chef and what he enjoys cooking most! Nursery were very interested in finding out what the strangest thing John had cooked was… and also what ice cream he loves most! #RPCareers
Lastly we were joined by Gemma from @DavidLloydUK who is a personal trainer and children’s club entertainer. She told us all about the jobs she has at the gym and how she helps others. She taught us some exercises and stretches that we can do at home! #RPCareers #RPEnrichment
We then had a visit from Diane from Angels and Scallies @dically11. She told us all about her role in entertainment and hosting children’s parties! We then had a great time taking part in some dancing and party games! #RPCareers #RPEnrichment
We had a fantastic visit from @MerseyPolice @MerPolKnowsley They told us all about their jobs and let us sit on their motorbikes, in their van and have a look at some equipment! We definitely have some police officers in the making in Nursery! #RPCareers #RPEnrichment
Our final visit was from John, a chef at @DavidLloydUK. He told the children the best part of his job, the food he likes to cook and the strangest food he has eaten. Children loved sharing their ideas with John and the foods they enjoy. #RPEnrichment #RPCareers
We had a visit from Gemma today who is a personal trainer from @DavidLloydUK. She told us all about her role in the gym and the different jobs she does. Then she taught us some exercises and stretched that we can do to keep us fit and healthy. #RPEnrichment #RPCareers
We loved singing, dancing and enjoying games with Diane from Angels and Scallies @dically11. She explained why she got into entertainment and how she loves making people smile. We all had big smiles today #RPEnrichment #RPCareers
A great visit from @MerseyPolice @MerPolKnowsley. Children spoke to traffic officers about their job and they let us sit on their motorbikes. Then we got to sit in the back of a police van and learn about the items police officers use every day. #RPEnrichment #RPCareers
We started with a visit from Glass Slipper Entertainment. Children loved singing and dancing with Belle. She told us all about her career as an entertainer. #RPEnrichment #RPCareers
Today we had an amazing visit from @MerseyPolice @MerPolKnowsley.They taught us the skills behind CSI, how to become a motorbike officer, crowd control tactics, as well as letting us see the equipment fire arms officers use. #RPEnrichment #RPCareersweek
We had a fabulous visit from @thekdclub who allowed us to try out our designing skills using a range of materials! It was interesting to hear how Kirsty got into her career. #RPCareersweek #RPEnrichment
We had a fantastic session with the wonderful @KrisZadziuk, who discussed how his career as an animations director began. We loved hearing about projects he has worked on in the past and asking questions about future projects! #RPCareersweek #RPEnrichment
Today in #RPCareersWeek, we had an amazing talk from @Knowsley_Leader who explained his job as a councillor. We learned all about the important decisions made, relationships and skills needed for such an important job!
Y2 enjoyed visits from @MerPolKnowsley & @MerseyPolice. The officers told us about their jobs & we were lucky enough to sit on their bikes. We also got a closer look at some of their equipment & learnt more about fingerprints & the job scientific support has in policing
A huge thankyou to @MerPolKnowsley & @MerseyPolice who visited us for careers week this morning and told us all about their jobs and answered lots of questions for us! We were lucky enough to sit on their bikes, turn on the sirens and see what’s it’s like in the back of a van!
Today we had a great visit from @RobertsRecycle who discussed the importance of recycling clothes and reducing the impact of fast fashion. They explained how they are a family run business and how important it is to them all.
A big thankyou to @RobertsRecycle who paid us a little visit to tell us all about their company! We learnt all about their business and how it started, what they do day to day to support recycling and spoke about what the best thing about being a business owner is! #RPCareersWeek
Today we had a great visit from physiotherapist Ruth. We talked about the types of cases she has and how she helps people. We had a go at some of the exercises she recommends to her patients and looked at the internal workings of different joints in the body. #RPCareersweek
Todays our careers week visitors were @RobertsRecycle. They shared with us why it’s important to recycle and how we can all be more sustainable #RPCareersWeek
We started the day with a visit from @LFCFoundation. We discussed the number of careers linked to football as well as how STEM can lead us into different jobs. We created mini rockets to practice our engineering skills.
We LOVED our visit from @MerPolMounted today for careers week! We learnt that you don’t already have to be a rider to become mounted police, how to become a mounted officer, how valuable horses are to the police force and what the best part of the officers job is! #RPCareersWeek
Today was our last forest school session with @Littfoothq. A huge congratulations to everyone for collecting so many pin badges #RPEnrichment
Today we had a great session in forest school whereby we explored den building, leaf identification and practiced team building skills.
Our first visitor was the author and illustrator Lauren Mather. She read her book Paws and Claws to us. She really inspired us to be authors and illustrators #RPEnrichment #RPCareers
We had a fantastic visit from @MerPolMounted who told us all about their role in the police! We loved learning all about the importance of police horses and how they become police horses! We found out that they have to be very very tall, a lot taller than us! #RPCareers
Y2 loved meeting @MerPolMounted. The children had many great questions & we learnt how vets use teeth to find out the age of the horses. One child said, “I’d like to be a mounted police officer because they use horses to keep people safe & that must be rewarding.” #RPCareers
We loved our visit from @MerPolMounted today. Children had so many great questions! They told us how long it takes to train the horses, what jobs they do and what their uniform is called. #RPCareers #RPEnrichment
Today we had a great visit from physiotherapist Ruth. She told us what a physiotherapist is and what they do to help people. We really enjoyed looking at the model joints & practising some stretches that she uses to help improve peoples posture#RPCareersweek
Y2 enjoyed meeting author and illustrator Lauren Mather who read her book Paws and Claws. The children loved asking her questions and got a better understanding of the process involved in writing and illustrating a book. #RPReading #RPCareersWeek
Thanks John & Paul from @RobertsRecycle who told us about their jobs. We learnt about the importance of recycling old clothes and they showed us how their company does this. One child said, “I’d like to do this job because you can make the better by recycling.”#RPCareersWeek
We had a lovely visit today from author and illustrator Lauren Mather who read her book Paws and Claws to us. We enjoyed asking questions about writing a book and each got our own signed copy too! #RPCareersWeek #RPReading
Y2 enjoyed an inspiring visit from @drrachelbroady who shared her knowledge & experience of Journalism. One child said, “Journalism sounds like a fun job & I like the way even though Rachel was told she couldn’t be a journalist she went out & proved them wrong.” #RPCareersWeek
Today we have had a visit from the lovely Rachel, who is a journalist. She discussed her personal journey towards her career, along with the positives and negatives of the job. We loved asking her questions about who she has interviewed!
We had a lovely visit from Jamie who is a nuclear safety inspector. He taught us about the chemicals used, essential protective gear and even bought some items for us to have a look at!
Today we had a fantastic visit from Dr Culshaw @The_ONR who is a Nuclear Safety Inspector. He brought along a decommissioned graphite core sample, which we all had the opportunity to look at and he told us all about the types nuclear fusion we use in the UK #RPCareersweek
To end careers week we dressed up as what we would like to be when we grow up! We had lots of great aspirations including a surgeon, boxer, magician, train driver, hairdresser, footballers and even some princesses! #RPCareers #RPEnrichment
Y2 hand a fantastic visit from performance poet @CurtisWatt who got us all engaged with his djembe drum. He encouraged us to think about & write down the things we would need to do to achieve our dream jobs. Focus & practise were 2 of our key words. #RPCareersWeek
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To end careers week, we all came to school dressed as what we aspire to be when we are older. From doctors to policemen, soldiers to vets, footballers, princesses and zoo keepers – I am so excited to see what the future has in store for you all! #RPEnrichment #RPcareersweek
We had a fantastic visit from @CurtisWatt who is a performance poet. He told us about the journey he has been on to get to where is he now and got us all engaged with his djembe drum that we couldn’t resist dancing to!Resilience and working hard were our key words! #RPCareersWeek
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Today we had a fabulous time at @BeWILDerwoodCHR! We went down steep slides, escaped multiple mazes and had a great day of play! #RPEnrichment
Today we had a fantastic trip to @BeWILDerwoodCHR. The children had lots of fun exploring and using all of the equipment #RPEnrichment
We had such a great day at Laurel’s Wood today. We climbed trees, worked collaboratively and showed resilience while using a saw to cut bamboo to make necklaces, made a fire, toasted marshmallows & even had a go on the rope swing! #RPEnrichment
Thank you to our grown ups who joined us last week and this week for ‘Reading is Fun’. We love sharing exciting stories with you and growing our passion for reading! #RPReading #readingforpleasure
We had a fantastic last session of the year with @Littlefoothq. We collaboratively built shelters for our snakes, practised our rope skills, created a huge potion of beautiful flowers, and ended the session enjoying some popcorn together! We love Forest School! #RPEnrichment
Another fantastic @OPAL_CIC afternoon with our grown ups! We love inviting you in to play with us and share all of our amazing resources! #RPEnrichment
We had a fantastic Olympic Day in Year 4We learnt all about the history of the Olympics and as our country was Brazil we learnt the samba #RPEnrichment #RPPE
Y2 enjoyed an Olympic workshop with @educationgroup. We focused on Egypt & the children loved developing their rhythm to Egyptian Baladi. We also looked at some inspiring athletes
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We had an amazing Olympic dance session with @educationgroup. We focused on the country of India and came to school wearing their national colours. We loved practicing our performance! #RPEnrichment #olympics
We had a lovely session of forest school with @littlefoothq. We worked on our team building skills, practiced fire lighting and made natural art! #RPForestschool #RPEnrichment
We had a fantastic session with @educationgroup to get us ready for the @Olympics! Our class country was Mexico and we enjoyed taking part in an opening ceremony, as well as learning a traditional Mexican dance! #RPEnrichment
Today we looked at the book ‘This is Our House’ by Michael Rosen. We then created posters letting people know that everyone is welcome at Roby Park!
Well done House of the Year – Slytherin! We hope you enjoyed your ice creams
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Have the most wonderful Summer and we look forward to seeing you all in September!
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We had a great final session with @Littlefoothq this afternoon. We reflected on our favourite forest school sessions and enjoyed some toasted marshmallows. Children are looking forward to sessions in year 1! #RPEnrichment
Reception loved their Olympic dance workshop with @educationgroup we did some traditional English dancing and worked together with our friends. #RPEnrichment #Olympic2024
We had a brilliant Olympic dance workshop with @educationgroup. We focused on Spain and came to school wearing Spanish colours before learning some Spanish style dancing! #RPEnrichment #Olympics
Today we had our celebratory forest school session when we were awarded our certificates for our fantastic achievements this past year as well as celebration marshmallows on the fire!
We had a fantastic final forest school session with @Littlefoothq. Congratulations to all the children who achieved there certificates #RPEnrichment
Our last OPAL newsletter of the academic year is available now! So many exciting new plans that will be taking place over the coming months! We can’t wait for our children’s reactions….@OPAL_CIC
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This Tuesday, we look forward to welcoming @RockKidzUK back to Roby Park! Children can come to school dressed as Rock Stars! See the letter attached for more details from Rock Kidz
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Our extra-curricular clubs go live tomorrow at 8am on Parent Booking. Clubs run from 3-4pm and children should be collected via the Easton Road gate. Please make sure they have trainers with them in a bag, if needed. There will be no clubs on: 12.9.24, 2.10.24, 9.10.24
We’re so excited to be a part of @YVconcerts performing at Manchester’s Co-op Arena in February 2025. If your child is in Y3-6 and would like to participate, check out the letter below.
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Please can all of our parents & carers complete this quick survey to share your opinions on play at Roby Park. The class with the most responses will win an extra OPAL afternoon with ice creams next week! Click on the link:
Our new digging area and mud kitchen area is proving a popular space to play. Thank you to @Littlefoothq for sorting us out! @OPAL_CIC
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We can’t wait to see all of our rock stars today! Children will enjoy a powerful message from @RockKidzUK about perseverance, aspirations and reaching for their goals.
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We had such a fun time with @RockKidzUK today! We rocked out, danced, sang and most importantly promised to persevere to achieve our goals! #RPEnrichment
Year 5 had a great day with @RockKidzUK today. We rocked, sang, danced and learnt about the importance of never giving up!! #RPEnrichment #RPPSHE
Year 4 had a fantastic session with @RockKidzUK. We dressed as rock stars, head banged and learnt all about having a positive mindset! #RPEnrichment #RPPSHE
Today we came to dressed as rock stars for our session with @RockKidzUK. We had so much fun rocking out, dancing, singing but most importantly learning about perseverance to achieve our goals #RPEnrichment
We’re looking forward to welcoming parents & carers to our @JuniorDukeAward workshops. All workshops start at 9am and parents/carers will be working alongside their child to decide what challenges they will complete over the next academic year.
What a first forest school session! We kept warm in an emergency shelter, practised our fire lighting, worked collaboratively to made bug houses and used ropes to make various shapes – all activities towards stamps on our forest school skills! #RPEnrichment
This week, we had a fantastic session with @RockKidzUK. They taught us about having resilience and determination, whilst dancing and singing along to their catchy songs! #RPEnrichment
We’re looking forward to you all attending our @OPAL_CIC play afternoon 1.30-3pm today. Come and discover what play looks like at Roby Park and if you’ve been to any of OPAL play afternoons before come and explore our new additions and have fun in the sun with your child/ren.
We’ve had the best OPAL afternoon with parents – engaging in play with children across our school from nursery to year 6 and being able to show our adults all of the exciting things that we can get up to during our break and lunch times!
Thank you to all our parents who came to our @JuniorDukeAward Workshop yesterday! It was lovely to see you and see the children so enthusiastic about the different challenges. I can’t wait to see how you all get on! #RPEnrichment
Thank you to all our parents and carers who attended our first @JuniorDukeAward workshop! We look forward to seeing the children complete as many challenges as they can #RPEnrichment
Y2 had a fantastic forest school session with @Littlefoothq. We used our problem solving skills to construct teepees; worked cooperatively to create shelters; and considered how Autumn can be useful when preparing for fire striking.
#RPForesstschool #outdoorlearning
A huge thankyou to all of our KS1 parents who came to our @JuniorDukeAward workshop this week. It was lovely to see all the children so enthusiastic about choosing their challenges and we cannot wait to see how you all get on!
We have had an amazing first Forest School session of Y3 with @Littlefoothq today! We created tripods, found some natural colour matches, practised our knot tying and created shelter. We even had a practice on the fire starting too! #RPEnrichment #RPForestSchool
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Reception had a great day yesterday during our @OPAL_CIC afternoon! We loved inviting our parents in to enjoy our amazing outdoor area and resources! #RPEnrichment
Our @OPAL_CIC play day was a great success! Thank you to all parents and carers who attended. The children had a fantastic time exploring the areas around our playground! #RPEnrichment
Thank you to all our parents and carers who were able to attend our @JuniorDukeAward meeting! It was lovely to be able to discuss which activities the children would like to complete over the year. #RPEnrichment
In our Digital Leaders club, we had great fun with our
indi robot cars! We created loops and tracks for our robots to follow. #RPComputing
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Our golden broom award went to a child in year 1 this week who has displayed fantastic team work at tidying up time! He has been making an effort to help tidy all areas, even ones he hasn’t been playing in! Well done!
To celebrate European Day of Languages, not only did we complete our @LanguageAngels_ unit and sing Language Angels songs, we also completed a self-portrait in the style of Picasso! #RPSpanish
Nursery have had an amazing day celebrating European Language Day. We painted and coloured in the Spanish flag, we have watched Spanish dancing and sang head, shoulders, knees and toes in Spanish! We even learnt how to say a few Spanish words!
For European Day of Languages today, we had a day filled with Spanish activities and a Spanish themed lunch too! We sang songs, played interactive games and even created our own self portrait in the style of Spanish artist Picasso!
European Day of Languages was a real success. We took part in lots of Spanish activities and even had a Spanish themed lunch! We sang songs, played interactive games and learnt the Spanish words for our favourite animals
To celebrate European Day of Languages we completed our @LanguageAngels_Me Presento unit.
Then we looked over the map of Spain and created our own maps. We also used our grid reference skills to locate Spanish landmarks #RPMFL #RPGeography
Reception have loved celebrating European Day of Languages We dressed in red and yellow, coloured in Spanish flags, learnt to count to 5 in Spanish and even enjoyed a Spanish themed lunch!
Yesterday we enjoyed European Day of Languages! We continued our learning about pets and then we had a go at drawing and designing our very own Flamenco dresses.
Today we had our very first forest school session with @Littlefoothq. We built some tripods and dens, practised starting fires, tied a clove hitch knot and survived in a survival tent. Everyone had a great time!! #RPEnrichment
As part of #EuropeanDayOfLanguages we practiced our Spanish skills with some speaking and listening activities! The children have since moved on to writing their own emails about their favourite school subjects! #RPSpanish @LanguageAngels_
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In forest school we completed lots of activities towards stamps on our forest skills card! We made rope shapes, practised knots, made prints of natural objects and even made our own magic wands! We supported our friends and worked fantastically together!
Today we had our second session of
Forest School. We tied reef knots, gathered sticks of a specific length, practiced our fire lighting skill and created leaf prints with crayons. #RPForestSchool #RPEnrichment
Today we wore yellow to raise funds for
as part of
and we really enjoyed doodling some of the things that make us happy #WorldMentalHealthDay #HelloYellow24 #RPWellbeing
We had a great time doodling for World Mental Health Day! #HelloYellow24 #RPWellbeing #WorldMentalHealthDay
Get involved in Recycle Week this week! You can help us by donating unwanted clothes to school as well as old tech lying around your house. Check out the presentation for more info…
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We are excited to be hosting an inspirational workshop with European Champion Boxer, Chloe Watson. Chloe needs your help to raise funds for vital training, medical and competition costs. This money raised will also help our school and we will be using monies raised to put towards OPAL.
Sponsor forms need to be returned by this Wednesday along with sponsor money or alternatively you can add your sponsor money to our crowd funder page. Copy and paste this link in to your web browser: crowdfunder.co.uk/p/robypark Once you have donated, you have the option to add a message – please add your child’s name here so we know who the sponsors are connected to.
