Makerspace project at Greasbrough library
This week, Class 5 have had an exciting morning at Greasbrough library thanks to the Makerspace project. The Makerspace project is all about people coming together to share their creative […]
Category Archives: Our learning
Year 6 create news reports
This week in Year 6, we have been creating a news report to inform audiences about the disappearance of Cherry from our topic book, “The Giant’s Necklace”.
Assembly with Swapna Haddow
Today Class 1 was lucky enough to join a virtual assembly with the author Swapna Haddow who wrote a story called My Dad is a Grizzly Bear. She read her […]
Assembly with Swapna Haddow
Today Class 1 was lucky enough to join a virtual assembly with the author Swapna Haddow who wrote a story called My Dad is a Grizzly Bear. She read her […]
Investigating pitch and volume in Y3B
Today children took part in a scientific enquiry: Does the volume and pitch affect how well rice “dances”? This followed on from last week’s learning where we discovered that sound […]
Y6 Clay Rock Pool Workshop – Session 3
What a fantastic final session we have had with Mrs Lee today completing our ceramic rock pools. We were thrilled to see how our rock pools returned after being in […]
Class 7 – Golden Table Winners
Congratulations to Class 7 this week! Due to their kindness and respect shining through during lunch times, Class 7 won the most golden tokens and therefore are the golden table […]
NRICH Maths – Spiralling decimals in Y6
Children in Y6 have put their problem solving skills to the test when completing the spiralling decimals challenge from NRICH. We had to think logically of where we would place […]
Virtual talk about St Cuthbert with Reverend Skidmore
Year 6’s enjoyed meeting with Reverend Skidmore with Herringthorpe Junior School last week to learn all about the life of St Cuthbert. This will be valuable when visiting Northumberland next […]
Class 2’s visit to Yorkshire Wildlife Park
Today class 2 have had an amazing day at Yorkshire Wildlife Park. We were so lucky to see so many out and exploring. Some of the animals the children saw […]
Year 4 PE – Football
A superb first two weeks for Year 4 as they started their new topic of football. The children developed their dribbling skills and went onto play some 1v1 matches. Week […]
Year 3 PE – Hockey
An amazing start to the year for Y3B as they were introduced to their topic of Hockey. Firstly, the children went through the safety aspects of playing hockey and then […]
Year 1 PE – Invasion Games
Fantastic first two weeks of PE in Year 1. The children were introduced to what an Invasion Game is and then looked and dribbling with their feet. The children gained […]
Y3B creating our very own Stone Age scratch art
Today children created their very own Stone Age scratch art replicating the inside of a cave. We used acrylic paint and washing up liquid alongside oil pastels to create the […]
Using iPads to draw a flower in Chestnuts
This week in ICT, Chestnuts have been learning how to turn the iPads on and open a whiteboard program to paint their own flowers!
Y3B Using counters to solve reasoning problems
Today Class 4 were given using concrete resources to support us with answering challenging word problems which meant we had to show our reasoning skills. Some children then chose to […]
T4W in Class 1
This week class 1 have been reading the book Meerkat Mail. In this story a meerkat called Sunny leaves home to see his family and friends. He writes postcards back […]
Talk for write in Class 2
In class 2 we have been using talk for write to learn a postcard. We began our learning at looking at what the features of a postcard were. Our postcard […]
Y6 Clay Rock Pool Workshop – Session 2
Another fantastic afternoon working on our clay rock pools with ceramics artist, Mrs Lee. Today, we have sculpted creatures that live in rock pools and used techniques such as scoring […]
Escape room in class 2
Today class 2 have tried a comparing numbers escape room. The questions used a variety of pictorial and numerical concepts in which the children had to compare the amounts. We […]
Y6 Clay Rockpool Workshop – Session 1
This afternoon, our Y6 children have had the privilege of meeting and working together with ceramic artist Caroline Lee from CLEE Ceramics! Over the course of 3 sessions, Mrs Lee […]
Astronaut Training Day Complete!
As part of our learning about space in class 6, the children have completed a range of resilience challenges during their astronaut training day and undergone a range challenges to […]
Away from the desk maths in class 2
In maths children have been looking at recognising tens and ones in two digit numbers. Children used different objects that they could find outside to represent the tens and the […]
Outdoors maths in Class 1
In class 1 we have introduced the greater than and less than symbols. We decided to play a throwing game in which we would count the amount of bean bags […]
Place Value Challenge – what fantastic start in class 6!
