Replicating the steel process in Y3S
Today Class 4 we’re taught by Miss Thorley, children used different coloured ice cubes to replicate different metals and had a go at melting them into their very own “crucible […]
Category Archives: Year 3
Forged in Steel!
What a fantastic day we’ve had today at Magna Science Adventure Centre! Classes 4 & 5 experienced a wonderful workshop, all about how steel is made, and then explored the […]
Enjoying our home made scones in Y3S
Children in Class 4 have been learning how to make scones this week as a character in our class text enjoyed showing other characters how to make them for her […]
Art using different mediums in Y3S
Today Class 4 used 3 different mediums to create some fantastic pieces of art based on our Sheffield / Steel topic. Children redrafted their Luke Horton inspired art using different […]
Art using different mediums in Y3S
Today Class 4 used 3 different mediums to create some fantastic pieces of art based on our Sheffield / Steel topic. Children redrafted their Luke Horton inspired art using different […]
Art using different mediums in Y3S
Today Class 4 used 3 different mediums to create some fantastic pieces of art based on our Sheffield / Steel topic. Children redrafted their Luke Horton inspired art using different […]
Excellent writing in Y3S
Y3S have worked incredibly hard to improve their publishing skills. The children have enjoyed writing their setting description based on a visit to Meadowhall which simulated a chapter from Meet […]
Excellent writing in Y3S
Y3S have worked incredibly hard to improve their publishing skills. The children have enjoyed writing their setting description based on a visit to Meadowhall which simulated a chapter from Meet […]
Excellent writing in Y3S
Y3S have worked incredibly hard to improve their publishing skills. The children have enjoyed writing their setting description based on a visit to Meadowhall which simulated a chapter from Meet […]
Exploring the States of matter through movement in Y3
Today children in Class 4 were introduced to the states of matters in Science to support us with our new topic around how steel is made. We decided to do […]
Year 3 & 4 Netball
Drama in Y3S
Today Class 4 completed many different drama activities in relation to a setting from our new class text ”meet me by the steelmen”. The setting was Meadowhall. Children were given […]
Year 3, Year 4 and Year 5 Christmas Party and Dancing commences…
To celebrate the end of term, Year 3, 4 and 5 come together to dance, celebrate and enjoy Christmas celebrations at the end of a busy time of year. Party […]
KS2 panto rehearsals underway for the big performance on Monday
All children in KS2 have practised their pantomime performance (oh yes they have) in this mornings dress rehearsal of ‘Snow White.‘ All children have sang beautifully and all children with […]
Reading with expression and fluency in Y3S
These two children have worked incredibly hard on improving their fluency and intonation in their reading. Both children reflected on their autumn fluency video and thought their reading must have […]
Victorian Servants at Cannon Hall
What a fabulous day it’s been for Class 4 and Class 5 today! We visited Cannon Hall Museum and experienced life as a Victorian servant! Take a look at some […]
Investigating the “perfect” curtains on our pulley system
Class 4 have been investigating what material will make the best set of curtains for our Victorian stage . We made predictions based on 5 different materials. Plastic wallet, tin […]
Using iMovie for the 1st time in Y3S
Today Class 4 used the iMovie app for the first time ever to sequence and order some drama clips we had created using the green screen the previous day. The […]
PE – Year 3/4 Football
Willow Tree Academy Sports Cup – Year 3/4 Benchball
Exploring transparent, translucent, opaque and reflective objects in Y3S
Y3S have been looking at some new vocabulary during our science learning on light and shadows. We began by working in groups to choose 4 items from the classroom. We […]
Panto Rehearsals 2022 Commence at Roughwood!
Oh yes they have! KS2 came together today at lunchtime to begin their rehearsals for (hopefully) a performance no one will forget of this years school panto… Snow White. This […]
We love sewing!
What a lovely half term it’s been for our after-school sewing club! Mrs Graham and Miss Sare are so proud of these children, who showed resilience and worked together wonderfully […]
Victorian Day!
What an amazing experience we’ve had today in Year 3 & 4! We all came to school dressed as Victorians and took part in a series of workshops to help […]
Sewing with Buttons
We had another fantastic after-school session today at Sewing Club! Tonight, we used a new material and even learnt how to sew on buttons! Take a look …
Willow Tree Academy Sports Cup- Year 3 & 4 Basketball
‘Author of the week’ in Y3
Every week in Class 4, Miss Sare chooses a new member of the class to be this week’s author of the week. Their job is to take home and look […]
T4W In Class 4
Children are at the final stage of their narrative writing and are beginning to think about writing their story ending. To help us put ideas into sentences, we are starting […]
Movement Evening Club
Year 3 & 4 PE Fundamentals
Excellent writing in Y3S
Over the last few weeks, Class 4 have been working on completing learning that is excellent. We have discussed that this doesn’t necessarily mean perfect but something which the children […]
Willow Tree Academy Sports Cup- Football
Outdoor maths in Y3
Class 4 were set a task of finding a card which either had a number, pictorial representation or a number in words. They then had to use their knowledge of […]
Year 3 & 4 PE- Fundamentals
Creating ‘synonym’ rolls in Y3
Today Class 4 looked at some vocabulary that we would have probably used in our character description and decided to make them even better! We used the iPads and thesaurus’ […]
Y3S Practical maths
Class 4 have wasted no time in showing off their fantastic maths skills. Today the children used dienes to represent the values of different numbers. They then used their place […]
Y3S – Inputting and presenting data
Today Class 4 worked in pairs to input some primary data which we collected from each other and then presented it through a pie chart on Google sheets. The data […]
Y3S Teacher Code Breaker
Today children who are in Class 4 had to use their challenge and team work skills to decode some key information about their new teacher. They had to find a […]
Annual Music Concerts at Roughwood Primary School
Last week, Roughwood Primary School hosted two of our annual musical concerts for parents and carers to watch in school – Key Stage One and Key Stage Two Music Performances. […]
Year 3 & 4 Rounders
Willow Tree Academy Football Tournament
An amazing event that saw Roughwood, Rockingam and Greasbrough meet to play in a Willow Tree Academy Football Tournament. All games were competitive and played in a fantastic spirit. Some […]
Year 3 & 4 Rounders
Filming in Class 4
Throughout this terms topic, year 3&4 have been learning about the outbreak of the plague in Eyam. To help us understand what that might have been like, we have interviewed […]
Class 4 Make 3D Shapes!
