Self-Portraits in Year 4
What a fantastic week we’ve had in Art this week! We have been interested in the style of the famous artist, Roy Lichtenstein. Take a look at our self-portraits in […]
Category Archives: Year 4
Outdoor Maths
Class 5 took their Maths learning out into the sunshine today! Using number lines to calculate duration …
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 […]
P4C – Something Else
We had a fantastic first P4C today in our class! We read our transition text, ‘Something Else’ as the stimulus, and generated lots of philosophical questions about the themes of […]
Lemon Battery Power!
In Science, Y3&4 have been learning about electricity and simple series circuits … We have carried out a few investigations so far and these have led us to a new […]
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! […]
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
Making electrical switches in Science
Year 4 used lots of STEM skills this afternoon to construct their own electrical switches! Last week, we explored materials which conduct electricity and we decided these would make the […]
Support for Ukraine
Girls in Year 4 have once again taken things into their own hands and are raising money for Ukraine refugees. They have created a video to show how you can […]
Press Printing in Year 4!
What a fantastic afternoon of art we’ve had today! We created incredible press prints linked to our plague topic …
Year 3/4 Gymnastics Rotherham School Games
Roughwood Orienteering
Children from Years 3,4,5 & 6 competed in a Willow Tree Academy Orienteering event at Rockingham Junior & Infant school. The children arrived and quickly studied the map and formed […]
Year 3 & 4 Netball
Chantez en Français avec Class 6!
Class 6 have been learning a new song in French this week, as we prepare for our upcoming WillowVision Song Contest! This video was taken during rehearsal, after just two […]
Story Spoons on the Green Screen!
Year 4 took their drama learning to the next level today, using the story spoons to conduct their eye-witness interviews on the green screen! Take a look at their fantastic […]
Eye-Witness Interviews in Drama
Year 3 & 4 have become journalists this week, preparing for writing a newspaper report about the outbreak of plague in Eyam … In Drama today, children interviewed eye-witnesses for […]
Times Tables Morning Maths
To get ready for our Times Tables tests in June, Year 4 children are busy practising their TT Rockstars skills when they first come into school. A great start to […]
Investigating Money in Maths
Class 6 had a fantastic Maths lessons today, exploring and investigating with money! First, everyone had their own purse with different coins in. We had to count our money, convert […]
Year 3 & 4 Football RUFC
Year 3 & 4 Orienteering
Exploring Electrical Circuits!
Class 6 had a fantastic afternoon of investigation today, finding out how to make a complete electrical circuit! Take a look …
Eyam 2022
What an amazing residential we’ve had this week with Year 3 & 4 children! For these children, it was their first ever residential and they were absolutely fantastic, asking so […]
Year 3/4 PE Netball
KS2 Easter Assembly
It was wonderful to invite parents into school today for the KS2 Easter Assembly. We were really proud of all the children for giving a wonderful performance to their parents. […]
Iron Age Shields
This week, we’ve been using our pen & ink skills to create the artwork for our Spring term topic folder covers … Look at all that detail! Children have used […]
A day in the stone age!
What a fantastic day Class 5 had at Creswell Crags! We went back in time to the Stone Age and experienced life in a cave, making a shelter, hunting and […]
Class 6’s Bronze Age Settlement!
What an amazing term it’s been for DT in Year 3 and 4! The children have been expertly crafting their roundhouses for weeks now … carefully measuring and sawing wooden […]
T4W all about the Digestive system!
Class 5 have had lots of fun recently learning all about the Digestive System and today we used Talk For Writing to retell all the steps that take place. First, […]
Stone Age Adventure!
What a fantastic day we had yesterday at Creswell Crags! We went back in time to the Stone Age and experienced life in a cave, making a shelter, hunting and […]
Stone Age Adventure!
What a fantastic day we’ve had today at Creswell Crags! We went back in time to the Stone Age and experienced life in a cave, making a shelter, hunting and […]
Year 3/4 Girls Football
Science Week: Teeth!
Do all liquids cause damage to our teeth? This was our research question for Science Week and we decided to find out by using eggs to represent our teeth … […]
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 […]
Science Week: Family Learning!
