Our final Newsletter of the half term and what an amazing half term it has been. So many opportunities, experiences and knowledge shared across the school. With a clear drive to embed our core values and strong foundations. ⭐️

We celebrated our amazing attendance with our attendance breakfast for families and children. The children had a great time and unsurprisingly it was greatly attended. 3/4P are on for 100% for the week so are continuing and finishing strong before our half term.

In our MFL lesson today, children have been practising our phonics in French. We looked at the sounds for in and an, understanding that one makes an ‘o’ sound and one makes an ‘a’ sound. The children rehearsed this with their peers, alongside taking part in a range of challenges

5/6T used all of their drumming knowledge today to put this into practice, creating a song using different rhythms. Well done to all for their resilience and excellent enthusiasm. Post navigation

Autumn Stay & Play, enjoying forest school, autumn hunts, magic potions and exploring pumpkins. Our autumn hunt included a maths focus with children and their adults counting leaves/sticks, comparing sizes and spotting patterns in nature.

Community events, get involved and support our community. Enjoy quality time as a family and enjoy celebrating the Autumn season. Community is at the best of everything we do at Rockingham. Take a look at what is on offer.

Y3/4P develop their watercolour skills with their very own Lowry paintings. Using perspective as the main feature to depict a beautiful scene. The children used a range of colours to bring their painting to life.

School Council prepare for the year ahead, continuing the success of last year with our gardening project we are looking for Grandparents who maybe able support with our raised beds and greenhouse to prepare for the winter season. Contact our school office for more information!

Halloween disco, we had the most amazing evening celebrating the end of term with our disco. Dancing, singing and enjoying time with our friends. Thank you parents for the incredible costumes, make up and spooky goings on.

Mr Jenkinson has developed our children’s skills within hockey this term, we are extremely lucky to Mr Jenkinson at Rockingham to strengthen our coaching and teaching of PE. Thank you for all you do for our children and teachers.

Today we held a pink and purple day for our amazing girl Harriet. Everyone shared their support. Thank you to our fabulous parents with their kind donations, we received a total of £420 not to mention the money raised through the QR code. Thank you all 🩷

Special Mentions Assembly where we celebrate our achievements from the week. We have had a huge focus on attendance this week, celebrating our first 100% winners this half term. Well done everyone ⭐️

A huge thank you to all our families who were able to donate towards our Harvest this year. Over 40 families use the social supermarket each week and your generosity has supported each and every one of them. rotherhamminster.co.uk/socia… Thank you for your kindness and support. 🥰

We would just like to say a huge thank you to all our parents,carers, children and staff for joining us this morning for our Dads and lads breakfast event. We loved having so many of you join us and it was lovely to see the children enjoying some quality time with loved ones 🥰

We had another wonderful Friday afternoon celebrating our amazing achievements this week in school. We had many winners this week for their contributions to the school and shared a wonderful selection of learning. We look forward to the last celebration of the half term next week

In celebration of Black History Month, the children in Nursery explored the work of Alma Thomas, using sponges and paint they practiced repeating stamping to create colourful mosaic-style patterns.

We concluded our footballing festivals yesterday with a final trip to Roughwood. Children were once again brilliant and represented the school fantastically. There were some brilliant goals and the teams performed well in their teams.

In Reception we have been learning all about the artist Chris Ofili to celebrate his work as part of Black History Month . Chris’s work focus on patterns colours and music . We shared an overview of his artwork and had a go at using cotton buds to create a range of a patterns

Our Y6 children had an excellent visit to Crucial Crew today! We explored an array of scenarios, practised emergency safety and learned many ways to keep ourselves safe – all whilst having fun along the way. It was a fantastic experience enjoyed by all.