Today in PE…

@Year3RobyPark Today in PE our aim was to develop the attacking skill of dribbling. ?

Year 3 loved their visit from @AlldaysFarm yesterday

Year 3 loved their visit from @AlldaysFarm yesterday, we got to learn about lots of different farm animals including a corn snake! #RPEnrichment

Year 3 Today in PE…

Year 3 worked amazingly in English today

Year 3 worked amazingly in English today writing their own kenning poems about the Iron Man. Metal cruncher, night time hunter, nightmare maker!

Today we celebrated #EuropeanDayofLanguages!

Today we celebrated #EuropeanDayofLanguages! Year 3 enjoyed working on their @LanguageAngels_ Early Language including Spanish numbers and colours, followed by creating self-portraits in the style of Picasso’s blue period.

Year 3 absolutely loved their @sports4champs circuit with @PurvisDanny!

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

Year 3 had an incredible time in the @World_Museum at their Stone, Bronze and Iron Age workshop

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

Last week, we had a fun visit from @AnimalsTakeOver

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

YR Art

In Art this week, we practiced our shading, smudging, cross hatching and line drawing using different sketching pencils and charcoal to then apply onto our own self-portraits!

Y3 Physical Education

Year 3 Today in PE our aim was to make your balances interesting by using different levels and body parts to balance on. ?

Y3 Forest School

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.

#RPForestSchool

Rock Kidz – Fri 10th Nov

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.

Social Media Kindness Day – 9th Nov

Parent & Carer Feedback

Thank you to all of the parents/carers who have attended our Progress Meetings this week. Staff have enjoyed meeting you & taking the time to discuss how your children are thriving. Your feedback is incredible & we really appreciate it. Thank you.

Y3 Rock Kidz

Armistice Day Service @ Roby Park

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 

Cut Your Carbon

We are taking part in CUT YOUR CARBON this November. Children will be coming home with checklists they can use to work as a family to cut carbon. Those who return their checklist will receive a certificate! @EcoSchools

Autumn Term 2 Extra-Curricular Clubs Are Live Now!

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

ROCK KIDZ #antibullyingweek2023

Rock Kidz visit @RobyParkSchool every year and it NEVER disappoints  Thanks for ROCKING with us AGAIN 

Y3 Swimming

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

Christmas Family Dining

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.

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Y3 Design Technology

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!

#RPDT

Christmas Family Dining Event

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 

Y3 Swimming

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

Curt Your Carbon #PassMeOn

Why not have a sort out and donate anything you no longer need? You can donate clothes to our @robertsrecycle

clothing box in school #cutyourcarbon

Roby Park Anti-Bullying Chant

Check out our Anti-Bullying chant from last week when we took part in Anti-Bullying Week 

#AntiBullyingWeek #RPWellbeing

Letters to Santa

LETTERS TO SANTA

See the post for more details!

Class Christmas Parties

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 

Y3 Forest School

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

Y3 Forest School

We are experts at this technique to stay warm! #RPEnrichment #RPForestSchool

Swimming Extension

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

Remarkable Readers

A huge well done to this week’s Remarkable Readers. We hope you enjoy your books. #RPReading

Newsletter

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Y3 had a little visitor….

We had a very special visitor on the 1st of December…

Y3 Swimming

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

Christmas Parties

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 

Christmas Winter Wonderland

We can not wait for our annual Winter Wonderland which is set to be an incredible community event  #RPMakingMemories

Christmas Jumper Day – TOMORROW

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

We made Knowsley News!

See the article below about our fantastic curriculum offer for our children at Roby Park!

Pop-up pool helping pupils learn to swim

Literacy Counts

#LiteracyCountsLoves  Shout out to @Year1RobyPark @RobyParkSchool and @MrsListerStJ @StJamesCEsth

for sharing photos of their children using the planning circles. Do you use #ReadySteadyWrite? We’d love to be tagged in your Tweets so we can see all the exciting learning you get up to.  Find out more: https://t.co/QE3eWDKFtm

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Y3 Swimming

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

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Christmas Family Dining

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

Y3 Christmas Party

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

Remarkable Readers

Well done to our most recent Remarkable Readers. You have all shown positive attitudes towards your reading. Keep it up!

