Chestnuts poetry basket
In Chestnuts we have been learning Autumn themed poems from the poetry basket. Here is us performing leaves are falling and chop chop.
In Chestnuts we have been learning Autumn themed poems from the poetry basket. Here is us performing leaves are falling and chop chop.
Today Class 1 was lucky enough to join a virtual assembly with the author Swapna Haddow who wrote a story called My Dad is a Grizzly Bear. She read her […]
Today Class 1 was lucky enough to join a virtual assembly with the author Swapna Haddow who wrote a story called My Dad is a Grizzly Bear. She read her […]
Today class 2 have tried a comparing numbers escape room. The questions used a variety of pictorial and numerical concepts in which the children had to compare the amounts. We […]
In class 1 we have introduced the greater than and less than symbols. We decided to play a throwing game in which we would count the amount of bean bags […]
This week Chestnuts enjoyed a mini melodies session from the Rotherham music hub. We sang lots of different songs about the weather with important message about putting sun cream on. […]
Today was our first glockenspiel lesson with Mr Kinman. He introduced his two puppets and used them to teach the children pitch. We then got to play the pulse on […]
In Class 1 we have introduced a new books called Meerkat Mail. Our objective for the lesson was to predict what will happen in the story. We separated into groups […]
This week Roughwood has had to say goodbye to Elliott from the Rotherham Minster. For the past few years he has been helping with singing assemblies for Year 6 and […]
In class 1 we have started our place value maths topic. To help the children with their counting we played a throwing game in which the children would count how […]
This week Class 2 have been learning about the Architect John Carr who designed Wentworth Woodhouse. Our mission was to design our own middle section of the stables using inspiration […]
In Class 2 we have been publishing our information texts by using google docs for the first time. We have used a template to make our writing engaging to the […]
In Class 2 we have been publishing our information texts by using google docs for the first time. We have used a template to make our writing engaging to the […]
In Class 2 we have been publishing our information texts by using google docs for the first time. We have used a template to make our writing engaging to the […]
In Class 2 we have been publishing our information texts by using google docs for the first time. We have used a template to make our writing engaging to the […]
In Class 2 we have been publishing our information texts by using google docs for the first time. We have used a template to make our writing engaging to the […]
Year 6 have demonstrated excellent art skills this week as we have learnt how to draw the human body in proportion. We started by using mathematical skills such as measuring […]
This week, we have started our new unit of Literacy. In preparation for our narrative writing, we have been learning about evacuees and the diverse range of experiences the children […]
Today Class 4 used 3 different mediums to create some fantastic pieces of art based on our Sheffield / Steel topic. Children redrafted their Luke Horton inspired art using different […]
Today Class 4 used 3 different mediums to create some fantastic pieces of art based on our Sheffield / Steel topic. Children redrafted their Luke Horton inspired art using different […]
Today Class 4 used 3 different mediums to create some fantastic pieces of art based on our Sheffield / Steel topic. Children redrafted their Luke Horton inspired art using different […]
Y3S have worked incredibly hard to improve their publishing skills. The children have enjoyed writing their setting description based on a visit to Meadowhall which simulated a chapter from Meet […]
Y3S have worked incredibly hard to improve their publishing skills. The children have enjoyed writing their setting description based on a visit to Meadowhall which simulated a chapter from Meet […]
Y3S have worked incredibly hard to improve their publishing skills. The children have enjoyed writing their setting description based on a visit to Meadowhall which simulated a chapter from Meet […]
We have had some visitors in KS1 this morning… Lexi and Abby from With Me in Mind to came to tell us the story of Little Bear whose worries were […]
Today children in Class 4 were introduced to the states of matters in Science to support us with our new topic around how steel is made. We decided to do […]
Today Class 4 completed many different drama activities in relation to a setting from our new class text ”meet me by the steelmen”. The setting was Meadowhall. Children were given […]
Class 8 have had a wonderful afternoon learning new German vocabulary. We are now able to talk to our peers in German using greetings to start our conversation! After practising […]
Year 6 children celebrated the end of term today in their Christmas party this afternoon. From dancing, playing musical statues, pass the parcel and indulging in their fantastic snack buffet, […]
Year 6 have used ‘Talk 4 Writing’ to orally rehearse the process of coastal erosion. By using our team working skills, we first sequenced each step of the process and […]
Year 6 have used ‘Talk 4 Writing’ to orally rehearse the process of coastal erosion. By using our team working skills, we first sequenced each step of the process and […]
Year 6 have used ‘Talk 4 Writing’ to orally rehearse the process of coastal erosion. By using our team working skills, we first sequenced each step of the process and […]
These two children have worked incredibly hard on improving their fluency and intonation in their reading. Both children reflected on their autumn fluency video and thought their reading must have […]
James and Elouise from With Me in Mind visited Class 4 this week – Together they watched a video encouraging children to share their feelings and had a talk about […]
James and Elouise from With Me in Mind visited Class 4 this week – Together they watched a video encouraging children to share their feelings and had a talk about […]
Our School Councillors & Mrs Hobson were visited yesterday by James and his colleague from With Me in Mind – This was a great opportunity to talk about what happens […]
Our School Councillors & Mrs Hobson were visited yesterday by James and his colleague from With Me in Mind – This was a great opportunity to talk about what happens […]
Our Year 6 children have had a wonderful afternoon learning how to play the clarinet. Mr Lewis has shown us how to effectively assemble a clarinet (which is quite a […]
Class 4 have been investigating what material will make the best set of curtains for our Victorian stage . We made predictions based on 5 different materials. Plastic wallet, tin […]
A huge thank you to Beth and Scarlett – our With Me in Mind Ambassadors for spending Anti Bullying week reminding us to always be kind with Kindness Bingo! These […]
This weeks RP Rep training welcomed our new representatives to the group! We went over the importance of effective conflict resolution thinking about some of the skills that our Y5s […]
Today Class 4 used the iMovie app for the first time ever to sequence and order some drama clips we had created using the green screen the previous day. The […]
Today we made pizza dough! After researching and designing our own healthy pizzas it’s was time to make our very own pizza dough. When we added all of the ingredients […]
Our Year 6’s were able to fully immerse themselves in our class text ‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’ this morning, by referring to our reading area and finding clues whilst reading our class […]
Our lucky Year 6 children are participating in a project exploring creative reading and writing with help from mentors from Pontefract College, working in partnership with Wingfield Academy. Each week, […]
Our lucky Year 6 children are participating in a project exploring creative reading and writing with help from mentors from Pontefract College, working in partnership with Wingfield Academy. Each week, […]