Our Y4 class is led by Mr Couling supported by our teaching assistants, Miss McCormick and Miss Milburn.
Y4 have PE on Wednesday. Children wear their complimentary Roby Park PE kit to school – white logo tshirt, navy joggers and jacket. In the warmer months, children may want to wear their burgundy shorts.
Children are allocated multiple books weekly on Rising Stars Reading Planet as well as a physical book which is changed weekly, linked to their stage of Reading. Physical books are changed every Monday. We expect children to read for 10 minutes every night and then to complete the end of book comprehension quiz online when they come to the end of their book. You can access Reading Planet here.
Click on the links below to find out more about our half termly Topics:
Head to our ‘Curriculum‘ page to discover the whole school curriculum overviews and progression in skills across the school.
lesson. Thoughtful discussions on how human actions affect habitats and what we can do to protect our planet. We then carried out research into deforestation and the impact it’s having on biodiversity.
DT lesson! The class explored a variety of biscuits, evaluating taste, texture, and appearance to help inspire their own biscuit designs. #RPDT #KapowPrimary
Y4 rolled up their sleeves in DT for some hands on learning! Using
, the children followed a basic biscuit recipe, practising measuring, mixing, and shaping skills. Stay tuned to see what ingredients they choose to add to create their own biscuits #RPDT
Thanks to
, we have successfully had a grant approved to fight holiday hunger which will allow us to provide 240 free sessions (9am – 3pm) at our Summer camps this Summer. Children will not only benefit from exciting activities but also fresh fruit, cereal bars, nutritious lunches and drinks. Complete the form below to express your interest and Mrs Allen will be in touch to confirm successful places! Places will be offered on a priority basis. forms.gle/6Fd7Zi42Jec9qH
meeting, we explored how best to celebrate our achievements. Some of us felt it’s important to rest after working hard, while others believed telling family and friends is key. A very thoughtful discussion! Here’s a short video sharing our reflections.
, we tested materials and made some interesting discoveries #RPScience
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
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Please help yourselves to our pre-loved uniform that is outside each day
Year 4 have been buzzing with excitement exploring electricity in science! Using
, we investigated the components of electrical circuits, then used the correct symbols to draw them like real engineers #RPScience
The children showed fantastic teamwork building a helipad and exploring the outdoors. So much learning through nature resilience, curiosity, and joy in abundance! #RPEnrichment
we learnt about how
and other artists are raising their voices for music education! The children discussed that in a democracy, everyone has the power to speak up, share ideas, and drive positive change. #RPBritishValues
in the sunshine! We loved taking part in a fantastic workshop and discovering all the incredible animals around the zoo! #RPEnrichment
We explored the impact of unsustainable palm oil on orangutan habitats in South East Asia and learned how important sustainable choices are. #RPEnrichment
. Thank you to Leon and Jenny for delivering the
conservation programme to pupils in Y1-6 focusing on the palm oil challenge.
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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
reps had a really tricky job picking winners
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Y4 & Y6 were our attendance recognition winners this week and got the chance to move their class on our Classopoly board.
Mr Couling said, “Well done to the whole of Year 4 for demonstrating excellent behaviour during our OPAL stay and play afternoon.”
Miss Beggs said, “Well done to the whole class for their hard work and determination throughout our practice SATS papers.”
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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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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!
Tomorrow is
Children can come to school wearing red and white, Comic Relief merch or even in 80s fancy dress to mark 40 years of the charity! We will be collecting £1 donations for this incredible charity
📰As advertised in our weekly newsletters, we are hosting a launch workshop tomorrow to help parents and carers get set up on our new app that we will be moving to straight after Easter.
🕘🕑🕔Come and join us tomorrow at our sessions running at 9am, 2pm and 5pm.
📱Don’t forget your mobiles.
unit on pavilions! In today’s lesson, we created a variety of different shaped frames to build our structures #RPDesignTechnology
Check out the Spring edition of our
termly newsletter. Lots of new exciting plans to share with you all!
