On Thursday, we said goodbye to our year 6 pupils. We held a graduation ceremony in the hall to

 Today we joined Owen Wales and the Rotherhithe Primary School Brass Band outside in

Throughout the week commencing Monday 12th July 2021, Rotherhithe Primary school took part in

On Thursday 15th July, our amazing year six children got dressed up to the nines for their end of year Prom Night.

It was an extremely musical day today at RPS Primary as we joined Margaret of

Farrans are excited to announce the development

State of the art primary school fast taking shape and on track for completion in

Dear Parents, We will be holding our sports day events the week starting the 12th July. The events will run in

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Today we joined Margaret of Margaret’s Music and our Year 4 children for some amazing music time.

As part of their humanities topic on the local area, Year 2 went on a local history trip

We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate our incredible stars this

In Year 5 the children have been immersed with gruesome Greek Myths and are producing some great

Early Years Playground: Over the half term holiday part of the school’s car park,

I would like to give a special Head Teachers Award to Abdul from Brent class.

Well done to years 1 and 2 who took part in a Quad

We have also explored respectful behaviour and what this looks like. 

World Oceans Day on the 8th of June was focused on Life and Livelihoods. 

The sun shone down on us all today, which give year 3 and coach Dan the perfect

Music plays a very important part in our world here at

We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate our incredible stars this

RPS is proud to be a Healthy Champion School. As part of this work we were visited on

On Thursday 27th of May, Rotherhithe Primary will be celebrating London

RPS Primary took part in Walk to School Week.

An artist (Lily Hawkes) from Southwark Park Galleries

Every radio station in the UK will united today to play the 2021 Mental

Year 3 performances Throughout the terms, Margaret of Margaret’s Music

Throughout the terms, Margaret of Margaret’s Music and her team have been

Tomorrow is the 76th Anniversary of VE Day. In our virtual assembly this week the children learned about VE

On Wednesday Gemma Dunn, specialist support teacher from the Autism Team visited RPS.

Year 4 have used the traditional design style ‘Willow Pattern’ (designed by Thomas Minton) to depict the

Breakfast Club is changing. Unfortunately, we are unable to sustain the cost of running Breakfast Club in its current

I am glad to report that I was not notified of any positive COVID cases during the Easter break or since our

We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate our incredible stars this week who have worked so

It’s another fantastic Friday today; however, this is an extra special Friday as it’s also St George’s Day today!

Make Your Voice Heard The new Children’s Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza, has launched The Big

Welcome back to school everyone. We hope that you had a wonderful Easter break

Our art project for the end of Spring term gave us a look at climate change and what can

During the holiday period we would like all children to design and make an Easter

The Dulwich Players is a leading amateur theatre group based in Dulwich.

We are excited to be taking part in the fully funded

As part of our mindfulness art work, the children have

We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate our incredible stars this week

Year 5 have continued their Science learning this week

We are very excited to share with you our new online eBook library!

On Wednesday, RPS Primary had a very special visit from the mounted police unit and

Children have been learning about earth and space and how this affects light and day

Assembly this week focused on International Women’s

The children have really enjoyed meeting the elephants in Thailand.

Year 5 children took part in a virtual Asthma awareness

Dear Parents & Carers, We are nearly there!  Lockdown is gradually easing and we

There will be lots of exciting learning and events to look forward to over the next few

What fun we had!  Each class took part in a virtual workshop run by West

Food Vouchers in December for Children who are entitled

Tuesday 9th February 2021 is Safer Internet Day. Our children and young people

Children are working hard to put together a class performance and the aim is

Class Christmas Parties are to be held on the 16th December.

The 11th December is Christmas Jumper Day and we are encouraging the

As we are unable to invite prospective parents on to the school site, we have created a

Everyone got spotty today to raise money for Children in Need.  We managed to raise

Next week is the start of Anti-bullying week.  Children will be engaging in activities to

On Wednesday the children listened to a special virtual Remembrance Day Assembly

Maths week got off to a great start on Monday with a Year 4 Battle of the Bands!

When it comes to times tables, speed and accuracy are important.

Dominique Phillips has resigned from her position as

After the first lockdown and a long period of time out of education, we wanted to ease

I hope you all had a relaxing half term break and had the opportunity to spend quality

Creativity can be defined as:  the use of imagination or original ideas to create

Reading Poetry Throughout Poetry Week last week, every

As London gets ready to move to Tier 2 local restrictions, I would like to

If you think your child may be entitled to FSM please complete the FSM application form. 

