Surprise!

Surprise! Look at our gigantic sandpit! we are loving our @OPAL_CIC journey and look forward to the many more additions to come which will help develop our love of play at Roby Park!

We Need You!

We are looking for parents/carers who want to get involved in supporting our  @OPAL_CIC journey as we continue to develop our love of play and the quality of opportunity to play across the school. If you want to get involved, please call the office on 477 8430. Thank you.

OPAL

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

We need socks!

The children are loving the sandpit which is a great addition to playtimes and our curriculum. Please can we ask parents/carers to put additional socks in children’s bags incase they get wet in the sandpit during the colder/wetter months? Thank you

OPAL Programme – Parent & Carer Survey

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.  https://forms.gle/dsLcU5m7AB3ea6sRA

EYFS Gardening Club

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

Newsletter

 Check out our latest newsletter #RPNEWS https://robyparkprimary.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1.3.24.pdf…

Easter Holiday Club

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

Competition Time – Parents, We Need You!

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!

OPAL – Large Loose Parts Needed

Can you help?

Save the Date – Cash 4 Kids Day 2024

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. 

OPAL Update

Check out our new  @OPAL_CIC page on our website where you will find all things ‘play’. Have a read of our launch newsletter and the Power of Playtime booklet. Coming soon…meet our Play Team and UKS2 Play Detectives!

OPAL Programme

Outdoor Classroom Day

We are excited to participate in @OutdoorClassUKI on 23rd May and coincide this with our first parent @OPAL_CIC

parent play day.

EYFS Gardening Club

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!

OPAL Update

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/

OPAL Update

Meet members of our play team who are committed to ensuring children are enjoying the play experiences they want 

Fantastic Fundraising Efforts

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

#GBClean

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

Our OPAL Dream

Check our OPAL dream for our grounds. We want to provide the best opportunities for play and so we have been working very hard behind the scenes. Exciting things are coming in the Summer term

We Need Your Wellies!

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.

OPAL Bingo

BINGO TIME! Each class that completes their class bingo card wins a class prize! The class that collects the most of the star item wins an additional prize to be enjoyed by all the class. Why not have a sort out this Easter and see how you can help?

Y4 Daily Mile

After completing our last maths assessment, it was time to get active and complete the @_thedailymile

#DailyMile #RPWellbeing

#GBClean

This week we have continued helping with our litter picking, with lots of little helpers to ensure our playground is litter free. The children have have really enjoyed helping out and are determined to keep our school clean! Well done everybody!

Summer Term1 Extra-curricular Clubs

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

EYFS Gardening Club

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!

Y1 Forest School

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

New Welly Stores Have Arrived!

All of our new welly stores and benches have been delivered and are in place, awaiting your child’s wellies! Please make sure your child has a labelled pair of wellies in school as of 15th April. Wellies will remain in school. Thank you.

OPAL Newsletter

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

OPAL Update

We have been so busy getting ready for the upcoming term that we couldn’t wait to share with you feedback from our

OPAL Day – Mon 15th April

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.

OPAL Bingo – Deadline 15.4.24

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.

OPAL Day

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.

OPAL Day

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

https://x.com/RobyParkSchool/status/1779801873937022991 

Y6 OPAL Day

Today we enjoyed exploring our incredible @OPAL_CIC resources! We tackled tree obstacles, got creative in the mud kitchen and used team work skills during den building, to name a few

Y1 OPAL Day

We kicked off summer term launching our new @OPAL_CIC resources and what an amazing day we’ve had! Tree swings, mud kitchen, crates, tyres, pallets, swings, den building, small world & role play to name a few! We are so excited for every playtime to look like this!

Y2 OPAL Day

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

Cash4Kids Colour Run

Our annual colour run is back and all in aid of @cashforkidsliv who do an incredible job to support children in our school community https://cashforkidsgive.co.uk/campaign/sam-thompson-million-steps/fundraisers/roby-park-primary-school/

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!

Please see the letter detailing the arrangements for the day: https://robyparkprimary.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/16.4.24-Colour-Run-for-Cash4Kids.docx

OPAL Extra-Curricular Clubs

Don’t miss out on being part of something amazing! Our  @OPAL_CIC extra curricular clubs start next week and you can secure your place on Parent Booking. Check out the fun children have had this week alone!

Y3 OPAL

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

Y5 OPAL

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

YN OPAL

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

YR OPAL

What a fantastic start to the term. We explored all our new, amazing equipment. We talked about how to use equipment safely, and how we manage ourselves during play. The children had lots of fun!

#RPPlay

Y4 OPAL

We had an amazing 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 #OPALSchools #RPPlay

Y5 English

Year 5 always enjoy learning outside and Thursday was no exception. We examined and discussed who these objects belonged to then made a prediction as to what our story could be about. #RPEnglish

OPAL Club

Our Thursday

club is so popular that we have opened up an extra 30 places! If your child would like to stay and have an extra hour of fun in a safe environment, get them signed up. Please don’t forget children need wellies for them not to miss out on the field fun!

Our New Reading Shed

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 

OPAL Golden Broom Award

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!

#RPEnrichmen

OPAL Club

Great fun in our @OPAL_CIC after school club. Incredible play opportunities in the sun

OPAL Golden Welly Award

Well done to our golden welly winner this week. He has been very collaborative and included other children in his play. His kindness has been spotted by many different staff.

OPAL Parent Play Day

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

OPAL Parent Play Day – this Thursday

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?

OPAL Parent Play Day

 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

YN OPAL Parent Play Afternoon

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

Summer Holiday Camp

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.

OPAL

Playtimes have never been so good! We have made the most of the sunshine at playtimes and our opal after school clubs! #OPALSchools

Y1 OPAL Parent Play Session

Another fantastic afternoon of @OPAL_CIC play with our adults! Our new OPAL playtimes allow us more opportunities for independence, building resilience making new friends across school, team building, collaborative and imaginative play & lots of laughter!

YN OPAL Parent Play Session

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

Oh What a Year 2023-24 Has Been!

Have the most wonderful Summer and we look forward to seeing you all in September!

OPAL Newsletter

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

https://robyparkprimary.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/OPAL-Newsletter-Summer-Term-2.pdf

OPAL Play Detectives

Children have voted for their junior leadership posts for the year. Say hello to our new @OPAL_CIC play detectives

OPAL Parent & Carer Survey

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:

https://t.co/AkRESs9yUK

OPAL Digging Area

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

OPAL Hay Bales

Our new hay bales are going to be extremely popular!

Y5 OPAL Golden Broom Award

We were very excited this week to earn the golden brush award in assembly. Keep up the great break time tidying! #RPOPAL

Y6 OPAL Golden Welly Award

Today in year 6 we had our first golden welly winner! This week he has set a great example of how to play well with younger children as well as looking out for others around him! Well done 

OPAL Play Afternoon

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.

Y1 OPAL Parent Play Afternoon

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!

#RPEnrichment

YR OPAL Play Afternoon

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

OPAL Golden Welly Award

Congratulations to Shea who won the Golden Welly award today for supporting others whilst they play! #RPOPAL

Y6 OPAL Afternoon

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

Y1 OPAL Golden Broom Award

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! 

#RPEnrichment

Y3 OPAL Golden Broom Award

A huge well done to a member of our class for being recognised by Mr Higham for taking responsibility when tidying up during our

YR OPAL Golden Welly Award

A huge well done to a member of our Reception class for achieving the Golden Welly Award! You are always offering to share equipment and being a kind friend to others during our @OPAL_CIC playtimes! Well done

Y5 OPAL Prize

Year 5 enjoyed their classopoly attendance recognition reward this week. Extra OPAL play!! #RPOPAL

OPAL Golden Broom Award

Congratulations Nulah on winning the golden broom for always helping others at tidy up time 

#RPPlay

OPAL Golden Welly Award

Well done to a member of our class for winning the Golden Welly Award! He has been noticed by Mr Higham for helping younger children play and have fun during our

break and lunchtimes. Amazing!  #RPOPAL

OPAL Golden Broom Award

Congratulations to Jaxon our Golden Broom award winner this week for always tidying away the scooters! #RPOPAL

Newsletter

Check out our latest newsletter #RPNews

Recycle Week

 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…

YR Golden Welly Award

A huge well done to a member of our Reception class for achieving the Golden Welly Award! You are always a kind friend to others and enjoy teaching others how to dance during our @OPAL_CIC playtimes! Well done

YR Balance Bike Workshops

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

YN Balance Bike Workshops

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

Outdoor Classroom Day

We are pleased to invite parents and carers in for another @OPAL_CIC

Parent Play Day this Thursday @ 1.30pm  Grab your coats and wellies and come and discover how the children are enjoying their play in all weathers.

Y4 Outdoor Classroom Day

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

Y5 OPAL Golden Welly Award Winners

Congratulations to our joint Golden Welly award winners Benjamin and Evan for the fort they built for themselves and others to enjoy! #RPOPAL

Outdoor Classroom Day

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!

YR Outdoor Classroom Day

We loved welcoming our grown ups back into school for our @OPAL_CIC afternoon!  It is amazing to see such happy faces  #RPEnrichment

Y2 Outdoor Classroom Day

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

Newsletter

 Check out our latest newsletter #RPNews

https://robyparkprimary.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/8.11.24-Newsletter.pdf

YN Outdoor Classroom Day

Nursery had an amazing @OPAL_CIC stay and play afternoon on Thursday. It was great to see the confidence of the children improving on the big yard and field.

Y3 OPAL Golden Welly Award

Well done to two members of our class for winning the Golden Welly Award! They were chosen by Mr Higham for playing so well and using our @OPAL_CIC resources correctly. Well done! #RPOPAL

Y6 Outdoor Classroom Day

We had a fantastic time at our opal parent play day. Children had lots of fun exploring the areas. Thank you to all who attended. 

Y6 OPAL Golden Broom Award

Well done to our Golden broom winner! He continually looks out for younger children and always offers a helping hand to staff and children during clean up! 

Y1 Outdoor Classroom Day

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

EYFS Scooter Club

Nursery and Reception enjoyed their very first scooter club! We have shown great listening skills by making sure we stayed on the track.

#RPEnrichment

OPAL Golden Welly Award

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! 

#RPPlay #OPALSchools

Y2 Playtime

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.

#OPALSchool

OPAL Golden Welly Award

A huge well done to a member of our Reception class for achieving the Golden Welly Award! You are always offering to share equipment and being a kind friend to others during our

OPAL Golden Welly Award

Well done to our golden welly winner! She has shown a lovely attitude towards younger children, by aiding them with their coats during the cold weather 

OPAL Newsletter – Autumn Term 2024 Edition

Check out our latest @OPAL_CIC newsletter with exciting information about additional morning play

https://robyparkprimary.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/OPAL-Newsletter-Autumn-Term-2024.pdf