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Monthly Archives: December 2019

NEWSLETTER 20TH DECEMBER

Friday, 20th Decemberby Mr Williams Leave a comment

Please take the time to read the latest Newsletter. We have had a brilliant few weeks since the last newsletter and so much has been happening in school. Have a […]

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Fur, Feathers and Skin

Friday, 20th Decemberby Mr Williams Leave a comment

Our Year 2 children have been creating videos about their topic Fur, Feathers and Skin. This is just one of the videos from a small group talking about Giraffes to […]

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Computing, News and Events, Year 2

Attendance Awards

Friday, 20th Decemberby Mr Williams Leave a comment

Well done to all our children with 100% attendance this term. Wear your badges with pride and let’ see if we can aim for Silver with 100% next term. If […]

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We have some really talented parents and carers in our school

Friday, 20th Decemberby Miss Newton-Smith Leave a comment

A cake made for our staff to say thanks – Leanne… you are a talented lady! Matches perfectly with the children’s choice of the ‘Grinch’ in year 5/6. Merry Christmas […]

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X-Factor 2019

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Our yearly X Factor has been a huge hit this year. Once again our talented children continue to shine and we are proud of everyone who entered. Well done to […]

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Christmas, News and Events, Well-being

Y3 create animated sprites in Scratch

Thursday, 19th Decemberby Mr Williams Leave a comment

In class 4 today, the children have been creating a maze game, starting with an animated sprite. The children have drawn their own Pac Man styled sprites which they then […]

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Computing, Year 3

More writing Success!

Thursday, 19th Decemberby Mr Williams Leave a comment

We have another set of winners for the Young Writers’ Competition – these children will have their poetry published in a book 📚 which will be available to buy. Huge […]

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Hillary Ford Award Winners

Thursday, 19th Decemberby Mr Williams Leave a comment

Roughwood children have written letters to the family of Hillary, thanking her for encouraging their love, enthusiasm and passion for reading.

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Festive singing in Year 5/6

Thursday, 19th Decemberby Abigail Miller Leave a comment

Class 7 and 8 learnt some festive songs (and an Imagine Dragons song!) complete with Makaton actions.

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Christmas, Music, Year 5, Year 6

Upper Key Stage Two Christmas Party 2019

Thursday, 19th Decemberby Miss Newton-Smith Leave a comment

The children consumed delicious stacks and there were some fantastic dance moves at the disco! We’re all in the Christmas spirit after our parties…

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We had a special box delivered to us yesterday…

Thursday, 19th Decemberby Miss Newton-Smith Leave a comment

What’s could be in the box? Where did it come from? The children in year 5/6 were bursting with excitement to find out what’s inside the special parcel…

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Anti-Bullying Drama

Wednesday, 18th Decemberby Mr Williams Leave a comment

A huge thank you to the students at Rotherham College for delivering their Anti-Bulling Drama performance to all of our pupils across the academy.  We really appreciate and value you […]

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Class 6 Breakfast Banquet

Wednesday, 18th Decemberby Mr Williams Leave a comment

We were delighted 😁 to share our winning breakfast 🥞🍳 with our lovely parents this morning. Members of Class 6, you are officially the best at getting yourselves to school […]

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News and Events, Well-being, Year 4

Our last Big Write of 2019

Tuesday, 17th Decemberby Mrs Wheeler Leave a comment

Inspired by our lighthouse STEM lesson, we have completed our topic on ‘How Do We Protect Our Coastline?’ with an independent write using the story ‘The Lighthouse’.

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Lighthouse Stem

Tuesday, 17th Decemberby Mrs Wheeler Leave a comment

Y6 have enjoyed a busy morning constructing their lighthouses using mod roc. We will be using working circuits that we designed in our science lesson.

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What’s in the 📦 box?

Tuesday, 17th Decemberby Mr Williams Leave a comment

A mysterious box has appeared in Class 6. Nobody appears to know where it has come from – or what is inside . . . should we open it? It […]

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Literacy, News and Events, Well-being, Year 4

Magnificent Performance of Dick Whittington

Featuredby Mr Williams Leave a comment

Children in KS2 have given some out of this world performances of the Christmas classic, Dick Whittington. Once again the children on Roughwood prove they can perform and boy can […]

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Christmas, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6

Christmas Video 2019

Featuredby Mr Williams Leave a comment

Staff and children have created a magical video this week, using our green screen, to celebrate the countdown to Christmas. There has been lots of laughter and smiles this week. […]

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Y3 Outdoor Spelling Competition

Saturday, 14th Decemberby Miss Sare Leave a comment

This afternoon Class 4 and 5 combined to take part in their own little spelling competition. Around the playground were lots of different spellings, some of them were spelt incorrectly. […]

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The Willow Tree Warriors first meeting!

