Beech Tree Class Blog 2023-2024
Beech Tree Blog
Weekly Update-26/4/24
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
In our writing, we have been focused on writing our recounts based on our experiences during the Easter break. We have completed our drafts and have just finished editing them. The children have done a great job with these, and it’s been so lovely to read about all the lovely things that they did throughout their two-week break. Well done!
This week, in science, we have been dissecting plants, looking at the different parts of them, understanding what the roles of each part are and why they are necessary. We have also been discussing the similarities and differences between different plants.
The children also took part in their road safety workshop this week. They gave some great answers when they were asked a variety of questions about different road safety scenarios, and yet again, they also represented the school incredibly well.
As part of our unit of work on Egyptian death masks, this week’s lesson has been focused on creating self-portraits using sketching pencils. The children took their time, applied the skills that they had learnt and created some lovely pieces of work.
For our topic launch lesson, the children became archaeologists and were searching around different areas of the school field to locate ancient Egyptian artefacts. As a class, we then discussed what we could infer about the items that we had found. We also looked at a history timeline, with the children placing the timeline in the correct chronological order and then locating the time period that the ancient Egyptian civilisation existed in. We also identified other civilisations that existed at the same time. This helped the children to understand that in the past, it wasn’t just one civilisation existing at a time, which was then followed by another, but instead, multiple civilisations which existed simultaneously in different parts of the world.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou :)
Weekly Update-19/4/24
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, the children took part in the Skipping School Skipping Festival. This involved competing against five other schools, in a variety of different skipping skills. The children have been practising really hard for this and did extremely well in the individual and team skipping events. The children also performed their skip dance, which was lovely to watch. The children were also extremely well behaved and represented the school really well. Rufford Park were the overall winners of the competition, which means that we have qualified for the Leeds City Final. Well done, everyone!
In maths, we have started our unit of work on decimals, and this week, we have been focusing on converting fractions (that involve tenths and hundredths) into decimals. The children have been working very hard on this and have made great progress throughout the week.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou :)
Weekly Update-28/3/24
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, the children edited their drafts of their own stories based on Tigers and Cats. They then wrote their final storyboards, along with drawings to go with each part. The children have come up with some really exciting alternative stories, which still retain the two main characters, and they were very exciting to read!
In maths, we have focused on calculating unit and non-unit fractions of quantities and understanding the necessary steps required. It was great to see the progress made over multiple lessons and the huge increase in confidence. The children also focused on reasoning and problem solving questions involving finding unit and non-unit fractions of amounts. This generated great discussions and allowed the children to demonstrate the different mathematical skills that they have been taught in order to solve the problem.
In science, as part of our unit of work on light, we have been focusing on shadows - understanding what they are, looking at how they are created and the type of shadows created when shining light at opaque, translucent and transparent objects. The children really enjoyed experimenting with different light sources and a range of different objects and looking at the type of shadows that were created.
We also completed our class novel (Illustrated Stories from India) which the children really enjoyed. We had a lovey discussion about which our favourite stories were and why.
I hope you all have a lovely break and make sure to stay safe.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou :)