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19 June 2026

Class 4 Week 3 Summer 2

It has been a scorching week at Richard Crosse and full of exciting lessons and opportunities. We have been estimating and measuring angles in maths to begin our shape topic. In ENglish, we have been writing a letter from the perspective of Lydia which showed great informality and understanding of…

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19 June 2026

Class 3- Summer 2- Week 3

We kicked things off this week by stepping back into the past to explore the fascinating world of the Stone Age. The children looked closely at the differences between the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic eras, and we worked hard to order these major events on a timeline. This led to a…

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19 June 2026

Class 2- Summer 2- Week 3

Welcome back to our weekly class blog! We have had an absolutely action-packed week in Key Stage 1. The children have shown incredible curiosity, teamwork, and enthusiasm throughout all of our learning. Here is a look at what we’ve been up to this week. We didn't let a bit of Monday morning…

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14 June 2026

Class 3- Summer 2-Week 2

What an incredibly busy and exciting week we have had in Class 3! In History, we stepped back in time to learn all about fascinating prehistoric beasts, researching incredible creatures like sabre-toothed tigers, woolly mammoths, and giant sloths. Our Maths lessons have been highly practical, with…

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12 June 2026

Class 4 Week 2 Summer 2

It has been a week to remember. We have enjoyed preparing for GreenPower and making sure our portfolios log all of the exciting steps along the way to our finished cars. On Friday, we test drove our cars after going through all the safety procedures and instructions. The year 6's truly had some…

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12 June 2026

Class 2-Summer 2-Week 2

This week was our formal assessment week across the school, and I could not be prouder of how the children approached it. Tests can sometimes feel a little daunting, but every single child showed incredible resilience, focus, and determination. They used this week as an opportunity to shine…

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11 June 2026

Class 1 Summer 2 Week 2 2026

In maths this week, the children continued to work on numbers, recognition, ordering and composition. The children have worked on recognising numbers above 10, building number staircases, identifying missing numbers and forming the numbers correctly. I have been using 10s frames to show the…

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8 June 2026

Class 3- Summer 2- Week 1

Welcome back to the Class 3 blog, where we have an incredibly busy and exciting week of learning to share with you! At the beginning of the week, we kicked off our brand-new history topic, 'The Ages of Man', by becoming history detectives. We investigated how we can know so much about pre-BC times…

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5 June 2026

Class 4 Week 1 Summer 2

The first week of the Summer term has been full of learning and opportunities to enjoy sports. 

Showing great creativity and confidence, Class 4 impressed by auditioning for parts in our annual class production: Robin and the Sherwood Hoodies. 

In mathematics, we have begun a unit on…

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5 June 2026

Class 2-Summer 2-Week 1

It has been absolutely wonderful to welcome the children back to school after the holidays! The classroom and playground has been buzzing with excitement as everyone caught up with their friends and shared all the fantastic things they got up to during the break. We have hit the ground running,…

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4 June 2026

Class 1 summer 2 Week 1

Welcome to summer term 2. We hope you had a lovely break and we have enjoyed hearing from the children about what they got up to over the holidays. Thank you if you sent in some pictures.

This week the reception children have moved on to learning about vowels and consonants. They have had a…

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15 May 2026

Class 3- Summer 1- Week 5

What a fantastic way to wrap up the half term! It has been an incredibly busy final week in Class 3, filled with assessments, creativity, and plenty of hard work. Because we have reached the end of several topics, the children have spent time taking part in a series of end-of-unit quizzes to show…

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