At RPS we use Read Write Inc phonics to teach children to read. We start this program

We are trying to refine our remote learning offer in the event that children are directed to self-isolate.

After half term we will be holding individual parent’s evening appointments for children in Reception to year

It’s a great day for getting active this Friday and Coach Dan and his team have been

This is reminder that secondary school applications should be

For the past few years RPS children and staff have thoroughly enjoyed taking part in our amazing

Next week is ‘Poetry Week’. During reading lessons children will be reading and performing lots of exciting

It was a beautiful sunny day today as the school was awash with a sea of Yellow for World Mental Health Day

We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate our incredible stars this week who have worked so hard

We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate our incredible stars this week who have worked so hard in

Teachers are busy working on home learning arrangements in case children are required to

October begins our celebration of diversity at RPS. We will be looking at Human Creativity from

10th October is World Mental Health Day. The pandemic has negatively impacted on

Southwark have created a new webpage which has the latest information on support

This week the children watched a Harvest Festival assembly led by Kellie (Deputy Head).

It has been an unusual week at RPS. As you are aware a member of staff

Wildcat Girls Football Sessions Girls Only Wildcats Football Sessions begin on Tuesday 22nd September

Dear Parents and Carers, We are asking parents/carers whose children attend a

Tree Tops have started providing our afterschool club. This is no longer managed through RPS,

Dear Parents & Carers, Welcome back to school.  We hope you all had a fantastic summer break, remained

Nursery places available both full and part time. For more information and to apply for a place, please contact the

Welcome back to RPS Primary. We hope you had a fantastic summer break.

This video comprises of a series of videos created at home by our Year 6 leavers demonstrating some of their amazing talents that they

RPS Primary Year 6 leavers present “We will rock you!” inspired by Queen as part of their end of year

RPS Primary Year 6 leavers present “Lean on me” inspired by Bill Withers as part of their end of year

Welcome again to a new week and our regular Monday assembly. This week we concentrate on hellos and

Tree Tops Clubs will be running After School Club at Rotherhithe Primary School from September 2020, after

Due to current circumstances children have had to miss out on some of the great activities held in the final term of the school year. 

Welcome again to a new week and our regular Monday assembly. This week we concentrate on hope.

With only a few weeks left till the end of term we are mindful that year 6 children have not had the typical ending at RPS that we have come to

The LYG Virtual Games are here and we want to share with you the Challenge Information for Week 1 to help get as many young Londoners as possible from your school involved!

Welcome to another online assembly brought to you by Lisa, our Head of School. We hope that you enjoy this new addition to our website. Please let us know what you think and please

Welcome to our very first online assembly brought to you by Lisa and her very special friend. We hope that you enjoy this new addition to our website. Please let us know

Dear all, here is a lovely video message prepared by the teachers and staff at RPS Primary School for their children and parents, who they miss very much.

You may have heard about the national online classroom that Oak Academy have produced.  This platform sets out a schedule of weekly learning for children.  It even provides an assembly!

Keeping physically active is of utmost importance to our health and wellbeing.  In school we are making sure children are physically active every day.  On Thursday we were really pleased to have a

Dear Parents & Carers, We hope you are well and are keeping safe.  If you walk past the school gate, please see the positive message the children have sent to you all

In this video we see Annalise reading a story to all of the children of Rotherhithe Primary School currently at home in self isolation. To watch the video, please press on the play button.

It’s a very sporty Friday here at Rotherhithe Primary School as the children and Coach Dan and his team gather in the junior hall to take part in a selection of fun and sporty activities to raise money for Sports Relief.

To ensure our children are safe we will only release them to persons aged 16 years or older. We are following the NSPCC guidance that suggests that only persons aged 16 years

We have another collection of pictures for you below on this amazingly fun day of reading and all things relating to books. In this collection, we are in the KS1 hall where we join our younger readers for

It’s World Book Day here at RPS Primary and the day has been an immense amount of fun for everyone. We have had a very busy morning reading amazing books and listening to some fantastic

It’s World Book Day 2020 here at RPSPrimary and we are celebrating all things books and our love for reading. We took a quick tour of the classrooms today with the camera to see just how

The whole school is doing all things books today and are thoroughly enjoying both reading books and hearing great stories being told. In this case, we have a fantastic storyteller with us all day in

RPS Primary would like to take this opportunity to thanks all of our amazing parents and carers who collected so many The Sun Book Tokens for us. We can now announce that we have

The following advice for parents / guardians has been received from the Department for Education:- you should not be unduly worried about the possibility of your child catching the

Dear parents, Next Friday 6th of March we will be celebrating World Book Day. As usual, we invite every child to come dressed as a character from their favourite book. In addition, we would

It was Hot Chocolate Friday again this week.  I had a lot of fun spending the afternoon talking to wonderful children who continually make good choices and epitomise our school values.  Well done all.  Keep it up you are great role

As part of our ‘Safer Internet Day’, the children were treated to the ultimate internet safety show. The show followed the characters Milly & Philip as they learnt how to stay safe online.

