Rowan Class 2026/27 

Welcome to Rowan Class - this year will be taught by Mrs Peel, Mrs Dykes and Mrs Houghton.  Mrs Houghton teaches us on a Wednesday and Friday afternoon and Mrs Dykes teaches us on a Friday morning.  We are really excited to welcome your child into our class and we will have many exciting things planned throughout the year. 
  

This year , Year 5 will be going swimming on Friday afternoons - children have been informed via letter and Dojo which group they will be in. To ensure that all children meet the National Curriculum standards at the end of Year 6, we assess the children at the start of the year and then tailor our groups to ensure all children have access to appropriate lessons. Throughout the year, children will also take part in essential life saving lessons. Children are expected to attend all swimming lessons when required, this is not an optional part of the curriculum and we know that our children do enjoy our swimming lessons at Park Pool. 

In addition, we are also looking forward to completing Bikeability sessions in the Autumn Term. Children initially developed their cycling skills on the playground, then, after passing Stage 1, they moved onto practice on the local roads.  

Our PE days are Wednesday and Friday.  We will be working with a coach from Lancashire Sports Partnership on a Wednesday on invasion games.  If we are not swimming on a Friday we will do PE with Mr Gordon. 

Our topics for Autumn Term 

History – Evacuation in Liverpool and Aughton in World War II 

Science – Properties of Materials 

DT – Building Bridges 

Art – Drawing techniques based on the work of Henry Moore 

PSHE – Keeping myself healthy 

Computing- databases 

Please continue to look out on our Dojo class page where you can find out more about Rowan and the activities planned.