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%
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Nangscapes!
4B are studying On The Ning Nang Nong by Spike Milligan and, as part of our work, we have created Nang-scapes! If you'd like to have a go, listen to the poem using this link... https://childrens.poetryarchive.org/poem/on-the-ning-nang-nong/ As you listen to it, close...
Winter Haikus.
In today's english lesson, we started learning about poetry. Today's job was to write a haiku about winter, but there were some important rules to follow: A haiku has three lines. The first line has five syllables (or claps). The second lines has seven syllables (or...
Creative phonics …
The children in Reception have worked very hard continuing to learn their phonics and letter formation every day in school and at home. Children and their families have shown great creativity finding items around their home linking to the letter sound they are...
Local Habitats
In today's science lesson, we have been looking at some of the habitats which are local to our school and some of the animals and plants we might find in these local habitats. We sorted out all of these animals and plants and put them with their local habitat.
First milestone – Global Mission
Hi everyone! We've reached our first milestone! Here's a message from Mr's Chapple. (Thorpe Academy, Cluster Leader) Wurzburg, Bavaria, Germany This is the start of the Romantic Road. If you head south from here you come across some of the most amazing castles!!! It...
Our poems turn silly into superb
As well as story-writing we have also been looking at poetry and really enjoyed learning about nonsense poetry. We found out about lots of amazing language features like Onomatopoeia – words that actually sound just like the thing they are describing. We used our...