Year 4 Boys Long Jump - Chayden 7^th 

Year 4 Girls Long Jump - Sophie 1^st 

Year 4 Boys Javelin - Cameron 4^th 

Year 4 Girls Javelin - Hailie 6^th 

Year 4 Boys 300M - Aiden 4^th 

Year 4 Girls 300M - Phoebe 1^st 

Year 4 Mixed 50m Relay - Aiden, Cameron, Chayden, Sophie, Phoebe, Hailie, Sienna 3^rd  

Year 5/6 Boys Long Jump - Nathan 1^st 

Year 5/6 Girls Long Jump - Yasmin 2^nd 

Year 5/6 Boys Javelin - Harry 8^th 

Year 5/6 Girls Javelin - Kelsey 10^th 

Year 5/6 Boys Cricket Ball Throw - Orryn 5^th 

Year 5/6 Girls Cricket Ball Throw - Maisie 9^th 

Year 5/6 Boys 600M - Lauren 5^th 

Year 5/6 Girls 600M - Ben 5^th 

Year 5/6 Boys 100M - Lennon 1^st 

Year 5/6 Girls 100M - Amber 3^rd in Heats

Year 5/6 Mixed 4x100 Relay - Orryn, Harry, Eriola, Maisie 5^th

Year 5/6 Boys 4x100 Relay - Kai, Lennon, Ben, Nathan 1^st 

Year 5/6 Girls 4x100 Relay - Amber, Kelsey, Yasmin, Lauren 1^st 

Year 4 Overall - 5th

Year 5/6 Overall - 1^st 

Whole School Year 4/5/6 Combined - 1^st 

The year 4's narrowly missed out on medals after 3 teams came joint 2nd, with Roebuck behind by only 1 point!

The year 5/6's came 1^st overall in their category, and by the finest of margins Roebuck Academy won the whole event for year 4/5/6 combined by only 1 point from 2^nd place.

A monumental achievement for Roebuck Academy - Huge congratulations to all the children involved. That 1-point difference between 1^st and 2^nd was down their hard work and determination throughout the whole day! 

A write up on the event is also available from the link below

www.thecomet.net/sport/stevenage-sporting-futures-hold-schools-athletics-event-9038774

Before he left, he gave all the children a golden nugget to step forward in life, “Enjoy life, as you have only one chance to live.”

By Lily Jeanes and Ellie Lang.    

Mr Lewis was born in Stevenage, but grew up in Biggleswade, as a child. When Mr Lewis  was a child he went to Lodge Farm Primary school and Highfield secondary school. Also, when he was younger he wanted to be a history teacher and journalist. As he wanted to be a history teacher he had to study all subjects at school. He told us that he loves his job and couldn’t ask for a better one. 

He left the children with a nugget of wisdom which was,‘Have a go at everything and be courageous’.

Written by Yasmin Bell

Her nugget of inspiration to the children in school was ‘Get reading and keep on reading’- Pam Pellen

Written by Yasmin Bell (Head girl) and Orryn Drackford (Deputy Head Boy) 

Reverend Kate posted this message.

Thank you so much for all your harvest gifts.  I've attached a photo of them delivered to the Foodshed which you can use if you want to.

Blessings, Kate

We have prepared a short tutorial to help you get logged on using the children's Purple mash log in.

Click on the link below for access to the video. There is also a Parent help pack attached below

https://youtu.be/w_HBXcmtq9Y- Video Link

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Aliens in Underpants Save the World

https://youtu.be/URYBjS1Ynic

https://youtu.be/yxqAcH5BOzI Beginning

https://youtu.be/E2fr0hfe9eU Middle

https://youtu.be/w_qQmkuNE-I End

At the end of the day the children were then allowed to take their pack home , or eat them!

Alison loves her job because she gets to help new people every day. She helps children and adults of all ages. Every day is different and she sees 10-30 people depending if the day is busy or not. She has had glasses since she was very young, works at Lister Hospital and has been for filling her dream of helping people for 20 years.

When she was younger, she wanted to help people by being a teacher or doctor. Alison lived in North Yorkshire as a child and went to a primary school there as well. She went to university for 4 years and did A- levels in maths and chemistry.

Alison wore glasses since the age of seven and helps people who need glasses from ages 1-100. Although she mainly helps children, Alison has no typical working day. One of the reasons people come to her is because of something called Cataracts. It is where older people see a dot in the middle of their vision.

Alison’s golden nugget of wisdom for all the children of Roebuck was, “Get your eyes checked regularly, listen all the time and do something every day to help somebody!”

Written by Year 6

Alison is a Bio-chemist and works at company called Life Ark. She has been working there for 40 years and loves her job and science. She trained as a Bio-chemist however, she mostly works with cells. Alison has lived in many countries and has helped many different people.

Alison went to a primary school in South London, Croydon. After spending 3 years at university and finishing a degree, she left at the age of 18. Although she didn’t have a dream at school, Alison thought about what she could actually do. To do her job, she had to be good at maths, science, problem solving skills and perseverance.

At 8 o’clock every morning, Alison heads to her lab. To enter the lab, you have to wear a white cloak, special glasses and white latex gloves. She meets new people most days and makes their good ideas work. Alison conducts many experiments which could each take from one hour to six months. There is also a glass wall so people can look inside the lab without being to close. Now they have robots in the laboratory, and in the afternoons, Alison works in an office of computers.

Her nugget of wisdom was, “The most important thing is to try everything, take all of your opportunities and never give up!”     

