Year 3 & 4 Tag Rugby
The children discussed that when there is space in front of them, that would be the most appropriate time to run with the ball. Their work rate and enthusiasm was […]
The children discussed that when there is space in front of them, that would be the most appropriate time to run with the ball. Their work rate and enthusiasm was […]
As part of our topic about the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages we have created some stone age cave paintings. We have used pastels to create the effect of stone […]
We’re really proud and pleased to have welcomed Peter J Murray back into school to talk to children about his books. All of the books in the Mokee Joe series […]
Children have shown how much practise they have done during recent weeks. Year 5 have been continuing their learning on the trumpets, Year 3 have focused on the Ukelele and […]
Today we have held our first school council meeting of the new year. We asked our school council their thoughts about returning to school and behaviour. They think that most […]
Today, even more children who have completed application forms and successfully completed the Restorative Practice modules have taken their final Kahoot Quiz. We are pleased to say that all children […]
We know that attendance is extremely important to all children’s education. Missing 7.5 days over the year would reduce attendance to below the national average of 96%. We celebrate attendance […]
As part of our literacy this week we have been learning some drama techniques while learning about the start of WWII. We have used freeze frames and focused on expression […]
Well done to Class 9 for winning this terms Attendance Breakfast. Well done everyone. Remember, every day in school is important.
Our yearly X-Factor has been a huge hit this year and we have seen some brilliant guest appearances from a former pupil and the new Roughwood Staff Boyband. We have […]
Father Christmas has visited Foundation and KS1 today to deliver some very special presents to the children. Thank you for calling in to see us!
Today, we have had a wonderful Christmas Assembly to celebrate coming to the end of a fantastic term. We have given out so many awards and prizes today for all […]
Please take the time to read the latest Newsletter. It has been a wonderful term and we have had a magical Christmas time this year. Children have embraced their topics […]
To celebrate another wonderful Year at Roughwood, we have come together to sing you a Christmas classic. We hope you enjoy our singing as much as we enjoyed making the […]
We have not forgotten our traditions at Roughwood and we have continued with our Christingle celebrations this year in 2021. All children in school have created a Christingle to celebrate […]
Today, children who have completed application forms and successfully completed the Restorative Practice modules have taken their final Kahoot Quiz. We are pleased to say that all children have passed […]
A huge thank you to all the children and staff who took part in this year’s KS2 performance of Charles Dickens “A Christmas Carol” which looks fantastic. Although we couldn’t […]
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 for the songs. It’s […]
Well done to all the children in Foundation who took part in our Nativity this year. You looked fantastic and worked so hard to learn your lines and the words […]
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 […]
What an amazing morning we’ve had today in Year 5. We launched our model rockets into space from the playground and watched them fall back to Earth … but did […]
Please take the time to read the latest Newsletter. It has been a wonderful two weeks at school and children have embraced their topics and their learning. We are really […]
This week in ICT club, we created a coin flip program and conductive keyboards to play a tune through our headphones which were connected to the BBC Micro bit by […]
This week in ICT, year 3 have been continuing their animations about deforestation and the Kapok tree by creating a script that uses a loop to repeat an action. We […]
This week in ICT club, we have been creating fortune tellers (also known as magic 8 balls) using BBC Micro bit to help us find answers to some of our […]
Children from Roughwood have taken part in a fantastic STEM challenge today. The challenge was to create an air-powered moon buggy that could go the distance. The designs had to […]
This week in ICT club, children have been learning how to use a bbc micro bit to create and run two programs; smiley buttons and Rock, Paper, Scissors.
Please take the time to read the latest Newsletter. It has been a wonderful two weeks at school and children have embraced their topics and their learning. We are really […]
“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, with children contributing to […]
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Thank you to everyone who could join us for the SATS Y6 meeting. We hope that the information provided was useful. Please find below a copy of the SATS Meeting […]
In Computing, Year 5 have been researching the different moon (also known as lunar) phases and have created a storyboard to help them with their animations that they will be […]
This week our School Council were lucky enough to have a Zoom call with MP Sarah Champion. We got the opportunity to ask her lots of questions about her role […]
A message from our Willow Tree Warriors. Snapchat is a photo- and video-sharing app through which users can chat with friends via text or audio. Images and videos can be […]
Today our RP Reps have completed further training and delivered an assembly to the whole school about Restorative Practice. Restorative practice is about building strong relationships so that everyone can […]
A superb start to the new term from Year 3 & 4 who were introduced to their new topic of Hockey. The children developed how to hold the stick correctly […]
Show Racism the Red Card’s annual Wear Red Day will be taking place on 22nd October 2021. So today we showed our support and all children and staff wore red. […]
Roughwood Primary School performed 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, […]
Please take the time to read the latest Newsletter. It has been a wonderful two weeks at school and children have embraced their topics and their learning. We are really […]
What an amazing day we’ve had today at the Tropical Butterfly House with Class 5! Children experienced a real rainforest habitat and even handled some rainforest animals!
To mark this year’s World Mental Health Day which was Sunday 10th October children in school have been learning about the importance of a healthy mind. During such difficult times […]
Our winners of Golden Table this week were Class 3 with 36 Golden Tokens! Children earn golden tokens for being helpful at lunchtimes and showing exemplary manners. Well done Class […]
A great start to the week in Chestnuts with some brilliant phonics learning. Children are learning the tricky work the and the digraph ‘ck’. Well done everyone! Children in Acorns […]
Great to see Year 3/4 putting the skills learnt over previous weeks into practice in some small sided games. The children developed their knowledge of the rules/tactics. They all showed […]
Please take the time to read the latest Newsletter. It has been a wonderful two weeks back at school and children have embraced their topics and their learning. We are […]
Children have been busy creating their own piano and game pads in ICT club the last few weeks by using Makey Makey boards to create an electrical circuit. We also […]
Another superb lesson with Year 6. The children developed the importance of moving into space to support a team mate. The children played small sided games, covering the skills developed […]
It has been great to see our Playground Friends supporting games outside this lunchtime. Sports leaders have also been busy running sports on the playground too.
Please take the time to read the latest Newsletter. It has been a wonderful two weeks back at school and children have embraced their topics and their learning. We are […]
This years Summer Concert. Have a great half term everyone!
Over the last few weeks, children across school have been creating animations as part of our Computing curriculum to enter into the Willow Tree Academy Oscars. Click the below link […]
Please take the time to read the latest Newsletter. It has been a great transition over the last two weeks at Roughwood. We have focused on the Olympics during the […]
What a great start to our morning on the last day of the year! The children who have achieved 100% attendance this year have enjoyed our attendance winner breakfast this […]
Children have visited Picture This, this week to look at our wonderful displays and to see the art other children in Rotherham have created. It was a brilliant morning.
Another fantastic Roughwood’s Got Talent today at Roughwood Primary School. This year, we have had a wide range of acts ranging from tap dancing and drums to singing and football. […]
Well done to all our children with 100% attendance this year. We know that for some of the time this year school was closed, but for every day they could […]
We have celebrated some magnificent achievements today and recognised some wonderful behaviours in children. Respect, Friendship and Excellence awards have been given out as well as Teacher Awards and our […]
Please take the time to read the latest Newsletter. It has been another fantastic few weeks at Roughwood. Don’t forget to register for your child Residential visit next year. Please […]