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Monthly Archives: June 2019

Sports Day Practice

Sunday, 30th Juneby Mr Williams Leave a comment

In Chestnuts this week, we have started to pull together all of the skills we have learnt throughout the year in PE. We have used the skills to practise some […]

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Do you know what happens to the Earth?

Saturday, 29th Juneby Miss Newton-Smith Leave a comment

Ever wondered why our shadows change shape, or change direction throughout the day? Our Year 5s carried out their experiment to find out!

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Year 5 develop their embroidery and weaving skills

Saturday, 29th Juneby Miss Newton-Smith Leave a comment

Space themed artwork using a range of art skills

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Year 5 science investigation complete

Saturday, 29th Juneby Miss Newton-Smith Leave a comment

Very proud of the maturity of the year 5 children. The children investigated what happened to their shadows and have investigated what happens to the Earth and how it orbits […]

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Reading Winner

Friday, 28th Juneby Mr Williams Leave a comment

Congratulations to Robbie for winning our reading draw this week. He’s chosen a fabulous book to enjoy at home.

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NEWSLETTER 28TH JUNE

Friday, 28th Juneby Mr Williams Leave a comment

Please take the time to read the latest Newsletter. It has been a fantastic two weeks since coming back from our break and so much has been happening in school. […]

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Investigating sound with string telephones

Thursday, 27th Juneby Abigail Miller Leave a comment

We have been learning all about sound in Class 6. Today we investigated how sound travels over a distance using paper cup telephones. We made them in pairs and then […]

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Why is exercise is important?

Thursday, 27th Juneby Miss Brown Leave a comment

Class 4 today investigated why exercise is important. We answered questions like: what happens to your heart rate during exercise?, what happened to your body during and after exercise? and […]

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Playground Leaders and Monitors

Thursday, 27th Juneby Mr Williams Leave a comment

Many children at Roughwood have a responsibility in school and we would like every child to have a role next year. Playground Leaders and Monitors have had new bibs to […]

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Great independent research from our y3’s today!

Wednesday, 26th Juneby Miss Sare Leave a comment

Super research on our new Science topic about rocks and soils today!

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Class 5 drama

Wednesday, 26th Juneby Miss Sare Leave a comment

Class 5 have been partaking in lots of different drama techniques to enhance their new writing genre, “diaries”. Children began by hot seating to think deeper about our book character’s […]

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Nurture’s Huge Bag of Worries

Wednesday, 26th Juneby Miss Whitworth Leave a comment

This week in Nurture we have been reading ‘The Huge Bag of Worries’ We have talked about our worries, what it feels like when you are worried and what we […]

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Year 6 Prom

Tuesday, 25th Juneby Mr Williams Leave a comment

This evening, year 6 children from Roughwood, Greasbrough and Rockingham joined together for an unforgettable prom. The theme was neon and there were some magnificent ourfits and that’s just the […]

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A visit to Church

Tuesday, 25th Juneby Mr Williams Leave a comment

Today Class 2 have enjoyed a visit to church. In RE we have been learning all about Bible stories. We thought it would be interesting to experience a Bible story […]

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Science – How do plants grow?

Tuesday, 25th Juneby Miss Pepper Leave a comment

In Class 3 this week we have been learning all about plants and how they grow. We created our own labelled collage to show the different parts of a plant. […]

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Science ambassadors visit Shireoaks Marina

Sunday, 23rd Juneby Miss Brown Leave a comment

On Wednesday the science ambassadors got a day out of school to visit Shireoaks Marina. We went on narrow boat down the canal, learnt how the canals locks work, looked […]

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Reading Winner!

Friday, 21st Juneby Mr Williams Leave a comment

Isabel has won a book for reading regularly at home. Hope you enjoy this one!

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Talent for Writing winners

Friday, 21st Juneby Mr Williams Leave a comment

A massive well done to Lucas, Willow and Holly for being published authors.

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Listening, appraising and improvising in Year Five

Friday, 21st Juneby Miss Newton-Smith Leave a comment

Children who didn’t have the house treat managed to compose and improvise in music using glockenspiels. Sounding amazing and some really musical melodies!

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Roughwood at Rufford

Thursday, 20th Juneby Mr Williams Leave a comment

Hoober were the house cup winners this year, so a fantastic day was had by all at Rufford Abbey! A beautiful setting and fabulous day all round. Well done, Hoober!

