Special Mentions
Another brilliant week of remote e-learning this week. We are proud of everyone for their resilience and determination to continue learning from home. As we usually have Special Mentions in […]
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Special Mentions
What a brilliant week of remote e-learning this week. We are proud of everyone for their resilience and determination to continue learning from home. As we usually have Special Mentions […]
Newsletter 14th January
Please take the time to read the latest Newsletter. Thank you for your support in making the transition to remote learning as smooth as possible. Newsletter Spr Wk 2 […]
PE with Mr Tyas
Year 3&4 have been absolutely amazing this afternoon in PE! Well done!
End of Term Assembly
This week we have held our end of term assembly to wish all children a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We have also celebrated some of the wonderful […]
Attendance Breakfast
Well done to Class 9 this term for winning the attendance Breakfast. Attendance is vitally important, especially having missed so much time due to the pandemic. Every day counts, so […]
X Factor 2020
Our yearly X-Factor has been a huge hit this year despite the challenges we faced. This year we have performed virtually, which is a huge challenge for our acts because […]
Christmas Staff Video 2020
Staff have created a bubble, socially distanced, Christmas Video this year and since we cannot sing we have used our Makaton to help us. We hope you enjoy the performance. […]
KS2 Christmas Poem 2020
A huge thank you to all the children and staff who took part in this year’s KS2 performance of “Twas The Night Before Christmas” which looks fantastic. Although we couldn’t […]
KS1 Nativity 2020
Well done to all children in key stage one for creating such a fantastic performance. You all looked amazing and worked so hard learning your lines and Makaton for the […]
NEWSLETTER 11TH DECEMBER
Please take the time to read the latest Newsletter. We are still trying extremely hard to make Christmas as special as possible and share with parents the traditions we value, […]
KS2 Football
KS2 Hockey
KS1 Fitness
KS1 continued with their topic of fitness. The children really challenged themselves and showed great resilience during our circuit, which involved a lot of running and jumping.
CHRISTMAS DINNER & JUMPER DAY
Christmas is getting ever closer so today we held our traditional Christmas Dinner & Jumper day. Children and staff had wonderful outfits in school. Our wonderful cooks prepared a brilliant […]
Christingle 2020
We have not forgotten our traditions at Roughwood and we have continued with our Christingle celebrations this year in 2020. All children in school have created a Christingle to celebrate […]
KS2 Football
KS2 enjoyed being back outside for their PE lesson. After developing a greater understand of passing and moving off the ball, they participated in some small sided games. The children’s […]
All smiles in Y6D
It was lovely to see so many smiling faces today, eager and ready for remote learning … Y6D made a wonderful start to learning from home again today and we […]
Data Loggers in Y6
Year 6 have had a very noisy afternoon in Science today, investigating voltage! Our research question was: how does increasing the voltage change the volume of a buzzer? The children […]
Freeze Frame Drama in Y6
Year 6 have made a wonderful start to their new unit of writing today, with some fantastic drama! They were thinking about how it would feel to experience a real […]
Newsletter 27th November
Please take the time to read the latest Newsletter. It has been a challenging two weeks but there has been some amazing work taking place. Please take a look in […]
Y5/6D Fractions – Maths Live Sessions
It is our second and final week remote learning in Class 8 and what a great experience we have had! Although we haven’t been able to see each other in […]
Class 8 Quiz!
Class 8 took on the WWII Kahoot quiz today and did a fantastic job! It was so wonderful to see how confident the children are with their knowledge of our […]
Science Assembly LIVE!
What a fantastic assembly today! Some of us joined in at home and some of us joined in at school but we were all joining in together and that’s what […]
Quiz Time for Class 9!
Class 9 had a fantastic time competing for gold in our Kahoot quiz this afternoon! We tested all of their WWII knowledge and they were amazing! Well done everyone who […]
Y6D Remote Learning – Women at War
Our first week of remote learning is over and I am truly amazed and impressed with Class 8 for their hard work and resilience that has been displayed over the […]
Y5 & 6 Live Fitness Session
Anti-Bullying Week Assembly
Just incase you missed it … here is the wonderful assembly we had this morning with Mrs Foxley-Johnson, Mrs Fearnley and the rest of our academy:
KS1 PE
Roughwood Sport Leaders
Odd Socks Day 2020!
We are overwhelmed with the wonderful pictures sent in to teachers for Odd Sock’s Day as part of Anti Bullying Week. Our Odd Socks send out our message of equality and […]
Children in Need Day
Children at Roughwood Primary School have dressed in spots today to support Children in Need. A big thank you to all parents and carers who made a donation!
Newsletter 13th November
Please take the time to read the latest Newsletter. We have had a great first two weeks back at school. The newsletter this week contains important information about Christmas. Thank […]
Mental Health Ambassadors
Our Mental Health Ambassadors have been taking part in their first training session with ‘With me in Mind’ and have been challenged to how our children view mental health and […]
Air Raid Evacuation Videos 2020
As part of the Year 6 topic (How Does War Change Lives) this term, the children have been busy creating WW2 air raid evacuation videos detailing what to do in […]
Electrical circuits in Y6
Year 6 have made a fantastic start to their new electricity topic in Science today! This afternoon, we’ve been reflecting on previous learning by building simple circuits, and then observing […]
Remembrance Service
“On the 11th Hour on the 11th Day of the 11th Month, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM” We held our Remembrance service on the KS2 yard today, distanced from each other, […]
2020 Remembrance Day Assembly
This week, Year 6 have been busy preparing our Remembrance Day assembly. The video covers the importance of Remembrance Day and why a Poppy is used to symbolize this special […]
German word hunt in Y6
Class 9 had a fantastic time, this afternoon, learning some new German vocabulary with a hunt around the yard!
