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ROEBUCK ACADEMY
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Friday 12th February with what's going on!
Safer Internet Day 2021
This week we celebrated Safer Internet Day 2021 in true Roebuck
Academy style! Safer Internet is celebrated globally in February
each year. This year, it took place on Tuesday 9th February and
promoted the safe and positive use of digital technology for
children and young people. This year, Safer Internet Day (SID)
focused on exploring reliability in the online world. The internet
has a range of amazing information and opportunities online, but
how can we separate fact from fiction? We ensured that SID 2021
empowered our young people to take control of their online lives
and to feel that they can harness and use the positive power of
the internet for good. For more information, please visit: https://
www.saferinternet.org.uk/safer-internet-day/2021
A huge thank you to Miss Williams, our Computing Lead, for
organising the Safer Internet celebration! Keeping our children
safe, especially in such uncertain times, is our number one priority!
DEVICES DOWN DAY
As part of our whole-school focus on Children’s Mental Health,
Roebuck Academy held it’s first ever DEVICES DOWN DAY! The
day was a roaring success where children experienced a whole
range of practical and hands-on activities. We were impressed with
the effort that children placed into their learning in school, as
well as at home, but most of all their DREAMS collages. Everyone
rose to the challenge and we now have amazing D-R-E-A-M-S to
display at school. Well done everyone!
Nursery - Acorn & Chestnut
Nursery had a great ‘Devices Down Day’ and were super busy
all day taking part in lots of different activities. We made ‘I love
you’ cards to show how thankful we were to someone we love,
we played a memory game and we went for a senses walk in our
lovely school grounds. We had already been learning about our 5
senses in the weeks beforehand, so we used this knowledge when
exploring. We talked about what we could see, hear, smell and
touch on the walk. Afterwards we decorated gingerbread men
and used our sense of taste when eating them. They were yummy!
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Reception - Oak & Willow
‘Devices Down Day’ proved to be a very busy but enjoyable day
for Reception children. We started our day with cake decorating
and drawing our self-portraits. In the afternoon, we went on
a scavenger hunt to creature corner and made bird feeders to
encourage the local wildlife to visit our school. We finished the
day with a disco. It was great fun!
Year 1 - Elm & Maple
We finished our Design and Technology topic which was all about
making alien puppets. They looked amazing but a little weird!
We then made chocolate rice krispie cakes and made DREAMS
collages with items we could find and locate inside our classroom .
Year 2 - Pine and Birch
We loved our ‘Devices Down Day’ in Year 2. We made gingerbread,
play-dough and painted portraits. Our gingerbread tasted amazing
and we decorated it with melted chocolate. We used our play-
dough to create Chinese symbols and letters. Our Portraits are for
a whole school project, and we based our work on the artist of
Paul Klee by mixing tints. Our portraits were abstract. In Science
we have been discovering habitats down in creature corner!
Year 3 - Cherry & Pear
In Maths, we have been learning about different types of angles.
We have stretched ourselves into finding angles inside shapes
using geo-boards. The children at home have also been learning
about different angles and have been using JamBoard to draw
their own angles of different sizes. Well done everyone!
Year 4 - Cedar & Rowan
For ‘Devices Down Day’, the children got into the school ethos at
home by creating their own letters using items from around the
classroom and their own homes to create letters for the school
values. On the day, we also focused on doing good deeds for members
of our family and wrote letters of gratitude to NHS workers.
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Year 5 - Juniper & Sycamore
As part of our Anglo-Saxon topic, Year 5 have made honey, oat
and spice cakes.
The children learnt that as sugar hadn’t been discovered yet,
the Anglo-Saxons sweeten their puddings using dried fruits and
honey. They would have been cooked in a heavy iron saucepan
with a lid over a fire, however, in Year 5 we used an oven!
The children at school, and those that made them at home,
really enjoyed making these oat cakes and everyone seemed to
enjoy the finished product. However, we did think they needed
a bit more honey to help stick the oats together as they were
very crumbly.
