Mr Whittle

Hi there, I'm Mr Whittle and I work at Rowan Tree Primary School as a Higher Level Teaching Assistant.

Sing and Sign Choir visit St Phillip’s Church

A selection of pupils from our Sing and Sign Choir visited St Phillip’s Church to perform a selection of songs in relation to the service being delivered by Rev’d Tracy Marshall. Learners loved interacting with local members of their community and having the opportunity to explore places of worship in relation to our present R.E. topics.

World book day at Rowan Tree Primary School

Last week we had tonnes of fun for World Book Day. Our shared spaces in school were transformed into immersive and interactive experiences themed on famous stories. The messy playroom was all about the Hungry Caterpillar with a fun with food messy element and a matching picture activity in coloured rice. The sensory studio became Bear Hunt with a sensory story for the children to engage with. The immersive learning room became a role play area for dressing up as our favourite literary characters. The hall became a relaxing library cafe with juice, biscuits and a chance to kick back and look at our favourite books. As well as this Gangsta Granny was on the prowl doing some role-play and drama sessions in classes.  The children had a lot of fun and developed their love for reading.

St David’s Day

Today Rowan Tree Primary enjoyed celebrating St David’s day. Some of the children made dragons, whilst others painted daffodils and coloured Welsh flags. We made Welsh cakes and all enjoyed eating them too. Each class enjoyed a party to celebrate St David’s Day. Each class also decorated their classroom door with the arts and crafts they had made that day. Happy St David’s Day to you all. Well done everyone!

 

CAFT 2023 | Day 4: Goodnight Animals!

After a delicious dinner of pizzas Year 4 pupils discovered that their CAFT hosts had left an assortment of industrial torches to take on a walk so that they could say goodnight to all the different animals during their final evening on the farm. Learners loved projecting light across the different areas of the farm and creating their own farm themed shadow puppets with the help of their teachers.

After all this excitement they have now returned to the main farm house to enjoy some milk and cookies before bedtime.

CAFT 2023 | Day 4: Games Room

This afternoon our year 4 pupils had great fun accessing the onsite Game Room at the Children’s Adventure Farm Trust, a separate building located in the middle of the ten acres of land. Learners enjoyed using all the different turn taking games and accessing the Interactive Table within the adjoining Sensory Room.

Photograph taken shows pupils enjoying a light snack together before moving on to their next activity.

CAFT 2023 | Day 4: Woodland Adventure

Year 4 learners have ventured down to the woods for an exciting opportunity to roast their own marshmallows. Pupils listened carefully as their helpful CAFT activity leaders took them through the important ways we keep ourselves safe around a campfire before giving them the opportunity to have a go. Afterwards, they enjoyed a campfire sing song with pupils requesting the songs they wished to be performed, we were very proud to hear of how they showed CAFT staff members how to sign along to some of their favourite musical pieces.

CAFT 2023 | Day 4: Making gifts for loved ones!

We’ve been designing and creating our own mugs with our CAFT Play Worker. Learners have been creating these little tokens for their loved ones at home and as a memento of our time together here on the farm. Pupils have had lots of fun creating their own slimes and playdohs.

CAFT 2023 | Day 4: Animal Care

The new group of Year 4 residential users have been out to meet the neighbours today, feeding various farm animals and taking part in some animal care.

We look forward to caring for the animals for the duration of our stay.