Lunchtime Play
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.
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.
Pastel Art in Class 6
Class 6 made a fantastic start to their rainforest leaves in Art today! We started with the outline (yellow on white paper and charcoal on black) then we added the […]
How many invertebrates live on our school grounds?
Class 6 had a fantastic time searching our school grounds this afternoon, looking for invertebrates! In Science, we’ve been learning to group living things in a variety of ways. Today, […]
Year 3 &4 Sports Club
Y3 & 4 Football
Invasion Games in KS1
Striking oil pastel ocean scenes in Class 9
Class 9 have created beautiful artwork using oil pastels focusing on warm and cool ocean colours. The results are stunning.
Astronaut Training Day commences in Y5/6!
Ready… set… BLAST OFF! Our brave ‘astronauts’ in Y5/6 have had a fantastic, fun-filled day during our Astronaut Training Day. There were certain skills and characteristics we needed to become […]
Summer Music Concert
This years Summer Concert. Have a great half term everyone!
Willow Tree Oscars
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 […]
Attendance Breakfast
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 […]
Picture 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.
Roghwood’s Got Talent
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. […]
New Starters Picnic
We have had a wonderful afternoon in the sun, playing games, eating picnic food and getting to know all of the children and their families who will joining us in […]
Sports Day
Upper Key Stage Two use water colours to create their Olympic artwork
Year 5 practise their sketching and watercolour skills in art to create a special artistic piece to prepare for the olympics. We’ve been learning about the Olympics and a famous […]
P4C in class 9
During transition, we are studying the Olympic Games. Class 9 are focusing on Jesse Owens who was a famous Olympian during the 1936 Olympic Games. Our discussion question was ‘How […]
Year 6 Football
Willow Tree Olympics
Year 4 Football
Year 6 Athletics
The children loved being out of the classroom competing against others school. Amazing to be able to participate in School Games activities once again. Big thank you to Miss Davenport […]
Year 6 Prom Fundraiser
Thanks to the generosity of our children and families at Roughwood we have raised £177 to make sure our wonderful Year 6 have an amazing prom! Well done to everyone […]
ICT Club create emotions badge and design robotic cars on Tinkercad
This week in ICT club, we have been using BBC Micro:bit to create a wellbeing LED badge to express how we are feeling. We have also been using Tinkercad to […]
Breakfast Club create Art in ICT
This week, children at breakfast club have been busy creating self portraits for their purple mash avatars. We have also been designing football t-shirts inspired by Euro 2020 and emotion […]
Spring Art Competition winner announced…
A huge Well-Done to Ellie Rose for being our Spring Art competition winner! A wonderful painting completed during lockdown Ellie! Miss Sare was over the moon and thinks you thoroughly […]
Two Wheel Tuesday & Thursday
London buses
Year 1 children have been working hard this term to design and make their London buses. First we researched what a London bus looks like and what features we needed […]
Clay Cottages in Year 4
Class 6 worked extremely hard this afternoon, taking lots of care, to create these amazing plague cottages out of clay… Well done, everyone! Can’t wait to see these painted!
10 Day Active Travel Challenge
Well done to everyone who has completed the first 5 days of the 10 day active travel challenge.The challenge continues this week…… On Tuesday and Thursday why not get out […]
Observational Science in Year 4
This week, Class 6 have planned and carried out an investigation to see which liquids cause the most tooth decay. We used eggs to represent our teeth, because the shell […]
Year 3 Rounders
Year 6 Football
Year 6 Rounders
Winning House Treat 2021
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 ICT: Outdoor Photography Lesson
Today in ICT, Year 4 have been busy taking photos for a purpose (Spring and Summer) whilst also enjoying the amazing outdoor weather. We have also been learning how to […]
Science Ambassador Visit!
Our Year 4 Science Ambassadors went on a very special visit this morning, to Casting Innovations in Canklow! We saw the final stages of the recycling project that we’ve been […]
Investigating Tooth Decay in Year 4
Year 4 have been learning all about teeth in Science, finding out about the different teeth we have and thinking how we keep them clean and healthy. This afternoon, Class […]
Y5/6 Rounders
Year 4 Casting Workshop
What an amazing day we’ve had in Year 4 today, working with Mr Brooks and his team from Casting Innovations Ltd. This was the next stage of our incredible recycling […]
Year 3 Rounders
Foundation PE
Outdoor maths in Year 1
Today it was so warm in Class 1 that we decided to take our learning outside in the sunshine. We used lots of resources to compare numbers up to 100 […]
Striking & Fielding Year 1 & 2
Year 5 and EYFS raise funds – NEMESIS PROJECT
We’ve had so many lovely donations of gifts for the NEMESIS community project for Year 5 and EYFS, as they work with Cherry Trees Care Home. Due to the number […]
Premier League Stars
Year 6 Netball
Year 4 Football
The Great Fire of London workshop
Yesterday Key Stage 1 children were fortunate enough to take part in a drama workshop all about The Great Fire of London. We explored some key facts about the events […]
Science Assembly
A brilliant assembly today with our Science Ambassadors. We completed an investigation to see who is the loudest drummer. Mr Williams, Mr Tyas, Mr Hunter and Mr Ducker all took […]
Year 4 on the Green Screen!
The children in Year 4 had a wonderful afternoon today, as they started filming their entry for the Willow Tree Film Festival! They’ve made an amazing start! Take a look […]
Year 6 Netball
Our love of books in Little Acorns
On a Friday morning after registration, we choose a book from our book shelf and sit together for a while to explore them. We love books in Little Acorns, so […]
Class 6 get crafty!
Class 6 had a wonderful afternoon today, working on the next stage of our recycling project with Casting Innovations Ltd. We used a special type of clay, called Fimo, to […]
Music Service Involvement and Instrumental lessons
At Roughwood Primary School, we believe that every child should learn the skills of playing an instrument during their time at our school. These skills include self-discipline, creativity, developing motor […]
Animal Style Workout
Today the children on the KS1 playground had a go at a self regulation animal Hiit Worksop all based on animal movements. We had the best time running around like […]
Mental Health Awareness in Year 1
As part of ‘Mental Health Awareness Week’ class 1 have been thinking about words that contribute towards good mental health. We created a bank of words together before taking them […]
Science in Y4: Investigating Pitch and Volume
Year 4 had lots of fun this afternoon, making their own instruments and using them to explore pitch and volume… This led to an investigation to find out the relationship […]
Creating Piano’s in Breakfast Club
This morning in breakfast club, children created their very own piano’s using card and foil. We then used a Makey Makey board and Scratch to use the piano to create […]
Y5 Sports Club
Reading in the Outdoor Classroom – Class 9
To finish off our day Class 9 took to the outdoor classroom to read our class story ‘Wonder’ and also had time to share some of our own stories we […]
Class 4’s Nature Scavenger Hunt
This afternoon Miss Whitworth and Class 4 have been on a Gratitude Scavenger Hunt where we hunted for lots of things in nature that made us smile! It was lovely […]
Class 9 find angles around school
In class 9, we have been identifying and labelling angles around the playground.
Year 5 begin talk for writing to explain the functions of parts of a flower
Do you know about plants and flowers? Do you know what the stamen is? We all know that flowers are the pretty, colourful, fragrant part of a plant. They look beautiful […]
Class 5 Sounds of Nature
This afternoon Miss Whitworth hijacked Class 5 ‘s science lesson all about measuring sound waves and we all stopped and listened to the sounds around us and thought about how […]
Mental Health Awareness Week
Our With Me in Mind Ambassadors Charlie and Scarlet practiced ‘Noticing Nature’ Monday afternoon – the challenge is to focus on finding 5 things you can see, 4 things you […]
Year 5 begin their animation videos
Children in Year 5 begin their animation videos linked to the class text – ‘ How To Train Your Dragon’. Using ‘I can Animate’ software, the children in year 5 […]
What makes a good friend? Y4D P4C
Class 5 have been taking part in a P4C enquiry this afternoon discussing friendship, feelings and what it means to them to be a good friend. Following steps 1-5 of […]
Y6 Netball
Year 5 learn about rules, law and democracy
In our PHSE lessons, we’ve been learning about democracy and why rules are important. The children in class 7 set out their own classroom court that included a defendant, a […]
Nature Crowns
‘So here is a very fine crown, to go with the sandals and gown of the KINDEST giant in town’. Today we finished reading our class text. At the end […]
UKS2 PE Netball
Y3/4 Netball
Year 4 use I Can Animate to explain how the Bubonic Plague affected England in 1665
Class 5 and Class 6 have been busy this afternoon using I Can Animate to create animations about the Bubonic Plague in 1665-1666.
Y4D Animation
Class 5 have been working collaboratively this afternoon using iPads to create an animation based on the Bubonic Plague which ripped through London and other parts of the country in […]
Singing with Pops
Pops taught us a Traditional African song. We began by singing it in a quiet voice and got louder and louder and LOUDER!