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The Rowans School opened for children in Kindergarten, children of critical workers and distance learning this week. It has been wonderful to welcome the children to the Spring Term and see how engaged they are with their learning.   

The children have worked hard in recent weeks to create a virtual performance which was shared with families at the end of term. Featuring readings and songs in more than one language, each year group was able to contribute to the Christmas Story and share their wonderful performances with a wide audience. Much laughter filled …

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Birch Captains were thrilled to lift the trophy as winners of the House Cup. Congratulations to all the teams for their considerable efforts this term.

Winners of the Sports Cup and House Cup were announced in assembly today. Oak House were proud to win the Sports Cup after a hotly contested Inter-House tournament this week.

The children were very excited to receive a visitor from The North Pole this week. A grotto appeared overnight to allow the children to visit Father Christmas and share their Christmas wishes with him. We were touched to hear so many children ask for wishes on behalf of other people and valuing the sense of …

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Your generosity abounds as Home-Start Merton have received over 700 gifts, many from families at The Rowans for them to wrap and distribute this Christmas. An enormous thanks to all of you for thinking of others and helping families to enjoy the festive season.

As part of helping children to take responsibility for their own learning, School Council have launched an initiative for children in each class to choose their own lesson and teach it to their classmates at the end of term. We have been so impressed by the topic areas they have chosen to research and very …

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We were treated to some super musical performances this week as more  children put themselves forwards to play in assembly. We are keen to give as many performance opportunities as possible -do keep up the practice sessions at home.

The children were thrilled to arrive in school to find their classrooms decorated this week! During the week, they have each contributed to the decorations and have had great fun spotting their own photos hidden round the classroom.

We are very proud to share the Year 1 and 2 LAMDA  results with you which arrived this week. Every child passed with Merit or Distinction and over half of each year group was awarded the highest grade. This is worthy recognition of their hard work, and of our commitment to developing communication skills and confidence in …

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