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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! Students shared what they love most about it and ideas for how we can make it even better. #BritishValues
CR-I love our new monkey bars. DF-I like climbing the tractor tyres.
! 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
museum #RPScience #BritishScienceWeek
session, we explored the question, “Is it important to feel proud of where you come from?” The children shared that where you come from becomes a key part of who you are, shaping your identity and the things you celebrate . #RPBritishValues
, Year 4 had the chance to spend time in the sunshine with
, sharing books and spreading their love of reading #WorldBookDay2025 #RPEnrichment #RPEnglish
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.
We are super proud of our
choir who are performing at Manchester’s Co-op Live Arena tonight
🏈🎾🏀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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Well done to our remarkable readers this week. Children get to bring the remarkable reader bag home with a book, hot chocolate, bookmark and pencil. Children also get to choose a book from our book vending machine. Children can earn remarkable reader points by engaging in reading at home and in school. Who will win next week? #rpreading #readingforpleasure
we looked at the British value of mutual respect & tolerance The children discussed how the situation on Mount Everest made them feel and our key question #RPBritishValues
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.
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
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.
number day! It was a great opportunity to raise awareness for a fantastic charity, as well as take part in a number of maths activities to develop our times tables and money skills #RPMaths #RPEnrichment
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.
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.
Ahead of #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek, our
meeting this week asked what we could do in school to help our well-being? This brought about some very insightful discussions around wellbeing!
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
Year 4 have been learning about physical geography. Today the children created an information poster about earthquakes by using iPads to research key information #RPGeography
In our maths lessons we have been using base ten to help us solve division problems involving remainders
In PE our aim was to learn and create dance moves in the theme of carnival. Well done!
In PE our aim was to develop a dance using matching and mirroring and be confident to perform in front of the class. Well done!
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
In our @HelpPicture assembly today we focused on the British Value of democracy. The assembly question brought up some fantastic discussion around personal responsibility and the responsibility on the government #RPBritishValues #RPAssembly
This week’s attendance recognition winners were Y1 & Y4.
“Well done to Darcie who came into school with a positive attitude even though she wasn’t feeling 100%.” – Mr Couling.
Miss Clarkson, “Well done for showing a great attitude towards your forest school session, tying tricky knots and showing excellent navigation skills especially Paddy, Trudi, Wyatt, Junior and Jude who all earned their navigation badge!”
This week’s attendance recognition winners were Y4 & Y6.
“Well done to the class for making Mrs Lisa feel so welcome when joining our class and helping to show her the Roby Park way.” – Mr
Couling.
Miss Beggs, “ Well done to the whole class returning to school with a positive attitude to learning and a great determination to complete
work to a high standard!”
Thank you again to @Tesco for providing us with funding for daily fruit and veg for our children to enjoy. Fruit is available at break time and lunch time and if there is anything left, children (only) can help themselves to a piece of fruit for the way home/extra-curricular clubs. Children are having the options of at least 12 different types of fruit each day including: melon, watermelon, grapes, raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, apples, bananas, tangerines, mango, pineapple, nectarines, plums, pears #StrongerStarts #fiveaday
In science we completed an experiment to find out what material makes the best ear defenders. We found out that the softer materials created the best ear defenders #RPScience
Today we completed one of our @OPAL_CIC assemblies which gave us a great opportunity to recap our play charter and to celebrate all of our Opal playtimes #RPEnrichent #RPPlaytimes
In PE our aim was to choose action that relate to our theme. Well done!
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.
Early bird tickets are now sold out! Watch this space for full price tickets going on sale in February.
In science we completed three different experiments to explore how vibrations from sound travel through different mediums (solids, liquids and gases) to the ears #RPScience
In our computing lessons we used scratch to develop our coding skills. We explored what different code blocks do, developed our understanding of variables and practiced decomposing different programs #RPComputing
in PE our aim was to be confident to share and perform our ideas with a group. Our theme was ‘Spy’. Well done
Each half term we will be bringing you our Inclusive Attendance newsletter which is deisgned to share information and so we can work together to support school attendance. Here is our Spring Term 1 edition. A copy will hit your Class Charts inbox as well as information on your child’s attendance.
