Newsletter 25th May
Please take the time to read the latest Newsletter. It has been another fantastic few weeks at Roughwood. Thank you for your continued support as always and have a wonderful […]
Monthly Archives: May 2023
Class 1 recycling poetry
In class 1 this week we have been writing some poetry about our class’ recycling super hero ‘Rainbow Recycle.’ The children worked together to create their own superhero and then […]
Attendance Breakfast in Class 8
Congratulations to Class 8 who won this half term’s attendance breakfast. The breakfast clearly energised the children who ended their celebration with a dance!
Y3S Tasting the new Vegetable of the week: Rhubarb
Today Class 4 started their vegetable of the week tasting. Today’s vegetable was Rhubarb which Miss Newton-Smith has grown in her own garden! Most children had never tasted it before […]
MTC and timestables morning for Year 4
As we approach half term, we invited parents and carers into school to gain further understanding of the multiplication timestable check during one of our timestables coffee mornings. The MTC […]
Gardening Club achieves RHS Level 2!
This week in gardening club, we achieved RHS gardening club level 2 and are already working towards Level 3. We have also been busy clearing the outdoor classroom ready for […]
The Y6 Oracy and Reading Project returns!
This afternoon, our Y6 have welcomed back their mentors from Pontefract College as we explore oracy in our final module of ‘The Oracy and Reading’ project. We have worked alongside […]
Y6 Music – Clarinets
Our music learning continues this half term with the clarinet in preparation for our Big Blast concert at the end of June. Today, we have shown our skills off to […]
Outdoor Art Club
What a fantastic session we have had today in our Outdoor Art Club. The children have created their own silhouettes of leaves we have found on our school grounds and […]
Class 5 computer skills
Class 5 have used their computer skills to research about changes in weather over time and create a line graph showing the change.
This week in ICT Club, we have started to finish and program our robots that we have been building this half term. We have also continued to develop our maze […]
School Council – Litter Picking
Thank you to our counsellors for this morning’s Litter Pick! We know how important it is to keep our school clean and really appreciate all your efforts!
Showing the time farming activity in Y3S
Today ClAss 4 were given a task of locating different farming jobs around the outdoor environment. Next to the job was the time in words and they then had to […]
Year 3 & 4 – Athletics
Testing which component of soil is the most permeable
Children in Class 4 conducted a scientific investigation to find out which component of soil was the most permeable. Children drew some incredibly interesting results as our results proved to […]
Testing which component of soil is the most permeable
Children in Class 4 conducted a scientific investigation to find out which component of soil was the most permeable. Children drew some incredibly interesting results as our results proved to […]
Stunning published non fiction reports on display in Y3\S
Children in Class 4 have been super happy to see their finished pieces on our classroom displays. Children have worked really hard to ensure their Learning has been presented and […]
Year 5 create a natural disasters web page
This week in ICT, Year 5 have been creating a webpage using Google Sites to inform others about the different types of natural disasters. We have learned many new skills […]
Year 3/4 PE – Rounders
Cycle Skills
NFL Flag Football – Roughwood Giants
Enterprise in Y6
Y6 are taking part in the ‘Make £5 Grow’ project. We have been fortunate to have a loan agreed by Virgin Money to support our project. So far, we have […]
Analysing Animal Life Spans in Year 5
As part of our science learning, Year 5 have gathered data about the longevity of wild animals and compared the longevity to those animals that live in captivity. The children […]
Story mapping in science – A journey of a red blood cell
Following on from our learning all about the heart, this week the children have been investigating the journey of a Red blood cell. To help support our understanding further, the […]
Class 5 mental health week
Today in class 5 we took part in some P4C around self image and how others may see us.
KS1 Mental Health Week P4C
Today all of the children in KS1 took part in a P4C related to mental health week. We read the story ‘Lucy’s blue day’ about a young girl whose hair […]
French weather report
In class 2 we have been learning how to tell the weather in french. We used our knowledge of weather to create a french weather report. We focused on sunny, […]
School Council – Trim Trail Journey
Our School Council have had huge success with their pitch to build a new school trim trail. The ideas from our mind mapping session were sent to Tesco. The councilors […]
Mental Health Week #Mindfulness Colouring
Today’s dinnertime activity was some mindfulness colouring on the lower KS2 yard. Mindful colouring can be used as a form of mindfulness and art therapy, which can improve focus and attention […]
Wellbeing Coffee Morning
A huge thank you to all the parents/carers that attended our second Wellbeing Coffee Morning. It is a great opportunity for parents/carers to chat with the pastoral team about any […]
Planting Tomato plants in Gardening Club
This week in gardening club, we have been very busy! We have continued planting trees around school to promote wildlife and reduce our carbon footprint, looked at new materials to […]
Class 7 create a webpage about the heart!
This week in ICT, we have been creating a webpage to inform audiences about the heart. The children have uploaded their logo’s that they created last lesson using Inkscape.
Class 5: Permeability investigation
Programming in ICT Club
This week in ICT Club, we have been creating a maze game by creating our own sprites (characters) and creating a script to move up, down, left and right.
Mental Health Week #Free Your Mind Nature Trail
This dinner time Scarlett, one of our With Me in Mind Ambassadors completed the #Free Your Mind Nature Trail with some of our KS1 children. Scarlett explained that nature, the […]
Y3S creating spoken recounts outdoors using iMovie
Today Class 4 combined ICT and outdoor learning together and went outdoors to create a spoken recount about the residential. We used iMovie to do this. Children used their fabulous […]
Drama Club
Our first week of Drama Club was very fun! We warmed up our voices with some tricky tongue twisters and played some games. We then got to work selecting and […]
With Me in Mind Notice Board
Scarlett & Beth have updated our With Me in Mind noticeboard – they have added the Spring ‘Stress Less’ Guide and their Roughwood Wellbeing Way Charter. This board is so […]
How to deal with a minor head injury – Year 6 presentations
During our PSHE lessons, Year 6 have learnt how to deal with a minor head injury and have produced short videos to inform other children of what to do if […]
Board games club KS1 & Chestnuts
In board games club we have been unleashing our competitive sides with some exciting group games. We tested our memory in a memory game, our precision in the ‘Humpty Dumpty […]
Y3S Creating a fossil fact file using purple mash
Today Class 4 have used purple mash to create a fact file all about fossils. Children researched key aspects such as: how, where, who and how fossils may support scientists. […]
Y6 Storytelling
Year 6 has been practising retelling stories using film and video editing. Children read the first part of our text Wonder!
NEWSLETTER 22TH MAY
Please take the time to read the latest Newsletter. It has been another fantastic few weeks at Roughwood. Thank you for your continued support as always. Newsletter 12.05.23
International nurses week
To celebrate international nurses week two nurses joined our online assembly and told use about the jobs that they do. They showed us a variety of techniques they use to […]
Robotics in ICT Club
In ICT club, the children have spent the last few weeks building their robots and some have now started to program their robots to move or use lights in a […]
Coronation Day
We had a wonderful picnic today and an assembly to learn about the Coronation of King Charles III. We learnt the national anthem and sang it together. We have also […]
Day 2 at Crowden – Maths residential
During our time at Crowden, children across Willow Tree Academy have taken part in a range of deeper thinking maths activities. At Roughwood Primary School, we value the importance of […]
Year 6 arrive at Crowden – day 1 on the maths residential
Children started the day with several team building activities, before moving onto archery after lunch. As we’re at Crowden (Peak District), please be aware that the signal is not great. […]
The Roughwood Wellbeing Way
Scarlett and Beth, our With Me in Mind Ambassadors were very surprised on Friday as they received the first copy of the Wellbeing Charter they have created with With Me […]
School Council Meeting
Our school councillors began a new project at our meeting on Friday. We had previously discussed with Mr Williams getting a new Trim Trail on our playground and we have […]