Oak and Willow class have settled really well into routines at Roebuck Academy.

This week has been the children's first full week in Reception, and everyone continues to look very smart in their new uniforms. We have shared stories, sang nursery rhymes and become familiar with our new classrooms. The children have played beautifully with each other and are starting to make new friends as well as re-establish old friendships. Lunchtime has been a new experience for the children, and they have coped with it very well. The children eat in the hall and are learning to become more independent by clearing away their lunch items themselves. We also enjoyed our first PE lesson with our sports coach Mr K and showed our artistic skills by drawing our own self-portraits.

The EYFS team really enjoyed welcoming the children and getting to know them. We are all looking forward to the year ahead learning about lots of wonderful and exciting things together. Well done Oak and Willow class.

This week in our Reception classes, the children have been busy working on their handwriting. Every day, the children in Reception get a visit from Marvin the Monkey.  Marvin is a friendly, stripey monkey who teaches the children to write cursive letters. Each letter he teaches them has a story and a picture to help them remember how to write the letter correctly. Marvin has two golden rules - start on the line every time and start with a little smile. Every day, Marvin looks at the children's handwriting and if he is really pleased with the children, he gives them a special Marvin clap. Look how quickly and beautifully the children have learnt to form their letters. At Roebuck Academy we are writers. 

It has been a busy start to the Summer term with lots of amazing learning happening. This half term our topic is called 'Splash'. We have been busy learning all about water, how we use it, where you would find it and how you can travel on it. We decided to focus our learning this week on finding out about different sea creatures. We loved watching different video clips of amazing sea creatures and used non-fiction books to find out about different sea creatures. The children then put their artistic skills to work by creating their own individual sea creature which we added to our class display. At Roebuck Academy we are artists!

It has been a wild week in our Reception classes! The children have been very excited about our new topic 'Amazing Animals'. The children were amazed to receive a letter from Shepreth Wildlife Park explaining that some wild animals had escaped from the park and were last seen heading to Roebuck Academy! We found lots of animal prints in our outdoor area and were very surprised to watch a video of wild animals stampeding through our Reception garden. We have found out about the continent of Africa and some of the wild animals that can be found in Africa. We enjoyed finding out lots of interesting facts about different African animals and all the children have contributed to a class display on animals. Their artwork looks fabulous in our classrooms. At Roebuck we are zoologists!

This week the children have been exploring London through the text, 'All aboard the London Bus!'. Each day, the children have role played boarding a London bus, including having their ticket punched by the conductor and travelling to a different part of London. The children enjoyed exploring Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, The Underground, London Bridge and finally The Tower of London to see the crown jewels. As part of our learning, the children have created their own London Bus and wrote independent sentences about travelling on a London Bus, remembering to use capital letters, finger spaces and full stops! Well done, Reception. At Roebuck, we are writers!

Our topic this half-term is 'Delicious' and in our literacy lessons the children enjoyed looking at recipe books and learning about the features of non-fiction texts. We have been writing a set of instructions for a Chocolate Mug Cake and of course once we had done this, we had to make the Mug Cake! The children were fantastic at following a recipe and all agreed our cake was delicious! At Roebuck we are chefs!