Author: Cara Turner

Year 2 ended a busy first week back with a trip to the Polka Theatre!  They learnt lots of new performance skills and picked up some useful hints and tips for performing on stage ready for their end of year Play!

The children took part in our annual House Poetry Competition and they should be proud of their efforts as standing up in front of your peers is very brave! We were thrilled to see the children using so much expression when reciting their poems.

This morning was started with our Bonnet Parade in the playground, where each class showed off their creations to applause and dancing from all the children and staff! However, the highlight, of course, was the Easter Egg Hunt, kindly organised by The Friends of The Rowans School. A great time was had by all and …

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We were delighted that so many children gave their old toys for our sale. Thank you for supporting our charities by giving away toys that you do not need anymore. We raised a grand total of £595.90! This money will be donated to Deen City Farm and Starfish Greathearts Foundation so thank you again for …

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Over the course of the Arts Days, the children took part in many different activities including becoming ‘National Geographic Photographers’, creating pop art animals and coming up with wonderfully creative anthropomorphic animals based on some of their favourite films and characters.

It was such a delight to see the children dressed up for our annual World Book Day celebrations on Thursday! They had a memorable day of creative activities as well as their workshop with author Petr Horáček. This special day is just one way in which we promote reading for pleasure, recognising that this has …

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JTA set straight to work on their first task today, judging our ‘Bling Your Bike and Sparkle Your Scooter’ challenge! Well done to all for their creative decorations and designs.

After a lovely half term, our Reception classes did not have long to chat though as they were on the coach by 9.30am and on their way to enjoy the day at the London Wetlands Centre to launch their new topic ‘Feathers and Nests’. A wonderful day was had by all!

Both Year 1 and 2 proudly represented the school this week in a tag-rugby festival with Wimbledon Common Pre-Prep. It is safe to say that a wonderful time was enjoyed by all and well done to all the children for taking part!

It was lovely to see so many parents for the boat naming ceremony today! The School Council were unanimous with their vote with the name HMS Explorer. We’d like to thank The Friends of the Rowans and Mrs Hubbard for the ribbon cutting ceremony!