In the first week of the academic year in class 6, the children have been using the skills of the week: patience, tolerance and team work, to solve some maths […]
Y3B using Green Screen to show the 3 main periods of the Stone Age
Today Class 4 used the Green Screen to recreate small re-enactments of what life would be like throughout the 3 main time periods of the Stone Age. They showed the […]
Hokusai Artist Study in Y6
This afternoon, Y6 have learnt about the famous artist known as Hokusai and completed an artist study by analysing some of his famous artwork. We evaluated the work of Hokusai […]
Year 6 perform Poetry
This week in Year 6, we have been identifying features of a poem before creating a performance for the poems “The Sea” and “SeaFever”.
Music in Class 1
Today was our first glockenspiel lesson with Mr Kinman. He introduced his two puppets and used them to teach the children pitch. We then got to play the pulse on […]
Drama Class 1
In Class 1 we have introduced a new books called Meerkat Mail. Our objective for the lesson was to predict what will happen in the story. We separated into groups […]
Drama in Class 2
Today in literacy we used drama to act out our predictions for the book Meerkat Mail. Some of our predictions included meerkats visiting a beach, meerkats going to a play […]
A busy first day back in Y3B
Today Class 4 am have jumped straight back into engaging in some fantastic learning. We began the day with reading aloud using expression with our class friends. We have then […]
Year 6 learn Place Value
Today in Year 6, we have been enjoying the beautiful outdoor weather whilst learning place value. Children started by identifying the different place values from one’s up to ten thousand […]
Maths in Class 2
In maths yesterday we had lots of fun doing an activity called the biggest number. We worked in pairs and had to run and collect two numbers. Then we discussed […]
Class 7 – Attendance Breakfast Winners
A HUGE well done to Class 7 for having the highest attendance during our 2 week transition. We celebrated this morning with a breakfast, some singing and some dancing.
Rocket Launch
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 […]
Y6 create 3D lighthouses on Tinkercad
We have been using Tinkercad, a 3D modelling programme, to create our own 3D lighthouses. Children used their knowledge learnt in previous ICT sessions to navigate around their programme and […]
Our last singing session with Elliott
This week Roughwood has had to say goodbye to Elliott from the Rotherham Minster. For the past few years he has been helping with singing assemblies for Year 6 and […]
Our last singing session with Elliott
This week Roughwood has had to say goodbye to Elliott from the Rotherham Minster. For the past few years he has been helping with singing assemblies for Year 6 and […]
Seashell inspired art in Y6
Today, Y6 children have used shading and techniques such as cross hatching, stippling, finger blending and scribbling to create tone and texture when sketching their own seashell. We began by […]
STEM during transition in Class 6
The children in class 6 have been sent a second mission from NASA headquarters where they have had to consider the safety for the next mission to space. This Wednesday, […]
Year 4- Stone Age codebreaker
In maths, year 4 have been using their problem solving skills to solve codebreakers. The challenge was for the children to use their place value knowledge to ‘crack the code’ […]
Instructional writing in class 5: Stone Age fruit stew
After a fantastic first week of learning all about the Stone Age, today our Y4’s have fully immersed themselves into what food was like during the Stone Age. Following on […]
Y6 Drama ‘Freeze Frames’ – Grace Darling
Year 6 have made a fantastic start to their new unit of writing today with some brilliant drama to enhance character thoughts and feelings. We used freeze frames to portray […]
Y6 Prom 2023
Year 6 children from Roughwood joined together for an unforgettable prom. It was a wonderful way to celebrate a tremendous journey here at Roughwood. The children had a wonderful time […]
Roughwood Primary School – Tri Golf
A superb event at Herringthorpe Junior School where some children from Year 1-4 competed in a Tri Golf festival. The children were faced with a variety of chipping and putting […]
Who would have made the best Hunter gatherer in Y3B?
