Where is God?
Class 3 today did some work about different religion and beliefs about God. Children had to discuss with their grown ups where they believed God was. After having this discussion […]
Category Archives: Year 2
Money, money, money!
Today class 3 had to select coins and notes to make the correct amount to pay for an item in a shop. They were fully immersed in their activity using […]
KS1 PE at home with Mr Tyas
Wow! Today we had over 30 key stage 1 pupils join in with Mr Tyas for his live PE lesson. It was great to see all the children being physically […]
Class 2 home learning!
Last week Class 2 produced fantastic pieces of work whilst engaging in their home learning. We learned about South America in literacy, shapes in mathematics and designed our own planes […]
Live lessons have been a success
Class 3 began distance learning on Monday. We have been having a live maths and phonics lesson everyday. Children have been taking a full and active part in the lessons […]
All about South America
In literacy this week we began by researching all about South America. We found lots of interesting facts. Today we started creating our information booklet. We designed our front cover […]
How far will your aeroplane travel?
Over the past two days class 3 have designed and made an aeroplane. There challenge was to create a plane that would fly 2 metres or more. They have worked […]
Learning all about South America
The children in class 3 have loved literacy today. They have been researching all about South America. They have found interesting facts, the languages that are spoken, countries in South […]
Class 3 know how to stay safe when crossing the road
Being at home hasn’t stopped class 3 from creating some amazing videos to let others know how to cross the road safely. We read the story Super Cat’s Road Safety […]
Our first day learning from home
Today is the first day the KS1 bubble have spent at home. We had our first zoom meeting so that we all know what to expect on Monday and we […]
KS1 World Food Day
Today we celebrated world food day by creating a tzatziki dip and rainbow couscous. All the children had a hand in making the food and really enjoyed trying the array […]
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.
Class 2 Talk for write
Class 2 has been learning about animal poems this week. We had a mini competition between the boys and girls to see who could do the best performance! It was […]
Place value problem solving
Class 3 absolutely loved maths learning yesterday. They worked in groups of 3 and they had 7 questions to answer. Children worked on using the greater than, less than and […]
Country dress up day
Y2 – PE- Balancing
Y2 had great fun mastering balancing on different objects. The skipping rope challenge was a big hit with all the children.
Class 3 love reading
What a fantastic start class 3 have made to year 2. They are so enthusiastic to all aspects of learning. They have a love of reading and are so inquisitive […]
Welcome Back
We have opened this morning to all children in school and what a brilliant start we have made. Thank you to children and parents for following our plans and keeping […]
Have you seen these pirates?
Today class three have been making pirate wanted posters using tea stained paper. They have described there pirates and explained why they are wanted.
Pirates
On Friday as part of the literacy task children were asked to use drama to act out the pirate they had created earlier on in the week. These four children […]
KS1 PE
PE has been a vital part in the children’s learning since returning to school. They’ve taken part in a number of assault courses this week and have shown great resilience […]
Class 3’s learning so far
This week class 3 have been letting us know what they got up to during half term, creating their own pirate and tea staining paper in preparation for an activity […]
Sports Day 2020 #Virtual
What another wonderful Sports Day we had this year! It may have been different from what we are used to but nether the less, it was a truly magnificent experience. […]
Class 3 join together
Today class 3 had their first zoom meeting. It was lovely to see everyone have lovely big smiles on their faces and for them to share stories about what they […]
Internet Safety Competition Winners Announced!
A few weeks ago, we launched an ICT competition across school that challenged students to create a video that informed others of the dangers of fake information on the internet. […]
Class 3 miss you all 🌈
As we are all missing each other and everyone at school we decided to create a video with a message for you all. Hope you enjoy watching it. #staysafe #stayhome […]
Class 3 are amazing!
This is just a snapshot of the learning and activities class 3 have been up to this week. We have started our science project, read our favourite stories, tried hard […]
Roughwood Primary Internet Safety Competition
To promote internet safety, we are challenging students to create an engaging and creative video to advise audiences on the dangers of fake information on the internet. Further details on […]
A snapshot from day 2 of summer term learning
Class 3 continue to blow me away with there learning. They show determination, pride and resilience on a daily basis. Today we have seen science learning, rainbows created out of […]
Day 7 Distance Learning Class 3
Another day of amazing learning. The children in class 3 have done arrays using different objects in there house. They completed some very challenging multiplications sums. Another activity they completed […]
Distance learning in class 3
Class 3 have started the week by completing some brilliant distance learning. They have found a cosy place to enjoy a book, tried to beat there score on times table […]
Rainbows to brighten up Kimberworth
Class 3 were set the task of creating rainbows to brighten up the community and they certainly didn’t disappoint. They have all put a smile on my face.
Homeschooling Day 1
I was blown away by the amount of work Class 3 completed on day 1. You all worked extremely hard and put so much effort into each task. This is […]
Sport Relief
A fantastic week of sport was finished off by all classes from FS1 to Y6 completing the Sport Relief Mile. The children showed outstanding resilience to complete the course and […]
How could we create the most effective catapult?
As part of science week we were set the challenge to find the best material to make our very own catapult. We looked at different designs before we designed what […]
Silly science workshop
As part of our science week we went into the hall to do a silly science workshop. We saw lots of different science experiments and learnt some new scientific vocabulary […]
Sport Relief Penalty Shootout
The children arrived in numbers to test their shooting skills against goalkeeping legends Mr Tyas & Mr Ducker. The children had great fun and raised over £130 for Sport Relief. […]
Reading at Roughwood
Children throughout school have been reading books by their favourite authors to celebrate World Book Day this week. Here are a few video clips of children reading aloud.
