Astronaut Training Day Complete!
As part of our learning about space in class 6, the children have completed a range of resilience challenges during their astronaut training day and undergone a range challenges to […]
As part of our learning about space in class 6, the children have completed a range of resilience challenges during their astronaut training day and undergone a range challenges to […]
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 […]
We have celebrated some magnificent achievements today and recognised some wonderful behaviours in children. Respect, Friendship and Excellence awards have been given out, Teacher Awards, and our Hilary Ford Awards. […]
What a wonderful Sports Day we had this year! Thank you to Wingfield Sports Leaders for supporting us in our teams. There were many different activities ranging from basketball to […]
As part of the ‘Big Blast’ and ‘Big String’ concert, the children have performed in the Rotherham Music Service concert at Magna. The children performed with courage and confidence, and […]
Congratulations to the 10 children from Roughwood and other schools in Rotherham who were honored at Rotherham University for their participation in after-school learning programs. They received certificates for their […]
This morning we saw an Indian dance group retell a classic Indian story through dance. Children were amazed by the magnificent costumes and were able to see first-hand other cultures. […]
Over half term all classes were set a task to create a book in a box. There were some magnificent entries which were really hard to judge. Well done everyone.
We had a wonderful picnic today and an assembly to learn about the Coronation of King Charles III. We learnt the national anthem and sang it together. We have also […]
A great afternoon in school today. Well done to the children who have received a certificate for their attendance this term. Attendance is extremely important. If you require any help […]
What a fantastic day we’ve had today! We’ve been riding buses and tram-trains and exploring the big city of Sheffield, just like the characters from Forged in Steel!
Today we have been celebrating World Book Day. Children and teachers dressed up as characters from their favourite book. The costumes were fantastic and very colourful.
The whole school participated in the Willow Tree boat-making STEM challenge this week. The children had basic resources to create a boat which they thought would float when holding a […]
Wow! What an amazing evening we all had. Our talented pupils attended the Young Voices concert held at the Sheffield Arena last night and became part of a choir made […]
Wow! What an incredible experience we’ve had today with STEAMWORKS at Rockingham J&I School! The children worked collaboratively with the other Young Science Ambassadors in our academy and we are […]
A great day in school today. Well done to the children who have received a certificate for their attendance this term who have received a certificate and a bronze badge. […]
What a fantastic morning Class 5 had today in Drama! We have been thinking about Jim, a character from our class text, and his daily routine in a Victorian workhouse […]
What an amazing experience we’ve had today in Year 3 & 4! We all came to school dressed as Victorians and took part in a series of workshops to help […]
To mark this year’s World Mental Health Day, Monday 10th October, children in school have been learning about the importance of a healthy mind. During such difficult times where anxieties […]
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 […]
Children from all four schools came together on Friday to host our very own Willow Vision. Children sang songs in french and danced to French music. The afternoon was fantastic […]
Year 6 children from Roughwood joined together for an unforgettable prom. It was a wonderful way to celebrate a tremendous journey here at Roughwood. The children had a wonderful time […]
Over the last few weeks, children across the school have been creating animations and videos, linked to their topics, as part of our Computing curriculum to enter into the Willow […]
This year we are pleased to announce that Keppel won the house competition by gaining the most DoJos over the year. All children should be extremely proud of themselves because […]
This week we have been learning about the Queen in school to celebrate her Platinum Jubilee. We have been writing poetry, creating art and reading lots of stories about the […]
This term we have really gone to town with our offer of Extra-Curricular activities. Since joining Children’s University, children can now earn credits towards awards for their engagement in activities […]
To mark this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week, children in school have been learning about the importance of a healthy mind. All children have made green ribbon bows to remind […]
What an amazing residential we’ve had this week with Year 3 & 4 children! For these children, it was their first ever residential and they were absolutely fantastic, asking so […]
Today we have held our end of term assembly. We have passed on our DoJo trophies for the last time this term and we have also given out some awards. […]
It was wonderful to invite parents into school today for the KS2 Easter Assembly. We were really proud of all the children for giving a wonderful performance to their parents. […]
What an amazing day we’ve had today with Casting Innovations Ltd! Mr Brooks and his team were in school all day, working on the next stage of our Heart of […]
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, 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Children from all four schools came together today to host our very own Willow Vision. Children sang songs in french and danced to French music. The morning was fantastic and […]
Year 6 children from Roughwood joined together for an unforgettable prom. The theme was an outdoor festival and there were some magnificent outfits (and that was just the staff). The […]
Take a look at our magnificent Picture This exhibition at Gullivers Valley in Sheffield. Children have focused on the picture ‘Sheffield Through the Ages’ and have created a range of […]
This year we are pleased to announce that Wentworth won the house competition by gaining the most DoJos over the year. All children should be extremely proud of themselves because […]
Year 4 have been developing the outside areas to create outdoor classrooms as part of their NEMESIS project. The spaces have been transformed and children have enjoyed getting busy clearing […]
What an amazing experience we had today in Year 4! We were very privileged today to watch Mr Brooks, from Casting Innovations, melt real aluminium cans and mould them into […]
Today we have held our end of term assembly. We have passed on our DoJo trophies for the last time this term and we have also given out some awards. […]
Year 4 have had an exciting afternoon of investigation in Science today! We’ve been learning about electrical circuits and about what makes a circuit complete, so our research question today […]
Y4G have become all 3! Mrs Graham is so proud she’s even starting to rhyme! We’ve been writing our own stories, based on our class text, Stig of the Dump, […]
What an amazing morning we’ve had today in Y5NS! We launched our model rockets into space from the playground and watched them fall back to Earth … but did […]
“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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
We have been extremely lucky today to have a personalised assembly delivered by Google. We were also joined by our Rotherham MP, Sarah Champion! Our children really enjoyed the assembly […]
We are proud to introduce you to the School Council for the year 20/21. This year will be challenging and it is your school council who will support the leaders […]
What another wonderful Sports Day we had this year! It may have been different from what we are used to but nether the less, it was a truly magnificent experience. […]
Year 6 have been busy creating Air Raid Precaution (ARP) video’s to demonstrate the importance of being prepared during World War 2.
As part of our schools fundraising for the NSPCC each class from year 1-6 created and performed a sponsored dance routine. The children were amazing and staff have loved watching […]
Today, children who are our elected School Council visited the Town Hall and met the Mayor. We learnt about democracy and how our wonderful towns history.
We’ve learnt about how sound travels, and we’ve found out that we watch 4 days of adverts per year! That’s a lot of Television! From the Wonderlab, to the Gaming […]
Y3 children had a super amazing day at Kelham Island consolidating and expanding their knowledge of Steel. They learnt more about key people such as Henry Bessemer and Harry Brearley! […]
We had a wonderful trip to the Rotherham Transport Museum.