Today children in Class 4 combined their Maths, PE and Topic learning into one. Children imagined and practiced what it would be like to throw spears to catch their food. […]
Creating our own natural prehistoric dye in Y3B
Today children foraged the local environment to search for natural resources that will make a good prehistoric dye ready for our weaving next week in art. Children learnt that in […]
Themed Art Workshop Visit!
Children have had the honour of working with skilled artist, Mandy Keating, who ran a multiple workshops to explore new visual art techniques! We created artwork linked to Rotherham and […]
Foundation Sports Day
Art Workshops With A Visiting Artist
Today has been a very exciting day where Year 3, Year 5 and Year 6 have worked with a highly skilled artist to create art work in conjunction with Rotherham’s […]
Prehistoric Beasts: Researching, creating and playing Top Trumps in Y3B
Our new Y3’s have wasted no time in immersing themselves in their new topic: Stone Age. Based on the Stone Age Boy narrative, children used iPads and computers to research […]
Class 1 Counting game!
In class 1 we have started our place value maths topic. To help the children with their counting we played a throwing game in which the children would count how […]
PC Newman in speaking with Year 5 and 6
Discussing how to make the right choices as we make the next move to our new classes or next school. As we might face challenges, the children have the opportunity […]
Our Showcase of Dance at Clifton Park
Today, the children in Year 3 and Year 5 have showcased their dance from the Balbir dance exploration sessions, in collaboration with Balbir Dance Company. As part of the story […]
Y6 Leavers Performance
What a fantastic ‘I’m a Y6, get me out of here!’ performance from our Year 6 children! It was emotional from start to finish, with an opportunity for children to […]
John Carr’s 300th Anniversary
This week Class 2 have been learning about the Architect John Carr who designed Wentworth Woodhouse. Our mission was to design our own middle section of the stables using inspiration […]
Digital literacy Class 2
In Class 2 we have been publishing our information texts by using google docs for the first time. We have used a template to make our writing engaging to the […]
Digital literacy Class 2
In Class 2 we have been publishing our information texts by using google docs for the first time. We have used a template to make our writing engaging to the […]
Digital literacy Class 2
In Class 2 we have been publishing our information texts by using google docs for the first time. We have used a template to make our writing engaging to the […]
Digital literacy Class 2
In Class 2 we have been publishing our information texts by using google docs for the first time. We have used a template to make our writing engaging to the […]
Digital literacy Class 2
In Class 2 we have been publishing our information texts by using google docs for the first time. We have used a template to make our writing engaging to the […]
Y6 ‘Make £5 grow’ enterprise fayre!
This afternoon, our Y6’s put their business ideas to the test at our enterprise fayre to celebrate the end of the Make £5 Grow project. Children have worked extremely hard […]
Wentworth Farm Visit
The children in Acorns and Chestnuts had a wonderful day at Wentworth Farm. We learnt about the animals and how they are cared for. We fed the animals and helped the […]
Class 5 Music
Class 5 showed their fantastic music skills in their last lesson before transition. They played two of the songs they have been learning over the past few week and now […]
Year 3, Year 4 and Year 5 Perform at One Voice
This morning, the children at Roughwood performed in the ‘One Voice’ concert at Magna with other children across Rotherham. The children have performed confidently in front of a live audience […]
Big String & Big Blast
As part of the ‘Big Blast’ and ‘Big String’ concert, the children have performed in the Rotherham Music Service concert at Magna. The children performed with courage and confidence, and […]
Whole class guided reading outdoors
Today Class 4 practiced adding appropriate expression to their voices when reading the whole class extract – a play script! Children practiced adding intonation and suspense to their learning. A […]
Willow Tree Olympics
WTA Sports Cup – Boccia
Adventure Challenge
WOSCARS 2023
Earlier this week, several children from across Roughwood Primary represented our school at this year’s Willow Tree Film Festival (known as WOSCARS). The event, which was held at New York […]
Picture This! 2023
Take a look at our outstanding Picture This exhibition at Gullivers Valley in Sheffield. This year, our particular focus was on the theme ‘Light.’ Across our school, we have thought […]
Using data loggers
Class 5 have been using data loggers to test the light in different areas and how it effects the temperature of soil.
Y3S -creating our finished outcome using different mediums
This week we have worked hard to build on our skills so that we can produce our finished piece inspired originally by the artist Rebecca Vincent. Children initially used their […]