July 3, 2010

Sports and Health Week Takes Place

Children from across the school took part in our annual Sports and Health week. What's more it isn't over yet. Due to the postponement of Sports Day last Tuesday, it will go on a little longer!!!

Over the week, children took part in various activities. The aim of the sports element was to try some sports that were new them.
Years 1 to 5 worked with Karate coaches, years 4 & 6 experienced rowing machines while all year groups including the nursery were able to tray sports such as hockey, tennis, golf, bowling, basketball and badminton amongst others. Hopefully some children will take up some of the sports.
Year 5 continued with their hula hooping whereas year 3 were trained in netball by a visiting coach.

Our visiting chef Nick, taught children from different classes how to cook healthily.
There were visits from the school nurse, Alan from Bike-It and also predestrian training.

To finish off the week some year 6 children planned an afternoon of coaching that they did with Reception.

The fantastic weather made a good week even better.

Lookout for photos in the gallery.

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May 24, 2010

Today I made some new friends

Can you believe we have had the chance to hold a snake!!!!!!!

Early Years and key Stage One had a fabulous time today and made lots of new friends - creepy crawly and slippery slimy friends.

Zoo Lab visited us all and brought a range of animals that could be found on the continent of Africa. We met toads, snakes, cockroaches, millipedes, snails, stick insects and finally a lovely cute bunny.

We learned all about their habitats and how they have adapted to suit their environment. Take a look at some of the animals we held. How brave were we?

Meet Harry the Hissing Cockroach. He is from the African country of Madagascar.

This is Sammy the African land snail. It was gigantic!

Twiggy is a stick insect. She can be found in many of the jungles in Africa.

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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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April 11, 2010

Year 2 at the Seaside!

Hope you are enjoying your holidays Year 2! I just want to let you know what theme we are going to be splashing into throughout Summer Term...that's right you've guessed it...The Seaside!

As well as Literacy and Numeracy, we'll be finding out everything we can about the seaside. We'll be interviewing pirates, making boats and sailing the sea singing shanties! Get ready to embark upon amazing adventures this Summer!

Parents...
We'll be learning loads this term. Here are some of the fun things we'll be making and learning. I bet you wish you were back in school!
*Making Lighthouses and learning about electricity
(please send empty pringles boxes to school)
*Learning sea shanties and songs and singing in rounds
*Lots of reading and writing about the sea
*Making boats and drawing things you might find at the seaside
*Habitats and living things
*Water and sun safety
*History of the seaside and myths/legends about the sea.
*We might even visit the beach!!

"Oh we do like to be beside the seaside"

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March 31, 2010

EGG COMPETITION

Well done to everyone who entered the egg competition. They were all 'egg'cellent'!!!

Well done to the winners and runners up.

Nursery - Hannah Marshall
- Jennifer Callighan

Reception - Ryan Pearson
- Elliott Loews

Year 1 - Alex Gore
- Dylan Callighan

Year 2 - Kyle Mclean
- Daniel Hick

Year 3 - William Fair
- Brooke Champney

Year 4 - Kirsty Lacey
- Chloe Percy

Year 5 - Nathan Nelson
- Jake Archibald

Year 6 - Caitlin Stewart
- Liam Thompson

MSB - Kieran Smailes
- Jake Reed

Best solo effort - Aimee-Lee Brooks
- Sophie Platts

More pictures can be seen in our Gallery by clicking on this link:

http://www.romanroadprimary.org/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=1488

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March 14, 2010

Fun Afternoon

Well done to Year 6 who raised just over £200 during Wednesday's Egyptian fun afternoon. The money raised will go towards the Year 5/6 end of year concert. Everyone was fantastic and enjoyed a brilliant afternoon...thank you to all the parents and children who donated gifts for the tombola. Thank you to all staff who gave their help and support. Another big success!!!

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A Mummy for you on Mothers' Day

In Year 2 we completed the Egyptian themed week by making gingerbread mummies and then wrapping them with icing. We hope you enjoyed eating them...that is if they reached you in one piece (Miss Allen caught a few of us tucking into them as we left the building on Friday night...yum, yum!)

