Tomatoes at Gardening Club
This week in gardening club, we have been tasting our tomatoes that we have been growing for the past few months before making leaf prints from paint that we mixed […]
Category Archives: Outdoors Club
Children’s University
Congratulations to the 10 children from Roughwood and other schools in Rotherham who were honored at Rotherham University for their participation in after-school learning programs. They received certificates for their […]
Elderflower Cordial in Gardening Club
This week in gardening club has been very busy. We have learned how to identify Elderflower trees in the school grounds before foraging responsibly to make our own cordial which […]
KS2 Games club
The children enjoyed the fresh air and a game of crazy cricket in tonight’s after school club. There were some fantastic hits from all children!
Gardening Club achieves RHS Level 2!
This week in gardening club, we achieved RHS gardening club level 2 and are already working towards Level 3. We have also been busy clearing the outdoor classroom ready for […]
Outdoor Art Club
What a fantastic session we have had today in our Outdoor Art Club. The children have created their own silhouettes of leaves we have found on our school grounds and […]
Planting Tomato plants in Gardening Club
This week in gardening club, we have been very busy! We have continued planting trees around school to promote wildlife and reduce our carbon footprint, looked at new materials to […]
Planting tree saplings and Strawberries in Gardening Club
This week in gardening club, we have been busy planting Hazel and Wild Cherry trees around school before planting Strawberries in our raised beds.
Decorating Christmas Trees in Bushcraft Club
This week in Bushcraft Club, we have been busy decorating Christmas trees for our KS2 corridor where we have been learning about the importance of teamwork and sharing.
Planting Trees in Bushcraft Club (Week 2)
This week in our outdoor Bushcraft Club, we have continued with planting a range of trees around school and we are very excited to see our saplings turn into large […]
Planting Trees for Our Future in Bushcraft Club
This week in our outdoor Bushcraft Club, we have been busy planting a range of trees around school and we can’t wait until our very own saplings turn into large […]
Building Leaf wind chimes in Bushcraft Club
This week in Bushcraft club, children have been exploring our school grounds for their favourite leaves before using them to build wind chimes!
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 […]
Water filtration in Bushcraft Club
In this week in Bushcraft club, we looked at how we can use natural resources to filter contaminated water. We discussed and learned how the water cycle works and how […]
Making Blackberry Jam at Bushcraft Club
This week in Bushcraft Club, we have been busy making blackberry jam. We first explored the school grounds and identified key features of the blackberry bramble bush before heading indoors […]
Celebrating Summer Solstice in Bushcraft Club
To celebrate the start of Summer and the Summer Solstice, we decided to create our very own summer picnic by crafting our own Elderflower Cordial (sourced from an Elder tree […]
Shelter Building at Bushcraft Club
This week at Bushcraft and Outdoor Club, we have been learning how to use Paracord (cordage) to set up our very own tarp shelters before enjoying a light picnic with […]
Natural Cordage at Bushcraft Club
This week at Bushcraft/outdoor club, we have been learning how to process and make cordage using natural materials such as Bramble or Nettles. We all had a go at making […]