Extra Special Extra Curricular
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 […]
Category Archives: News and Events
News and Events contain everything. Here you can find all posts that show what has been happening in school but if you want to find something specific, take a look at the ‘Our Learning’ or ‘Subjects’ menus.
Roughwood Orienteering
Children from Years 3,4,5 & 6 competed in a Willow Tree Academy Orienteering event at Rockingham Junior & Infant school. The children arrived and quickly studied the map and formed […]
Year 3 & 4 Netball
School Council Academy Meeting
This morning our councillors met with the school councillors from our academy to discuss and vote on this year House Prize! Our children had some fantastic ideas and contributed some […]
Class 6 & 5 Golden Table
This week we have had two sets of Golden Table. Class 6 were the Golden Table winners this week. Children from Class 6 have been consistently kind, helpful and considerate […]
Year 1 & 2 Throwing Golf
Year 1 & 2 continued their topic of Target Games by completing a Throwing Golf course. Children had to thrown bean bags to a variety of holes and attempt to […]
Chantez en Français avec Class 6!
Class 6 have been learning a new song in French this week, as we prepare for our upcoming WillowVision Song Contest! This video was taken during rehearsal, after just two […]
Story Spoons on the Green Screen!
Year 4 took their drama learning to the next level today, using the story spoons to conduct their eye-witness interviews on the green screen! Take a look at their fantastic […]
RP Rep Empathy Workshop
Our RP Representatives have had a fantastic session this afternoon, recapping Empathy and how it can help and support all children at Roughwood. All of the reps used their skills […]
Eye-Witness Interviews in Drama
Year 3 & 4 have become journalists this week, preparing for writing a newspaper report about the outbreak of plague in Eyam … In Drama today, children interviewed eye-witnesses for […]
Film making club!
Today we had our first session of our film making club. We made a fantastic start towards our spooky plague videos set in the village of Eyam. With the use […]
VE Day celebration in Class 9
This afternoon, children enjoyed an afternoon of fun, games, music and lots of yummy treats to mark the end of our topic on WW2 as a VE Day celebration.
Class 1 Narrative Writing
In class 1 we have been using our class text ‘Sally and the Limpet’ to write our own creative stories. This is one that we created called ‘Billy and the […]
Times Tables Morning Maths
To get ready for our Times Tables tests in June, Year 4 children are busy practising their TT Rockstars skills when they first come into school. A great start to […]
Acorns Road Safety
Investigating Money in Maths
Class 6 had a fantastic Maths lessons today, exploring and investigating with money! First, everyone had their own purse with different coins in. We had to count our money, convert […]
Year 3 & 4 Football RUFC
Making Interactive Controllers in ICT Club
This week in ICT club, we have been making interactive controllers by using conductive materials to complete a circuit to control a character on a game (Space Invaders and Flappy […]
Natural Cordage at Bushcraft Club
This week at Bushcraft/outdoor club, we have been learning how to process and make cordage using natural materials such as Bramble or Nettles. We all had a go at making […]
Ofsted Report
You will have hopefully heard that Roughwood Primary School was inspected by Ofsted on the 16th-17th February 2022. We are extremely pleased to share the report with parents and carers. […]
Year 3 & 4 Orienteering
Exploring Electrical Circuits!
Class 6 had a fantastic afternoon of investigation today, finding out how to make a complete electrical circuit! Take a look …
Getting our day off to the right start with a Y6 SATs breakfast!
Y6 have made a fantastic start to their day yet again with a nutritious breakfast with their class mates. We are sure that this will have been just the fuel […]
Year 5 Football RUFC
Eyam 2022
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 […]
Analysing and identifying textures and patterns – Using pen and ink in Year 5 and 5/6
Class 7 and 8 experiment with patterns using ink to create textures and patterns. Our first stage was to identify different types of patterns and select the most relevant to […]
Year 6 Athletics
Year 5/6 PE Netball
Year 5/6 started their new topic of Netball. The children develop a variety of passes such as, chest and shoulder pass. The children then progressed to passing and moving and […]
Year 3/4 PE Netball
Year 1/2 PE Target Games
Year 1 & 2 started their new topic of Target Games in PE. The children develop the underarm and overarm throw and challenged themselves to throw with accuracy towards a […]
Sharing stories in the sunshine
We’ve had a fantastic time sharing stories in the sunshine in Little Acorns today. We love to share stories and had a lovely time sharing some of our favourite books […]
Golden box Attendance Winner
To promote and award good attendance in school we have a half-term draw. Within our Golden box, we have some secret prizes that will go to one winner drawn from […]
RP Rep Meeting
To start the term we have met with all our RP reps to see what is working well and what we can improve. We have talked about empathy and active […]
INTERNET SAFETY NEWSLETTER: MAY 2022 (ISSUE 3)
Please take the time to read the latest Internet Safety Newsletter. In this newsletter, we look at creating safer and securer passwords, how safe is YouTube and a useful app […]
Year 4 Samba Performance
Year 4 have been busy creating a samba inspired performance over the last few weeks in Music. The children have created their own words and rhythms connected to Easter.