We have learned absolutely loads this week!

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Sponsored Event - BOOKWEEK!

In Year 2 we had some really difficult spellings to learn for the BookWeek Sponsored Event.

One of the words was 'papyrus'. Miss Allen is giving out the prizes for the most sponsor money raised this Friday (19th March). there will be a bronze, silver and a gold prize so keep collecting!!! Good Luck!

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March 11, 2010

Mummy Who?????

All of the school were very privilged to receive a visit from Carol an Egyptologist this week.

Carol brought lots of fascinating artefacts to show us and really helped us understand what it must have been like to live in Ancient Egypt.

Our favourite facts were the gorey details. Did you know before they mummified a dead body, they removed some of the internal organs and placed them in jars? How did they get the brain out?
Let us know if you can remember.

We also had great fun learning how they used the bandages and special creams and ointment to make a mummy. Who could possibly be the mummy in this picture? A prize to the first person to get it correct. (Please leave your answers in the comment box with your name.)

Did you learn anything else? Please let us know in the box below. At this rate we could all become Egyptologists.

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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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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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Growing Magic Beans in Year 2

As well as our stories about Jack and the Beanstalk, we have been growing broad beans. Miss Allen challenged us to 2 competitions. Whao could write the best instructions for 'How to grow a bean' and who could grow the tallest beanstalk.

Alisha and Liam grew the tallest beanstalks for the girls and boys.
Bethany and Haydn wrote the best instructions.

We measured our beanstalks using a tape measure. We can measure really well now using cm.

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Jack and the Beanstalk

In Year 2 we have been learning the story of Jack and the Beanstalk.

Miss Allen read it to us, then we said the story as a class, in groups and in pairs using actions to remind us of the main parts of the story. The ogre's wife had a face as ugly as a troll's doll. Miss Allen said our scary faces would keep her awake at night!! Argghhhh!

Afterwards, we created a story map on a beanstalk with memory joggers. This helped us to write our story. We have a beautiful classroom display of our work with a massive beanstalk!!

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Snails a la Francais

Year 2 were amazed that French people actually EAT snails! We read a book called 'The Snail and the Whale' by Julia Donaldson (the person who wrote 'The Gruffalo'). It was a rhyming story and was about a snail who wants to see the world. She hitches a ride on the tail of a whale!

We used clay to mould and shape the form of a snail. Do you like them? They are super! We decided that we prefer making clay snails to eating real snails!

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French Printing

We have thoroughly enjoyed using polystyrene tiles to design and make our own printing blocks. We used the colours of the French flag to create our finished artwork.

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February 14, 2010

Do you have the Frog Factor?

We have the Frog Factor! Our Frog shop is now up and running and Year 2 enjoyed visiting it last week. We spent the froggets we earned and bought some superb prizes...

Frog Factor is all about being our best self and sharing what we know...We always try to give of our best in lessons and on the yard!

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Bonjour and Cheers!

Year 2 had a French afternoon! We tried some French food and wrote our own French menus to go into our classroom 'Restaurant Francais'. The wine (fizzy pop) was super and when Mr Slane popped the cork on the bottle we all got a shock! What would you choose to eat in a French Restaurant? Escargot? Le hamburger avec les frites? Read on and find out what we had to eat...

We had grapes which the French use to make wine. We loved to brie cheese and the crepes (pancakes)

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January 26, 2010

Divide it!

We are learning how to divide! It's hard but we are determined to succeed! Look at our fab method of working out division!

Did you know that division is like sharing?

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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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Balloon Modelling!

Sheila and Katie from Miss Allen's church came to visit today. After talking to the whole school about what it means to be a Christian, they came to balloon model in Miss Allen's class. Everyone got a balloon...there were caterpillars, swords and hats. Read on and you will see more balloon designs.

Look at the swan and the monkey on the tree!


Which is your favourite balloon?

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Numeracy at Home

Here is a great site from ICT games, to help you or your child with their numeracy skills at home.

You will have great fun. Whack a Mole is a definite favourite, teaching children to count in steps of different sizes. Have a go - it's addictive.

