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ROSKEAR
Callum R
Football Roundup
On the 4th December 2014 there was a football
match on home ground. Roskear’s 6 a side team
versus Connor Downs 6 a side team.
Unfortunately we lost 3-5 but both teams played
really well.
The team that played for Roskear was Callum, Cailen ,
Adam, Kyle, Narimatas, Logan and David. David and
Logan played in defence, with Callum and Cailen in
mid-field. Our strikers were Kyle and Adam with
Narimtas in goal. Callum and Kyle both
scored goals for us, with the third an
own goal by one of their players.
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Swimming Gala
On Wednesday 12th November 2014, a group of Year 5/6 children went to Redruth School to compete in a swimming Gala.
Firstly, it was the warm up they had to swim a length of the pool.
Next, was the breaststroke, Taylor came first winning the first
gold medal. ACer that was the backstroke race, luckily Roskear
managed to accomplish another gold medal by Daisy. Next was
the front crawl scoring another gold medal by Finlay and 2nd
place from Isobel. Meanwhile was the bu5erfly race fortunately
Roskear managed to win another gold medal by Abbie. As me
went by it was the relay race, Roskear came 3rd.
We are looking forward to playing
more games in the future.
Abe K, Jay F, Ma5hew W
Kerenza T
Mul Skills
When year 2 went to mul-skills we needed to
take our drinks because it was very hard and
was very ring !
Roskear Golf Goodies
Wednesday 3rd December 2014 Roskear
school Golfers went to Illogan school for a
Golf compeon, compeng against
Portreath and Illogan school. We took part
in six different challenges.
At mul-skills we got sweets because we were
very well behaved. Some of us thought it was
unfair but it was fair because we did lots of
exercise and we did earn them.
I loved mul-skills it was be5er than when I
went last me because there was a person
dressed up as santa called Santa Harris... Its so
nice to do mul-skills outside of school, it was
such an adventure and it made me feel
amazing! I really like being healthy!
These included pu,ng a Golf ball
into the hole and hi,ng a ball on to
a giant fake pizza.
The first school to do all the
challenges was Illogan school. Next
was Portreath and then Roskear.
Date: December 2014
RoskearPrimaryandNursery
School
Edion No: 3
Online edion at www.Roskear.cornwall.sch.uk
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Recently the children in KS2 at Roskear Primary and Nursery School entered a Young Writers’
Let’s Get Wring Superhero Stories compeon. All the children in KS2 at Roskear entered the
compeon. Ninety three of Roskear’s entries were successful and have been selected for
publicaon within a special anthology to be published in December.
The copy of the pupils work will appear in, Superhero Stories – Devon & Cornwall. A copy will
be sent to the Brish library, providing a lasng record of this achievement. The editorial team
will now go on to select the best schools across the series to win 1st prize a creave Wring
workshop package with Roger Stephens,2nd prize £500 of educaonal resources, and 3rd prize
£250 of DK books. The winners will be announced once the books in the series have been
published.
Mrs Thomas who organised the schools entry said ‘ I’m exceponally proud of all the Roskear
children who entered this compeon. This has been a fantasc opportunity for our children
to see their wring published and hard work rewarded.’ For more photos see page five.
How many images of Roskear’s
shield can you spot in this issue?
Author Visit
Insidethis
issue:
Editor’s page
2
Author Visit
1,3 and 10
Meet the
teacher
11
Author and playwright Christopher
William Hill came to Roskear School to
visit the children who read his book
‘Osbert the Avenger’ over the summer
holidays. The children took part in an
author interview for the
Guardian
Children’s Book
site. For more photos see
page 10.
Editor’sPage
Puzzles by Megan and Tara
Instrucons
W
I O E
P C A
T L R
elcome to the third edion of our school
newspaper ’Roskear Termly Tabloid’.
Thank you to our reporters for helping to write the arcles in this newspaper.
There is so much to read in this issue. The Golf compeon, the e-safety interview, it’s very important to stay safe on line. There
is also a very interesng interview with Mrs Harvey our school cook. The school council have also been busy, read about what
they got up to.
I hope you share this newspaper with your friends.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Eden C
Editor
Headteacher
Year6
Shane W
Truro Trip
On Tuesday 9th December 2014 the year 6 class went to Truro
to explore and to have a life lesson. Any adult reading the
report would know what a life lesson is, but for the younger
readers a life lesson is where year 6 children had to organise
the transport and everything else on a budget of £7.00 per
person.
No one reading this paper will fail to see the incredible amount of learning opportunies that our children have experienced this
term covering sports, compeon entries, visits from authors and excing trips. What a busy school! Make sure you take the me
to sit and read all about it.
With Christmas approaching the corridors of the school have rung to the fesve sound of Christmas Carols and anything that has
stood long enough has been covered in nsel by Mrs Crocker. It has brought me great pride and pleasure to see all the children in
the school growing in confidence and parcipang in good spirit in our three Christmas plays. Children I would never have imagined to have the courage, have spoken, sung and smiled, capvang and enthralling the audience. Our Choir have also been busy
in the community, bringing carols to the residents of Blackwood House and represenng our school in our CroCy Learning Trust
carol concert. Thank you children you have made this Christmas in school a memorable one.
I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and we look forward to welcoming you all back in the new year – who knows
what excitement 2015 will bring?
Mrs Lamb
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There was a teacher in every group, for example my group
had Mr Walsh. We began our trip by catching the train at
Camborne staon, where we were responsible for buying our
own ckets. Each group was allowed to go into any shop they
wanted to, the Cathedral, bakeries and so on, which my group
did. We had challenges to complete; we had to take pictures
of
our
group
outside
the
cathedral, paying
for
something
and a picture of
our group on the
train.
It was the best
school trip I have
ever a5ended!
How many words can you make out of the
le5ers?
You can only use the le5ers once in each
word.
Can you make a word using all of the
le5ers?
3 Le5ers = 5 points
4 Le5ers = 10 points
5 Le5ers = 15 points
6 le5ers = 25 points
Year1
Mrs Lawrence asked the children in Marazion what they had been
learning and this is what they came up with!
♦
We can tell and write The Three Li5le Pigs story.
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We go to Read Write Inc every day and get be5er at reading.
♦
We made wolf masks but we had to draw them first. We had to
use tape to make the noses stay on.
♦
In Maths we have been adding and this week we have been shopping with money.
♦
In ICT we had to use the mouse to draw and we learnt to change
colours and brush sizes.
♦
We looked at aerial photos of Camborne in Geography and
talked about what is natural and what is man-made.
♦
In indoor PE we have been balancing and making shapes on the
apparatus.
♦
We’ve been to the library to get new books and share stories.
♦
In outdoor PE we have learnt to throw using two hands.
♦
In music we matched the animals to the instruments in ‘Peter and
the Wolf’.
♦
We go to assembly and get cerficates.
♦
If we try really hard we move up the flower and get a prize.
♦
We choose a superstar of the week and they have help the
teachers.
IntheKitchenwithMrsHarvey
Paige M
We interviewed Mrs Lamb to see what she thought of the
producon ‘Beauty and the Beast’.
Do you like cooking?
A
Absolutely, I love it!
Q
Mrs Lamb, what did you think of the play?
Q
What is the hardest thing to
cook?
A
I thought it was very noisy!
A
Definitely our Christmas dinner!
Q
Why do you like M & M producons?
Q
What is the easiest thing to
cook?
A
Because I watched them perform when I was li5le
and they were amazing!
A
Pastries.
Q
What is your favourite M & M show?
Q
When did you start working in
the school kitchen?
A
The Wizard of Oz. I also enjoyed Cosmic Crew, a
play they wrote themselves.
A
1990.
Q
What do you think they might do next?
Q
Is there a food item that you
didn’t like, but do now?
A
Treasure Island and Robin Hood.
