Investigating Money in Maths
Class 6 had a fantastic Maths lessons today, exploring and investigating with money! First, everyone had their own purse with different coins in. We had to count our money, convert […]
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Class 4 Make 3D Shapes!
To round off our learning of shapes in maths, class 4 spent this morning having a go at making their own 3D shapes! We used printed nets to make a […]
Rotherham SUMDOG competition 2022 commences tomorrow!
Roughwood announce this weeks Rotherham SUMDOG competition of 2022 commences tomorrow morning from 8am… The children in class 1 to class 9 have the opportunity to compete against other children […]
MTC and Maths Parent Sessions
We invited our Year 4 children and their parents and careers into school yesterday for our timestable and MTC (multiplication timestable check) information session. During this session, we learnt […]
Year 6 Maths Residential – Day 2
We arrive home safe and sound from a fantastic couple of days in Crowden on the Year 6 Maths Residential, with other children from across the academy. The children carried […]
Year 6 Maths Residential – Day 1
Across the academy, some of our Year 6s represented Willow Tree on a challenging mathematic residential over two days with two other schools across our academy. We have returned from […]
Year 6 Maths Residential
Some of our Year 6 children have set off on an amazing two day adventure today. We will be learning lots about maths and building relationships with some children from […]
Collaborative woodwork
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 5 and 5/6 apply their fluency within their maths learning on the maths platform ‘MyMaths’.
At Roughwood primary school, we have been using different online maths platforms to support us with our maths learning and problem solving skills. Within our maths learning, class 7 and […]
Maths Club Fun!
Times Table Jenga was a big hit this afternoon, at our after school Maths Club! Take a look … Well done everyone!
Fraction Treasure Hunt!
Class 6 had a fantastic morning in Maths today, hunting and sorting out fractions! We love to take our Maths learning away from the desk! Well done, everyone!
Class 2 away from the desk maths
This week we have begun our topic of measuring length and height. To introduce the concept of height we went into the hall and compared the height of ourself to […]
After School Clubs
Great clubs today after school. Children have been learning lots of maths and literacy skills with the help of teachers in school. Thank you teachers! The PE and health and […]
Timestable Rockstar and SUMDOG champions 2021
Wow – another successful term on TT rockstars and SUMDOG and a fabulous end to 2021. Well done to all children in school and at home who competed in the […]
Class 4&5 STEM Challenge
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 […]
STEM challenge – Mars Rovers with forces
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 […]
K’nex space challenge
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 […]
Explorer STEM Challenge!
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 […]
Class 3 achievements
Today in class three we have shown fantastic resilience and determination to score amazing results on our spelling and arithmetic test. A huge well done to all children.
SUMDOG CONTEST BEGINS!
We have been entered into the SUMDOG maths contest across England, which begins today and ends on Friday 11th November. The children in class 1 to class 9 have the […]
QR Code Maths Challenge!
Class 6 had a wonderful morning today, using the iPads to solve our rainforest explorer challenge! Take a look …
Class 2 Maths!
This week we have introduced the part whole model to class 2. They have grasped the concept and even attempted creating their own models using objects to help them. We […]
Class 2 escape room
To challenge the children we created a escape room! To escape they had to crack the code by getting the correct answer for 7 questions. We continued to focus on […]
Class 2 Outdoor Maths
Last week class 2 have been learning how to compare numbers using the correct terminology. To test our knowledge we played a throwing game in which we needed to compare […]
Timestable Rockstars – final winners
Children at Roughwood have been in competition to achieve the quickest timestable speeds that are less than three seconds. The following children have made it to Rock Stars (under three […]
Y3S – playing their very own designed Victorian monopoly
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 […]
Y3S – Creating our own Victorian/Mathematical Monopoly game
Over the last few days, Class 4 have been working with their partner to create a Victorian inspired monopoly game which they will be playing once finished. They initially researched […]
Year 5 apply their maths learning in the ICT suite
Year 5 make use of an ‘away from the desk’ maths lesson (in our fabulous ICT suite)! In our maths lesson, children applied their learning in a range of different […]
Maths in Class 2
This week Class 2 have been comparing numbers up to 100. We have used our role play area to compare money and the small world area to compare 10s and […]
Using our maths and science within our Geography
In our Geography lessons, we’ve been analysing and comparing the changes in weather (temperature) and rainfall in who different places – South Yorkshire (specifically Sheffield) and the capital of Norway […]
Year 5 learn about angles
Geometry lessons in mathematics have begun in Upper Key Stage Two. During this weeks ‘away from the desk’ maths learning, learning was taken to the outdoor learning spaces. Our lessons […]
Y3/S – AM/PM maths code breaker
Today Miss Sare set class 4 a code breaker maths challenge. Children had to find a row of times and the children had to figure out the earliest time and […]
Class 9 find angles around school
In class 9, we have been identifying and labelling angles around the playground.
Y3S Diversity potions to introduce Capacity and Volume in Maths
Y3S began looking at capacity and volume in maths today. We had also been doing lots of discussion in PHSE/P4C about what makes people unique and how people are different. […]
Class 9 learn ratio
Class 9 have been busy learning about ratio outdoors for maths today!
Introduction to mass through biscuits in Y3S
This week, Y3 are covering mass and have learnt that means the weight of an object. To introduce this new topic, we looked at comparing heavier and lighter objects aswell […]
Amazing Teamwork in Class 6
Class 6 made a fantastic start to their new learning in Maths today, applying what they already know about fractions to our new unit on decimals. We worked together in […]
Y3S Outdoor fractions – representing tenths using outdoor objects
Today Class 4 have been learning how to count, order and recognise in tenths. The children in school decided to wrap up warm and use the outdoor environment to make […]
Maths escape room
Today in our live maths lesson class 3 found themselves lost in a potion lab and had to solve the clues to get out. They had to use all of […]
Fractions in Year 4
Today, Year 4 started some brand new learning in Maths, all about Fractions! The children were very reflective learners – they showed us that they remembered lots about fractions, from […]
Y3S – 2D Shapes Top Trumps
Y3S were set the task of designing and creating their own 2D shaped top trump game. They had to use key mathematical vocabulary that they had learnt in their live […]
Exploring Area in Year 4
Today’s Challenge: how many different shapes can you make with the same area of 10 squares? Take a look at some of our findings … Fantastic learning, Year 4! Well […]
Making Acute, Obtuse and Right Angles in Y3S
As part of our properties of shape unit, Y3 have been looking at turns, right angles and different directions. We are now looking at identifying and comparing acute, obtuse and […]
Class 2 – Learning in the snow
Snow days can be a distraction when learning but in class 2 we have been using it to our advantage. We have been practising our addition and times table in […]
Y3S Spontaneous Snow Maths
As usual class 4 rose to the challenge and did such a fabulous job at creating their snow creatures and then accurately measuring them! Well done children! What a creative, […]
Arrays
Class 3 today in maths have been using arrays to solve multiplication questions. They were challenged to be as creative as possible with the arrays and they certainly succeeded.
Measuring and Converting in Y4G
Mrs Graham’s class have made a wonderful start to remote Maths learning today, recapping how to measure in cm and convert to mm. Take a look at their amazing outcomes […]
Year 5 festive SUMDOG challenge
Class 7 have been incredibly resilient this week. As we approach the final stages of learning before our Christmas break, the children have logged onto ‘SUMDOG’ today to complete their […]
Virtual Maths Reasoning Christmas Quiz
To get into the festive spirit, Y3 had a Christmas themed maths quiz during their live session today. The children loved applying their division and multiplication learning! The children fed […]
Bus stop division teaching and learning with food – Y3 Distanced learning
Throughout the week Miss Sare has been holding daily live maths sessions and has been astounded by how quickly and fabulously Y3 have picked up the written method for division. […]
Y5/6D Fractions – Maths Live Sessions
It is our second and final week remote learning in Class 8 and what a great experience we have had! Although we haven’t been able to see each other in […]
Money, money, money!
Today class 3 had to select coins and notes to make the correct amount to pay for an item in a shop. They were fully immersed in their activity using […]
Repeating Patterns
For our numeracy distance learning task, we have been continuing and creating simple repeating patterns.
Year 5 Away from the desk maths
From using the White Rose schemes of work, here’s another example of where we have revisited previous learning at Roughwood and practised using previous methods to calculate. We definitely had […]
Science & Maths in Year 6
This week in Science, we’ve been learning about light and the rules of reflection … … which linked perfectly with a challenging reflection problem that came up in this week’s […]
Place value problem solving
Class 3 absolutely loved maths learning yesterday. They worked in groups of 3 and they had 7 questions to answer. Children worked on using the greater than, less than and […]
Class 4 -More Outdoor Maths!
Class 4 took their Maths lesson outside once again. We drew a number line on the yard and then ordered a mixture of visual representation, 3/4 digit numbers and numbers […]
Y3S Partitioning outdoors
Today children from Class 4 took their maths outdoors. They had to find as many different numbers as possible: some visual representations, numerals and words and then partition them! They […]
Outdoor Maths in Year 6
Mrs Graham’s group have enjoyed taking their Maths learning outside today in the sunshine! Take a look at our fantastic place value learning …
Y3S Super Maths
Over the last few days Class 4 have been refreshing their memories on place value. We have been using a variety of concrete and pictorial resources to show the value […]
Class 2 mathematicians
Y5 problem solving in maths
We converted 2 metres into centimetres and millimetres, and then investigate how many straws we would need. We then used that to work out how many we’d need for 4m, […]
Y3D Multiplication Hunt
Class 5 working collaboratively hunting for matching calculations around the classroom! Keep up the hard work!
Recalling and reciting times tables in Y3/S
Today Class 4 began their second strand of multiplication by recalling and reciting different times tables. They used their challenge skills, team work skills and reflection skills to complete different […]
Y3D Outdoor Maths
We have ended our subtraction strand of maths with a challenging orienteering course!
Hunting for Roman Numerals!
Members of Class 6 are now expert translators of Arabic and Roman Numerals and can convert easily between the two! They set out on a quest to count items in […]
Fun with fractions
This week we have been learning about fractions of shapes and fractions of quantities. We investigated how to find different fractions of different shapes. We were also able to show […]
Class 4: “The cold never bothered us anyway!”
Class 4 began their division lessons by going outside and using practical objects. This is where we were introduced to remainders! We even used ourselves to understand the inverse of […]
Negative numbers
In SUMMs, Class 7 have been counting through zero into negative numbers. We then practised by playing “tug of war”.
Year 3 finding the difference
This week in Maths, Year 3 have been exploring subtraction and the ways we can use it. In the photos below, children have created their own number lines using string […]
Delicious maths
This week in maths class three have been learning about measuring. We have looked at what we use to weigh things. We can use the terminology grams and kilograms. After […]
Maths fun in class 4
Today class 4 used counting on to find the difference between 2 numbers. The children used the strategy of a number line to complete a number sentence. Once they had […]
Times Tables Rock Star
This week we have had an amazing 74 Families engage with our Tea, Toast and Tables mornings which have seen parents and children playing tables games to raise awareness of […]
Timestable Rockstars Launch Day
Children came dressed as rockstars today and were ready to take on rockstar challenges. What a fantastic day of maths challenges. Thank you to all parents, carers and staff at […]
Another amazing TTT morning
Year 3 children and their parents and carers attended this second TTT morning with times tables, tea and toast! What a huge success! Thank you to all for attending.