Sports leaders, ready for action! Over the course of the year the children will have a series of challenges supporting other children across school to engage in sports. They will look at first aid, organising team games and promoting good sportsmanship including fair play. They have worked really hard this term training for our first […]
This week our year 3 children have been making flapjack ready to write their instructions, they worked extremely well as a team and they tasted delicious. Mr Purshouse has been making bird feeders, I’m not sure they tasted as nice as the flapjacks but they look fabulous. We are also wanting some of our amazing […]
https://www.pops-summercamp.co.uk/ Our Year 4 children had a fabulous day working with Pops Adventure to explore learning outside the classroom, we love to get children outdoors and engaged in practical activities where they can build teamwork skills and show resilience. This will be a fabulous link to their visit at Ilam Hall. The children learnt many […]
The crucial crew visit gave our year 6 children the skills to deal with a range of potentially hazardous situations. It is supported by staff from Rotherham Road Safety, South Yorkshire Police and South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue. The visit covers road safety, how to travel on public transport, internet safety, first aid and visit […]
Yesterday we followed instructions on how to make bird feeder. Please follow and like us:
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The children took different measurements and then converted them into different units. Please follow and like us:
Today we have been focussing our studies on Grace Darling, in preparation for our Northumberland visit. We have looked at the Oil painting ‘The Rescue of the Forfarshire’ by the artist F. S. Lowther (1886) and imagined that we were one of the survivors. We discussed how we might have been feeling, described emotions and […]
The children were set the challenge to estimate and measure the length of the playground. We used different ways of measuring to see, which was most accurate. Then we used our conversion skills to convert between different units of measure. Please follow and like us:
We have devised our own non-negotiables for writing today, so that we all have the same expectation in Y6. Please follow and like us:
We have spent a lot of time this week motivating ourselves to be the best writers that we can be. We have explored motivational quotes and made our own motivational bookmarks, which will be with us for every writing opportunity. Please follow and like us:
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Key Stage 2 Open Event at Wingfield Academy, a fabulous opportunity for you to meet the staff and look at the learning opportunities that are on offer when your child reaches Secondary Education. Please follow and like us:
Today the children discussed the questions ‘Why didn’t women act in Shakespearean times?’. Before we started our discussion we revisited the P4c rules about respecting other children’s views. The children shared many different ideas and listened to their peers opinions. Please follow and like us:
This term the children are learning how to play football. They are developing at a range of skills, such as dribbling, passing, ball control, shooting and most importantly teamwork. Please follow and like us:
In Y5/6 we started looking at Tudor dancing and explored a range of movements ready to put our own performance together. Please follow and like us:
On Tuesday the 26th of June we held our Year 6 prom which was designed and created by the Year 6 children. The children looked stunning and parents really enjoyed the celebration, children arrived in style and were met by the teaching staff. A huge thank you to Mrs Buttree, Mr Purshouse and our LSA’s […]
Today we hosted Rockingham’s very first Willowtree Olympics, bringing together all of our Year 6 children across the academy to take part in mixed teams. This was a wonderful day and enjoyed by all. Thank you to our Sports coaches for organising such a wonderful event. Here are our winners below. Please follow and like […]
Thank you to all the year 3 parents that were able to attend our family learning session this morning based on our CSI activity focusing on Photofits, finger printing and chromatology we hope you really enjoyed being in school and learning alongside your children. Thank you to Trish Sharp from the CLC for coming into […]
Our Year 6 children finished 2nd in the Netball final at the EIS, after playing 10 matches the children were ready for a rest. Each match lasted 10 minutes and the children collaborated really well. After every half the children had to swap position and take on a different role. Here they are in action. […]
Today we have been learning about different angles. We used our bodies to represent the angles including acute, right, obtuse and reflex angles. Can you spot any more angles we have made? Please follow and like us:
As part of our real project, 4C have presented a germs assembly to whole whole school to promote washing your hands and stop spreading of germs. We are so proud of them! They spoke clearly and with clear knowledge. They even had demonstrations and a Q+A section. Please follow and like us:
As part of our REAL project, 4C are creating PSAs for the children of Rockingham. These will be viewed after the assembly children will be presenting to the school. Here is the rap one group has been creating. Music video coming soon! I can’t wait to see the finished results. Please follow and like us:
A special thank you to Kim today who is teaching us a fire dance! We have three motifs we are putting together to represent a fire tornado we saw at Magna. Please follow and like us:
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On Monday the 30th of April the Year 5/6 children went to Wingfield to take part in the Orienteering tournament. The girls finished first and the boys came second, our sports teams are going from strength to strength. We are so proud of all the children at Rockingham and their enthusiasm for sports. Please […]
On Monday the 16th of April we took two teams to the Cluster Netball tournament at Wingfield. After hard work and determination, our teams finished 1st and 4th. They are now through to the partnership round. We are so proud of their sporting achievements and would like to thank Miss Tyzack for raising the aspirations of […]
While at Eyam, Y4C have been extreme reading. Keep updated with our journey at https://rjieyam2018.wordpress.com/ Extreme reading Please follow and like us:
This week we have been exploring the properties of shapes. We were grouping shapes together depending on their properties. Please follow and like us:
Y4 visited St Mary’s Greasbrough. We asked questions and had a tour of the church, including playing the organ! IMG_5349 Please follow and like us: