Opal Class
Summer 2
Summer 2 overview
Week 7
History session investigating the decline of Mayan Cities.
We looked at information and theories which archaelogists and hitorians have put forward about why Mayan cities declines in population or were abandoned over time.
Here are some of our theories:
Places were less populated because lots of people died during wars. (Esmai and Cadie)
Mayans built reserviors so they were prepared for droughts so it wasn't droughts. (Amiya)
It could have been the quality of the air that made people leave the cities. If they cut all the trees down there would not be enough oxygen so I think it could have been deforestation also. (Cadie)
I think it was drought because if the river dries up where would the Mayans get water from? Where would they get fish from, bathe, drink water...? (Matthew)
I think it was battles because you don't want to stay in an area where there is a war. Think about what it must be like in Ukranine today. (Sophia)
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Week 6
Year 5 and 6 Silent Disco
Investigating and making parachutes to help our understanding of air resistence in science.
Investigating volume
PE - Tennis
Week 3
Sports Day 2025
Skipping Ninja workshop
Art work - animal collages
Art assessment lesson - animal collages
Week 2
Literacy - Planning how to build up cohesive paragraphs about icebergs
Our cohesive paragraphs linked to icebergs
Investigating 3D properties of shapes
Week 1
Art - week 1 investigating collage
Year 5 puberty talk with the school nurse. I was very impressed with the maturity shown by the class and the questions asked.
Animation creation workshop
Summer Term 1
Science Unit - Reproduction in plants. We used our previous kowledge from lessons to disect and label a flower.
Geography Unit - Investigating the Amazon Rainforest. Here is a selection of our work.
Hot seating activity linked to our literacy text 'The Lost Happy Endings'
Verbal responses to hot seating questions
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8th May Celebrating Victory in Europe Day
VE Day Dance - The Lambeth Walk
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Spring 2
DT - Investigating and evaluating supermarket sandwiches and pastas
DT - Designing, making and evaluating our own healthy sandwiches
Y5 Dance Workshop
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PE - Basketball
Nurture - play time with Reception children and introducing them to the 'big playing yard'
Maths - area and perimeter of shapes.
Our literacy work based on Beowulf
Our work on Anne Frank's Diary this week based around the book 'Anne Frank' by Josephine Poole and Angela Barrett
Science modelling - our solar system. We focused on the shape, size and distance from the sun eath planet was.
Here is an overview of what the children will be learning in Spring Term 1.
Week 6
Safer Internet Day Live Lesson from CBBC looking at how to protect ourselves from scams.
Science - Looking at irreversible changes by making slime and conducting a mentos/coke experiment.
Week 5
NSPCC Numbers Day 2025 - investigating numbers in different ways.
Our work based on Numbers Day
Y5 Mini Police - tour of the police car
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Science - investigating how to reverse specific changes
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Week 4
Printing in the style of Dale Devereux Barker using printing blocks, string and paint to create a unique printing block design.
Week 3
History - Investigating cause, events and consequences of the Viking raid on Lindisfarne.
PSHE - Investigating different jobs and which are the most important in society.
Week 2
Computing - investigating code and then creating our own code for a traffic light simulation.
Art - Investigating print making with material used in previous year groups.
Week 1
Computing - lesson 1 on coding. Following and algorithm and then applying to our own game.
History - investigating timelines and how the Vikings link to previous work on Romans and Anglo-Saxons
Here is an overview of what the children will be learning in Autumn 2.
Thursday 19th December
Christmas Party Day!!!
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Wednesday 18th December
Completing our DT topic - Structure (bridges).
We used our previous knowledge of arches and triangulation to strengthen and stabilise our bridges.
Friday 13th December
Making our own Christmas style game in computing.
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Monday 9th December
LO: Can I investigate human and physical geography in South America?
In Geography today, we investigated different landmarks within South America and then used the atlas index to locate the position of the landmark within the South American country. Then we discussed and decided whether the landmark was human or physical geography.
Thursday 5th December
Investigting games on Purple Mash in preparation for making our own.
Week 3
We have had an artist come in to school to work with us to design a wildlife mural for the new building housing development in Moorsley. Our designs will cover the wall where the houses are being built behind.
In DT this week, we investigated how to make an arch bridge and a triangulation bridge. During the session we experienced certain problems and identified how to solve them next time.
Week 2
Football skills - chipping the ball and longer passing.
Science - investigating series and parallel circuits
Maths - investigating prime numbers to 20
Week 1
Outdoor Learning Day
Creating scultptures out of natural materials to develop emotion heads
Chanting in multiples of 3 and 4
Recapping on multiples and common multiples through team gmes, ball games and chanting.
Geography work - Using atlases to locate the countries and physical geography of South America
Here is an overview of what the children will be learning in the first half term of Autumn 2024/2025
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Week 2
Computing – Creating a school based avatar to compare in a database. Developing shared fields for the children to populate their data. Creating a collaborative class database. Extended with ‘And’ field questions by grouping pupils according to data fields.
In English we have been reading 'The Man Who Walked Between The Towers. The children were shocked at Phillipe Petit's tightrope walk.
Week 3
PE session - Multi skills. Focusing on balance, control and coordination.
Durham University workshop about the Anglo-Saxons. We worked as archaeologists this morning analysing different artefacts.
Artwork for the Houghton Feast. The children worked on print making and embossing.
Week 4
This week in English, we have been researching the life of Phillipe Petit so we can write a biography about his life.
In PE we have been focusing on running and passing skills in tag rugby.
Week 5
We have been looking at the life of football pioneer, Viv Anderson who was the first black player to play for England.
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Week 6
Art lesson on different shading techniques
Week 7
In history this week we have been investigating how lots of place names in England were names by the Anglo-Saxons.
Art work - contrasting shades using charcoal and chalk
Using the 2 Connect tool on Purple Mash to complete our history assessment into how the Anglo Saxons changed Britain.
