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Weekly Update-11/10/24
Posted: Oct 11, 2024 by: Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, in maths we have been focusing on using column subtraction (exchanging tens, hundreds and thousands). The children have done fantastic with this and it’s been great to see how much more confident they are with it. It’s also been great to see children rising to the challenge of using the inverse operation to check their answers.
In our reading, we have read the ninth and tenth chapters of The Thieves of Ostia. The children are really enjoying and have already started making predictions about who committed the crime. We have also continued reading The Boy in the Dress as our story time book, which the children are also really enjoying.
In our writing, the children have worked extremely hard on their recounts about a day in the life of a Roman soldier (inspired by their trip to Murton Park) and have produced some super pieces of writing. They have edited their pieces and they are in the process of publishing them.
In art, the European artist we were looking at this week was Rembrandt, specifically focusing on his use of dark and light areas in his portraits. In relation to this aspect of his art, the children were tasked with creating portrait of their table partners using a combination of observation, shading, smudging and rubbing out. This was a challenging lesson, however, the children worked really hard, listened to the step-by-step process and produced some lovely pieces of work that incorporate light and dark portions of the face.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou