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Weekly Update-13/9/24
Posted: Sep 13, 2024 by: Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, in our reading, we have read the first two chapters of our class novel (The Thieves of Ostia) and used our retrieval skills to answer a range of different comprehension questions. We have also continued to read our story time book (A Hundred Mile-Per-Hour Dog) which the children are also really enjoying.
In our writing, we have been focusing on using powerful adjectives to create expanded noun phrases, we have also been describing the physical and personality traits of Carl Fredricksen based on an image of him and a short three-minute video clip from the movie. The children have then created their character description using all the skills that we have been focusing on over the last two weeks. The children then edited their work, using purple pens, to improve the overall quality of their work. Finally, the children published their work in their neatest handwriting. They have all worked hard on these and produced some lovely character descriptions.
In maths, we have been focused on comparing and ordering 4-digit numbers and finding 1, 10, 100 and 1000 more or less than a given number. The children have been so keen and enthusiastic throughout every lesson and it’s fantastic to hear them using great mathematical vocabulary when giving explanations.
In art, we have started our unit work on European Art and Artists. Our first lesson revolved around Anselm Kiefer, who incorporates broken buildings into a lot of his work as a reflection of his experiences of growing up in the years just after WW2. The focus involved children using their observational and sketching skills to create detailed drawings of broken and abandoned buildings. The children worked hard on these and produced some lovely pieces of work.
In PSHE, our first lesson focused all around rules, why we have them and discussing a range of different rules for different places. We had some really good discussions, and we also created our own class rules as part of the lesson, which we have put into a class contract.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou