March 22, 2011
Bad Hair Day for Bike IT
Some very different hairstyles came into school today!!
Linked to our efforts to get more children (and adults!) to come to school by bike, we held a non-uniform day for those children who came in with a 'bad hair day hairstyle'.
Over the last few weeks, the children have been earning raffle tickets for riding to school as well as designing their own helmets and enjoying Bike It breakfasts.
You can find more pictures of the bad hair day in the gallery. More to follow.
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November 5, 2010
Congratulations!
Well done to everybody in Year 5 who passed their on road cycle training.
This is the first time that every single member of the class has passed, and everyone was presented with a certificate and badge in Assembly this morning.
As usual every member of the class showed an excellent attitude, and fabulous commitment, even bringing in their bikes to go out on the training in rain and in some very cold weather.Remember to fill in the questionnaires to help to make this training even better for other classes in the future.
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September 19, 2010
On - road cycle training.
Year five started their on - road cycle training on Friday. They worked on basic bike skills on the school yard, to make sure that they are all ready to go out on the streets next week.
Remember to bring your bike into school each Friday, Year 5, because you do not want to miss out.
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May 23, 2010
Are you an Eco Eagle?
Get ready to launch into ECO WEEK!!
Week beginning 7th June 2010!
Get ready to launch straight into…
ECO WEEK
when you return after the half term holidays!
During the week beginning 7th June 2010, we will be learning how to become Eco Eagles!
Roman Road Primary School is embarking upon a journey to achieve our Green Flag Award. This is an internationally recognised award. During this year’s Eco Week, we will be launching Eco Themes in a BIG way and will hopefully achieve our Bronze and Silver Flags during the week.
As a school, we are already looking for ways to be more Eco friendly:
*Our School Council are also our Eco Council and Staff members include Mrs Lacey, Mrs Phillips, Mr Bradshaw and Miss Allen.
*Teachers are including ‘Green themes’ in their Creative Curriculum.
*We are brilliant at ‘Bike-it’
*Our garden club has been up and running for a while and the vegetables grown are very tasty!
*We have our Healthy School Award!
In order to improve further, we need to review the 9 Topics of the Eco Award:
Energy
Litter
Waste & Recycling
Water
Transport
Healthy Living
Biodiversity
School Grounds
Global Perspectives
The Theme of Eco Week this time is…
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
Our particular focuses will be:
India & Global Warming.
Aims of ECO WEEK :
*To create an understanding about Indian culture
*To make links and raise money for an Indian orphanage in Malakapatnam
*To raise whole school awareness of Climate change issues
*To sponsor a polar bear
*To devise a school Eco Code
Indian Orphange Information:
It’s a Christian school based in the middle of a Hindu community. The children are mainly orphans due to the Tsunami hit on December 26th 2004. The children are of the lowest caste system (or ‘untouchables’) and without education would end up living in the worst possible conditions. We want to help them build a school and keep in touch with them to find out about life in India.
Events during the week:
The children will be taking part in loads of activities during the week which will raise their awareness about Indian life and Climate change. An Indian expert will be talking to the children, a drama company will be visiting to tell an Indian story and a visitor will be doing art work with the children.
On Friday 11th June we are having a Green Day.
This is a national event and children can get dressed up all in green.
Please bring £1 and all the money raised will be sent to the Indian Orphanage.
If you would like to donate more it will be greatly appreciated.
How PARENTS/GUARDIANS can get involved:
*Encourage your child to bike-it to school during the week and bring your own bikes as well!
*Each class will be given a ‘polar bottle’ through the week. Any spare coppers you have, please send them into school and we use the money collected across the year to sponsor a polar bear.
*You are invited with your children to an Indian breakfast on Friday 11th June at 8am in the Junior Hall. The event is free, but if you would like to bring a donation for the orphanage/polar bear, there will be a collecting box available.
KEEP A LOOK OUT ON THE WEBSITE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT ECO WEEK!
Thank you for all your support...why don't you begin looking for ways in which YOU can become more eco friendly?
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December 9, 2009
Bling, Bling and More Bling!
Ben and Danny returned to Roman Road on our Bling Day. They astounded us again with their brilliant skills and reminded us how important bike safety was.
Everyone had a great time despite the cold weather. Ben and Danny also helped with the bike raffle. Our lucky winners were:
Nursery - Jamie Greener
Reception - Ruby Robson
Year 1 - Brooke Widdrington
Year 2- Melissa Quinn
Year 3 - Leah Burnham
Year 4 - Callum Robinson
Year 5 - Lucas Turnbull
Year 6 - Craig Sutton
MSB - Jake Reed
Our lucky winners should receive their bikes in the next week or so. Well done to all those who rode their bikes to school. You were amazing.
Above is a picture of some of Key Stage One's bikes and scooters on our Bling Day.
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November 24, 2009
Bike Raffle / Bling Ya Bike
We have two great events coming in the next few weeks.
Make sure your riding your bike or scooter to school as much as possible over the next few weeks. We are really lucky to be raffling a bike for each class.
Every child will be given 5 raffle tickets to begin with. Then each day you cycle or scoot to school your teacher will give you another raffle ticket.
More raffle tickets = more chance of winning a brand new bike.
Also, Friday 4th Dec is Bling Ya Bike Day. It would be great to see as many people as possible all blinged up, as well as their bikes.
Ben and Danny are returning to our school as they were so impressed last time and we want to show them why we are THE BEST BIKE IT SCHOOL!
So don't forget ya bling - Friday 4th Dec.
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November 23, 2009
Look No Stabilisers!!!
Alan came into school and has taught us how to ride our bikes without stabilisers.
Alan is our Bike It Officer and he is fab! We love him! Especially when he shows us how to ride our bikes without stabilisers. Some of the children from Year 1 and Reception had a great time learning. Check out the gallery for more photographs.
Here are some handy hints if you are learning to ride your bike.
1. Take your pedals off. - This helps you learn how to balance the bike.
2. Push yourself around without pedals, trying to stay balanced.
3. When you have clicked, with your balance, put those pedals back on.
4. Now using your feet, push yourself off 5 times.
5. After you have done 5 big pushes, get those feet on the pedals and PEDAL.
These helpful tips should get you going in no time.
Remember safety is vital. ALWAYS WEAR A HELMET!
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April 23, 2009
BMX Stunts Arrive at Roman Road
After coming 2nd in the Round the World Virtual Bike Race, which included schools across England and Wales, part of our prize was to have some fantastic stunt riders at our school
Any parents or carers wishing to see Ben and Danny are to arrive on the Y5/6 yard for 10.15am on Friday 24th April.
We look forward to seeing you there.
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