Class 4 have been investigating the effects of friction to moving objects. We had a look at which surface would contain the most friction.. we found out the wood surface […]
What a performance from our Year 5 children at Rotherham Civic. All the children were absolutely fantastic and did the school proud. We are all incredibly amazed by their achievements […]
Keeping safe online is becoming increasingly difficult in today’s world where technology can advance quicker than we can keep up. Our Year 6 children have written and filmed some short […]
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 […]
Wow! What an amazing evening we all had. Our talented pupils attended the Young Voices concert held at the Sheffield Arena last night and became part of a choir made […]
Our yearly X Factor has been a huge hit this year. Once again our talented children continue to shine and we are proud of everyone who entered. Well done to […]
Children in KS2 have given some out of this world performances of the Christmas classic, Dick Whittington. Once again the children on Roughwood prove they can perform and boy can […]
Staff and children have created a magical video this week, using our green screen, to celebrate the countdown to Christmas. There has been lots of laughter and smiles this week. […]
We are so proud of all of key stage one for there performance this morning. They did themselves, parents/carers and the school proud. Children were able to recite al their […]
Children have performed a magnificent nativity for parents this week. Children knew all their lines and sang beautifully (as usual). Thank you to all the parents and carers who joined […]
On Wednesday 4th December, Roughwood children presented a wonderful assembly to parents. There were some extremely confident children reading during the performance and the Christingles children have made lit up […]
On Friday 15th November 2019 class 3 had a family learning morning where parents came in to follow our instructions to make bird feeeders. Lots of fun was had by […]
We have recently installed a green screen in school and we were so excited to try it we put this together. We hope you like Year 6 reading some of […]
Class 4 had a fantastic trip at tropical world to help us delve deeper into our topic based all around the Rainforest. We learnt lots of new information about the […]
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 […]
This week we have had an amazing 74 Families engage with our Tea, Toast and Tables mornings which have seen parents and children playing tables games to raise awareness of […]
Class 3 have had a fantastic day at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park. We have seen lots of different animals with fur, feathers and skin. We stood and watched the polar […]
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 […]
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 […]
What a wonderful Sports Day we had this year! Thank you to Wingfield Sports Leaders for supporting us in our teams. There were many different activities ranging from basketball to […]
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 […]
Class 2 caught the bus and the tram-train to Sheffield. Once in Sheffield we spotted lots of landmarks we have been learning all about. We visited the Cathedral and had […]
This week we started our new topic. We began by coming up with some questions about what we wanted to find out about The Great Fire of London. Some of […]
On Wednesday 6th March class 4 caught a public bus to Tesco. When we arrived at Tesco we were shown around the warehouse to see where the bread was kept […]
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. […]
We have all been immersed in some incredible learning about air, earth, fire and water, today as well as consolidating information we found out about the steelworks for our topic. […]
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 […]
In Class 2 we have been investigating different mixtures to see which creates the best magical potion. We mixed white vinegar with washing-up liquid, food colouring, salt, water and bicarbonated […]
Wow! What an amazing evening we all had. Our talented pupils attended the Young Voices concert held at the Motor Point Arena last night (8th January) and became part of […]
We had an AMAZING time with POP’s Outdoor Adventure Team. We went into the forest with the team on a stickman adventure. We searched the forest for stick man so […]
Year 6 have been working hard on their huge part in the WWI performance at Magna. The play was about Rotherham soldiers going to war in 1914 and they lived […]
Year 3 visited the Butterfly house this week to support their topic about habitats. We were able to see lots of different creatures in different habitats. This all links with […]
This week in Class 3 we have been investigating to find out which liquid will make a dinosaur egg hatch. On Thursday, we created our very own dinosaur eggs using water, […]
This term in Class 2 we are learning all about recycling and conservation. Today we have enjoyed ourselves at the Moorland Discovery Centre. First we explored the woodlands, collecting different […]
We have elected our School Council at Roughwood in our classes this week. It has been a long process since children have written their manifestos to deliver to the class. […]
Wednesdays and Thursdays until 5 pm children can join Tea Time club. This week the children chose their own ingredients for their pizzas and enjoyed eating what they had made. […]
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 […]
This week, Class 5 have had an exciting morning at Greasbrough library thanks to the Makerspace project. The Makerspace project is all about people coming together to share their creative […]
Today children have been working on publishing their non chronological report they have been writing within their history and science learning. Children have been developing skills to have autonomy and […]
This week in Year 6, we have been creating a news report to inform audiences about the disappearance of Cherry from our topic book, “The Giant’s Necklace”.
Our school counselors met yesterday and thought about ideas for their legacy project for this school year. We discussed previous projects such as Roughwoods work with KCM waste, our litter […]
Please take the time to read the latest Newsletter. It has been another fantastic few weeks at Roughwood. Thank you, everyone, for your continued support. Newsletter 29.09.23
Two of our With Me in Mind Ambassadors have been handing out the With Me in Mind Autumn Newsletter to our students at break! There are lots of helpful resources, […]
Our Year 5s & 6s were visited by Ann Foxley Johnson from the Anti Bullying Company on Wednesday to complete a session on Banter Vs Bullying. This session focused on […]
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 […]
This week in gardening club, we have been busy harvesting the last of our Tomatoes, potatoes and broad beans. We have also received our RHS gardening club Level 3 for […]
Today children took part in a scientific enquiry: Does the volume and pitch affect how well rice “dances”? This followed on from last week’s learning where we discovered that sound […]
This week, we have been making use of our new 3D printer by designing our initials in TINKERCAD before printing them on our FDM printer!
This week at Roughwood Primary, we had a visit from With Me in Mind to discuss how emotional minds can have positive and negative effects on our wellbeing and how […]
This week in ICT Club, we have been advancing our 3D printing skills by creating bookmarks and badges which look amazing!
Our School Counsellors have met and decided on the Agreement for our new Trim Trail to ensure every child stays safe and has lots of fun. We take care of […]
What a fantastic final session we have had with Mrs Lee today completing our ceramic rock pools. We were thrilled to see how our rock pools returned after being in […]
Congratulations to Class 7 this week! Due to their kindness and respect shining through during lunch times, Class 7 won the most golden tokens and therefore are the golden table […]
Children in Y6 have put their problem solving skills to the test when completing the spiralling decimals challenge from NRICH. We had to think logically of where we would place […]
Year 6’s enjoyed meeting with Reverend Skidmore with Herringthorpe Junior School last week to learn all about the life of St Cuthbert. This will be valuable when visiting Northumberland next […]
Children in Science club created their very own lava lamps using water, vegetable oil, effervescent tablets and food colouring. They then predicted how many extra effervescent tablets would make the […]
Children in Science club created their very own lava lamps using water, vegetable oil, effervescent tablets and food colouring. They then predicted how many extra effervescent tablets would make the […]
Today class 2 have had an amazing day at Yorkshire Wildlife Park. We were so lucky to see so many out and exploring. Some of the animals the children saw […]
It has been some time in the making but our Trim Trail is finally being installed. Remember last year when our school council came up with the idea that we […]
A superb first two weeks for Year 4 as they started their new topic of football. The children developed their dribbling skills and went onto play some 1v1 matches. Week […]
An amazing start to the year for Y3B as they were introduced to their topic of Hockey. Firstly, the children went through the safety aspects of playing hockey and then […]
Fantastic first two weeks of PE in Year 1. The children were introduced to what an Invasion Game is and then looked and dribbling with their feet. The children gained […]
Today children created their very own Stone Age scratch art replicating the inside of a cave. We used acrylic paint and washing up liquid alongside oil pastels to create the […]
Please take the time to read the latest Newsletter. It has been another fantastic few weeks at Roughwood. Thank you, everyone, for your continued support. Newsletter 15.09.23
This week in ICT, Chestnuts have been learning how to turn the iPads on and open a whiteboard program to paint their own flowers!
Today Class 4 were given using concrete resources to support us with answering challenging word problems which meant we had to show our reasoning skills. Some children then chose to […]
This week in gardening club, we have been tasting our tomatoes that we have been growing for the past few months before making leaf prints from paint that we mixed […]
Due to their amazing behaviour and respect during lunch times class 1 collected the most golden tokens. This resulted in us winning the golden table. We got special treatment and […]
This week class 1 have been reading the book Meerkat Mail. In this story a meerkat called Sunny leaves home to see his family and friends. He writes postcards back […]
In class 2 we have been using talk for write to learn a postcard. We began our learning at looking at what the features of a postcard were. Our postcard […]
Another fantastic afternoon working on our clay rock pools with ceramics artist, Mrs Lee. Today, we have sculpted creatures that live in rock pools and used techniques such as scoring […]
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 […]
This afternoon, our Y6 children have had the privilege of meeting and working together with ceramic artist Caroline Lee from CLEE Ceramics! Over the course of 3 sessions, Mrs Lee […]
In maths children have been looking at recognising tens and ones in two digit numbers. Children used different objects that they could find outside to represent the tens and the […]
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 […]
In the first week of the academic year in class 6, the children have been using the skills of the week: patience, tolerance and team work, to solve some maths […]
Today Class 4 used the Green Screen to recreate small re-enactments of what life would be like throughout the 3 main time periods of the Stone Age. They showed the […]
This afternoon, Y6 have learnt about the famous artist known as Hokusai and completed an artist study by analysing some of his famous artwork. We evaluated the work of Hokusai […]
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. […]
This week in Year 6, we have been identifying features of a poem before creating a performance for the poems “The Sea” and “SeaFever”.