Children will enjoy a number of sponsored activities that they will complete alongside Chloe and they will get to hear all about her inspirational career. More information to follow next week.
There are rewards for sponsor money raised:
All children to wear their school P.E. kits on Friday to complete the sponsored circuit challenge
We are excited for our first @JuniorDukeAward meeting this Monday. We look forward to children sharing their challenges and reflections
We really enjoyed our athlete visit this morning from @ChloeWatson111. We enjoyed learning all about her career and then joining in with a fitness circuit.
Reception loved our visit from @ChloeWatson111. We took part in fitness circuits and developed our ways of exercising! Thank you for our session, you are such an inspiration!
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Reception had a fantastic balance bike session thanks to @ProRideCoaching
We learnt how to navigate around a course and developed our skills to ride over ramps! Well done, Reception! #RPEnrichment
On Monday, Nursery had so much fun on the balance bikes. We showed confidence when riding and remembered to follow all the rules to keep safe! #RPEnrichment
Big thanks to @ChloeWatson111 for visiting @RobyParkSchool today. She told us all about her career, her approach to training & how she aims to be a world champion in the future. it was very inspiring and we loved the circuits she led #RPEnrichment #RPPE
We had a fabulous time today with
leading our circuits and telling us all about her career, training and how she strives to continue her journey as a professional boxer! Such an inspiration! #RPEnrichment
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We had a fantastic visit from the exceptional boxer @ChloeWatson111. She shared with us the story of her career so far and the benefits of physical exercise. Chole then put us through our paces to complete a fitness circuit
Thank you to the National Justice Museum for putting on a fantastic courtroom workshop on cyber bullying. The children had the opportunity to talk to real life judges, take on different roles within a courtroom and complete a mock trial #RPEnrichment
We had a fantastic forest school session with @Littlefoothq
We worked collaboratively to put up our own shelter, created a natural paint brush and attempted to get our first fire lighting badge #RPForestSchool #RPEnrichment
We had a great forest school session this afternoon with @Littlefoothq. The children made tents, practised knot tying and fire lighting and collected leaves and made their own identification keys. #RPEnrichment
Tomorrow, we will be holding our Halloween discos. We will end the day, with our fabulous Halloween discos with Nursery and Reception enjoying their party from 2.00-3.00pm during the school day. Y1 & Y2 will have their disco at 3-4pm with Y3 – Y6 having their disco 4.15 – 5.15pm. All children can come to school in their Halloween costumes however these must be age appropriate. Frightening and gory costumes, masks and weapons are not allowed. If children do not want to dress up, they can come to school in party clothes or whatever they are most comfortable in. Nursery children who do not attend school in the afternoons but wish to come to the disco, are welcome to return to school at 2pm. The cost of the disco for Nursery – Y2 children is £3.00 and includes a small packet of sweets, crisps and a drink. The cost of the disco for Y3 – Y6 is £3.00 and children get a chip cone and they can bring extra money to buy sweets, drinks and crisps. There is also limited glow items. The disco must be paid for on Parent Pay by 3.00pm tomorrow. Tickets are live on Parent Pay now. All children in Nursery – Y2 should be picked up from their classroom door at the end of their discos. KS2 children should be collected from the main playground by an adult at 5.15pm. KS2 children must be brought to school for the disco by an adult and the adult must wait for children to have gone through the double red doors before leaving then collecting them at 5.15pm. Staff are not responsible for children until they are in the disco.
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Reception had a great time at the Halloween disco! We dressed up, danced, sang and took part in some party games with our friends! #RPEnrichment
Our Autumn term 2 clubs are now live on Parent Booking. Book your spaces now. As always, clubs start the second week back starting Monday 11th November. There will be no Y3/4 Christmas Craft Club or Y6 Booster Club on Thursday 14th November due to Autumn Progress Meetings.
Wow our fruit has gone down a storm this morning! Children particularly enjoyed the watermelon, pineapple and strawberries they could help themselves to Thank you to @Tesco stronger starts and thank you to @GreggsOfficial for the fridge to store our fruit and veg
We still have some spaces available on our extra-curricular clubs for this half term. Head to Parent Booking to secure your child’s place. Bookings close on Monday 11th November
Our annual Christmas Family Dining events are back!
Head to Parent Booking to reserve the total number of seats you need for your family party including all adults (maximum of 2) and all children: parents-booking.co.uk/ROBYPARKPRIMAR
Then please head to Parent Pay to make payment for your adult meals. Only when seats are booked and paid for is your booking secured. DEADLINE: FRIDAY 29TH NOVEMBER @ 9AM
Nursery had an amazing time at forest school. We searched for bugs and we made faces using natural materials. We also used rope to make shapes and even got to see how to start fire!
Reception loved their first forest school session with @Littfoothq. First they went on a bug hunt and worked collaboratively to build bug shelters! They then practised their rope skills and balance skills. They ended the session with a tasty marshmallow! #RPEnrichment
We all enjoyed the film and popcorn as a reward on the last day before half term!
Today is @OutdoorClassDay so come and mark the occasion with our @OPAL_CIC parent play afternoon from 1.30-3pm. Wrap up warm and come and enjoy what Roby Park has to offer.
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We had a fantastic @OPAL_CIC stay and play afternoon today! It was a great way to share with our school community all we have implemented to improve play at Roby Park and the children had a wonderful time #RPEnrichment
There was no better way to mark @OutdoorClassUKI than to have one of our half termly parent @OPAL_CIC play afternoons! What a fantastic time everyone had!
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We loved welcoming our grown ups back into school for our @OPAL_CIC afternoon! It is amazing to see such happy faces #RPEnrichment
In forest school today, we explored the area & observed the seasonal changes. We also worked collaboratively to complete team challenges which helped develop our communication & teamwork skills. #RPForestSchool
We celebrated @OutdoorClassDay with a fantastic @OPAL_CIC stay and play afternoon. Children & adults made the most of the play opportunities & had fun. The hay bales, loose parts, construction, den building & climbing frame were all very busy areas #RPEnrichment #RPPlay
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Nursery have been so busy during half term! We worked on our speaking and listening skills by telling our friends what we have been up to. Lots of us went trick or treating for Halloween, some of us went to the park, the shops and even the beach.