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.
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.
Happy New Year to our Roby Park community! We hope you have enjoyed the festivities and are looking forward to all that 2025 brings.
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We want to take this opportunity to wish our whole school community a very merry Christmas.
Thank you for your love and support throughout 2024. It has been an incredible year for Roby Park.
Christmas is not about what is under the tree but who is around it and we can’t wait for the children to return to tell us all about it. Rarely they mention gifts, they mention you. They share their cherished memories of pj days snuggled on the sofa watching movies and eating only chocolate or funny stories of things that happened with their loved ones
Enjoy this special time together, relaxing and making memories and we look forward to seeing you all in the new year
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
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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In DT we used a range of electrical components to complete a simple circuit. We then introduced a switch to complete and break the circuit to turn our bulb on and off.
In English, we used a dictionary to find the definition of new vocabulary from our example text. Once we understood the meaning of the new vocabulary we created our own sentences using them @LiteracyCounts1
We are thrilled to have @PlusOneCIC returning to Roby Park to deliver the Help Your Child Thrive Programme to Y3 & Y4 parents in January.
See the letter below for more details and find out how to secure your place:robyparkprimary.co.uk/wp-content/upl
We hope you all had a wonderful time of family, festive fun at our Winter Wonderland event.
Thank you to:
We can not wait for our Winter Wonderland event tomorrow! Check Class Charts for all the information needed for tomorrow.
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Children can wear their Christmas jumper with their school uniform tomorrow for Christmas Jumper Day. Y1 & Y2 have Forest school so they can wear their Christmas jumper with appropriate clothing for Forest school. We will be collecting £1 donations for Save the Children. Thank you.
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 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
Check out our latest @OPAL_CIC newsletter with exciting information about additional morning play
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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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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
In history, we discussed primary and secondary sources . The children then discussed and researched the influence the Romans had on Britain #RPHistory
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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 science we looked at how we can classify animals into different groups. We began by identifying different features and then organised them into different classification groups #RPScience
Year 4 landed on popcorn and a movie on our Classopoly board #RPAttendance #RPEnrichment
Snow has been forecast over night. Please leave plenty of time to get to school. Please ensure children are wrapped up warm so we can have fun in the snow should it settle.
This week it has been #AntiBullyingWeek2024. Year 6 have showed great respect towards each other and have discussed the importance of resolving issues appropriately. We loved the
The best sort of day, is a pj day. £1 donations can be handed in on the doors or to class teachers. Thank you
Thank you to everybody who attended our Autumn Progress evenings. Thank you also for your extremely positive feedback
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Children can wear blue clothes to school today to raise awareness for World Diabetes Day
Year 4 tuned in this morning with #BBCLiveLessons for #Antibullyingweek2024. This year’s theme is all about choosing respect; we thought about how we should treat others and how to deal with conflict with respect. We then created an acrostic poem about respect.
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Thank you to all parents and carers who attended our remembrance service today. It was a lovely opportunity to recognise those who have served and currently serving for our country. Well done to our year 6 speakers who did everyone proud. #RemembanceDay
Wow our free fruit has been exceptionally popular this week. The children have devoured:
31 punnets of strawberries
10 watermelons
200 apples
223 bananas
48 oranges & 130 satsumas
14 pineapples
9 tins of apricots
8 boxes of plums and 8 boxes of blueberries
The feedback has been so positive and children are saying it is the favourite part of their day
Please don’t feel you need to provide your child with a morning snack, we have a lot of fruit to provide. Children are even taking fruit out after their lunch! Thank you
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Our @SSCCTY session focused on the British Values of democracy and tolerance as we discussed how we could raise awareness of the upcoming anti-bullying week #RPBritishValues #RPSchoolCouncil
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 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
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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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
On Monday @ 2.15pm we will be holding our annual Armistice Day service. We look forward to welcoming parents and carers to join us.
