Class 4’s Science investigation – What liquid will make a dinosaur hatch?
This week in class 4 we have been investigating what liquid will make a dinosaur hatch. We created our own eggs using water, bicarbonate of soda and a dinosaur of […]
Monthly Archives: September 2018
Resilience and commitment in Year 5
The children in Year 5 have been using gradients of tone to practise and create their artistic masterpieces. Don’t forget to ask the year 5s about how they have used […]
Class 3’s Science investigation – How to hatch a dinosaur egg.
This week in Class 3 we have been investigating to find out which liquid will make a dinosaur egg hatch. On Thursday, we created our very own dinosaur eggs using water, […]
Newsletter 28th September
There have been some amazing things happening in school since the last newsletter. Just one of those exciting things is the family learning currently taking place in Y3. This is […]
Coffee Morning
Roughwood Primary have taken part in the worlds biggest coffee morning to raise money for MacMillan. The morning was a great success and children even got involved at break time. […]
How will we get the dinosaur eggs to hatch?
This week in Class 2 we are investigating how dinosaur eggs hatch. We created our own eggs using water, baking soda and (of course) dinosaurs. We then left them overnight… […]
Cross Country
A great evening of sport with the cross country event. Children are representing the school and doing an outstanding job. Supporting each other and cheering one another on. The new […]
Tea Time Club
This week, children have made their own biscuits for dessert after tea. Children have thought carefully about their designs. As an activity, children were making dream catches. Well worth £4 […]
Investigating light
As part of our science investigation, Class 5 decided to test a wide variety of materials to find one most suitable to make curtains for Plop the owl so that […]
What makes a ‘home’ for a bird?
As part of our STEM project, we have been thinking about what makes a home for birds. We have discussed the consequences of bird homes being destroyed and feel strongly […]
Bedrock Rocks!
Congratulations to Keagan S, who has shown real resilience with his Vocabulary learning! Keep up the hard work! Polite reminder to everyone else: make sure if you are in Y4, […]
The Birthday Bears
Yesterday we met 5 teddy bears. It was a very special day for them as it was their birthday’s. Only we had a problem, all the bears were different ages […]
Aaaarrgghh! Spider!
This week in Acorns, we have been reading Aaaarrgghh! Spider! We have taken part in lots of spider themed activities. We have made spiders using clay, counted spiders in the […]
Rich Willis – World Record Powerlifter
Today, Roughwood had a very special visit from Paralympic powerlifter, Rich Willis. Rich came in and completed a circuit training session with each class and then held a whole school […]
Moorland Discovery Centre
This term in Class 3 we are learning all about recycling and conservation. Today we have enjoyed ourselves at the Moorland Discovery Centre. We explored the woodlands with Melanie in a […]
Family Learning Year 3
Year 3 have had the opportunity to take part in Family learning with Mrs Crossland. Children and parents have been making bird feeders to link with our Year 3 topic […]
Moorland Discovery Centre
This term in Class 2 we are learning all about recycling and conservation. Today we have enjoyed ourselves at the Moorland Discovery Centre. First we explored the woodlands, collecting different […]
Getting creative through learning how to sketch!
This week, Class 5 were really lucky to work with Mrs Taylor to develop our sketching skills. We learnt all the different types of pencils and how to use them […]
Maths
In class 4 we have been using lots of resources to help us to partition 2 and 3 digit numbers. Zac had to improvise and use the dinosaurs to represent […]
Blowing our own Trumpets!
Class 7 members have been practising their lip buzzes and have managed to play their mouthpieces 🎺⭐️! We hope you will be as impressed as we were, as they are […]
Magnificent Maths in Class 6
In class 6 this week we have moved on to addition. We have been using ‘Numbers Up’ resources to help us with place value when adding on 10 or 100 […]
Lots of Learning
In Foundation 1, we have taken part in a wide variety of learning this week. Our focus has been The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Through this, we have made our own […]
Class Two’s School Council
Our Class 2 School Council members are… All the children in Class 2 have tried very hard in writing their manifestos to deliver to the class. They came up with […]
POP’s Outdoor Adventure
This week our foundation 2 children visited POP’s outdoor adventure centre at Rosehill Park. The children had a fantastic time exploring the environment, looking for mini-beasts and pond creatures. What […]
Newsletter 19th September 2018
Click here to read our latest newsletter. It has been a busy first 2 weeks back and so much wonderful learning has taken place. Residentials for Y5 and Y6 are […]
Elected School Council
We have elected our School Council at Roughwood in our classes this week. It has been a long process since children have written their manifestos to deliver to the class. […]
Drama in Y6
This morning, we have been fortunate to take part in a drama workshop about Rotherham during the war. We are looking forward to showcasing our performance at Magna in November.
Preparing for Northumberland in Y6
We are very much looking forward to our visit to Northumberland. We are preparing by researching some of the famous landmarks.
Drama in Y6
This morning, we have been very fortunate to take part in a drama workshop about Rotherham during the war. We are looking forward to performing at Magna in November
Eco Warrior Workshop – Class 6
On Tuesday morning Pop’s Outdoor Adventure came in to work alongside Class 6 in our Eco Warriors Workshop. During the morning the children discussed the impact plastic is having on […]
More examples of councillor and deputy councillor speeches… These young people have made us extremely proud 👩🏼⚖️
Preparing our manifestos for school councillors and deputy school councillors…
The votes are nearly in. It was clearly difficult to vote. Well done to all candidates! So much thought and preparation went into their manifestos and speeches. Here are some […]
Outstanding Home learning
This week, children of Class 5 had the opportunity to present their outstanding home learning in Friday’s special assembly. Children had opted to create a ‘perfect’ habitat for one of […]
Year 6 Maths
Children have been learning how to add decimals up to two decimal places in year 6. We have used lots of visual resources to help us represent ones, tenths and […]
From Caterpillars to Butterflies
This week in the Chestnut Classroom we have began our topic of ‘What’s at the bottom of your garden?’ with the introduction of caterpillars and ladybirds. We can’t wait to […]
A great start to Y6
Now that we have had 5 days in school, we are reflecting on what we have achieved so far. We have tackled ‘very big’ numbers in numeracy, synonyms and similes […]
Abstract Art in Y6
Today, we have been creating abstract seascapes to accompany our descriptive writing about stormy seas. We have used our creative skills and resilience to create careful pieces of art.
Magnificent Maths
This week in Maths we have been learning to order numbers up to 20. In the different areas of our classroom we found hidden numbers and had to help Harry […]
Science
This week in science we have been looking at animals and their offspring. This is Harrison and Lizzie completing the activity. The children could challenge themselves and match up […]
Tea Time Club
Wednesdays and Thursdays until 5 pm children can join Tea Time club. This week the children chose their own ingredients for their pizzas and enjoyed eating what they had made. […]
Greater or Less than?
This week has been a fun-filled first week back in Class 6. We have come in full of energy and bursting with ideas for all our learning. We have started […]
Immersive Reading
Year 4 have enjoyed their guided reading this week. We have been looking at our class text under the water in our immersive reading environment. Let’s make sure we are […]
What a Wonderful Week!
We’ve had a great start to our first week in nursery. We’ve had lots of fun exploring the different resources in our new classroom and looking at the different things […]
An absolutely fantastic start from Year 5 at Roughwood Primary School!
After two days back at school after the summer holidays, we have some wonderful use of vocabulary for our character descriptions and some impeccable calculating of challenging maths questions. Keep […]