If you have played a game, please leave us a comment and let us know if you enjoyed it and what you or your child has learned.

http://www.ictgames.co.uk/

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January 24, 2010

Hannukkah in Year 2

We made potato latkes, a Jewish savoury pancake eaten during the festival of Hanukkah!

We fried the pancakes in oil!

Then we ate them...YUM!!

Jewish people have a lot of fried food during Hanukkah. This reminds them of the oil in the Menorah (candlestick) which was only supposed to last one day but God let it last 8 days. Hanukkah cards show the message 'A great miracle happened there'!

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Folk dancing in Year 2

Look at our folk dance!

We have learned a brilliant folk dance with loads of moves! they include right and left hand star, do-si-do, right and left hand shakes and turns! We'vve got all the right moves!

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Eating Plants in Year 2

"What a strange thing to do" I hear you say! But yes...Year 2 have been eating leaves, roots, stems and flowers!!

As part of our science topic about plants, we have been eating them. We tried lettuce leaves, cauliflower, celery (stem) and carrot (root). Most of us loved them! We now have a garden centre in our classroom and we are taking part in a Jack and the Beanstalk challenge. Miss Allen has given us 2 magic beans and we are planting them for a competition. Whoever grows the highest beanshoot will win a prize. Whoever writes the best instructions about planting a bean will also win a prize. I winder who has the greenest fingers?

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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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December 27, 2009

The World Around Us

Calling all Year 2!!
During Spring Term, we will be learning about 'The World Around Us'. Get ready to travel to France, Africa and the North Pole. You will be learning about French Artists, a French saint, French food and the French language. We will also invite your parents to take part in our French presentation and experience the delights of our French Restaurant!

Get ready to learn an African dance and create African music! We will have a garden centre in the classroom and will be growing plants and learning how different animals survive in various habitats. In RE we will learn about Hannukkah.

WELCOME TO 2010!!!! YOU ARE GOING TO LEARN LOADS! JUMP INTO THE NEW YEAR AND ENJOY YOUR TRIP AROUND THE WORLD!

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A Tale of Two Birthdays

It made you laugh and cry...our KS1 Christmas Musical was FAB! We spent ages practising and learning the songs and everyone performed brilliantly. Thank you to all staff for your fantastic input. Thank you to all the children for their hard work. Thank you to all the parents for your support!

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Reading Rocks!!

Do you know we give prizes for reading in our school? The Infants read loads at school and at home and every time we read a book at home, we move a star on our display. When we reach a book character, we receive a prize!

ALWAYS REMEMBER TO READ! I WONDER WHO WILL REACH THE END OF THE STARS? CHALLENGE YOURSELF TO READ LOADS IN THE SPRING TERM!

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Our Time Travelling adventures are coming to an end!

Do you like our Airport? We have spent the Autumn Term Time Travelling but all that will change...we are going to be investigating 'The World Around Us' during the Spring Term. Get yourself ready for new challenges and amazing learning opportunities!

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Go X Factor Joe! Well Done...You Won!

Year 2 love X Factor so we decided to send a card to X Factor Joe. Everyone in the school signed it. His mam, Eileen took it to him before the final show. We are convinced that we boosted his confidence which helped him to win! Joe mam said "Thank you for all your support!"
GO JOE!!!!!!!!!!

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Golden Anniversary Celebrations in Year 2

We have been celebrating our Golden Anniversary this term. Roman Road is 50!

We had a competition to design a 50th anniverary plate. One person from every class won!
We also used ceramic pens to design our own tile and cups contining our memories of Roman Road.

Last year, we wrote to soldiers in Afganistan. They sent letters back to each of us and then they came to visit and took part in our 50th Anniversary celebrations! Wow!

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Materials, Materials Everywhere!

Our Autumn 2009 Materials Work has been super! We toured the school to find examples of solids, liquids and gases. One of our favourite experiments was about dissolving. We dissolved 4 solids in water...salt, sugar, sand and tea leaves.

We planned our experiment and predicted the outcome. We also made sure our test was fair then worked in groups of three to try and dissolve the solids. The sugar and salt dissolved but the sand and tea leaves did not!

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Frozen in Time!

This Term our theme has been Time Travel. We travelled back in time to meet Guy Fawkes. We learned all about the 'Real Hallowe'en' and we even visited a real castle. But we never expected this!

Our Magic Time Travelling dragon, Denzel sent an S.O.S. to Year 2. A dinosaur had been trapped in the ice and could not escape. He wanted the Year 2 children to rescue it!

We did an experiment in groups of 3 to see which ice cube melted first. We wrapped the ice cubes in 4 different materials...metal foil, plastic bag, bubble wrap and air. We predicted which material would win. The metal foil won!
We rescued the dinosaur and now it lives on our Science Table

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Multi-skills at Heworth Grange

Year 2 really enjoyed our trip to Heworth Grange where we took part in lots of P.E activities. We were shattered when we returned to school!

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November 24, 2009

A Tale of Two Birthdays

Foundation Stage and Key Stage One are working really hard to 'WOW' you with their Christmas extravaganza.

We will be perfroming our Christmas play for all our parents on Tuesday 15th December at 10am in the KS2 hall.

Year 1 and 2 children may be taken home after the performance to get ready for their Christmas party, which will take place on the same afternoon at 1pm.

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November 23, 2009

Roman Roads 50th Birthday / Christmas Events

Dates for your Diary

SCHOOL BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS

Week beginning 23rd Nov

* Writing our favourite school memories.
* Choosing what will go in our time capsule.
* Making a display on what makes Roman Road such a special school.
* Thurs 26th Nov - 1950's lessons and school lunch.
* Fri 27th Nov - Balloon Release at 3pm (Parents welcome to attend)

Week beginning 30th Nov

* Mon 30th Nov - Time Capsule
* Tues 1st Dec - Over 18 Reunion (4 - 7 pm)
* Wed 2nd Dec - Anniversary plates to be made
- Under 18 Reunion (4 - 6pm) for Students currently attending Heworth
Grange or another local comprehensive school.
Not for children who currently attend Roman Road.
* Fri 4th Dec - Bling Your Bike and Yourself
Ben and Danny, BMX Stunt Riders Return
PTA Disco for Y1 - Y6 (4.30pm - 6.30pm)

Week Beginning 7th Dec

Tues 8th Dec - Roman Road is 50 years old today.
Re-dedication Service in KS2 Hall at 2pm. (Parents welcome to attend)

OTHER IMPORTANT DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Thurs 10th Dec - School Christmas Lunch

Tues 15th Dec - Foundation Stage and Key Stage One Christmas Play (10am)
Y1 / Y2 children can be taken home for lunch to return for 1pm
Y1 / Y2 Christmas Party (1pm - KS1 Hall)

Wed 16th Dec - Y3 / Y4 Pantomime (10am)
Nursery / Reception Christmas Party (1pm - KS1 Hall)
Y5 / Y6 Christmas Party (1pm - KS2 Hall)
Y3 / Y4 Panotmime (6pm)

Thurs 17th Dec - Y3 / Y4 Christmas Party (1pm - KS2 Hall)

Fri 18th Dec - Carol Service at St. Andrews Church (2pm)

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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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Raby Castle Visit

Year 1 and year 2 had a tremendous time at Raby Castle in Durham.

Year One have been learning all about Castles and Fairytales, whilst Year Two have been Time Travelling. Therefore Mrs Inkster and Miss Allen combined our two classes for an exclusive visit to Raby Castle.

Raby castle is in Durham and is the home of Lord Barnard. He was at home the day we visited as he still lives there.

We saw some amazing sights, ranging from the Red Deer who were in the castle grounds, the castle kitchens, the Entrance Hall, Great Hall and Octagon Room.

We really wish we could show you some photographs of inside the castle but there was a no photography rule. However you can click on the link below which will take you to Raby Castles website. There you will find photos of the rooms we visited.

http://www.rabycastle.com/categoryrender.asp?categoryid=3885

After our tour of the castle, and lunch in the Servants Hall, we were lucky enough to be able to play in the grounds of the castle.

The gardens were amazing. We had so much fun, playing hide and seek, making up fairytales and playing sharks on the lawns.