NSPCC Dance-a-Thon
As part of our schools fundraising for the NSPCC each class from year 1-6 created and performed a sponsored dance routine. The children were amazing and staff have loved watching […]
Find your brave
As part of our mental health week we did lots of work on courage. We discussed what courage was and children thought about times in their own life when they […]
Digital Media
Children in school have been creating scripts and bringing them to life as part of our digital media learning this term. What brilliant special effects, we can’t wait for the […]
Grimm and Co
In class 3 we were lucky enough to visit Grimm and Co twice and help to reclaim some of Graham’s memories. We found many different objects and helped to come […]
Fur, Feathers and Skin
Our Year 2 children have been creating videos about their topic Fur, Feathers and Skin. This is just one of the videos from a small group talking about Giraffes to […]
A Miracle in Town – KS1 Nativity 2019
We are so proud of all of key stage one for there performance this morning. They did themselves, parents/carers and the school proud. Children were able to recite al their […]
Making own own habitats
In science over the past couple of weeks we have been looking at what a habitat is and what an animal needs within that habitat to survive. We designed and […]
Delicious maths
This week in maths class three have been learning about measuring. We have looked at what we use to weigh things. We can use the terminology grams and kilograms. After […]
Brilliant Reading
Children have had a fantastic time in Guided Reading this morning. Children are challenging themselves and trying hard to meet their targets. Our reading environments are developing childrens love of […]
Times Tables Rock Star
This week we have had an amazing 74 Families engage with our Tea, Toast and Tables mornings which have seen parents and children playing tables games to raise awareness of […]
Yearly Awards
We have celebrated some magnificent achievements today and recognised some wonderful behaviours in children. Respect, Friendship and Excellence awards have been given out as well as Teacher Awards and our […]
Diversity Week in Class 3
On Tuesday we began our diversity week with a visit from Mrs FJ and Dazzle the Emu. They told us all about how we are all different and unique. In […]
Mindfulness and Well being
Can you always see how someone is feeling? How can you change the way someone is feeling? This week we have been thinking about our well being both physically and […]
Balbir Performance at Magna
Children from Roughwood have been working hard on a dance routine in order to receive their Arts Award Discover certificates. Today, children visited Magna to perform their dances in front […]
Music in Class 3
We were very lucky to have Sonia Burgess join us this morning for a fun filled music session. During the lesson, we joined in with actions to music before listening […]
Balbir Dance
Children have had a special visitor today in school. Children in Years 5, 3 and 2 were able to watch a professional dancer to support their performances with Balbir. Children […]
Book in a box
The children and parents have spent the last 3 week’s creating a Book in a Box! Here are a few from each class and their winners. Acorns Chestnuts Class 2 […]
Magna
Yesterday we had our educational visit to Magna. We enjoyed exploring the different areas Fire, Water, Earth and Air. We even made our own slime. Class 2 Class 3 Class […]
Super Science
Class 3 have been sharing their Christmas gifts this week – Some amazing Science Lab and investigations. We have had so much fun from exploring how to make volcanic eruptions […]
Christingle 2018
On Tuesday 4th December, Roughwood children presented a wonderful assemble to parents. There were some extremely confident children reading during the performance and the Christingles children have made lit up […]
Remembrance Day
Class 3 had a very special visitor to tell us more about Remembrance Day. Jo shared his stories about his Great Uncle Thomas Reid and his dad John Leach. He […]
Dark Night Assembly
PC Paul and PC Helen 👮🏻♂️👮🏻♀️ have been in to speak to the children about staying safe during the darker nights. They spoke to the children about Halloween 🎃 about […]
Making Recycled Paper
This week in Class 3 we have been recycling old pieces of paper to make new paper. On Tuesday we had to shred the paper and leave it to soak over […]
Class 4’s Science investigation – What liquid will make a dinosaur hatch?
This week in class 4 we have been investigating what liquid will make a dinosaur hatch. We created our own eggs using water, bicarbonate of soda and a dinosaur of […]
Class 3’s Science investigation – How to hatch a dinosaur egg.
This week in Class 3 we have been investigating to find out which liquid will make a dinosaur egg hatch. On Thursday, we created our very own dinosaur eggs using water, […]
Moorland Discovery Centre
This term in Class 3 we are learning all about recycling and conservation. Today we have enjoyed ourselves at the Moorland Discovery Centre. We explored the woodlands with Melanie in a […]
Maths
In class 4 we have been using lots of resources to help us to partition 2 and 3 digit numbers. Zac had to improvise and use the dinosaurs to represent […]
Science
This week in science we have been looking at animals and their offspring. This is Harrison and Lizzie completing the activity. The children could challenge themselves and match up […]
How does paint dance?
Class 2 have been investigating the question ‘How does paint dance?’ in our P4C sessions. We used the picture from ‘The Noisy Paint Box’ to explore this in more detail […]
The Noisy Paint Box by Class 4
After watching the story of The Noisy Paint Box, children voted on their favourite picture from the book as a stimulus for their P4C enquiry. This is the one […]
The Noisy Paint Box
We used the stimulus of ‘The Noisy Paint Box’ for our P4C enquiry. We listened to the story and used 4 pictures from the book to discuss some questions. Each group […]
Class 3 visited Yorkshire Wildlife Park on Tuesday 19th September. We had a fantastic day.
Looking Forward…
We’re already thinking about the coming term in the new year and thought you might like to see the fabulous novels we are going to be studying. Y1&2 – James […]
Dinosaur Bring and Buy Sale
Key Stage 1 recently held a bring and buy sale which was linked to their term’s topic based around the book “Dinosaurs and All That Rubbish”. It was a huge […]