Rowan have extremely enjoyed our science topic, ‘energy’. This week the children have been learning all out energy, different energy stores and how it energy can be converted and transferred. They have also looked at different equations to work out efficiency, speed and power. They particularly loved looking at speed Read more…
Rowan have enjoyed playing the Djembe – a goblet drum from Africa. Mr Genty from the Rochdale Music Service told the children all about the drums history and how the African people used to gather, sing and dance to the drums. The children really enjoyed beating the drums to a Read more…
This week children across school have celebrated British Science Week. This years theme is ‘connections’. The children have explored the topic connections discussing how we are connected to each other, how we can connect and even thinking about how we are connecting to other countries. In year 6 the children Read more…
Year 6 have started a new topic in science ‘energy’. We started the new topic by discussing key vocabulary, exploring energy and looking at the different energy stores, then we conducted an investigation with elastic bands. The children had to investigate how far the elastic band could travel. Children picked Read more…
We have had a lot of fun in Rowan celebrating World Book Day. We started of by completing social reading (reading in groups)and discussing why we enjoyed that book, what aspect of it was good and what we also was not so keen on. Children choose from the ‘Little People Read more…
Year 6 have had a lovely time outside with our mascot ‘Motty’. They played lots of games in teams focusing on decimals and fractions. Well done all.
Year 6 have thoroughly enjoyed watching the science show this afternoon focusing on electricity. It was brilliant to see how much knowledge the children had retained since learning about electricity in year 5. A scientist came to school to shows lots of demonstrations, the children had to make predictions about Read more…
Today year 6 have been deepening their understanding of ‘online safety’ by watching a video all about staying safe online and completing a quiz on purplemash. We discussed our digital footprint and how different apps online and phones and their settings can impact our safety when online. The children had Read more…
During forest school, year 6 have been making rafts. Today we went down to the river at Queen’s Park to race our rafts. We had lots of fun and the children worked very well in their teams.