To round off our learning of shapes in maths, class 4 spent this morning having a go at making their own 3D shapes! We used printed nets to make a […]
RE in Class 4
In RE this term, class 4 are going to be looking into Christian beliefs and what matters to them the most. To start this topic off, class 4 spent time […]
Class 4&5 STEM Challenge
Class 4 and 5 have had a fantastic morning, building a structure to meet a specific design brief linked to our class text ‘The Explorer.’ By using their superb team […]
Class 4 Talk for Writing
In literacy this week, class 4 have created and rehearsed a Talk for Writing to make their own set of instructions. Following our topic of ‘Into the Forest’, our writing […]
Y3/4 Netball
Diwali workshop with Balbir Singh
A dance company called Balbir Singh worked with Year 3/4 over Zoom to teach the children about Diwali and to teach them a dance to represent the story. We had […]
Year 3 & 4 Hockey
Y3 Fire Safety
Today Class 4 learnt all about Fire Safety. The children learnt all about what to do if there was a fire and who to contact. They have a very important […]
Y2 – PE- Balancing
Y2 had great fun mastering balancing on different objects. The skipping rope challenge was a big hit with all the children.
Smiley children checking in and staying safe!
As well as completing lots of home learning, it has been brilliant to see so many positive, smiley children embracing their learning at home. It must be so hard slams […]
Y3/S building bug hotels with our carers
As part of Science week Class 4 were set with a task of designing and building a contraption that would encourage local wildlife to our environment. The children initially thought […]
Class 4 – investigating the effects of friction
Class 4 have been investigating the effects of friction to moving objects. We had a look at which surface would contain the most friction.. we found out the wood surface […]
Y3 Outdoor Spelling Competition
This afternoon Class 4 and 5 combined to take part in their own little spelling competition. Around the playground were lots of different spellings, some of them were spelt incorrectly. […]
Ukulele’s in Y3
Today the Y3 children had their very first ukulele lesson. They learnt the components of a ukulele and how to hold it correctly. They also learnt about the important of […]
Away from the desk learning in Y3/S
Today Class 4 did a fantastic job of beginning to learn how to partition numbers with up to 4 digits! The children had to work in their partners to find […]
Vocabulary matters in Y3S
Class 4 have been working exceptionally hard at ups killing our vocabulary so that we can create interesting sentences that will engage our readers. The children loved using a thesaurus […]
Investigating sound with string telephones
We have been learning all about sound in Class 6. Today we investigated how sound travels over a distance using paper cup telephones. We made them in pairs and then […]
Great independent research from our y3’s today!
Super research on our new Science topic about rocks and soils today!
Class 5 drama
Class 5 have been partaking in lots of different drama techniques to enhance their new writing genre, “diaries”. Children began by hot seating to think deeper about our book character’s […]
Class 5’s Measurement fun
This week, class 5 began their learning about measurements through an outdoor challenge. They worked in pairs to find their colour coded activity and use their rulers to solve mysteries. […]
Embracing diversity and challenging stereotypes
This week we are celebrating Diversity and today we have been working alongside Mrs Ann Foxley-Johnson from the Anti-Bullying Conpany!
Using Indian Ink
In Class6, we are using Indian Ink to draw potion bottles with Mrs Robbins. A lot of us haven’t used this media for and it can be tricky but it […]
Mental maths in Class 6
We are developing our mental strategies in Class 6, thinking about how we can add and subtract efficiently. We have thought about number bonds and similarities when we add multiples […]
Victorian toys and their price
Today Class 5 used the computers to research the names and prices of different Victorian toys. We then discussed the value of money and just how much it has changed […]
Victorian dolls
Today class 5 had a try at creating our very own Victorian wooden peg dolls. We began by researching other dolls from the victorian era and then thought carefully about […]
Victorian style handwriting
This week, part of class 5 really got into the spirit of our topic ‘The Victorians’. They used pen and ink and Victorian style paper to write their name using […]
Bird Boxes in the making
This week Class 5 have been thinking about how to put their fantastic bird home designs into an outcome. Together we began to make a whole class prototype. We discussed […]
Positive words make for a positive day!
During this half term, Class 5 have been fortunate to have had some circle time sessions with Mrs Storer. We are learning to see the impact of our kind words […]
Getting creative through learning how to sketch!
This week, Class 5 were really lucky to work with Mrs Taylor to develop our sketching skills. We learnt all the different types of pencils and how to use them […]
Tête, épaules, genoux et pieds
Today y3 have been practising a song in French. Do you recognise it?
The Old Farmer’s Song
At the edge of the world, I graze my sheep, Where storm clouds swirl, and the valley cuts deep. I’ve farmed this land for fifty years, Calloused […]
Water transportation experiment – The results!
A little while ago, we set up an experiment to test how water transports through a flower. To test this, we used food colouring to see if it would change […]