Singing at Rotherham Minster
We are so lucky to have the wonderful Elliot come into school each week to lead our singing lessons. He plays the piano and teaches us songs which are linked […]
Category Archives: Music
Annual Music Concerts at Roughwood Primary School
Last week, Roughwood Primary School hosted two of our annual musical concerts for parents and carers to watch in school – Key Stage One and Key Stage Two Music Performances. […]
Music in Y4
This week in Music, Year 4 have been learning the difference between glockenspiel (metal) and xylophone (wood) before practicing some rhythms using the notes G, E and A.
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 […]
Music in class 3
Today we have been listening and appraising a piece of music called Music is all around. We learnt that it was a piece of jazz music. We discussed how we […]
Recorders in Class 2
This half term class 2 have been practising playing the recorders and have been able to perform an entire song! We focused on the notes C and D. I hope […]
KS1 & EYFS Easter Assembly
It was wonderful to invite parents into school today for the KS1 and EYFS Easter Assembly. This is the first time any of our children have performed for an audience […]
Music Bugs
Today we had a special visitor come to school. Emma from Music Bugs came to see Little Acorns and some of our parents. We had a lovely time singing and […]
Singing Assembly
As we start to get back to assemblies together in school it has been wonderful to hear our children singing in the hall. Here is KS2 for the first time […]
Playing Instruments
Children have shown how much practise they have done during recent weeks. Year 5 have been continuing their learning on the trumpets, Year 3 have focused on the Ukelele and […]
X Factor 2021
Our yearly X-Factor has been a huge hit this year and we have seen some brilliant guest appearances from a former pupil and the new Roughwood Staff Boyband. We have […]
Staff Christmas Video 2021
To celebrate another wonderful Year at Roughwood, we have come together to sing you a Christmas classic. We hope you enjoy our singing as much as we enjoyed making the […]
Class 3 Recorders
This week in class 3 we have continued to learn the recorder playing the notes B, A and G. We have been practising using these notes to the song ‘Ho […]
Class 2 recorders
This week class 2 have continued our recorder learning and have been practising our song ‘Ho Ho Ho’. We are mastering our technique and are beginning to play in sync. […]
Class 2 Brazil day!
Today Class 2 have been on a fabulous adventure to Brazil! We transformed the classroom into a plane and even saw the plane take off. We then learnt about Brazil’s […]
Class 3 recorders
In class 3 this week we have continued to learn to play the notes C, A and G. The children have shown great resilience to learning a new skills and […]
Recorders in Class 2!
This week Class 2 have continued their work with recorders. We have listen and appraised a variety of music before learning the notes G, A and C. We practised our […]
Recorders
In class 3 this week we have begun to learn a new skill in music. We have started learning the recorder. The notes we focussed on this week were G, […]
Year 3/4 Music
Classes 4, 5 and 6 have been having a wonderful afternoon with Ms Daws today, making lots of progress with their Samba Music.
Brass Lessons
Samba Music in Year 4!
Year 4 have made a fabulous start to a new term of Music, trying out a variety of instruments from Brazil… Why might Brazil be significant to our topic on […]
Summer Music Concert
This years Summer Concert. Have a great half term everyone!
Roghwood’s Got Talent
Another fantastic Roughwood’s Got Talent today at Roughwood Primary School. This year, we have had a wide range of acts ranging from tap dancing and drums to singing and football. […]
Science in Y4: Investigating Pitch and Volume
Year 4 had lots of fun this afternoon, making their own instruments and using them to explore pitch and volume… This led to an investigation to find out the relationship […]
Glockenspiel Easy E
In class 3 we have been beginning to play the glockenspiel. We listened to a piece of music and then began to look at the different notes. For the piece […]
Remote teaching Music
Today has been our first music lesson via Zoom with Class 5. Children have been drumming as normal and the lesson was a great success. Well done for rising to […]
Drumming Year 4
Our children in Year 4 have been enjoying their drumming sessions this week and have started to learn the basics on the Djembe Drum. Children have been looking at listening […]
The Power in Me!
Recently, children from around the world joined together for an online sing along which was hosted by Young Voices. The song, “Power in Me” was chosen to promote and represent […]
Young Voices 2020
Wow! What an amazing evening we all had. Our talented pupils attended the Young Voices concert held at the Sheffield Arena last night and became part of a choir made […]
Festive singing in Year 5/6
Class 7 and 8 learnt some festive songs (and an Imagine Dragons song!) complete with Makaton actions.
Rotherham Minster
Year 5 took part in a concert for parents and the public at the Rotherham Minster. It was the first time many of our children had been inside the Minster […]
Singing at McCalls
Roughwood has spread some Christmas cheer today by singing carols at the local shop. We raised over £20 for school and all the residents who joined us had a wonderful […]
Beat Boxing Boys
Laying down the rhythm for our class track!
Carols by Candlelight
We have had a wonderful night singing our favourite carols here at Roughwood. We have had a great game of Bingo and a quiz whwe we gave away lots of […]
Y3S Ukuleles
Class 4 have been continuing to develop our musical playing skills. They are working really hard on reading and interpreting music! Keep it up children!
Body Percussion
Class 6 have been using their bodies today to create percussion sounds and interesting rhythms.
Harvest Festival Assembly 2019
Roughwood Primary school perform beautifully for the Harvest Festival. We are incredibly proud of all Roughwood learners. Thank you to all parents and carers for attending. We are so very […]
“I’m only one call away…”
Year 5/6 have been having sessions with Ms Roberts from Wingfield and have finished learning One Call Away.
Class 6 Tooting their 🎺 trumpets.
Year 4s learning about notation and how to create different rhythms. See the concentration!
Ukulele’s in Y3
Today the Y3 children had their very first ukulele lesson. They learnt the components of a ukulele and how to hold it correctly. They also learnt about the important of […]
The Big Blast
Last week, Y4 children attended Magna and took part in The Big Blast, a Rotherham concert involving other schools and instruments.
Music Concert at Roughwood
What a brilliant assembly we had today to showcase what children have been learning in class. Some children have only been playing an instrument since Easter and the progress made […]
Music assembly
We have had a magnificent assembly with the Music Service today to showcase a range of instruments. We have been inspired.
Terrific trumpets
Year 4 have been continuing their trumpet learning in preparation for the Big Blast concert in July! q
Music in Class 3
We were very lucky to have Sonia Burgess join us this morning for a fun filled music session. During the lesson, we joined in with actions to music before listening […]