Today, we held a Healthy Snack Assembly, where we talked about our favourite foods and snacks and the importance of eating a balanced diet. We also discussed the school rule of bringing a healthy snack for break time, such as fruit, vegetables, popcorn, cereal bars, crackers, or yoghurt. Lots of these are featured on our website. Children ...
In Cojoes, Year 5 have been focusing on the incredible achievements of famous astronaut Tim Peake! As part of their latest challenge, they stepped into the shoes of astronauts on a vital space mission. The task? Gather rock samples to take back to Earth—but there was a problem! Some of their essential resources had become scattered across ...
At Rowner, we firmly believe that learning isn’t just for children—it’s for teachers too! Every week, our dedicated staff take part in professional development meetings to ensure we are always improving, refining, and strengthening our practice. After all, the better we become, the better we can support our children. This evening, our staf ...
Today, we had a special visit from Bike It John for an important assembly on air pollution. He helped us understand what air pollution is, and many of our pupils already had great knowledge about its causes! John also shared the results of our recent air quality testing, which was carried out using diffusion tubes and a ‘Lichen Hunt’ led b ...
This afternoon, Year 6 took part in an exciting STEM activity to celebrate Science Week. Our focus was on the Engineering Habit of Mind: ‘Adapting’—thinking creatively about how something can be used in a different way. We explored the fascinating history of scissors—did you know they date back 3,000 to 4,000 years? After learning how this ...
This afternoon, Year 4 took part in a STEM challenge to celebrate British Science Week. This year’s theme is ‘adapt and change’, so the children were provided with limited resources (scrap paper and one medium sized piece of cellotape) and tasked to create a freestanding structure that would be able to hold a weight for ten seconds. The c ...
A huge thank you to all our wonderful parents and carers for your generous donations and for enabling the community to purchase lots of delicious cakes this week. Your support for our Dance Live fundraiser has been incredible! We raised a fabulous £143.40. With the final fast approaching on Thursday 24 April, excitement is building. Howev ...
To mark British Science Week, our Year 3 pupils took part in an exciting hands-on rainbow experiment. During the lesson, we explored the scientific term ‘density’ and investigated how different liquids behave depending on how tightly packed their molecules are. Through our observations, we discovered that liquids with a higher density sin ...
Today, we proudly took part in the Let Girls Play football event—a national initiative aimed at encouraging more girls to get involved in football. With International Women’s Day one sleep away, this was the perfect opportunity to inspire, empower, and celebrate the fantastic girls in our school through sport! A huge thank you to Mr Hill, ...
Today, our school was filled with the magic of stories as we celebrated World Book Day 2025 with this year’s theme: Read Your Way! Encouraging children to embrace books in a way that excites and inspires them, we saw a fantastic mix of snuggly bedtime wear and creative book-themed costumes – Tin Tin was a particular favourite! The whole sc ...