Beech Tree Class Blog 2023-2024
back
Weekly Update-20/12/24
Posted: Dec 18, 2024 by: Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, the children were focusing on their final rehearsals for their Christmas performance, which included a range of lovely carols, along with Winter themed poems that the children had produced as part of their poetry unit of work in English. When it came to the performance, the children were absolutely amazing. The narration, the poems and the singing were all excellent! Well done!
Our final European Art and Artists lesson revolved around Coco Chanel. The children learnt all about her life and the fashion brand that she is known for. Hats were the specific focus of the lesson in relation to Chanel and the children were tasked with designing and creating their own hats. The children were given some options about the type of hat that they wanted to design and create and then set to work creating them. They used cardboard and tape to create the basic structure of their hats and then strengthened them with a layer papier mâché. Once they did this, using the exterior designs that they had originally drawn, they drew their designs onto their hats and painted them. Finally, once these were dry, the children added their own extra details onto the hats e.g feathers. These were fully completed over 3 lessons and the children have done a great job, as can be seen below.
The children also made their own lovely Christmas cards this week. These designs required lots of patience and good listening to create the proper three-dimensional effect with them and I think everyone did a fantastic job with them!
The children also had their Christmas party today and really enjoyed it.
There is no homework over the holidays, however, we are encouraging the children to still be reading to an adult as often as possible over the two-week break. We are also encouraging multiplication tables practise on TT Rockstars or Maths frame whenever it is possible to as well.
Have a great Christmas!
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou :)