Today our Year 5 children performed two songs at Rotherham Minster in front a wonderful audience. Thank you to the parents that were able to come and watch the service we hope you enjoyed it. We were able to watch Greasbrough’s performance which was also outstanding. Thank you to Rotherham’s Music Service for giving us […]
After a lot of rain we decided to hold our Christingle service in school this morning, thank you to Reverend Diane Etchell for attending our service from St Mary’s Church, we are so sorry we were unable to make it. The children did a wonderful job of explaining the meaning of Christingle and sang beautifully. […]
Thank you to Mrs Baum, Mrs Dowell and the PTA for organsing such a wonderful Christmas Fayre. We managed to raise a huge £697.24 and we still have a couple of receipts to add up. Y6B did a fabulous job of running the stalls and getting into the Christmas spirit with Mrs Tunks. Thank you to […]
Thank you to everyone who attended the Year 5 Maths morning today. It was a really valuable session to help look at how we teach Maths in school. Well done for attempting to solve the investigation as well! Please follow and like us:
The children in year 6 have taken their fractions learning outdoors and used natural materials to create fraction walls. Here they are in action. Please follow and like us:
This week 6B have been learning about fractions of maths outdoors, the children were rained off and had to rush inside to continue their learning. Well done everyone. They had to make sure they brought the correct value to Mrs Buttree and displayed excellent team work. Watch our video here! Please follow and like us:
Last night our amazing staff worked extremely hard to bring the school to life and start to enjoy the festive season. The children have created some fabulous art work linked to our Christmas productions and our Site manager Mr Clark has done an excellent job with our Christmas trees with the help of his son. […]
We became human beebots yesterday! We had to use directional language to ‘programme’ our friends to get from one place to another. It was certainly a little chilly but we enjoyed taking our learning outside. Please follow and like us:
Group 5 used the story ‘Another Fine Mess’ and the masks to predict how a character would feel. Mrs Thompson helped the children to improve their language choices. Please follow and like us:
The FS2 children really enjoyed their visit to Greasbrough Library. They walked around our local area, observing the different features and talking about their purpose. The children listened to the story of Stick Man and spent time looking through the selection of books available to loan. They enjoyed making their own Stick Man puppet to […]
A huge thank you Hannah Thompson-Smith for our wonderful music sessions in year 6. The children have really enjoyed the sessions linked to their topic around the coast. Here they are in action composing their own pieces. Please follow and like us:
Another fabulous day with Mrs FJ, thank you so much for the excellent family learning sessions. I know the parents and children got so much from it and felt that we are addressing many issues around Anti Bullying. The children also enjoyed the sessions on conflict and resolution. Thinking about how they could resolve issues […]
Well done Alisha Potts on your achievements with Hockey, we are so proud of you for being chosen for the Road to Gold as part of your team Diamondbacks at Simply Skate, https://www.diamondbackihc.co.uk/. We know how much you are enjoying Hockey and working so hard to achieve your dreams. The team came third on their […]
Children completed their big write this morning by completing some peer critique. They gave constructive feedback and improved their persuasive piece. Please follow and like us:
In 3/4P the children have been completing a P4C on attendance, looking at the importance of coming to school and not missing out on learning time. Their question was ‘Are you Ashamed? what are your thoughts? Please follow and like us:
This morning, children from both Rockingham and Roughwood have had the opportunity to work with students who are completing their degree course on a drama project linked to WW1. The children have had a fabulous experience working with the students and alongside other children from Roughwood. Thank you for this wonderful opportunity Mr Williams and […]
Newsletter 16.11.18 Please follow and like us:
Last night 6B took part in a WW1 drama at Magna, the children have been rehearsing and learning the songs for weeks. Last night was the first of two performances. We are really proud of their commitment. The children have really learnt a lot. Thank you to the music service for allowing us to be […]
The children in 6B have been looking around school to collect recycled plastics and materials to create 3D art sculptures/pictures alerting people to the dangers of plastic in our oceans. We have been working in small groups and pairs to share our learning through art. Please follow and like us:
This week in 6B the children found a screwed up attendance certificate in the Immersive reading environment, the certificate was given to a child with 100% attendance. The children decided on a range of questions they wanted to explore. Would you throw your attendance certificate away? Do you think attendance is crucial to you? Do […]
The children have created some wonderful book in a box models. They have focused on a range of stories including traditional tales, The Gruffalo’s Child, ten little dinosaurs and the very hungry caterpillar. I think Mrs Buttree will have a difficult job choosing a winner. Please follow and like us:
Mrs Buttree set the home learning challenge of creating a book in a box over the October half term holiday. Families could work together on their favourite story creating a scene from the text inside a shoe box. We were blown away by the amount of children that took part in the challenge, including our […]
Cooking club has been a huge success this term, we hope you are all enjoying it and have tasted new foods. Thank you to our amazing staff for providing such wonderful opportunities for our children. Please follow and like us:
Remembrance celebrations at Rockingham, this week we have completed our own service in school where the children have read poems, stories and said prayers for the soldiers who lost their lives during WW1. This morning we were fortunate enough to be invited to St Mary’s Church to be involved in the remembrance celebrations, children from […]
Here is the school newsletter for the 26.10.18. We hope everyone has a lovely half term. Week 8 October Please follow and like us:
What an absolutely lovely morning everyone had at the breakfast for the winning class with the best attendance! The children in Y5/6 H really deserved it for all the effort they made for having the best attendance in school over the first half term. It was great to see so many happy and smiling faces. […]
What a lovely morning it was at our Harvest Festival. Thank you to all the classes for their performances and the lovely singing. We were so happy that the Year 6 children were able to join us via video link whilst out on residential in Northumberland. Thank you to all the parents who came to […]
Our girls football team have done a phenomenal job this week at the Rotherham finals competing against a number of Rotherham schools. We are really proud of the hard work they have put in, especially our under 11 girls team who stepped in for Greasbrough as they are away in Northumberland this week on their […]
Our Year 4 children in Y4L went to the New York Stadium to meet the children at Whiston Junior and Infant School as part of the linking project. The children took part in a wide range of activities throughout the day to promote team building and to get to know each other. The children and […]
This week our local PCSO’s Paul Newman and Julie Jackson came into school to teach the children about how to stay safe during the dark nights. The children learnt about how to stay safe during Halloween and Bonfire night. We discussed the safe use of sparklers and how to protect our pets. We do hope […]