Roman Road Primary School
October 9, 2008
It's A Jungle in Key Stage One
We are really lucky to have a freelance artist working in our school on a Thursday.
Lynda Nelson an artist and book illustrator came into school a few weeks ago to talk to Key Stage One about brightening up their building. We looked at lots of different photos and themes and eventually decided on a jungle.
Over the next few weeks Lynda will be working in our school. We will try and update the website regularly so you can see how it progresses.
Check out our artists websitehttp://www.lynda-nelson.co.uk/
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Baptising Beth Ella
Year One visited St.Andrews Church yesterday to baptise their baby doll.
We had fantastic weather to walk to church yesterday. Mrs Inkster, Mrs cairns and Mrs Miller helped Year One celebrate the baptism of their baby doll Beth Ella. Year one have been learning all about new beginnings and belonging to the Christian church.
We watched a video of a baptism but we wanted to experience the real thing. Father Alan was kind enough to book us in for the real thing.
We chose our own vicar who was lucky enough to be dressed up for the occasion.
We all made promises to look after the baby and the parents and godparents went to the front of the church to make their promises to God.
The sign of the cross was made on Beth Ell’s head using some oil.
We then went to the back of the church where the font was located.
Father Alan showed us how to change Leam Lane tap water into holy water, by blessing it and making a cross in the water. A shell was then used to baptise the baby because a shell was used to baptise Jesus in the river Jordan. And so Beth Ella was given her name.
We then went back to the front of the church, where Ella’s parents were presented with a lighted candle from the vicar.
Then it was time for family and friends to have their photos taken with the special baby girl. First were the Godparents.
Next the doting Grandparents.
And finally the rest of the family who attended the special celebrations.
We said thank you to Father Alan and Mrs Inkster was able to press the button to ring the church bells. It was then back to school where we continued the celebrations with a party and enjoyed a lovely piece of christening cake.
Check out all of the photos from our visit in the gallery, Year One file.
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September 15, 2008
Netball Club
Miss Stubbs is setting up a netball club to run every Wednesday lunch time, starting 24th September.
This will start off for Year 6 girls only but if any Year 5 girls are interested, please come and see me. Looking forward to it!
Miss Stubbs
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Weather Club
Miss Stubbs and Mrs Pigott would like to welcome back the weather club.
We will be meeting every Thursday lunch time at 12.30 in the ICT suite. We will be starting off by analysing data that was collected over the holidays and comparing this with other schools around the world. Plus each week the children will be preparing a weekly weather report that will be read out in our celebration assembly on a Friday and uploaded to our website.
Miss Stubbs
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Welcome to Year One - Information
For the school year 2008-2009, Year One will be taught by Mrs Inkster and supported by Mrs Cairns.
We have had great fun already in Year One with our fantastic new class.
Want to find out what we're learning about?
This half term our topics are:
Literacy - descriptions, phonic work, speaking and listening skills and story writing.
Numeracy - counting, recognising and ordering numbers, one more / less, 2D shapes
Science - sorting and naming materials
Geography - Recycling materials
Art and Design technology - sculptures using recyclable materials
Music - rythmns
P.E. - Gymnastics, using large apparatus
R.E. - belonging to groups and communities
P.S.H.E. - making our classroom a happy place to learn.
P.E. is on Mondays and Wednesdays
Reading books to be brought to school every day but they are changed on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Homework will be handed out on a Friday to be returned the following Wednesday.
High Frequency words are checked most Thursdays.
If you have any boxes, plastic bottles, egg cartons and kitchen rolls we would appreciate them being brought into school to help with our art recycling.
We hope this gives a little insight into what will be happening in Year One this half term. If you have any queries please do not hesitate to speak to Mrs Inkster or Mrs Cairns.
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July 4, 2008
North East Artsmark Celebration 2008
Yestrday, July 3rd 2008, two children from Key Stage 1 were proud to accept Roman Road's Silver Artsmark Award.
The celebration of Artsmark took place at Northern Stage in Newcastle and was attended by two Key Stage One children, Mrs Barnes and Mrs Inkster. The event was hosted by a comedian (who was very funny), presentations from schools who had achieved Gold and Silver Artsmark last year and finally over 80 schools who were there to collect their prestigious award.
We are extremely proud of our schools achievements and couldn't wait to collect our award and goody bag. This award shows that Roman Road is commited to providing our pupils with a range of creative experiences.
Many thanks to the two children who were extremely well behaved and thoroughly enjoyed their afternoon out of school. Congratulations to all pupils and staff who have worked extremely hard to achieve this award.
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June 30, 2008
Gateshead Athletics Festival 2008
We arrived at school on June 27th at 8.30am all kitted out and ready to go to Gateshead International Stadium, home of the 10th Schools Athletics festival. How did we do?
A selection of children from Year 3 -6 had taken part in trials across the month in school and were then chosen to represent Roman Road at the festival. We particpated in a huge number of events from sprints, skipping, relays, long jump, javelin, cricket ball throw and many more.
All of the children who participated were incredible! They had a fantastic team spirit and represented our school superbly both on and off the track.
We were able to secure a semi final place in all of our races: sprint, skipping and relays. With all of the children giving 100% effort. We went on to have three opportunities in the finals - Year 5/6 Boys skipping, Year 5/6 Boys 80m Sprint and finally the Year 5/6 Boys Relay.
David Kippen represented the school in all three events and was an amazing team captain. He was just pipped to a medal in the skipping. By the time the final race of the day approached we were all extremely nervous.
The relay started with a fantastic first leg by Josh Archibald who powered down the track, Liam McDonald had a great baton change and held our position well, Jamie McKeown roared down the track gaining ground all of the time and had a clean baton change to David Kippen who never gave up and was determined that our day would end with a medal.
It did! The boys brought home a silver medal for Roman Road. Fantastic!
By the end of the day Mr. Allsop was sunburnt, Mrs Inkster and Mrs Rushton had lost their voices and Mr Bradshaw was floating with delight at the results.
Congratulations to all of the children that took part you were amazing and a credit to our school.
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Key Stage One Sports Day
The children from nursery, reception and year one have the pleasure of inviting their families and friends to their Sports Day. It will take place on Thursday 3rd July 2008 at 9.30am.
The children are very excited at participating in this years sports day! They have all been practising really hard and are raring to go! If you have an hour free we would love to see you cheering us on in our races.
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June 23, 2008
Great Whithaugh Week Enjoyed by Year 6
Year 6 have just returned from an enjoyable week at Whithaugh Park.
You can see the first lot of photos in the gallery section of this site.
After beating a slow journey up to the site, the rainy weather and of course the midgies, year 6 took took part in lots of activities on the land (and under it), in the water and in the air with the famous parachute drop from the climbing tower.
Miss Allen didn't get lost on the orienteering - a first !!!
More children took part in activities than ever before and the year group were great at eating the excellent food served by Steve and his staff from Copshaw Kitchen in the village.
We even held our own disco in which the classic 'Don't Go Breaking my Heart' by Elton John and Kiki Dee was danced to by boy and girl partners. Look out for future photos to come - especially from the bride and groom competition.
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June 12, 2008
Line Dancing Festival
Children from Roman Road Primary School participated in Gateshead's Line Dancing Festival last night.
The children and parents thoroughly enjoyed the event, with everyone taking part and 'having a go', parents included! Children from Year 3, 4 and 5 represented the school and their behaviour was exceptional, they are a credit to our school.
We look forward to participating in next year with a view to having our own dance to present to the audience.
Many thanks to Miss Ternent, Miss Stubbs and Mrs Lacey for all their hard work in teaching the children the dances.
Photos to follow soon
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We Did It! - Artsmark Silver
We were delighted to be informed by letter last week that we had been successful in our award for Artsmark. All staff and children had worked hard towards achieving the Silver award but we have had to wait six months to see if we were successful.
Artsmark provides a benchmark for arts provision and encourages schools to consider the opportunities they offer in art, dance, drama and music. Artsmark Silver is the middle level of achievement a school can attain by completing all compulsory sections of the application form and the optional requirements for Silver. Each application goes through a rigorous five-step assessment process to ensure that the criteria for Artsmark have been met.
Schools evaluate provision against the benchmark to identify any areas for development and to highlight the school’s strengths in the arts.
Gaining an Artsmark at any level shows that our school is committed to the wider development of young people. The scheme increases the status of the work of teachers within school and increases awareness of continuing professional development opportunities in the arts for all teachers.
By offering public recognition of commitment to the arts by the school and its teachers, Artsmark raises the profile of the school and its arts provision in the local community. Mrs Barnes and Mrs Inkster who worked towards our achieving this award, will be attending a celebration and presentation in July, accompanied by two children from the school. We are extrememly proud of our acheivements in recognition of the hard work produced by the children and the staff.
Well done Roman Road!
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March 14, 2008
Year 5 Team Win Animation Heat
Our fantastic four of Adam, Nicole, Chloe & Joe worked as a brilliant team to win their heat of the animation competition at Heworth Grange.
The team were winners in a heat that included children from Brandling, St. John RC and Bill Quay.
The children had to construct a storyboard and make an animation using toys, a computer and a camera. They were marked on how they worked together as well as their artwork and the finished product.
A digital camcorder was their prize which will be used by the children in school. The children will attend the final in April.
More photos of the day can be seen in the gallery.
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November 18, 2007
School Qualifies For Gateshead Basketball Final
Eighteen boys and girls from Year 6 took part in a morning of basketball skills and matches at Heworth Grange School as part of the SSCo programme.
We won all of our matches and eight of the children will represent the Heworth cluster in the final which will be held on November 27th at Gateshead Stadium.
The competition at Heworth Grange was ran by the school's year 8 and 9 sports leaders who did a great job.
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November 16, 2007
We have been running a Triple P group
We have recently completed a Triple P program at Roman Road with some of the parentsfrom the local community. The program is designed to help parents to be more positive towards their children.The parents who attended the program were pleased with the results. One parent was particularly pleased and commented "I found a big difference in myself and my kids."
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November 8, 2007
Trinny Comes For A Visit
A special visitor came into class to see the children.
Trinny the Mongrel came in with Mrs McKeown.
Trinny is a 'hearing' dog. We all are used to seeing dogs being used to help blind people but it's a bit more unusual to have a visit from a hearing dog.
Hearing dogs help people that are deaf to respond to sounds like doorbells and smoke alarms. As with dogs for the blind, hearing dogs are also trained to a high standard.
The children enjoyed meeting Trinny and finding out about the job she does.
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September 28, 2007
Krafty Kids at Roman Road
This week at Roman Road we have had the privilege of working with Michelle from Krafty Kids, designing and making some fantastic plates.
We started by designing some plates with help from our parents and family. On Wednesday Michelle arrived with all the plates, pens, aprons and much more. We were then shown how to use the pens to draw our designs onto our plates. The final results were fantastic!
We collected our plates on Thursday evening and took them home to cook in the oven. This sets the paint and varnish on the plates. That night, many of us had our tea from a personalised, individual plate. And to top it all off we learnt fantastic new skills and had great fun.
Photos to come soon.
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September 13, 2007
Prefabs are no more!!!!!
The Prefab classrooms are being demolished to make more room for playtimes and lunchtimes.
A JCB has been in action tearing through the buildings this week.
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September 12, 2007
School Newsletter
The newsletter that went out to parents and carers on the 7th September can be found by clicking on this link:
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June 20, 2007
Year 5/6 Are Enjoying Whithaugh Park !!!
We have been doing loads of enjoyable activities such as kayaking, abseiling and rafting.We are having a fab time !!!!
By Zoe and Ryan
All the children are enjoying their week. Lots of things have happened including Miss Allen getting lost in the orienteering (3rd year running) and our rafts collapsing.
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June 4, 2007
Aladdin Is On Its Way !
Children from year 6 with some from year 5 have been very busy preparing their performance of Aladdin. It will be held at Heworth Grange Comprehensive School on Wednesday 13th and Thursday 14th June starting at 7pm (doors open 6pm)
Tickets can be bought from the Junior School Hall on Tuesday 5th and Wednesday 6th June at 3.30pm. They are priced at £1 for children attending our school and £2 for other people.
Can you afford to miss the excitement ?
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May 8, 2007
ALADDIN - Year 6 Production
At present Year 6 are working hard towards their end of year performance. We are extremely lucky to have been chosen to present our musical at the local Arts College, Heworth Grange Comprehensive. Our school will be the first to perform Aladdin and we are all very excited -because Heworth have a real theatre. This will be the first time we will have access to lighting, pyrotechnics and extensive sound equipment.
Rehearsals take place at least four times a week and include dancing, singing and acting. Miss Allen and Mrs Inkster say that by the end of this production they will either be grey or running away to join the Royal Shakespeare Company.
The cast consists of mostly Year 6 pupils with the chorus being helped out by Year 5. It is set to be our most fantastic production EVER! The main characters include
Aladdin - Bradley Botcherby
Jasmine - Melissa Stokoe
Jafar - Ryan Batey
Iago - Harry Thompson
Sultan - Danny Gore
Narrator 1 - Amber Smith
Narrator 2 - Ryan Edgar
Narrator 3 - Rachel Payne
Narrator 4 - Josh Archibald
Narrator 5 - Danielle Parker
Razoul - James McRoy
Tickets will be on sale at Roman Road School Office from 1st June 2007. Performances are Wednesday 13th June and Thursday 14th June at 7pm.
Tickets cost £2 for adults and non-pupils,
£1 for pupils, children
Free - under 5
Looking forward to seeing you in Our Whole New World!
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May 1, 2007
Stunning Year 4 Football Performance
The school year four team consisting of Josh T, Joe D, Callum Q, Joe H, Adam W, Celine D, Ross B and Liam M.won through to the next round of the Durham County schools year 3/4 competition after three wins in the group stage at Colegate Primary School.
The scores and scorers were as follows:
Colegate Green 0 Colegate Red 2
Roman Road 5 (Liam 2, Joe H. 2 & Ross) Falla Park 0
Colegate Green 0 Roman Road 2 (Joe H & Ross)
Falla Park 0 Colegate Red 0
Colegate Green 1 Falla Park 0
Colegate Red 0 Roman Road 2 (Adam & Joe H)
Well done to all of our players and we look forward to the next round at St. Mary's (Sunderland) next week.
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March 2, 2007
Bookweek is Coming
Book Week is the week beginning 5th March ! Many exciting things are going to be happening at Roman Road, which have mainly been organised by the Year 6 class as their enterprise project. We are having 2 competitions for prizes - making a bookmark and producing a piece of work about a book. The best pieces of work produced in each Key Stage will receive a gold reader award! The bookfair is in school all week and we are having a mammoth sponsored readathon. Our sponsored event last year raised a massive £1200 for the school! WOW! On the Friday of Bookweek, we are all dressing up as characters from books - even the teachers! We are also enjoying a fun afternoon in the hall with lots of books to buy and games to play. We are going to have a FAB time!
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December 1, 2006
Sting Attack!!!
At the start of September, a small wasp attack went a little bit wrong & four year four people with one teacher were stung. The three dinner ladies took the children on to a different yard to play on so they didn’t get hurt.
After the children had lunch, a wasp exterminator came in to get rid of the wasps and the nest. When the exterminator left, everyone was nice and calm and the wasps were gone.
by Taylor Johnston
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November 13, 2006
Busy Parents Evening for the Staff
Lots of parents turned up to find out about their child's targets tonight. Year 6 staff were especially busy as the parents found out what to expect in the run up to SATS.
It was great to see so many parents in school and we hope this will continue at our Spring target meeting.
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November 6, 2006
Easier address for the School Website
Our site now has a .org web address and is therefore easier to remember.
The staff have user names and passwords so they can upload to the site.
There is also a user name and password for each of the Key Stage 2 year groups so look out for constant updates to the site.
We aim to keep everyone aware of what is going on in OUR and YOUR school.
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October 3, 2006
Year 6 ICT team start on the website
Year 6 have started their new website, they are working together as a team, to make sure it goes well. We have all got a strong friendship, and we shall enjoy ourselves.
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June 29, 2006
The new building
Roman Road is soon to have a new classroom.
It is going to be a year 2 classroom. So far it has all the walls built and all the widows.When they started it was just a pach of grass. They started by putting the foundations down. They are now putting the floor down and building the pillars so the roof doesn't cave in. There is also a car park behind it for the teachers.
Article and photos by Ryan and Liam.
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February 14, 2006
ICT gets a BT boost
The school has been awarded £1000 by BT to develop speaking and listening by parents and their children while working with ICT.
The money is being spent on two machines with the idea of parents / carers being able to come into school with their children and use them. Some uses could be:
* Find some information from an encyclopedia;
* Surf the net;
* Look at our website;
* Make a computer birthday card.
We hope to see parents come into school and have the chance to use some of our ever expanding facilities.
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