This week in literacy we have been looking at instructions. We followed a set of instructions to make a chocolate cake. Here is how it went..
Category: For Parents
Arrays in Maths
This week in Maths we have been making arrays. We are working hard and being resilient.
Ilona Drew Artist in Residence @ilonadrewthis
What a wonderful visit from Ilona Drew, thank you so much for inspiring our children to become Artists. I have never seen them as focussed and determined to be successful. I was proud of their confidence and risk taking and I know they are proud of themselves too. We can’t wait to replicate this with […]
Captivating Creatures in F2 – They certainly were! @CaptivatingCre3
Thank you Lee for your wonderful feedback about our children today – We hope you enjoyed our visit today your children were brilliant well behaved and engaged throughout and are a credit to you and your school. We had the most wonderful time and the children haven’t stopped talking about it. https://www.captivatingcreaturesltd.co.uk/
Cake making and evaluation in 1/2B
1/2B children found a set of instructions that we could follow for a whole class project – a recipe for a cake! 😋
1/2B gymnasts and shape-makers 🤸♀️
Today, children in 1/2B practised holding a variety of shapes in our gymnastic lesson 🤸♀️
1/2B practise invasion game ball skills ⚽️
1/2B enjoyed practising ball control skills and teamworking. All children dribbling with their hands and feet, adding challenges as we went along. It was lovely to observe the cheering and encouragement as partners took turns 😀
Special Mentions Assembly – our Winners
This week we shared some outstanding learning from our children and discussed all the wonderful outcomes from Anti-Bullying Week. We have had such a wonderful week starting with Odd Socks day and finishing with Children in Need. Congratulations everyone.
5/6H Celebrating Children in Need
Children in Need for 3/4P
Children in 3/4p have had a wonderful day for Children in Need. They have had a great day dressed in yellow. We have completed our 20 acts of kindness, which we are going to complete in the next 20 days in school before we break up. The class are fantastic and I am positive they […]
Children in need 2021
.
The Arts in our Local Community – Information for our Families
The Imbube Gospel Singers are performing at Greasbrough Church this Saturday the 20th of November from 10-30 until 11-30, admission is free , everyone welcome.
@theLEAFcentre looks incredible.
We are nearly there with the LEAF Centre. We can’t wait to share our updated photographs. We are hoping that it might be possible to have our New Provision up and running in the New Year. Watch this space …
@andyoddsock in F2
Our Foundation 2 children celebrated Odd Socks Day celebrating their differences and sharing their similarities.
One Kind Day in F2
As part of friendship week, we had a look at a very special book, one kind day. It made us all think about all the kind things we already do and what new kind things we could do to help others. We talked about the power of a smile and passed a smile around our […]
#oddsocksday F1 children leading the way @andyoddsock
Our children in F1 couldn’t wait to show everyone their odd socks this morning, well done everyone and a huge thank you to the staff who have also embraced the start to our Friendship week. We always celebrate our differences at Rockingham.
Newsletter 12th of November
Remembrance Day
The first Remembrance day was held a year after the first world war, it was to commemorate the agreement that was signed which ended WW1 after years of fighting by 32 different countries. The agreement called Armistice was signed on the 11th day of the 11th month at 11am So from that first year, we […]
Making bird feeders 🐦
This week in DT we have been making bird feeders. We used our designs and research to create a feeder that would be suitable for the birds to eat during winter.
We have the whole world in our hands – 1/2B wondered how can we protect it? 🌍
1/2B had lots of discussion in RE about how we can protect our world and what might happen if we don’t 🌍
Story mapping Meerkat Mail
We have been using the story meerkat mail in Literacy this week. We used story mapping to help us to remember the events in the story.
1/2B creating postcards in meerkat style 💌
Children in 1/2B have been creating their own postcards after enjoying the Meerkat Mail story about Sunny and his travels. we thought carefully about content, layout and which address to use for sending 💌
Diwali in REY through Dance
Our children in REY have loved exploring Diwali through Dance. Look at how they are using colour to enhance their movements. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/424NptAhaeE
Our Disgusting Sandwich
We are thinking about our new book so we decided to be scientists and conduct an experiment. What an exciting experiment that was. We did everything yo our peanut butter sandwich that happened in the story and we decided that we couldn’t eat it because it was too disgusting.
Special Mentions Assembly
This week we celebrated all of our learners achievements. We have so many children who are moving to the next planet on their maths passport challenge and I know our children love being challenged. We have had colour mixing, map work and some fabulous rollercoasters in science. It has been such a wonderful week and […]
We ❤️ learning French pet vocabulary in 1/2B 🐇🐈⬛
We have enjoyed learning French pet vocabulary in 1/2B, using games and sound clips to help us get it just right 👍🏻😀
Y2 story sequencing 📖 🌍
In 1/2B, we have enjoyed following Sunny’s travels in Meerkat Mail this week 📖🌍
Thank you @cllr_rob we remember.
A huge thank you to Counsellor Rob Elliott for allowing our children to decorate the length of Church Street to show our appreciate and remember the soldiers from Greasbrough. Thank you to Adrian Hall a resident from Church Street and Charlotte, George and Alfie!
News from our Neighbourhood
Please see the link below to find out what is happening in your area https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKRMBC/bulletins/2f7f21b
Exploring a pumpkin in 1/2B 🍃
With great thanks, 1/2B received a home grown pumpkin from one of our families. We have enjoyed exploring its appearance, size, weight and dimensions. This glorious vegetable has inspired acrostic poems, descriptive writing and sketching 🍃