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The Rowans Christmas Fair!
What a pleasure it was to welcome so many current, past and prospective families to the school this morning for The Friends of The Rowans Christmas Fair. Even the chilly temperatures did not affect our spirits and my thanks go to The Friends of The Rowans and their many helpers, for their hard work and …
Christmas Fair
Next week will bring some extra sparkle to our School as our preparations for Christmas will be well underway. We of course have the Christmas Fair on Friday morning, 1st December organised by our wonderful Friends of the Rowans parents. We look forward to seeing you there!
Sponsored Bounce
Thank you to all the children for taking part and the grown-ups for sponsoring their bounces. We really appreciate that you all took part! We are very pleased that everyone had lots of fun. It is amazing how many bounces the children did. Some people did more than 100! We are proud to say …
Children in Need
It was wonderful to see the children sporting their spotty items today in support of Children in Need and we know that many chose to support the charity by purchasing their Pudsey merchandise for the occasion. It made for a wonderfully colourful assembly as the whole school came together to celebrate our achievements and ‘wow …
Aboriginal Workshop
Year One benefitted from a fabulous Aboriginal Workshop this week. Linked to their topic work on Australia, they learned many facts about Australian animals and aboriginal culture and traditional tales, before experimenting with creating their own aboriginal-inspired artwork
Remembrance Assembly
Year One gave a very moving performance during their Remembrance Assembly, sharing poems and songs with their parents with impressive maturity. They also led the School in learning about Remembrance and why we wear poppies each year, ahead of this week’s Remembrance ceremonies. Thank you to all who have supported The Poppy Appeal this year. …
LAMDA
We are very proud to share the Year One and Two LAMDA results with you which arrived this week. The children were awarded exclusively Merit and above, with 90% gaining Distinction. Every child received wonderful feedback and recognition for their confident and expressive performances. This is worthy recognition of their hard work and of our …
Life Skills Passports
Congratulations to the many children who received a bronze or silver Life Skills Certificate in today’s celebration assembly. It is wonderful to hear about the new experiences the children have been trying at home and school.
National Poetry Day 2023
This week Year 1 and 2 celebrated National Poetry Day with a House poetry competition. They worked together in their Houses, sharing ideas to create a cinquain poem about one of our six School Values. Congratulations to Birch – Arya, Charlie, Keerthan, Rian and Sebbie. Chestnut – Ben, Felix, Heidi, Karam, Kyrill, Lily and Stan. …
Raffy’s visit
On Thursday we were delighted to welcome Raffy, a school-therapy dog, to visit The Rowans for the first time. He spent time with the children in Kindergarten and Reception, and will be returning after half term to see Years 1 and 2. We plan for Raffy’s visits to become a regular feature in our wellbeing …