Year 6 continued their art unit by considering how symbolism in art can be used to convey a meaning. They generated a range of symbols, patterns and colours that represented them and filled a space that created an aesthetically pleasing piece of artwork.
Year 6 enjoyed their first lesson on ‘Living things and their habitats’ by designing their own chart to classify objects according to their characteristics. This was then linked to how animals and plants are classified.
Year 3 commenced their art unit on Drawing: Growing Artists by recognising how artists use shape in drawings. They looked at a range of objects (including a pumpkin from our school garden) and identified associated
Children from science and gardening club had a lovely time using our enormous courgette in two different recipes: courgette cake and courgette fritters. Akbar ‘I like the
Teaching children to care about the environment and to live sustainably is very important to RPS. All children will have an opportunity to garden and grow food that they then cook and eat during their time at RPS.
Wow! Look at what we’ve harvested from the school garden! As well as these ENORMOUS courgettes, the school garden has provided us with beetroots, tomatoes and peppers which our school cook have included in
Year 6 commenced their art drawing unit: Make my voice heard by exploring expressive drawing techniques by using a range of handmade tools to create different lines, tones, texture and form.
Our open day dates for 2025 are as follows. Places must be booked in advance by contacting the school office. All open days run from 9:30 – 10:30am. Friday 3rd October 2025 Friday 17th October
On the last week of term, we joined our Year 6 children for our final farewells and our Graduation ceremony. A huge well done to our wonderful year 6 children.
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If your child was born between 1 September 2021 and 31 August 2022, they will start reception in September in 2026. To help you make your choice for your child’s first steps into their learning journey, we have created a video of our learning environment for you.
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We pride ourselves in providing a caring and friendly environment.
We aim to give the highest priority to academic excellence.
We believe that every child is different, yet equally important and valued.
Our school is well resourced and has stimulating resources for teaching.
I like showing the school how fun science is and how important it is and that science is everywhere.
I’ve enjoyed being a science ambassador because I like the beekeeper trip in Brockwell park. I also like making honey comb and making electricity.
We help the school by showing them that science is fun and is everywhere. We get to make food and learn how they do the things they do. We went to a fun educational trip about bees and plants.
What I enjoy about science club is that I learnt a lot more about science as well as it being fun.
Teachers are very accurate at assessing pupils’ progress. Marking is of a very high standard.
The best thing about being a science ambassador is the responsibility. The impact that I’ve had on the school is that I’m able to teach RPS more about science via whole-school experiments.
The school has comprehensive systems for checking pupils’ progress and very accurately identifies those that may need extra support. These systems have been very effective in raising pupils’ attainment and accelerating their progress.
I have most enjoyed being at the meetings and learning what the other years have learnt. I have been in a few changes such as cooking more, more equipment and more experiments. These changes have made science more fun and more inclusive for those that dislike it. Even those that originally liked it might like it more. To make science better, I would recommend more science-based trips such as the natural history museum or the London science museum etc. etc. and more science lessons than just one a week. Despite SATs, we have still been able to do quite a lot of science however in the future I wish to do more as it’s an extraordinarily important to learn. My last ask is to have more key vocabulary and facts on the fact sheet at the start of the lesson
I like mixing hot sugar and bicarbonate of soda to make honey comb.
Teachers have high expectations. All pupils are set challenging targets in both English and Mathematics.