A Creative Crafts workshop will run for 5 weeks starting on Thursday 27th February from 1-3pm. This is a workshop for parents of children in Years 1 & 2. Come and learn ways to support your child's learning and get an opportunity to work with them within the school day. Return your slips to the school office to reserve your place!

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https://youtu.be/hV_02EIWpN4  Mr Lewis reads  Hairy Maclary

In our latest edition Mr Mari reads The Gruffalo, while Mrs Herbaut reads No Dragons for Tea.

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https://youtu.be/yXdQsJ5OSxk      Mr Mari The Gruffalo

https://youtu.be/kQjjOZq8qA0   Mrs Herbaut No Dragons for tea.

Jordan is 31 years old and works at Airbus in Stevenage.  He is an engineer. He is from North Manchester and went to school there which was called Chester Primary. As a child, his dream was to be an Astronaut but he was scared of heights.

Airbus builds satellites which orbit earth. Some satellites can travel very, very fast. Their largest satellite weighs a lot and is as big as a Double Decker bus. He has been working there for nine years. He works 8-10 hours a day (most days). To get this job he had to get a degree in Maths, Science and Physics.

His nugget of wisdom for us was to do things you like doing – you will be more successful if you do a job which you enjoy.

Written by Year 6

Nick was born at the Lister hospital and was raised in Stevenage. He went to school at Long Meadow school where he liked coming up with stories to tell and loved reading books. Nick’s favourite book growing up was ‘Holes’ by Lewis Sachar. When he was younger, he actually dreamed of being a journalist and after going to university and going to a special journalist school, he made his dreams come true.

Nick started off as a reporter about 10 years ago where he continued working for about 3-4 years. He then became a chief reporter for around 3 years and climbed the ranks to become an editor. Nick’s job is to travel around Stevenage to look for stories to tell in the newspapers and on the Comet’s website. Working for the newspaper has given Nick many opportunities such as meeting the queen, visiting different countries and seeing the Olympic torch.

Nick’s nugget of wisdom for us is ‘to always try and find things that you like to do - it will help you succeed.'

By Jack & Jasmine Y5

In our latest edition Mrs Jackson reads- Zog and Mrs Solomon reads -Sir Scallywag and the Golden underpants.

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https://youtu.be/l9YoIWbDcp0

Mrs Jackson - Zog

https://youtu.be/6rvjZUYx3ao

Mrs Solomon Sir Scallywag and the Golden underpants

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In our latest edition Mrs Prosser reads Owl babies

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https://youtu.be/CftUJYoTRMk

Helen  lives in East London and loves designing fashion. She is a STEM school project administrator but in the past she has had many exciting jobs.

In year 12, she studied business on a type writer and short-hand handwriting but soon decided that this wasn’t what she wanted to do. Then she studied being a secretary. When she went to college, she studied a four year degree in art as designing dresses would require her to be good at drawing. In her third year, she worked for a fashion designer called Helen Storey who had her own design shop. There she was encouraged to share her ideas and create.

They did a project on Dvora cloths and printed a dress with cement (which stayed in a glass container outside for two weeks and cleaned the air inside it). Finally she finished her degree and worked in many bridal wear shops since. Then for a while, she had her own bridal shop.  

Her nugget of wisdom was, “Remember that your education is always important. Everything you learn is important to remember as it will help you make decisions about what you do and don’t want to do later on in life.”

Written by Amelia and Poppy Year 6

In our latest edition Mrs Elson reads Walking through the Jungle

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In our latest edition Mrs Thomas reads Peace at Last, while Mrs Sparrow reads, The incredible book eating boy

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https://youtu.be/g5MD8Nztc3U    Mrs Thomas

https://youtu.be/XaWmizbgxx0    Mrs Sparrow

Roy goes around to schools reading stories to children and making them smile. He lives in Hertfordshire with four sons and a wife and he came to our school to read the Donkey’s First Christmas written by an eleven year old girl. This book was about Mary, Jesus and Bethlehem but from the donkey’s point of view. This book was very entertaining and humorous and we would love to have him come back to Roebuck Academy and read more stories.

Being a storyteller wasn’t his only dream as a little boy. Roy wanted to be a teacher growing up so he studied singing, dancing and script writing which he enjoyed and he now has a passion for storytelling.

Roy’s nugget of wisdom for our children was enjoy your school, enjoy books, and enjoy life.

Owen is a musician and has been all around the world. Just recently, he came back from a cruise in Australia singing for all the people on board. He was due to go to Denmark the following weekend and then Los Angeles before Christmas for another cruise. He is very, very busy!

Vanessa works at a charity called Vision Loss and this charity has been in Hertfordshire for over 100 years. Tina is being supported by this charity. They visited our school to tell us more about their charity and to give us an idea of what it might be like to work for one.

Unfortunately, Tina lost her eyesight quite a while ago when she had a child who was only one. Luckily, this charity helped her to get through life while being blind. Tina described what happened and how she felt. “I was just scared because I couldn’t see and I didn’t know how to look after my child while being blind.” Throughout these years, Tina has got a lot of help with home life activities and situations.

We were all very inspired by the assembly. We were moved by what a fantastic job the charity and its workers such as Vanessa do to help people and by Tina, who is an inspiration to us and who was so brave to come in and talk to us all about her daily struggles.

Story 1- Mr Alden- Supertato

https://youtu.be/yTO6a7afZ8U