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 […]
As part of a project that Roughwood is involved in called ‘Multiply’, parents and carers were able to join us once again in school to learn about how we teach […]
To celebrate science week, we have been investigating ‘time’, and teachers have linked investigations and experiments to this theme. With thanks to our science leader, Mrs Beaumont, Roughwood started the […]
This week in Maths, Class 4 have been learning all about how to measure mass and have identified you often measure using grams and kilograms. In DT we have been […]
As part of our topic, where we are exploring different ways our world can be divided, Class 4 held a world foods testing session for the Y5s. During our immersive […]
Today, class 2 have had purses and money baskets with different coins in. Whilst Miss Brown is away on residential, children have had to to count their money, convert it […]
Today children have used practical resources to support them with ordering and comparing unit fractions. Children used a variety of fraction tiles, fractions towers and fraction pizzas.
In class 1 the children have been learning about mass and weight. We have been learning to compare the mass of objects and how to find their weight in cubes. […]
We’ve just had a further two ‘multiply’ maths sessions at Roughwood Primary – last week and this morning. During these sessions, parents and carers developed their strategies for division and […]
In order to consolidate our Maths learning today, Miss Dungworth’s group played some games in the hall. Our hearts were pumping after the ‘round up or down game’, where had […]
In class 1 we have been learning to represent numbers using objects. We started with numbers to 10 using cubes and then progressed into partitioning numbers up to 50 using […]
In maths, class 6 have used their ICT knowledge and understanding to access the Maths platform ‘MyMaths’ in order to apply their prior learning of fractions into problem solving challenges! […]
Today Class 4 we’re introduced to the formal method for multiplication. Children used counters or cubes as place value counters to solve a problem solving question: “Is it sometimes, always […]
In Chestnuts this morning we have continued to learn about circles and triangles. We did a guided draw of a fish blowing bubbles using only and circles and triangles. The […]
Today Class 4 began their multiplication unit of maths by looking at arrays. Children were asked to identify number sentences, make arrays and then put them into different categories. Outside […]
This week we hosted our second multiply session. We focussed on multiplication and division. At the start of the session we showed parents and carers the strategies we teach in […]
This morning we hosted our first multiply session of the year. Parents were invited into school to learn about how we teach addition and subtraction in year one and two. […]
As part of a project that Roughwood is involved in called Multiply, parents and carers were able to join us once again in school to learn about how we teach […]
In maths today children worked in pairs to solve questions that were adding and subtracting ones. Children were able to choose which method they used to solve them. They choose […]
Today Class 4 used different concrete resources to help us with adding and subtracting 1’s from 3 digit numbers. Some children chose cubes, others chose counters and some chose to […]
Children in Y4 have been using their place value knowledge to add up to two 4 digit numbers together with at least one exchange in class. To help continue this […]
Today we have been exploring numbers bonds to ten using tens frames and concrete objects. We worked in a systematic way so that we didn’t miss a number bond to […]
Children in Y6 have put their problem solving skills to the test when completing the spiralling decimals challenge from NRICH. We had to think logically of where we would place […]
Today Class 4 were given using concrete resources to support us with answering challenging word problems which meant we had to show our reasoning skills. Some children then chose to […]
Today class 2 have tried a comparing numbers escape room. The questions used a variety of pictorial and numerical concepts in which the children had to compare the amounts. We […]
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 […]
In maths children have been looking at recognising tens and ones in two digit numbers. Children used different objects that they could find outside to represent the tens and the […]
In class 1 we have introduced the greater than and less than symbols. We decided to play a throwing game in which we would count the amount of bean bags […]
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 […]
Today Class 4 am have jumped straight back into engaging in some fantastic learning. We began the day with reading aloud using expression with our class friends. We have then […]
Today in Year 6, we have been enjoying the beautiful outdoor weather whilst learning place value. Children started by identifying the different place values from one’s up to ten thousand […]
In maths yesterday we had lots of fun doing an activity called the biggest number. We worked in pairs and had to run and collect two numbers. Then we discussed […]
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, […]
In maths, year 4 have been using their problem solving skills to solve codebreakers. The challenge was for the children to use their place value knowledge to ‘crack the code’ […]
Today children in Class 4 combined their Maths, PE and Topic learning into one. Children imagined and practiced what it would be like to throw spears to catch their food. […]
Our new Y3’s have wasted no time in immersing themselves in their new topic: Stone Age. Based on the Stone Age Boy narrative, children used iPads and computers to research […]
In class 1 we have started our place value maths topic. To help the children with their counting we played a throwing game in which the children would count how […]
As we approach half term, we invited parents and carers into school to gain further understanding of the multiplication timestable check during one of our timestables coffee mornings. The MTC […]
Class 5 have used their computer skills to research about changes in weather over time and create a line graph showing the change.
Today ClAss 4 were given a task of locating different farming jobs around the outdoor environment. Next to the job was the time in words and they then had to […]
As part of our science learning, Year 5 have gathered data about the longevity of wild animals and compared the longevity to those animals that live in captivity. The children […]
During our time at Crowden, children across Willow Tree Academy have taken part in a range of deeper thinking maths activities. At Roughwood Primary School, we value the importance of […]
This week class 2 have been learning about fractions. We have been finishing fractions of shapes and quantities. To further our learning we have been finding the value of non-unit […]
In maths we continued our fraction learning by completing an NRICH challenge. We started with a 4 cubes and had to times them by 2,3 and 4 to find multiples. […]
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 […]
After learning how to use trial and error in our maths lessons as we move on from percentages and decimals, which has been challenging our deeper thinking, the children in […]
Parent and carers in key stage one were invited into school for another of our ‘multiply’ maths sessions. During the session, parents and carers developed their strategies for numeracy. We […]
Parent and carers in year 5 were invited into school for another of our ‘multiply’ maths sessions, yesterday morning. During this session, parents and carers developed their strategies for numeracy, […]
In Little Acorns and Acorns we asked our children and their parents if they could go on an object hunt in their homes and find 5 of each object. Look […]
As part of a project that Roughwood is involved in called Multiply, parents joined us in school to learn about how we teach maths. Parents learnt some of the strategies […]
In maths this week we have moved on to multiplication. We began by looking at what equal groups means and whether we can create different equal groups using the same […]
As part of our learning all about percentages, the children in Year 6 completed an investigation from NRICH. The investigation gave the children the task to complete questions based around […]
In Little Acorns and Acorns we have been encouraging the children to count and compare numbers by using ‘voting bricks’ to vote for a book for story time. We also […]
Today is the start of the weekly SUMDOG competition. Certificates are available, so please encourage all children to enter. This competition is on for a week only. The results are […]
This week in maths we had a go at an NRICH investigation all around money. The problems we had to solve were around Ben having five coins in his pocket. […]
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 […]
In Class 1 today we had a go at an ENRIH maths investigation. We were working with our partners to do this and were given di. We had to roll […]
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 […]
In Class 5 this week, we’ve been exploring an nrich maths investigation linked to our division learning … We started with 3 digit dividends and used our reasoning skills to […]
As part of our addition learning in maths, class 1 have been using ladybugs to find all of the different number bonds for numbers within 10. We worked systematically to […]
In maths today we did a maths investigation called Chain of Changes. We had to create a pattern using 2D shapes. We could start with any shape but each time […]
Today, Class 5 used counters to help them to divide with remainders. They worked together in pairs and showed fantastic teamwork skills! Well done!
At the end of a busy week, Year 5 apply their learning within a variety of maths investigations that include multiples, factors, prime numbers and square numbers. The children have […]
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 […]
In Maths today, Class 5 have been estimating to see how much they could afford on a given budget … Children had to find antique toys (from Victorian times) around […]
Class 5 have been using their reasoning skills today in Maths, discussing which method for subtraction would be the most efficient for different calculations … After talking about it with […]
Barvember 2022 is here! Throughout this month, White Rose Maths have issued their yearly challenge, which has been running for the last five years called ‘barvember’. Each day in November, […]
Today we applied our mathematical skills of multiplication, addition and subtraction to plan a dream party sticking to a budget. Our Y6’s used their teamwork and reasoning skills exceptionally well!
Roughwood announces the first one of the academic year, ‘Rotherham SUMDOG contest of 2022’, and it commences tomorrow… The children in class 1 to class 8 have the opportunity to […]
Class 4 were set a task of finding a card which either had a number, pictorial representation or a number in words. They then had to use their knowledge of […]
Today class 2 challenged themselves in an escape room game. The children had to answer questions on comparing which provided them with letters to form a secret password to escape. […]
In maths today we were learning to represent numbers to 100 in different ways. We used different objects to represent the tens and the ones. Look at all the different […]
Class 4 have wasted no time in showing off their fantastic maths skills. Today the children used dienes to represent the values of different numbers. They then used their place […]
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 […]