Celebrating 300 years of John Carr!
This week in ICT, children in Year 3 – Year 5 have been learning about John Carr, a renown architect from the 18th century who designed over 120 buildings across […]
Monthly Archives: June 2023
Newsletter 30th June
Please take the time to read the latest Newsletter. It has been another fantastic few weeks at Roughwood. Thank you, everyone, for your continued support. Newsletter 30.0-6.23
Balbir Showcase
Parents have been in school today to watch the Balbir rehearsal ahead of next Wednesday’s performance. Children performed their dances and showed their props to their parents.
Sports Day 2023
What a wonderful Sports Day we had this year! Thank you to Wingfield Sports Leaders for supporting us in our teams. There were many different activities ranging from basketball to […]
Year 3, Year 4 and Year 5 Perform at One Voice
This morning, the children at Roughwood performed in the ‘One Voice’ concert at Magna with other children across Rotherham. The children have performed confidently in front of a live audience […]
Big String & Big Blast
As part of the ‘Big Blast’ and ‘Big String’ concert, the children have performed in the Rotherham Music Service concert at Magna. The children performed with courage and confidence, and […]
Whole class guided reading outdoors
Today Class 4 practiced adding appropriate expression to their voices when reading the whole class extract – a play script! Children practiced adding intonation and suspense to their learning. A […]
Children’s University
Congratulations to the 10 children from Roughwood and other schools in Rotherham who were honored at Rotherham University for their participation in after-school learning programs. They received certificates for their […]
Contemporary Indian Dance
This morning we saw an Indian dance group retell a classic Indian story through dance. Children were amazed by the magnificent costumes and were able to see first-hand other cultures. […]
Willow Tree Olympics
WTA Sports Cup – Boccia
Adventure Challenge
WOSCARS 2023
Earlier this week, several children from across Roughwood Primary represented our school at this year’s Willow Tree Film Festival (known as WOSCARS). The event, which was held at New York […]
Picture This! 2023
Take a look at our outstanding Picture This exhibition at Gullivers Valley in Sheffield. This year, our particular focus was on the theme ‘Light.’ Across our school, we have thought […]
Using data loggers
Class 5 have been using data loggers to test the light in different areas and how it effects the temperature of soil.
Y3S -creating our finished outcome using different mediums
This week we have worked hard to build on our skills so that we can produce our finished piece inspired originally by the artist Rebecca Vincent. Children initially used their […]
NEWSLETTER 16th JUNE
Please take the time to read the latest Newsletter. It has been another fantastic few weeks at Roughwood since returning from Half-term. Thank you, everyone, for your continued support. Newsletter […]
Year 5 learn how to deal with minor injuries
During our PSHE lessons, Year 5 have been learning how to deal with cuts and grazes, head injuries and applying bandages and have produced a short video to inform and […]
Wellbeing Coffee Morning
Thank you to all our parents, Lynn and her colleagues from the 0-19 team & Katie Jones from Charlie’s Pantry for another hugely successful Wellbeing Coffee Morning. Parents had the […]
Elderflower Cordial in Gardening Club
This week in gardening club has been very busy. We have learned how to identify Elderflower trees in the school grounds before foraging responsibly to make our own cordial which […]
Drama Club
This week in Drama Club we have started our group script work. After warming up we chose our scripts and started to work on characters and spacing! We are looking […]
Using logical reasoning to create, edit and debug a program in Year 6
This week in Year 6, we have been using logical reasoning skills we developed last week to create, edit and debug a calculator program on Scratch. Children had to first […]
Printing in class 3
Today in art we were using impressed printing to create an image in using the artist Ellie Edwards as inspiration. We explored a range of different vegetables to see which […]
RAF STEM Day at Magna
Today we have been fortunate enough to be invited to an RAF STEM day. We watched a forces demonstration, explored Magna and created our own hot air balloons. The children […]
Y6 Transition Morning with WMIM
Thank you so much to Lexi & Rachel from With Me in Mind who came into school this morning to talk all about transitioning to secondary school. With Me in […]
Year 1 Recount Launch Task
Year 1 had a fantastic morning taking part in a teddy bear’s picnic. We set out onto the school field covered in suncream for a morning of outdoor activities that […]
Book in a Box
Over half term all classes were set a task to create a book in a box. There were some magnificent entries which were really hard to judge. Well done everyone.
Trip to LongShaw Estate
Year 5 have been exploring the LongShaw estate in the Peak District to learn about the water cycle!
Year 5 Explore Streams and Brooks at Longshaw Estate
Within our topic, Year 5 are studying rivers and streams as part of our geographical studies. Today, Year 5 visited Longshaw Estate where children learnt about erosion, how streams feed […]
Class 5 talk for writing
This week the children have created a talk for writing around the journey of a carrot.
Y3S using our drama and oracy skills to verbally explain the lifecycle of a plant
Today Class 4 worked in groups of 4 to create a finished video explaining the process of the lifecycle of a plant. They used many scientific technical vocabulary such as: […]
Year 5 Picture This Poem
As part of Year 5 ‘Picture This’ for 2023, we have been learning about the artist Bob Barker where we have looked at how tone and light can impact on […]
Class 5 PSHE
Class 5 have learnt about the emergency services and created silent role play scenes in relation to different scenarios.
KS2 Games club
The children enjoyed the fresh air and a game of crazy cricket in tonight’s after school club. There were some fantastic hits from all children!
Heart dissection in Year 6!
What a fantastic morning the children in year 6 have had! Following on from all the fantastic learning the children have done so far learning about the heart. Mr Hood […]