Well Kingswood 2016 has definitely started, with the excited children really rising to the challenge in the afternoon with their first taste of life at West Runton. After a lovely journey the children settled well into the routine of making their beds, with some impressive efforts especially from Archie B- very efficient! With a lot of collaboration going on, eventually everyone managed to complete the task.

The children then enjoyed their first activities of Caving and Archery. Group M sunk to new depths in the caving system, which had quite a bit of water, after some rain in the week. Miraculously some children managed to stay relatively dry. Apparently a new technique of crab scuttling through the cave was demonstrated by out PE specialist (Miss Carter) and others followed suit. Not everyone however managed to stay as dry with two boys, whose names are rather similar, demonstrating effective army crawling through the obstacles and puddles underground.  All children went through the cave, and came out the other side without too much fuss.

Meanwhile group N managed to master the art of archery in the indoor shooting range. All children managed to hit the target on numerous occasions, with some expert shots really showing others how it should be done.

Evening entertainment saw the children enjoy a rather wet pool party followed by hot chocolate and a relatively early night.

Roebuck took part in the annual Stevenage Rugby festival hosted by Stevenage Sporting futures and Stevenage Rugby club at King George V playing fields. With a young and inexperienced squad competing against the best that Stevenage Primary schools could muster. Playing against larger schools, the team showed great spirit and determination and never gave up in keenly fought games, Despite losing four and winning only one of our pool matches, we were placed fourth in the league due to our superior try scoring record having consistently scored over 7 tries a game. Three of the games were only lost by one try and notable perfomances included a very close 9-7 loss to the eventual finalists St Vincent de Paul in which the lead changed hand on numerous occasions. Having then moved forward to the frendlies pool, Roebuck seemed to get rid of their inhibitions and managed to win two and draw their last three games scoring a total of 49 tries in the process.

The whole team contributed to some great running rugby and we managed to just be pipped at the post for the fair play award by Round Diamond. A huge well done to the team of: Archie B, Logan A, Amelie B, Eloise B, Zohul H, Freddie G, Harrison M, Max A and Harry C

A team of Year 5 and 6 children participated in a Basketball Festival on Wednesday. They took part in six games, winning two of them and running close in a range of others.

The team represented the school fantastically well during the tournament showing good levels of commitment, teamwork and sportsmanship. They improved their skills throughout the festival and can take good heart from their achievements.

We congratulate the team on a terrific effort!

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Roebuck played their first Football match of the season against a strong Round Diamond team.

Five players made their full debuts for the team, as well as five players from last year, and they performed admirably. This was particularly evident in the first half, showing their work on passing and movement skills developed in training.

The scoreline of 6-0 did put a dampener on a determined display but the team take away plenty of positives as well as pointers to improve in the future.

An exhibition was set up in the hall last Monday to present the amazing work children across the school had produced as a result of our Anthony Browne themed week in June.