#RPReading

Y3 Geography

In Geography, we compared rural and urban areas using maps. We found our school, and then noticed similarities and differences between the two types of areas. #RPGeography @SILPrimary

Winter Wonderland Event

 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

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Winter Wonderland Event

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.

Residential Home Visits

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 

Whole School Panto Trip @ St Helen’s Theatre Royal

What a fantastic show at @TheatreRoyalStH! The children thoroughly enjoyed Aladdin. Our children always make us proud with their exceptional behaviour! Well done! 

Remarkable Readers

Congratulations to our final Remarkable Readers of 2023  Enjoy your new books 

Extra-curricular Clubs

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

Happy New Year!

Welcome back to school! This Spring term, we have more incredible plans in place which we can not wait for! #missschool #missout

Spring Term 1 Extra-curricular Clubs

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 

Y3 Reading

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!

#RPReading

Newsletter

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Spring Enrichment

 Check out what is coming up this Spring term and save the key dates in your diary #RPEnrichment #RPMemoryMakers

Online Safety Newsletters

Every month, we upload online safety newsletters to our website. Check them out for hints and tips on how to keep your children safe: https://robyparkprimary.co.uk/parent-information-2/onlinesafety/

Y3 Physical Education

In PE our aim was to develop the attacking skill of dribbling.

Y1 New Reading Area

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

Y3 Computing

In Computing, we worked on our emailing skills. We began by composing and sending simple emails and getting used to the inbox and drafts features. Then, we were able to add attachments to our emails for the recipient to view. #RPComputing

Our Mural at Huyton Train Station

A mural capturing everything the community loves about #Huyton has been unveiled at Huyton Train Station.

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Remarkable Readers

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?

Y3 History

In History this week, we began our new Transport unit by looking at how transport has changed over time. We looked at boat, plane, train and car travel and added them to our timeline. #RPHistory

Playtimes

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!

#OPALSchools

It’s Snowing!!

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 

#RPMemoryMakers

Thank You to Our Staff!

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 

Wellies Needed!

Please can you send your child in with a pair of named wellies and extra socks to keep in school please? This means your child can enjoy playing on the field in all weathers! 

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Remarkable Readers

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

Y3 History Trip

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

Y2 History

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

Y3 & Y4 Book and a Brew Parent Workshop

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

Y3 Science

In Science, we have been investigating forces and magnets! We discovered how the poles attract and repel, along with how different materials can be magnetic. #RPScience

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Remarkable Readers

Valentine’s Discos

Check out the letter below regarding our Valentine’s discos on Thursday 8th February  #RPMemoryMakers https://robyparkprimary.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/26.1.24-Valentines-Disco.docx

Number Day

This Friday we are raising money for NSPCC. We will be collecting £1 donations and children can wear clothes with numbers on or patterns. We will also be hosting a cake sale after school, on the main playground

Financial Support for Families

If you are struggling financially, with no other means of support, you may be able to apply for some help. Please see the post below for full details:

Y3 Physical Education

Y3 Science

In Science, we have been learning about how compasses use Earth like a magnet. We followed some orienteering instructions and wrote some of our own! #RPScience

Y3 Physical Education

Today in PE our aim was to dribble towards your goal if you have the space to.

NSPCC Number Day 2024

We are raising money for NSPCC. We will be collecting £1 donations and children can wear clothes with numbers on or patterns. We will also be hosting a small cake sale after school, on the main playground

Weekly Newsletter

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Y3 Music

In Music this week, we have been keeping in time with the metronome and following the rhythm of a piece of music.  #RPMusic

Y3 Art

In Art this week, we have been experimenting using watercolour to mix different Earthy tones. We also practiced three different type of washes – flat, variegated and graded.#RPArt

Newsletter

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Extra-curricular Clubs

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.

Spring Progress Meetings

Spring Progress Meetings are now live on Parent Booking for you to select your appointment time. Progress meetings will take place on 28th and 29th February between 3.15 – 7.30pm.

Y3 Art

In Art, we used our learned skills of watercolour washing and relief printing to create our final pieces inspired by the Stone Age cave paintings in Lascaux. #RPArt

Home School Association

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.

Y3 Physical Education

Today in PE our aim was to show determination and perseverance in the games I play.

