Last week was science week Richmond Academy and in Coral Class we completed a super STEM activity all about finger prints. We used our observation skills and noticed that all of our finger prints are different and have different patterns. How interesting it was! ✨

👑HOME LEARNING CHALLENGE👑 With the King's coronation approaching, can you draw a portrait of King Charles III for the BBC Children in Need Royally Big Portrait? Return your portrait after the holidays to be in with the chance of your portrait being displayed in London. Richmond Academy

Yesterday we had a wonderful day celebrating Eid by coming to school wearing party clothes and having an Eid lunch ✨ #EidMubarak Richmond Academy

On Monday, Year 3 had an insight into what life was like in Ancient Egyptian times. They had a fantastic time with Historic Workshops exploring ancient artefacts, being a scribe, playing ancient Egyptian games and learning about the process of mummification 🌟 Richmond Academy

Coral Class have had a wonderful afternoon celebrating the coronation of King Charles III 👑They have written a fabulous fact file about the King, created an eye-catching collage and sang the national anthem. What a fantastic afternoon they have had! 🇬🇧 Richmond Academy

Yesterday Coral Class had their first lesson of orienteering in PE. Their first lesson was all about reading symbols. They had to look at a picture and use the symbols and key to collect the correct equipment. Here are some of the pictures they made 🌟

This morning we celebrated the fabulous home learning that our LKS2 pupils completed over half term. Our Y3s completed research and projects all about the River Nile and our Y4s completed lots of fantastic fact files about the Vikings✨ #beanexpertlearner Richmond Academy

What a fantastic afternoon our Children’s Leadership Team have had meeting the new Mayor of Oldham Zahid Chauhan, OBE,FRCGP ! They loved visiting the council chambers, asking lots of questions and having a tour of the Mayor’s Parlour. The children left feeling very inspired ✨Richmond Academy

Earlier today, children from Richmond Academy and Westwood Academy were invited to meet #Oldham’s new Mayor for the very first time in his parlour. During their visit, pupils had the opportunity to ask questions to Cllr Zahid Chauhan, OBE,FRCGP about his new role, the borough and loads more!

This week is our ‘Be A Problem Solver’ curriculum week and we have a number of orienteering courses around school which include lots of maths problems to solve. Coral Class did a fantastic job at solving the problems today 🏃‍♀️🗺️ Richmond Academy #BeaProblemSolver #Mathsonthemove

The year 3 and 4 classes have demonstrated superb problem solving skills in my paper cup challenge this week. They were able to work in their teams to stack the cups in different ways without using their hands 👏🏼 Richmond Academy #Beaproblemsolver #TheHarmonyPledge

Something out of this world has happened to Pearl Class over the weekend. I wonder what we will be learning about this week 🪐🚀🛸🧑‍🚀 Richmond Academy

On Tuesday, Pearl Class visited Castleshaw to learn more about animal habitats, the countryside and how to use a map. What a fantastic day they had! Richmond Academy 🐑🗺️🌟

This little boy has taken a particular interest in one of our Y2 English texts and has been busy creating wooden spoon characters at home. He has been using them to retell the story in the classroom. Can guess what the story is? 🐄🐞 Antony Hughes Richmond Academy #ReadAchieveSucceed