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Tag Archives: Class 6

Scratch mazes in year 4

Wednesday, 9th Decemberby Abigail Miller Leave a comment

Class 6 have been learning to create and code their own mazes in Scratch. They have been using coding blocks to guide Robin Hood through a forest!

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Music in school, followed by instrumental lessons from home!

Monday, 7th Decemberby Miss Newton-Smith Leave a comment

With thanks to Rotherham Music Service, the children at Roughwood Primary School have been creating their own Christmas rhythms and practising them on djembes. As we’re not having external visitors […]

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Zentangle leaves

Friday, 2nd Octoberby Abigail Miller Leave a comment

Year 4 learnt a new art skill yesterday and practised zentangle patterns. We tried some in our sketchpads first and then went onto our leaf pictures. It took a lot […]

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Scrabble spelling in Class 6

Thursday, 24th Septemberby Abigail Miller Leave a comment

This week we tried another spelling activity and had a go at scrabble spelling – criss-crossing our spellings through a shared letter. Class 6 did this really well – some […]

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Literacy, Year 4

Super spelling in Class 6

Thursday, 17th Septemberby Abigail Miller Leave a comment

We have been taking time each day to practise our spellings, looking at the rules and completing activities to practise. We had a go at shape spellings; creating shapes out […]

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Literacy, Year 4

Creating art with nature in year 4

Tuesday, 15th Septemberby Abigail Miller Leave a comment

As part of our Survivial/Robin Hood topic, we looked at how people have used nature and natural surroundings to create artwork. We then created our own, making weavings using resources […]

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Fabulous learning in Year 4

Monday, 14th Septemberby Abigail Miller Leave a comment

We had a great first full week in year 4. Fantastic spelling and handwriting practise, great maths learning, using drama in literacy and good collaboration and ICT skills in History. […]

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Year 4

A great start to learning from Class 6

Monday, 7th Septemberby Abigail Miller Leave a comment

I am already very impressed with class 6’s learning and attitude. They have impressed me with their maths and handwriting, and have settled back in very quickly after not being […]

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Year 4

DIY telephone!

Friday, 15th Mayby Mr Williams Leave a comment

Holly has managed to create her own string telephone to save money and reduce waste! She had a go at our latest science challenge and has managed to make it […]

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V E Day preparations

Thursday, 7th Mayby Mr Williams Leave a comment

Summer and Mason have been busy creating some beautiful bunting to commemorate V E Day tomorrow. It looks beautiful and must have taken hours! Well done!

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Thinking of others …

Tuesday, 5th Mayby Mr Williams Leave a comment

We are so proud to have these gorgeous girls on our team at Roughwood. They have decided to make a real difference to the lives of others by raising money […]

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Reading at home

Thursday, 30th Aprilby Mr Williams Leave a comment

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Alfie loving life in Lockdown

Wednesday, 29th Aprilby Mr Williams Leave a comment

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News and Events, Well-being, Year 4

Angel working hard at home!

Monday, 30th Marchby Mr Williams Leave a comment

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Fabulous distance learning from Class 6

Thursday, 26th Marchby Mr Williams Leave a comment

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Class 6 tableaux of The Easter Story, Part 2!

Wednesday, 18th Marchby Mr Williams Leave a comment

Miss Would explored the thoughts and feelings of the characters from the Easter Story in the Garden of Gethsemane

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DEAR – Drop everything and read!

Friday, 6th Marchby Mr Williams Leave a comment

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Literacy, News and Events, Reading, Well-being, Year 4

Bedtime books at breakfast!

Friday, 6th Marchby Mr Williams Leave a comment

Class 6 enjoyed reading in their pyjamas this morning, to celebrate World Book Day. I hope that they will develop a lifetime love of reading.

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Literacy, News and Events, Reading, Well-being, Year 4

Young Writers!

Monday, 10th Februaryby Mr Williams Leave a comment

Well done to Angel and Brianne for being chosen to feature in the next Young Writers Book. This is the first time either of them have been published, so we […]

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Find Your Brave

Thursday, 6th Februaryby Mr Williams Leave a comment

What can we do to help us face our fears? Class 6 voted for this question after looking at the P4C book this week for Children’s Mental Health Week.

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Writing 500 Words – wish us luck!

Friday, 31st Januaryby Mr Williams Leave a comment

Class 6 writers are editing and improving our final drafts for the BBC 500 Words story competition. We have our fingers crossed that we may have some good news in […]

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Literacy, News and Events

Hunting for Roman Numerals!

Wednesday, 22nd Januaryby Mr Williams Leave a comment

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 […]

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Class 6 Breakfast Banquet

Wednesday, 18th Decemberby Mr Williams Leave a comment

We were delighted 😁 to share our winning breakfast 🥞🍳 with our lovely parents this morning. Members of Class 6, you are officially the best at getting yourselves to school […]

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News and Events, Well-being, Year 4

What’s in the 📦 box?

Tuesday, 17th Decemberby Mr Williams Leave a comment

A mysterious box has appeared in Class 6. Nobody appears to know where it has come from – or what is inside . . . should we open it? It […]

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Literacy, News and Events, Well-being, Year 4

Science investigation

Monday, 2nd Decemberby Mr Williams Leave a comment

Class 6 investigated how much salt could be dissolved in 180ml water before it reached saturation. How many teaspoons do you think the water could hold? We made our predictions […]

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News and Events, Science, Year 4

Helping the Homeless

Friday, 22nd Novemberby Mr Williams Leave a comment

Class 6 have been Secret Santas this afternoon and have donated 25 bags of clothing to YMCA at St John’s Green, who will sell the clothes and donate the proceeds […]

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News and Events, PSHCE, Social Innovation, Well-being, Year 4

Water Works!

Thursday, 14th Novemberby Mr Williams Leave a comment

Class 6 have spent a fascinating afternoon at Ewden Water Treatment Works today. Huge thanks to our guides, Charlotte and Helena, from Yorkshire Water 💦 who made it so interesting! […]

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Divided opinion in Class 6

Friday, 8th Novemberby Mr Williams Leave a comment

Members of Class 6 have very different opinions of the contentious issue of smacking. Half the class would use it as a strategy to teach their own children how to […]

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Class 6 investigating electrical conductors

Friday, 25th Octoberby Mr Williams Leave a comment

We had a great time testing different materials, to investigate which would conduct electricity!

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Harvest Moon Poem

Thursday, 24th Octoberby Mr Williams Leave a comment

Class 6 proudly presenting our Harvest Moon poem, which we performed at the Harvest Festival celebrations this week.

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Literacy, News and Events, Year 4

Archimboldo designs

Thursday, 10th Octoberby Mr Williams Leave a comment

Class 6 are busy creating some portraits in the style of the artist 👩‍🎨 Arcimboldo, using images of harvest produce.

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Class 6 Tooting their 🎺 trumpets.

Monday, 16th Septemberby Mr Williams Leave a comment

Year 4s learning about notation and how to create different rhythms. See the concentration!

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Music, News and Events, Well-being, Year 4

Using ICT to tackle place value

Wednesday, 11th Septemberby Mr Williams Leave a comment

Class 6 enjoyed using MyMaths to learn about place value this morning on the PCs and iPads.

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60 years old!

Monday, 15th Julyby Mr Williams Leave a comment

To celebrate Roughwood’s 60th birthday this year, we have made models of VW camper vans to sell at the Summer Fayre.

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Almost Anything

Friday, 12th Julyby Mr Williams Leave a comment

We know that when we set our minds to it, we can achieve almost anything, but how can we keep our magic working well? This is our P4C question this […]

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News and Events, Philosophy for Children, Year 4

Investigating sound with string telephones

Thursday, 27th Juneby Abigail Miller Leave a comment

We have been learning all about sound in Class 6. Today we investigated how sound travels over a distance using paper cup telephones. We made them in pairs and then […]

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Our learning, Science, Year 3, Year 4

Embracing diversity and challenging stereotypes

Tuesday, 4th Juneby Abigail Miller Leave a comment

This week we are celebrating Diversity and today we have been working alongside Mrs Ann Foxley-Johnson from the Anti-Bullying Conpany!

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Philosophy for Children, Year 3, Year 4

Using Indian Ink

Wednesday, 22nd Mayby Abigail Miller Leave a comment

In Class6, we are using Indian Ink to draw potion bottles with Mrs Robbins. A lot of us haven’t used this media for and it can be tricky but it […]

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Art, Year 3, Year 4

Mental maths in Class 6

Wednesday, 22nd Mayby Abigail Miller Leave a comment

We are developing our mental strategies in Class 6, thinking about how we can add and subtract efficiently. We have thought about number bonds and similarities when we add multiples […]

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Maths, Year 3, Year 4

Class 6 and 7 visit Eyam

Monday, 13th Mayby Abigail Miller Leave a comment

On a Wednesday classes 6 and 7 visited Eyam as part of their topic learning about the Plague. Despite walking in the relentless rain and cold weather, it was an […]

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Terrific trumpets

Wednesday, 8th Mayby Abigail Miller Leave a comment

Year 4 have been continuing their trumpet learning in preparation for the Big Blast concert in July! q

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Music, Year 4

Forever Fashion 28th – 31st Jan

Tuesday, 22nd Januaryby Mr Williams Leave a comment

As part of our Nemesis project, Y4 are keen to see us reuse and ♻️ recycle clothing, rather than it ending up in landfill. Please get involved by donating any […]

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Social Innovation, Year 4

Class 6 Maths

Tuesday, 4th Decemberby Mr Williams Leave a comment

We have been taking advantage of our new ICT suite today by using Purple Mash to create bar charts from tables with information in. We will be using these bar […]

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Computing, Uncategorized, Year 3, Year 4

Tête, épaules, genoux et pieds

Thursday, 25th Januaryby Mr Williams Leave a comment

Today y3 have been practising a song in French. Do you recognise it?

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The Old Farmer’s Song

Monday, 20th Novemberby Mr Williams Leave a comment

​​ ​​​​ At the edge of the world, I graze my sheep, Where storm clouds swirl, and the valley cuts deep.   I’ve farmed this land for fifty years, Calloused […]

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Water transportation experiment – The results!

Thursday, 16th Novemberby Mr Williams Leave a comment

A little while ago, we set up an experiment to test how water transports through a flower. To test this, we used food colouring to see if it would change […]

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Cannon Hall Farm visit

Tuesday, 19th Septemberby Mr Williams Leave a comment

  Class 6 visited Cannon Hall Farm on Tuesday 19th September, and what a day we had! Firstly, we were all really glad that there wasn’t any sign of rain! […]

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