Newsletter

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Mother’s Day Celebrations

 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: 

Back to School

We are looking forward to seeing all of our children tomorrow, after their half term break. Doors open at 8.40am. See you then!

Scholastic Book Fair

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.

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.

Y3 Science

In Science, we have been learning about light. Today, we investigated which materials around our classroom are reflective and non-reflective! #RPScience

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

Y3 Science

In Science, we learned about how shadows are formed. We created shadow puppets with our hands and went outside to investigate our own shadows! #RPScience

Y3 Physical Education

Today in PE our aim was to create actions in response to a stimulus and move in unison with a partner.

Newsletter

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Remarkable Readers

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

Home School Association

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!

Y3 Science

In Science, we created shadow puppets to investigate how the size and shape of a shadow can change. We used a torch and moved our puppets closer and further away to change the size of our shadows. #RPScience

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

Spring Progress Meetings

We look forward to parents/carers joining us tonight & tomorrow for our Spring Progress Meetings. You’ll find your appointment times on your account & you’ll have received an appointment email. If you are yet to book on, please head to Parent Booking to find any remaining slots

Mother’s Day

The deadline for photos for Mother’s Day celebration assemblies is 3pm today. Thank you  #RPEnrichment

Newsletter

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Remarkable Readers

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

Parent & Carer Feedback

Thank you for your positive and supportive feedback. It is greatly appreciated 

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

Mother’s Day Celebration Assemblies

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 

World Book Day

 World Book Day – this Thursday 

Y3 World Wildlife Day

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.

Y3 World Book Day

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.

Mother’s Day Celebration Assemblies

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

Y3 Computing

During Computing Day, we have been looking at the journey inside of a computer! We investigated the different components inside of a computer, performed algorithms as the CPU and GPU and looked at tablet devices too. #RPComputing

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!

Newsletter

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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.

Y3 World Book Day

To celebrate #WorldBookDay2024, we wore our comfy pyjamas to school and had the opportunity to read books to

Y3 Science Week

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

Home School Association

We hope you can join us this Tuesday for our H.S.A meeting

Comic Relief

Just a polite reminder that tomorrow is Comic Relief. We will be collecting donations via Parent Pay only. 

Sponsored Reading Event

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.

Y3 Geography

In Geography today, we researched different climate zones such as continents they can be found in, temperatures and precipitation levels. #RPGeography

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

Newsletter

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#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

Sam Thompson’s One Million Steps Challenge

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

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?

Easter Discos

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.

Newsletter

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Y3 Design Technology

In DT, we used the claw and bridge chopping techniques to chop a cucumber. This is a vital skill for our future and for our end product!

Y3 Physical Education

In PE our aim was to share ideas of actions and dynamics to create a dance that shows a location.

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

Easter Disco

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

Y3 Design Technology

After tasting our potential ingredients yesterday, today we made our seasonal food tarts. We used our learned chopping skills and our designs to create some tasty treats that smelled amazing once they came out of the oven! #RPDT

Thank You H.S.A

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

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.

Happy Easter

Happy Easter to our fabulous school community 

Newsletter

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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.

Nursery Places – September 2024

If you want a Nursery place at Roby Park for September please apply now to avoid disappointment. We have very limited places remaining.

For those who have secured a place in our Nursery for Sept, all your paperwork & transition plans will be sent over the coming two weeks

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.

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

Y3 Computing

In Computing, we developed our video editing skills to make Book Trailers for some of our favourite books. We used clipping, transitions, voiceovers and different camera angles to engage our audiences! #RPComputing

Newsletter

Check out our latest newsletter #RPNEWS https://robyparkprimary.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/19.4.24.pdf

St George’s Day

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…

Y3 English

We had the opportunity to use VR headsets in our English lesson to immerse ourselves into our Ancient Egyptian setting. We also applied what we discovered into our History learning too! #RPEnglish #RPHistory

Y3 Physical Education

Today in PE, our aim was to develop changeover technique in relay events.

https://x.com/SportsRobyPark/status/1783183698776506483

Y3 Physical Education

Y2 Physical Education

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!

Sponsored PE Kits 2024-25

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

Y3 SMART Council

We promoted the British Value of democracy and tolerance through our smart school council lesson. We looked at the different ways our OPAL playtime is improving our school. We voted and debated about which option was the best.

