Tasty Toast Coffee Morning
What a lovely morning KS1 had! We got to eat lots of toast with different toppings, but best of all we got to enjoy it with our grown ups. Children […]
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Fun in the sun
This week in Chestnut Class children have been making the most of the warmer weather.
NEWSLETTER 22ND MARCH
Please take the time to read the latest Newsletter. It has been a fantastic two weeks since the last one and so much has been happening in school. Newsletter 22.03.19 […]
Super bugs!
Well done to Class 2, 3 and 4 for taking part in Science week. We had Scientists from Sheffield Univeristy visit our school to talk about bugs. We spoke about […]
Healthy For Life
Mason has successfully completed the Healthy For Life programme. We are very proud of you Mason!
Robot Making
As part of our STEM project, Class 5 drafted in the help of parents to help create their very own robot following the design they created. The children found the […]
Thank you to parents and carers for attending the maths workshops
We’d like to thank all parents and carers for attending the maths workshops over the last term. Your enthusiasm and engagement has been truly wonderful. The children have really risen […]
Year 5 Visiting Science and Media museum
Fantastic morning at EIS with Year 5s
Long jump, 200m and more…
Geography in Class 5
Today in ICT, Class 5 have been looking at different climates. We have been looking at how the climate in different countries contrast to our local geography and where we […]
School bicycle and scooter shelter
Look out for the information leaflet going home today, which has been designed and published by some of our year 5 and year 6 children. Their advice: Remember to dismount […]
Direction
Today in Class 2 we have focused on direction and movement. What is direction? When do we need to give someone directions? What would we need to say to someone to […]
Class 4’s Visit to Tesco Bakery
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 […]
NEWSLETTER 8TH MARCH
Please take the time to read the latest Newsletter. It has been a fantastic two weeks since the last one and so much has been happening in school. Newsletter 08.03.19
The Gruffalo
The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson.
Roles and Responsibilities within our school community
In PHSE this week, Class 5 thought about the difference between roles and responsibilities. They thought exceptionally hard about what their roles and responsibilities were as part of our school […]
500 words
Class 7 creating stories to enter into BBC’s 500 words story writing competition. Good luck!
More from The Explorer!
Thank you to Keagan, Ella and Lexi-Jai for sharing a short section from our novel. Fantastic reading.
Story telling – Roughwood Readers
Ameera reading 📖 her favourite bit from our class novel. Well done!
There are some real characters in Class 7!
Class 7 posing as characters from their favourite stories to celebrate Book Week!
500 Words in progress
Y6 are doing some last-minute work on their stories to submit to BBC’s 500 word competition. Fingers crossed that our talents are recognised.
Class 5 celebrate World Book Day
STOP everything and read in Class 5! Miss Sare even had time to enjoy a non fiction book!
Potion explosion!
Why did Winnie’s potion explode? Class 2 interviewed Winnie the Witch, gaining an insight as to why her potion exploded. Winnie was asked many questions… What happened? When did it […]
Getting to grips with improper fractions in Y6
Children in Year 6 have been learning about Fractions. As part of our learning we are finding equivalent fractions, adding and subtracting with different denominators and multiplying.
Ring a bell at Random and Read!
An impromptu reading session 10 mins before break – what a lovely surprise for Book Week! Remember to dress up as your favorite book character on Friday!
A few more moments from Kelham Island
Year 6 have has a magnificent visit to Kelham Island as part of their learning about WWII. Children all dressed up as Evacuees and had a brilliant immersive day of […]
The Most Powerful Steam Engine in Britain
A Harrowing Siren
Wonderful WW2 experience
Year 5 research super heroes and villains
They have researched their top five villains and superheroes and now using their research to create their own PowerPoint presentation.
Pancake day in class 6
As part of our fraction work the children in class 6 have enjoyed pancake day a day early. We have used our knowledge of fractions of amounts to create our […]
Searching through the evidence
As part of our visit to Kelham Island, we have been using our detective skills to work out what sort of evacuees the different suitcases belonged to.
Working the Thingummybob
F1- Curious Kids Town
This week we visited Curious Kids Town in Sheffield. This visit is to support our topic, learning all about people who help us. The children had a great time dressing […]
Year 5 finding and representing equivalent fractions outdoors!
Can you represent 6/8 in the outdoor environment?
Fantastic Fractions!
This week in Class 2 we have been learning all about Fractions. On Monday we found half of shapes and created a picture: On Tuesday we cut fruit into quarters […]
Curious Kids Town
Today our F2 children are visiting Curious Kids Town in Sheffield. This visit is to support our topic, learning all about different occupations. Children are having a fantastic time being […]
Ilam Hall
Over the past few days (12th to 14th) the children from class 6 and 7 have been explorers in Ilam. On Tuesday, we settled into the hall, unpacked our clothes […]
Phonics Fun
Children in Class 2’s Phonics Club have enjoyed using the outdoor environment to support their phonics learning. We used chalks and climbed the tyres, writing and reading words that included […]
Chinese Food Tasting
In Foundation 1, we have enjoyed tasting different Chinese food. We tried noodles, rice, prawn crackers, sweet chilli sauce, hoi sin sauce, soy sauce, spring rolls and fortune cookies. We […]
Year 5 animation sets
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. […]
Year 5 persuasive emails using IPEELL
Year 5 drafted their persuasive emails to the council requesting help with funding for a bicycle and scooter shelter. The email has been sent and we await their reply…
Year 3 Magna Visit
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. […]
The Three Little Pigs
Over the last 2 weeks, we have been reading The Three Little Pigs. We had lots of fun making our own story map. From this we retold the story and […]
Snow !
