This week our learners have loved meeting our new school PAT dog, his name is Charlie! Pets As Therapy (PAT) is a national charity that enhances the health and wellbeing of thousands of people in communities across the UK. Charlie joins our Rowan Tree family and will be in school every week for cuddles, walks and to listen to children read.
Whole School Events
Easter Bingo
This Thursday we were excited to reopen our doors for Rowan Tree Primary School’s annual Easter Bingo for our local community. It was wonderful to see lots of past and present pupils attending with their families. We were able to raise a total of £375. A big thank you to everyone that attended.
‘Developing Continence Skills in all pupils’ workshop
Chris Hoyle our school’s Autism Lead delivered ‘Developing Continence Skills in all pupils’ the first in a series of workshops aimed to support parents and carers.
– Chris Hoyle, Autism Lead
Girls Football Tournament
Whole School Pancake Making Competition
Relaxed Reading Library
We are currently in the process of making a relaxed reading library for our pupils to access throughout the day in school.
We were very excited to welcome Maddi, who presently studies Art & Design at Oakfield High School and College. Maddi has designed and painted this entire mural independently as apart of her course. We look forward to sharing more photographs of this fantastic space in use with you in the future.
Afternoon Tea
Flexi-Bounce Therapy in Rowan 1
We are very excited about the Flexi-Bounce Therapy that we have recently introduced here at Rowan Tree Primary School. Flexi-Bounce Therapy is the use of an orthopaedic quality rebounder as a complement to Rebound Therapy. It is used to provide therapeutic exercise for children and adults across a wide range of additional needs.
Julie Corser who presently teachers Rowan 1 has become one of our schools Flexi-Bounce practitioners and has been delivering these sessions to the pupils within her class. The children will practice many skills including being still, showing super eye contact, learning to stop and special bounces. It is also a super form of exercise and helps us to practice communication.