Our Autumn Progress Meetings are taking place next Wednesday and Thursday. If you haven’t already, booked your appointment to meet with your child’s class teacher, head to Parent Booking: parents-booking.co.uk/robyparkprimar We look forward to seeing you all next week and sharing how well your children are getting on at Roby Park.
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
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
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.
We would love to see what challenges you have completed so add your photos and videos below or on our Facebook page to be included in our @JuniorDukeAward movie
Today we are coming together to support our local food bank. Children can bring in a donation and in return wear their own clothes. Thank you for your support
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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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
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 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
We are excited for our first @JuniorDukeAward meeting this Monday. We look forward to children sharing their challenges and reflections
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
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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During ADHD Awareness month, we would like to share another photo of our @ADHDFoundation
Umbrella Project. From the ADHD foundation website: The Neurodiversity Umbrella Project is an uplifting visual representation of all the different minds we have here in the UK. Every Umbrella Project installation helps to raise awareness and understanding of neurodiversity. Thousands of colourful umbrellas are strung together over public spaces, in schools, and in company buildings around the nation. Each display is designed to represent the one in five of us who have a neurodevelopmental condition, such as ADHD, Autism, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Dyscalculia or Tourette’s syndrome. These conditions fall under the umbrella term of neurodiversity. #neurodiversity #ADHDAwarenessMonth2024
This month is ADHD awareness month. See the link below for some support materials that may help you and your child
In PE our aim was to use space effectively to create shooting opportunities.
We had a great time doodling for World Mental Health Day! #HelloYellow24 #RPWellbeing #WorldMentalHealthDay
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
In fluency maths we have been using the
to help us consider ‘many as 1’ and see that a ‘unit’ can represent more than one #RPMaths #MasteringNumber
In PE our aim was to develop passing and moving and play within the rules of the game.
In PE our aim was to develop movement skills to loose a defender and find space.
Year 4 really enjoyed our D.E.A.R time. It’s a great opportunity for the children to dive into their books and promote a love of reading #RPReading
To all of our amazing Teaching Assistants, you are worth your weight in gold. Caring, nurturing, supportive, knowledgeable, determined, passionate. Our children are lucky to have you! Thank you!
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
Come and join us this morning 9-10am for a coffee and a pastry. Mrs Lyon will be explaining about our new Thrive Approach to Wellbeing and how it can benefit your child/ren at home and at school
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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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
After making our predictions and soaking our eggs for three days, it was time to make our observations We began by making our initial observations and then made additional observations after brushing them for two minutes #RPScience
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.
In our science lesson we began our investigation on how our teeth are affected by different liquids. We discussed how to ensure it’s a fair test and made predictions on what will happen.
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In PE our aim was to explore how to move with the ball towards goal within the rules.
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.
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
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…
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
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’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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Today is going to be a hot one! Please leave jumpers and cardigans at home. Thank you
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
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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Welcome to Year 4! It was lovely to see all the of the children return to Roby Park with a positive attitude and looking forward to everything Year 4 has to offer #BackToSchool #RobyPark
What a fantastic first day back! It is wonderful having all our children in school, old and new
We had a fantastic final forest school session with @Littlefoothq. Congratulations to all the children who achieved there certificates #RPEnrichment
Have the most wonderful Summer and we look forward to seeing you all in September!
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Well done House of the Year – Slytherin! We hope you enjoyed your ice creams
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We have lots of surplus uniform in our uniform swap shop. Please help yourself save money and reduce preloved uniform going into landfill
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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!
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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
Today in PE our aim was to be able to identify, draw and follow a simple map.
Today we had a fantastic trip to @BeWILDerwoodCHR. The children had lots of fun exploring and using all of the equipment #RPEnrichment
This week in PE our aim was to orientate a map and navigate around a grid.
