Come and visit Mrs Burkinshaw and Mrs Waller in our new virtual library with links to some lovely reads.
Category: Story Time at Rockingham
Y6 Sea Shanties
To keep up the moral on long voyages, sailors used to sing and make up sea shanties to make the tough tasks onboard more manageable and take their minds off the hard work needed for their daily jobs. It gave the crew members a sense of togetherness and made them feel like they were working […]
Special Mentions
Today’s special mentions was so wonderful, celebrating all the achievements of our learners. We’ve seen learning linked to all curriculum areas and some fabulous ways to present learning. Congratulations to all our children today and our staff who have worked tirelessly. Well done to Miss Darby and Mrs Oram who are our staff stars of […]
Ava, using her phonics to support her reading. So proud of you!
We are so proud of Ava and mum this week, fabulous team effort in understanding the text and using her phonics knowledge to decode unknown words. Well done Ava we are really proud of you.
Our Learning reaches China!
Our Year 2 Children wanted to share how they have sent their learning all the way to China to learn with their friends in Chengdu. After the holiday the children at Tanghu Elementary school are going to be sharing some traditional Chinese fairytales with us. We are really looking forward to this.
Story Mapping in F1
In F1 this week it has been storytelling week. We have shared a number of traditional tales, looked at story mapping, retelling stories and creating finger puppets.
Y2WB Sharing their Drama performances with their friends in China @jeffshuai1
We are so proud to share our Drama performances of the Little Red Riding Hood, we have shared these with our Partner School Tanghu Elementary School in Chengdu. The year two children in both schools have been working on a joint project, sharing their learning and stories together. We are so proud of all of […]
Guided Reading with Mrs Buttree
Today the children had some very deep discussions and shared opinions about the text. The children discussed corporal punishment and the relationship between the characters. I was so proud of the children’s knowledge of the language used and the hidden meaning.
Celebration of Learning outcomes Year 6
We are so proud of our children’s resilience this term and wanted to showcase the outstanding outcomes that have been created, drawn or written. Here is a portfolio of the Year 6 learning so far we hope you enjoy.
Support from the School Library Service
Here are some more fabulous stories from the school library service to share with your children and families. Please follow the link below and enjoy a series of stories for all Key Stages
Year in Life our Journey
Since March 2020 we have been finding new ways to capture our learning, especially during this difficult time we find ourselves in. Together we continue to learn, grow and support our Mental Health and Wellbeing. We wanted to celebrate our children’s learning through the lockdown periods we have experienced together. We are so proud of […]
Mrs Slack shares Splat the Cat
Our Partner School Tanghu Elementary School Year 2 Project
Our Partner School in Chengdu are working closley with our Year 2 children to develop their literacy skills through drama. The children in Year 2 have shared videos of themselves retelling the story of Little Red Riding Hood. Our children in 2WB will be creating their own drama performance and sharing with their partner at […]
Live Learning Begins!
Today in school we’ve thoroughly enjoyed our live learning sessions with Miss Darby and Mr Parkin. Guided Reading and Numeracy were fabulous with lots of children accessing the sessions. It’s been wonderful spending time with our children in school.
We loved our Virtual Pantomime.
Today our children had a fabulous time watching the pantomime. Fun of fun, laughter and excellent comedy sketches. Thank you for making our children smile.
Mrs Buttree’s Spelling bee..
*Mrs B’s Spelling Bee Winners * Well done to our Spelling Bee winners this term. The children were all fantastic and in some year groups we had to go to knockout rounds, even using words from the next year group up. I’m so proud that we could still do this virtually. A special mention to […]
KS2 Performance of Cinderella Rockerfella
Today we showcased our performance of Cinderella Rockerfella, including all of our KS2 children and some surprise staff dances, singing and performances. Thank you to Miss Tyzack for creating such a fabulous video to share with our children and families. We are so proud of you all.
EYFS Production
Here is our festive video for EYFS we really hope you enjoy seeing all the wonderful things hey have been involved in this December. We are so proud of all of our children, parents and families.
KS1 Does the Nativity.
Our KS1 children have produced a fabulous production of the Nativity. Thank you to all the children and staff for putting together a wonderful performance. Parents I hope you enjoyed our zoom call this morning to showcase our very special performance. We can’t wait to have you all back in school next December.
Christingle in Y3M
The children in Y3M have explored the Christingle and explained what all the parts represent. A Christingle is a symbolic object used in the Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany services of many Christian denominations. Christingle, from a word of German origin, Christkindl, meaning ‘Little Christ Child’, is used to celebrate Jesus Christ as the “Light of the World”.Some beautiful […]
School’s Library Service
A message from the Library Service Just in case you missed them here are the links to our play lists of stories for you to enjoy while we can’t come to schools. Picture books https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxGWMQr47-co2TANm9_VrKFzbvl6iVSuX Groosham Grange- Key stage 2 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxGWMQr47-cqe4SwFPbe-MRQvXuTX3v2q Magic Finger https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxGWMQr47-crOwQyqw1xMjJrOoOIGCzJA Worlds worst teachers https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxGWMQr47-cpVAOnsJ0-61GWMJ7VRRtTG Nowhere Emporium- Key stage 2 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxGWMQr47-crIezSyNelYNzaQkmFzsPbW Have […]
P4C Foundation 2 The Fall!
 We asked the children to reflect on there strengths and what they thought they could do better at. They recorded this in the shape of Humpty Dumpty’s shell.
The Story of Diwali, Thank you @balbirdance
The Book Fair is in town.
All of our children are visiting the book fair this week to take a closer look at what is on offer from the book fair. Children will not be able to touch the books to have a closer look but will be able to see if their are any texts/stories they may like to read. […]
The Little Mole who knew it was none of his Business with Mrs Slack.
Today, Mrs Slack told one of my favourite stories, thank you Mrs Slack you have made my day. I hope you all enjoy this story together.
Enjoy our Harvest Festival.
Today we shared our Harvest Assembly live to our children in school and our children learning at home. What a fabulous first, children were all so excited to see each other and it was evident that all of our learners support each other. They were even discussing their home learning in the chat box. Thank […]
Outdoor Immersive Reading in F2
I can’t wait for our Foundation children to see their new reading environment on Monday. I couldn’t wait to get inside and explore. We hope you love it as much as do.
Immersive Reading in 6B
In Y6B the children have been immersed in The War Horse, week by week the environment has developed and children have become emotionally hooked and used the space to experience what it would have been like to experience the war. Their literacy and Artwork has been so powerful and reflected their understanding of the text,
WW1 Zoom meeting with @RothLibraries
Today, Y6 took part in a Zoom meeting with the Library service. We had a WW1 story ‘Where the Poppies Grow’ read to us followed by a series of letters from a local man ‘Albert Fretwell’ who wrote letters home to his mother from the trenches in WW1. Children were able to reflect on these […]
Emily’s Family Learning project in REY @Rotherhamcreat2
Emily and her mum have loved completing the Family Learning project together, please see what they have been up to below – Our book was Charlie’s superhero underpants. Task 1 = we read the book together and then discussed it and completed our task sheet Task 2 we created a story sack together Task 3 […]