P4C in Class 6!
Mrs Graham’s new class had a fantastic P4C session this afternoon in the sun, all about being kind to our friends … Our question was: is it ever right to […]
Category Archives: Our learning
Class 2 Talk for write
This week Class 2 have been learning about the Paralympian David Weir. We learnt about the event he takes part in and investigated the medals he won and where he […]
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. […]
Attendance Certificates
Well done to all our children with 100% attendance this year. We know that for some of the time this year school was closed, but for every day they could […]
Year 6 Football
Year 6 Leavers Video
Year 6 have enjoyed their last week at Roughwood this week before moving on to secondary school. To celebrate the end of a profound journey at Roughwood children have created […]
Year 6 Prom
Year 6 children from Roughwood joined together for an unforgettable prom. The theme was an outdoor festival and there were some magnificent outfits (and that was just the staff). The […]
Willow Tree Olympics
Year 5 and EYFS celebrate at the same time as the residents for our NEMESIS project
From our the NEMESIS community project, the children fundraised to create for an opportunity for the residents at a local care home – Cherry Tree’s Care home – to have […]
Year 6 Awards
We have celebrated some magnificent achievements today and recognised some wonderful behaviours in our Year, 6 pupils. Respect, Friendship and Excellence awards have been given out as well as Teacher […]
Finishing Touches in Year 4…
This afternoon, the children in Year 4 finished off their clay cottages by adding some colour … Well done, everyone!
Y3S – playing their very own designed Victorian monopoly
On Monday, Class 4 finally got to the stage of the STEM/Maths they were hoping for – they got to actually play the game they had created! Children thoroughly enjoyed […]
A letter arrives in class 3
A very exciting letter appeared on my desk this morning addressed to class 3. Children began predicting who it might have been from. Lots of children thought the letter might […]
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 […]
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 […]
Persuasive writing
This week in literacy class 3 have been working very hard. We have created adverts using our persuasive skills to persuade someone to visit a landmark in Rotherham. We used […]
Y3S – Creating our own Victorian/Mathematical Monopoly game
Over the last few days, Class 4 have been working with their partner to create a Victorian inspired monopoly game which they will be playing once finished. They initially researched […]
Year 5 explore habitats in and around the pond
In science, Year 5 explored different habitats before learning about metamorphosis in our next lesson. The children found a range of creatures and insects this afternoon that were located in […]
Y3S creating our very own “Famous Victorians” Top Trump Cards
Class 4 created some wonderful top trump cards during their history lesson today. They were given 6 famous Victorians: Queen Victoria Prince Albert William Morris L.S Lowry Charles Dickens Dr […]
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!
Innovating our T4W text map
Over the last two week, Class 4 have been writing their very own narrative based on creating an alternate event from our class story, Street Child. We created a class […]
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
Picture This 2021
Take a look at our magnificent Picture This exhibition at Gullivers Valley in Sheffield. Children have focused on the picture ‘Sheffield Through the Ages’ and have created a range of […]
Year 5 apply their maths learning in the ICT suite
Year 5 make use of an ‘away from the desk’ maths lesson (in our fabulous ICT suite)! In our maths lesson, children applied their learning in a range of different […]
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 […]
Y3S Light investigation
Today Class 4 completed an investigation to see which objects and materials were opaque, translucent or transparent. Initially we did lots of recapping key scientific vocabulary such as light source, […]
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 […]
Y3S – Same, Same but Different
As part of Our PHSE we looked at how people can be the same but different. We used a stimulus which was a book titled, “same, same but different” to […]
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 Eyam Drama
On Monday, Class 6 recreated a significant event in our history topic – the village meeting, on the 24th of June 1666, where William Mompesson called for Eyam to quarantine […]
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 […]
Y3 Outdoor Literacy/Drama
Class 4 have begun their new genre, narrative. Over the next few weeks they will be writing their own alternate ending to a scene from the class text, Street Child. […]
Maths in Class 2
