Be bright, be seen day
As part of our Road Safety Week this week we have been trying to promote road safety throughout the winter months. Children have dressed in their brightest and boldest colours […]
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.
Y5 & 6 Live Fitness Session
Day 3 of distance learning in Year 5
Anti-bullying week has included live lessons and a range of discussions where children have reflected on how kind words can help others. Well done to all children and families for […]
Anti-bullying week in Year 1
This week is Anti- bullying week and we have been wearing our odd socks at home (as we are isolating) to celebrate individuality and to show that we are all […]
Anti-Bullying Week Assembly
Just incase you missed it … here is the wonderful assembly we had this morning with Mrs Foxley-Johnson, Mrs Fearnley and the rest of our academy:
Thank you Miss Bogle
In Chestnuts Class we have been learning about Road Safety. As part of our creative topic afternoon, some of the children chose to make our lovely lollipop lady Miss Bogle […]
Sorting
In Numeracy today, we have been learning that collections of objects can be sorted into sets based on attributes such as colour, size and shape. We have being helping our […]
KS1 PE
Phonics at home
Our live phonics session didn’t go as well as planned, but hopefully tomorrow will be better. Well done to all the children in Chestnuts Class who have had a go […]
Odd Socks Day in Chestnuts Class
This week is Anti-Bullying week and it began today with Odd Socks Day. A day where children are encouraged to where to odd socks to school (or at home, because […]
Year 5 access day 1 of distance learning
I couldn’t be more impressed with my class today! They have followed the recommended timetable, had frequent breaks, been out making the most of the autumn leaves in the garden, […]
Roughwood Sport Leaders
Odd Socks Day 2020!
We are overwhelmed with the wonderful pictures sent in to teachers for Odd Sock’s Day as part of Anti Bullying Week. Our Odd Socks send out our message of equality and […]
Year 5 become journalists for Willow Tree Times and Roughwood News!
After we witnessed the moon landing, we go back in time and report the landing on the moon! President Richard Nixon couldn’t believe what the American astronauts had accomplished… and […]
Children in Need Day
Children at Roughwood Primary School have dressed in spots today to support Children in Need. A big thank you to all parents and carers who made a donation!
Air Raid Evacuation Videos 2020
As part of the Year 6 topic (How Does War Change Lives) this term, the children have been busy creating WW2 air raid evacuation videos detailing what to do in […]
Electrical circuits in Y6
Year 6 have made a fantastic start to their new electricity topic in Science today! This afternoon, we’ve been reflecting on previous learning by building simple circuits, and then observing […]
Remembrance Service
“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, […]
2020 Remembrance Day Assembly
This week, Year 6 have been busy preparing our Remembrance Day assembly. The video covers the importance of Remembrance Day and why a Poppy is used to symbolize this special […]
German word hunt in Y6
Class 9 had a fantastic time, this afternoon, learning some new German vocabulary with a hunt around the yard!
Year 1 & 2 Fitness
Year 3 & 4 Hockey
Y6 Video Editing
Year 6 have made a fantastic start to video editing this morning on iMovie! Take a look …
Y5 finish their Earth and Space Investigation!
Have you ever wondered what happens to your shadow throughout the day? In year 5, we have been analysing what happen to our shadows over a period of time. Today, […]
Long Division Relay in Y6W
Today we have used teamwork, communication and problem solving in our ‘away from the desk’ maths.
Foundation
This morning, Foundation have been extremely busy with there learning. What a wonderful environment and such creative activities. It’s wonderful to see children using ICT to support their learning too. […]
Filming has started in Year 6!
This morning, classes 8 & 9 began filming their videos on how to survive an air raid. Their teamwork skills have been exceptional and we can’t wait to share the […]
Year 5&6 Football
Harvest Festival 2020
Roughwood Primary school perform beautifully for the Harvest Festival. We are incredibly proud of all our Roughwood learners. Thank you to all parents and carers for donating this year. Unfortunately, […]
Year 5 & 6 Hockey
Class 9 visit Eden Camp!
Class 9 have had the most amazing day exploring Eden Camp today! The children have been absolutely fantastic – they’ve been asking so many interesting questions, looking really carefully and […]
Evacuee Art Y6
Children in Year 6 have been focusing on the proportions of the human boys while drawing evacuees. We have used pencil and markers to draw the outline and we are […]
Y6D ‘Away from the desk’ Maths
Today, in Y6D, we decided to take our learning outdoors and have some fun with exploring short division by applying our knowledge of bus stop method to questions in different […]
Year 6 visit Crucial Crew
Classes 8 and 9 have had a fantastic day today, learning all about how to stay safe, at Crucial Crew.
Y6D take on the Light Maze Challenge!
Miss Dungworth’s class had a go at completing the light maze today, using all of their scientific understanding of light and reflection from this half term … They also showed […]
A digital visit from the Anne Frank Trust!
Classes 8 and 9 have had a wonderful workshop this morning with the Anne Frank Trust, about stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination. This has generated some really interesting discussion and we’ve […]
Light Maze STEM Challenge!
Class 9 had an exciting challenge this afternoon! We’ve been learning all about light and reflection, and today we were given the challenge of lighting up the tunnels of a […]
Year 5 Historical Research
Today, we’ve been researching history about space travel. Do you know the name of the first male or female cosmonaut or astronaut in space? What about the first dog? Next […]
Super Spitfires in Year 6!