To celebrate @OutdoorClassDay we had a fantastic afternoon of @OPAL_CIC stay and play. Children & adults made the most of the play opportunities & had fun. The hay bales, loose parts, construction, den building & the swings were all very busy areas #RPEnrichment #RPPlay
This week we had our first film club afterschool club. Nursery and Reception loved getting cosy with their friends to watch Minions!
The best sort of day, is a pj day. £1 donations can be handed in on the doors or to class teachers. Thank you
We had an amazing @Littlefoothq Forest School session this morning. We created shelters, made art with leaves and practiced our knot tying skills. #RPForestSchool
Nursery and Reception enjoyed their very first scooter club! We have shown great listening skills by making sure we stayed on the track.
Our golden wellie award went to a child in year 2 this week who has been a kind friend and gone out of her way to make sure people aren’t left out at playtimes. Well done!
Congratulations to one of our pupils in Nursery for completing her Nano Duke Award. She has completed all seven of the challenges meaning she has received a certificate and a badge!
Congratulation to our first @JuniorDukeAward winners. Alice in YN is our first Nano Duke winner and Alex YR & Dolly YR are our first Mirco Duke winners. Well done on your accomplishments as well as earning 100 Class Chart points for your Houses
Congratulations to our odd socks competition winners who were photographed in the strangest of places or the most peculiar of ways. We hope you enjoy your @SmythsToysUK vouchers! #chooserespect
We had a brilliant workshop with Toys in Schools today! We began looking at different kinds of toys that were all made from wood before becoming toy makers! We drilled, hammered, decorated and added wheels & legs to create our very own wooden toys! Well done year 1#RPEnrichment
We had a fantastic Romans workshop with @HistoricWksps. We began by learning different battle formations and tactics, then we became archaeologists and explored different artefacts , finally we looked at a Romans marching pack and played Roman board games #RPHistory
In History this week, we have been learning all about the Stone Age and Bronze Age. We were able to analyse different artefacts and consider what they were before making a poster inspired by cave paintings all about the Stone Age. #RPHistory
We had a fantastic workshop with @HistoricWksps where we uncovered the truths about the Viking lifestyle! We enjoyed battling with spears and shields, playing traditional Viking board games and looking at artefacts. #RPEnrichment #RPHistory
We had a great forest school session with @Littlefoothq. Lots of us earned a knot tying badge and a navigation badge for their map reading skills. #RPEnrichment
We enjoyed our Anglo-Saxon workshop with @HistoricWksps. We learnt about battle tactics, got to handle lots of artefacts and then played some board games. #RPHistory #RPEnrichment
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Thank you to all of our grown ups for joining us for our night walk! Reception had a fantastic time spotting lots of stars and different lights in the sky. We especially loved ending our night with a lovely warm hot chocolate!
We had a brilliant forest school session with @Littlefoothq. We earned more stamps by practicing our knot tying, collected birch bark and sticks to build our own fires and got to grips with understanding our surroundings without technology! #RPEnrichment #RPForestschool
We have had a fantastic Stone Age workshop today with @HistoricWksps! We observed different artefacts including animal skins, sketched some different bones, made our own cave paintings and even made some arrows! All of Year 3 had a fantastic day! #RPHistory
To end our fantastic day we did some archery! We hunted wild animals just like hunter gatherers and lots of us would be having deer and badger for dinner… some maybe even deli bar! #RPHistory
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Great to see the children making the most of what the cold weather had to offer them at playtime. Thanks to parents & carers supporting our all weather approach to play by ensuring children were ready for the weather. A lot of fun was had by all.
KS2 craft club has seen us make exciting festive creations. Last week we created stain glass Christmas cards and this week we built upon those skills making stain glass lanterns. Next week we look forward to making a Christmas wreath each
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Nursery and Reception have been learning how to weave through cones this week. It was very tricky! We all had so much fun and can’t wait for next week .
Nursery has a brilliant forest school session with @Littlefoothq. We had to look for 30 dinosaurs around forest school, once we found them we made them a house using rocks. Nursery had the most fun playing tag! #RPEnrichment #RPForestschool
Reception had a great forest school session with @Littlefoothq. First we had to carefully make our way to camp without being spotted, using trees as cover! We then played a game of attackers and defenders, aiming to keep our camp safe! The children were great! #RPEnrichment
Children have until Monday 16th December to take on some of their @JuniorDukeAward challenges and update their journals, ahead of their class Duke Meeting.
Please add photos/evidence of challenges and complete reflections.
All children must bring their journals in to school on Monday 16th December please.
Children will get their challenges signed off by their Duke Leaders and earn 10 points per challenge plus an additional 100 points when they have completed all 7 challenges. That is an incredible 170 points in total for them and their team!
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Check out our latest @OPAL_CIC newsletter with exciting information about additional morning play
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This afternoon we had a session with @SRTRC_England about racism, what this looks like and what it feels like. We learned lots and had some great discussions too.
We had a fantastic session with @SRTRC_England. We learnt more about racism and discussed the effects this would have on people. We then worked collaboratively to create a poster to spread our anti-racism message #RPPSHE #RPEnrichment
We’ve had such a brilliant day at @TheatreRoyalStH watching Snow White! We laughed, sang, danced and enjoyed every second! Thankyou for having us! #RPEnrichment
Today we had so much fun visiting @TheatreRoyalStH to watch Snow White! We all had a great time, thank you @RobyParkSchool!
Reception had a fantastic time at @TheatreRoyalStH watching Snow White! #RPEnrichment
What a fantastic performance from the whole cast of Snow White
We laughed, sang, danced & enjoyed every second! Thankyou for having us!
What a fantastic start to our Christmas Family Dining Week Thank you to Georgios and our kitchen team as well as our special guests from AC Mascots
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We can not wait for our Winter Wonderland event tomorrow! Check Class Charts for all the information needed for tomorrow.
