March 7, 2010
The Best Book Week Ever!
Tomorrow is the launch of Book Week 2010. Let's make it the best ever and spend the week 'Wrapped up in Reading!'
There will be lots of exciting things to learn and get involved with at school. Two prizes to look out for are Gold Writer award and Poetry Prize. These are given out every year to one person in KS1 and one in KS2.
Remember to learn your song or spellings for the sponsored event and return your money soon. Also get ready for the fun afternoon and dress up day on Wednesday!
Thank you for your returned parent/child competition entries. Winners prizes given out on Friday so return quickly please.
Keep checking the website for events happening this week and see how much fun we are having and all the learning going on!!!
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Roman Road's Talented Artists
As part of our 50th Anniversary Celebrations, Mrs McKeown wanted a mural on the school site. It was to be placed on the side of the boiler house. Last year, Miss Allen asked a few talented artists to design the mural.
This week, they were invited back to use special paints to create the mural. It will be placed on the wall shortly!
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Year 2 Assembly - Parents!
We had a gift for all of the parents. We made a French painting (inspired by Claude Monet) and a bookmark. We also gave the parents a taste of France - a crepe (pancake) and cakes with home-made french flags.
All of them enjoyed our gift and the assembly went really well.
After the success of the assembly, we all said goodbye to parents and they congratulated us!
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Year 2 French Assembly!
The Year 2 performed their fabulous Year 2 French assembly last Thursday. It was super and all the parents enjoyed it.
The children were fantastic and remembered all their lines. The audience heard every word! Miss Allen thought it was so wonderful the children all received a prize afterwards! Even Mrs McKeown said she had learned new things about France! Well Done for all your hard work Year 2!
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February 23, 2010
YEAR 2 CLASS ASSEMBLY - France!
Bonjour!
We would like to invite all year 2 parents and guardians to come to our class assembly about France! It will be superb!
Our assembly will be in the Infant Hall at 9.15 am next Thursday (4th March).
Tomorrow, Miss Allen is going to start practising the assembly. We will be bringing some lines home to learn. Please help us to learn our words so we can speak them loudly, slowly and clearly!
Looking forward to seeing you next Thursday!
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CHANGE TO DRESS UP DAY!!!!
The dress up day has been changed during Book Week to Wednesday 10th March. Letters were sent out this Tuesday sharing this information. Remember, it's an Egyptian theme so you could come as an explorer, a pharaoh, Cleopatra or a mummy! Prizes for the best costumes.
Remember, it's also the fun afternoon on the same day so bring your money!!!
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February 16, 2010
Are you an Eco Hero?
We are an Eco School! We will shortly be asking pupils and staff to join our bid to win our Bronze, Silver and Green Flag Award. this will make us an Eco School. A Green Flag Award is an internationally recognised Award and we will win it!
Parents, let us know if you are interested in joining our Action Team!
You might be able to give us some tips on how to become more Eco Friendly. We already have a gardening club run by parents and staff. We have a rag bag bin so all your old clothes can go to be recycled. We are an amazing Bike-it! school and we can only get better!
Look out in the future for Eco Events and join with us in our journey to win the Green Flag!
Miss Allen
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The countdown begins for Book Week!!!
10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2...1
It's the week you've all looked forward to...
Book Week is Monday 8th - Friday 12th March!
The theme this year is 'Wrapped up in Reading' - an Egyptian theme...
Keep working on your parent/child competition entries and pass them to Miss Allen as soon as you can. There will be loads of competitions and activities to get involved in during the week:
*Every night from Mon - Thurs the Bookfair will be in the Junior Hall from 3.30pm!
*Wednesday is the Year 6 Enterprise Project where they run a sale in school ...bring your money as there will be loads of fab games, food and prizes as well as books to buy!
*Friday is the BIG competition day. All prizes will be given out on this day. This is also when you can get dressed up...Egyptian style!
(For other information about Book Week, please check the letters sent home before half term)
REMEMBER...Book Week is when we choose our Gold Writer in KS1 and KS2. It could be anyone, so work hard!
If anyone reads this entry and you find information about Ancient Egypt using the internet/researching in the library...Miss Allen will give you a Frogget!!!!!!!!!!!!! Roll on March 8th!
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Oliver DVD!
The amazing Summer 2009 Musical is now available to buy on DVD for a bargain price of £5!! If you would like to purchase a copy, ask Mrs Redhead at Reception or Miss Allen in the Y2 classroom.
The Year 5 and 6 children put in loads of time and energy to make this a fantastic musical. Many people said it was 'better than going to the theatre'! Our children can match the talent of those on the stages of London! I can't wait for this year's musical...
Please make a comment on the website to say what you enjoyed about Oliver!
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February 10, 2010
Frogget Shop Opens for Business
Froggets are part of our FROG Factor. Frog stands for:
F = Feelings
R = Relationships
O = Ownership
G = Giving
We think about these important things every day in school.
Each day we can earn 8 Frogget points, if we work really hard. We can also get froggets for brilliant behaviour and good manners. At the end of the week we convert our points into Froggets. It's just like money! We have been saving them up over the last few weeks and now we have been able to spend what we have saved.
There was so much to choose from!!! Many of us chose bouncy balls, pencils and even cars. The more Froggets you have, the more you can buy.
Remember if we are absent from school, we lose 8 Frogget points for each day, so it's really important to have good attendance.
We are looking forward to our next visit to the Frogget Shop. What will we buy...?
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January 26, 2010
Christian Visitors!
Sheila and Katie came to see us today. They are from Miss Allen's church (Living Waters Church).
As part of Interfaith Week, Sheila and Katie came to talk to us about their faith. They visited all our classrooms and led a whole school assembly. Sheila made a banana appear from nowhere in a magic trick. She wanted us to eat dog food! Don't worry parents...it was only chopped up mars bars and jelly with a different label on. She told us that we should never judge people by their outward appearance!
We heard the story of Frd with the wobbly legs (the paralysed man story in the Bible) and asked Sheila questions about what she believed. What a fab day! She wants to come and visit again!
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January 18, 2010
Interfaith Week
This week, we are learning about Judaism. Michael Glickman, a Jewish man who lives in Gateshead came to visit our school. He spoke to Year 2 about the Torah.
We didn't know anything about the Torah at the beginning of the lesson. The Torah is the first 5 books of the bible. We found out that the books of the Torah is written on scrolls and they are kept in a cupboard in the synagogue. They can't be touched at all. People use a 'yad' to point to the words. This week we are going to find out loads of information about Judaism!
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November 23, 2009
Pink Day Success
Thank you to everyone who supported our Wear Pink Day. The children really enjoyed it whilst raising money for an important charity. We are delighted to let you know we raised £103.50 for Breast Cancer Awareness.
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November 16, 2009
Stay Safe in Cyberspace
Check out this great site to remind you how to stay safe in cyberspace. Miss Dorothy is full of great games and useful advice.
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July 3, 2009
Robotics Champs!!!!
Our fantastic Year 5 Robotics team are Gateshead Champions!!!!!
Well done to Kate, Liam, Kevin & Megan for working so well together to bring back another Robotics win for the school - the second in three years.
Thank you to Mr Bradshaw for all of the hard work that he has put in with this team and the other teams he is involved with.
Photos to follow.
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May 5, 2009
We are Writers!
At the moment, we are waiting for our own published book 'We are Writers!'. The books will be here soon so do not worry if you have ordered a copy.
Our writing at Roman Road is getting better and better! Before Easter we uploaded our best examples of work onto the Scholastic Website and our very own published book was available to order at the Book Fair in March. When the books arrive, there will be a few which can still be purchased at the cost of £5.99. They are worth every penny!!!
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April 24, 2009
We've had an amazing visit from a BMX stunt team. They came to demonstrate their skills in front of a crowd of children, parents and staff as part of the school's prize for coming second in the country in the Bike It 'Around the World' project.
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April 13, 2009
Coming soon...
Oliver!
Oliver is coming to Roman Road ... that's the MUSICAL Oliver!
All of Roman Road's Concerts are brilliant because the children are brilliant and everyone works really hard to make them spectacular. This year we are going to perform our own version of the famous musical. It will be performed in the Junior Hall in the penultimate week of the Summer Term! Looking forward to seeing you there!
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November 29, 2008
cooking with schools
A great big thank you to all of you who are sending in the vouchers from Flora margarine tubs. This is due to end on 31st December so make sure you send in any you have collected before we break up on the 19th December or it will be too late for me to register them on line.
Mrs B Lacey
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November 17, 2008
A big thank you to all of you who have been sending in the morrisons vouchers for school. We have collected 584 vouchers in total so we can now get some new equipment for the garden club.
Don't forget we are still collecting the cooking for schools vouchers from Flora margarine tubs. This ends on 31st December so you can either send them into me or log on to the website yourself.
Mrs B Lacey
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October 13, 2008
Red Kite
As of September 2008 Roman Road Primary School have officially adopted a Red Kite Bird. In class the children chose names which were entered into a final draw and the winning name chosen is Centurion.
The name was chosen by Year 2 and the MSB unit.
Mrs B. Lacey. 13/10/08
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March 28, 2008
School Nutrition Action Group
We are currently forming a school nutrition action group. This is a mix of staff and pupils who will be investigating ways to make the food in our school healthy. The group will be called S.N.A.G for short.
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Food for life partners
We are currently on course to become a partnership school with food for life. There will be lots of resources that we can access if we are successful and are chosen to become a partnership school. For more information about this come in and have a chat with me.
Added by Mrs B Lacey
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November 22, 2007
Children Make Bike-It Dusties
Children from year 3 have been busy making dustcaps for their bikes.
James from Bike-It, the project linked to our school to make bike riding safer, showed the children how to make them using clay.
This is one of many activities in the Bike-It project.
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November 2, 2007
Year 2 writing
Miss Allen says "I'm tickled pink!"
In Year 2 we are trying something new linked with assessment for learning. Miss Allen highlights our work with pink if she is tickled pink with our work. If she sees something that we can improve, she highlights it in green. This means 'grow green' and we try to improve on these bits of our work. Look at the picture. Miss Allen marked our Halloween stories about 'The Three Little Witches' using 'TICKLED PINK' and 'GROW GREEN'.
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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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