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18 June 2021

Class 5 - Summer 2 - Week 2

In Class 5 this week we have begun practising for our year 6 play. Everyone now knows their parts and we have been learning lines, singing and making props.

In RE, we researched Pentecost - the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles. We also learnt about who the apostles were and what…

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18 June 2021

Class 2-Summer Term 2 -Week 2

This week, we have again taken full advantage of the beautiful sunshine and have moved our lessons outside where possible. We were very excited to receive some strawberries and were able to enjoy them whilst sitting on the grass outside. Over the week we have been completing of end of year…

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18 June 2021

Summer Term 2 - Week 2

We’ve had a super busy week in Class 3 assessing all of our learning from this year. We have worked our socks off! In English, we have been learning how to use repetition for effect, inverted commas to show quotes and how to use facts in our writing to make it really persuasive. In Maths, we have…

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17 June 2021

In the Garden Week 2

We have been enjoying the lovely hot weather this week and have continued learning about what is in our gardens. Each day, we have named and discussed the day, month and season. This is something to talk about each morning on the way to school! 

We have shared the story 'Superworm' and have…

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Image of Class 5 - Summer 2 - week 1
11 June 2021

Class 5 - Summer 2 - week 1

This week has been action packed. 

After spending time building our greenpower race cars over the past month, this week was time to race it, which we were all very excited about. We spent Tuesday at Curborough sprint course racing our three greenpower cars alongside St Mary’s and The Howard. We…

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Image of Class 2 Summer 2 Week 1
11 June 2021

Class 2 Summer 2 Week 1

This week we have taken full advantage of the beautiful sunshine and taken our Science lessons outside. We have been learning about Isaac Newton’s discovery of gravity and in groups have made marble runs to see which group could get their marble down the slowest. We had lots of fun! We have also…

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11 June 2021

Year 5 -07/06/21

After a 2 week holiday it straight back to work this week as we started a number of new topics. Our new text in English is The Unforgotten Coat by Frank Cottrell Boyce and it about two Mongolian refugees who end up in a school in Liverpool.  I think it’s fair to say we are hooked!  We will be…

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11 June 2021

Summer Term 2 - Week 1

Our first week back after half term has been brilliant! We have hit the ground running in all subjects. In English, we have learnt about the features needed to write a persuasive letter. We are going to write a letter to our favourite author persuading them to visit our school on a mission to…

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10 June 2021

In the garden!

It has been lovely to see all the children and hear about their holiday news! We hope our Richard Crosse families have all had a lovely half term holiday.

In math this week, the children have been learning about splitting pictures and numbers in half. They have been solving some number…

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21 May 2021

Year 5 Down on the Farm

We had a great day at Packington Farm this week.  It was really exciting to be able to go on a school trip again.  The trip was part of our geography topic on ‘Food and Farming’.  We had a tractor ride to the education field, where we set up base for the day.  From there we moved into the woods…

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21 May 2021

Class 5 - Summer 1 - Week 5

Our final week of this half term has gone by extremely fast.

In maths, we have been learning about angles and problem solving using what we know about them.

In English, we have finished our topic of Macbeth by writing and performing our own scenes from the play. We finished the week by…

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20 May 2021

Class 2 Summer 1 Week 5

This week, in English, we have finished our work on non-chronological reports, writing a report all about Lions. Miss Derry was very impressed with how we remembered the features to include and the exciting vocabulary we are trying to use in our writing. In Maths, Year 2 have been learning how to…

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