This week in PE our aim was to develop observational skills, listening to others and following instructions.
Playtimes have never been so good! We have made the most of the sunshine at playtimes and our opal after school clubs! #OPALSchools
Today was our last forest school session with @Littfoothq. A huge congratulations to everyone for collecting so many pin badges #RPEnrichment
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
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 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
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
Check out our latest newsletter #RPNEWS
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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.
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.
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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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!
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
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?
⭐️ 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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In our @HelpPicture today it focused on the British Value of democracy. The big question brought on a lot of thoughtful discussion #RPBritishValues
An important aspect of English is to edit and improve your writing. Today we worked collaboratively to up level our diary entries #RPEnglish
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.
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
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
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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.
What an amazing sports day we had today. Our children showed fantastic motivation and perseverance to compete in each event ! #RPPE #RPEnrichment
Check out our latest newsletter #RPNEWS Check out important information about parent @OPAL_CICplay day on @OutdoorClassDay
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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
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
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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
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
Please see the letter attached for all the details of our father’s day celebration assemblies on Friday 14th June
Check out our letter for sports day on Monday 20th May
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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
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.
This week in PE our aim was to develop technique when jumping for distance. Well done year 4!
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/
We are looking forward to @hitsradiolv joining us tomorrow for our colour run for @cashforkidsliv. Don’t forget your trainers
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
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
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
We complete our pavilions by adding cladding to the roof. To do this we weaved paper to cover the space between our frame
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…
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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
We learnt that there are four main strands: decomposition, pattern recognition, abstraction and algorithm design. We then completed a range of activities based on them #RPComputing
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!
Please see the letter detailing the arrangements for the day: robyparkprimary.co.uk/wp-content/upl
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.
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
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.
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.
We have been so busy getting ready for the upcoming term that we couldn’t wait to share with you feedback from our
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
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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
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
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
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 .
In PE our aim was to develop a carnival dance using formations, canon and unison.
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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.
After completing our last maths assessment, it was time to get active and complete the @_thedailymile
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.
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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Today we had lots of fun attending our first kin-ball competition. The children showed great team work and sportsmanship as they competed against other local schools, the children were amazing and even left with some medals!
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
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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
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.
Just a polite reminder that tomorrow is Comic Relief. We will be collecting donations via Parent Pay only.
In geography we started our topic on mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes. In this lesson the children researched key facts about famous mountain ranges and found out how they were formed #RPGeography
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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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.
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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!
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
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
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
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
In computing we began to recognise the role of HTML on a web page and looked at how to edit HTML to change the text and images
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
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
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
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
Thank you for your positive and supportive feedback. It is greatly appreciated
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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
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The deadline for photos for Mother’s Day celebration assemblies is 3pm today. Thank you #RPEnrichment
Today in PE our aim was to choose actions which relate to the theme.
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
In science we have been learning about states of matter. Today we investigated the melting points of different foods. First of all, the children made a prediction about which food will have the highest melting point before putting their results in a table
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
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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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
Today in PE our aim was to copy and create actions in response to an idea and be able to adapt this using changes of space
Today Year 4 took on a definition and synonyms challenge against the clock using the vocabulary from the example text the children used an iPad to find their definitions and a range of synonyms #RPEnglish
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.
We are looking forward to seeing all of our children tomorrow, after their half term break. Doors open at 8.40am. See you then!
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:
Today in PE our aim was apply skills and knowledge to compete in a tournament
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.
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.
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.
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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
In PE our aim was to apply attacking skills to move towards goal and find space.
In Science, the children investigated how the volume of sound changes as they get further away from a sound source. They carried out this investigation by playing some music through a speaker and measuring the volume of sound using a decibel meter on the iPads #RPScience
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:
Check out the letter below regarding our Valentine’s discos on Thursday 8th February #RPMemoryMakers robyparkprimary.co.uk/wp-content/upl
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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
In science we have been learning about sound. We investigated ‘What material makes the best insulators?’ The children began by making a prediction and then testing each material. Once they completed their table they evaluated their predictions. #RPScience
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
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
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What a fantastic experience the children had today getting time to spend with their friends on our school field in the snow
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
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
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!