Before long it was time to go home. We all wanted to stay but we know our parents would have missed us, so we hopped on the bus and headed back to school, with many amazing memories of our castle trip.

Check out some other photos of our castle trip in the gallery.

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A Flying Figo Visit

Year 1 and Year 2 were surprised to have a new classmate.

Mrs Lacey, our teaching assistant had been telling us all about her parakeet. She even convinced us it could sing the theme tune to Doctor Who!!!

Imagine our surprise when we came into school and found a parakeet in our classroom. He was beautiful. We spent some time trying to think of as many describing words as we could. Whilst we were talking Figo chatted away in the background. We are still waiting to find out about Doctor Who though, as he wasn't in the mood for singing. After half an hour Mr. Lacey came and collected him as he would have been very unsettled in a new environment.

We hope to see you again soon Figo!

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April 13, 2009

Key Stage 1 Music Workshop

PIRATES!

Key Stage 1 really enjoyed our recent visit from the pirate music workshop. We learned pirate songs and sea shanties, played many different instruments and generally enjoyed making music!

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What's new in Summer Term for Year 2?

Space Topic - Salt dough Rockets

During Summer Team Year 2 are going to be continuting their Space Quest. We've already done a lot of Art and Design tasks to do with SPACE and we;ve learned loads of new skills. We've made 3D shape rockets, moulded salt dough into Space shapes, collaged rockets, made 2D shape robots and symmetrical shape rockets. Now it's time to learn facts and figures about Space!

This term we'll be writing recounts, reports and diaries in Literacy. We might even write letters to N.A.S.A!
In Maths, there is a lot to do... four operations work, weight, time and capacity.
In Geography and History We'll be finding out about Neil Armstrong and his trip to the moon.
In Science, we're going to learn all about forces and electricity, then move onto a topic about materials.
We'll be making 'Space music' in our Music lessons and listening more to 'The Planet Suite' by Gustav Holst.
In P.E. we're folk dancing and learning some team games.
In R.E. we are hopefully going on a trip to our local chuch and Durham Cathedral, then we'll be learning about the Jewish Torah, why Moses is so important to Jews and about the festivals of Purim and Sukkot.
In PSHE we will be discussing Relationships and Changes.
Later on in Summer Term, Year 2 will be making moving vehicles and winding mechanisms.
In ICT we are going to practise our word processing skills as well as learning how to use Control Technology.

It's busy busy busy in Year 2! We're going to have loads of fun and learn lots of new facts and skills.

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Book Week at Roman Road

We all had an amazing time during Book Week this year!

This Year's Book Week theme was 'Rocket into Reading' and the children loved producing work around a SPACE theme. All the children took part in competitions. Our two Gold poetry winners were Mark Alexander and Megan Harker. Our Gold Writer winners were Joe Hunter, Michael Hudson and Elicia Stewart. Parents joined in too! Mia and her Mum Donna Bojang won our Infant parent and child competition. Dawn and Nicole Stell won for the Juniors! Our Book Fair raised over £600. The Year 6 enterprise fun afternoon raised £200 and our Sponsored spell raised just below £700! Ellie Todd raised an amazing £158.50. Tanesha Raad came in second with £76.50 and Taylor Walker was a close third with £73.00! Thank you to everyone involved - it was a very successful Book Week!

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April 9, 2009

Easter Egg Hunt

Children in Years 1, 2, 3 and MSB had a lovely surprise on the last day of term.

The Easter bunny had hidden little tokens all around the school field and yard. In return for these tokens were chocolate eggs. Miss Stubbs, Mrs Inkster, Mr Slane, Mrs Cairns and Miss Parkin helped us find them. Rayne managed to find one of the special tokens which got him an extra big egg. We all had great fun!! We hope you all have a lovely Easter.

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March 8, 2009

Electricity

Year 2 have been looking at elecricity in Science. Follow the link below to go onto the BBC's interactive site about electricity.

BBC Key Stage 1 Electricity Page

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February 3, 2009

Education City

Across all year groups we use Education City to enhance our learning in English, Maths and Science. Have you heard your child talking about it and wondered what it was?

