As part of Year 6’s activities week, the children took part in an exciting DT day where they made ‘cheat pizzas’! We started off the day by looking at and recapping the five main food groups before looking at the steps and ingredients needed to make pizza. However, the children were not using the typical yeast dough, they mixe ...
Our latest Online Safety Newsletter has been sent to parents and carers by email during the week and it will be made available on our school website. July’s edition includes helpful guidance on: WhatsApp – age guidance, group chats, privacy settings and how to support children to use the app safely. Livestreaming – understanding the r ...
With the warm weather making our classrooms a little too hot last wek, our Year 5 and Year 6 children came together in the hall for an important online road safety lesson. The session explored how to stay safe as pedestrians, cyclists and passengers, helping pupils to make sensible decisions when travelling to and from school and around th ...
We are delighted to share that, following another successful year of International Dimension learning, King’s Academy Rowner has now been awarded the Intermediate Level International School Award from the British Council. The award recognises our commitment to developing global citizens through meaningful international learning exper ...
A huge thank you to our wonderful Friends of Rowner (PTA) for organising our Special Man Gift Sale ahead of Father’s Day this Sunday. It was lovely to see so many children excitedly choosing gifts for the special people in their lives. There was a real buzz of anticipation as children carefully selected presents and looked forward to ...
Year 6 were incredibly lucky to spend time with members of the Royal Navy, taking part in a fantastic range of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) activities. The children rotated around three exciting workshops, each designed to develop their scientific thinking, problem-solving skills and teamwork. In the first activity, the ...
Today, National Thank a Teacher Day , has been a moment for the whole country to stop, reflect, and say thank you to the educators who have made a difference in our lives. At King’s Academy Rowner, we would like to take this opportunity to recognise and thank every member of our staff team. From our class teachers and teaching assist ...
We are not quite sure who is prouder. The children or us… Year 5 have been creating some fantastic double-page spreads all about otters, and the results are wonderful. They have used a range of research skills to find interesting facts and information, carefully selecting the most important details to include in their work. We have be ...
For COJOEs this term, Year 6 have been learning about the explorer Ibn Battuta who was known for travelling approximately 75,000 km over 30 years on foot or with a camel across Africa and Asia. For this week’s mission ‘the mind is everything, what you think you become’, Year 6 had to use their problem solving skills to find hidden scrolls ...
As part of their reading lessons, Year 4 explored Marcus Rashford’s powerful speech and campaign for free school meals. To develop their inference skills, the children took part in a “hot seating” activity, where they stepped into the role of Marcus Rashford and answered questions from their classmates. Using evidence from the ...