Year 3/4 become archaeologists!
What an amazing start to a new term we’ve had in Lower Key Stage Two today! Year 3 and 4 became archaeologists, uncovering hidden treasures of the Stone Age, by […]
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.
Christmas Parties 2021
This week, all classes enjoyed a Christmas disco to celebrate the festive period. There were some fantastic dance moves and games played such as pass the parcel. Here are a […]
Class 6 Golden Table
Well done to Class 6 for winning the golden table after receiving 23 Golden Tokens this week for their outstanding behaviour and attitudes at Dinner Time!
Online Safety Newsletter December 2021
Welcome to our schools first online safety newsletter. Each edition will be designed by our very own Willow Tree Warriors and Mr Clarke. Each newsletter will cover topics such as […]
Attendance Breakfast
Well done to Class 9 for winning this terms Attendance Breakfast. Well done everyone. Remember, every day in school is important.
STEM in Class 9
Class 9 are very proud of their completed STEM project to design and make a working lighthouse. We used our scientific knowledge about simple circuits to illuminate our lighthouses. We […]
Christingle 2021
We have not forgotten our traditions at Roughwood and we have continued with our Christingle celebrations this year in 2021. All children in school have created a Christingle to celebrate […]
Final SUMDOG competition of 2021 begins tomorrow
Roughwood announce the final SUMDOG competition of 2021 commences tomorrow… The children in class 1 to class 9 have the opportunity to compete against other children in Rotherham. SUMDOG online […]
Pen and ink lighthouses in Class 9
In art, we have been learning pen and ink skills such as cross hatching and stippling to create tone and texture to our lighthouse art work. We look forward to […]
STEM Rocket Launch Challenge
What an amazing morning we’ve had today in Year 5. We launched our model rockets into space from the playground and watched them fall back to Earth … but did […]
Year 5/6 Football
Away from the desk maths in Y5/6
Class 7 and 8 have been working on building their teamwork and communication skills in today’s Maths session. We have been applying our knowledge and understanding of prime numbers and […]
Class 1 Golden Table
Congratulations to Class 1 – your behaviour on the yard and in the dinner hall is exemplary! Well Done! You are doing amazingly!
Foundation PE
Year 5 & 6 Football- Defending
Music in ICT Club
This week in ICT club, we created a coin flip program and conductive keyboards to play a tune through our headphones which were connected to the BBC Micro bit by […]
Class 3 Instructions
This week Class 3 have been learning about instructions. To immerse the children in this topic we followed a recipe to make chocolate rice crispy buns. Before we made them […]
Ice Investigation in Class 6
Class 6 have been observing how long it takes ice to melt at room temperature … We used a funnel to hold the solid ice as we measured the liquid […]
Mixed-Media Fabric Art
Class 6 have had another fantastic afternoon continuing with their fabric kapok tree art … First, we defined our painted trees with black fine liner pen. Then, we put our […]
Year 3 animate with loops
This week in ICT, year 3 have been continuing their animations about deforestation and the Kapok tree by creating a script that uses a loop to repeat an action. We […]
A visit from an artist in Class 9
Today, we have been fortunate enough to have artist, Ilona Drew, visit school to work with Class 9. We have been inspired by Ilona’s use of colour in her artwork […]
Geographical explanations in Class 9
In class 9, we have been learning about the process of coastal erosion. Today, we used Talk4Writing to rehearse our use of technical vocabulary and causal conjunctions.
Y5/6 STEM MODEL ROCKETS
Class 7 and 8 have had an amazing morning designing and creating our very own model rockets! Our challenge was to design a rocket and module that will keep Mr […]
Children in Need 2021
All Roughwood Children have had the best Friday fundraising for Children In Need – we have all celebrated in our Pudsey and Spotty clothes and even had a special visitor […]
School Council Meeting
We have had some interactive and interesting discussions in our meeting this week. We have put in to place our ideas for school worry boxes to support all children at […]
Year 5 & 6 Football
Fortune Tellers in ICT Club
This week in ICT club, we have been creating fortune tellers (also known as magic 8 balls) using BBC Micro bit to help us find answers to some of our […]
Observational Art in Class 6
Class 6 explored the smell and texture of tropical fruits today, as part of our rainforest topic, before creating our own pastel impressions of what we could see. Take a […]
Debating Deforestation in P4C
Class 6 had a wonderful discussion this morning about palm oil… We talked about why companies use palm oil and how it benefits their products, whilst also considering the damaging […]
Y5/6 use our sketching skills to produce moon crater artwork!
This afternoon, Class 8 have used their sketch books to build up a bank of art skills to help them in sketching and shading a moon with craters. We practised […]
Class 1 Literacy Hook Day
Today in Class 1 we took a ‘trip to Australia.’ This started with children coming to school in their holiday clothes and getting a boarding pass to come on the […]
Odd Socks Day 2021
What a fantastic start to Anti Bullying Week we have had! A day of celebrating our individuality and all the things that’s make us special! Our Odd Socks are a […]
Programming with Micro bit in ICT club
This week in ICT club, children have been learning how to use a bbc micro bit to create and run two programs; smiley buttons and Rock, Paper, Scissors.
Year 5 & 6 Football
Year 3/4 Hockey
REMEMBRANCE SERVICE 2021
“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, with children contributing to […]
Fabric Art in Class 6
Class 6 made a fantastic start to their fabric artwork today … We started by drawing and painting kapok trees onto our fabric. Next time, we’ll add some of the […]
Class 1 Music
In class 1 we are getting into the festive spirit early, learning to play a Christmas song on the glockenspiel.
Remembrance Artwork in Y5/6
In preparation for Remembrance Day on Thursday 11th November, Y5/6 children have been reflecting on the day that acknowledges the courage and sacrifice of those soldiers who served our country. […]
Chocolate Sparklers
We used Talk for Writing to learn how to make Chocolate Sparklers. We used the instructions to help us gather the ingredients and resources and performed the actions to recall […]
Year 5 create their storyboard for moon phase animations.
In Computing, Year 5 have been researching the different moon (also known as lunar) phases and have created a storyboard to help them with their animations that they will be […]
Remembrance Day – Poppies
Our KS2 school councillors have been selling poppies and other memorabilia this break time to raise money for the British Legion and in preparation for our Remembrance Service The children […]
MP Visit with Sarah Champion
This week our School Council were lucky enough to have a Zoom call with MP Sarah Champion. We got the opportunity to ask her lots of questions about her role […]
Class 3 UK Parliament Week
This week in class this week we have been learning about parliament and the importance of voting. We know that it is important that everyone gets to express their views. […]
Class 2 UK parliament week
This week class 2 has been learning about parliament and the importance of voting. We learnt that everyone has a right to express their opinion. We then commenced some votes […]
Chestnuts Bonfire Party
We have been using the text Hovis the Hedgehog at Bonfire Night as a stimulus for our learning. We have been learning about Bonfire night and held our own bonfire […]
Bonfire Night is here again…
We have been learning a song to sing at our Bonfire Party. We learnt about rhythm and used the rhythm sticks whilst singing along.
Class 1 Golden Table Winners
Congratulations to Class 1 who are the golden table winners for this week! Class 1 have shown incredible behaviour and great attitudes at dinner time! They were rewarded with 21 […]
RP Rep Assembly
Today our RP Reps have completed further training and delivered an assembly to the whole school about Restorative Practice. Restorative practice is about building strong relationships so that everyone can […]
Embroidery Skills in Class 6
Class 6 have made a fantastic start to the new half term in Art today, practising their embroidery skills … We started by looking at the work of a textile […]
Year 1 & 2 Fitness
Year 3 & 4 Hockey
A superb start to the new term from Year 3 & 4 who were introduced to their new topic of Hockey. The children developed how to hold the stick correctly […]
Show Racism the Red Card
Show Racism the Red Card’s annual Wear Red Day will be taking place on 22nd October 2021. So today we showed our support and all children and staff wore red. […]
Attendance Breakfast
Congratulations to Class 9 for having the top attendance this half term! This morning we celebrated their achievement with a special, surprise attendance breakfast! Well done everyone – amazing effort!
