Y6 Art – Practicing pencil techniques in our self-portraits
We have practiced different techniques such as hatching, stippling and manipulated our hold of the pencil to find various ways to sketch. Using a photograph of our faces, we attempted […]
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Y3B – Inspired by Daisy Birch
Class 4 have this week finished their art pieces which were inspired by artist, Daisy Birch. The children thought hard about how to create their tone effectively. Children were so […]
Y6 Artist Study – Self portraits
In Art, Year 6 will be drawing their own self portraits. We began by studying various artists who have produced portraits in different styles. By analysing artists with surrealism style […]
Artist Study in Class 6
As part of our new topic, we are learning about ‘extreme weather changes’, the children in class 6 have started analysing works that have used a range of media and […]
Y3B – Artist Study: Daisy Birch
Today Class 4 began their new artist study on the artist Daisy Birch who uses stippling, a form of pointillism to recreate realistic drawings. Children particularly loved her drawing of […]
Class 6 combine maths and art to design their knot gardens
Children in class 6 have visited Stratford-upon-Avon and Manor Lodge this term, where they have observed gardens designed symmetrically. Originally used as a way for gardeners to organise edible plants […]
Class 2’s visit to Bolsover Castle
As part of our topic ‘Towers, Tunnels and Turrets’, class 2 visited Bolsover Castle. We had an amazing day exploring the castle and using our knowledge to discuss what we […]
Class 6 Use Clay Techniques
To prepare and create a model of a Tudor rose, the children in class 6 developed their skills using clay and explored a range of techniques in our recent art […]
Dragon Eye Art
In art we have been using pastels to create dragon eyes. The children worked really hard to make sure they added as much detail to their dragon eye as they […]
Key stage 1 and FS2 Story club
Over the past few weeks children from Key stage 1 and FS2 have been taking part in story club. The book we focused on was The Gruffalo. Each child created […]
Y3/4 ‘Our diverse world’ immersive day
Today Class 4 and 5 had a full day dedicated to their topic, ‘what divides our world?’ Children took part in many immersive activities such as: learning about culture through […]
Henry Moore – Artist Study in Y6
To begin our new unit of learning in art, Year 6 have been learning about famous war artist Henry Moore. Moore made more than 300 drawings during the war time, […]
Casting Innovations Workshop
Year 4 had a fantastic day at Rockingham with Casting Innovations. The children got to experience casting for the first time. The children had the most wonderful time from making […]
Art in Class 2
Today in art we started to use pastels. We looked at tint by adding white to colours and shade by adding black to colours. We practiced these in our sketch […]
Sandra Silberzweig inspired cubism art in Y3S
Today Class 4 have began their outcome for their Sandra Silberzweig inspired art. Children used water colours to create and mix their colours and then have layered up the colour […]
Beginning our ‘Artist Study’ in Class 6
Class 6 have been studying the works of Hans Holbein and Pablo Picasso, as we begin the exploration and discovery about the monarchy in history through our class text: ‘Treason’, […]
Y3B – introduction to a new artist: Sandra Silberzweig
Today Class 4 began their new unit of Art. Children conducted an artist study on a contemporary painter called Sandra Silberzweig who believes art has the power to heal as […]
Y3B Bronze Age Beaker pots using clay
Over the last few days, Class 4 have worked hard on creating some Bronze Aged inspired Beaker pots using clay. Miss Dungworth came to work with the children to show […]
Royal Opera House
Year 5 children had an early start today as we headed down to London for a performance of Hansel & Gretel at the Royal Opera House. Attending a performance at […]
Wreath Making At Roughwood
Several children in KS2 have been getting into the holiday spirit by handcrafting Christmas Wreaths with the help of Mr Clarke and Mrs Lennard today. The children used a mixture […]
Painting Techniques in Class 6
This week, we have applied previously learnt techniques and built on our colour mixing, using powder paint and watercolour paint. In this weeks art session, the children have practised and […]
Y6 Art – Skill development
This week, we have applied previously learnt techniques and used acrylic paint, poster paint and watercolours to begin our final piece inspired by Emily Ward We practised and explored these […]
School councillors vote on this years Christmas Card
With many entries to this years academy Christmas Card competition, the school councillors meet to vote on the winning card. Points were given for creativity and flare, independence and precision […]
Developing weaving skills using sticks and wool Y3B
Class 4 have been learning about the significant changes from the StoneAge to Bronze Age. Children learnt that in the Bronze Age, people began to use sheep’s wool to create […]
Colour Mixing In Class 6
Class 6 learn about tints, tones and shades using paints that they haven’t used since KS1 – powder paints. After learning about the colour wheel and exploring mixing tints, shades […]
Y6’s rock pools return from the kiln!
