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 […]
Category Archives: Oracy
Using oracy skills to discuss in Year 6
Year 6 are learning how to write a balanced argument in Literacy. To support this new unit of learning, we engaged in a discussion focusing on our oracy skills ensuring […]
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 […]
Y3 creating and inputting audio in Book Creator to support with writing character dialogue
Today Class 4 continued to develop their knowledge of the app, Book Creator by creating their own dialogue between characters through adding and recording their own audio. Children created multiple […]
Story mapping in Y3B
As part of a narrative unit, children have been working on creating their very own story map to support them with retell, rehearsing and then innovating their very own version […]
Y3B – using Book Creator to engage our audience
Over the last few sessions, children have familiarised themselves with some functions of the app, Book Creator. They learnt how to present their information on: How the Stone Age changed […]
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 P4C – A Place For Plastic
This week, Y6 have focused on recycling and the effects of this on our school, at home, the wider community and the planet. During our P4C session, we looked at […]
Dancing literacy in KS1
In Key Stage 1, we have started our topic of narrative. To immerse the children in literacy we used dance to imagine what it would be like to walk down […]
Y3B Exploring Harvest themed poetry, prayers and songs within Guided Reading
Today we have used our whole class guided reading session to learn more about the importance of the harvest festival which is coming up shortly. We looked at a variety […]
Class 6 use drama and freeze frames to demonstrate ‘show not tell’, with empathy.
As part of our reading into writing process, the children in class 6 have been reading the book called ‘Cosmic’ and have analysed how Liam Digby feels at different parts […]
Class 2’s Non Chronological Reports
In class 2 this week we have been learning all about non chronological reports. We began by exploring different texts and picking out the features such as a title, sub-headings […]
T4W in Class 1
This week class 1 have been reading the book Meerkat Mail. In this story a meerkat called Sunny leaves home to see his family and friends. He writes postcards back […]
Talk for write in Class 2
In class 2 we have been using talk for write to learn a postcard. We began our learning at looking at what the features of a postcard were. Our postcard […]
Astronaut Training Day Complete!
As part of our learning about space in class 6, the children have completed a range of resilience challenges during their astronaut training day and undergone a range challenges to […]
Place Value Challenge – what fantastic start in class 6!
In the first week of the academic year in class 6, the children have been using the skills of the week: patience, tolerance and team work, to solve some maths […]
Y3B using Green Screen to show the 3 main periods of the Stone Age
Today Class 4 used the Green Screen to recreate small re-enactments of what life would be like throughout the 3 main time periods of the Stone Age. They showed the […]
Drama Class 1
In Class 1 we have introduced a new books called Meerkat Mail. Our objective for the lesson was to predict what will happen in the story. We separated into groups […]
Drama in Class 2
Today in literacy we used drama to act out our predictions for the book Meerkat Mail. Some of our predictions included meerkats visiting a beach, meerkats going to a play […]
Y6 Drama ‘Freeze Frames’ – Grace Darling
Year 6 have made a fantastic start to their new unit of writing today with some brilliant drama to enhance character thoughts and feelings. We used freeze frames to portray […]
Whole class guided reading outdoors
Today Class 4 practiced adding appropriate expression to their voices when reading the whole class extract – a play script! Children practiced adding intonation and suspense to their learning. A […]
Class 5 talk for writing
This week the children have created a talk for writing around the journey of a carrot.
Y3S using our drama and oracy skills to verbally explain the lifecycle of a plant
Today Class 4 worked in groups of 4 to create a finished video explaining the process of the lifecycle of a plant. They used many scientific technical vocabulary such as: […]
The Y6 Oracy and Reading Project returns!
This afternoon, our Y6 have welcomed back their mentors from Pontefract College as we explore oracy in our final module of ‘The Oracy and Reading’ project. We have worked alongside […]
Y3S creating spoken recounts outdoors using iMovie
Today Class 4 combined ICT and outdoor learning together and went outdoors to create a spoken recount about the residential. We used iMovie to do this. Children used their fabulous […]
How to deal with a minor head injury – Year 6 presentations
During our PSHE lessons, Year 6 have learnt how to deal with a minor head injury and have produced short videos to inform other children of what to do if […]
Outdoor literacy in class 2
In Literacy class 2 have been thinking about the setting of our new piece of narrative. The story focuses on a child who lived in a forest and helps the […]
Sharing our learning …
Last week, some children from Class 5 went to share their learning about the Women of Steel statue with Year 6. As the Year 6 topic is all about WWII, […]
Our Visit To Manor Lodge
During todays visit to Manor Lodge linked to our learning about the Tudor, we have explored the ruins of a previous grand manor house. Throughout the day, the children have […]
Year 5 leave school for Manor Lodge!
The children who are not going on the residential to Stratford-upon-Avon have the opportunity to visit Manor Lodge. Within our learning about the Elizabethans and Tudors, the children travel to […]
Developing our Oracy skills through History
Children in Class 5 used their teamwork and oracy skills, this week in History… Children were given historical fact sheets about the Women of Steel statue in Sheffield, linked to […]
Class 2 Great Fire of London Workshop
This week we had a special workshop with ALFRESCO learning about the Great Fire of London. We started the workshop by casting our minds back to how houses were built […]
Class 6 investigate ‘changing solids’ in science
Within yesterdays learning, Year 5 have been learning about what happens to solids when mixed with liquids During our most recent science lessons, the children have planned their investigation and […]
Working systematically with NRICH maths challenges in Class 6
As part of our reasoning and applying our knowledge within mastery maths sessions, the children in Year 5 have completed another investigative NRICH reasoning investigation using their systematic thinking and […]
Creating our own extended metaphors in Y6!
Year 6 have been putting their knowledge of extended metaphors into practise in Literacy today. We analysed a video of a railway train, similar to the ones evacuees would travel […]
P4C in Y6 – World War 2
This afternoon, the children in Class 8 participated in a P4C discussion about WW2. First, we explored some pictures of evacuees and recorded our first thoughts down on a post-it […]
WHOLE SCHOOL SPECIAL MENTIONS ASSEMBLY – WEEK 3
As we reflect on what has been fabulous week of achievements across school, the children at Roughwood have been showcasing their achievements, using their oracy to discuss what learning has […]
Y6 use drama to explore thoughts and feelings
This week, we have started our new unit of Literacy. In preparation for our narrative writing, we have been learning about evacuees and the diverse range of experiences the children […]
Freeze-Frames in Drama
Class 5 had a fantastic drama lesson this morning, acting out different scenarios linked to our new book, Meet me by the Steelmen. Take a look at our freeze-frames… Well […]
Drama in Y3S
Today Class 4 completed many different drama activities in relation to a setting from our new class text ”meet me by the steelmen”. The setting was Meadowhall. Children were given […]
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 […]
KS2 panto rehearsals underway for the big performance on Monday
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 […]
Y6 T4W – Coastal erosion
Year 6 have used ‘Talk 4 Writing’ to orally rehearse the process of coastal erosion. By using our team working skills, we first sequenced each step of the process and […]
Y6 T4W – Coastal erosion
Year 6 have used ‘Talk 4 Writing’ to orally rehearse the process of coastal erosion. By using our team working skills, we first sequenced each step of the process and […]
Y6 T4W – Coastal erosion
Year 6 have used ‘Talk 4 Writing’ to orally rehearse the process of coastal erosion. By using our team working skills, we first sequenced each step of the process and […]
Y6 T4W – Coastal erosion
Year 6 have used ‘Talk 4 Writing’ to orally rehearse the process of coastal erosion. By using our team working skills, we first sequenced each step of the process and […]
Reading with expression and fluency in Y3S
These two children have worked incredibly hard on improving their fluency and intonation in their reading. Both children reflected on their autumn fluency video and thought their reading must have […]
Using iMovie for the 1st time in Y3S
Today Class 4 used the iMovie app for the first time ever to sequence and order some drama clips we had created using the green screen the previous day. The […]
Nemesis in Class 3
This week Class 3 have started their NEMESIS project all about road safety outside of our school grounds. We began our week learning about what road safety is and how […]
Nemesis in Class 2
This week Class 2 have started their NEMESIS project of road safety. We began our week learning about what road safety is and how we can be safe near roads. […]
Drama on the Green Screen
What a fantastic morning Class 5 had today in Drama! We have been thinking about Jim, a character from our class text, and his daily routine in a Victorian workhouse […]
Class 1 fairy tale poetry
In Class 1 we have been learning all about Hans Christian Andersen and all of the fabulous fairy tales he wrote. We have written and performed some poetry about him […]
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 […]
Poetry Basket
The children in Chestnuts Class have been busy learning Autumn poems from our Poetry Basket. Last week we learnt the poem ‘Autumn Leaves’. We performed it outside today on our […]
T4W In Class 4
Children are at the final stage of their narrative writing and are beginning to think about writing their story ending. To help us put ideas into sentences, we are starting […]
Florence’s Hospital T4W
In class 2 we have been learning about setting descriptions. We decided to describe the hospital Florence Nightingale visited in Germany. We focused on adding adjectives to describe and conjunctions […]
Drama in Year 4
Class 5 had a fantastic morning today, acting in role to explore the character, Jim Jarvis … We thought carefully about our facial expressions and body language as we acted […]
Year 5 Astronaut Training Day
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 […]
Class 3 – Future Aspirations
Today class 3 came to school dressed as a famous person. Children dressed as musicians, actors and sports people. We spoke about what being famous meant to us and the […]
T4W in Year 6 – The Giants’ Necklace
At the beginning of transition, the children in Y6 were introduced to the short novel ‘A Giant’s Necklace’ by Michael Morpurgo, which follows a girl named Cherry who’s ambition is […]
P4C in Year 6
During our transition in Y6, we have begun to learn about plastic pollution and how this can damage our environment, especially our oceans. We were introduced to the “Place for […]
Class 3’s talk for write
In literacy today we looked at how we could edit and improve our writing. We added in adjectives and interesting vocabulary to make our setting description more exciting for the […]
Year 5 – Designing and measuring rockets using perimeter
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 […]
Y3S – Inputting and presenting data
Today Class 4 worked in pairs to input some primary data which we collected from each other and then presented it through a pie chart on Google sheets. The data […]
Class 2 Talk 4 Write
This week class 2 have started learning about talk 4 write. We started the lesson by drawing pictures to represent words. We then progressed onto adding actions to our pictures. […]
P4C – Something Else
We had a fantastic first P4C today in our class! We read our transition text, ‘Something Else’ as the stimulus, and generated lots of philosophical questions about the themes of […]
Class 7 begin their balanced arguments
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 […]
Class 8 use their oracy skills to debate!
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 […]
A Disgusting Sandwich
In class 3 we have started a new unit of work on instructions. Our instructions are all based around a book called The Disgusting Sandwich. Today we started to plan […]
Class 2 Singing in French
Today class 2 have been learning how to tell the weather in french. We started with some word matching games and progressed onto singing a weather song in french. We […]
Story Spoons on the Green Screen!
Year 4 took their drama learning to the next level today, using the story spoons to conduct their eye-witness interviews on the green screen! Take a look at their fantastic […]
Eye-Witness Interviews in Drama
Year 3 & 4 have become journalists this week, preparing for writing a newspaper report about the outbreak of plague in Eyam … In Drama today, children interviewed eye-witnesses for […]
The True Story of The 3 Little Pigs
Everyone has heard the story of the 3 Little Pigs, but have you heard the True Story? We have been using Talk for Writing to orally retell the story. Watch […]
Using and creating spreadsheets and data in Year 5
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 […]
T4W all about the Digestive system!
Class 5 have had lots of fun recently learning all about the Digestive System and today we used Talk For Writing to retell all the steps that take place. First, […]