RIGHTS RESPECTING SCHOOL
Here at Rowlands Gill Primary School we are proud to have achieved the Level 1 UNICEF Rights Respecting School Award in 2014.
This whole school award is an initiative by UNICEF to make children and adults more aware of children’s rights.
To find out more visit www.unicef.org.uk/rrsa
RRSA Level 2
At Rowlands Gill Primary we are working towards our RRSA Level 2 Award. Please click on the link below to view our RRSA Level 2 Audit and Action Plan
British Values
Please click on the link below to view our British Values Policy for Rowlands Gill Primary School
Searching for clues!
We enjoyed using magnifying glasses to search for the clues in the illustrations in our book ‘Grandad’s Island’. We saw lots of things in the pictures that gave us clues about what might happen next and we predicted why they might be there.
Parents Online Safety Training
Our online safety session last night was very informative and I'm sure those parents who were able to attend would agree that there were some excellent tips about how to keep your children safe online. For those who weren't able to attend, please see the attached...
Applying our knowledge and making switches
Today, the children applied their understanding of conductors to design and make their own switches for their electrical circuits.
Sporting Skills Fun!
Our year 5 children went along to Thorp Academy today to enjoy an afternoon of sports activities with several other local primary schools. A circuit of different games was set up and, in groups, they had the opportunity to try rugby skills, football dribbling and...
Rowland the Hedgehog. Video Alert!
If you are wondering how Rowland the Hedgehog our newly adopted hedgehog is doing. The answer is great. He is recovering is his own little house in a back garden for now. It's all very exciting.Watch the video to see him in action.
Year 6 Orienteering
Year 6 PE unit for the last few weeks has been orienteering. During these lessons, the children have made obstacle courses and plotted them on maps, made their own symbols for a map key, used compasses to give directions and followed maps to locate beanbags hidden in...
Measuring capacity
We have enjoyed learning about capacity, measuring different amounts into the bottles, using the language ‘full, half full, empty, nearly empty and nearly full’. We also learnt how to measure liquid using non standard units of measure, finding how many cups of water...
Life skills- is it an accident or an emergency?
Paragraph Tables
Today we have been making ‘paragraph tables’ in order to learn how we form an effective paragraph. The idea was to make our tables stand up by adding enough relevant information. We wrote the topic of our paragraph on the ‘table top’ and then added our information as...
Facts or opinion?
The children were investigating whether the statemnets they had about the wall in 'After the fall' are facts or opinions. They paid close attention to the wording of the statements and looked out for generalisations.
Should Humpty be on the wall?
The children have been debating whether Humpty Dumpty should have been on the wall. The children were able to debate using opposing and additional openers.
Sandwich delivery
After reading ‘The Lighthouse Keepers Lunch’ we decided what we would like in a packed lunch. Once everyone had decided the most popular item was a sandwich. We made a sandwich using ingredients, listening to instructions and discussing the process then used our...