Wow! Year 6’s are in awe of their beautiful creations that were kindly returned to us on Wednesday by Mrs Lee after being in her kiln. This was the final […]
Makerspace project at Greasbrough library
This week, Class 5 have had an exciting morning at Greasbrough library thanks to the Makerspace project. The Makerspace project is all about people coming together to share their creative […]
Assembly with Swapna Haddow
Today Class 1 was lucky enough to join a virtual assembly with the author Swapna Haddow who wrote a story called My Dad is a Grizzly Bear. She read her […]
Assembly with Swapna Haddow
Today Class 1 was lucky enough to join a virtual assembly with the author Swapna Haddow who wrote a story called My Dad is a Grizzly Bear. She read her […]
Y6 Clay Rock Pool Workshop – Session 3
What a fantastic final session we have had with Mrs Lee today completing our ceramic rock pools. We were thrilled to see how our rock pools returned after being in […]
Y3B creating our very own Stone Age scratch art
Today children created their very own Stone Age scratch art replicating the inside of a cave. We used acrylic paint and washing up liquid alongside oil pastels to create the […]
Y6 Clay Rock Pool Workshop – Session 2
Another fantastic afternoon working on our clay rock pools with ceramics artist, Mrs Lee. Today, we have sculpted creatures that live in rock pools and used techniques such as scoring […]
Y6 Clay Rockpool Workshop – Session 1
This afternoon, our Y6 children have had the privilege of meeting and working together with ceramic artist Caroline Lee from CLEE Ceramics! Over the course of 3 sessions, Mrs Lee […]
Hokusai Artist Study in Y6
This afternoon, Y6 have learnt about the famous artist known as Hokusai and completed an artist study by analysing some of his famous artwork. We evaluated the work of Hokusai […]
Seashell inspired art in Y6
Today, Y6 children have used shading and techniques such as cross hatching, stippling, finger blending and scribbling to create tone and texture when sketching their own seashell. We began by […]
Creating our own natural prehistoric dye in Y3B
Today children foraged the local environment to search for natural resources that will make a good prehistoric dye ready for our weaving next week in art. Children learnt that in […]
Themed Art Workshop Visit!
Children have had the honour of working with skilled artist, Mandy Keating, who ran a multiple workshops to explore new visual art techniques! We created artwork linked to Rotherham and […]
Art Workshops With A Visiting Artist
Today has been a very exciting day where Year 3, Year 5 and Year 6 have worked with a highly skilled artist to create art work in conjunction with Rotherham’s […]
Our Showcase of Dance at Clifton Park
Today, the children in Year 3 and Year 5 have showcased their dance from the Balbir dance exploration sessions, in collaboration with Balbir Dance Company. As part of the story […]
John Carr’s 300th Anniversary
This week Class 2 have been learning about the Architect John Carr who designed Wentworth Woodhouse. Our mission was to design our own middle section of the stables using inspiration […]
Balbir Showcase
Parents have been in school today to watch the Balbir rehearsal ahead of next Wednesday’s performance. Children performed their dances and showed their props to their parents.
Contemporary Indian Dance
This morning we saw an Indian dance group retell a classic Indian story through dance. Children were amazed by the magnificent costumes and were able to see first-hand other cultures. […]
Picture This! 2023
Take a look at our outstanding Picture This exhibition at Gullivers Valley in Sheffield. This year, our particular focus was on the theme ‘Light.’ Across our school, we have thought […]
Y3S -creating our finished outcome using different mediums
This week we have worked hard to build on our skills so that we can produce our finished piece inspired originally by the artist Rebecca Vincent. Children initially used their […]
Printing in class 3
Today in art we were using impressed printing to create an image in using the artist Ellie Edwards as inspiration. We explored a range of different vegetables to see which […]
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 […]
Balbir Art
We have started to creat props today for our Balbir Story Walk which will take place in a few weeks time at Clifton Park. Children have been creating dances blending […]
Class 3 begin their artist study
Today class 3 have started their artist study on the London based print maker Ellie Edwards. We began by looking at her work and evaluated some of her prints. We […]
Artist Study in Y6
This afternoon, the children in Year 6 have learnt about famous watercolour artist J.M.W Turner and completed an ‘artist study’ by analysing some of his most famous artwork. By studying […]
Our Year 5 ‘Artist Study’ begins
As part of our new topic, we are learning about ‘extreme weather changes.’ This week, we have started analysing works that have used a range of media and impressions of […]
Y3S have begun their artist study
Today Y3S have started their artist study on natural, landscape artist Rebecca Vincent. We studied her paintings, techniques and colours. We began by looking at her style and then evaluated […]
Y3S have begun their artist study
Today Y3S have started their artist study on natural, landscape artist Rebecca Vincent. We studied her paintings, techniques and colours. We began by looking at her style and then evaluated […]
Crucible Pot Painting in Art
Class 5 worked incredibly hard this afternoon in Art, carefully painting their clay crucible pots. Take a look … Well done!
Virtual Artist Visit – Bob Barker
What a fantastic experience the children at Roughwood have encountered this afternoon! We have been lucky enough to virtually meet artist Bob Barker, learn about his life and even watch […]
Y6 Evacuee Stitching
Our Year 6 children have made a wonderful start to their sewings, applying their prior knowledge of running stitches to their beautiful evacuee sketches. Our next step is to apply […]
Clay Pots in Class 5!
What a fantastic art lesson we had today in Class 5, creating our own crucible pots out of clay! We learned two new techniques for making the pot shape: pinching […]
Sketching Club
For our final session of sketching club we brought together all of the skills we had previously been taught. We sketched a fruit bowl using a variety of techniques such […]
UKS2 Children’s Mental Health Week Collaborative Art
Our fantastic children in Year 5 and 6 have used their collaboration skills to create a fantastic piece of artwork based on this years theme, ‘Let’s Get Connected.’ Our art […]
Clay in Class 3
This week in art we have been creating clay houses. To start with we had to roll out our clay to the correct thickness before cutting out our houses. Once […]
Y6 Art- Evacuee sketches
Following on from last week’s lesson, the children in Year 6 have been using their knowledge on proportions of the human to sketch their own evacuees. We have used pencil […]
Y6 Art – Drawing proportions of the human body
Class 7 have demonstrated excellent art skills today as we explored how to draw the human body in proportion. We started off by using mathematical skills such as measuring skills […]
Y6 Art – Drawing the human body in proportion
Year 6 have demonstrated excellent art skills this week as we have learnt how to draw the human body in proportion. We started by using mathematical skills such as measuring […]
Clay skills in Class 2
In Class 3 this week we have been exploring the different patterns we can make in clay. To start off we had to roll out our clay in between two […]
Studying Holbein and Picasso in Year 5
As part of our artist study in art, class 6 have been studying the work of Hans Holbein and Pablo Picasso, alongside our learning about the monarchy in history and […]
Clay skills in Class 2
This week class 2 have been practising our artistic skills using clay. We learnt how to roll the clay to a specific thickness using dowel. We then created patterns on […]
Art using different mediums in Y3S
Today Class 4 used 3 different mediums to create some fantastic pieces of art based on our Sheffield / Steel topic. Children redrafted their Luke Horton inspired art using different […]
Art using different mediums in Y3S
Today Class 4 used 3 different mediums to create some fantastic pieces of art based on our Sheffield / Steel topic. Children redrafted their Luke Horton inspired art using different […]
Art using different mediums in Y3S
Today Class 4 used 3 different mediums to create some fantastic pieces of art based on our Sheffield / Steel topic. Children redrafted their Luke Horton inspired art using different […]
Sketching Skills in Class 5
The children in Class 5 have been working on their sketching skills in Art this week. They’ve shown incredible resilience and control. Take a look …
Performance Poetry in Class 5
Class 5 have been working incredibly hard over the last couple of weeks, learning about and performing a poem called, ‘The Victorian Little Match Girl’. It’s based on the traditional […]
Pen and ink lighthouses in Y6
In art, we have been learning pen and ink skills such as hatching, cross hatching and stippling to create tone and texture to our lighthouse art work. We began by […]
Cross Stitch Letters in Art
Class 5 made a fantastic start to their sewings today, learning how to use cross stitch! We are so proud of what they managed to achieve in such a short […]
Peg Doll Crafts in Class 5!
What a wonderful afternoon we’ve had today in Class 5! The children followed step by step instructions on how to make traditional Victorian peg dolls, whilst using their own creative […]
Inspired by William Morris
Take a look at the incredible attention to detail shown by these children in Art today! Well done, everyone!
Special Mentions Assembly in Autumn Term 2 at Roughwood Primary School
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 […]