Mobile Zoo
Class 3 today were visited by a Mobile Zoo. We had the chance to hold and stroke a snake, rabbit, bird and a bearded dragon. All children were extremely brave […]
Category Archives: Subjects
PowerPoint skills in Year 5
This week we have created PowerPoints about Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace of William Shakespeare. We learnt how to add animations and transitions to our PowerPoints too.
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 […]
Art in Year 3
We have been learning about different tones of colour in year 3 to make some brilliant images of leaves from the jungle and rainforest. We have used pastels, watercolour and […]
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 […]
Music Concert at Roughwood
What a brilliant assembly we had today to showcase what children have been learning in class. Some children have only been playing an instrument since Easter and the progress made […]
How rocks are formed
Today, Year 3 have been learning about how rocks are formed. With chocolate and other ingredients, we simulated forming different types of rock.
Sports Day 2019
What a wonderful Sports Day we had this year! Thank you to Wingfield Sports Leaders for supporting us in our teams. There were many different activities ranging from basketball to […]
Reading Winner
Congratulations to Robbie for winning our reading draw this week. He’s chosen a fabulous book to enjoy at home.
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 […]
Nurture’s Huge Bag of Worries
This week in Nurture we have been reading ‘The Huge Bag of Worries’ We have talked about our worries, what it feels like when you are worried and what we […]
Reading Winner!
Isabel has won a book for reading regularly at home. Hope you enjoy this one!
Talent for Writing winners
A massive well done to Lucas, Willow and Holly for being published authors.
Music assembly
We have had a magnificent assembly with the Music Service today to showcase a range of instruments. We have been inspired.
Class 5 diversity potion!
As part of maths capacity and volume learning, class 5 decided to make a diversity potion. The children were given a recipe of different amounts. Things on the recipe included, […]
Science Club
This week in science club we have been investigating how to create the biggest bubbles using washing up liquid. The children explored the amount of washing up liquid used and […]
Pen Potions
Class 7 rose to the challenge to beat the teacher in creating intricately-patterned Potion Bottle Zentangles. Can you spot which one the teacher did? They are all fantastic!
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 […]
Layers of Soil investigation
As part of our science learning about rocks and soils, we wanted to investigate what happens to soil if it is left in water for a longer period of time. […]
Y6 Evacuees
Some great peer assessment happening in Year 6 today as children focus on writing. Today we are writing a narrative about the evacuation during WWII.
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 […]
Talk for Writing
Today we have practiced our talk for writing about the Great Fire of London. We have collaborated to create movements and pictures to help us remember the events of the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Year 5 using IPEELL for their hotel on the moon during Big Write Friday
Would you like a short vacation to the moon? Year 5 have designed hotels which will be built on the moon. Utterly amazed with Year 5’s hotel designs! Who would […]
The Great Fire of London
Class 2, 3 and 4 have had visitors today from The Drama Hut so we could learn more about The Great Fire of London. We spoke to Thomas Farriner and […]
Year 5 Astronaut Launch Training is underway…
Will you succeed in astronaut training? Can you survive the gravitational force? Will you extract Amazonite from fragments of planet Venus? Children are deciding whether they could manage 6 months […]
Terrific trumpets
Year 4 have been continuing their trumpet learning in preparation for the Big Blast concert in July! q
PE with Graham from Winterhill
This week was our first week of Athletics with Graham from Winterhill School. We enjoyed taking part in lots of new activities including: Hurdles Skipping Walking on the balancing beam […]
Mindfulness in Chestnuts
In Chestnuts, we have been thinking about our feelings. Our question this week is: What are feelings? And how do we know what feeling it is? We discussed […]
Wellbeing Week
Does sadness spread as easy as happiness? This week in Class 2 we have been thinking about our wellbeing both physically and mentally. We have shared ideas on what we […]
Mindfulness and Well being
Can you always see how someone is feeling? How can you change the way someone is feeling? This week we have been thinking about our well being both physically and […]
Grammar revision in Y6
As our SATs are fast approaching, Y6 are working hard revising all the grammar terminology we have learnt. Today we have played games to remind us about different types of […]
The Great Fire of London
This week we started our new topic. We began by coming up with some questions about what we wanted to find out about The Great Fire of London. Some of […]
Keeping our Minds Healthy
During P4C this week, Class 5 decided to discuss whether or not people can still feel emotions even when they might not show it. We talked in detail about […]
P4C in Y6
This week we have been thinking about healthy minds. We have begun our afternoons with mindfulness to help us to relax and recharge ready for learning. Our P4C discussion this […]
Class 5 – Outdoor Maths
As part of our Maths this week, Class 5 completed an outdoor Maths activity to consolidate our knowledge of place value. Around the environment were a series of coloured shapes. […]
Music in Class 3
We were very lucky to have Sonia Burgess join us this morning for a fun filled music session. During the lesson, we joined in with actions to music before listening […]
Problem Solving in Y6
Y6 have been creating models to support our learning on volume and surface area to help us to visualise in problem solving. It took a lot of resilience to keep […]
Times Tables Balloons
As part of our Maths learning this week, we have used times table balloons to help us practice our quick fire times tables in a fun and creative way.  We […]
Balbir Dance
Children have had a special visitor today in school. Children in Years 5, 3 and 2 were able to watch a professional dancer to support their performances with Balbir. Children […]
Swimming Success!
