Fantastic Friday assembly showcasing acheivements
Well done for the children this week who had a special mention in assembly. Once again, it has been difficult for the teachers to choose. Kurtis was very confident, at […]
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.
Champion Readers
Our lunchtime staff at Roughwood have been listening to children read after lunch and our children are loving the extra reading time with adults. Reading is one of our priorities […]
Jigsaw challenge
We had a go at solving column multiplication questions on the back of jigsaw pieces as part of our maths learning! This took a great deal of team work, resilience […]
Home Learning
Class 2 have completed some fantastic home learning in relation to our topic this term ‘what a wonderful world.’ J-Jay has created a paper-mache volcano and world. Lucas has also […]
In stitches!
Class 7 engaged with some fabulous assistants this afternoon who shared in our learning – designing bags from rags! We have had a lovely time changing the world and tackling […]
Talk 4 Writing in Class 7
We are learning to use persuasive techniques and trying to persuade our audience to rethink their shopping habits using talk for writing. Here is our introduction… And some of our […]
Class 4’s Science investigation – What liquid will make a dinosaur hatch?
This week in class 4 we have been investigating what liquid will make a dinosaur hatch. We created our own eggs using water, bicarbonate of soda and a dinosaur of […]
Resilience and commitment in Year 5
The children in Year 5 have been using gradients of tone to practise and create their artistic masterpieces. Don’t forget to ask the year 5s about how they have used […]
Class 3’s Science investigation – How to hatch a dinosaur egg.
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, […]
Coffee Morning
Roughwood Primary have taken part in the worlds biggest coffee morning to raise money for MacMillan. The morning was a great success and children even got involved at break time. […]
How will we get the dinosaur eggs to hatch?
This week in Class 2 we are investigating how dinosaur eggs hatch. We created our own eggs using water, baking soda and (of course) dinosaurs. We then left them overnight… […]
Tea Time Club
This week, children have made their own biscuits for dessert after tea. Children have thought carefully about their designs. As an activity, children were making dream catches. Well worth £4 […]
Investigating light
As part of our science investigation, Class 5 decided to test a wide variety of materials to find one most suitable to make curtains for Plop the owl so that […]
What makes a ‘home’ for a bird?
As part of our STEM project, we have been thinking about what makes a home for birds. We have discussed the consequences of bird homes being destroyed and feel strongly […]
Bedrock Rocks!
Congratulations to Keagan S, who has shown real resilience with his Vocabulary learning! Keep up the hard work! Polite reminder to everyone else: make sure if you are in Y4, […]
The Birthday Bears
Yesterday we met 5 teddy bears. It was a very special day for them as it was their birthday’s. Only we had a problem, all the bears were different ages […]
Aaaarrgghh! Spider!
This week in Acorns, we have been reading Aaaarrgghh! Spider! We have taken part in lots of spider themed activities. We have made spiders using clay, counted spiders in the […]
Rich Willis – World Record Powerlifter
Today, Roughwood had a very special visit from Paralympic powerlifter, Rich Willis. Rich came in and completed a circuit training session with each class and then held a whole school […]
Moorland Discovery Centre
This term in Class 3 we are learning all about recycling and conservation. Today we have enjoyed ourselves at the Moorland Discovery Centre. We explored the woodlands with Melanie in a […]
Family Learning Year 3
Year 3 have had the opportunity to take part in Family learning with Mrs Crossland. Children and parents have been making bird feeders to link with our Year 3 topic […]
Moorland Discovery Centre
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 […]
Getting creative through learning how to sketch!
This week, Class 5 were really lucky to work with Mrs Taylor to develop our sketching skills. We learnt all the different types of pencils and how to use them […]
Maths
In class 4 we have been using lots of resources to help us to partition 2 and 3 digit numbers. Zac had to improvise and use the dinosaurs to represent […]
Blowing our own Trumpets!
Class 7 members have been practising their lip buzzes and have managed to play their mouthpieces 🎺⭐️! We hope you will be as impressed as we were, as they are […]
Magnificent Maths in Class 6
In class 6 this week we have moved on to addition. We have been using ‘Numbers Up’ resources to help us with place value when adding on 10 or 100 […]
Lots of Learning
In Foundation 1, we have taken part in a wide variety of learning this week. Our focus has been The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Through this, we have made our own […]
Class Two’s School Council
Our Class 2 School Council members are… All the children in Class 2 have tried very hard in writing their manifestos to deliver to the class. They came up with […]
POP’s Outdoor Adventure
This week our foundation 2 children visited POP’s outdoor adventure centre at Rosehill Park. The children had a fantastic time exploring the environment, looking for mini-beasts and pond creatures. What […]
Newsletter 19th September 2018
Click here to read our latest newsletter. It has been a busy first 2 weeks back and so much wonderful learning has taken place. Residentials for Y5 and Y6 are […]
Elected School Council
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. […]
Drama in Y6
This morning, we have been fortunate to take part in a drama workshop about Rotherham during the war. We are looking forward to showcasing our performance at Magna in November.
