Category Archives: Year 1
Florence’s Hospital T4W
In class 2 we have been learning about setting descriptions. We decided to describe the hospital Florence Nightingale visited in Germany. We focused on adding adjectives to describe and conjunctions […]
Virtual Visit from author Suzy Senior
Today children from key stage one and foundation stage were very lucky and to got to meet the author Suzy Senior. Suzy is a local author from Sheffield. We listened […]
Book Club
The children in Chestnuts and Class 1 had a wonderful time at Book Club. We read The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson and used the text as a stimulus for our […]
Year 1&2 PE – Fundamentals
Whole School Special Mentions Assembly, before the Bank Holiday
As we reflect on what has been a momentous week with the sudden death of our reigning monarch, we come together to reflect. The children at Roughwood have been showcasing […]
Class 2 Maths escape room
Today class 2 challenged themselves in an escape room game. The children had to answer questions on comparing which provided them with letters to form a secret password to escape. […]
Class 1 Sketching Skills
In Class 1 we have been practicing our sketching skills in art. We used these skills to sketch a picture of the Queen to celebrate her life and leadership.
Year 1 & 2 PE- Fundamentals
Class 2 Worry monster
To help our children with their worries each class has a worry monster. We had a group discussion of our worries and explained how we can write down our worries […]
Class 1 Florence Nightingale Fact file
In History this week, Class 1 have been learning all about Florence Nightingale. We researched some fun facts and made them into fact file. We then used this to make […]
Class 2 Comparing numbers
Class 2 combined maths with PE to help us learn how to compare numbers. We introduced the > and < signs with a catchy song. After, we went outside and […]
Class 2 Talk 4 Write
This week class 2 have started learning about talk 4 write. We started the lesson by drawing pictures to represent words. We then progressed onto adding actions to our pictures. […]
Willow Vision
Children from all four schools came together on Friday to host our very own Willow Vision. Children sang songs in french and danced to French music. The afternoon was fantastic […]
Singing at Rotherham Minster
We are so lucky to have the wonderful Elliot come into school each week to lead our singing lessons. He plays the piano and teaches us songs which are linked […]
Singing Assembly … in French!
What an amazing singing assembly we had today! I don’t think we’ve ever had so many children, singing together like this, in French! A singing assembly first! Well done, everyone! […]
Class 1 wave printing
Today in art, class 1 printed their wave designs onto their own tote bags. These designs were created earlier in the year and were transferred onto polystyrene ready for the […]
Fruit Kebabs
We have been making fruit kebabs at after school club. We carefully cut the fruit and put it onto skewers. The best part was the chocolate… we melted chocolate and […]
Class 2 Jubilee Day
Today we have celebrated The Queen’s Jubilee. We started the day by writing our own poem titled: If I was King/ Queen. We hope you enjoyed the performance. We then […]
Fruit Kebabs!
This week the cooking after school club have been making fruit kebabs. We have focused on using the bridge and claw techniques when cutting our fruit. We also discussed how […]
Year 1 & 2 Throwing Golf
Year 1 & 2 continued their topic of Target Games by completing a Throwing Golf course. Children had to thrown bean bags to a variety of holes and attempt to […]
Class 2 Singing in French
Today class 2 have been learning how to tell the weather in french. We started with some word matching games and progressed onto singing a weather song in french. We […]
Class 1 French Weather Report
In French, Class 1 have been learning how to say the different types of weather in French. We used the green screen and iMovie to create our own weather reports.
KS1 Cooking club
Yesterday children from class 1 and 2 had their first baking session. We used our mixing, melting and crumbling techniques to create amazing chocolate cheesecakes! We worked efficiently to ensure […]
Baking Club
The children in FS2 and Year 1 have had a Baaaa-rilliant time at Baking club!
Year 1/2 PE Target Games
Year 1 & 2 started their new topic of Target Games in PE. The children develop the underarm and overarm throw and challenged themselves to throw with accuracy towards a […]
KS1 Easter Egg Hunt
We have had a fantastic morning in the sun on our Easter Egg hunt. It was lovely to see so many parents in school joining in as well. We used […]
Recorders in Class 2
This half term class 2 have been practising playing the recorders and have been able to perform an entire song! We focused on the notes C and D. I hope […]
KS1 & EYFS Easter Assembly
It was wonderful to invite parents into school today for the KS1 and EYFS Easter Assembly. This is the first time any of our children have performed for an audience […]
Year 1 PE – Agility & Coordination
Science Week: Special Mentions
What a fantastic week we’ve had this week for British Science Week! Our Science Ambassadors have once again made us so proud, topping off the week with a wonderful demonstration […]
Class 2 Dinnertime Talk for Write
Year 1 PE- Athletics
Year 1/2 PE- Athletics
Heart of Willow Tree Casting Day!
