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Rose Street Centenary

Fri 25 Sep 2026 Mrs Handy

As part of our Centenary Celebrations we are hosting an Afternoon Tea & Chat with School Tour.
We would love for former pupils to come and join us. Please call the school office to book a place.

2026 marks 100 years since Rose Street Primary School was first
opened in 1926. The school has changed and developed a lot over
the years. As it stands today, it is a two-form entry Primary school
with over 400 pupils. It is now part of Sheerness West Federation
along with Westminster Primary School.
🌟 Rose Street Primary School – 100 Years of History
1926 – Rose Street opens its doors: Rose Street County Primary
School opened on 30 August 1926, with Miss Winnifred Wood as
Headmistress and seven assistant teachers.
Built on a rubbish dump! The school was built on a former
rubbish dump and over the Fleet, an underground river. Staff
and children worked together to clear the site, finding everything
from broken china to old pots and pans.
A school that kept growing: By 1951, there were 270 pupils on roll,
with all eight classrooms being housed in the original main
building.
500+ pupils: As the local population grew, two additional
classroom huts were built in 1953 and 1954. At the time, Rose
Street had an incredible 500+ pupils on roll!
A changing school: By 1976, pupil numbers had fallen to around
170, following the opening of Westminster County Primary School
and changes to the middle-school system.
The Rose Street spirit: Throughout its history, Rose Street has
been described as having a happy, family atmosphere, with a
positive “can-do” attitude and a determination to make the best
of every situation.
A lasting legacy
Perhaps the most important highlight is that the values described in
1976 — a happy spirit, a family atmosphere and a positive, can-do
attitude — remain at the heart of Rose Street today.

Sports Days

Mon 15 Jun 2026 Mrs Handy

We celebrated our first week of Sports Days across Years 5, 1 and 4. Even the rain didnt stop the children from enjoying themselves.

Year 2 Criterion

Mon 15 Jun 2026 Mrs Handy

Year 2 Visited the Criterion in Blue Town

African Drumming Workshop

Mon 15 Jun 2026 Mrs Handy

On Monday we had some very exciting visitors at Rose Street Nursery. Mango tree Kids are a company that offers African Drumming Workshops. This wonderful programme allows children of all abilities especially children with special needs to express themselves creatively through drumming, building their confidence and emotional well-being. Children are taught the real art of African drumming through the use of a Call and Response technique. We believe fun and laughter must be a core element of every session. All of the Nursery children did amazing listening and followed all of the instructions given to them. Well done Duckling class �

Year 1 Life Skills

Mon 08 Jun 2026 Mrs Handy

As part of our Life Skills curriculum, Year 1 learnt about table
manners, how to use our knife and fork and how to make our
beds. We had lots of fun learning these new skills and are looking
forward to trying them at home!

EYFS Creepy Claws

Mon 18 May 2026 Mrs Handy

Today we had some very exciting visitors.
We had a visit from Creepy Claws.
Michael very kindly bought in a centipede, Land Snail, Harry the
Snake, Marilyn the Tarantula, Iris the Hedgehog, a scorpion and
finally a gecko.

Year 3 Life Skills

Mon 11 May 2026 Mrs Handy

This term, for our life skills session, year 3 have been exploring the wider world, which includes catching a train, looking at train times, using tickets. Also, ensuring safety around trains, getting on and off safely. We also combined this with our geography topic, which is looking at settlements, towns and human and physical features. We completed some fieldwork in Sittingbourne, comparing places in the town today with the 1960s.

Talk Day

Mon 27 Apr 2026 Mrs Handy

We began our term with a Talk Day, where the children focus on developing their oracy skills. Here is a summary of yesterday’s year group activities: In Year 1, the children learnt about the life cycle of plants, and explored the word “flower” . They also looked at human and physical features in Geography.

In Year 2, the children looked at picture clues from a story book and tried to predict what the story would be about.

In Year 3, In DT, the children discussed different types of castles: Which of these castles looks the strongest or weakest? Stable or unstable? Why? Who would use, make or live in this castle? Why? Are these man-made or natural structures? Then, they discussed all of the important features of a castle and what their purpose was, drawing their own castles and labelling it’s features.

In Year 4, they looked at concept cartoon about a scene from our new story, Gorilla in English. They had to decide which person they agreed with. The picture was of a girl slumped in a dark room watching TV. We also discussed using key words to 'Talk like a writer ' when giving answers to questions.

In Year 5, they looked at the concept cartoon, and working in groups they discussed which child they agreed with.

In Year 6, they focused on their term text, by exploring the main character of Francis.