Spring Term 2025
This term, the pupils have voted to hold a fundraising event for children affected by war around the world. We are always so incredibly proud of the compassion shown here at Robin Hood Junior School and we know the money raised for the charity ‘War Child’ will be greatly appreciated. We have decided to hold a non-uniform day with a touch of red/pink to share the love — you might even want to come dressed head-to-toe in red/pink! However, as always, please do not go and buy anything new. Most will find that they do have a little red/pink on something that they already own. As it is also Valentine’s Day on this day (Friday 14th February), we thought it would be an appropriate day to hold our fundraiser. The money will be donated to the charity ‘War Child’. A donation from us could help provide hygiene kits, mental health support and warm clothes.
Autumn Term 2024
We began the year with another ‘Express Yourself’ Day where everyone was invited to come to school dressed in a way that shows who they are or what is important to them. As you can see from the photos and quotes, it was a fantastic opportunity to get to know each other better! On this day, we also had a Flamenco and Salsa dance workshop in to teach us a new form of expression
Summer Term 2024
A quiet oasis, tucked away from the hustle and bustle of the playground, is something that the pupils at Robin Hood Junior requested this year. Their feeling was that sometimes in life we all have a lot to cope with and a peaceful surrounding can really help improve our mental health. We were delighted when this vision became a reality thanks to a brilliant Easter Hunt fundraising idea from Mrs Gasson and a very generous donation from Patricia Parks from the Successful Sutton Business Improvement District. We are proud to say that the Quiet Space is now up and running every Tuesday and Thursday lunchtime for those requiring a calmer playtime and is available to all pupils.
Spring Term 2024
Another suggestion that was put forward this year was to have astroturf in the cage – we thought this was a super idea so that the cage could be used all year round. We set off to investigate whether it was possible by taking measurements, getting some quotes from local businesses and even planned to write to local football clubs to ask for some help. Unfortunately, after we looked into it all, it became apparent that it was just too expensive so we had to let this idea go for now. However, it was a useful experience for the School Council to look into these suggestions so that they can determine what is feasible or not.
Autumn Term 2023
The pupils at our school felt that they'd like more say over their food choices at lunchtime so we made a survey and asked each class what their feelings were about portion sizes and the food options available. It was very interesting to see what the pupils thought and we then wrote to the lunchtime staff to set up a meeting with them to feedback the thoughts. It was a good meeting and, whilst it was not possible to achieve all of the requests from the pupils due to budgets and the promotion of healthy eating, it was a useful opportunity for the lunchtime staff and kitchen staff to also feedback their thoughts. The lunchtime and kitchen staff said they would do their best to bring back some of the most popular lunch options; to give the portion size requested (within reason) and to give tasters of new menu options.
Autumn Term 2023
On Friday, 1st of December 2023, the newly elected School Councillors had a meeting with the Sutton Councillor, Ruth Dombey. This meeting lasted from 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm and although she was planning to stay 30
minutes, she found the whole experience so interesting that she stayed for the entire time! In that duration of time, we talked her through how we had been elected and our reasons for wanting to be in the school council. We explained to her how pupils at our school have opportunities to raise project ideas and how the whole school then vote in order to make this as fair as possible. In response, Ruth told us about how she was elected as Leader of Sutton Council and how around 220,000 people lived in this area! We suggested ideas and thoughts about what plans we hope to accomplish in Sutton whilst Ruth took notes about some of our ideas that could go forward for Sutton’s possible future. We are excited to see how we may have influenced the future of Sutton!
Voice Your Voice project
Each half term the School Council will be involved in finding out the views of our pupils. This term, the focus question is 'What is it like to be a learner at RHJ?'. One child per class will be chosen to speak with members of the School Council. Their responses will be fed back to the Headteacher and Deputy Headteacher.