Q
What producon would you like to see them do the
most?
A
Um…..Alice in Wonderland.
Yes, Sweetcorn.
Kady G
Dates for your diary…
Beauty and the Beast
Spring Term 2015
6th January - 27th March
Half Term: 16th - 20th February
INSET day: 13th February
Summer Term 2015
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George Eustice MP
Design a Christmas Card 2014
Well done and congratulaons to Safiyah who entered the “Design a
Christmas Card” compeon. Her drawing was chosen as one of the runner
up designs.
The judging panel consisted of local majors and her award was presented in
assembly on Friday 12th December by Mr. Barnard on behalf of George
Eusce, MP.
Safiyah’s design will be displayed on the reverse of their constuency
Christmas Cards.
Well done Safiyah
PantoatRoskear
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Arwen T and Lucy N
Q
A
DesignaChristmascardCompetition
Year4
13th April - 23rd July
Half Term: 25th - 29th May
INSET days: 22nd June & 23rd July
New term starts 6th January
My favourite part was when Belle was singing.
The characters are Belle, Scamper, Gaston, Gormless and
Prince Allen. My favourite song was ‘happy’. This is what
happened , an enchantress put a spell on the prince that
turned him into a beast. The end was when the spell was
broken and Allan said ‘will you marry me?’ and Belle said
‘yes’. My favourite part was when Gormless said ‘bye’ and
kicked Gaston.
A big thank you to
everyone who
contributed to our
third edion of
‘Roskear Termly
Tabloid’.
Year2/3
Year5
Jay F
Miss Curnow’s class
Ian Thomas Author Visit
Ian talked to us about all the adventures that that he has
been on. There was lots of amazing wild life, nature and wild
life animals. He swam in the sea with humpback whales and
wrote a book called Emily and her Pharoh The Dress and now
he has wri5en a second book called Emily and her PharoahThe Golden Dragon.
The children in year two and three’s topic last half term was
‘Why are humans animals too?
Ian Thomas showed us a DVD about a whale, he was in it and
was so ny, compared to the whale he was the size of a
mouse. We then wrote stories about all the places he visited.
The children were very excited when Mr Eva discovered two
stone age skeletons in the school grounds. The children
wrote;
Mr Eva was cleaning up the rubbish outside. He came and
told us that he had found two skeletons. We dropped everything in shock! Then we all rushed outside to look for ourselves. The class were really excited. Looking closely we saw
tools and skeletons. Miss Curnow found the stone age tools
under the skeletons hand. Then we lined up, as we walked
past we were very happy. We talked about the discovery.
Lilly said ‘Sooooo! Excing’. Some children were quite
scared. Mr Eva rang the museum to tell them about our
discovery.
Joinaclub
Creave Wring Club
Netball
Would you like to know what we do in
We meet every Wednesday at 3:15 where
Creave Wring? It happens every week on
Mrs Williams puts the teams together; we
a Monday, from 3:15 unl 4:15. It is only
currently have three teams. Then we go
for KS2.
outside and play matches. The winners stay
In Creave Wring we get to write in a
on and play the next team. Finally, we
calm and concentrated atmosphere. Our
pracse shoong goals .ACer we have
numbers have grown so we no longer fit in
finished we return to the classroom where
the library, where it was previously hosted.
we find out who was the player of the
However, the angelic Mrs Williams kindly
match.
lent us her classroom!
We will be playing matches against other
During our club we accept the challenge of
schools in the New Year.
parcipang in a four minute warm up.
This is when Mrs Thomas reads out a We welcome all abilies, so why not join
mystery acvity; we write it down and then even if you’ve never played before?
focus on it. When the 4 minutes are up Mrs
Thomas asks people if they want to read
their work out. If they do, they get to tell
everybody else, whilst we listen. Then we
say what we like about it and occasionally
we say what they can improve. Then we go
onto the main part of the club.