Class 1 animal poems
In Class 1 this week we have been working hard to create a poem about the animals we saw at Yorkshire Wildlife Park. We enjoyed creating this and recording it […]
Colour Monster Talk for Writing
We have been using talk for writing to retell the story ‘The Colour Monster goes to school’ by Anna Llenas.
Year 5 practise using musical instrument with oracy to explain the true meaning of harvest.
As we prepared for our assembly for the harvest festival, the children in year 5 practised using pitched instruments (glockenspiels) to explain the meaning of harvest. From the farmers growing […]
Harvest Festival Art in Class 8
Class 8 have worked extremely hard on their magnificent ‘Harvest Wreaths’ artwork. We learnt the importance of celebrating the Harvest Festival as it gives us an opportunity to give to […]
The Tropical Butterfly House
What an amazing day we had yesterday at the Tropical Butterfly House! The children experienced a real rainforest habitat and even handled some rainforest animals! The children’s behaviour was exceptional […]
Golden Table Winners
Congratulations to Class 4 – this weeks Golden Table Winners! They have shown excellent manners and great behaviour this week in the dining hall and on the yard! Well done […]
Outdoor Art
This week, class 4 have been looking at the famous artist and sculptor Andy Goldsworthy, who uses natural materials to create his work. Inspired by this, we decided to take […]
Supertato ICT
We have been using the text Supertato by Sue Hendra as a stimulus for our learning. We researched other books in the series and in ICT, we used the IPads […]
Class 6 experience a tropical rainforest!
What an amazing day we’ve had today at the Tropical Butterfly House! The children experienced a real rainforest habitat and even handled some rainforest animals! The children’s behaviour was exceptional […]
Class 1 bird feeders
In class 1 we have been thinking about what we could do to help the animals in our local environment. We have designed and created so,e bird feeders this week […]
Rainforest Animal Classification Keys
Class 6 have been using their ICT skills to support their Science learning this afternoon, creating classification keys using Purple Mash!
Thought-provoking P4C in Y5/6
Over the last week, the children in Y5/6 have been reflecting upon their experiences during the pandemic. We watched a video as stimulus to provoke our thinking skills and, from […]
QR Code Maths Challenge!
Class 6 had a wonderful morning today, using the iPads to solve our rainforest explorer challenge! Take a look …
KS2 Lunchtime ⚽️🎨
The children enjoying lots of different activities this lunchtime!
Green Screen Action in Film Making Club
Our film is really coming along now! The children took turns to be actors, directors and camera operators tonight, as we filmed on the green screen! We even started adding […]
Golden Table
Our winners of Golden Table this week were Class 3 with 36 Golden Tokens! Children earn golden tokens for being helpful at lunchtimes and showing exemplary manners. Well done Class […]
Year 4 Football
The very hungry caterpillar.
The Acorns enjoyed creating their very own hungry caterpillar today in class. We used our hands to create these wonderful paintings!
Rainforest Survival Kits
Class 6 have shown incredible teamwork and creative thinking skills this afternoon, making their own rainforest survival kits! Mrs Tempest brought in lots of equipment to help us and we […]
Research in Literacy
Today in Class 6, children carried out their own research, using a variety of sources, in preparation for writing a non-chronological report about the rainforest. Children used iPads, library books, […]
A morning in Chestnuts
A great start to the week in Chestnuts with some brilliant phonics learning. Children are learning the tricky work the and the digraph ‘ck’. Well done everyone! Children in Acorns […]