We had lots of fun exploring the first snow of the school year! We wrapped up nice and warm and went out to touch and play in the snow.
iPad Fun!
In Foundation 1 we have enjoyed learning how to use the iPads. We have had lots of fun playing different games we have been learning how to count and match […]
Y5 5-minute Walk in the Local Community
Many of our Year 5 children developed their map reading skills and carried out an audit within the local area. They identified some safe routes in the local community, but […]
Harry Potter Sleepover
Well what a success the sleepover has been. The children were transported through Platform 9 and 3/4 to Hogwarts. From here they were all sorted into the four houses. Each […]
NEWSLETTER 1ST FEBRUARY
Please take the time to read the first newsletter of the New Year. It has been a fantastic first couple of weeks back and the learning outcomes for the two […]
Roughwood Mystery!
Today, Class 5 have made a shocking discovery! We entered the staff room to discover a crime had taken place! There was crime scene tape and mysterious foot prints! […]
Special mentions assembly
Some difficult choices for staff this week. The quality of learning and outcomes continues to grow! Talk for writing used around school too! Here is a KS1 example. Some wonderful […]
Snow Science
There may not have been much snow today but KS1 have taken the opportunity to get out and collect what they could for their snow potions.
Resilient and determined in Year 5
Our Master Builders are being designed and if we couldn’t be even more proud, the children are beating their personal time on timestable rockstars!
Foundation 1 Stay and Play
Yesterday the parent’s and children in Foundation 1 had a wonderful day making houses for the three little pigs. We used different materials to build the houses and tested how […]
Ironman on his travels
It is lovely to see what our class bear gets up to when he goes home with children in our class.
Phonics Workshop
Children from Class 2 were joined by their parents in learning all about Phonics. We looked at the different ways in which you can support your children with their learning […]
Newspaper Recount Writing!
Over the last few weeks, Class 5 have started to write a newspaper recount about the mysterious break in at the local bakery which we read about in our class […]
Creating New Lego Builders
What an amazing week – Year 5 have made real success with their character descriptions for the new Master Builder designs. Watch out! Some of these have laser vision, and […]
Magna
Yesterday we had our educational visit to Magna. We enjoyed exploring the different areas Fire, Water, Earth and Air. We even made our own slime. Class 2 Class 3 Class […]
Amazing results in Y6W
Fantastic effort from all the children in Y6 on Bedrock. These 3 children even managed to hit the top score!
Road Safety assembly today
STAR South Yorkshire – children learning how to ‘BE BRIGHT, BE SEEN’. Are you ready for Be Bright Day on Friday 25th January?
Dear Zoo
Over the last two weeks, we have read Dear Zoo, we then wrote a letter to the zoo to see if they would send us a pet. Each day, we […]
SUMDOG Challenge Contest
Miss Newton-Smith has entered children in Class 6, Class 7, Class 8 and Class 9 into this weeks Sumdog contest! Each class can only get onto the leaderboard if at […]
Chameleons!
Over the past 2 weeks we have been writing a non-chronological report on Chameleons. The children have learnt all about the 171 different species of chameleons. Ask them about their […]
Identifying Different Materials
Class 4 went out into the school grounds to find materials and what they were used for. It was amazing to see just how many different materials we found. Lots […]
STEM in Y6
In science, we have been learning how light travels. We have put our knowledge to good use by making periscopes. What better way is there to test them out than […]
NEWSLETTER 18TH JANUARY
Please take the time to read the first newsletter of the New Year. It has been a fantastic first couple of weeks back and the learning outcomes for the two […]
Symmetrical patterns in Y4
We have been looking at intricate patterns in nature and are now designing a new butterfly 🦋 linking to our book about survival in the rainforest.
The author David Lawrence Jones visits Roughwood!
Incredibly lucky… we have the author David Lawrence Jones visiting us this morning and talking about his collection of books. He books will be available to purchase this week in […]
Super Science
Class 3 have been sharing their Christmas gifts this week – Some amazing Science Lab and investigations. We have had so much fun from exploring how to make volcanic eruptions […]
Class 2 Capacity
Class 2 have been learning all about capacity and comparing different containers. A task was set… Which team could move water from one container to another the quickest? Knowing this […]
A Massive Thank you! Watch this space! Forever Fashion Boutique opening soon! Please get involved!
If you have any nice bags, shoes or clothes that you have fallen out of love with, please consider bringing them into school for our Forever Fashion Event. We will […]
More Hama time!
Hama time! We are using beads to create symmetrical patterns in maths in Y4.
Children in Year 5 research the history of Lego, in our new ICT suite
Do you know what date the Lego company was founded?