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Year 6 Prom

Thursday, 20th Juneby Mr Williams Leave a comment

Preparation for the Year 6 prom next week are well underway today. Can you guess the theme?

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Class 2’s trip to Sheffield

Featuredby Mr Williams Leave a comment

Class 2 caught the bus and the tram-train to Sheffield. Once in Sheffield we spotted lots of landmarks we have been learning all about. We visited the Cathedral and had […]

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A day in Sheffield

Monday, 17th Juneby Miss Brown Leave a comment

Class 4 caught the bus and the traintram to Sheffield. On the way we were looking for Sheffield landmarks and we spotted quite a few. Once in Sheffield we had […]

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NEWSLETTER 14TH JUNE

Friday, 14th Juneby Mr Williams Leave a comment

Please take the time to read the latest Newsletter. It has been a fantastic two weeks since coming back from our break and so much has been happening in school. […]

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Diversity Week

Tuesday, 11th Juneby Mr Williams Leave a comment

We had a wonderful time celebrating diversity week in foundation. We started the week by looking at families and how they can be different. We drew a family tree to […]

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Music assembly

Tuesday, 11th Juneby Mr Williams Leave a comment

We have had a magnificent assembly with the Music Service today to showcase a range of instruments. We have been inspired.

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Class 5 diversity potion!

Tuesday, 11th Juneby Miss Sare Leave a comment

As part of maths capacity and volume learning, class 5 decided to make a diversity potion. The children were given a recipe of different amounts. Things on the recipe included, […]

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Roughwood children have an introduction to new instruments in our music assembly 🎻

Tuesday, 11th Juneby Miss Newton-Smith Leave a comment

If your child is interested in learning how to play a musical instrument, look out for information which will be coming out this term from Miss Newton-Smith.

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Pirate Ron

Monday, 10th Juneby Mr Williams Leave a comment

The children had a fantastic morning in foundation. We all dressed up as pirates and invited Pirate Ron in to teach us all about pirates. He brought his ship, did […]

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Diversity Week in Class 2

Monday, 10th Juneby Mr Williams Leave a comment

On Tuesday we had a visit from Mrs FJ and Dazzle the Emu. They told us all about how we are all different. Later on in the day we designed […]

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Year 5 research their space questions

Monday, 10th Juneby Miss Newton-Smith Leave a comment

Using key questions and learning about effective searches in their search engines.

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Year 5 Planetarium experience

Friday, 7th Juneby Miss Newton-Smith Leave a comment

Year 5 set off on their journey to explore the solar system…

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Diversity Week in Class 3

Friday, 7th Juneby Miss Pepper Leave a comment

On Tuesday we began our diversity week with a visit from Mrs FJ and Dazzle the Emu. They told us all about how we are all different and unique. In […]

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Forever Fashion

Thursday, 6th Juneby Mr Williams Leave a comment

Our Forever Fashion Clothing Exchange has been a massive once hit again, with more donations than ever – you are wonderful, wonderful people! We have prevented kilos of clothing from […]

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Science Club

Thursday, 6th Juneby Miss Brown Leave a comment

This week in science club we have been investigating how to create the biggest bubbles using washing up liquid. The children explored the amount of washing up liquid used and […]

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Pen Potions

Thursday, 6th Juneby Mr Williams Leave a comment

Class 7 rose to the challenge to beat the teacher in creating intricately-patterned Potion Bottle Zentangles. Can you spot which one the teacher did? They are all fantastic!

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Diversity Week

Thursday, 6th Juneby Miss Brown Leave a comment

This week we have been exploring diversity through art. We have been showing that even though we have differences, we are all the same. Take a look at the pictures […]

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Class 5’s Measurement fun

Wednesday, 5th Juneby Miss Sare Leave a comment

This week, class 5 began their learning about measurements through an outdoor challenge. They worked in pairs to find their colour coded activity and use their rulers to solve mysteries. […]

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Embracing diversity and challenging stereotypes

Tuesday, 4th Juneby Abigail Miller Leave a comment

This week we are celebrating Diversity and today we have been working alongside Mrs Ann Foxley-Johnson from the Anti-Bullying Conpany!

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Philosophy for Children, Year 4

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