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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
We have been using Tinkercad, a 3D modelling programme, to create our own 3D lighthouses. Children used their knowledge learnt in previous ICT sessions to navigate around their programme and […]
The children in class 6 have been sent a second mission from NASA headquarters where they have had to consider the safety for the next mission to space. This Wednesday, […]
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 […]
Our DT topic for this term has been wagons. We researched their use during the Great Fire of London and decided to make our own. They had to have an […]
Year 6 took part in a very tricky challenge this afternoon! As part of British Science Week, we challenged children to make connections by building spaghetti bridges … Children showed […]
Children in Class 4 have been learning how to make scones this week as a character in our class text enjoyed showing other characters how to make them for her […]
Wow! What an amazing afternoon we’ve had in Class 5 today! We made scones for our very own Steelman’s snap tin! This was linked with our Class Text, Meet me […]
Class 5 are in for a very exciting afternoon of Food Technology today! Can you guess which part of the Steelman’s snap tin we will be making?
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 […]
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 […]
Class 4 have been investigating what material will make the best set of curtains for our Victorian stage . We made predictions based on 5 different materials. Plastic wallet, tin […]
This week we have made pizzas. After researching and designing our very own pizzas. We began by making the dough. Then we chopped our vegetables using the bridge and claw […]
What a fantastic afternoon we’ve had today in Class 5! First, the children used construction straws to create 2D and 3D shapes … Then, we started to think about which […]
Today we made pizza dough! After researching and designing our own healthy pizzas it’s was time to make our very own pizza dough. When we added all of the ingredients […]
Today we made pizza dough! After researching and designing our own healthy pizzas it’s was time to make our very own pizza dough. When we added all of the ingredients […]
Today we made pizzas! After researching and designing pizzas we created our own healthy pizzas. We mixed ingredients to make our own dough. We then chopped up our vegetables using […]
Our after school cooking and baking club has been amazing in Key Stage 1. We have been learning about a variety of cooking skills e.g. chopping, mixing and peeling. This […]
We had another fantastic after-school session today at Sewing Club! Tonight, we used a new material and even learnt how to sew on buttons! Take a look …
In Acorns and Little acorns we have been making models out of clay for our Autumn display. We went on our welly walk outside and made some hedgehogs out of […]
In Acorns and Little acorns this term we are asking the question what makes me,me? As part of this we went into the outdoor classroom on a joint welly walk […]
In Little Acorns we have been reading the story ‘We’re off to see the wizard’ we have drawn our favourite characters. We then decorated biscuits to look like our favourite […]
This week the cooking after school club have been making fruit kebabs. We have focused on using the bridge and claw techniques when cutting our fruit. We also discussed how […]
Yesterday children from class 1 and 2 had their first baking session. We used our mixing, melting and crumbling techniques to create amazing chocolate cheesecakes! We worked efficiently to ensure […]
What an amazing term it’s been for DT in Year 3 and 4! The children have been expertly crafting their roundhouses for weeks now … carefully measuring and sawing wooden […]
In Year 3 & 4, we’ve been learning about how houses were built in the Bronze Age, using wattle & daub (woven wood daubed with a mixture of clay, mud […]
Class 4 made a brilliant start to their DT project this week! The children carefully measured pieces of wood, using rulers, and then cut them using bench hooks and hand […]
Class 6 worked on the second stage of their DT project this afternoon, creating a clay foundation for their Bronze Age Roundhouses! The children showed amazing teamwork and resilience skills, […]
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 […]
Today Class 2 and the year 3s from Class 5 have been working collaboratively to cut wood using a saw. We focused on using our tools safely and accurately measuring […]
Year 3 and 4 started work on our exciting Heart of Willow Tree project this week! Every child (and adult!) across our phase, made a heart out of Fimo clay, […]
Year 4 made a fabulous start to their DT project today! Children carefully measured pieces of wood, using rulers, and then cut them using bench hooks and hand saws. After […]
This week in ICT Club, we cut out and built our paper car models that we designed and printed last week using Purple Mash before beginning to build our robot […]
To launch our topic of Towers, Tunnels and Turrets we have dressed up as people associated with castles. We designed and created our own shields and even made our own […]
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 […]
Class 4 and 5 have had a fantastic morning, building a structure to meet a specific design brief linked to our class text ‘The Explorer.’ By using their superb team […]
This week at Roughwood Primary, children in Year 5 and 5/6 have been invited to take part in a fantastic STEM challenge – as we learn about forces, the children […]
Children from Roughwood have taken part in a fantastic STEM challenge today. The challenge was to create an air-powered moon buggy that could go the distance. The designs had to […]
What an incredible morning of STEM learning we’ve had in Class 6 today … The children were given a design brief, linked to their class text, and put into teams […]
In class 1 we have been thinking about what we could do to help the animals in our local environment. We have designed and created so,e bird feeders this week […]
Class 6 have shown incredible teamwork and creative thinking skills this afternoon, making their own rainforest survival kits! Mrs Tempest brought in lots of equipment to help us and we […]
This afternoon, the children in Year 4 finished off their clay cottages by adding some colour … Well done, everyone!
On Monday, Class 4 finally got to the stage of the STEM/Maths they were hoping for – they got to actually play the game they had created! Children thoroughly enjoyed […]
Class 4 created some wonderful top trump cards during their history lesson today. They were given 6 famous Victorians: Queen Victoria Prince Albert William Morris L.S Lowry Charles Dickens Dr […]
Class 6 worked extremely hard this afternoon, taking lots of care, to create these amazing plague cottages out of clay… Well done, everyone! Can’t wait to see these painted!
Our Year 4 Science Ambassadors went on a very special visit this morning, to Casting Innovations in Canklow! We saw the final stages of the recycling project that we’ve been […]
What an amazing day we’ve had in Year 4 today, working with Mr Brooks and his team from Casting Innovations Ltd. This was the next stage of our incredible recycling […]
Class 6 had a wonderful afternoon today, working on the next stage of our recycling project with Casting Innovations Ltd. We used a special type of clay, called Fimo, to […]
Today Class 4 had a fabulous afternoon when we designed and then made our very own Thaumatropes. First children did lots of research on how to make them effective and […]
Year 4 have been developing the outside areas to create outdoor classrooms as part of their NEMESIS project. The spaces have been transformed and children have enjoyed getting busy clearing […]
As part of our DT and PHSE learning, Class 4 today made home made vegetable soup, fruit salad, aswell as trying lots of different fruit juices they’d not tried before. […]
Today Class 4 began science week with applying their knowledge of the different parts of a plant and each of their functions by creating a step by step visual diagram […]
Year 4 made a fantastic start to their STEM projects today, carefully drawing and labelling their own wind turbine designs! We first made a prototype, to help us to visualise […]
Y3’s have been set a spontaneous snow maths tasks seen as it’s snowing heavily. They have been learning all about length and height over the last few weeks so Miss […]
What an amazing morning we’ve had today in Y5NS! We launched our model rockets into space from the playground and watched them fall back to Earth … but did […]
What an amazing day we’ve had today in Y5NS today, planning and building our very own model rockets! First, Mr Williams set us our challenge – to design a capsule […]
Y3 are beginning their new genre, explanation texts. This morning children were set a task of designing their own Miss Sare pleaser machine. They thought about what Miss Sare would […]
Over the last few days, Class 4 have been set the challenge of designing their own new and original shop that would be in Meadowhall. Yesterday they drew, thought of […]
Over the last few weeks, Y3 have been discussing the future of the steel industry and whether or not workers will be replaced with machine robots. We have done lots […]
Class 7 and 8 once again wowed their teachers with their effort and creativity, and created some space buggies! They had to research them, create a plan and then find […]
We’ve learnt about how sound travels, and we’ve found out that we watch 4 days of adverts per year! That’s a lot of Television! From the Wonderlab, to the Gaming […]
As part of our learning about animation, we made our own examples of thaumatropes to understand how animation was created many years ago. Watch our videos at the end to […]
It has been our last club this week and children have been programming their robots to follow a line drawn on the floor. We didn’t quite get there but we […]
In Computing Club we have been busy building robots and using a Crumble motherboard we have started to program them. We are using our knowledge of coding and algorithms to […]
Children at Roughwood are in the process of setting up a break time shop to sell toast and smoothies. To help us set up our business, children visited Rockingham to […]
Thank you to all families that attended the sessions with Rotherham CLC, who kindly came to do a “structures and materials” session with children and families from classes 7 and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]