As part of the International Arts Week we studied music, art and dance from Ireland.  Other classes studied different countries.  All the children in the school were able to design and help decorate our school totem pole.  Year 5 studied … Continue reading →

Last Friday we said farewell to Jennifer who had spent some time with us as part of an exchange programme with Sri Lanka.  She had shared a number of presentations including about her country, her school, some religious festivals and … Continue reading →

Year 5 were lucky to be able to use our guest from Candy in Sri Lanka to deliver some expertise in curry making. We had a go at making some traditional curry in the kitchen at school.

As part of our Mad about Money Maths week we invited the Outreach team from W5 to come and deliver a show about Maths. It was great – mainly because Mr Nye got soaked with a water pistol…

As part of our Mad about Money Maths week we invited Jill Smith from the Ulsterbank to come and deliver some presentations about Financial capability across the school. Year 4 and 5 shared a session where we discussed how to … Continue reading →

Our visitor became a member of the Rowandale community when she was with Year 3 two years ago. She has made a number of visits since her return to the Philippines and every time she comes back we celebrate our … Continue reading →

As part of the school focus on International Arts week Year 5 explored Irish Arts.  This linked well with our topic of ‘Tourist attractions in NI’.  We had a visitor who came to explain and share Celtic designs and we … Continue reading →