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?
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A mural capturing everything the community loves about #Huyton has been unveiled at Huyton Train Station.
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
Every month, we upload online safety newsletters to our website. Check them out for hints and tips on how to keep your children safe: robyparkprimary.co.uk/parent-informa
Check out what is coming up this Spring term and save the key dates in your diary #RPEnrichment #RPMemoryMakers
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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
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
Welcome back to school! This Spring term, we have more incredible plans in place which we can not wait for! #missschool #missout
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
Congratulations to our final Remarkable Readers of 2023 Enjoy your new books
What a fantastic show at @TheatreRoyalStH! The children thoroughly enjoyed Aladdin. Our children always make us proud with their exceptional behaviour! Well done!
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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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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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
Well done to our most recent Remarkable Readers. You have all shown positive attitudes towards your reading. Keep it up!
We had an absolute ball at our annual Christmas party #RPEnrichment
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
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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
#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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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
See the article below about our fantastic curriculum offer for our children at Roby Park!
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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 can not wait for our annual Winter Wonderland which is set to be an incredible community event #RPMakingMemories
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 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
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A huge well done to this week’s Remarkable Readers. We hope you enjoy your books. #RPReading
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
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
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
Today in PE our aim was to develop rotation jumps and sequence building using apparatus. Well done year 4!
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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Check out our Anti-Bullying chant from last week when we took part in Anti-Bullying Week
#AntiBullyingWeek #RPWellbeing
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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
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
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
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.
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
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
Rock Kidz visit @RobyParkSchool every year and it NEVER disappoints Thanks for ROCKING with us AGAIN
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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
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
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
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.
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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
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.
Today in PE our aim was to develop control in performing and landing rotation jumps.
In music today with @JuniorJamHQ, the children were introduced to the different notes on a keyboard and how they can move/change fingers to play the different notes. We can’t wait to develop our keyboard skills
@Year4RobyPark Today in PE our aim was to develop individual and partner balances. ?♂️
Todays D.E.A.R time took a spooky turn…?? #RPReading
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
In English, Year 4 have been learning about newspaper reports. We learnt about how important research is for journalists. Due to this, the children worked collaboratively to research different marine mammals in preparation of writing their own newspaper report ??️ #RPEnglish
@Year4RobyPark Today in PE our aim was to reflect on my teams’ performance and identify areas to improve. ?
Today we wore yellow to help raise money for @YoungMindsUK as part of World Mental Health Day. We looked at how @ZumosUK and yoga can help support our wellbeing. We also had a great session on resilience with @onegoalltd #RobyParkWellbeing #HellowYellow #WorldMentalHealthDay2023
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
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
In science we investigated the effects different liquids have on teeth. We used our observation skills to record the effects different liquids had on eggs that had been soaked in a liquid for days. We then used a toothbrush to demonstrate the benefits of brushing.
Spanish day In Year 4 we learnt how to say the numbers from 10-20. To ask and respond to the questions, what is your name? How old are you? Where do you live? We then focused on the map of Spain, discussing the different regions and key cities #RPMFL
Drop Everything And Read ?? Today Year 4 dropped everything they were doing and enjoyed some reading for pleasure. #RPReading
The Romans have invaded Roby Park ?️?️ Year 4 had a fantastic workshop with @PastProductions where they learnt all about the Roman army, life in Ancient Rome and had the opportunity to explore a range of artefacts. #RPHistory #PastProductions
Year 4 Today in PE our aim was to explore different ways to dribble deciding on the best technique. ?
Smiley, happy faces, Welcome back to Year 4! We’ve had an amazing day! we are back with our classmates and we are ready to learn.