What a wonderful morning of scientific learning! As part of British Science Week, Year 3 and 4 parents were invited to take part in a special science lesson with their […]
Wattle & Daub Construction in DT
In Year 3 & 4, we’ve been learning about how houses were built in the Bronze Age, using wattle & daub (woven wood daubed with a mixture of clay, mud […]
Stop Motion Animation in Science
Lower KS2 children have been learning about the digestive system in Science this term. Today, we used I can animate to make our own moving digestive systems … Fantastic teamwork! […]
Freeze Frames in Drama
Year 4 have been been working on their facial expressions and body language this morning in Drama, linked to their story writing in Literacy … Children split up into groups […]
Year 3 & 4 Boys Football
Modelling Clay in DT
Class 6 worked on the second stage of their DT project this afternoon, creating a clay foundation for their Bronze Age Roundhouses! The children showed amazing teamwork and resilience skills, […]
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 […]
Heart of Willow Tree
Year 3 and 4 started work on our exciting Heart of Willow Tree project this week! Every child (and adult!) across our phase, made a heart out of Fimo clay, […]
Hand Saws and Bench Hooks in DT
Year 4 made a fabulous start to their DT project today! Children carefully measured pieces of wood, using rulers, and then cut them using bench hooks and hand saws. After […]
P4C in CLASS 5- ‘THE BLACK HOLE’
This afternoon in our philosophy for children session, Class 5 watched a short film called ‘The Black Hole’ and we tried our best to form philosophical questions based on this. […]
Video Editing in Year 4
This week, we’ve been creating our very own TV documentaries all about the Stone Age, in preparation for writing a non-chronological report next week. The children have used their oracy […]
Year 3 & 4 Tag Rugby
Maths Club Fun!
Times Table Jenga was a big hit this afternoon, at our after school Maths Club! Take a look … Well done everyone!
Fraction Treasure Hunt!
Class 6 had a fantastic morning in Maths today, hunting and sorting out fractions! We love to take our Maths learning away from the desk! Well done, everyone!
Lunchtime Class Challenge Football
Pastel Cave Art
In year 4 today we have been using pastels to creat tone and textures for our cave paintings. We hope to see some cave paintings on our visit this term […]
Year 3 & 4 Tag Rugby
The children discussed that when there is space in front of them, that would be the most appropriate time to run with the ball. Their work rate and enthusiasm was […]
Year 3/4 become archaeologists!
What an amazing start to a new term we’ve had in Lower Key Stage Two today! Year 3 and 4 became archaeologists, uncovering hidden treasures of the Stone Age, by […]
Ice Investigation in Class 6
Class 6 have been observing how long it takes ice to melt at room temperature … We used a funnel to hold the solid ice as we measured the liquid […]
Mixed-Media Fabric Art
Class 6 have had another fantastic afternoon continuing with their fabric kapok tree art … First, we defined our painted trees with black fine liner pen. Then, we put our […]
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 […]
Observational Art in Class 6
Class 6 explored the smell and texture of tropical fruits today, as part of our rainforest topic, before creating our own pastel impressions of what we could see. Take a […]
Debating Deforestation in P4C
Class 6 had a wonderful discussion this morning about palm oil… We talked about why companies use palm oil and how it benefits their products, whilst also considering the damaging […]
Explorer STEM Challenge!
What an incredible morning of STEM learning we’ve had in Class 6 today … The children were given a design brief, linked to their class text, and put into teams […]
Year 3/4 Hockey
Liquid Racing in Science!
This afternoon, classes in lower key stage two have been working scientifically to investigate how different liquids flow… First, we had to guess what each of the liquids were by […]
Fabric Art in Class 6
Class 6 made a fantastic start to their fabric artwork today … We started by drawing and painting kapok trees onto our fabric. Next time, we’ll add some of the […]
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 […]
Embroidery Skills in Class 6
Class 6 have made a fantastic start to the new half term in Art today, practising their embroidery skills … We started by looking at the work of a textile […]
Year 3 & 4 Hockey
A superb start to the new term from Year 3 & 4 who were introduced to their new topic of Hockey. The children developed how to hold the stick correctly […]
Butterfly House
What an amazing day we’ve had today at the Tropical Butterfly House with Class 5! Children experienced a real rainforest habitat and even handled some rainforest animals!
Class 6 experience a tropical rainforest!
What an amazing day we’ve had today at the Tropical Butterfly House! The children experienced a real rainforest habitat and even handled some rainforest animals! The children’s behaviour was exceptional […]
Rainforest Animal Classification Keys
Class 6 have been using their ICT skills to support their Science learning this afternoon, creating classification keys using Purple Mash!
QR Code Maths Challenge!
Class 6 had a wonderful morning today, using the iPads to solve our rainforest explorer challenge! Take a look …
Green Screen Action in Film Making Club
Our film is really coming along now! The children took turns to be actors, directors and camera operators tonight, as we filmed on the green screen! We even started adding […]
Year 4 Football
Rainforest Survival Kits
Class 6 have shown incredible teamwork and creative thinking skills this afternoon, making their own rainforest survival kits! Mrs Tempest brought in lots of equipment to help us and we […]
Research in Literacy
Today in Class 6, children carried out their own research, using a variety of sources, in preparation for writing a non-chronological report about the rainforest. Children used iPads, library books, […]
Year 3/4 Football
Great to see Year 3/4 putting the skills learnt over previous weeks into practice in some small sided games. The children developed their knowledge of the rules/tactics. They all showed […]