Last week we were very lucky to be joined by Andy Nation who is a long distance swimmer and grandad to three of our children.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

We can not say enough thank you's to all the children and parents that came to school on Saturday 13th January to help spruce up the EYFS outdoor area.

There was gardening, painting, roofing, clearing, sorting, dismantling and stone shovelling to name a few jobs.

There are still a few job to do but the difference it has already made is amazing. We will be having another working party in the near future.

Keep a look out for the new and improved EYFS outdoor area over the next few months.

We didn't let the snowy and icy conditions affect our carol concert - thanks to Rev Kate coming to us, the show went on.

Rev Kate with the help of a few friends told the story of the first Christmas with a bang (well, the crackers went bang) to the children in KS1 and EYFS.

Children sang well known songs such as Little Donkey, Away in a manager and Jingle Bells as well as new songs that the children had learnt including Starry night.

Clues to what happened next in the story were hidden inside the crackers that some of the children pulled with Rev Kate.

Thank you to all the parents that joined us with the celebrations.

Due to the current adverse weather conditions, we have decided, along with other Primary Schools in Stevenage , to close the school on Monday 11th December. We have made this decision early in order to give parents as much notice as possible as the weather conditions are due to continue during the day on Monday. Please check back here on Monday for further information about whether the school is open on Tuesday.

On Wednesday, children came to school a little puzzled to why they had  been asked to wear odd socks that day. All was explained in the morning assembly...

Andy Day (from Cbeebies) and the Odd Sock band worked together with the Anti-Bullying Alliance to create a song called Unique.

 Their songs are all about being unique and appreciating others unique qualities. It’s a wellknown fact that encouraging acceptance of individuality at an early age can help prevent bullying later in life.

By wearing odd sock our aims were - 

•   to empower children to celebrate what makes them, and others, unique

•   help children to understand how important it is that every child feels valued and included in school, able to be themselves, without fear of bullying 

•   enable teachers and school support staff to celebrate what makes us ‘all different, all equal’ by celebrating difference and equality and taking individual and collective action to prevent bullying, creating safe environments where children can be themselves

Thank you to everyone that has supported this very important message with the aim to stamp out any sort of bullying at Roebuck Academy!