Friday, 13th Decemberby Mr Williams Leave a comment

Today, The Willow Tree Warriors had their first meeting together. They began by viewing their Willow Tree Warrior pictures that are inspired by Interland (an online internet safety experience) before […]

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Computing, News and Events, Online Safety

Christmas Dinner & Jumper Day

Friday, 13th Decemberby Mr Williams Leave a comment

Christmas is getting ever closer. The school is looking fabulous, everyone is practising hard for our concerts next week and today was our Christmas dinner and jumper day.  A fantastic […]

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12 Social Media Online Safety Tips

Wednesday, 11th Decemberby Mr Williams Leave a comment

With Christmas only a few weeks away, many of you will be using social media to share your excitement with friends and family. Being active on social media is a […]

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Year 5/6 creates maze game in Scratch!

Wednesday, 11th Decemberby Miss Newton-Smith Leave a comment

Year 5/6 have been creating their own maze games in ICT today. They had to create their own Pac-man inspired sprite and a stage with walls before creating their scripts […]

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Computing, News and Events, Year 5

A Miracle in Town – KS1 Nativity 2019

Featuredby Miss Brown Leave a comment

We are so proud of all of key stage one for there performance this morning. They did themselves, parents/carers and the school proud. Children were able to recite al their […]

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Christmas, News and Events, Year 1, Year 2

Foundation Nativity 2019

Featuredby Mr Williams Leave a comment

Children have performed a magnificent nativity for parents this week. Children knew all their lines and sang beautifully (as usual). Thank you to all the parents and carers who joined […]

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Acorns, Chesnuts, Christmas

Winning Writers

Friday, 6th Decemberby Mr Williams Leave a comment

These lovely young ladies have been selected to have their poetry published in the Young Writers’ Poetry book 📚 Well done, girls!

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Making a splash!

Friday, 6th Decemberby Mr Williams Leave a comment

Our Y4 children are proud to show their swimming 🏊‍♀️ certificates this afternoon in assembly. Well done 👍🏻 to every single one of them.

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Improving Spelling in Class 7

Friday, 6th Decemberby Abigail Miller Leave a comment

We have been trying to learn our tricky year 5/6 words! We are collaborating and challenging each other to learn a few every week and have been doing different activities […]

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Literacy, Year 5

Christmas Fayre

Thursday, 5th Decemberby Mr Williams Leave a comment

We have has the most magnificent Christmas Fayre this year. Children have worked hard using their enterprise skills to earn as much money as possible from their £10. I think […]

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Rotherham Minster

Thursday, 5th Decemberby Mr Williams Leave a comment

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 […]

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Year 5/6 Singers have arrived at Rotherham Minster

Thursday, 5th Decemberby Miss Newton-Smith Leave a comment

Ready to rehearse for our concert

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Christingle 2019

Featuredby Mr Williams Leave a comment

On Wednesday 4th December, Roughwood children presented a wonderful assembly to parents. There were some extremely confident children reading during the performance and the Christingles children have made lit up […]

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Y3 Nemesis

Thursday, 5th Decemberby Miss Sare Leave a comment

Y3 had a wonderful visit from Mr Staveley, our gardener who will be helping us transform an area of our school into a tranquil reading area. Mr Staveley shared with […]

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Social Innovation, Year 3

Singing at McCalls

Wednesday, 4th Decemberby Mr Williams Leave a comment

Roughwood has spread some Christmas cheer today by singing carols at the local shop. We raised over £20 for school and all the residents who joined us had a wonderful […]

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Beat Boxing Boys

Wednesday, 4th Decemberby Mrs Wheeler Leave a comment

Laying down the rhythm for our class track!

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Stars on the making

Wednesday, 4th Decemberby Mrs Wheeler Leave a comment

Our music teacher from Winterhill has been blown away by the talent in Y6W. We can’t wait to hear our song professionally edited. 🎵

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Carols by Candlelight

Tuesday, 3rd Decemberby Mr Williams Leave a comment

We have had a wonderful night singing our favourite carols here at Roughwood. We have had a great game of Bingo and a quiz whwe we gave away lots of […]

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Christmas, Music, Well-being

Marseilles French School Links

Tuesday, 3rd Decemberby Mr Williams Leave a comment

Our message from our partner school in France: We are two classes of Year 3 pupils, in France we say “CE1”! We are from Marseilles in the South of France, […]

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Languages, News and Events, Social Innovation, Year 3

“I’m not scared,” said the Gruffalo’s Child!

Monday, 2nd Decemberby Mr Williams Leave a comment

In Acorns, we had a wonderful time with Pop. He set up the outdoor area based on the book we have been reading, The Gruffalo’s Child. To start with, we […]

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Science investigation

Monday, 2nd Decemberby Mr Williams Leave a comment

Class 6 investigated how much salt could be dissolved in 180ml water before it reached saturation. How many teaspoons do you think the water could hold? We made our predictions […]

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News and Events, Science, Year 4

Emoji Joe Workshop

Monday, 2nd Decemberby Mr Williams

Y3 and 4 have enjoyed a workshop with Mrs Foxley-Johnson this morning, exploring how to manage their emotions.

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A morning with Mrs Foxley-Johnson

Monday, 2nd Decemberby Miss Sare Leave a comment

Y3 and 4 have had a really meaningful discussion with Mrs Foxley-Johnson this morning. The children have discussed what it means to be ‘brave’ and also how to read other […]

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PSHCE, Year 4

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