This morning we were working in small teams to develop our reasoning skills, the children really enjoyed challenge each other. Well done Y6.
Category: Whole School
Foundation 2 – Christingle stay and play
This morning our Foundation 2 children held a wonderful stay and play session for their families, they worked as a team and developed their knowledge and understanding of what a Christingle represents.
Family Learning – Christmas Crafts
This morning we were given the lovely opportunity of hosting a Christmas Craft Family Learning session this morning. Thank you to our parents who attended and to Trish Sharp and the CLC for providing this amazing opportunity, we have loved it.
Mrs Slack’s Christmas Show
We hope you enjoy our festive story with Mrs Slack, share this story with your family over Christmas.
Nurture with Mrs Elliott.
Our children had a great lunchtime with Mrs Elliott showing their creative side, the children enjoy team building and mindfulness ready for their afternoon learning.
Carol Concert at Rotherham Minster.
Thank you Rotherham Music and the team for giving us the opportunity to perform today in front of our parents and the community. We are so proud of all of our children from Willowtree. We hope you enjoy watching,
Rotherham Minster
Today we are performing Carols at Rotherham Minster organised by Rotherham Music Service. We are so excited to share our beautiful singing with our parents.
Y6 using Makaton.
He’s got the Whole world in his hands, Y6 using Makaton to perform their song for our Christingle Service.
Christingle Service 2019
We had a fabulous time yesterday at our Christingle Service in St Mary’s Church. Thank you so much to our Vicar Lyn Wortley and Reverend Diane and Neil for allowing us to hold our Service at the Church thank you for welcoming us and sharing the story of the Christmas Cracker. All the staff and […]
Greasbrough lights Switch on!
It was so wonderful to see so many Rockingham children and parents this evening at the lights switch on. It brought really community spirit and brought everyone together. Thank you to Rob Elliott for inviting us. Lacey and Ally you did a fabulous job. Thank you. Miss Darby and I had a great time. […]
Christmas Fayre
Today we had our Christmas Fayre which was a huge success, we had sold out within an hour. I think next year we could make double the amount. It was wonderful to see and the children had such huge smiles on their faces. A huge thank you to all the staff and children for creating […]
Visit from Peter Murray – http://www.peterjmurray.co.uk/
This week we have had Peter J Murray telling the children all about Mokee Joe and how he was created through the use of his imagination and his excitement with his own children. He is the winner of the ‘Sheffield Children’s Book Award’ in the shorter novel category. During his visit he inspired our children […]
Family fun at Greasbrough lights switch on.
Just a reminder about Greasbrough Christmas Tree Lights Switch on. There will be Carol Singing and a Christmas Market in the Crown Pub car park from 4pm. The lights will be switched on at 6:45pm by a child from Rockingham and Greasbrough, We hope to see you all there.
Making Christingles
Today we made our Christingles ready for our service at Church on Wednesday. We learnt all about the different parts of a Christingle. Thank you to our very sensible Y6 helpers, we loved working with you!
Our library visit
We have had so much fun visiting the library this morning. We read books, listened to stories and did some craft activities. The children have had so much fun and are all now members. What a wonderful way to share new books. The library has Christmas crafting activities running every Thursday after school for children […]
Newsletter 29th November
Here is our Newsletter for November the 29th we really hope you enjoy sharing some of our stories and events we have shared over the last two weeks, we hope you are excited about our Christmas Newsletter. Week 12 November
Kindness Calendar December 2019
All our children and staff are using the Kindness calendar to share acts of kindness and share goodwill.
Year 6 Artists in the making.
Our Year 6s have produced some outstanding artwork for display at St Mary’s Church we can’t wait to see this on display during our Christingle service next week.
MrsFJ Emoji Joe/Respect Workshops
We were so excited to have Ann Foxley Johnson back in school today to teach our KS1 children about their feelings and emotions and encourage the children to speak up. The children had a fabulous session and really enjoyed working as a team. Our KS2 children in the afternoon were discussing respect, what that means, […]
Bird Feeders in 2KS
Our Year 2 children have been busy making bird feeders that will be hung outside by Mr Clark. The children really enjoyed getting their hands dirty and were fully engaged in their learning. They are going to create a bird hide where they can take the binoculars out to observe the birds.
The Elves have visited Rockingham.
I must be the luckiest Head of School on the planet. Our amazing children have created some beautiful artwork all based on the theme of Christmas Carols for our hall, the Carols that you can see will be the ones we will sing at Rockingham around the Christmas tree. We hope to see lots of […]
Monster Mash
Our Enterprise team have done an incredible job of organising our Monster Mash event. We couldn’t believe how many children attended, we had planned some exciting games and had lots of fun we hope you all enjoyed it too.
Making bird feeders
In DT this term we thought about how we could feed animals through the winter. We discussed the importance of making food available to animals when it is cold and icy. We decided to make our own bird feeders. We used lard and bird seed to create fat balls and we used apples and seeds […]
Numeracy with Mrs Greenwood
Today we had a fabulous numeracy lesson, building up skills and identifying gaps in learning. I was so proud of the children today making connections across their learning and challenging themselves. I can’t wait to follow your journey this year.
Creating a love of reading.
We were so excited to launch our new Paddington suitcases that our children are taking home, inside you will find a Book, Teddy bear, Hot chocolate and some biscuits to share as a family. We really hope you enjoy sharing the stories together and generate that love of reading.
Ukulele
In music today we have learnt about some chords on the ukulele
Fun for all the Family.
The official Greasbrough Tree Light switch on takes place on Tuesday 3rd December 2019. The tree is located on land off Coach Road (where the Public Hall used to be). Festivities start at 6.45pm, and Children from Greasbrough & Rockingham School have been selected to officially turn on the Lights. Please pop along to this […]
Emotions with Mrs Foxley-Johnson
This morning Mrs Foxley-Johnson came to visit to discuss our emotions. We thought about how we feel when different things happen. We had some fantastic ideas and cannot wait to create our own emojis to show our feelings.
Respect
Today we did a workshop all about respect. We considered how to be respectful to each other and the impact of this.
Our angels for Church
This week we have made angels to be displayed in Church. We had lots of fun and can’t wait to see them on display when we visit next week.