Preparing for Northumberland in Y6
We are very much looking forward to our visit to Northumberland. We are preparing by researching some of the famous landmarks.
Drama in Y6
This morning, we have been very fortunate to take part in a drama workshop about Rotherham during the war. We are looking forward to performing at Magna in November
Eco Warrior Workshop – Class 6
On Tuesday morning Pop’s Outdoor Adventure came in to work alongside Class 6 in our Eco Warriors Workshop. During the morning the children discussed the impact plastic is having on […]
More examples of councillor and deputy councillor speeches… These young people have made us extremely proud 👩🏼⚖️
Preparing our manifestos for school councillors and deputy school councillors…
The votes are nearly in. It was clearly difficult to vote. Well done to all candidates! So much thought and preparation went into their manifestos and speeches. Here are some […]
Outstanding Home learning
This week, children of Class 5 had the opportunity to present their outstanding home learning in Friday’s special assembly. Children had opted to create a ‘perfect’ habitat for one of […]
From Caterpillars to Butterflies
This week in the Chestnut Classroom we have began our topic of ‘What’s at the bottom of your garden?’ with the introduction of caterpillars and ladybirds. We can’t wait to […]
A great start to Y6
Now that we have had 5 days in school, we are reflecting on what we have achieved so far. We have tackled ‘very big’ numbers in numeracy, synonyms and similes […]
Abstract Art in Y6
Today, we have been creating abstract seascapes to accompany our descriptive writing about stormy seas. We have used our creative skills and resilience to create careful pieces of art.
Magnificent Maths
This week in Maths we have been learning to order numbers up to 20. In the different areas of our classroom we found hidden numbers and had to help Harry […]
Science
This week in science we have been looking at animals and their offspring. This is Harrison and Lizzie completing the activity. The children could challenge themselves and match up […]
Tea Time Club
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. […]
Greater or Less than?
This week has been a fun-filled first week back in Class 6. We have come in full of energy and bursting with ideas for all our learning. We have started […]
What a Wonderful Week!
We’ve had a great start to our first week in nursery. We’ve had lots of fun exploring the different resources in our new classroom and looking at the different things […]
An absolutely fantastic start from Year 5 at Roughwood Primary School!
After two days back at school after the summer holidays, we have some wonderful use of vocabulary for our character descriptions and some impeccable calculating of challenging maths questions. Keep […]
Class of 2018
To our wonderful Year 6 children, good luck and thank you for the memories!
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Christmas is Here!
The most conclusive proof that we are firmly on the road to Bethlehem came today, when the children in our Foundation Stage performed their nativity for the rest of the […]
Out in The City With The Poetry Club
After-school clubs have finished for a while now, but the Poetry Club have left us with this little offering – the poem, “Out in The City” by Gareth Owen. To […]
Campfire Poems
Class 8 today gave parents and carers a fabulous performance of their poems and stories, whilst sitting round a cosy campfire. Afterwards, everyone enjoyed biscuits and hot chocolate. One of […]
Mokee Joe is Back!
We’re really proud and pleased to be the first school in the world to see the new (and last) book in the Mokee Joe series and to have welcomed […]
All Different, All Equal
Today, six of our Year 6 pupils attended the Anti-Bullying showcase to watch films, poems and songs from a number of schools in the authority, based around the theme of […]
Poems for Remembrance Day
Children in Key Stage 1 have been learning Remembrance Day poems ready to perform in assembly this afternoon. Poem 1 Poem 2
Remembrance
After a week of selling poppies and other items to raise money for The Royal British Legion, today we had a two minutes silence to remember all those in the various […]
Reading Buddies
Year 2 children in class 4 are really enjoying reading with their year 6 reading buddies and would like to thank them for giving up part of their […]
How does paint dance?
Class 2 have been investigating the question ‘How does paint dance?’ in our P4C sessions. We used the picture from ‘The Noisy Paint Box’ to explore this in more detail […]
Class 7’s Poetry Anthology