On Thursday 13th February year 4 travelled to the Museum of London.  This visit was planned to deepen their knowledge and understanding of their history topic – The Romans. Did you know that the

Dear Parents & Carers Happy Valentine’s Day!  I hope you enjoy spending time with your loved ones. We have passed the shortest day of the year and despite the recent storms I’ve noticed bulbs coming up in the

Shania from Seal class Shania has written a diary entry as if she was alive during the Great Fire of London. Dear Diary First I used a water bucket.  Then I pulled down houses with fire hooks. 

In November I was approached by Fatima in Seal class.  She told me she really wanted to write to Prince Harry and Meghan.  She had started to draft letters at home and could I help her to write to them. 

On Wednesday, Meera our speech and language therapist delivered a coffee morning about Zones of Regulation.  This is an approach that we use to help children to understand and recognise their emotions and

On Thursday we invited all children to wear an item of school uniform turned inside out.  This mental health awareness initiative, taught children that sometimes people may look okay on the outside but they may not feel

Following on from our previous correspondence, we would like to update parents and carers about the after-school club – Tree Tops. Tree Tops has made an application to Ofsted to

Dear Parents, you may have heard about the new “Books for Schools” promotion running with The Sun newspaper at the moment. Each school must collect 3500 tokens from the

On Wednesday this week, Reception classes were visited by a local nurse who spoke to the children about the importance of healthy eating and maintaining a balanced diet. The children had the

Do you love to sing?  Why not join Singing Club? Singing club runs after school every Friday at 4:30 pm.  This club is currently free for pupils.  If your child is interested in joining singing club, please let their class teacher know

On Monday 13th January 2020 a group of our talented athletes took part in an athletics competition.  This was the follow up round after a previous tournament and the children were competing against the best schools in

This term I have introduced a ‘hot chocolate’ treat with me. This week it was held on Thursday.  The purpose of this treat is to acknowledge and say thank you to our wonderful children who always make good choices,

Dear Parents & Carers It has been another busy week at RPS.  Nina Birch, our English consultant, was in on Thursday working with teachers and children to make sure they receive the best curriculum and teaching possible. 

After school clubs will be starting next week.  The following sports related clubs will be on offer.  Please speak to Dan Sullivan if you have any queries regarding these clubs.  Please note that access to some clubs is by

Following on from our previous correspondence, we would like to update parents and carers about the after-school club – Tree Tops. Tree Tops has made an application to Ofsted to register our schools for the

RPS has signed up to take part in the pilot of a new digital tool.  This tool aims to support children who may show signs of excessive worry, anxiety or phobias.  The aim of the game is to support children in facing

Dear Parents & Carers Everyone at RPS would like to wish you a Happy New Year!  We hope the it brings you lots of happiness and exciting opportunities. We were extremely pleased to see the children return to school on Monday and from my visits to

Beavers are scouts youngest members, and they meet on Thursdays 5:45pm at Manor Methodist Church 40 Galleywall Rd, Bermondsey, London SE16 3PB. They enjoy all that Scouting has to offer; being introduced to outdoor activities, having the

A huge well done to our fantastic keystage 1 children who hosted a beautiful Christmas performance this morning for excited onlooking parents, carers and staff. The children were all in fine voice and looked

Well, what a festive day we are having at RPS Primary today! The children and staff are all dressed in their very best Christmas jumpers to raise money for “Save the Children”, our keystage 1 children performed an

What a great start to the lead up to the festive season as we start the first week of December with a glorious Christmas Fair for our amazing RPS Primary community! At 3:30pm on Friday 6th December the doors opened to parents,

Years 4, 5 and 6 children had a fantastic time last Friday at the PTA school disco.  They clearly enjoyed getting into the part mood. Next week year 1, 2 and 3 get there turn on Thursday 12th December.  Please purchase tickets from Donna who is selling them

It is nearly time for parents evening. Please sign up for an appointment with your child’s class teacher. Parent’s evening for all classes in years 1-6 (except for Cutty Sark class) are being held on Monday 16th and Wednesday 18th December.

