Body Percussion
Class 6 have been using their bodies today to create percussion sounds and interesting rhythms.
Category Archives: Year 4
Harvest Moon Poem
Class 6 proudly presenting our Harvest Moon poem, which we performed at the Harvest Festival celebrations this week.
Y3/4 Girls Football
Y3/4 Girls receiving their certificates after competing in the Rawmarsh School Games Football Festival
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 […]
Class 6 Tooting their 🎺 trumpets.
Year 4s learning about notation and how to create different rhythms. See the concentration!
The Big Blast
Last week, Y4 children attended Magna and took part in The Big Blast, a Rotherham concert involving other schools and instruments.
Almost Anything
We know that when we set our minds to it, we can achieve almost anything, but how can we keep our magic working well? This is our P4C question this […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Lucy’s blue day – wellbeing week in class 6
We discussed what makes us happy, sad and angry and about how we know what others are feeling. After reading Lucy’s Blue Day we talked about how we show emotions […]
Class 6 and 7 visit Eyam
On a Wednesday classes 6 and 7 visited Eyam as part of their topic learning about the Plague. Despite walking in the relentless rain and cold weather, it was an […]
Terrific trumpets
Year 4 have been continuing their trumpet learning in preparation for the Big Blast concert in July! q
Attendance Winners Again
Our attendance winners this term are Class 7. They have won the breakfast again so the children asked to share their secrets with teh school. What are your top tips […]
Swimming in class 6
Well done to all year 4 on achieving their swimming certificate from swimming! We are proud of you all for pushing yourself each week!
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 […]
Ring a bell at Random and Read!
An impromptu reading session 10 mins before break – what a lovely surprise for Book Week! Remember to dress up as your favorite book character on Friday!
Investigating materials
Today, Year 4 have been investigating which material is the best at keeping a hot potato warm for the longest period of time. We have tested foil, paper, plastic and […]
The Digestive System
Class 6 this week have carried out an investigation into the Digestive System. This investigation saw us making POO! The children worked together to go through each process of the […]
Roughwood Masterchef
Cooking club is fully up and running now at Roughwood and what mini chefs we are becoming. Week 1 we made our very own fruit kebabs with melted chocolate. Each […]
Aeroplane making!
As part of our topic we have been making our own minutiae aeroplanes in DT. We have used a wooden clothes peg and lollipop sticks to make them! Here is […]
Forever Fashion 28th – 31st Jan
As part of our Nemesis project, Y4 are keen to see us reuse and ♻️ recycle clothing, rather than it ending up in landfill. Please get involved by donating any […]
Chameleons!
Over the past 2 weeks we have been writing a non-chronological report on Chameleons. The children have learnt all about the 171 different species of chameleons. Ask them about their […]
Young Voices 2019
Wow! What an amazing evening we all had. Our talented pupils attended the Young Voices concert held at the Motor Point Arena last night (8th January) and became part of […]
Snow White – KS2 Panto
This year, KS2 have worked hard to produce a performance no one will forget. Children from Year 3 to Year 6 made up the cast and gave two outstanding performances. […]
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 […]
Class 6 Maths
We have been taking advantage of our new ICT suite today by using Purple Mash to create bar charts from tables with information in. We will be using these bar […]
Class 6 this week!
In class 6 this week we have moved on with out literacy to looking at Instructions. Today we have looked at the features of instructions. We have also instructed Miss […]
Handwriter of the week!
In class 6 we are improving our presentation of handwriting every day! I have introduced a hand writer of the week award. The child who’s handwriting has improved each week […]
Linking Project
Class 6 are involved in the Rotherham schools linking project. This project is to link children with other children from different schools to learn about diversity. Today the children had […]
Class 6 this week.
During this week class 6 have been busy doing a range of different learning. In our maths we have been looking at measures using rulers and then developing into finding […]
Plastic Pollution
Class 7 members have been creating some interesting watercolour and pen zentangle designs depicting creatures affected by plastic pollution.
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 […]
Roughwood Remembers …
We have been learning about the sacrifices made by soldiers during wartime. We have made sun catchers in Class 7 to represent our gratitude. These will be on display in […]
Sewing with Parents
On Thursday parents came into school to help with our Rags to Bags project. We really appreciated all the help to get our t-shirt bags nearly completed.
Sewing Session 4
Today we are adding embellishments to our innovative designs in preparation for the big stitch up next week. This is our penultimate session and I just wanted to say a […]
Class 6 Dividers
This week class 6 are starting to look at division. Some children have been using resources to divide by grouping whilst other children have been using the bus stop method […]
Bedrock Rocks!
Congratulations to Keagan S, who has shown real resilience with his Vocabulary learning! Keep up the hard work! Polite reminder to everyone else: make sure if you are in Y4, […]
Eco Warrior Workshop – Class 6
On Tuesday morning Pop’s Outdoor Adventure came in to work alongside Class 6 in our Eco Warriors Workshop. During the morning the children discussed the impact plastic is having on […]
Greater or Less than?
This week has been a fun-filled first week back in Class 6. We have come in full of energy and bursting with ideas for all our learning. We have started […]
Immersive Reading
Year 4 have enjoyed their guided reading this week. We have been looking at our class text under the water in our immersive reading environment. Let’s make sure we are […]
Harry Potter Sleep over
On Friday 2nd February, the magic of ‘Hogwarts’ came to Roughwood Primary School. The children had all received their acceptance letters by owl before Christmas. This was the much-anticipated night […]
Scabbajack – Class 7
We are coming to the end of this term’s topics and thinking about what we liked and enjoyed the most. Class 7 have put together a short film to let […]
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 […]
Polar lands immersive reading area
Join the penguins for an immersive reading experience.