Opal Class Blog
Welcome to Opal Class Blog
Our class blog will be updated each week, so keep a close eye on what we have all been up to.
Class Read
After lunch every day, the class teacher reads some of our class books to the class. Our classbook will be available to see here.
We chose our class book for this term:
Dave pigeon (kittens!) by Swapna Haddow.
BOOT (Small Robot Big Adventure) by Shane Hegarty
WOW! WORD
Each week we will be selecting a word of the week as a WOW word. Please try and use our word of the week in your homework or in class work. Extra house points and stickers are up for grabs.
WOW, Word! Of the week:
AUTUMN TERM (SEP-DEC 2024)
(20th September): VISCOSITY
(27th September): VELOCITY
(4th October) : EXOTIC
(11th October): PERSONIFICATION
(18th October): COMMOTION
(11th November) :DECAYING
(18th November): CHOCOLATE
(25th November): VIBRANT
SPRING TERM (2025)
(6th January) ELECTROMAGNETIC
(13th January) ENZYME
(20th January) GEOMETRICAL
(27th January) EMANCIPATION
(3rd February) CHARIOT
MATHS
During our Maths lessons, we have been learning more about Roman numerals. We explored higher numbers by playing a pairing game. Check out our Photo Gallery.
In the first few weeks of the spring term we have been doing lots of work on our timetables.
During lessons, we have been learning more about multiplication and division using lots of different methods.
SCIENCE
During this first half of the term in science, we have been looking at solids, liquids and gases.
We completed an experiment using shower gel, honey and water. We created a slope and timed how long it took for each item to reach the bottom of our slope. We timed each one three times. Our results showed that water has the least viscosity. Honey had the highest viscosity.
During the second half of the autumn term, in our science lessons, we have been learning all about animals, including humans. Our digestive system takes all the nutrients and minerals our body needs from food to stay healthy, and we have 32 adult teeth!
We used large pieces of paper and drew around our classmates. We then use cards to establish where different parts of our digestive system are located in our body.
In the spring term, so far, we have been looking at electrical circuits and how they work.
We have explored different items that require electricity. Some examples are
- appliances
- lights
- Torches (battery)
- Mobile phones
This week we have explored the electrical circuit more by building our own circuits. We used switches, light bulbs and buzzers.
History
During the Autumn term in history we learnt about the Mayans and how important chocolate was to the Mayans. We then had a fantastic opportunity to have a chocolate workshop come into our school to teach us about how chocolate goes from a cocoa bean to the delicious bars of different chocolates that appear on our shelves these days.
During our chocolate workshop, the children had the opportunity to make their own chocolate lollies, weigh out some chocolates and even had some tastings of different flavoured chocolate.
Photos will be available shortly in our class gallery.
In spring term we are starting to learn about the Romans, which, as you know, has included a very exciting trip to St Albans Abbey. There will be photos to follow in our class gallery.
As homework, we have asked that the children make their very own Roman shields. We are excited to see the wonderful shields created.
Design and Technology
During our Design and technology lessons, we have been planning and practising our sewing techniques. We have been threading needles and learning different stitches. Team Opal are professionals at threading needles! We are now reaching the stage where we will be making our planned product of a waterproof drawstring bag. We have measured and cut our fabric and are heading towards threading those needles for the final time.