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We hope you all had a wonderful time of family, festive fun at our Winter Wonderland event.
Thank you to:
In forest school @Littlfoothq helped us to complete our @JuniorDukeAward safety challenge by showing us the key safety issues we need to be aware of when toasting marshmallows and when we are around fire We even had time for a sing song around the fire.
We had a brilliant time in forest school this week! We collected natural objects from around the field and used these to make broom sticks that we had lots of fun with, we practiced our fire lighting and ended with marshmallows on the fire we built!
We really enjoyed inviting our families in this week to join us for Christmas dinner and were very lucky to have surprise visits from Bluey and Stitch too! #RPEnrichment
We can not wait to have Mrs Clause join us tomorrow morning for songs around the Christmas tree, a story and letter writing to Father Christmas. If you have a child in YN-Y2 and you would like your child to join in, please book them in on Parent Pay.
A huge well done to all of our Reception and Nursery children for their fantastic Nativity performances today! You have practised and practised, learning all of your lines and songs. We are beyond proud of you all! You are little superstars
Due to illness, we postponed yesterday’s @JuniorDukeAward meeting until Thursday. If your child has not returned their journal, please do so by Thursday morning at the latest.
We have taken the decision to present all children with their certificates and badge upon completion of challenges in our celebration assemblies and all children awarded with their Junior Duke badge will be invited to our prestigious garden party in the Summer term!
If you have misplaced your child’s journal, please replace it by ordering from the shop on the Junior Duke webpage: https://t.co/SdIyKp8yDn
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Nursery absolutely loved their visit from Mrs Claus today! We all drew a picture of what we would like for Christmas and we listened to a story about Luca and Ella. We also enjoyed lots of singing and dancing!
Introducing the stars of the KS1 Nativity – The King is Born
Years 1 and 2 put on a fantastic Christmas performance that they worked incredibly preparing for! You were all superstars and we are beyond proud of you all!
Wow! What a fantastic Christmas party! We loved singing and dancing with our friends and had an amazing party to end the term! Merry Christmas everyone! #RPEnrichment
WOW! Well done to KS2 today for their fantastic Christmas Concert singing some Christmas Classics! You have all worked so hard and had a fantastic morning and afternoon performance! #RPEnrichment
It’s Christmassss! Today we enjoyed our party. Wishing all of our families a lovely Christmas and New year!
Merry Christmas! Nursery loved the Christmas disco, we enjoyed dancing and playing games with all our friends!! #RPEnrichment
What an amazing first day of term! Nursery had a wonderful time outside today exploring the snow. We all put our wellies on and wrapped up warm to enjoy some time on the field
We have a few remaining places on some of our extra-curricular clubs for this half term. All clubs start as of Monday 13th January. Sign up on Parent Booking.
The incredible Happy’s Circus 600 seater big top is coming back to Roby Park for the second year, on Wednesday 21st May.
It was an amazing event that we are thrilled to be able to offer again to our school community with a new show!
We are offering 300 early bird ticktes for half price at just £4 each! You can buy a maximum of 10 tickets for friends and family. Once they are gone, they are gone.
Tickets available now on Parent Pay.
Forest school was a chilly one today! We started off outside using natural resources to make bug hotels before heading inside to practice our knots, make different shapes with ropes & also try to identify landmarks on maps of Liverpool towards our forest stamps!
It has been lovely to see all the incredible work and effort year 1 have been putting into their Junior Duke challenges! A masssive well done to our first two superstars to complete their Silver Mini Duke award!
Y2 loved their forest school session with @Littfoothq today. We started off outside where the children used the sun to find the 4 main compass points. We also worked collaboratively to build small shelters using natural materials. We then went inside to work on knot tying skills.
Early bird tickets are now sold out! Watch this space for full price tickets going on sale in February.
Remaining tickets for Happy’s Circus are now available on Parent Pay until they sell out. All 600 tickets sold out rapidly last time so be sure to secure your tickets! Gates open at 4.30pm with food and drinks vendors as well as face painting.
Y5 Parents & Carers – Our parent/carer meeting to discuss the Y6 London residential is organised for 9am on Thursday 30th January. We will be discussing itinerary, costs and payment plans. We hope to see you there.
We enjoyed our Forest school session with @Littlefoothq. The children built miniature dens and practised fire lighting. Several children managed to achieve a stamp on their charts – well done!! #RPEnrichment
On Friday we had our first EYFS Craft Club! We worked very hard to design and create superhero masks! #RPEnrichment
Year 1 won the attendance recognition prize and so were able to role the dice on our Classopoly board. We were really lucky to win a prize of our choice and as a class we decided on a movie and popcorn!
This week we have created our very own Supertatos! Well done everyone!
Today in Forest School, we used our map reading skills to find different landmarks and places. We also perfected our knot-tying abilities and some of us completed our badges too! #RPForestSchool
In our forest school session today with @Littlefoothq we developed our map reading skills and created our own map of the school grounds. We then practiced tying a range of different knots #RPForestSchool #RPEnrichment
For our attendance prize, we won a STEM day! We had a fantastic time exploring different scenes on the VR headsets, creating tracks for Indy spheros and using IPads to create code in scratch.
During Forest school, the children completed a range of tasks such as, building and lighting a log cabin fire, pacing out 100m with accuracy and building a free standing flag pole! #RPForestschool
Members of @Year5RobyPark have been lucky enough to work with local artist @ChrisConlinArt on their mixed media self portrait
Reading is Fun! Thank you to all the parents and carers that came into read with us this morning, we can wait for next Thursday! #RPEnrichment
A huge well done to a member of our Reception class for completing their Micro Duke award! You have worked very hard!
Y2 loved their forest school session with @Littfoothq today. We learnt the importance of shelters and worked as a team to use a storm shelter. We practiced our knot tying skills and collected birch bark which works very well when starting a fire #forestschool
Our next @JuniorDukeAward meeting is on Monday 10th February. We look forward to signing children’s challenges off which are complete with photos/evidence and written reflections
Children who complete 7/10 challenges will be awarded their certificate and badge in our weekly celebration assemblies and their family will be added to the guestlist for our @JuniorDukeAward Summer Festival!
Will you be partying with us?
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Year 4 was fortunate enough to land on a S.T.E.M day on our classopoly board as part of @IncAttendance this gave the opportunity to use our @ClassVR to visit a range of different mountains and volcanoes and much more
Today we focused on #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek. We tried something new which was copying dance patterns and then we discussed the similarities and differences between us. We also spent some time outside to take notice of our surroundings!
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For #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek Nursery spent some time outside to take notice of the surroundings, we also gave kind words to our friends during our circle time!
Tomorrow is @NSPCC Number Day. Children can come to school wearing clothes with numbers or patterns on and they will enjoy a range of Maths activities throughout the day. We will be collecting £1 donations for this wonderful charity who supports vulnerable children across the UK.
summer festival. Will you be joining the 35 children so far? Don’t forget to complete journals over the weekend with written reflections and photo evidence of challenge completions and bring to school on Monday.
, we created shelters to protect ourselves from the harsh weather. We also played a stealth game of disguise! #RPForestSchool
Kirkby to 30 to help create a more relaxed and manageable space for everyone, giving all children access to a fun, safe, and comfortable environment.
meeting and five more of us have completed our Silver Mini Junior Dukes! It has been so lovely to see all the amazing things that you have been up to and the hard work you have put into your challenges! #RPEnrichment
meetings and 5 of us completed our 7 challenges to earn our badge! There are so many skills being learned across Year 3 including cooking, being independent and learning life saving skills. #RPEnrichment
meeting. The children showcased the brilliant tasks they have completed and had them signed off by our leaders! Well done to all who are working their way through the journals towards their platinum award #RPEnrichment
meeting and 3 more of our class completed 7 challenges to earn their badge! There are so many skills being learned across Year 4 including cooking, time management and first aid #RPEnrichment
We are offering an exciting opportunity for children in YR-Y3 to participate in this exciting programme for children to learn to ride their bike without stabilisers. If you would like to participate in this programme with your child on Wednesday 26th February, please click on the link, read all of the information and sign up! Places are limited.
Children can come to school dressed in their own clothes ahead of their Valentine’s discos.
Disco tickets can be purchased on Parent Pay.
Please see the letter sent on Class Charts and on the website for all of the details.
. We developed our teamwork skills and practised a variety of different knots including a clove hitch and an overhang knot. We finished off with our favourite activity – fire lighting! #RPEnrichment
meeting. Y2 loved sharing their challenges for their gold Mini Junior Duke Award. It has been great to see all the amazing things that you have been up to and the hard work you have put into your challenges! #RPEnrichment
without a visit from a GIANT love heart who gave us lots of Valentines treats! #RPEnrichment
🏈🎾🏀Spring term 2 extra-curricular clubs go live on Friday at 9am so be quick to book your places.
🏏🧑🌾Booking for clubs closes on Friday 2th February at 9am.
Clubs begin the week of Monday 3rd March and will take place weekly until the last week of term.
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We are super proud of our
choir who are performing at Manchester’s Co-op Live Arena tonight
book fair in the hall after school each day this week. Books can be purchased with card (please have your card with you) or cash.
. We spent the day with Henry VIII who taught us about kings and queens of the past, we did some dancing and archery and even made our own minted coins and medals out of clay! #RPHistory #RPEnrichment
. We made houses for our bugs out of natural materials. Then we got to sit in hammocks. We relaxed with our friends listening to environmental sounds! #RPEnrichment #RPForestschool
. Henry VIII came to visit & taught us about the history of the British Monarchy. We took part in some Tudor dancing, archery we made our own minted coins & developed our understanding of chronology #RPHistory #RPEnrichment
This week, some of our children participated in a programme to help them ride their bikes without stabilisers and it was a huge success! Our children showed great resilience and independence. Check out how well our children did during the morning session.
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on Monday at the Co-op Live Arena in Manchester. The children sang and danced joyfully. Their behaviour and conduct was impeccable and we are super proud of them. We look forward to participating again next year with our Ks2 choir.
They practised their rope skills and then created little homes for bugs to keep them safe from the sneaky eagle. They then spent some time relaxing in hammocks to end the session. #RPEnrichment
who came to read with us! We had a great time and can’t wait to read with them again! A big thank you to Mrs Tucker who read us a story and even let us role play the characters. #RPEnrichment
challenge too!
Thank you to the incredible Jo & Mike from
for building our new play equipment!
where we had a workshop on solids, liquid and gases. We explored circuits, air resistance, looked at objects under microscopes and used a green screen to make weather forecasts! #RPScience #RPEnrichment
museum #RPScience #BritishScienceWeek
today. We explored circuits, stop motion, air resistance and more. We even went up to the observation room to see panoramic views and had a workshop on solids, liquids and gases! #RPScience #RPEnrichment
We explored states of matter, immersed ourselves in team challenges and experimented with a range of Science related activities! #RPEnrichment
we had a workshop on solids, liquid and gases. We built bridges, investigated air resistance, looked at objects under microscopes & used a green screen to make weather forecasts! #RPScience #RPEnrichment
! We re-enacted a rescue scenario where the children had to go under a shelter, use ropes to create a helipad, tie knots, and start a fire . #RPEnrichment #RPForestSchool
We look forward to inviting parents & carers to another afternoon of OPAL play from 1.30pm tomorrow. Come and experience all that is on offer at Roby Park 🎾⚽️🥅🎧🤸
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have done it again! Thank you for creating this wonderful social space for us thanks to funding from
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Children will be able to enjoy this natural space for play and learning
afternoon where we could show our families exactly what play is like at Roby Park! #RPEnrichment
Check out the Spring edition of our
termly newsletter. Lots of new exciting plans to share with you all!
bingo donations off your hands! Thank you for rummaging around your houses and gardens for pre-loved items children can make use of during their play The classes who complete their bingo card win an afternoon of Opal play and ice creams!
playing lots of different teamwork games! #RPEnrichment
Today it was a real honour to welcome all the wonderful women who inspire and love our children into our school. To all the mums, step mums, carers, nans, sisters, aunties, family members and everyone else who love our children….thank you Happy Mother’s Day weekend
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The children loved studying the artefacts from the islands of Borneo and Sumatra even the smell from the vomit fruit put a smile on their faces!
