Author: Cara Turner

This week Year 2 visited Hampton Court Palace. The children explored life at the Tudor Court and made comparisons with their own lives. As young historians, they handled replica objects from the Tudor era which elicited questions and fact sharing. They even put their music lessons to practise by performing a Tudor dance that was …

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Our Junior Travel Ambassadors spoke in assembly on Monday to share their ‘Let’s walk to school’ challenge with the school. They are delighted with the uptake this week with the challenge continuing next week as well!

Reception wowed their parents today with a wonderful Harvest performance of The Enormous Turnip. After less than five weeks in school they showed such confidence and enjoyment on the stage.

On Thursday, the school was buzzing with the sound of poetry and counting. As part of this year’s National Poetry Day theme of counting, the children created wonderful tautograms about animals. A tautogram is a poem where every word in the line begins with the same letter.

The Macmillan Coffee Morning was a wonderful opportunity to come together again while raising money for such a worthwhile charity. The sale was a big success. Thank you to The Friends for organising and hosting this wonderful event!

We are thrilled to share that our Executive Head of the Shrewsbury House School Trust and former Head of The Rowans, Mrs Hubbard won the title of ‘Best Head of Prep School’ this week at the prestigious Tatler Schools Awards. This recognition reflects not only Mrs Hubbard’s exceptional leadership but also the incredible spirit of …

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Year One took a walking tour of Wimbledon town centre to see different landmarks and spot the different types of housing that they are investigating in their Topic lessons. The children had a great time exploring.

The children were delighted to support Jeans for Genes today as they arrived at school sporting a slightly different uniform! The House Captains have collected your generous donations which totalled a fantastic £405.95! This will be sent to the charity and thank you to all for your support.

In their Art lessons, each class has focused on one of the values and their work has been used to create a fabulous display in the school Hall.

A very warm welcome to the start of a new school year at The Rowans. Whether you are one of our returning families or new to our school community, I hope that you have enjoyed the start of term as much as we have. After many weeks of planning and preparation, it is always such …

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