#RPBV #RPPSHE

Y3 History

In History, we looked at the role of Ancient Egyptian scribes. One of our tasks was to decode and write our own hieroglyphics and we realised just how difficult the ancient language was! #RPHistory

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 

Cash4Kids Colour Run

We are looking forward to  @hitsradiolv joining us tomorrow for our colour run for @cashforkidsliv. Don’t forget your trainers

Cash4Kids Colour Run

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/

Y3 Physical Education

This week in PE our aim was to develop jumping technique in a range of approaches and take off positions.

Y3 Art

In Art we were experimenting with the medium of air dry clay. We practiced making shapes and even had our first try at a torso. #RPArt

Spelling & Reading Workshop

Come and join us TODAY for our SEND Coffee Morning. Mrs Ryan, our Specialist Outreach Teacher, will share some tips and ideas on supporting your children with reading and spelling. Come and have a pastry and a chat, we look forward to seeing you then.

End of Year Trips

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. https://robyparkprimary.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/26.4.24-End-of-Year-Class-Trips.docx… #RPEnrichment

Y3 Physical Education

Sports Day

Check out our letter for sports day on Monday 20th May

https://robyparkprimary.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/9.5.24-Sports-Day.docx 

Father’s Day

Please see the letter attached for all the details of our father’s day celebration assemblies on Friday 14th June 

https://robyparkprimary.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/9.5.24-Fathers-Day-Celebration-Assemblies-1.docx 

Y3 Forest School

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

OPAL Club

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

Summer Fair

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

Sun Safety

Please make sure children are wearing factor 50 sun cream when the weather is predicted to be hot. Please leave jumpers/cardigans off. Children need a water bottle to stay hydrated & a hat to protect them from the sun. Children will be encouraged to play in shaded areas

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.

Newsletter

 Check out our latest newsletter #RPNEWS

https://robyparkprimary.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/10.5.24.pdf

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

#RPEnrichment

Y3 Physical Education

Y3 Science

In our Science this week, we created our own investigation to see what would happen if we affect the soil, water or sunlight that a plant receives. We also learned all about how water and nutrients are transported through a plant by the xylem and phloem. #RPScience

Y3 Bounce!

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

Y3 SMART Council

Once again this week we used our British Values of democracy and tolerance during our smart school council. We discussed what we would like our team house to win and debated which reward was the best.

#RPBV #RPPSHE

Y3 Art

In Art, we created our final sculpture out of clay which was inspired by Anthony Gormley. We had a great time learning different techniques to make our proportionate torso and head. #RPArt

Newsletter

Check out our latest newsletter #RPNEWS Check out important information about parent @OPAL_CICplay day on @OutdoorClassDay

and sports day also #RPNews

https://robyparkprimary.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/17.5.24.pdf

Y3 Sports Day

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

Careers Week 2024

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.

#RPEnrichment #RPPSHE

Newsletter

Check out our latest newsletter #RPNEWS

https://robyparkprimary.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/24.5.24-1.pdf

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

Million Steps Challenge Competition Winners

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 

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 on Thursday 6th June to be included in the assembly.

Reminder – Send in Your Father’s Day Photos

⭐️ 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.

#RPEnrichment

#RPFamily

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

Y3 Religious Education

In RE, we considered what made someone responsible or irresponsible, whether adults and children have the same responsibilities and the responsibilities of a Christian. We finished by painting the responsibilities that we have too. #RPRE

https://x.com/Year3RobyPark/status/1798350682816471277 

Y3 Computing

In Computing, we used top trumps to understand databases and fields. We created our own, then inputted our data into a spreadsheet. We also looked at different hotels and filtered the databases by the facilities we wanted on our dream holiday.  #RPComputing

Summer Term 2 Extra-curricular Clubs

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!

Y3 Science

In our first Science lesson about scientific enquiry, we created solar ovens to melt chocolate. We positioned our ovens, measured temperature with thermometers and recorded how the sun was melting our chocolate!