By Emilie T
RoskearReviewers
There are usually two other schools there
and we compete against each other.
by Daisy R
Boxing Club
When we go to boxing club we pracse
boxing, but no real punching. Mr Thomas
will tell us what to do; we then copy him
and do a move called the jab. Although we
wear real boxing gloves we only punch into
people’s hands.
Boxing club is on every Wednesday; do not
worry if you are shy because Mr Thomas
will help you.
By Morgan C
Construcon club
Construcon club is where
you learn how to connect things together
and build. It is not dangerous but not suitable for children under 5!
In addion to this we do some amazing
things such as wring Halloween and We have made waving hands, an electric
Christmas stories and parcipang in com- fan, a Lego house and a very big marble
run. It is a great way to build your
peons.
imaginaon and be creave. If you lack
The only way to find out more is to join us. confidence it doesn’t ma5er you can just
In order to do this ask Mrs Thomas, who is build anything you can think of.
usually in the Mousehole classroom.
We meet every Wednesday at 3:15 in St.
By Madeline D and Ciara D
Piran’s classroom, if you’d like to join us
why not speak to Mrs Mitchell?
Swimming at Redruth School
By Luke A
Swimming at Redruth School is where you
have swimming lessons and earn badges
Maths Challenge at Pool
like the 25 meter badge. It’s really great
Academy
fun and you can improve your swimming
Every other Thursday four year six pupils
skills.
(Madeline D, Nathan P, Dean D and Daisy
We meet at Redruth School at 6.30pm and
R) take part in an excing and exhilarang
it lasts for an hour and a half. The people
maths challenge at Pool Academy.
there are really friendly and they teach you
Each session consists of our wonderful
dives and how to float on the water.
teacher, Mr Williams, se,ng us a task; if
Don’t worry if you can’t swim, you can sll
you win you get sweets! Somemes we use
go because they will teach you. If you like
Smart Answers which are machines that
the water and enjoy having fun, why not
you type your answer into; this is then
join our club?
shown on the board for everyone to see.
By Brooke R
We need your help!
Would you like to write for our
school newspaper?
Write an arcle about something
that has happened at school or
about a topic that you are interested in.
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book is for people with creave minds. I Let’s Get a Pup by Bob
rate this book 5 out of 5, this is one of the
most magical and mythical books full of Graham
The book I think you should read over fairies and elves that I’ve ever read.
The book I think you should read over
Christmas is the Horrid Henry Joke Book By Emilie T.
Christmas is called Let’s Get a Pup by Bob
by Francesca Simon.
All the usual
Graham. It is about puppies. A child asks
characters are in here; Moody Margaret, Billy Bonkers by Giles Andreae her mum and dad for a pup so they go to
Peter, Rude Rolf, Sore Susan.
the dog shop. It is so funny to read if you
like dogs. I loved the book, my favourite
The book I would recommend you read
My favourite bit was when Horrid Henry
part is when the pup cries because it is
over Christmas is Billy Bonkers Not my
called Peter a name, all children should
Pants by Giles Andreae. The characters are cute. I recommend it and it is a great
read this, but no adults!
Billy Bonkers , Mr Bonkers, Mrs Bonkers
book. I rate this book 10/10 because it is
By Brooke R
and Polly Bonkers. My favourite character good.
is Mr Bonkers because he is really funny.
By Paige P
Horrid Henry Joke Book by
Francesca Simon
The Faraway Tree by
Enid Blyton
Billy Bonkers has old pants and he tries to
get rid of them. It wasn’t just funny it was
awesome.
This heart-warming tale by Enid Blyton is
great to read over Christmas because of I loved this because it was funny and
the freezing weather predicted. The book made me feel very happy.
is full of magic and different types of
By Jacob BH
dimensions and worlds full of enthralling
enchantments and strange sorcery. This
SummerReadingChallenge2014
Our editorial team will then check
it for publicaon.
Make sure you include your name
and class.
We have regular meengs to work
on our stories which you are welcome to a5end.