Year 1 & 2 Fitness
Year 3 & 4 Hockey
Y6 Video Editing
Year 6 have made a fantastic start to video editing this morning on iMovie! Take a look …
Foundation
This morning, Foundation have been extremely busy with there learning. What a wonderful environment and such creative activities. It’s wonderful to see children using ICT to support their learning too. […]
Filming has started in Year 6!
This morning, classes 8 & 9 began filming their videos on how to survive an air raid. Their teamwork skills have been exceptional and we can’t wait to share the […]
Year 5&6 Football
NEWSLETTER 23RD OCTOBER
Please take the time to read the latest Newsletter. Have a wonderful week for half-term and keep safe. We hope to see all children back in school on Monday 2nd […]
Harvest Festival 2020
Roughwood Primary school perform beautifully for the Harvest Festival. We are incredibly proud of all our Roughwood learners. Thank you to all parents and carers for donating this year. Unfortunately, […]
Year 3 Newspapers
Over the last few weeks, Y3 have been writing a newspaper recount all about the break-in at the bakery in our class text, Meet me by the Steelmen. Today we […]
Year 5 & 6 Hockey
Class 9 visit Eden Camp!
Class 9 have had the most amazing day exploring Eden Camp today! The children have been absolutely fantastic – they’ve been asking so many interesting questions, looking really carefully and […]
Evacuee Art Y6
Children in Year 6 have been focusing on the proportions of the human boys while drawing evacuees. We have used pencil and markers to draw the outline and we are […]
Y6D ‘Away from the desk’ Maths
Today, in Y6D, we decided to take our learning outdoors and have some fun with exploring short division by applying our knowledge of bus stop method to questions in different […]
Year 6 visit Crucial Crew
Classes 8 and 9 have had a fantastic day today, learning all about how to stay safe, at Crucial Crew.
Y6D take on the Light Maze Challenge!
Miss Dungworth’s class had a go at completing the light maze today, using all of their scientific understanding of light and reflection from this half term … They also showed […]
A digital visit from the Anne Frank Trust!
Classes 8 and 9 have had a wonderful workshop this morning with the Anne Frank Trust, about stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination. This has generated some really interesting discussion and we’ve […]
Pastel Art Year 3
Year 3 have been creating tones and textures with pastels linked to our topic about steel. Our scrap metal art is looking fantastic.
Light Maze STEM Challenge!
Class 9 had an exciting challenge this afternoon! We’ve been learning all about light and reflection, and today we were given the challenge of lighting up the tunnels of a […]
Super Spitfires in Year 6!
Class 9 have worked so hard this afternoon, learning all about WWII Spitfires. Take a look at their amazing outcomes … it’s hard to believe these haven’t been done at […]
World Mental Health Day
To mark this year’s World Mental Health Day which was Saturday 10th October children in school have been learning about the importance of a healthy mind. During such difficult times […]
Remote Maths in Year 6
Year 6 have made a great start to their final day of remote learning this morning, with another fantastic live Maths lesson on Classroom! We are all so proud of […]
Y6 visit Eden Camp
Our first visit of the year is to Eden Camp! Year 6 had the opportunity to experience the sights, sounds and smells of World War 2 through exploring the various […]
Newsletter 8th October
Please take the time to read the latest Newsletter. We have had a brilliant two weeks in school. Thank you for your continued support. Newsletter 08.10.2020
Remote MFL learning in Year 6
Yesterday, Class 9 had a fantastic first day of remote learning and continued to put all of the same effort, resilience and care into their outcomes. Take a look at […]
Remote Learning
Well done Class 9. Children who have been asked to isolate today left school at 1:15 pm and were ready for their first online lesson via Google Classroom at 2:30 […]
The Importance of Hands, Face, Space!
Y6D have put together a few videos to demonstrate the importance of the NHS’ new campaign ‘Hands, Face, Space’ and how this is implemented throughout Roughwood Primary School.
Remote teaching Music
Today has been our first music lesson via Zoom with Class 5. Children have been drumming as normal and the lesson was a great success. Well done for rising to […]
Super Hero PE Year 1
Year 1 had great fun being super hero’s in PE. They developed skills such as changing director and dodging.
A historical debate in Y6D!
Today, in Class 8, we have had a lot of fun participating in an in-depth historical debate by exploring two possible opinions of evacuating children during World War 2. The […]
Y4D Negative Numbers
Class 5 exploring negative numbers through ICT – comparing average temperatures in numerous habitats around the world (Desert, Antarctica, Amazon Rainforest, Underground, Under the sea and deep within the forest […]
Drumming Year 4
Our children in Year 4 have been enjoying their drumming sessions this week and have started to learn the basics on the Djembe Drum. Children have been looking at listening […]
Y4D Creative Curriculum
Here we have a selection of fantastic photos of interactive and practical learning over the last few weeks in Class 5. We have created our version of Robin Hood’s trusty […]
NEWSLETTER 25TH SEPTEMBER
Please take the time to read the latest Newsletter. We have had a brilliant two weeks in school. Thank you for your continued support. Newsletter 24.09.2020
Science & Maths in Year 6
This week in Science, we’ve been learning about light and the rules of reflection … … which linked perfectly with a challenging reflection problem that came up in this week’s […]
Attendance Certificates 2019-2020
Well done to all our children with 100% attendance last year. We know that for some of the time last year school was closed, but for every day they could […]
Anti-Bullying Assembly
We have enjoyed a virtual assembly today from Miss Foxly-Johnson. As you know we received our Gold award at Roughwood last year for our hard work and commitment to ensuring […]