What an amazing day we’ve had today with Casting Innovations Ltd! Mr Brooks and his team were in school all day, working on the next stage of our Heart of […]
Collaborative woodwork
Today Class 2 and the year 3s from Class 5 have been working collaboratively to cut wood using a saw. We focused on using our tools safely and accurately measuring […]
Class 2 pancake day!
To begin our topic of instructions Class 2 have been looking at a pancake recipe. We learnt about the history of Shrove Tuesday and the importance of lent. Afterwards, we […]
Ball Skills- Year 1 & 2 PE
Class 2 Non-fiction talk for write
This week class 2 have been learning about non-fiction texts and their features. We are going to be creating a non-chronological report about castles. Our talk for write is our […]
Class 1 dragon poetry
In Literacy this week, Class 1 have been working extremely hard at writing our own Haiku poems about Dragons. We’ve enjoyed performing these using talk for write.
Class 2 performing poetry
This week class 2 have been learning about poetry. We have been focusing on rhyming words and how to perform a poem. We separated into groups and independently created our […]
Class 2 away from the desk maths
This week we have begun our topic of measuring length and height. To introduce the concept of height we went into the hall and compared the height of ourself to […]
Key Stage 1 Knights and Princesses
To launch our topic of Towers, Tunnels and Turrets we have dressed up as people associated with castles. We designed and created our own shields and even made our own […]
Class 2 Outdoor literacy
This week class 2 are learning to write a setting description. We imagined Shrek’s swamp by adventuring to the outdoor classroom. We used our 5 senses to aid our learning […]
Year 1 PE- Ball Skills
Class 2 recorders
This week class 2 have continued our recorder learning and have been practising our song ‘Ho Ho Ho’. We are mastering our technique and are beginning to play in sync. […]
Class 2 Letters home
To conclude our letters topic we posted our published work so that our grown ups can read it when it comes through the post. We walked very sensibly to the […]
Class 2 Following a recipe
This week Class 2 have been learning about instructions. To immerse the children in this topic we followed a recipe to make chocolate rice crispy buns. We focused on the […]
Class 2 Brazil day!
Today Class 2 have been on a fabulous adventure to Brazil! We transformed the classroom into a plane and even saw the plane take off. We then learnt about Brazil’s […]
Class 2 Talk for Write
This week class 2 have been learning how to write letters. We were amazed when we received a letter from Sunny the meerkat asking us to write to his family. […]
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 […]
SUMDOG CONTEST BEGINS!
We have been entered into the SUMDOG maths contest across England, which begins today and ends on Friday 11th November. The children in class 1 to class 9 have the […]
Year 1 & 2 Fitness
Class 2 – Animal poetry performance
This week class 2 have been learning about performance poetry. We have focused on alliteration and rhyming words. We separated into our animal groups and created actions. We then performed […]
Recorders in Class 2!
This week Class 2 have continued their work with recorders. We have listen and appraised a variety of music before learning the notes G, A and C. We practised our […]
Class 2 Creation Story
Today Class 2 have being learning about the creation story in RE. We have used this story to create a piece of drama. We used props to aid our learning […]
Art club
This week saw the start of our after school clubs. In art club we went on a nature walk to collect leaves, twigs, feathers and flowers to create a person […]
Class 2 Maths!
This week we have introduced the part whole model to class 2. They have grasped the concept and even attempted creating their own models using objects to help them. We […]
Class 2 Yorkshire Wildlife Park
Yesterday Class 2 loved their trip to the Yorkshire Wildlife Park. We experienced a fantastic workshop about Fur, Feathers and Skin. In this the children were given the opportunity to […]
Class 2 escape room
To challenge the children we created a escape room! To escape they had to crack the code by getting the correct answer for 7 questions. We continued to focus on […]
Class 2 Outdoor Maths
Last week class 2 have been learning how to compare numbers using the correct terminology. To test our knowledge we played a throwing game in which we needed to compare […]
Invasion Games in KS1
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Striking & Fielding Year 1 & 2
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 […]
Year 1/2 Target Throw- PE
Class 2 Science
This week class 2 have been learning about wild plants! We discussed what the most common wild plants are and what they look like. Afterwards we made a tally chart […]
Year 1&2 PE
Year 1&2 started their new topic of Target Games. The children looked at underarm and overarm throws toward a targets. The children showed great resilience when trying to hit the […]
First day back Science in KS1
What a fantastic first day back for KS1! We have tried 3 science experiments today which the children thoroughly enjoyed. We created underwater fireworks, a volcanic eruption and began to […]
KS1 Well-being meeting
This morning to end our half term on a high key stage one all got together to have a quiz and celebrate what an amazing half term of remote learning […]
KS1 Live P4C
This week KS1 hosted our first live P4C session. We used our literacy text ‘Professor Puffendorf’s Secret Potions’ to create a stimulus for the children to discuss. This stimulus focused […]
KS1 Mental Health Week
This week the key stage 1 children have been completing a variety of challenges that promotes good mental health. A key element of mental health is reflection, therefore the children […]