You can also submit your arcle to
one of our adult helpers. Mrs Bond,
Mrs Mitchell and Mrs Thomas.
They will make sure that we receive
it for consideraon.
The Editor.
Well done to all the children who took part in the Summer Reading Challenge. The children worked hard over the holidays to
read at least six books. Cerficates and medals were handed out in a special assembly.
Children signing their Published stories
The children in year 4, 5 and 6 took part in
their play ‘Silent night’.
Year 1, 2 and 3
‘Baubles!’.
EYFS Nursery and Recepon classes
‘Shine Star Shine’.
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SchoolCouncil
SchoolCouncil
MeettheTeacher
Tyler G, Kaitlyn R, Madeline M, Mia G and Caitlyn S
By Amy M, Chloe S and Kyle R
Roskear Primary and Nursery school have their own school council which gives us the chance to say our views on things. A boy and
girl are chosen from each class (year 1 - 6).
Mr Lord - Year 5 teacher
Recently we had a meeng about Children in Need. We decided to dress up for the day as super heroes and have a cake bake sale.
We helped to write the school e- safety rules and
we also went to Pool school to make things out of
li5le bits. We also decided what the school logo
would be. Picture - from our very successful bake
sale on Children in Need Day. We raised over
£317.00 on the day. Thanks to everyone who
brought in some yummy cakes especially Mrs
Mitchell’s Banana Cake.
What is your favourite book?
Legacy by James Kerr.
Q
A
What inspired you to be a teacher?
Having a chance to make a difference to young children.
Q
Why do you wear es?
A
It is because I like to set an example and look smart at
school.
Your school council are arranging many more fun
acvies for you and your child to take part in soon.
Year2/3
Q
A
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Q
A
job.
Why did you come to this school?
I really wanted to work here and was very lucky to get the
Q
A
How long have you been a teacher?
A year and a half?
Q
A
Do you like your job?
Yes I love my job, it is very rewarding.
Q
A
What is your favourite sport?
Rugby
Year2/3
Saffire W
Mr Savages, Mr Thomas and Miss Curnow’s class have been using e-schools to enable children
from their classes to safely message and chat to one another online inside and outside of
school.
SchoolLibrarian
e-schools
By Kiera S and Taylor F
Saffire W Year 2 Posted: Today at 2:28pm
Beth P Year 2Posted: Today at 2:28pm
Have you heard about e-schools lately ? I think it is
amazing, do you? You can send messages to your
class mates and your teacher! We’re very lucky in
year 2 and 3 because we are the first classes to use
it. But be very safe because the teacher's can see
every thing...So be safe and don't put silly things up!
Also you can change the theme, mine is Manchester
United at the moment. It can make you learn because we can pracce all our English skills and it's
fun to write not in your wring journal. You can even
use it at home, I used it last night.
Did you see our school play? It was absolutely
amazing. It was called ‘Baubles!’ and it was about
Bethlehem. We even had school children in our
play and we also had teachers.
In my opinion, my favourite part was when I went
on to the stage because I had a really funny line
that I had to say. It was ‘well the lady does look
quite fat’. Everyone in the crowd was laughing
their head off when I was about to say my line. I
was laughing a bit myself.
I do hope EVERYONE LOVED our school play!
Being a Librarian is all about helping people find what they would like to read
and making the library dy each day and scanning the books in and out. You
have to return the books you borrow and then you can borrow a new one. We
rush to get the scanner because it’s our favourite job. Being a library monitor is
all about having fun and encouraging children to read. We have a set of library
rules to follow whilst in the library that the children in the school have wri5en.
How do you become a Librarian?
First you have to write Mrs Bond a le5er telling her why you want to be a
librarian. Next you have six weeks of training to be able to know what you need
to do so that you can help people. Then when you have completed the training
you are presented with a badge and cerficate in assembly.
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The Year 4 and 5 children enjoyed a morning of
fun making their Chrisngle’s whilst learning what
it represents to Chrisans.
