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Weekly Update-19/5/23

Posted: May 19, 2023 by: Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog

Hello everyone,

In maths, we have moved onto decimals now, focusing on converting tenths into decimals and dividing 1,2 and 3 digit numbers by 10 and 100 using place value charts to support the children. The children have also put their times table and division knowledge to good use when solving decimal related problems. Well done!

As part of of our topic work, we were focusing on Stonehenge this week, looking into when it was created, where it was created, how it was created and why it was created. The children really enjoyed the lesson and we had lots of really interesting discussions about the significance of Stonehenge. It was lovely that they already had some knowledge about it because they have been reading about it in the fantastic topic books that the library have provided us with.

In music, we have continued to practise and develop our skills with the recorder. This week we were focusing on playing a tune that required multiple notes (B, A and G) to be used throughout the song. At first, the children found this challenging switching across 3 notes, however, I was extremely impressed to see how resilient they were and how quickly the children started to improve and become more confident with lots of practise. 

Raindrops and Rainbows

In DT, our topic this term is Edible Gardens. This week our focus was on strawberries - understanding how strawberries grow, what time of year they grow, what they require to grow, creating detailed sketches of the outside and inside of a strawberry and labelling the different parts of their sketches. The children also did a smell and taste test and we discussed lots of different words that could be used to describe the smell and taste of strawberries.

Take care,

Mr Kyriacou :)