EducationCity.com is the most engaging learning and assessment resource for children and includes online Tests for Assessment learning and exam practice. It is ideal for children aged between 3 and 12 years old, as well as for older children with special educational needs (SEN).

It's educational games make learning fun for children at school and at home and help to improve their academic performance.

Want to know more, click on the link below for information, including how to get a free trial at home.

http://www.educationcity.com

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December 10, 2008

Track Santa this Christmas Eve

Hello Roman Road Children. Santa has asked us to keep you updated with the countdown to Christmas, as well as being able to track his progress around the world on Christmas Eve. Click on the link below and NASA will help keep you updated and let you know when it's time to be heading for bed! Don't delay check it out.

http://www.noradsanta.org/

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December 4, 2008

Christmas Recipe

Come and join Dog and a host of other characters in Year 1 and 2's Chrsitmas extravaganza!
We will be performing a Christmas Recipe on Thursday 11th December at 1.30p.m. in the Key Stage 2 Hall.

Please note this will be video recorded and a DVD will be available to purchase in the New year.
Be there or you will miss a treat!

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November 17, 2008

Jack and the Beanstalk

Year 2 have been growing beanstalks as part of our Science topic this half term.

Just before half term, Miss Allen set us a challenge...
We had a Jack and the beanstalk competition. We took home 2 broad bean seeds, soil and a plantpot and over half term we planted our seeds, watered them and watched them grow! We brought them in last week. The boy and girl who had the tallest plant won gardening prizes. Rachel won for the girls and Michael won for the boys. Well done Rachel and Michael - you must have green fingers! Mrs Lacey grew the tallest plant out of the teachers...Unlucky Miss Allen... your plant was tiny!! Better luck next time.

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October 13, 2008

Place Value

In Year 2 we are learning about Hundreds, Tens and Units

Place value is all about reading, writing and adding numbers. We are beginning to understand that a number like 234 is made up out of 200 30 4.
Last week for homework, Miss Allen sent us a 100 square to complete and we have been playing games on the interactive whiteboard. We are really good at finding numbers quickly using a blank 100 square. This week, we will be learning how to add 9 really quickly. Do you know how to do it? (Here's a tip: Add 10 then take away 1)

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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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September 15, 2008

We love Gymnastics in Year 2

This half term we are using the gymnastic equipment...and loving it!

We love PE! This half term we are using the gymnastic equipment. Sometimes it's scary (especially on the tall climbing frame) but it's always fun. We know how to balance on the horse and travel across the equipment in creative ways. Parents please remember that PE is on Mondays and Thursdays and children will need full kit. Thank you.

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Writing Instructions in Year 2

Today in Year 2, we have been making cheese and tomato sandwiches.

This is all part of our Literacy topic on writing instructions. Over the past two weeks, we have followed instructions to make jam and banana sandwiches for Miss Allen's friend and we have also made split-pin gingerbread men. We have read and ordered instructions and this week, we are going to write instructions. Can you remember some of the features of instructions? You need to include a title and bullet points. Also, you need to make sure you write each numbered point in order. Can you find any examples of instructions at home? Maybe you can bring a recipe into school.
This week we are going to make fairy cakes...pictures to follow!

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March 25, 2008

Celebrating success in Literacy!

We love reading and spelling!

All of the infants in Roman road are working on reading and spelling their 300 key words. We learn them as part of our homework. It is very tricky, but our teachers have made it easier for us by splitting the words into groups. We have Copper, Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards.

Every time we achieve and award, we receive a certificate in whole school celebration assembly on Friday.

We all love achieving our awards...they are FAB!!!

by Miss Allen

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Multiplying and Dividing in Year 2

We have recently been looking at multiplication, division and fractions, in maths.

Starting in last half term with Miss Allen, and continuing with Mr Ball, we have done a lot of work on multiplication and division. Using blocks and white boards to help us, we were able to calculate problems like, 2 x 12 = and 12 / 2 = . We were then relating them to doubling and halving, using the 2 times table. Fractions were a bit more difficult to do, we started with finding 1/2 and 1/4 of shapes, which was ok, but finding 1/2 and 1/4 of numbers proved a little more difficult until we realised it was like dividing by 2 or 4.

