The Y6 Oracy and Reading Project returns!
This afternoon, our Y6 have welcomed back their mentors from Pontefract College as we explore oracy in our final module of ‘The Oracy and Reading’ project. We have worked alongside […]
This afternoon, our Y6 have welcomed back their mentors from Pontefract College as we explore oracy in our final module of ‘The Oracy and Reading’ project. We have worked alongside […]
Our music learning continues this half term with the clarinet in preparation for our Big Blast concert at the end of June. Today, we have shown our skills off to […]
During our PSHE lessons, Year 6 have learnt how to deal with a minor head injury and have produced short videos to inform other children of what to do if […]
This afternoon, the children in Year 6 have learnt about famous watercolour artist J.M.W Turner and completed an ‘artist study’ by analysing some of his most famous artwork. By studying […]
With Me In Mind ran a practical and insightful session for our Y6’s this afternoon, focussing on upcoming exam stress and anxieties and gave us tips on how this can […]
What a fantastic experience the children at Roughwood have encountered this afternoon! We have been lucky enough to virtually meet artist Bob Barker, learn about his life and even watch […]
During the Second World War, British residents had to cover their windows and doors at night with heavy blackout material in order to cover any glimmer of light coming from […]
We have began our journey to Kelham Island this morning. We are excited to fully immerse ourselves in the fantastic WW2 workshops Kelham Island Museum have to offer. Let’s have […]
Our Year 6 children have made a wonderful start to their sewings, applying their prior knowledge of running stitches to their beautiful evacuee sketches. Our next step is to apply […]
Our fantastic children in Year 5 and 6 have used their collaboration skills to create a fantastic piece of artwork based on this years theme, ‘Let’s Get Connected.’ Our art […]
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 […]
This week, we have started our new unit of Literacy. In preparation for our narrative writing, we have been learning about evacuees and the diverse range of experiences the children […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Thanks to the generosity of our children and families at Roughwood we have raised £177 to make sure our wonderful Year 6 have an amazing prom! Well done to everyone […]
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 […]
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 […]
Today we have used teamwork, communication and problem solving in our ‘away from the desk’ maths.
Y6 have used Google maps to plan their route to secondary school.
To celebrate the 75th anniversary of VE Day, class 9 have had a party. We did a victory scavenger hunt and had a good old-fashioned sing-a-long.