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 […]
Year 5 had a fantastic time last week, building their very on moon buggies and testing them using our rocket launcher! Take a look at their amazing learning … Well […]
Within our geography lessons, the children have learnt all about human and physical geographical features. Using a range of satellite images, the children were able to sort, identify, discuss, describe […]
Yesterday afternoon, we received a confidential design mission from NASA which we can now reveal.., class 6 were set the challenge to design ‘and create their very own model moon […]
At the end of a busy week, Year 5 apply their learning within a variety of maths investigations that include multiples, factors, prime numbers and square numbers. The children have […]
In our computing lessons, class 6 have been learning about algorithms and decomposition. The children have learnt that algorithms are a sequence of instructions or a set of rules that […]
The children at Roughwood Primary School have been showcasing their achievements and high quality outcomes in our weekly special mentions assembly. In todays assembly, there was a variety of learning […]
During yesterdays visit to Leicester Space Centre, the children went back to the 1960s and experienced what it would be like to be a citizen witnessing the moon landing and […]
Having visited Leicester Space Centre, the children in Year 5 experienced a range of space exploration learning activities. From entering space capsules, flight modules, to visiting the space tower, the […]
The children in Year 5 leave school nice and early to visit Leicester Space Centre. As part of our space topic, the children will be full immersed into ‘all things […]
Peter Thorpe is known for his art work that features rockets and elements of space. This week, we have continued our learning all about space-themed abstract art. We focused on […]
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 […]
Barvember 2022 is here! Throughout this month, White Rose Maths have issued their yearly challenge, which has been running for the last five years called ‘barvember’. Each day in November, […]
In computing this week, we have been using scratch and learnt how computers can be connected together to form systems. The children spoke about how systems and small components are […]
To finish off the first month in Year 5, class 6 celebrate their success as winners of the ‘Golden Table’ this week. Tokens are awarded around school for kindness, respect, […]
In only the fourth week of term, the children in year 5 children explore how to use and apply tints, tones and shades with primary colours. Following our artist study […]
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 […]
As part of our cultural and creative offer at Roughwood Primary School, we are privileged to offer every child in our school the opportunity to learn to play a musical […]
Today, the children in Year 5 competed a range of resilience challenges during their astronaut training day. The children wrote postcards and asked questions about the unknown about different planets […]
In Year 5 in our first week back, the children have thought carefully about who will be appointed for 2022-23 as our class’ School Councillors. After generating thought showers of […]
At the end of a busy term, the children at Roughwood showcase their learning through the arts. The children have been learning a new piece on the glockenspiel and at […]
During transition, the children in Year 5 have been using and applying their maths learning and deepening their thinking using perimeter. Using their prior knowledge of measurement, the children have […]
The children in Year 5 were invited to a space exploration afternoon at Rockingham Junior and Infant School today. The science ambassadors across the academy voted on what science experience […]
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 […]
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! […]
Before transition to Year 6 begins, the children in Year 5 begin their balanced arguments by engaging in the debate, ‘Is social media a good thing? There were some extremely […]
In our Literacy session today, Class 8 made a great start to their new unit of balanced arguments by engaging in the debate: “Is social media a good thing?” We […]
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. […]
An amazing morning at RUFC as children from Year 5 & 6 participated in a number of training sessions followed by some small sided games. The children showed a fantastic […]
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 […]
Today, our Year 5/6 experienced a day in the life of a Viking at Locko Park. We met King Cnut and explored his empire and learnt various different skills, such […]
As the start of four days of festivities honouring the Queen commence, the residents at Cherry Trees care home enjoy an afternoon tea. As the country come together to mark […]
As we continue with our community and social innovation NEMESIS project, we return to Cherry Trees Care Home and bring the Jubilee celebrations to the residents! As we had a […]
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 […]
During our computing sessions in our ICT suite, the children in class 7 have been using excel this week to create spreadsheets and present key data about the characters from […]
This week, children in Year 5/6 have continued their learning of using different techniques to create pattern and texture and have applied this within their own sketchbooks when drawing a […]
Year 5/6 started their new topic of Netball. The children develop a variety of passes such as, chest and shoulder pass. The children then progressed to passing and moving and […]
Very proud of Class 8 today who have demonstrated their outstanding artistic skills by using ink to create texture. We considered the several ways a dragon eye could be interpreted […]
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. […]
This morning, we also had the exciting opportunity to try out a ‘Tudor banquet’ and taste foods that were popular of the time. The children experienced foods they liked and […]
What a tremendous day we have had in Class 7 and 8! We have truly brought the Tudor era ‘to life’ in our hall today, with children fully immersing themselves […]
Roughwood announce this weeks Rotherham SUMDOG competition of 2022 commences tomorrow morning from 8am… The children in class 1 to class 9 have the opportunity to compete against other children […]
Children in Year 5 completed a fitness circuit as part of science week. The children completed a circuit of exercises and logged their repetitions on each station. The children showed […]
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 […]
This week, children in Year 5 have focused on recycling and the effects of this on our school, at home, the wider community and the planet. During our P4C session, […]
Year 5/6 have made a great start in their Literacy unit by using freeze frames within drama to explore our characters thoughts and feelings from our class book, Treason. We […]
This week, children in Y5/6 have focused upon the topic of recycling and the effects of this on our school, at home, the wider community and the planet. During our […]
Upon our return to school this week, the children in Class 7 and 8 have been exploring narrative writing in our Literacy sessions. We will be writing our very own […]
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 […]
At Roughwood primary school, we have been using different online maths platforms to support us with our maths learning and problem solving skills. Within our maths learning, class 7 and […]
During our science lessons, class 7 and 8 have been learning about materials and their properties, and have recently learnt about making predictions between soluble and insoluble ingredients. Over the […]
In art this week we have been looking tone using a 2B pencil. Children have explored stippling, cross-hatching, hatching and shade. Take a look at the skills in our Tudor […]
As part of their learning using digital literacy in ICT, the children in Year 5/6 learnt about what it means to be an ‘Internet Legend’. The children have learnt about […]
As Year 5 begin their new topic learning about the Elizabethans and Tudors, we begin studying our new class text ‘Treason’ (by Berlie Doherty). The children carefully created questions to […]
During our learning on creating animations using scratch, we have been writing instructions on how to write a script to allow another user to create their own animation.
What an amazing morning we’ve had today in Year 5. We launched our model rockets into space from the playground and watched them fall back to Earth … but did […]
This week in class 8, we have been finishing off our animations by looking at the different types of loops (forever and repeat) we can use in our scripts to […]
