The current Geography unit in Year 6 is entitled ‘what is it like to live in North America?’ In our recent lesson, we explored the human and physical features of Mexico and other interesting facts which we recorded on a map of Mexico. Initially, we did not know much about Mexico but by the end of the lesson, we had gained a range of knowl ...

Today, we embraced the Chinese Lunar New Year as part of our International Curriculum at King’s Academy Rowner. The celebrations began with an assembly led by Mrs Mulhall, where children learned more about this important festival and got excited for the afternoon’s themed activities. A highlight of the day was our special Chinese-th ...

At King’s Academy Rowner, we love finding ways to help our community and care for the environment – even with our sweet tooth! Thanks to the brilliant efforts of Mrs Whiting, we’ve been collecting tubs of sweets left over from Christmas and putting them to good use. Rather than letting these plastic tubs go to waste, Mrs Whiting has ...

We received an exciting delivery earlier this week at King’s Academy Rowner… Last term, year 5 had the opportunity to take part in an exciting poetry competition run by Young Writers called Wonderverse . This imaginative world of poetry encouraged the children to explore their creativity by writing poems on any topic, using any style or te ...

Excitement is building as we fast approach Dance Live competition night on Friday 7th February! This week Year 1 students at Fareham College, trialled hair and make-up designs on 8 of our brilliant Dance Live performers. We were especially proud to see Talia Carby, an ex-Rowner student, who was part of the Fareham College Team. Talia hel ...

Our Year 4 pupils recently took part in an exciting experiential learning activity to deepen their understanding of the concept of ‘devotion’ within the Hindu unit Mahashivaratri. This learning follows the Hampshire County Council (HCC) agreed syllabus, Living Difference , which supports children in exploring key concepts throu ...

Next week, on Wednesday 29 January , we will be learning about the Chinese New Year as part of our International Dimension Curriculum . This learning will offer our children the opportunity to explore the traditions and culture surrounding this festival. To make the day even more special, our kitchen team has prepared a delicious Chinese Ne ...

At King’s Academy Rowner, we take pride in our school community, and a key part of that is our school uniform. A consistent approach to uniform not only enhances children’s sense of identity and self-esteem but also positively impacts behaviour and prepares pupils for learning. It ensures fairness by preventing differentiation based on cl ...

A huge well done to our Tuesday Learn & Shine attendees who have embraced the opportunity to further boost their maths skills before school with Mr Connor. This programme ensures vital times tables knowledge is consolidated, supporting secondary readiness and preparation for SATs while fostering life-long maths confidence and fluency. ...

During their maths learning, Year 3 embraced their creativity during a fun and engaging maths lesson all about fractions! As an introduction to fractions, the children used watercolours to represent unit fractions in different and imaginative ways. They visualised real-life examples of fractions, such as doughnuts, pizzas, and cakes, brin ...