These little splashers have all been successful in achieving ‘That’s Cool!’ Award. Well done! Well done to our Level 1 achievers! These children need congratulating for attaining Level 2! A […]
Investigating Materials
After discovering who the scientist Charles Macintosh was and what he discovered, class 4 decided to carry out an investigation into which materials would be best suited to make a […]
Netball this week
Lots of fantastic P.E going on at Roughwood this week! Class 5 demonstrated this through their very first ‘match’ of Netball. Over the past weeks with Mr Tyas, they […]
3-D Shape Hunt
To consolidate our learning of 3D shapes, Class 5 decided to take a trip to our outdoor environment to look for real life objects made up of 3D Shapes. We […]
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!
Year 5 children investigate the amount of fat in the foods we consume.
Year 5 test a range of foods and have predicted which foods contain the highest and lowest amounts of fat. The stain will be evidenced in the morning… Three groups […]
Top Trumps
Today, Class 5 created their very own 3-D top trump cards They used 3D shapes to find out their properties so that they could correctly design their own cards ready […]
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 […]
Super bugs!
Well done to Class 2, 3 and 4 for taking part in Science week. We had Scientists from Sheffield Univeristy visit our school to talk about bugs. We spoke about […]
Healthy For Life
Mason has successfully completed the Healthy For Life programme. We are very proud of you Mason!
Robot Making
As part of our STEM project, Class 5 drafted in the help of parents to help create their very own robot following the design they created.  The children found the […]
Year 5 Visiting Science and Media museum
Fantastic morning at EIS with Year 5s
Long jump, 200m and more…
Geography in Class 5
Today in ICT, Class 5 have been looking at different climates. We have been looking at how the climate in different countries contrast to our local geography and where we […]
School bicycle and scooter shelter
Look out for the information leaflet going home today, which has been designed and published by some of our year 5 and year 6 children. Their advice: Remember to dismount […]
Direction
Today in Class 2 we have focused on direction and movement. What is direction? When do we need to give someone directions? What would we need to say to someone to […]
The Gruffalo
The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson.
Roles and Responsibilities within our school community
In PHSE this week, Class 5 thought about the difference between roles and responsibilities. They thought exceptionally hard about what their roles and responsibilities were as part of our school […]
500 words
Class 7 creating stories to enter into BBC’s 500 words story writing competition. Good luck!
Potion explosion!
Why did Winnie’s potion explode? Class 2 interviewed Winnie the Witch, gaining an insight as to why her potion exploded. Winnie was asked many questions… What happened? When did it […]
Getting to grips with improper fractions in Y6
Children in Year 6 have been learning about Fractions. As part of our learning we are finding equivalent fractions, adding and subtracting with different denominators and multiplying.
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!
The Most Powerful Steam Engine in Britain
Pancake day in class 6
As part of our fraction work the children in class 6 have enjoyed pancake day a day early. We have used our knowledge of fractions of amounts to create our […]
Year 5 finding and representing equivalent fractions outdoors!
Can you represent 6/8 in the outdoor environment?
Fantastic Fractions!
This week in Class 2 we have been learning all about Fractions. On Monday we found half of shapes and created a picture: On Tuesday we cut fruit into quarters […]
Phonics Fun
Children in Class 2’s Phonics Club have enjoyed using the outdoor environment to support their phonics learning. We used chalks and climbed the tyres, writing and reading words that included […]