Year 5 and EYFS raise funds – NEMESIS PROJECT
We’ve had so many lovely donations of gifts for the NEMESIS community project for Year 5 and EYFS, as they work with Cherry Trees Care Home. Due to the number […]
Monthly Archives: May 2021
Premier League Stars
Year 6 Netball
Using our maths and science within our Geography
In our Geography lessons, we’ve been analysing and comparing the changes in weather (temperature) and rainfall in who different places – South Yorkshire (specifically Sheffield) and the capital of Norway […]
Year 4 Football
Y3S playing Victorian playground games
Today Class 4 used our outdoor environment to play some Victorian playground games. Children have done lots of learning around this and even wrote their own set of instructions for […]
Year 5 learn about growing plants from cuttings
In science, class 7 have been learning how to be green fingered! They have been learning about two different types of reproduction – sexual and asexual reproduction of plants and […]
NEWSLETTER 27TH MAY
Please take the time to read the latest Newsletter. It has been another fantastic few weeks at Roughwood. We would like to wish everyone a relaxing half-term. Your children have […]
The Great Fire of London workshop
Yesterday Key Stage 1 children were fortunate enough to take part in a drama workshop all about The Great Fire of London. We explored some key facts about the events […]
Attempting William Morris designs in Y3S
Today Class 4 continued their learning about the famous Victorian artist, William Morris. We learnt about his personal life and how he had developed a keen interest in nature and […]
Science Assembly
A brilliant assembly today with our Science Ambassadors. We completed an investigation to see who is the loudest drummer. Mr Williams, Mr Tyas, Mr Hunter and Mr Ducker all took […]
Year 4 on the Green Screen!
The children in Year 4 had a wonderful afternoon today, as they started filming their entry for the Willow Tree Film Festival! They’ve made an amazing start! Take a look […]
Year 6 Netball
The gingerbread man
In Acorns we have been learning about our topic book the gingerbread man. Last week the children designed how they wanted their gingerbread men to look this activity developed their […]
Year 5 learn about angles
Geometry lessons in mathematics have begun in Upper Key Stage Two. During this weeks ‘away from the desk’ maths learning, learning was taken to the outdoor learning spaces. Our lessons […]
Our love of books in Little Acorns
On a Friday morning after registration, we choose a book from our book shelf and sit together for a while to explore them. We love books in Little Acorns, so […]
Class 6 get crafty!
Class 6 had a wonderful afternoon today, working on the next stage of our recycling project with Casting Innovations Ltd. We used a special type of clay, called Fimo, to […]
Y6 Unique Discrimination session via Zoom
This afternoon, Class 8 and 9 had the pleasure of meeting with Mrs Foxley-Johnson via Zoom to learn about the different types of discrimination and the importance of equality. We […]
Music Service Involvement and Instrumental lessons
At Roughwood Primary School, we believe that every child should learn the skills of playing an instrument during their time at our school. These skills include self-discipline, creativity, developing motor […]
Animal Style Workout
Today the children on the KS1 playground had a go at a self regulation animal Hiit Worksop all based on animal movements. We had the best time running around like […]
Class 2 News Report
This week Class 2 have been continuing their learning about news paper reports. We have used our ICT skills to take videos of each other giving eye witness accounts and […]
Mental Health Awareness in Year 1
As part of ‘Mental Health Awareness Week’ class 1 have been thinking about words that contribute towards good mental health. We created a bank of words together before taking them […]
Mental Health Awareness week and the outdoor classroom at Roughwood Primary School.
As part of ‘Mental Awareness Week’, class 7 have immersed ourselves into the wilderness of outdoor spaces, as we complete our immersive reading within Roughwood’s outdoor learning classroom. As we […]
Using drama to demonstrate different jobs in French
Class 8 have been developing their French speaking skills as we focus on ‘Les metiers’ (jobs) this half term. This week, we used the dramatical approach ‘freeze-frames’ to demonstrate the […]
Science in Y4: Investigating Pitch and Volume
Year 4 had lots of fun this afternoon, making their own instruments and using them to explore pitch and volume… This led to an investigation to find out the relationship […]
Taking reading outdoors
As this week is mental heath week and all about nature we decided today to take the opportunity to read outside. Some children shared with us what book they were […]
Creating Piano’s in Breakfast Club
This morning in breakfast club, children created their very own piano’s using card and foil. We then used a Makey Makey board and Scratch to use the piano to create […]
Y5 Sports Club
Art
In class 3 we have been busy creating a design of London houses and buildings design using pencil. We then traced this design onto styrofoam making sure we were really […]
Y3/S – AM/PM maths code breaker
Today Miss Sare set class 4 a code breaker maths challenge. Children had to find a row of times and the children had to figure out the earliest time and […]
Reading in the Outdoor Classroom – Class 9
To finish off our day Class 9 took to the outdoor classroom to read our class story ‘Wonder’ and also had time to share some of our own stories we […]
Class 4’s Nature Scavenger Hunt
This afternoon Miss Whitworth and Class 4 have been on a Gratitude Scavenger Hunt where we hunted for lots of things in nature that made us smile! It was lovely […]
Class 9 find angles around school
In class 9, we have been identifying and labelling angles around the playground.
Year 5 begin talk for writing to explain the functions of parts of a flower
Do you know about plants and flowers? Do you know what the stamen is? We all know that flowers are the pretty, colourful, fragrant part of a plant. They look beautiful […]
Class 5 Sounds of Nature
This afternoon Miss Whitworth hijacked Class 5 ‘s science lesson all about measuring sound waves and we all stopped and listened to the sounds around us and thought about how […]
Mental Health Awareness Week
Our With Me in Mind Ambassadors Charlie and Scarlet practiced ‘Noticing Nature’ Monday afternoon – the challenge is to focus on finding 5 things you can see, 4 things you […]
Y3S – Researching William Morris
Today Class 4 used chrome books to find out more information on William Morris for our artist study. During the summer term we will be using him as inspiration and […]
Year 5 begin their animation videos
Children in Year 5 begin their animation videos linked to the class text – ‘ How To Train Your Dragon’. Using ‘I can Animate’ software, the children in year 5 […]
Kindness P4C in Class 6
In P4C today, we watched a video about some birds being unkind to another bird, just because he looked different to them. This led to some excellent question generating! Here […]
What makes a good friend? Y4D P4C
Class 5 have been taking part in a P4C enquiry this afternoon discussing friendship, feelings and what it means to them to be a good friend. Following steps 1-5 of […]
Y6 Netball
Year 5 learn about rules, law and democracy
In our PHSE lessons, we’ve been learning about democracy and why rules are important. The children in class 7 set out their own classroom court that included a defendant, a […]
Star Reporters in Class 6!
Class 6 have been working so hard on their newspaper reports this week! The children have written using formal language and used their drama learning to include eye-witness accounts, with […]
Nature Crowns
‘So here is a very fine crown, to go with the sandals and gown of the KINDEST giant in town’. Today we finished reading our class text. At the end […]
NEWSLETTER 7TH MAY
Please take the time to read the latest Newsletter. It has been another great two weeks and we have some wonderful news to share about our Healthy School. Newsletter 07.05.21
Our love of reading
In Acorns we love to explore our library in the school, taking a look at all of the different types of books as well as getting into character through role […]
Y3S – designing and making Victorian style Thaumatropes
Today Class 4 had a fabulous afternoon when we designed and then made our very own Thaumatropes. First children did lots of research on how to make them effective and […]
UKS2 PE Netball
Y3/4 Netball
Using discussion language in Class 8
In our literacy session today, we have engaged in multiple discussions to practise using key words and phrases in preparation for our balanced argument writing next week. We have explored […]
Year 4 use I Can Animate to explain how the Bubonic Plague affected England in 1665
Class 5 and Class 6 have been busy this afternoon using I Can Animate to create animations about the Bubonic Plague in 1665-1666.
Y4D Animation
Class 5 have been working collaboratively this afternoon using iPads to create an animation based on the Bubonic Plague which ripped through London and other parts of the country in […]
Disaster Strikes in London
Over the past week children in class 3 have been learning about newspaper reports. We have looked at the features included and learnt about the timeline of events for The […]
Singing with Pops
Pops taught us a Traditional African song. We began by singing it in a quiet voice and got louder and louder and LOUDER!
The Smartest Giant in Town
Despite the weather, we have had the most wonderful afternoon with Pops Outdoor Adventures. Pops created us a fun filled afternoon based around our class text, The Smartest Giant in […]
Year 1/2 Target Throw- PE
Class 8 recreate the circulatory system through animation
In Class 8, we have been creating an animation to demonstrate the circulatory system using I Can Animate.
Rhubarb in Little Acorns
Children in foundation have been making yummy treats from rhubarb! Everyone enjoyed tasting the new flavours.
Our new topic book in Acorns
This week we have been learning to re-tell the story of Little Red Riding Hood. Children have been using characters in the small world to tell the story. Children have […]