Class 9 have worked so hard this afternoon, learning all about WWII Spitfires. Take a look at their amazing outcomes … it’s hard to believe these haven’t been done at […]
Remote Maths in Year 6
Year 6 have made a great start to their final day of remote learning this morning, with another fantastic live Maths lesson on Classroom! We are all so proud of […]
Y6 visit Eden Camp
Our first visit of the year is to Eden Camp! Year 6 had the opportunity to experience the sights, sounds and smells of World War 2 through exploring the various […]
Remote MFL learning in Year 6
Yesterday, Class 9 had a fantastic first day of remote learning and continued to put all of the same effort, resilience and care into their outcomes. Take a look at […]
The Importance of Hands, Face, Space!
Y6D have put together a few videos to demonstrate the importance of the NHS’ new campaign ‘Hands, Face, Space’ and how this is implemented throughout Roughwood Primary School.
Our Class Reading Competition
To launch our Lending Library, we are holding a ‘GET CAUGHT READING’ competition. To enter you need to get a photo of you being caught reading somewhere unusual, funny or […]
Super Hero PE Year 1
Year 1 had great fun being super hero’s in PE. They developed skills such as changing director and dodging.
Animal poems
This week we have been reading the story Tinga Tinga and using this to write our own animal poems. Here is our video and some of our writing.
Sensory play
We explored silly soap outside in the tuff tray. It felt soft and smelt fruity. We practised writing the sounds that we have been learning this week in phonics.
Green screen fun!
A mysterious box appeared in our classroom this week. It had been delivered from the zoo. We made predictions what animals could be inside the box and used mathematical language […]
A historical debate in Y6D!
Today, in Class 8, we have had a lot of fun participating in an in-depth historical debate by exploring two possible opinions of evacuating children during World War 2. The […]
Y4D Negative Numbers
Class 5 exploring negative numbers through ICT – comparing average temperatures in numerous habitats around the world (Desert, Antarctica, Amazon Rainforest, Underground, Under the sea and deep within the forest […]
What Makes Me a Me?
We have been using the text What Makes Me a Me? As a stimulus for our literacy teaching. Here is a video of us performing the text using the text […]
Our Family Poem
We wrote and performed a poem about families using Talk For Writing
Y4D Creative Curriculum
Here we have a selection of fantastic photos of interactive and practical learning over the last few weeks in Class 5. We have created our version of Robin Hood’s trusty […]
Science & Maths in Year 6
This week in Science, we’ve been learning about light and the rules of reflection … … which linked perfectly with a challenging reflection problem that came up in this week’s […]
Attendance Certificates 2019-2020
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 […]
Anti-Bullying Assembly
We have enjoyed a virtual assembly today from Miss Foxly-Johnson. As you know we received our Gold award at Roughwood last year for our hard work and commitment to ensuring […]
Investigating Reflection in Year 6
Year 6 have been using their observation skills this week, to find out what happens to a light beam when it hits a plane mirror. Here we are observing the […]
Google Internet Legend Assembly
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 […]
Monster Biography
Last week in year 1 our classroom was invaded by monsters from around the world. We have been learning all about these monsters and used talk for write to help […]
Computer Aided Design in Y6W
Today, we have had our first lesson in computer aided design programmes. We love learning new computer skills.
School Council 2020/2021
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 […]
Wow Y6W! Your handwriting is beautiful!
Outdoor Maths in Year 6
Mrs Graham’s group have enjoyed taking their Maths learning outside today in the sunshine! Take a look at our fantastic place value learning …
Y2 – PE- Balancing
Y2 had great fun mastering balancing on different objects. The skipping rope challenge was a big hit with all the children.
P4C – The huge bag of worries.
This week we have been thinking about what makes us worry. First we shared the story “The huge bag of worries” and then we talked about how worries make us […]
Y3/4 Football
Y3/4 had a superb first session of football. Their focus was dribbling and how to use different parts of the foot to dribble the ball.
Reasoning and problem solving in Year 5
After comparing numbers this week, which was quite a challenge, children in class 7 have been discussing which numbers could be a possibility. Is the number odd? Do the sum […]
Y5/6 Hockey
Y5 & 6 enjoying their first Hockey lesson. Skill focus was how to dribble the ball using a variety of techniques.
Reading and writing numbers to 1,000,000 with Y6D!
This week, Class 8 have been focusing on place value. We have read and written numbers up to 1,000,000! We have used our place value mats as a visual resource […]
‘Very Big Numbers’on my maths in Y6W
Today, we have applied our knowledge and understanding of the place value of digits in ‘very big numbers’ on mymaths.
Year 5 explore primary colours with tone, shade and tint
Only the third day back after six months away from our wonderful school, and the year 5 children explore tints, tones and shades with primary colours. They have really amazed […]
The Blitz Begins in Y6
Today we have created our own Blitz pastel silhouette artwork. We have used our pastel techniques to create a blazing background in order to demonstrate the catastrophic effects Britain faced […]
Finishing the day with a bit of pop art in Y6W
The 5 Ws of WW2 in Y6
Today we have launched this term’s topic – WW2. We are eager to find out all about this historical event. Great teamwork and research skills Y6.
Striking blitz silhouette artwork in Y6W
Children in Year 6 have started using their creative pastel techniques as we start our new topic.