Beech Tree Class Blog 2023-2024
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Weekly Update-4/7/25
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, in our writing, the children have been learning all about limericks, reading a range of them, analysing the features of them and planning their own.
In our reading, we have complete Stig of the Dump, which has been our class novel over the summer term. The children really enjoyed the book and the ending of it created a really enjoyable discussion amongst the class.
In maths, we have been focusing on statistics. The children have been reading and analysing data from pictograms, line graphs and bar charts. They have also collected their own data and recorded it using a bar chart. The children then created a range of questions that they could ask based on the data and got their partners to work out the answers.
In history, we have gone beyond the Bronze Age and into the Iron Age. The children have been researching into how things like weapons, tools and homes continued to change throughout this age with the introduction of iron and what the advantages of using iron were instead of using Bronze.
In science, the children concluded their egg shell enamel experiment to see what the effect of different liquids would be on the shell which acts as the tooth enamel. They were very pleased to see that their predictions were correct with vinegar causing the most damage to the enamel and we discussed in detail as to why that was the case and recorded our findings.
Take care,’
Mr Kyriacou
Weekly Update-27/6/25
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, in our writing, the children have completed their drafts of their non-chronological reports based on the Stone Age and have used purple pens to edit them. They’ve done a great job with them and it ‘s fantastic to see all that historical knowledge being used within their writing. They will publish these next week.
In our reading, the children have voted on a new story time book and have gone for Dead Man's Cove by Lauren St John. This is the prequel to Kidnap in the Caribbean, which was a class novel that we read earlier in the year. Because they enjoyed that so much, they wanted to read the first book of the series and are already enjoying the first few chapters of it.
In maths, we completed our unit of work on shape, finishing off with work on regular and irregular polygons and symmetry. The children have worked really hard on this unit have really enjoyed it.
In computing, we have continued our work on database branching and the children created their own digitally branched databases based on a variety of things using closed questions to separate the different items that they had. They really enjoyed doing this!
For our art unit, the children have started working on creating their fruit and vegetable plushies, which require them to draw the shape of the fruit or vegetable of their choice, cut it out accurately and to sew and stuff it to a fabric background. Although the sewing part was challenging for some children, they showed great resilience and did not give up.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou
Weekly Update-20/6/25
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week the children have been doing a range of assessments, and I’m extremely pleased to tell you that they’ve all done brilliantly and made great progress throughout the year. Well done!
In science, our lesson focused on identifying different human teeth and understanding what they look like, where they are in the mouth, how many of each that we have and what their function is. The children really enjoyed the lesson and are looking forward to conducting an experiment next week.
In history, we have continued our work on the Stone Age to the Iron Age. This week, we were focusing on the Neolithic Stone Age, and we were looking at how food, tools and homes had changed during this age in comparison to the previous two ages that we have looked at. We also focused on how those changes impacted those early humans.
In art, the children have really been enjoying our unit of work on Fruit and Vegetables. This week, the children have been experimenting with mixing paints and creating a range of warm and cold colours and then using these skills to sketch and paint their own fruit or vegetable.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou