Less than 24 hours until our Shakespeare performance 2020…
Not long to go now! Well done to HJS and GPS who performed this evening. Such talent, confidence and courage on the stage this evening at the Rotherham Civic Theatre.
Author Archives: Miss Newton-Smith
Year 5/6 explore Graham Grimm’s mind
Hooked on new vocabulary, our children explore what Graham Grimm might have seen. Grimm and Co. bring exploration, ore and wonder, and mystery to life… we can’t wait to be […]
We have some really talented parents and carers in our school
A cake made for our staff to say thanks – Leanne… you are a talented lady! Matches perfectly with the children’s choice of the ‘Grinch’ in year 5/6. Merry Christmas […]
Upper Key Stage Two Christmas Party 2019
The children consumed delicious stacks and there were some fantastic dance moves at the disco! We’re all in the Christmas spirit after our parties…
We had a special box delivered to us yesterday…
What’s could be in the box? Where did it come from? The children in year 5/6 were bursting with excitement to find out what’s inside the special parcel…
Year 5/6 creates maze game in Scratch!
Year 5/6 have been creating their own maze games in ICT today. They had to create their own Pac-man inspired sprite and a stage with walls before creating their scripts […]
Year 5/6 Singers have arrived at Rotherham Minster
Ready to rehearse for our concert
Year 5/6 Sock Snowmen/snow-women and snow children!
Out of a large sock, some rice and some googley eyes… see what we’re making for the Christmas Fayre next week! Don’t forget to try your luck on the ‘wine […]
Banquo is doomed!
This morning, we watched the scene where Macbeth kills the King, blames it on the guards and is made King of Scotland.
Year 5 and Year 5/6 take part in a Shakespeare performance workshop
Such a treat on Tuesday morning to have a workshop and short performance of ‘Macbeth’ from the talented ‘Young Shakespeare Company’.‘
We Will Remember
Roughwood Primary School gathers to show respect to all the people who lost their lives and fought for us in WW1 and for all men and women who have given […]
Celebrating achievements after the holidays
Well done to all children this week. We are incredibly impressed with their efforts and attendance this week is looking much better. Let’s keep getting to school on time, giving […]
Haiku Poetry in Year 5/6
Wonderful writing and syllabic calculating for effect and meaning.
Toast Snack at Breaktime
Toast going down well – children choosing jam, butter and honey! Miss Newton-Smith was certainly enjoying the atmosphere during this break time, and certainly seeing some happy customers in receipt […]
Returning from residential – Stratford-upon-Avon
What a week! We’ve had such a fantastic time. The children have been on a boat trip, visited Shakespeare’s Birthplace, Shakespeare’s New Place, the burial place of Shakespeare and finally, […]
Harvest Festival Assembly
Roughwood Primary school perform beautifully for the Harvest Festival. We are incredibly proud of all Roughwood learners. Thank you to all parents and carers for attending. We are so very […]
Learning Basic First Aid
Year 6 learn how carry out the recovery position at Crucial Crew. With thanks to @stjohnsambulanc
Crucial Crew with Year 6
From Magistrates Court, to crime scene investigators – children learning about child exploitation and providing high-level responses to challenging questions and scenarios. We are incredibly impressed with the Year 6s.
Timestable Rockstars – Roughwood Primary School rocks!
Can you beat your speed on Timestable Rockstars? Some of these children did during TT launch day!
Timestable Rockstars Launch Day
Children came dressed as rockstars today and were ready to take on rockstar challenges. What a fantastic day of maths challenges. Thank you to all parents, carers and staff at […]
TTT morning with Year 5
What a fantastic turnout in Year 5! The children, and their parents and carers, enjoyed their tea and toast and played games as rockstars.
Another amazing TTT morning
Year 3 children and their parents and carers attended this second TTT morning with times tables, tea and toast! What a huge success! Thank you to all for attending.
Special mentions assembly
A selection of wonderful learning which has taken place this week. Thank you to all the parents and carers who attended family learning this week. The children really appreciated you […]
“I’m only one call away…”
Year 5/6 have been having sessions with Ms Roberts from Wingfield and have finished learning One Call Away.
Year 5/6 family learning session
Thank you to all families that attended the sessions with Rotherham CLC, who kindly came to do a “structures and materials” session with children and families from classes 7 and […]
Comic Life in Year 5/6
Combining Shakespeare with Comic Life, as we study the play ,’King Lear’.
Wet play = teamwork
The wet weather isn’t stopping children at Roughwood Primary from having fun. Playing board games at break and sharing our favourite books with others. #CaptainTeamwork
TTT and Timestable Rockstar Launch
Letters have gone home for children Y1-Y6 yesterday for our timestable rockstars launch on Thursday 3rd October! Children and staff are invited to come to school dressed as rockstars! We’d […]
Tudor pastel art
In Year 5 we have started our large pastel pictures, looking at Tudor patterns. We have only just started these but, as I’m sure you will agree, Class 7 have […]
Year 5/6 school council manifestos
Year 5/6 involved in the democratic elections for school and deputy school councillors. Well done to all children for their efforts. Miss Newton-Smith and Mr Williams could not be more […]
Investigating materials and their properties
Year 5’s science topic this half term is materials and their properties. We have started the topic by looking at a variety of materials, thinking of ways we can describe […]
Place Value in Year 5
We have started the Autumn term by looking at place value. Today we have completed some practical collaborative activities to consolidate our learning this week.
Class 8 Attendance Breakfast
Well done to all children in Miss Newton-Smith’s class for winning the attendance award. All children clearly enjoyed their attendance breakfast…
Year 5/6 PowerPoint skills
The children have researched William Shakespeare, created their powerpoints and have even used Google maps to visit Stratford-upon-Avon!
Have you beat your speed on Timestable Rockstars this week?
Can you beat Miss Newton-Smith’s average speed at 2.57 seconds per question? Total number of 77 questions answered.
Music Concert at Roughwood
What a brilliant assembly we had today to showcase what children have been learning in class. Some children have only been playing an instrument since Easter and the progress made […]
Year 6 leavers gifts
Thank you to the parents for their support and funds for giving all of our Year 6s a leaving gift.
Year 6 Leavers Assembly
So many awards have been given this afternoon to our fantastic Year 6 children. We celebrate all the achievements of our Year 6s. They have worked incredibly hard, and we […]
Newton’s Ninjas are ready for sports day!
With resilience and communication, we’ve created a chant!
Do you know what happens to the Earth?
Ever wondered why our shadows change shape, or change direction throughout the day? Our Year 5s carried out their experiment to find out!
Year 5 develop their embroidery and weaving skills
Space themed artwork using a range of art skills
Year 5 science investigation complete
Very proud of the maturity of the year 5 children. The children investigated what happened to their shadows and have investigated what happens to the Earth and how it orbits […]
Listening, appraising and improvising in Year Five
Children who didn’t have the house treat managed to compose and improvise in music using glockenspiels. Sounding amazing and some really musical melodies!
Roughwood children have an introduction to new instruments in our music assembly 🎻
If your child is interested in learning how to play a musical instrument, look out for information which will be coming out this term from Miss Newton-Smith.
Year 5 research their space questions
Using key questions and learning about effective searches in their search engines.
Year 5 Planetarium experience
Year 5 set off on their journey to explore the solar system…
Year 5 using IPEELL for their hotel on the moon during Big Write Friday
Would you like a short vacation to the moon? Year 5 have designed hotels which will be built on the moon. Utterly amazed with Year 5’s hotel designs! Who would […]
Football achievements showing determination and resilience out of school
Now that’s what you call a trophy! We are incredibly proud of Anisah in Year 5 for winning ‘player of the match’ in her football team! Well done Anisah.
Year 5 Astronaut Launch Training is underway…
Will you succeed in astronaut training? Can you survive the gravitational force? Will you extract Amazonite from fragments of planet Venus? Children are deciding whether they could manage 6 months […]
Children at Roughwood explore Magna
As part of our visit for dance at Manga, children at Roughwood discovered where steel was made, and observed a fire tornado up close.
Y2, Y3 and Y5 perform at Magna
Roughwood performance at Magna and we’re extremely proud of the achievements from these children today. Resilience, agility, determination and commitment. Thank you once again to our parent volunteers for coming […]
Year 5 Easter treats available for only 50p this evening!
Homemade Easter nests with golden eggs, cornflake buns, Easter Rabbits and Splatty Egg biscuits 🍳
Y5 creating their posters for the Easter Fayre
Special offers are available… only 50p for homemade Easter delights!
Four weekly winners at Roughwood…
Celebrating achievements for commitment and courage. Here are the awards for this week… Being ambitious, being inspiring, being connected and being fair. Well done to this week’s winners!
Fantastic efforts by all in Year 5 this week
Thoroughly enjoying time in the ICT week, super swimming achievements and working collaboratively…
Year 5 children investigate the amount of fat in the foods we consume.
Year 5 test a range of foods and have predicted which foods contain the highest and lowest amounts of fat. The stain will be evidenced in the morning… Three groups […]
Thank you to parents and carers for attending the maths workshops
We’d like to thank all parents and carers for attending the maths workshops over the last term. Your enthusiasm and engagement has been truly wonderful. The children have really risen […]
Year 5 Visiting Science and Media museum
Fantastic morning at EIS with Year 5s
Long jump, 200m and more…
School bicycle and scooter shelter
Look out for the information leaflet going home today, which has been designed and published by some of our year 5 and year 6 children. Their advice: Remember to dismount […]
Year 5 research super heroes and villains
They have researched their top five villains and superheroes and now using their research to create their own PowerPoint presentation.
Year 5 finding and representing equivalent fractions outdoors!
Can you represent 6/8 in the outdoor environment?
Year 5 animation sets
We could not be more proud of the children in Year 5 at Roughwood Primary School this week. They have used the iPads to begin creating their animations in groups. […]
Year 5 persuasive emails using IPEELL
Year 5 drafted their persuasive emails to the council requesting help with funding for a bicycle and scooter shelter. The email has been sent and we await their reply…
Y5 5-minute Walk in the Local Community
Many of our Year 5 children developed their map reading skills and carried out an audit within the local area. They identified some safe routes in the local community, but […]
Special mentions assembly
Some difficult choices for staff this week. The quality of learning and outcomes continues to grow! Talk for writing used around school too! Here is a KS1 example. Some wonderful […]
Resilient and determined in Year 5
Our Master Builders are being designed and if we couldn’t be even more proud, the children are beating their personal time on timestable rockstars!
Creating New Lego Builders
What an amazing week – Year 5 have made real success with their character descriptions for the new Master Builder designs. Watch out! Some of these have laser vision, and […]
Road Safety assembly today
STAR South Yorkshire – children learning how to ‘BE BRIGHT, BE SEEN’. Are you ready for Be Bright Day on Friday 25th January?
SUMDOG Challenge Contest
Miss Newton-Smith has entered children in Class 6, Class 7, Class 8 and Class 9 into this weeks Sumdog contest! Each class can only get onto the leaderboard if at […]
The author David Lawrence Jones visits Roughwood!
Incredibly lucky… we have the author David Lawrence Jones visiting us this morning and talking about his collection of books. He books will be available to purchase this week in […]
Children in Year 5 research the history of Lego, in our new ICT suite
Do you know what date the Lego company was founded?
Rotherham Civic Theatre
Year 5 perform at the Rotherham Civic Theatre – 10th and 11th January We could not be more proud our Year 5 children! The children in Year 5 at Willow […]
Well done to Kurgan – her entry won!
Kurgan in Year 5 entered into the Young Writer’s competition and her entry into the poetry competition won! Well done to her, and all children who entered. It must have […]
Some of our timetable rock stars winnners this term
These children have increased their speed and improved their timetable scores. The top three winners from each class will be announced in January. Well done to all children. We are […]