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 […]
Today in literacy we used drama to act out our predictions for the book Meerkat Mail. Some of our predictions included meerkats visiting a beach, meerkats going to a play […]
Today Class 4 am have jumped straight back into engaging in some fantastic learning. We began the day with reading aloud using expression with our class friends. We have then […]
Today in Year 6, we have been enjoying the beautiful outdoor weather whilst learning place value. Children started by identifying the different place values from one’s up to ten thousand […]
To celebrate the end of term, we have compiled a few of our performances from this year in KS2 into a short movie. We can’t wait to see which instruments […]
In maths yesterday we had lots of fun doing an activity called the biggest number. We worked in pairs and had to run and collect two numbers. Then we discussed […]
A HUGE well done to Class 7 for having the highest attendance during our 2 week transition. We celebrated this morning with a breakfast, some singing and some dancing.
A great afternoon in school today. Well done to the children who have received a certificate for their attendance this term. Attendance is extremely important. If you require any help […]
We have been using Tinkercad, a 3D modelling programme, to create our own 3D lighthouses. Children used their knowledge learnt in previous ICT sessions to navigate around their programme and […]
What an amazing talent show! This year has shown an amazing display of talent. The auditions we had blew us away and it was an extremely difficult decision to select […]
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 […]
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 […]
Today, Y6 children have used shading and techniques such as cross hatching, stippling, finger blending and scribbling to create tone and texture when sketching their own seashell. We began by […]
The children in class 6 have been sent a second mission from NASA headquarters where they have had to consider the safety for the next mission to space. This Wednesday, […]
In maths, year 4 have been using their problem solving skills to solve codebreakers. The challenge was for the children to use their place value knowledge to ‘crack the code’ […]
After a fantastic first week of learning all about the Stone Age, today our Y4’s have fully immersed themselves into what food was like during the Stone Age. Following on […]
Year 6 have made a fantastic start to their new unit of writing today with some brilliant drama to enhance character thoughts and feelings. We used freeze frames to portray […]
Year 6 children from Roughwood joined together for an unforgettable prom. It was a wonderful way to celebrate a tremendous journey here at Roughwood. The children had a wonderful time […]
Please take the time to read the latest Newsletter. It has been another fantastic few weeks at Roughwood. Thank you, everyone, for your continued support. Newsletter 14.07.23
A superb event at Herringthorpe Junior School where some children from Year 1-4 competed in a Tri Golf festival. The children were faced with a variety of chipping and putting […]
Today children in Class 4 combined their Maths, PE and Topic learning into one. Children imagined and practiced what it would be like to throw spears to catch their food. […]
Today children foraged the local environment to search for natural resources that will make a good prehistoric dye ready for our weaving next week in art. Children learnt that in […]
Children have had the honour of working with skilled artist, Mandy Keating, who ran a multiple workshops to explore new visual art techniques! We created artwork linked to Rotherham and […]
Today has been a very exciting day where Year 3, Year 5 and Year 6 have worked with a highly skilled artist to create art work in conjunction with Rotherham’s […]
Our new Y3’s have wasted no time in immersing themselves in their new topic: Stone Age. Based on the Stone Age Boy narrative, children used iPads and computers to research […]
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 […]