Last session of Shine Club
This week was our final session of Shine Club! The children have celebrated with a picnic and some games outside. When asked about what the children have taken from our […]
Class 5 Golden Table Winners
Congratulations to Class 5 this week! What a wonderful week you’ve had! You’ve have shown so much kindness and respect! Mr Hood and Miss Dickinson are very proud!
End of Term Assembly
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. […]
Iron Age Shields
This week, we’ve been using our pen & ink skills to create the artwork for our Spring term topic folder covers … Look at all that detail! Children have used […]
A Royal Roughwood Tudor Banquet!
Do you have a longing desire to go back in time to experience the wonders of a Tudor banquet? Luckily, the fantastic children in a Class 8 have the opportunity […]
Eden Camp
Today, Class 9 braved the elements on an educational visit to Eden Camp. We were able to see all of the things we have learnt this term in history in […]
Class 6’s Bronze Age Settlement!
What an amazing term it’s been for DT in Year 3 and 4! The children have been expertly crafting their roundhouses for weeks now … carefully measuring and sawing wooden […]
T4W all about the Digestive system!
Class 5 have had lots of fun recently learning all about the Digestive System and today we used Talk For Writing to retell all the steps that take place. First, […]
Y5/6 MyMaths learning
Today, Class 8 used their ICT slot to access the Maths platform ‘MyMaths’ in order to apply their prior learning of fractions into some fun challenges! We also introduced decimals […]
RP Meeting
Todays RP meeting was all about planning and preparation. We had a conversation about Mental Health and the upcoming Mental Health Week in May. The children thought about not only […]
KCM Lorry Visit to Roughwood
Today was the part 3 of our Roughwood Recycling Project, working with KCM. Children from Foundation to Year 6 got the opportunity to see the workings of a Bin Lorry, […]
Ukraine Support
Girls in Year 4 have taken things into their own hands and are raising money for Ukraine refugees. They will be selling blue and yellow ribbon badges from Monday on […]
Stone Age Adventure!
What a fantastic day we’ve had today at Creswell Crags! We went back in time to the Stone Age and experienced life in a cave, making a shelter, hunting and […]
MTC and Maths Parent Sessions
We invited our Year 4 children and their parents and careers into school yesterday for our timestable and MTC (multiplication timestable check) information session. During this session, we learnt […]
Foundation PE
Year 5/6 Girls Football- Rotherham School Games
Music Bugs
Today we had a special visitor come to school. Emma from Music Bugs came to see Little Acorns and some of our parents. We had a lovely time singing and […]
Bolsover Castle Recount
Today in literacy we have started writing our recount for our visit to Bolsover castle. We have used talk for write to begin to learn our opening paragraph. We have […]
Year 5 Fitness Session- Science Week
Children in Year 5 completed a fitness circuit as part of science week. The children completed a circuit of exercises and logged their repetitions on each station. The children showed […]
Boccia- South Yorkshire School Games
Dan The Skipping Man
Class 1 trip to Bolsover Castle
As a part of our topic ‘Towers, Tunnels and Turrets’ we went on a day trip to Bolsover Castle. We fully immersed ourselves into the day and learnt lots of […]
Year 3/4 Girls Football
Year 1 PE – Agility & Coordination
Science Week: Teeth!
Do all liquids cause damage to our teeth? This was our research question for Science Week and we decided to find out by using eggs to represent our teeth … […]
Science Week: Special Mentions
What a fantastic week we’ve had this week for British Science Week! Our Science Ambassadors have once again made us so proud, topping off the week with a wonderful demonstration […]
Class 2 trip to Bolsover castle
As a part of our topic ‘Towers, Tunnels and Turrets’, Class 2 visited Bolsover castle. We had a fantastic time looking around the castle and using all of our knowledge […]
A caterpillars wish
We have loved learning all about caterpillars in Little Acorns. We enjoyed exploring in our sensory tray and we were so excited to learn about the caterpillars cocoon – we […]
Class 2 Dinnertime Talk for Write
Skipping break times
Science Week: Family Learning!
What a wonderful morning of scientific learning! As part of British Science Week, Year 3 and 4 parents were invited to take part in a special science lesson with their […]
Playground Planning – School Council Meeting
Today’s meeting has been an exciting one, Miss Whitworth and the councillors have been planning and preparing to order some new equipments and trails for our playground. We cannot wait […]
Scooter Skills
Y6 PE- Athletics
Y5 PE- Athletics
Y3 PE- Athletics
Year 1 PE- Athletics
Class 2 Golden Table
A huge well done to Class 2 for winning the Golden Table this week! You have all been so kind, polite and well mannered this week, showing wonderful friendship and […]
Wattle & Daub Construction in DT
In Year 3 & 4, we’ve been learning about how houses were built in the Bronze Age, using wattle & daub (woven wood daubed with a mixture of clay, mud […]
Stop Motion Animation in Science
Lower KS2 children have been learning about the digestive system in Science this term. Today, we used I can animate to make our own moving digestive systems … Fantastic teamwork! […]