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February 7, 2008

Take time to read this

It's about time!
Year 2 have been learning about time.

We have loved learning about the 12 hour clock and using the interactive whiteboard to help us tell the time. We can tell the time using o'clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to! Cory was one of our maths kings this week... his work was fantastic! WoW!
Miss Allen said... "I think it's brilliant! My class are fab and we are lovin' maths!"

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January 23, 2008

Read Write Inc

Across Key Stage One and Year 3 we are using a great new reading and writing scheme.

Every day we are reading and writing with our partners and teaching sticks.

We start the day by learning a new phoneme - this is the sound made by a letter or group of letters.

We then move onto our speed sounds - this is practising reading every phoneme we have learnt so far at speed.

Then we work out the green words with our partner - these are the words that can be blended.

Red words follow - these are words that have grotty graphemes and can't be sounded out.

Next we read the book using a teaching stick to point to the words. We help each other lots.

Finally we concentrate on using the phonemes and our knowledge of the book to complete writing tasks.

All of our teachers are so impressed with our progress and we show our achievements with lots of celebrations. Some of our celebratios are King Kong, marshmallow clap, L'oreal, Elvis, lorry driver and many more. Why not ask for a demonstration we would love to show you and share our success?

To find out more aout Read Write Inc click on the link below.
www.readwriteinc.com/page12.html

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November 29, 2007

Reading Around the Solar System

In Key Stage One we are rewarding reading by giving each child some rocket fuel!

Every child has their own rocket. In our sink area we have displayed eight planets and the sun. We all started on the sun. Then each time we read a book at home and at school we gain rocket fuel. This means that our rockets are able to fly to the next star. When we land on a planet we get a prize. When we land on the last planet we will be presented with a special prize in assembly.

Everyone is much more excited about reading at home and at school!
Who is in the lead? Pop into school and find out.

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November 4, 2007

What is Fred talk?

This year in Key Stage One, each class has a special visitor called Fred. Fred has come to help with our reading. Unfortunately Fred can only speak in sounds and so it is the children's job to help him understand by saying the words. For example Fred may say c-a-t and the children say cat. This is helping the chidlren to blend words from the sounds they are learning. When reading at home with your child you can ask them to Fred talk the word and then say the word if they are stuck. Remember the more you practise reading the easier it gets!

Photos of Year 1 Fred are to follow.

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November 2, 2007

Year 2 Numeracy - money problems

The Money Monster

There is nothing scary about our Money Monster, just like there's nothing scary about money! Why don't you do some money work at home?

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Year 2 Numeracy - money problems

Money Monster

In Year 2 one of our targets is to be able to work with money. We have a money monster in our classroom and we can buy items from him. We tick the items we want and pay the money monster. Some of us are beginning to learn about using pounds. Do you know how many pence are in one pound?

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Year 2 Numeracy

Magic Maths

In Year 2 we have a Magic Dragon called Denzel who writes to us. He travels around the world visiting various places. He even knows where Santa Claus lives. Denzel told us that he lives in a place called Magic Island. We used our own Magic Island maps and plotted the places that Denzel told us about on the map. We remember how to plot co-ordinates by 'going along the corridor and up the stairs'. Do you like Numeracy?

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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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November 1, 2007

Magic Sandwiches

In Year 2 we have been making jam and banana sandwiches for our magic dragon Denzel's party.

We really enjoyed making them. After that we wrote instructions for making a sandwich. We made sure that we included bossy verbs and gave plenty of detail about how we made our sandwich. We also included bullet points, list of equipment and ingredients and numbered steps.

Photos to follow soon.

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February 13, 2006

Cats galore!

Year 2 have been doing lots of work about cats this term. We have a wall full of cat pictures which we looked at to give us lots of ideas for descriptions. We all drew sketches of cats, and then used oil crayons to produce cat pictures. We wrote descriptions of cats, trying to be as imaginative as we could. We all chose our favourite cat on the cat wall and typed our name to use as a label. We had to give our reasons for choosing our cat, and found out about fact and opinion. We let visitors to our classroom choose a cat as well. Why not pop in and see which is your favourite?

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