Some of our timetable rock stars winnners this term
These children have increased their speed and improved their timetable scores. The top three winners from each class will be announced in January. Well done to all children. We are […]
Monthly Archives: December 2018
We have some incredibly talented parents
A wonderful treat for our staff made by one of our Roughwood parents. Wow!
KS2 parties were today!
Children are celebrating their first full term in their new classes… such fabulous dance moves too!
And the winners are…
Some difficult decisions by the children, but this is the act which the children chose. Well done too all children who entered in the X factor. ‘The children at Roughwood […]
NEWSLETTER 20TH DECEMBER
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all parents and carers for your support this term to make Roughwood the best school that it can be. We have […]
Ending our topic with art work
This afternoon, we are taking a break from the Christmas celebrations with some creative and relaxing art to end our topic on coasts.
Class 2 Father Christmas
We’ve had a special visitor today in Class 2…
Carol Singing at Cherry Tree Care Home
A big thank you to the 20 children who came along to Cherry Tree Care Home to sing for the residents. The favourite song was definitely ‘When Santa Got Stuck […]
Granny Norbag!
We met our new friend Malcolm J Hogan today, as he shared his Granny Norbag stories with us! If you would like to get a signed copy, please bring £5 […]
Merry Christmas – Snow is Falling
Staff and children have created a magical video this week to celebrate the countdown to Christmas and teh snow which has been falling on Roughwood. There has been lots of […]
X Factor Final
Some great acts and lots of audience participation and the panel of judges are very impressed this afternoon. Well done to all children that have entered!
Foundation Nativity
Last week Foundation children performed for the very first time for their parents and carers. They were amazing! Their confidence and speaking and listening skills were used well to retell […]
Snow White – KS2 Panto
This year, KS2 have worked hard to produce a performance no one will forget. Children from Year 3 to Year 6 made up the cast and gave two outstanding performances. […]
Friday special mentions assembly
The winner of the elf is from class 2! The elf’s name is Rosie. Fabulous efforts and resilience from our sports leaders – keep up the fantastic work!
KS1 Nativity Around the World
An absolutely astounding performance from children in KS1 today. The show was described as ‘The best in years’ and ‘incredible’ by parents. It was clear that everyone was will rehearsed […]
Leaderboard for Bedrock – the results are in!
Congratulations to our new top ten Bedrockers! Some names remain the same, but the positions have definitely changed! Remember to keep it up over Christmas as every lesson counts! A […]
Christmas crafts
With Christmas fast approaching class 4 thought it was time we started our glass jars for the Christmas fayre. The children did a fantastic job making them and they look […]
Mischievous Elf
In class 4 we seem to have inherited a very mischievous elf. However, he wanted to show off his maths skills to the class. Just look at his number bonds […]
Christingle
On Monday we learnt all about what Christingle was and what each part of the orange represented.
Class 2 Christmas Crafts
Lots of smiles this week making our Christmas crafts in Class 2. We have made cards, calendars and baubles. The baubles will be on sale at the Christmas fayre […]
Little Monkey
Stay and play session led by Wendy Leak, linked the the story Little Monkey. A fantastic turn out again, thank you to our parents again for your support.
Y5 perform in the 2018 Rotherham School’s Performace
Roughwood and Rockingham performed at the Rotherham Minster. Here’s a sneak preview of the rehearsal. The performace was just phenomenal… Thank you to parents and careers for your attendance. It […]
KS2 Panto rehearsals are underway… from rehearsal platform to stage!
I personally want to say a huge well done and thank you to all the children who have attended rehearsals and shown such commitment each week. When you think the […]
Christmas crafts
Christmas arrived in Class 3 today as Efron the Elf brought glitter, glue and other art supplies for us to make our Christmas crafts. Children had so much fun making 3D […]
Carols by Candlelight
A great evening full of carols and hot chocolate. So many children and parents joined us this year for the carol service to make such an unforgettable night. Not to […]
POP’s Outdoor Adventure
We had an AMAZING time with POP’s Outdoor Adventure Team. We went into the forest with the team on a stickman adventure. We searched the forest for stick man so […]
Year 5 Perform at Rotherham Minster
Year 5 took part in a concert for parents and the public at the Rotherham Minster. It was the first time many of our children had been inside the Minster […]
Reading Together
What a fantastic turn out for our ‘reading together’ afternoon with parents.
Fantastic peer support in Y6
I have been thoroughly impressed by the peer critique work that Y6 has been doing this morning. They have worked in their triads to give very helpful and supportive advice […]
The mystery of the vandalised attendance certificate?
In Y6, we have explored the meaning of a screwed up attendance certificate. The children pondered over whether it was done by someone with poor attendance as an act of […]
Christingle 2018
On Tuesday 4th December, Roughwood children presented a wonderful assemble to parents. There were some extremely confident children reading during the performance and the Christingles children have made lit up […]
Class 6 Maths
We have been taking advantage of our new ICT suite today by using Purple Mash to create bar charts from tables with information in. We will be using these bar […]
We’re All Reading Wednesdays
In Foundation, we are inviting parent’s in every Wednesday to read with their children. F1 doors opened at 11.20am and 2.50pm this week for the first time. We had a […]
Class 2 Investigates
What does the local wildlife like to eat? Last week we completed a science investigation, finding out what our local wildlife likes to eat. As a class we came up […]
Class 5 Attendance P4C
During our afternoon session this week, we discussed the importance of attending school! We talked about how we should always try to come to school when possible as school is […]
T4W Fun!
Class 5 have had many dramatic literacy lessons recently! We used Talk For Writing to retell a section of the ‘The Lost Rainforest’. As a Class, we created many actions […]
Homework Club
Children are busy catching up on home learning in the ICT suite. My Maths to learn about perimeter, TimesTables Rock Stars to help with our mental skills and SumDog.
Watch this space!
Class 7 are taking the time to learn how to convert from digital to analogue and also to convert from the 12 to 24 hour clocks!
Family Learning
Children from KS1 have been joined by their parents to learn about recycling in our family learning sessions this term. We have been weaving rugs from old clothes donated by […]
F2 in the ICT Suite
Foundation have been learning about colours in the computer suite this week. They have been learning mouse and keyboard skills while creating some brilliant pictures.
Another week of celebrating children’s fantastic achievements
Children sharing their learning and talking about their fabulous achievements.