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Friday 9th October 2026 


Headteacher's Blog

09 Oct 2026
Headteacher's Blog – Friday 9th October 2026
Romilly Together  Dear Parents and Carers, Another busy week at Romilly, and with just two weeks to go until half-term, there is certainly no sign of things slowing down! Firstly, a huge thank you to everyone who attended our parents' evenings on Tuesday and Thursday. It was lovely...
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What's Going On

Parents Evening
3:30pm – 6:00pm
08
October
Parent Help Out Day
9:15am – 12:15pm
09
October
5NM Slade Farm Trip
All Day
12
October
Shwmae Day
All Day
15
October
5VC Trip to Slade Farm
All Day
19
October
Read Write Inc Parents Workshop - Best suited to Reception families and children in Years 1–2 who are still developing their early phonics and reading skills.
9:30am – 10:30am
19
October
Read Write Inc Parents' Workshop- 2:30pm – Developing Fluency & Confidence Best suited to Year 1 families and Year 2 families looking at fluency, longer words and comprehension.
2:30pm – 3:30pm
19
October
Cancelled colorfoto Day- individual photos and siblings N-Y6
All Day
20
October
PTA Discos-Nursery – activities within classes Year 2 – 3.30pm–4.30pm Year 4 – 4.45pm–5.45pm
5:30pm – 6:30pm
20
October
PDP- Reorganised Parents Evenings
3:40pm – 6:10pm
21
October
PTA Halloween Disco- Reception and Year 1 – 3.30pm–4.30pm Year 3 – 4.45pm–5.45pm Years 5 and 6 – 6.00pm–7.00pm
5:30pm – 6:30pm
21
October
October half term - 1 week
All Day
from 26 Oct until 30 Oct
26
October

Latest News

08 Oct 2026
Meet our new Friends of Romilly team
We are delighted to introduce the Friends of Romilly volunteer team for the 2026/27 school year, who were confirmed at Wednesday evening’s PTA AGM. The team for this year is: Chair – Zoe Hyland-Buckeridge Vice Chair – Jessica Cooper Secretary – Ruby Price Treas...
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02 Oct 2026
Celebrating Our ‘Always’ Children 🌟
  This week, we have been celebrating some very special members of our Year 6 community – our ‘Always’ children. As part of our focus on leadership and role models in Year 6, members of staff were asked to nominate children who consistently stand out for all th...
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02 Oct 2026
The Jude Cantlay Kindness Award
  We are incredibly proud to share that Holly is the very first recipient of the Jude Cantlay Kindness Award – what a special honour. The award has been created in memory of Jude Cantlay, a much-loved pupil at Romilly who sadly passed away. Jude’s family wanted...
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02 Oct 2026
A Wonderful Macmillan Coffee Afternoon at Romilly
  A huge thank you to everyone who supported our Macmillan Coffee Afternoon at Romilly this week. It was lovely to welcome so many of our parents and carers into school to enjoy a cup of tea or coffee, some delicious cake and, most importantly, to help us raise money for Ma...
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02 Oct 2026
Creativity, Curiosity and Skills in Action through STEAM
  There has been lots of exciting practical learning taking place across Romilly through our STEAM programme. STEAM brings together Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics, giving children opportunities to develop their creativity, problem-solving and practical ski...
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02 Oct 2026
Phonics Parent Workshops
Dear Parents and Carers, On Monday 19 October, we will be holding two parent and carer workshops to demonstrate how we teach reading through our Read Write Inc. (RWI) phonics programme. The sessions are designed to help you understand how reading is taught in...
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Y6 Class Blog

09 Oct 2026
Y6 Blog Post Friday 9th October
Week 6 in Year 6 We are well into this half term now and what another fantastic week we have had in Year 6! In Literacy, we have begun planning and writing our own portal stories with a wartime theme. The children have been building on their understanding of a range of grammatical devices...
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Y5 Class Blog

09 Oct 2026
Y5 Blog 9th October 2026
This Week This week, Y5 have had another amazing week which was kicked off with 5KH’s visit to Slade Farm. The class got to experience what it’s like on a real-life working farm and even got to ride in a trailer! But it was the piglets that stole the show. On Monday...
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Year 4 Class Blog

09 Oct 2026
Y4 Blog Friday 9th October
This week’s learning   It has been another busy and exciting week in our classroom. We have been incredibly proud of the enthusiasm and effort they have shown throughout the week.  In Literacy, we have continued to explore the wonderful world of poetry, focusing particular...
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Year 3 Class Blog

09 Oct 2026
Y3 Blog Friday 9th October
This week Year 3 has thoroughly enjoyed learning all about food from around the world! As part of our topic learning, the children have explored different foods that are grown and enjoyed in countries across the globe. We have been discovering where different foods come from and how climate, geog...
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Year 2 Class Blog

09 Oct 2026
Y2 Blog Friday 9th October
1. This week’s learning 🌟  We have had another lovely week of learning in Year 2!  📖 In Literacy, we have been getting creative with our writing by creating our very own spine poems! The children have been developing their use of descriptive language, thinking carefully about...
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Plaza (Reception/Y1) Blog

09 Oct 2026
PLaza Blog- Friday 9th October
1.This week's Learning:    This week we have been continuing to learn the story of Little Red Riding Hood, with actions. In our literacy session we have been learning about adjectives and thinking of different words to describe the wolf.  We have used some very big words l...
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Nursery Blog

09 Oct 2026
Nursery Blog – 9th October 2026
This week’s learning – Friday 9th October 2026    Thank you to everyone who came to see us for Parent’s Evening.  It was such as lovely opportunity to catch up with you and for you too see your children in the setting playing.    Our story i...
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Outdoor Learning Blog

09 Oct 2026
Y5 Visit To Slade Farm
Year 5 Visit to Slade Farm 🌱🚜 On Monday, our Year 5 pupils will be visiting Slade Farm as part of an exciting food literacy programme. This year-long project, supported by funding from Vale Food, will give children the opportunity to explore where their food comes from, learn about sustainab...
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09 Oct 2026
Friday 9th October
Our fantastic Year 6 pupils have been busy getting their hands dirty in our forest area! Armed with gloves, litter pickers and plenty of enthusiasm, the children worked together to clear overgrown areas, collect litter, tidy our woodland and even gather some windfall apples! 🍎🌳 It was wond...
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09 Oct 2026
Friday 2nd October
🌱🌷 Outdoor Learning in Year 6! 🌷🌱 On Thursday, our Year 6 children enjoyed their first outdoor learning session with Mrs King – and what a brilliant start! The children got stuck into planting daffodils, tulips, pansies, violas, conifers, lamb’s ears and a selection of herb...
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