Year 6 - Elder
What a great half term in Year 6. Despite the challenges we have
managed some great collaborative work between those at home
and those in school and have continually been impressed with
their maturity towards their learning. We have been learning
about ‘Greta Thunberg’ in Literacy and have been composing
a persuasive speech about climate change. The children have
then created their own persuasive speeches based on a theme
of their choice. We have also been doing lots of art this half-
term and have been creating a range of still life compositions
using different media: sketching pencils, charcoal, oil pastels and
even rubbers to create a negative impression. During Geography
learning, we have learnt about the process of erosion and have
created our own animations to show the impact on the coastline.
Our RE focus this half-term was around how Muslims show
their commitment to their God. This has resulted in some great
in-depth discussions around what commitment looks like and the
5 pillars of Islam.
Well done all, to another fantastic half-term of learning!
HALF-TERM HOLIDAY HOMEWORK
We have set homework across all key-stages for half-term.
The focus is centred on ‘Being Active’ over half-term which will
support everyone’s mental-health. Please see the individual letter
and flyer sent home today from Mr. Downie which features a
challenge in honour of Sir Captain Tom Moore.
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Digital Parenting Magazine
Digital Parenting is a free online safety guide, created by The
Vodafone Foundation and Parent Zone. It is packed with important
safety information and expert advice on issues such as healthy
screen time and sleep, with content relating from Key Stage 1
to Key Stage 4. They have several other free school resources
available for parents. They can be accessed here: https://www.
vodafone.co.uk/mobile/digital-parenting. You can also head over to
the Vodafone Digital Parenting Hub to access the articles featured
in the guide and more. Safety is one of our core values!
Herts for Learning E-Safety Parent Newsletter
As we move our way through a third lockdown many children are
spending more time indoors and perhaps more time online too. The
internet is an incredibly useful tool to support children’s learning
and can bring benefits to their mental health and well-being. When
children spend more time online they may, however, be exposed to
greater online risks. NSPCC has pulled together some really useful
advice for parents and carers which has been provided in the HFL
newsletter. Please check your emails as this was emailed onWednesday.
https://www.thegrid.org.uk/eservices/safety/news/newsletters/
index.shtml
Freya
During the month of January, Freya completed a 50 mile cycle
challenge. Even with the bad weather, she did not give up and
used the exercise bike at home to complete her challenge. Freya
absolutely demonstrated our school core value of Determination!
We are all very proud of her!
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"Try to be a rainbow in
Friday 12th February
someone else's cloud"
Rainbow Art Display
“Try to be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud” - Maya Angelou
As part of ‘Devices Down Day’, we asked the children at home
and at school to create a self-portrait. They had to create their
artwork on a A5 piece of paper and use any medium they had
access to. Each year group was given a certain colour. When the
portraits were put altogether, it created a rainbow of faces! We
are so impressed with the standard of art produced. It is lovely to
see home learners and school learners coming together to create
a collaborative piece. We are ALTOGETHER!
NHS Letters
For ‘Devices Down Day’, KS2 wrote thank you letters to the NHS.
Each child carefully thought about how they wanted to say thank
you and reasons for this. It was such an incredibly touching
moment as all children expressed how they were genuinely
thankful for all staff at the NHS. These letters have all been
sealed up and are being delivered to Lister Hospital.
E-Safety
On Tuesday 9th February, it was Safer Internet Day. Every child
in school and at home was exposed to learning based on keeping
safe online. The children were reminded of the SMART rules we
follow at Roebuck as well as focusing on a picture book with
themes of understanding how important it is to be safe online.
EYFS and KS1 focused on, ‘Webster’s Friend’ and KS2 focused
on ‘Chicken Clicking’. The learning has been displayed on our
new E-Safety display which features a huge tube of smarties!
Remember: Be Smarties when going online!
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