Bloodhound Rocket Car Challenge
Yesterday, the children in Class 9 were challenged to create the fastest rocket-powered car. They spent the morning designing, decorating and naming their cars and spent the afternoon racing them. […]
Book Week Fancy Dress
Unfortunately, the snow interrupted our plans to have a Fancy Dress Day to celebrate World Book Day last week . However, we are aware of just how much time and effort […]
Dance Project
Today was the first practical session for all our pupils in Y3, Y4 and Y5 who are taking part in a dance project, working in collaboration with the Balbir Singh […]
Stone Age Workshop – Class 6
Last week, class 6 has a wonderful time taking part in a Stone Age Workshop. We built fires (yes, real ones!), fired arrows from bows (yes, real ones!) and chased […]
Stone Age Workshop
Monday 11th June 2018, Pop’s Outdoor Adventure Workshop group came in to work with Class 5 on Stone Age living. We started our morning with a competition game of Mammoths […]
Roughwood Does VE Day
As part of their topic learning, the children in Class 9 hosted a VE Day celebration this afternoon for their families. We sang songs, danced, read poems and enjoyed sandwiches […]
New York! New York!
The children in Year 6 are enjoying ther afternoon watching the semi final of the UEFA Under-17. What a fabulous way to end SATs week! Well done to all […]
Song of Eyam
Class 7 went to Eyam in April and created our own version of the Eyam Story. We borrowed a familiar tune, which you will probably recognise. We hope you enjoy […]
Youlgreave 2018 – Class 5
Thursday 12th April Well what an amazing residential we have had at YHA Youlgreave! We started our journey to The Heights of Abraham from school at 9:30am. All the children […]
Harry Potter Sleep over
On Friday 2nd February, the magic of ‘Hogwarts’ came to Roughwood Primary School. The children had all received their acceptance letters by owl before Christmas. This was the much-anticipated night […]
CodeBug
We worked with Mr Harrison and learnt how to code using code bug
Tête, épaules, genoux et pieds
Today y3 have been practising a song in French. Do you recognise it?
Kelham Island
Today, the children in Class 9 visited Kelham Island Museum as part of their World War II topic learning. The children really got into the spirit by dressing up as […]
Power Cadets Are Go!
In conjunction with the CLC, our ‘Power Cadets’ from Year 5 are primed and ready for action. They will host a series of assemblies and competitions, as well as keeping […]
Young Voices Sing Out!
Last night, a group of children from Roughwood joined with others from the Willow Tree Academy, who joined with approximately 5,000 other children from the region to sing in this […]
Step Into Christmas
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from everyone at Roughwood Primary School. See you in 2018!
Young Writers of The Future
We regularly enter competitions for aspiring writers or artists and sometimes we win. Pictured here are Erin and Isla O’Donoghue who did just that. They both submitted poems to the […]
Joseph and his Overcoat!
For the first time ever, this year we decided to do something a little different at Christmas and have a whole school concert. It is a good few years since […]
STEM Viking Longships
This afternoon, Class 9 invited their parents into class to complete a STEM activity, which was inspired by our Viking topic. With their parents, the children have made some excellent […]
