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Class 4 have enjoyed another eventful week full of learning. The main highlight for many was our trip to Boscobel House. The day involved touring the house and gardens led by Mrs Pachl and Mr Frame. In the afternoon, we looked at historical sources to help put together a dramatisation of the great…

This week we have been talking about being kind. The children talked about kind hands and we made a tree to put our kind handprints on.

On Tuesday the children learnt about food that is harvested during the autumn. We looked at the artist Acrimboldo and the children made portraits using fruit…

This week we have been very excited to watch Mrs Pachl create an amazing mural on the wall in our corridor. It looks amazing! In English we have read the story of The Big Bad Pig. We thought this story was really funny and can’t wait to retell it in our own words next week. In our Science lessons,…

What a memorable week it has been! The majority of the week has been dedicated to our residential trip to Dearne Valley. Over the three days, our children impressed with exceptional behaviour and resillience on show. Namely, their resolve to battle through the torrential weather conditions should…

This week, in Class 3, we have completed our independent write. We thought carefully about how we can adapt the story of the Egyptian Cinderella to produce our own story set in another culture. We broke down our story into paragraphs and used our plans and word mats to help us throughout. In…

It’s been an exciting week with the new climbing frame arriving! Luckily the sun came out so that the children could use it.

Mrs Compton has been providing new and interesting tuff tray activities for the children to explore. 
Next week should see the arrival of a new writing table which is…

It has been a week full of exciting opportunities at Richard Crosse. In Class 4, we have finished our first Maths unit: Place Value. The incredible progress made was testament to the hard work put in by our pupils over the unit. We started our new lessons based on addition and subtraction. In…

This week we have finished retelling the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. We have been working really hard on our writing, trying to remember to form our letters correctly, remember capital letters, full stops and finger spaces. Our favourite part of the lessons was getting to act out the…

This week, in Class 3, we really enjoyed showcasing our harvest artwork in church. In Maths, we have been comparing and ordering numbers using the mathematical language ascending and descending. As well as this, we have been rounding numbers to the nearest 10 and 100. We’ve been using this rhyme…

This week the Preschool children have been developing their fine motor skills by cutting and using keys to unlock padlocks. They have settled quickly into a routine and have been a joy to teach.

In Monster Phonics, reception children have been practising recognising i and n. They have used…

It has been a week full of great progress and inspiration. A particular highlight of the week was a virtual class visit by Katherine Rundell, who is an acclaimed author, where she explained how she grew to love writing and shared advice for budding enthusiasts. The class were very engaged by her…

In our English lessons this week we have been retelling the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. We have split the story up into beginning, middle and end. We are looking forward to writing the ending next week. Our focus has been on making sure that we have used capital letters, finger spaces…