Beech Tree Class Blog 2023-2024
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Weekly Update-19/1/24
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, we have been focused on applying the skills that we have been learning in our writing and using them to create fantastic description of a character. The effort put into this work has been amazing and the children have created some brilliant descriptive sentences about our made up animal, which is a combination of a tiger and an owl.
In maths, we have been continuing to multiply by 10 and 100, divide by 10 and 100 and then solving reasoning problems which incorporates all of those together. The children have done extremely well with this and it's wonderful to see their confidence increasing.
In our reading, we have continued reading Illustrated Stories of India, which the children are absolutely loving. We have then focused our comprehension work on the two chapters that have been read, specifically focusing on retrieval and inference skills.
In our DT unit, which is called The Great Bread Bakeoff, the children have been trying different types of bread, describing the texture, taste and smell of it. We also rated them as class from the favourite to the least favourite.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou :)
Weekly update-12/1/24
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
The children have all had a great start to the term. This week, we have started reading our new class novel called Illustrated Stories from India. The children made super predictions about the different stories that the book would be about based on the front cover and blurb. We have also been focusing on retrieval and inference skills based on the first two stories that we have read so far.
In maths, we have been focusing on understanding what factors are, identifying the factors of different numbers and using factors to solve challenging multiplication calculations. We have also been using our place value charts when multiplying and dividing by 10, understanding and practising what is happening to a number when we multiply and divide by 10 and also which way the digits will move to the left or right and by how many places. The children have worked incredibly hard this week. Well done!
In our computing lesson, we have started our unit of work on online safety, specifically focusing our first lesson on cyberbullying, discussing what it is, seeing different examples of it, understanding the impact it can have and understanding what to do if you are being bullied online.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou :)
Weekly Update-22/12/23
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, the children drafted, edited and published their poems, which have all revolved around Please Mrs Butler. They've done a brilliant job with them and we've had so much fun performing them. Their poems have also come together as a lovely display, so that the rest of the school can enjoy reading them as much as I have.
In DT, the children created their kites based around their planned design. Making the kites required good listening, concentration, determination and resilience and I'm very happy to say that every child showed those qualities throughout the kite making process. The end results were fantastic!
The children also made some lovely Christmas cards this week and enjoyed their Christmas party yesterday.
I hope you all have a lovely Christmas. Have fun and stay safe.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou :)