Six pupils played Boccia against Green Fold Special School In Bolton. Boccia is a precision ball sport, similar to bocce, and related to bowls and pétanque. The name “boccia” is derived from the Latin word for “boss” – bottia. The children showed amazing teamwork, sportsmanship and skill!We came away with a 2-2 draw!
Community Links
New Aged Kurling at Hope School and College
Pupils from Maple Class went to visit Hope school to play a game of New Aged Kurling. They worked together as a team and enjoyed making new friends. In the end the result was a draw with hope winning 2 and Rowan Tree also winning 2! Well done everyone!
Hollywood Bowl
Six pupils from across school took part in a bowling competition on February 2nd at Hollywood Bowl.
We represented Wigan in the Greater Manchester Schools final!Everyone played well as part of a team and had so much fun!We came 4th out of 26 teams from across Greater Manchester!
Well done everyone, we are so proud of you!!Willow 2 visit Atherton Town Hall Library
Willow 2 went on a visit the Library at Atherton town hall. They listened carefully to a story ‘My Child Has Cerebral Palsy’ read by the Author Alex Winstanley accompanied by some of the real life characters.
The children listened carefully and by the end were able to answer some questions themselves that they had learned in relation to helping people that we meet with Cerebral Palsy.
Pine 2 visit St Phillip’s Church
Pine 2 have been to a Church Service at St Philip’s Church. Rev Tracy re-told the Christmas story using lots of props and the children enjoyed joining in with various Christmas songs they even took along musical instruments to share with other members of the congregation.
Raising money for ‘Autism Together’
On Wednesday 1st December, after school, staff took part in a sponsored run/walk to raise money for a cause and person close to our hearts. Together we raised approximately £400 for the charity ‘Autism Together’. Autism Together is one of the country’s leading providers of services and support to people with autism and their families.
Thank you everyone for taking part and braving the cold. – Hannah Leddy, Class Teacher & Event Organiser
Thank you everyone for taking part and braving the cold. – Hannah Leddy, Class Teacher & Event Organiser
St Philips Church – Local Community Links
On Tuesday 16th November Pine 2 went to visit the local Church – St Philips. Over the past couple of months’ leaders at Rowan Tree have been working hard to build up local community links. Rev Tracy came to visit Rowan Tree and talked through all of the things the Church could offer school and leaders from school spoke about the opportunities they wanted for the pupils and some lovely ideas on what they would like to gain from the community links.
Pine 2 have been busy making stars of the Church Christmas display and today went to visit to have a look around the Church in preparation for the Christmas service we have been invited to at Church in December.
Maple 2 Boccia
This week Maple 2 had the pleasure of inviting some pupils from a local school to take part in a Boccia Tournament. On arrival, the pupils introduced themselves to each other and wished each other good luck. We had a fabulous time and came away with a draw. Bring on the next one!
Rowan Tree Shine at Kurling Competition!
Three pupils from Ash 1 represented Rowan Tree at a Kurling competition at The Orchards Federation in Farnworth. Lots of other special and mainstream schools attended from around the area. Ebony, Oracle and Justin all learnt a new skill and had lots of fun playing and meeting new people. All pupils represented Rowan Tree very well and we are all so proud of them! We got through to the semi-final and came 3rd!
