Dear Parents, Carers and Visitors
Welcome to the Rowlands Gill Primary School website. I hope you will find our website informative and that it gives you a feel for the real ethos of the school.
Rowlands Gill Primary is a lovely, welcoming and supportive school: we pride ourselves on giving our children a warm, friendly and caring environment in which to learn and flourish. If you are considering our school for your child, please click here to view our information video and admission information.
The children are at the centre of everything which we do. Our aim is to offer every child the chance to fulfil their potential both academically and personally, which is achieved by education of the ‘whole child’. The acquisition of knowledge and skills is the entitlement of every child, irrespective of ability or background. We strive to offer high quality teaching and exciting, stimulating experiences and we are extremely proud of the achievements of our children.
Our school has been located in its new building since 2007 and benefits from bright modern facilities, set in beautiful and extensive grounds and is fully accessible to all.
Should you have any questions about our school, or if you would like to come and visit to find out more about us, please get in touch. I would be delighted to show you around the school and introduce you to the passionate, caring staff and wonderful children who make our school such a special place.
Lindsey Clarke, Head Teacher
Whole School Attendance
96.6%
EYFS & KS1 Attendance
- Nursery 93.71%
- Reception 96.32%
- C1 97.67%
- C2 97.1%
KS2 Attendance
- C3 97.44%
- C4 95.53%
- C5 97.77%
- C6 96.72%
- C7 (ARMS) 95.59%
Diary Dates
Our Latest News
STEM Glider Project in 6B!
6B had a brilliant day on Friday 13th January as part of a project with the Small Piece Trust. We followed their livestream throughout the day and planned, built and tested gliders. We learned about the science behind flight and how the thrust and lift on a plane...
Digital Literacy – Lily and the Snowman
We have really enjoyed watching ‘Lily and the Snowman’ this week, which is our digital literacy focus for English this half term. We made our own snowmen in the tuff tray which enabled us to get into character and think about how Lily made her snowman. We also used...
Fruit Tasting
For our food unit in DT, we have been learning about different fruits and where they grow in the world. We have also been thinking about food hygiene and how to keep surfaces and equipment clean when we are preparing and cooking food. Today we enjoyed tasting fruits,...
Directions
We used different vehicles and followed instructions such as ‘left, right, forwards and backwards’ to ‘zoom’ around the room. We also then used the language ourselves to describe our journey around with the vehicles.
We are stick man, that’s us!
This week our story has been ‘Stickman’ across the week we engaged in different activities including stick hunts, making our own stickman or lady from different materials, story maps, comic strips and role play within our child initiated play. Each child had amazing...
North East Families Magazine (January – February 2023)
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