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19 November 2021

Autumn 2 - Week 3

We have had another great week in Class 5. 
In English, we have been writing our own WW2 diaries from the point of view of our own character (soldier, evacuee etc).

In our Maths lessons, we have been continuing to work with fractions, focusing on adding and subtracting mixed numbers. In order…

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12 November 2021

Autumn 2 - Week 2

We have been continuing our focus on fractions in our maths lessons this week; this has involved ordering, comparing and adding/subtracting fractions with differing numerators and denominators.

In English, we have been reading ‘My Secret War Diary’ and we have been creating our own characters…

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5 November 2021

Autumn 2 - Week 1

We have settled back into routine in our first week back after half term. We are all really excited for the next 6 weeks whilst we study WW2 in history, knitting in DT, Earth and space in science as well as many other fantastic subjects.

During our English lessons this week, we have begun…

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21 October 2021

Autumn 1 - Week 8

It has been a brilliant last week of term in Class 5 and we are now all ready for a week of much needed rest.

This week in maths, we have been investigating common factors and multiples of numbers. In English, we have continued to do work around the poem - The Highwayman. We have all now…

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15 October 2021

Autumn 1 - Week 7

We have had a fantastic penultimate week in Class 5!

In maths, we have been working with long division; it is a very tricky process but we are becoming more confident. It would really help us to improve if our parents could try some questions with us at home. In English, we have begun reading…

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7 October 2021

Autumn 1 - Week 6

Another week has flown by in Class 5 and we now only have two more left. We had our Harvest Festival in All Saints Church this week and it went really well. We have worked so hard learning our lines and researching where all our donations go. We are extremely proud of the whole school and parents…

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30 September 2021

Autumn 1 - Week 5

This week in Class 5 we having been learning multiplication by 2 digit and 3 digit numbers, using the column method. During our English lessons, we have been studying a new book - The Origins of Species by Sabena Radeva. This book is a picture book version of Charles Darwin’s famous…

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23 September 2021

Autumn 1 - Week 4

We are half way through the term now and it has flown by. In class 5 this week, we have been completing assessments to have an initial look at what Sats will be like. We had a fantastic maths lesson this week, using addition and subtraction to build a team of football players. We then extended our…

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16 September 2021

Autumn 1 - Week 3

This week in Class 5, we have continued our reading and writing lessons based on the book How the Whale Became. We have been writing adverbial phrases and using colons within a sentence. In maths, we have finished looking at place value and now have moved onto addition and subtraction, using…

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10 September 2021

Autumn 1 - Week 2

We have really settled into the school routine this week now we are back to normal lessons.

In maths, we have been working on place value with numbers to 10 million. This has involved, ordering, rounding and problem solving.

We have begun our topic of narrative writing in English. Our…

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Image of Autumn 1 - Week 1
3 September 2021

Autumn 1 - Week 1

We have had an excellent first week back in Class 5! All of us are eager and ready to go (including Mr Davies) for the academic year ahead.

This week, we have been participating in many activities that involve transitioning into year 6 and preparing us for this year.

We have created our own…

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16 July 2021

Class 5 - Summer 2 - Week 7

We have had an absolutely amazing last week at Richard Crosse. It has been so wonderful to spend our last week at primary school together taking part in fun activities.

This week, we went to the adventure farm. We spent the day playing on the soft play, looking at the animals and playing on the…

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