This week Class 2 have been comparing numbers up to 100. We have used our role play area to compare money and the small world area to compare 10s and […]
Year 3 Rounders
Foundation PE
Striking & Fielding Year 1 & 2
Year 6 Netball
Using our maths and science within our Geography
In our Geography lessons, we’ve been analysing and comparing the changes in weather (temperature) and rainfall in who different places – South Yorkshire (specifically Sheffield) and the capital of Norway […]
Year 4 Football
Y3S playing Victorian playground games
Today Class 4 used our outdoor environment to play some Victorian playground games. Children have done lots of learning around this and even wrote their own set of instructions for […]
Year 5 learn about growing plants from cuttings
In science, class 7 have been learning how to be green fingered! They have been learning about two different types of reproduction – sexual and asexual reproduction of plants and […]
Attempting William Morris designs in Y3S
Today Class 4 continued their learning about the famous Victorian artist, William Morris. We learnt about his personal life and how he had developed a keen interest in nature and […]
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
The gingerbread man
In Acorns we have been learning about our topic book the gingerbread man. Last week the children designed how they wanted their gingerbread men to look this activity developed their […]
Year 5 learn about angles
Geometry lessons in mathematics have begun in Upper Key Stage Two. During this weeks ‘away from the desk’ maths learning, learning was taken to the outdoor learning spaces. Our lessons […]
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 […]
Y6 Unique Discrimination session via Zoom
This afternoon, Class 8 and 9 had the pleasure of meeting with Mrs Foxley-Johnson via Zoom to learn about the different types of discrimination and the importance of equality. We […]
Class 2 News Report
This week Class 2 have been continuing their learning about news paper reports. We have used our ICT skills to take videos of each other giving eye witness accounts and […]
Mental Health Awareness week and the outdoor classroom at Roughwood Primary School.
As part of ‘Mental Awareness Week’, class 7 have immersed ourselves into the wilderness of outdoor spaces, as we complete our immersive reading within Roughwood’s outdoor learning classroom. As we […]
Using drama to demonstrate different jobs in French
Class 8 have been developing their French speaking skills as we focus on ‘Les metiers’ (jobs) this half term. This week, we used the dramatical approach ‘freeze-frames’ to demonstrate the […]
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 […]
Taking reading outdoors
As this week is mental heath week and all about nature we decided today to take the opportunity to read outside. Some children shared with us what book they were […]
Y5 Sports Club
Art
In class 3 we have been busy creating a design of London houses and buildings design using pencil. We then traced this design onto styrofoam making sure we were really […]
Y3/S – AM/PM maths code breaker
Today Miss Sare set class 4 a code breaker maths challenge. Children had to find a row of times and the children had to figure out the earliest time and […]
Class 9 find angles around school
In class 9, we have been identifying and labelling angles around the playground.
Y3S – Researching William Morris
Today Class 4 used chrome books to find out more information on William Morris for our artist study. During the summer term we will be using him as inspiration and […]
Kindness P4C in Class 6
In P4C today, we watched a video about some birds being unkind to another bird, just because he looked different to them. This led to some excellent question generating! Here […]
Y6 Netball
Star Reporters in Class 6!
Class 6 have been working so hard on their newspaper reports this week! The children have written using formal language and used their drama learning to include eye-witness accounts, with […]
Our love of reading
In Acorns we love to explore our library in the school, taking a look at all of the different types of books as well as getting into character through role […]
Y3S – designing and making Victorian style Thaumatropes
Today Class 4 had a fabulous afternoon when we designed and then made our very own Thaumatropes. First children did lots of research on how to make them effective and […]
UKS2 PE Netball
Y3/4 Netball
Using discussion language in Class 8
In our literacy session today, we have engaged in multiple discussions to practise using key words and phrases in preparation for our balanced argument writing next week. We have explored […]
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 […]
Disaster Strikes in London
Over the past week children in class 3 have been learning about newspaper reports. We have looked at the features included and learnt about the timeline of events for The […]
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!