Our Chrisngle service was held later in the day at
The Centenary Chapel in Camborne, we were
delighted that so many of our parents were able
to join us for the celebraon.
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Christopher William Hill Visitcontinued…………….
We are looking for
more book reviews
to
feature in
our next edion.
E-Safety
Acceptable Usage Rules
Chloe S and Luke A
If you would like to
write a review that
would be fantasc!
I will ask an adult if I can go on a computer
and only use the acvity they have told me
to use.
Please submit to
the editor or one of
the reporters on
the front page.
I will not ignore a teacher when she or he
tells me to do something on the computers.
History 100 years ago - End of World War One
Chloe, Ciara, Madeline, and Sadie
On Tuesday 11th November
the prefects (Sadie, Chloe,
Madeline and Ciara) went to
the church in order to
celebrate Remembrance Day.
It is one hundred years this
year since the end of World
War One.
People wore
poppies to represent the people who died in the war. Our
school wasn’t the only one
there. Rosemellin, Gooseberry Bush Nursery, Camborne
Science and
Internaonal
Academy, St Michaels and
more were also there.
Madeline and Ciara went up
to the front. Madeline said
a speech that said’ We
present these poppies from
children to say thank you to
all those who gave their lives
so we can live and be free’.
Ciara laid down a posy of
poppies on a beauful statue designed by Kimberley age fourteen from St Michaels secondary school. Once we had
finished we
had to wait for Mr Eva to collect us from the church to take us back to school.
Q
What are the e-safety rules at our school?
I will respect the computer and headphones.
A
The rules are all about how you should use your
computer safely. When you are in school it’s monitored
to make sure you’re safe.
Q
How many computers are there in the school?
I will tell an adult if something goes wrong
on the computer or I do not know what to
do.
A
Over two hundred and forty computers.
Q
How long have you been at Roskear? And what did you
do before?
A
I’ve been at Roskear for three years, before that I worked
at Bath university.
Q
What training do the staff have on e-safety?
A
All staff, Governors a5end an e-safety presentaon, so
that they understand what we need to keep safe. This will
be carried out once a year.
I will tell an adult if I see something that I
don’t like on the computer.
I will not send mean messages to people on
the computer.
If I do not follow these rules I may not be allowed to use a computer.
Wri5en by Pupil council, Sept 2014
Roskear Termly Tabloid
If you have something you would like to submit
for our next publicaon please make sure it
reaches us by our deadline of 18th March 2015.
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Once upon a Christmas
The children in years 2 to 5 took part in a story writing competition called Once upon a Christmas. The
children had a chance to write a story about Christmas and were judged using the following criteria:
The competition was very strong and made it very hard to find winners. The following pupils were highly
commended:
Callum R, Mathew B, Ryan H, Finley C, Jimmy S, Tyler G, Eden C, Phoebe H, Arwen T, Scarlett K, Kiera
S and Leia B.
Beginning - had to hook the reader in.
The winners were: Jonas MD and Kerenza T
Middle - how they developed their story.
End - was everything tied up nicely or did they have a cliff hanger ending?
Once upon a me there was a spy that helped Santa Claus
and she was called Skye the Spy. One night Evil Mr Savage
gave everyone an exploding present!!!!!!
Next door there was a CRASH, BANG, SCREAM, SHOUT. A
present EXPLODED...Evil Mr Savage laughed “No one can
stop me with my laser gun”.
Then, Skye ran in and shouted “you stop right here Mr
Savage”. So evil Mr Savage started to fight on milk
chocolate melted mountain and evil Mr Savage trapped
Skye the spy!
Finally an Elf with awesome, cool and outstanding powers,
turned Mr Savage into a incy wincey speck of dust and
saved Skye. Skye found Santa and helped Santa deliver
amazing, crazy, cool, pre5y, awesome, fabulous, fantasc
and outstanding presents to lovely and pre5y children to
have a lovely jolly and Merry Christmas to all.
Jonas MD
Kerenza T