(Reception and Year 1 children) How many children will be Winter Winners? Maths with Parents are launching a Winter Winners campaign next week. Pupils and parents who have completed and left a comment or photo for every

We hope reception parents are finding the phonics workshops with Helen useful. It is great to see you in school. Phonics is a really important reading tool.  During a recent visit from the local authority they commented positively on the

Today pupils from years 5 and 6 attended a huge athletics tournament at Bacons College where they took part in a number of events against other schools in the borough. The many athletics events included

With December drawing closer, Rotherhithe Primary is getting ready for a bumper month of festive activities. Have your diary at the ready and make some notes of the many important dates below. We hope to see you all at every one of these amazing events.

You should have already received sponsorship forms for our forthcoming charity event “The RPS Skipping Challenge“, which will take place all day on Friday 29th November to raise money for the British Heart Foundation. The British Heart

If you are in years 4, 5 or 6 at Rotherhithe Primary School, please make sure that you have your dancing shoes on when you come to school on Friday 29th November as it’s Disco Night! The fun starts at 4pm through to 5:30pm and promises to be a jam packed fun evening of music,…

Great news for all of our budding drama enthusiasts. Rotherhithe Primary School in association with Margaret of Margaret’s Music and LAMDA Drama will be hosting a weekly drama class for all pupils. The class starts every Tuesday afternoon at 3:15pm through to 4:30pm and is

Thank you to all parents and children for their donations to Children in Need on Friday. We know the children enjoyed getting spotty! We raised the grand total of £170. We would like to take this opportunity to thank our parents that helped us to raise these

If you are interested in applying to be a parent governor, please submit your application to the school office by Monday 25th November. If there is more than one person nominated, election papers will be circulated to all parents

On Friday a group of year 6 children worked with the Childhood Trust to complete a short film clip for their Christmas Challenge campaign. The Childhood Trust is a children’s charity that helps  vulnerable children to overcome the

We will be collecting pennies (and pounds) in the playground before and after school for Children in Need. Please empty old coat pockets, look down the back of the sofa and send all your spare change in to school for this worthy cause.

Amazing News!!! The author Amanda Li has very kindly donated 30 copies of her amazing book “Rise Up” to our school. Our School Council will be using this inspiring book to ignite a passion for change in the children at our school.

Monday 11th November marks the annual day of remembrance for the many brave soldiers who sacrificed their lives for freedom throughout Europe. In preparation for this very important day of reflection, the children have prepared

We will be fundraising for Children in Need on Friday 15th November. Instead of their school uniform children can wear ‘spots’ to school in return for a donation for this worthy charity. We suggest a £1 donation which we will collect at the gates.

At RPS we are always encouraging children to be empathetic and supportive of each other.  Next week we will be starting our ‘anti-bullying’ themed weeks.  Children will be participating in lessons and workshops  to promote an anti-bullying culture.

RPS is signing up to play an online word building challenge.  The aim is for children to race against the clock to build as many words as they can from 15 letters.  The competition starts next week; children will be

Bonfire Night is always an exciting event for children – whether their families decide to visit an official display or choose to purchase their own fireworks. But with many people, including children, hospitalised with firework-related injuries each autumn,

Sunday 27th October saw the start of diwali, a hindu festival.  This festival is often referred to as the festival of lights.  In assemblies and class this week children learned that hinduism is one of the 4 largest religions in the world.  They found out that the festival also marks

Join us on Saturday 26th October at the Surrey Quays Shopping Centre for the Poppy Appeal Launch 2019. The Royal British Legion invite everyone from the Rotherhithe, Bermondsey and Surrey Quay area to join them and the Mayor of

It is with sadness that we say goodbye to Iman, TA who will be leaving us on the 31st October. We have a replacement TA called Quendresa and welcome her to Rotherhithe. We will also be waving a fond fairwell to Kellie Ansell who will be taking a year long sabbatical

You may have noticed builders have placed temporary gates onto the school grounds on Hawkstone Road. This is so that they can clear the ground ready for the next stage of the building work. From December the school playground will be out of

October marked the start of black history month and our children have been learning about inspiring black people who have made a difference in history. Rosa Parks is one of the famous women the children have been inspired by. Here are some quick facts about Rosa

The Mayflower was a ship that was commanded and part-owned by Captain Christopher Jones who lived in Rotherhithe. In 1620, he was given permission to sail to America. Crossing the Atlantic at this time was extremely dangerous, but after a number of challenges

This week our year 3 children had valuable road safety training. Each class had a professional who talked with them about the rules for crossing the road safely. Then the class went out of school to put this knowledge into practice. The children had to identify safe places to

