1000 degree heat in Year 4!
What an amazing experience we had today in Year 4! We were very privileged today to watch Mr Brooks, from Casting Innovations, melt real aluminium cans and mould them into […]
Monthly Archives: March 2021
Cycle Skills
Easter Celebration Video
This year, the children at Roughwood Primary have created a video to celebrate the meaning of Easter by retelling the Easter story and sharing some of their artwork and poetry.
NEWSLETTER 26TH MARCH
Please take the time to read the latest Newsletter. Please read the leaflet about reporting positive test results carefully. It is important that you report any positive cases of COVID […]
Attendance Winner Breakfast
What a great start to our morning on the last day of term! The children in Class 8 have enjoyed our attendance winner breakfast this morning. A huge well done […]
End of Term Assembly
Today we have held our end of term assembly. We have passed on our DoJo trophies for the last time this term and we have also given out some awards. […]
Easter bonnets
Children at Roughwood Primary have been celebrating the beginning of Spring and Easter today by wearing their very own Easter bonnets which signify new life and rebirth.
Year 5 accomplish so much in only three weeks!
We have written our own Easter play scripts, used numicon to represent decimals, played maths games and also discussed different forms of Transport in French! We’ve also been learning a […]
Year 4 working hard on their nemesis project …
Work started last week on developing our new outdoor learning space, with a litter pick and general tidy of the area. This week, children have helped POPs to recycle all […]
Spring Picnic
Staff and children at Roughwood Primary have been busy enjoying the good weather we have had over the last few days by having a picnic outside.
Year 3 Tag Rugby
Daily Mile
Year 5 Donate and show awareness towards Red Nose Day – Friday 19th March 2021
At Roughwood Primary, we support Comic Relief this Red Nose Day to help tackle important issues including homelessness, child poverty, domestic abuse, and mental health stigma, all of which have […]
Super Sewing in Class 6!
What a wonderful afternoon of sewing we’ve had in Mrs Graham’s class today! The children absolutely blew us away with their amazing sewing skills, showing incredible concentration, determination and patience. […]
Scooter Safety
This afternoon, Year 1, 2, 3 and 4 children have been learning about riding their scooter safely. We have had lots of fun whilst learning new skills and how to […]
Counting Cars
Unfortunately the children in Chestnuts class are learning at home this week due to bubble closure. But it hasn’t stopped us celebrating the National Census. We have met the Counting […]
STEM Club off to a great start!
Mrs Graham’s STEM Club made a fantastic start to their Knex car project, after school yesterday!
Year 4 Litter Pick
Year 4 started work today on a very exciting project with POPs! We are working towards building our very own outdoor classroom! So today, we assessed the area where it’s […]
Amazing Teamwork in Class 6
Class 6 made a fantastic start to their new learning in Maths today, applying what they already know about fractions to our new unit on decimals. We worked together in […]
Soup Success in Y3S
As part of our DT and PHSE learning, Class 4 today made home made vegetable soup, fruit salad, aswell as trying lots of different fruit juices they’d not tried before. […]
Y3S Pastel Sketchbook Work
Today Class 4 worked in their sketch books to blend primary colours to mix brand new colours – also known as: secondary colours. We then used base colours, black and […]
Class 9 use persuasive language to create Captain Cook video
Class 9 have been busy creating videos to persuade people to embark on a three-year voyage around the world with captain Cook! The video’s include special offers, emotive language and […]
After School Sports Club
ORACY Skills and Persuasion
Year 5 & 6 have been using their Oracy skills to creat a video to persuade people to embark on a three-year voyage around teh world with captain Cook. Children […]
Fabric Work in Class 6
What a wonderful start Year 4 have made to their fabric artwork this week! We can’t wait to see these on display!
Year 4 get creative for Science Week!
Year 4 have made a fantastic start to Science Week, creating their own water cycles out of sandwich bags!
Class 7 return to school brilliantly – 8th March 2021
With the largest class in school (29 children), we certainly had lots of catching up and had a wonderful day back. What a fantastic first day back for class 7, […]
Functions of a plant in Y3S
Today Class 4 began science week with applying their knowledge of the different parts of a plant and each of their functions by creating a step by step visual diagram […]
“Ecstatic about static electricity” – Science in Y6D
What a brilliant first day back! The children in Class 8 have been exploring and observing the effects of static charges and learning about atoms and how they are formed. […]
First day back Science in KS1
What a fantastic first day back for KS1! We have tried 3 science experiments today which the children thoroughly enjoyed. We created underwater fireworks, a volcanic eruption and began to […]
Hair-raising science in Y6W
This week is our science week and we have made a wonderful start to our investigation about static electricity. We have explored and observed the effects that static charges have.
Y5/6 Tag Rugby
Dinner Time Activities
Class 7 celebrate their love for reading during World Book Week 2021
From making our favourite characters out of fruit and vegetables, stitching out favourite book characters and finding out favourite places to read, what a week we’ve had! The children learning […]
Masked Reader
This week for World Book Week, teachers at Roughwood Primary have been busy sharing their stories with others. Can you guess which story belongs with which teacher? Click on the […]
SUMDOG Rotherham contest begins today – Friday 5th March 2021
Good luck everyone! See if you can compete your questions at the quickest pace possible. There will be a class winner and a winning class each day and this contest […]
SUMDOG maths contest in March 2021
The time has come again… Here’s a quick reminder that the next SUMDOG Rotherham contests begins tomorrow. This time, we’d love for children in EYFS to get involved with their […]
World book week
Reading in an unusual place. The children in class 1 took their books out of class today to find an unusual place to read.
NEWSLETTER 4TH MARCH
Please take the time to read the latest Newsletter. We have released this a day early as it contains important information about your child returns to school on Monday 8th […]
Weaving potions
We have been developing our fine motor skills by creating some weaved potion bottles. The children were so resilient and proud of their creations that we have put them on […]
Y3S Outdoor fractions – representing tenths using outdoor objects
Today Class 4 have been learning how to count, order and recognise in tenths. The children in school decided to wrap up warm and use the outdoor environment to make […]