Take 10 to read

The children had a fantastic time participating in the Take 10 Reading Record, a global initiative encouraging people everywhere to read for ten minutes in hope of achieving a new world record for the largest online reading event. We were delighted to listen to author Rashmi Sirdeshpande share her story, Read more

Take 10 Reading Record 📚

Rowan were excited to take part in Take 10, a special event encouraging children across the world to read for ten minutes in an attempt to set a new world record for the most people reading online at the same time. The children began by listening to the brilliant author Read more

NationalLiteracyTrust- World Record

Today, the whole school took part in an online reading event that attempted to set a new Guinness world record for the most people reading online in 12 hours as part of National Year of Reading. Year 1 joined author Rashmi Sirdeshpande and illustrator Nakul. We listened to Rashmi’s book Read more

Jack and the Beanstalk

This week in Reception we have been busy exploring the story of Jack and the Beanstalk! The children have really enjoyed listening to the story, acting it out with their friends, and retelling the different parts in their own words.  We have also been very busy with some exciting planting Read more

Runaway Train

This week we have been reading the Runaway Train book. We had lots of fun creating a class train display for our wall and we’ve loved looking at our photos. In the outdoor area, we created trains using the large construction materials. We worked together to move the heavy blocks Read more

The Gingerbread Man

Over the past two weeks in Reception, we’ve been having lots of fun learning all about ‘The Gingerbread Man’! The children really enjoyed listening to the story and joining in with the repeated phrases. We then acted it out together, with everyone taking on different roles and having a go Read more