29th September was the start of the Jewish New Year. Our children have been learning about Rosh Hashanah in class and assembly. During Rosh Hashanah Jewish people celebrate the New Year with celebratory food, such as apples dipped in

On Saturday the 5th October it is World Teacher’s day.  We are sure parents and children will join with us in wishing all of our talented teachers a happy restful day.  In honour and recognition of their hard work all teachers received a special ‘healthy brunch’ today.  We hope they enjoyed

I am very pleased to say that I managed to secure funding from the Amicable Society to purchase brass instruments. Owen Wales our brass teacher is teaching group lessons to children on Tuesdays and has selected a dedicated bunch of children from year 5 & 6 to have the

On Wednesday 1st October Luke Lennon-Ford a British sprinter visited RPS. Luke is coached by Linford Christie and took part with team GB in the London Olympics in 2012.  He won a silver medal at the IAAF World indoor championships in 2014.

We are starting a variety of music lessons. Please see below a letter listing lunch and after school clubs that children can join. Some of these are paid clubs. All money will be managed by Margaret. Please complete the form attached and return to school if you are

Last week RPS boys and girls from years 5 & 6 took part in a variety of cross-country runs being held in Southwark Park. The children represented the school extremely well and their behavior was fantastic. Some of the girls also came back with medals.

You are warmly invited to the opening of the Rotherhithe Public Living Room, a temporary project space that supports the development of meaningful relationships, and explores ideas for the future development of the Rotherhithe Holder Station

On 20th September 2019, young people and adults are protesting across the world to demand transformative action to address the climate crisis. This was a unique opportunity for the children and staff at RPS Primary to support this protest by taking action on this historic day.

With the School Council Elections coming up fast on 26th September, this week children have been busy voting for their favourite nominees representing their year group. The ballet box was set up in the Junior hall and the children took some time to consider and place

Shirts: Plain, white, cotton long/short sleeved shirt with collar or white polo t-shirt Jumper: Blue school jumper / fleece with the school badge (available to purchase at the School office) Trousers: Grey Trousers – no tracksuit bottoms Skirt: Grey, plain

On the 20th September young people around the world will be demanding action to protect the environment.  They are calling for an end to use of fossil fuels and attempting to raise awareness of important environmental issues to help create a cleaner and

Monday 16th September is ‘National Teaching Assistants’ Day’.  The purpose of this day is to raise awareness of the valuable contribution teaching assistants make to the education and support of children across the country. We would like to thank our teaching assistants for their

Dear Parents and Carers, On Tuesday 17th September 2019, Rotherhithe Primary School will be hosting a special workshop for parents covering all aspects of Secondary School Transitions. The workshop will offer a very clear and

Dear Parents and Carers, First of all, a huge welcome back to a brand new term here at Rotherhithe Primary School. We also offer a warm welcome to our new pupils and parents starting here with us. We all are looking forward to meeting you all and to enjoying a

Dear Parent/Carer,     We are delighted to inform you that we are now offering a 15hr top up service in the nursery. If your child is currently attending 15hrs per week and you are interested in additional hours, please speak to Rachel Kearns.

The Executive Head Teacher has met with the successful contractors who will be starting the new build works from the 25th July.  The first stage of these works will involve moving electrical equipment.  Class teachers are busy trying to clear these areas of the building ready

Sadly, it is that time of year when we need to say some goodbyes. Goodbye Orla Walsh, Naomi Jameson, Rebecca Wear and Alex Hall. Four of our talented teachers.  We thank each of them for their hard work and dedication to our children.  We wish them all the best in

Currently year 2 and 3 have 3 classes.  This was due to the local authority asking the school to open additional classes due to an expected high intake in those year groups.  The reality is, however, that London schools have falling rolls. This means that more children are

Year 6 have been working tirelessly on their end of year performance the Lion King. Children across the school have had the opportunity to watch the play.  It was truly like going to the theatre – the children thoroughly loved it. They looked amazing too with their faces painted. 

On Tuesday we held the second parent information event of the year.  We focused on sharing information about the curriculum and also the relationship and sex education curriculum we deliver at school.

On Thursday 4th July 2019, our Year 6 children dressed to impress and paraded up and down our red carpet to pose for the cameras as we got Prom Night 2019 underway! The children looked absolutely amazing in their prom dresses and smart

On Wednesday 3rd July years 3, 4, 5, and 6 prepared themselves for their Sports Day events. We had a beautiful day, which always makes this annual event and even better day for everyone. The children all looked ready and eager to get involved in