Today, 1/2B reflected on our sketchbook pattern designs to make a clay tile. We used precision clay tools to carefully recreate our design 🎨🧑🏻🎨
Category: The Arts
Brain flakes – Young engineers across school
Our children are really enjoying building and creating engineering designs with Brain Flakes a fabulous resource that develops our children’s understanding of STEM.
3WB Art – Exploring Texture and Tone
Jolly Postman’s Party
F2 prepare for the Jolly Postman’s Party.
Special Mentions Assembly
A wonderful celebration assembly this week sharing some outstanding learning. We have really enjoyed our reading focus this week and congratulations 4D on winning the Head Teachers Award this week for your enthusiasm and passion for reading. Thank you Mrs Rawson for our beautiful learning environment and winning staff star of the week.
5/6H PE and Music – Lambeth Walk
This week we had a visit from Wingfield to help with our learning in World War 2. We discussed the use of dance and music in the war and then had a go at doing the Lambeth walk. We had a great time learning the steps!
In 6B, You’ll find us all doin’ the Lambeth walk.
Our partnership with Wingfield Performance Art department continues this term.
Greasbrough Library – Photograph Competition
Greasbrough Library – Photograph Competition Physical copies to be handed in to be displayed on the community boards no later than 21st Feb. All our children are members of the library service so it would be lovely for you to enter. Please share your photograph with your child’s class teacher too, we could make a […]
Special Mentions Assembly
Congratulations to all our winners this week who have produced some outstanding learning. We are so proud of all our learners. Well done Mia and congratulations on winning the Head Teachers Award this week for your enthusiasm for reading.
Newsletter 14th January 2022
6B continue to explore sketching skills with main characters from Goodnight Mr Tom
Castle Collages 🏰
This week we have created castle collages using different materials.
Prehistoric Patterns 4D
The children learnt about the different symbols liked to prehistoric times. They used tone and texture by using the patterns to start a sketch of a Stone Age drum.
Bollywood Brass Entertain Year 2 🎶
Today KS1 were lucky to have an opportunity to engage with the Bollywood-Carnatic Progression Project. We enjoyed some dynamic, live music and practised clapping along to the beat 🎶
Bollywood music
Today we joined in with a Bollywood music session with the Rotherham Music Service. We enjoyed listening to music from another culture.
Creativity in REY
Our children in Rockingham Early Years have shown their enthusiasm for learning as soon as they enter our Early Years. The children have really enjoyed all the creative opportunities that have been planned.
5/6H Music
This morning, 5/6H really enjoyed the performance by Rotherham Music Service of the Bollywood band. We were impressed with the type of music and tunes played by the brass band!
Thank you @RotherhamMusic
Our children thoroughly enjoyed the Bollywood-Carnatic project today. The Brass band were exceptional and really inspired our children. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to join in.
Launch day – Towers, tunnels and turrets.
Today we had our launch day for our new topic – towers , tunnels and turrets . The children dressed up as a character including knights, princesses and dragons . As part of the launch we did some art castle collages using different materials and textures.
Y2 Music
This week we enjoyed our first music lesson with the Rotherham Music Service. We looked at beat and rhythm and using our listening skills.
6B Sketching Skills
This week we have been using our pencil skills to sketch half of the face and body of a soldier. Children have made a good start to their line work and have started to think about how they can show light and dark.
Congratulations to our amazing Winners this week.
During special mentions we celebrated some wonderful successes. Starting with Miss Smith Who has passed her examination for her Early Years Course. We also celebrated Leighton who won best behaviour on the playground award and Kody who only started this week winning the Head Teachers Award for his incredible artwork. We have seen some outstanding […]
5/6H Art – sketching skills
This week in our sketch books we have been developing our techniques of shade, tone and texture. We used these skills to then develop some half and half faces of soldiers. We will use these skills further in the next couple of weeks.
Special Mentions
Today we celebrated our children’s learning and wished them all a happy new year. We are so proud of how they have settled and used their resilience and determination to be successful learners.
RISE Dance Company – Thank you
A huge thank you to RISE Dance company for an amazing first session today, our children have really enjoyed it and they certainly have learnt new skills. We can’t wait for next week.
Performing in Foundation 1
Today Mrs Smith and Mrs Haywood have been working with the Foundation 1 children on performance, they have been taking the stage and performing for their friends. Smiles all around. I think the children have really missed one another over the holiday.
What will your children learn this term?
Please look carefully at your child’s knowledge organiser and topic web for this term, how can you support and develop their deeper understanding, knowledge and skills?
Newsletter 17th of December
Please enjoy our last Newsletter of 2021, thank you for all your support this year and we hope the children have the most wonderful Christmas and New Year, we really have had the most wonderful term.
KS2 Production Sleeping Beauty
This year’s production of Sleeping Beauty was a huge success even virtually. We are so proud of all the children involved and we hope next year we have even more children coming to auditions. This year, we were able to cast 6 of the same character giving a lot more children the opportunity to get […]
Rockingham Presents Strictly come Dancing 2021
This Year the children have been involved in Strictly come dancing which has been phenomenal. Each class has worked together as a team to learn a class dance choosing a particular style of Dance. We have had the Jive, Salsa, Street Dance and so much more. Including a family can-can. We loved every second. Please […]