where we were introduced to artefacts from the islands of Borneo and Sumatra. We loved exploring the skins, smells and skulls!
did a fantastic job singing and sharing sweet messages to their loved ones. #RPEnrichment
reps had a really tricky job picking winners
Thank you so much to Miss Emily and Mrs Tucker for running a fabulous whole school Easter egg hunt today. We hope your children enjoy their Easter eggs from us
We loved seeing such amazing animals! Our favourites were definitely the elephants, flamingos, jaguars and the sloth! #RPEnrichment
We had our final workshop with Jenny and were able to see all of the incredible animals that they have there too! What a way to end the term! #RPEnrichment
We had our final workshop with Leon
and loved making a nest like a hornbill. We loved exploring & seeing all of the incredible animals. What a way to end the term! #RPEnrichment
workshop before visiting the zoo. We went shopping with Leon, looking for products that are sustainable or had a Sustainable Palm Oil Certified logo. We are so excited to learn even more at
. We have learnt all about the dangers of palm oil to the habitats of orangutans in South East Asia if it is not planted sustainably. #RPEnrichment
in the sunshine! We took part in a brilliant workshop and explored all the different animals around the zoo! #RPEnrichment
keeper. She taught us all about sustainable palm oil and how we can do our bit to help keep the rainforests and save the animals. #RPEnrichment #RPGrowingupweek
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. Thank you to Leon and Jenny for delivering the
conservation programme to pupils in Y1-6 focusing on the palm oil challenge.
How amazing is this egg design – it is a perfect replica of our amazing
offer at Roby Park! Well done to Archie in Y1
. Nursery sang ‘Twinkle,Twinkle Little Star’ to the dragons. We also made the England flag, painted dragons and did some morris dancing! We also ate a yummy cake. #RPEnrichment
We really enjoyed our workshops with Jenny and
We learnt a lot about palm oil and the problems that are caused for our rainforests and animal populations when it is not grown sustainably. We know now what we need to look out for when we go shopping! #RPEnrichment
brought their friends Luna, Rodger & Baby Luna to school. The dragons helped us to generate ideas when we were writing a character description about our own dragon. One child said, “Luna helped to bring our learning to life it was so much fun.”
workshops. We saw the animals we spoke about with Leon, and visited many more too. We had so much fun! #RPEnrichment
and had a fantastic time getting to know the dragon Luna and playing games with her! #RPEnrichment
We explored the impact of unsustainable palm oil on orangutan habitats in South East Asia and learned how important sustainable choices are. #RPEnrichment
in the sunshine! We loved taking part in a fantastic workshop and discovering all the incredible animals around the zoo! #RPEnrichment
, who brought Luna the dragon with them. We also learnt the story of St George, wrote dragon poems and used our maths skills to solve a quest. #RPEnrichment
and Luna the dragon come to visit! We learnt the traditional tale of St George, created our very own drawings of a dragon and used the green screen in drama! #RPEnrichment
visit this week with their friends Roger, Luna and Baby Luna. We learnt all about their story and had to make predictions as to how it ended! One child said “I’m just having the best day ever!” #RPEnrichment #StGeorgesDay
who support lots of families within our community. Well done! #RPEnrichment
afternoon! We had great fun playing, climbing, building and jumping on the field. Thank you,
We had opportunities to practice our knot tying, meaning some of us earned our badges. We also looked at the tree types and gathered natural resources
The children showed fantastic teamwork building a helipad and exploring the outdoors. So much learning through nature resilience, curiosity, and joy in abundance! #RPEnrichment
charity who support a number of families within our community. Well done everyone #RPEnrichment
. We collected flowers and leaves to create pictures, then we used hammers to put a nail into a log. We finished the session making shapes with rope.
morning in the sun today. We played across all areas collaboratively and independently with plenty of laughs and smiles along the way!
We created some brilliant natural pictures using sunlight and water, practised our hammer and rope skills, and even worked collaboratively to create whales using natural materials! #RPEnrichment
morning in the sun today. We played across all areas collaboratively and independently with plenty of laughs and smiles along the way!
We created some brilliant natural pictures using sunlight and water, practised our hammer and rope skills, and even worked collaboratively to create whales using natural materials! #RPEnrichment
play! The children have loved exploring all areas and working together to create fantastic structures! Today we had the titanic and two sailors! #RPEnrichment
who have shown great resilience, strength and motivation on the lead up to their SATs and all throughout this week. You have made us exceptionally proud. Enjoy your Teepee Sleepee sleepover tomorrow and your day of inflatable fun! You deserve it!
To celebrate the end of SATs,
have a fun afternoon planned… but we were lucky enough to have a turn on the inflatable obstacle course! We had a blast! Thank you
for letting us share their end of SATs treat! We hope you had an amazing day. You deserve it after all the hard work you have put in. We had lots bouncing fun in the sun #RPEnrichment
What a brilliant time we’ve had in the sunshine with our
play! Pupils played collaboratively and independently across all areas, with plenty of laughter, smiles, and fantastic teamwork on show. We look forward to our adults joining us next week #RPEnrichment
for letting us share their end of SATs treat! We hope you had an amazing day. You deserve it after all the hard work you have put in. We had lots bouncing fun in the sun #RPEnrichment
for letting us share their end of SATs treat! Nursery had lots of fun bouncing around in the sun and we hope you did too! You deserve it! #RPEnrichment
afternoon with our grown ups! We always have the best time when they come and join us to play! #RPEnrichment
challenges! You are all working very hard to achieve your Micro Duke! #RPEnrichment
for letting us share their end of SATs treat on Friday! What a fantastic treat of bouncing in the sun! We hope you had a lovely celebration! #RPEnrichment
afternoon with our friends and grownups in the sun! Thank you to everyone who came to play with us! #RPEnrichment
! Kirsty taught us the importance of product branding for a business. Year 6 created a business model, pitched it to the class and took part in their own Q and A. They then designed a bag which represented the KD club. #RPEnrichment
