Singing at Rotherham Minster
We are so lucky to have the wonderful Elliot come into school each week to lead our singing lessons. He plays the piano and teaches us songs which are linked […]
Monthly Archives: June 2022
Sports Day 2022
Lemon Battery Power!
In Science, Y3&4 have been learning about electricity and simple series circuits … We have carried out a few investigations so far and these have led us to a new […]
Singing Assembly … in French!
What an amazing singing assembly we had today! I don’t think we’ve ever had so many children, singing together like this, in French! A singing assembly first! Well done, everyone! […]
Class 7 begin their balanced arguments
Before transition to Year 6 begins, the children in Year 5 begin their balanced arguments by engaging in the debate, ‘Is social media a good thing? There were some extremely […]
Class 8 use their oracy skills to debate!
In our Literacy session today, Class 8 made a great start to their new unit of balanced arguments by engaging in the debate: “Is social media a good thing?” We […]
Annual Music Concerts at Roughwood Primary School
Last week, Roughwood Primary School hosted two of our annual musical concerts for parents and carers to watch in school – Key Stage One and Key Stage Two Music Performances. […]
Uniform
At parents evening tonight there will be uniform available to take to anyone who needs it. We know that the cost of uniform can be expensive and that buying new […]
KS2 Football RUFC
An amazing morning at RUFC as children from Year 5 & 6 participated in a number of training sessions followed by some small sided games. The children showed a fantastic […]
Year 3 & 4 Rounders
Foundation PE
Willow Tree Academy Football Tournament
An amazing event that saw Roughwood, Rockingam and Greasbrough meet to play in a Willow Tree Academy Football Tournament. All games were competitive and played in a fantastic spirit. Some […]
Class 1 and 3 reading buddies
In Class 1 and 3 this afternoon we buddied up to read our story books. We enjoyed sharing our stories and seeing how much progression the year 2’s have made […]
We’re off to … make a biscuit
In Little Acorns we have been reading the story ‘We’re off to see the wizard’ we have drawn our favourite characters. We then decorated biscuits to look like our favourite […]
A Day As A Viking
Today, our Year 5/6 experienced a day in the life of a Viking at Locko Park. We met King Cnut and explored his empire and learnt various different skills, such […]
Class 1 wave printing
Today in art, class 1 printed their wave designs onto their own tote bags. These designs were created earlier in the year and were transferred onto polystyrene ready for the […]
The Willow Tree Oscars
We made a video to enter into The Willow Tree Oscars and… WE WON! Chestnuts were awarded ‘Best Costume’ on Monday at the awards.
SUMDOG Rotherham contest is coming up!
Sumdog’s Rotherham Maths Contest is almost here! It starts tomorrow at 8am, and finishes at 8pm on 30th June. Good luck to all classes! Children can play at any time […]
School Council Meeting
Our last School Council meeting was focused on Transition. The children thought of ideas to share with teachers about what activities/lessons would help children get to know their new teachers […]
Celebrating Summer Solstice in Bushcraft Club
To celebrate the start of Summer and the Summer Solstice, we decided to create our very own summer picnic by crafting our own Elderflower Cordial (sourced from an Elder tree […]
Willow Tree Film Festival
Over the last few weeks, children across the school have been creating animations and videos, linked to their topics, as part of our Computing curriculum to enter into the Willow […]
Picture This! 2022
Take a look at our outstanding Picture This exhibition at Gullivers Valley in Sheffield. This year, our particular focus was on the theme ‘Movement’. Across our school, we have thought […]
Sundown Adventure
We have had an amazing day at Sundown Adventure. We have been exploring the story book village as part of our topic ‘What Makes a Happy Ending?’. We found Jack’s […]
Music in Y4
This week in Music, Year 4 have been learning the difference between glockenspiel (metal) and xylophone (wood) before practicing some rhythms using the notes G, E and A.
Year 3 & 4 Rounders
PE- Foundation
Amazing week of PE in foundation. Children from FS2 continued their Sports Day preparations by practising a variety of events they could soon be taking part in during Sports Day. […]
Class 1 sewing
In Class 1 this week we have been learning how to use a running stitch. It took a lot of resilience as we found it quite tricky to grasp at […]
NEWSLETTER 17th JUNE
Please take the time to read the latest Newsletter. It has been another fantastic few weeks at Roughwood. Don’t forget to register for your child’s Residential visit next year. Please […]
Winning House Treat
This year we are pleased to announce that Keppel won the house competition by gaining the most DoJos over the year. All children should be extremely proud of themselves because […]
Class 3’s Trip to Cleethorpes
After a long journey because of traffic we finally made it to Cleethorpes. We had a walk along the beach and found a lovely spot to sit and have our […]
Making electrical switches in Science
Year 4 used lots of STEM skills this afternoon to construct their own electrical switches! Last week, we explored materials which conduct electricity and we decided these would make the […]
Fruit Kebabs
We have been making fruit kebabs at after school club. We carefully cut the fruit and put it onto skewers. The best part was the chocolate… we melted chocolate and […]
RP Training Begins!
Our new RP Reps started their training on Tuesday. We thought about what it means to us to be an RP Reps and what qualities are important. We also explored […]
A Disgusting Sandwich
In class 3 we have started a new unit of work on instructions. Our instructions are all based around a book called The Disgusting Sandwich. Today we started to plan […]
Willow Tree Olympics
Amazing to be back competing in the Willow Tree Olympics. Children from Year 6, participated along with all the schools across Willow Tree in a Year 6 Sports Day. The […]
100% Attendance Winner
A massive WELL DONE to Stanley for winning last terms 100% attendance prize! We have a prize draw every half term for children that have been to school everyday! Great […]
Who’s been eating my porridge?
In Little Acorns this week we have been using the story Goldilocks and the three bears as a stimulus for our learning. We have really enjoyed this story and learning […]
Roughwood Recycling Project – New Recycling Bins from KCM
A huge thank you to KCM for our new recycling bins as the next stage of our recycling project. Having a recycling bin in every class will help us be […]
Support for Ukraine
Girls in Year 4 have once again taken things into their own hands and are raising money for Ukraine refugees. They have created a video to show how you can […]
Bagels are Back!
Roughwood has been able to work with partners to bring back Bagels in the mornings. Bagels will be available to all children in KS1 & KS2 every morning for free. […]
Cherry Tree residents enjoy their Jubilee Afternoon Tea thanks to the commendable efforts of Roughwood children and staff
As the start of four days of festivities honouring the Queen commence, the residents at Cherry Trees care home enjoy an afternoon tea. As the country come together to mark […]