Snow Day Challenge
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2 weeks ago Y5 enjoyed their snow day. 🌨 Snow days are all about online learning and of course the snow! So we set Y5 a Snow Angel challenge! 😄
Y1 Visit the Yorkshire Transport Museum
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Year 1 enjoyed their trip to Yorkshire Transport Museum. As part of our history learning we have been looking at different modes of transport. The children really enjoyed being picked up by a heritage bus and looking at different vehicles from the past.
British Sign Language Week
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BSL week – Y5 helped celebrate Sign Language Week, which is celebrated every year in March to commemorate the first time British Sign Language (BSL) was acknowledged as a language in its own right by the UK Government on 18 March 2003. This year, we are marking the 20th anniversary of that historic moment. Â […]
Careers Week at Ashwood
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At Rawmarsh Ashwood we teach about careers and aspirations throughout the curriculum through the year. We held a special careers week where children dressed up as their future selves. We had a range of different careers which the children wanted to be. These included:- Engineers Vet Pianist Artist Archaeologist and many more! We always dream big […]
Y6 Careers Day
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These wonderful Year 6 students have really enjoyed dressing up for Careers Day as their future selves. They aspire to be sports coaches, artists, fashion designers, doctors and lawyers. They are definitely dreaming big! Well done Year 6! 🤩
Seismologists in the Building
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This week, Year 4 have been Seismologists. We have looked at how Earthquakes are measured and tried to record our own readings. We have really enjoyed Science Week in school. 🧪🤩
Science Week with Year 6
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As part of Science week, Year 6 conducted a test to find out which temperature produced the best environment for the yeast and inflated the balloon giving the widest circumference. It was a fantastic morning and wonderful to see the pupils becoming chemists – predicting what might happen and giving reasons why they think this. Well […]
FS1 & FS2 Learn Water Safety
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The children in Foundation had a great time learning about water safety this morning with a live webinar from Yorkshire Water. We learned that we have to follow the S.A.F.E rule: StayAwayFromEdge  We also know that we need to call 999 if we see anyone in danger.Â
🎨Year 3 Learn All About Colours
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Year 3 have wowed us with how neat their colour wheels are! We used our primary colours to make our secondary colours. 🖌🎨
Poetry Masters in the Making!
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Year 4 have been working closely with Grimm and Co in Rotherham creating their own poems . We were lucky to have radio presenter and poet Sile Sibanda work with the children on planning, writing and editing their own poetry. This resulted in a whole school performance and a performance to the parents showcasing their […]