28.11.25

Head of School message 💬

Dear Families,

Time flies when you’re having fun - I can hardly believe that December is almost here! Over the past fortnight, Roselands has been buzzing with exciting learning opportunities for our children, and it’s been wonderful to see their enthusiasm in action.

As we enter December, we are eagerly looking forward to the children sharing their Christmas performances. 🎄 Please see below for a reminder of all key dates so you don’t miss any of the festive fun.

🧑‍🎄 The elves will be popping into school this evening to sprinkle some Christmas magic, ensuring the children return on Monday to a school full of festive cheer. A heartfelt thank you to everyone who has donated decorations, and to the PSA for sourcing even more - your generosity and support make a real difference.

This week, we also launched Medical Tracker, an exciting new development that allows us to efficiently track medical needs and accidents. We are thrilled about the benefits this will bring to our school and the added peace of mind for parents and staff alike.

I wanted to inform you that sadly, Mrs Kendall will be leaving her post as Mealtime Assistant on Thursday next week. Mrs Kendall has been a much loved member of our Roselands team and will be greatly missed by children and staff alike.  We wish her luck in her new role and know that she will continue to have a positive impact on the children that she works with.  We are excited that Mrs Pickering will be stepping into the Mealtime Assistant post, a role that she has taken on temporarily already!

I hope that you have a wonderful weekend and can't wait to see the children's faces on Monday morning! 🤩

Kind regards,

Mrs Pippa Bastock

Awesome Athletics 👟

Last Thursday, Topaz class visited Paignton College to take part in an athletics tournament against 7 other local schools. The children completed a total of 8 different activities including speed bounce, obstacle course, high jump, long jump and sprints. The children represented Roselands superbly and many of the class achieved the highest scores overall. 

Year 6 DJs in the Making: Sound Communities 📻

On Wednesday after school, a group of year 6 children took to the waves to begin creating their own radio show supported by Mark and Charlie from Sound Communities.  The children used a soundboard to record words and phrases and then they used these to create their own slogans. They also used an app on the chrome books to create music in different styles. 

Digging Into the Past: Year 3 and 4 Unearth Prehistoric Britain 🪨

This week children in year 3 and 4 learnt how historians found out about Prehistoric Britain. They didn’t have writing to learn from so they learnt from artefacts, ecofacts and features. They became archaeologists and discovered some hidden artefacts.

Football fixtures ⚽️

It’s been a fantastic couple of weeks of football across the school! 🌟

Our Year 3/4 footballers have been brilliant, with two different teams representing the school and showing superb teamwork, effort, and determination throughout their matches.

One Year 3/4 team played two strong fixtures, finishing with:

⚽️ 2-1 win

⚽️ 1-1 draw

Meanwhile, a second Year 3/4 team took part in the Paignton tournament, delivering two outstanding results of their own:

⚽️ 3-2 win against Preston

⚽️ 8-0 win against Curledge Street ⭐

Our Year 5/6 girls’ football team (with a little help from Year 4) also impressed. In their first match against Oldway, they showed real resilience, battling hard in the second half despite a 2-0 scoreline. They bounced back superbly in their next fixture with a well-deserved 1-0 victory over Sacred Heart. ⭐

A huge thank you to Mr Lowther and Mrs Gendall for their continued support in making these matches and tournament opportunities possible. 🙏

Christmas date reminders 🎄

A reminder about our upcoming Christmas plans! 

🎄 EYFS nativity - Wednesday 3rd December (10am and 2pm) at Roselands- Our Reception nativities will take place in the school hall.  Please book your tickets via this link - http://ticketsource.co.uk/roselands-primary-school 

🎄 KS1 Christmas performance - Tuesday 9th December (2pm), Wednesday 10th December (2pm), Thursday 11th December (2pm) at Roselands - Our KS1 performances will take place in the school hall.  Please book tickets via this link:  http://ticketsource.co.uk/roselands-primary-school 

🎄 KS1 Christmas songs at Asda - Monday 15th December - time to be confirmed - likely around 10am. The children will be performing songs from their Nativity for everyone to enjoy.

🎄 KS2 Christmas performance - Wednesday 17th (4pm & 5:30pm) at Paignton Academy (PA) - Borough Road - The Arena entrance - The two performances take place after school following an afternoon of rehearsals at Paignton Academy. Please park nearby and walk to the Arena entrance (signposted). We will need volunteers to support us with walking the children down to Paignton Academy, please let us know if you are available to help with this via the form at the bottom of the letter! Please book tickets via this link: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/roselands-primary-school 

🎄 Hollicombe House Day and Christmas Day at Roselands - Friday 19th December - On this day, the timetable will be collapsed for the day and the children will be taking part in lots of fun Christmas activities to end the term.

All children will have a Christmas Dinner if they would like one.  Christmas dinner will need to be booked by Friday 5th December on ParentPay. This is to help the kitchen with ordering.  🎅 Santa will be visiting Roselands on the day and your child will receive a gift, kindly donated by the PSA. This day will also be Hollicombe house day - raising money for the Torbay Hospital Special Baby Care Unit.  Please see letter (attached) for further details of activities and fundraising for the day. Any donations collected can be paid in cash or via the Just Giving fundraising page: www.justgiving.com/page/roselands-primary-school-hollicombehouseday-2025