Year 5 Opal Class

Miss Antony	Miss Bond
Class Teacher	Teaching Assistant

Spring Term Two

What a busy and exciting half term it has been for Year 5!
After weeks of anticipation, the children finally took to the stage to perform Macbeth in front of their family and friends. They acted with confidence, energy, and real professionalism — a truly proud moment for everyone in Year 5.

In Science, we explored the fascinating life cycles of different animals. The children created engaging and informative videos showing the life cycle of an insect and produced diagrams.

In Writing, the children produced a non-chronological report about the Ancient Egyptians. Building on our Science learning, they also investigated the life cycle of a sea turtle and wrote a character description inspired by the Egyptian Cinderella, Rhodopis.

Our History lessons continued to focus on Ancient Egypt. The children had great fun learning about the development of pyramids, designing their own fact-file pyramids and learning about how this remarkable civilisation came to an end.

In French, we learnt how to take part in basic conversations and even practised ordering food — a fun way to build our confidence in speaking another language!

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Spring Term One 

This has been an exciting half term for Year 5! They had the amazing opportunity to watch a live production of Macbeth performed by professional actors. Some of the children even had the chance to take part in the play and act alongside the wonderful cast. We also received valuable advice from the actors to help us prepare for our own performance, which the children have been working tirelessly on.

During art, the children have been designing and creating the set and props for our production. In writing, we researched the extraordinary life of William Shakespeare and wrote a biography about him. In guided reading, we continued to explore Macbeth by reading a retelling of the story by Andrew Matthews and Tony Ross.

In science, we became scientists and tested the magnetism of different materials, investigated which materials conduct electricity, and explored which ones make the best thermal insulators.

In maths, we learned new methods for completing multiplication and division calculations and expanded our knowledge of fractions and decimals.

It has been a fantastic half term full of creativity, curiosity, and hard work!

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Autumn Term Two

A busy half term for Opal class! The children have had the chance to step into the role of reporters, investigating and writing about the impacts of flooding on the environment and the people who live there.

During Maths Week, they became architects, designing their own cities using 3D shapes. In Science, they transformed into a live model of our solar system, researching and presenting fascinating facts to the rest of the class.

They demonstrated incredible teamwork and resilience when creating doodlers—combining their learning about electrical systems with the practical skills developed in DT.

We were also thrilled to see the brilliant water cycle models that the children produced for their October half-term project.

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Autumn Term One

An active half term for year 5’s! This half term year 5 explored air resistance by planning, conducting and evaluating experiments with paper aeroplanes and parachutes. They worked brilliantly in their groups to create parachutes with different surface areas to answer the question “Does the size of a parachute affect the time it takes for it to fall to the ground?”

We’ve also had the chance explore a range of different books and learn about each other’s interests through book talk.