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
Sequencing our story
We have enjoyed reading our new story for this half term - The Proudest Blue by Ibtihaj Muhammad. We have contributed to class discussions about what it means to be proud of something or someone. This week we began to sequence our story to prepare us for our big write...
Division
This week in Maths, we have been learning about division in. We know that to divide means to share into equal groups. We started by dividing bean bags into 2 equal groups and we recognised that this was the same as halving. We then went on to divide counters into 5...
Athletics silver medals!! Congratulations!
Wow! What an afternoon we have had at the Gateshead indoor athletics competition. 20 children from year 5/6 were selected to take part in this competitive event, competing in track and field events. Each school was working as a team, rather than individual events. The...
Visit to TESCO
Thank you very much to Rowlands Gill TESCO for donating the contents of our shopping list for our ‘Bonfire night chocolate breadstick sparklers’ cookery. While there we explored the different aisles, looking at how things were stored and the cost of items. We had lots...
What a fantastic surprise!
Book Fair
Don’t forget the book fair is open each day from 8:30am-9:00am and again from 3:15pm-4:00pm. We look forward to seeing you there. .
Identifying Trees
We went on a tree hunt in our school grounds and used their leaves to identify them. We know that a deciduous tree begins to lose its leaves in Autumn but an evergreen tree keeps its leaves all year round.
Where in the world is the UK?
We have been using atlases and globes to find the continents and oceans of the world. We also identified that the United Kingdom is a country within Europe.
Families North East Magazine
Please click the following link to the November and December issue of Families Magazine. ...
Spooky stories
The children have listened very carefully to our Halloween stories. First we listened to Pumpkin Soup, the children then explored cut up pumpkins, feeling the different textures and made their own pumpkin soup. Then we listened to one of our favourite stories, Room...
1M Forest School
We thoroughly enjoyed Forest School, building obstacle courses and hunting for different leaves and mini beasts. It was quite windy but we had lots of fun.
Who is my special person?
In Year 2 we have been learning about Relationships in RE. We have learning, who our own important people are and what makes them special to us and why we value them. For Christians, we have been learning that Jesus is an important person and that Christians believe...