#RPScience

Newsletter

Check out our latest newsletter #RPNEWS

https://robyparkprimary.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/7.6.24.pdf 

Newsletter

Check out our latest newsletter #RPNEWS

https://robyparkprimary.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/14.6.24-Newsletter-1.pdf 

Careers Week

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

Y3 Science

In our Science, we have been investigating, predicting, changing variables and concluding. We cleaned coins to see which product was the most effective, and today made cakes, changing variables such as the amount of flour, sugar and butter. #RPScience

Summer Fair

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…

• Meet and greets with unicorn ponies
• Birds of prey display
• Inflatables
• Fair rides
• Stalls
• Princesses
• Face painting
• Food & drink

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 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.

Newsletter

Check out our latest newsletter #RPNEWS

https://robyparkprimary.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/21.6.24-Newsletter.pdf

Careers Week

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

Y3 Careers Week

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

Y3 Careers Week

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

Y3 Careers Week

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!

Y3 Physical Education

Today in PE our aim was to use defending skills to delay an opponent and gain possession. 

Careers Week

OPAL

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

Y3 Physical Education

This week in PE our aim was to develop passing and begin to recognise when to use a different skill.

Y3 Physical Education

Today in PE our aim was to show determination to achieve our best at each event. Well done year 3!

Y3 End of Year Class Trip

Today we had a fabulous time at @BeWILDerwoodCHR! We went down steep slides, escaped multiple mazes and had a great day of play! #RPEnrichment

Y3 Design Technology

Today in D.T. we finished sewing our cushions! We had to appliqué different patches on and we learned lots of sewing techniques. Then, we stuffed them and finished the stitching. They turned out great! #RPDT

Newsletter

Check out our latest newsletter #RPNEWS

https://robyparkprimary.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/13.7.24-Newsletter.pdf 

Y3 No Outsiders Day

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!

Y3 Geography

In our Geography learning on the water cycle, we have been studying the River Mersey and writing our own Mersey Ferry tour guide speeches! #RPGeography

Star of the Year Awards 2024

Today we had our final celebration assembly of the year, where our Stars of the Year awards were given out. Well done to everybody nominated!

Uniform Swap Shop

We have lots of surplus uniform in our uniform swap shop. Please help yourself save money and reduce preloved uniform going into landfill

House Team of the Year

Well done House of the Year – Slytherin!  We hope you enjoyed your ice creams 

Oh What a Year 2023-24 Has Been!

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

Welcome Back!

What a fantastic first day back! It is wonderful having all our children in school, old and new 

Welcome Back Y3!

Yesterday we had a great start to Year 3! We are all very excited for our new school year and look forward to the adventures of Year 3! #RobyPark

Rock Kidz

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

https://robyparkprimary.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/5.9.24-Letter-from-Rock-Kidz.docx

Extra-curricular Clubs

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

Sun Safety

Today is going to be a hot one! Please leave jumpers and cardigans at home. Thank you

Young Voices Concert – 24th February 2025

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.

https://robyparkprimary.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/6.9.24-Young-Voices.docx

Newsletter

Check out our latest newsletter #RPNews

https://robyparkprimary.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/6.9.24-Newsletter.pdf

Rock Kidz

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.

Y3 Rock Kidz

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

Effective Communication

Please make sure you have downloaded and interact on the Class Charts Parent App to keep up to date with letters, newsletters and updates. Physical letters are not sent home. Don’t miss out on all of the incredible things that happen at Roby Park…

Reception 2025 Applications

It is time to apply for your child’s Reception place. Deadline – 15th January 2025. Being in our Nursery does not guarantee you a place in our Reception so be sure to get your applications in on time.

Link to school admission webpages:  https://www.knowsley.gov.uk/education-and-schools/school-admissions/apply-primary-school-september-2025/apply-primary-school 

Link to application portal: https://parentportal.knowsley.gov.uk/web/portal/pages/parents/admissions

Y3 Science

In Science this week, we have been looking at nutrition and the human body. We know that the traffic light system is found on the front of food and looked at some examples. We also met our class skeleton ‘Bony Jack’ and began by looking at it’s bones! #RPScience

Junior Dukes Workshops

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.

Y3 Physical Education

In PE our aim was to explore different ways to dribble, deciding on the best technique. 

Newsletter

Check out our latest newsletter #RPNews

https://robyparkprimary.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/13.9.24-Newsletter.pdf

Stars of the Week

OPAL Hay Bales

Our new hay bales are going to be extremely popular!