The children in Year 6 have designed and created their own bookmarks this afternoon to celebrate Children’s Mental Health Week in school. We discussed the importance of our own mental […]
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 […]
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 […]
Year 6 have demonstrated excellent art skills this week as we have learnt how to draw the human body in proportion. We started by using mathematical skills such as measuring […]
Class 8 have had a wonderful afternoon learning new German vocabulary. We are now able to talk to our peers in German using greetings to start our conversation! After practising […]
Year 6 children celebrated the end of term today in their Christmas party this afternoon. From dancing, playing musical statues, pass the parcel and indulging in their fantastic snack buffet, […]
In art, we have been learning pen and ink skills such as hatching, cross hatching and stippling to create tone and texture to our lighthouse art work. We began by […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Our Year 6 children have had a wonderful afternoon learning how to play the clarinet. Mr Lewis has shown us how to effectively assemble a clarinet (which is quite a […]
Our Year 6’s were able to fully immerse themselves in our class text ‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’ this morning, by referring to our reading area and finding clues whilst reading our class […]
Our lucky Year 6 children are participating in a project exploring creative reading and writing with help from mentors from Pontefract College, working in partnership with Wingfield Academy. Each week, […]
Our lucky Year 6 children are participating in a project exploring creative reading and writing with help from mentors from Pontefract College, working in partnership with Wingfield Academy. Each week, […]
Take a look at some of the excellent artwork we have produced in Class 8! We completed our artwork to present in the Harvest Festival assembly this week. Y6 thought […]
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!
During our R.E session, Year 6 learnt about the core values of Christianity and fully immersed themselves into the story of the Widow’s Mite. The Widow’s Mite is a traditional […]
Today, our Year 6 pupils visited the picturesque Robin Hoods Bay. We had a fantastic day learning about the history of the town, sketching the headland, exploring rock pools and […]
Today, the Year 6 children have had the pleasure of visiting the Lifewise Centre to take part in a variety of different scenarios relating to personal safety. Throughout the day, […]
Our fantastic Year 6 children have had an impressive first day of term. They have thought carefully about who will be appointed as our class’ School Council Representatives and have […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Today, our Year 5/6 experienced a day in the life of a Viking at Locko Park. We met King Cnut and explored his empire and learnt various different skills, such […]
This week, children in Year 5/6 have continued their learning of using different techniques to create pattern and texture and have applied this within their own sketchbooks when drawing a […]
Class 7 and 8 experiment with patterns using ink to create textures and patterns. Our first stage was to identify different types of patterns and select the most relevant to […]
Very proud of Class 8 today who have demonstrated their outstanding artistic skills by using ink to create texture. We considered the several ways a dragon eye could be interpreted […]
Do you have a longing desire to go back in time to experience the wonders of a Tudor banquet? Luckily, the fantastic children in a Class 8 have the opportunity […]
Today, Class 8 used their ICT slot to access the Maths platform ‘MyMaths’ in order to apply their prior learning of fractions into some fun challenges! We also introduced decimals […]
This morning, we also had the exciting opportunity to try out a ‘Tudor banquet’ and taste foods that were popular of the time. The children experienced foods they liked and […]
What a tremendous day we have had in Class 7 and 8! We have truly brought the Tudor era ‘to life’ in our hall today, with children fully immersing themselves […]
Year 5/6 have made a great start in their Literacy unit by using freeze frames within drama to explore our characters thoughts and feelings from our class book, Treason. We […]
This week, children in Y5/6 have focused upon the topic of recycling and the effects of this on our school, at home, the wider community and the planet. During our […]
Upon our return to school this week, the children in Class 7 and 8 have been exploring narrative writing in our Literacy sessions. We will be writing our very own […]
As this week is ‘Children’s Mental Health Week’, the children in Y5/6 have been focusing on this years theme of ‘Growing Together’ by considering how they have grown and how […]
In our Literacy session, Y5/6 have continued researching all about Tudor life and then had the opportunity to share our findings! We have used our questioning and researching skills to […]
This afternoon, the children in Y5/6 have used atlas’ within our geography session to identify and locate different countries around the world that the UK traded with during the Tudor […]
Children in Y5/6 have been putting their knowledge of punctuation to the test today during our Kahoot! quiz. During our lesson, we added punctuation (such as commas, full stops and […]
During our Literacy session today, we used ‘hot-seating’ as a drama technique to explore thoughts and feelings of characters in our new class book ‘Treason’. At the beginning of the […]
Class 7 and 8 have been working on building their teamwork and communication skills in today’s Maths session. We have been applying our knowledge and understanding of prime numbers and […]
Class 7 and 8 have had an amazing morning designing and creating our very own model rockets! Our challenge was to design a rocket and module that will keep Mr […]
This afternoon, Class 8 have used their sketch books to build up a bank of art skills to help them in sketching and shading a moon with craters. We practised […]
In preparation for Remembrance Day on Thursday 11th November, Y5/6 children have been reflecting on the day that acknowledges the courage and sacrifice of those soldiers who served our country. […]
Class 8 have worked extremely hard on their magnificent ‘Harvest Wreaths’ artwork. We learnt the importance of celebrating the Harvest Festival as it gives us an opportunity to give to […]
Over the last week, the children in Y5/6 have been reflecting upon their experiences during the pandemic. We watched a video as stimulus to provoke our thinking skills and, from […]
Ready… set… BLAST OFF! Our brave ‘astronauts’ in Y5/6 have had a fantastic, fun-filled day during our Astronaut Training Day. There were certain skills and characteristics we needed to become […]
This afternoon, Class 8 and 9 had the pleasure of meeting with Mrs Foxley-Johnson via Zoom to learn about the different types of discrimination and the importance of equality. We […]
Class 8 have been developing their French speaking skills as we focus on ‘Les metiers’ (jobs) this half term. This week, we used the dramatical approach ‘freeze-frames’ to demonstrate the […]
In P4C this afternoon, Class 8 have had a lot of fun stimulating our thinking skills and developing our communication skills! We watched the stimuli ‘The Window’ by Jeannie Baker […]
Today, Class 8 have used their sequencing skills to arrange each step of the cycle of the heart. We have then used our ‘Talk 4 Writing’ skills to form actions […]
What a great start to our morning on the last day of term! The children in Class 8 have enjoyed our attendance winner breakfast this morning. A huge well done […]
What a brilliant first day back! The children in Class 8 have been exploring and observing the effects of static charges and learning about atoms and how they are formed. […]
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 […]
Class 7 and 8 produced some fantastic colour wheels at home to show their understanding of primary, secondary and tertiary colours
Class 7 and 8 once again wowed their teachers with their effort and creativity, and created some space buggies! They had to research them, create a plan and then find […]
A fantastic session with Ann Foxley-Johnson about staying safe on the apps we use. We have now created our own posters about using these apps.
Class 7 and 8 learnt some festive songs (and an Imagine Dragons song!) complete with Makaton actions.
Year 5/6 have been having sessions with Ms Roberts from Wingfield and have finished learning One Call Away.
Thank you to all families that attended the sessions with Rotherham CLC, who kindly came to do a “structures and materials” session with children and families from classes 7 and […]
We have started the Autumn term by looking at place value. Today we have completed some practical collaborative activities to consolidate our learning this week.