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Weekly Update-15/12/23
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, in our writing, we have continued our poetry unit of work, which is based around Please Mrs Butler. After analysing the different features used within the poem, the children have been changing different sections of the poem which revolve around those different features used. They have now created their own versions of Please Mrs Butler and will stitch all the changed sections together. We have been reading the poems out each as each section has been changed and they sound fantastic!
In our computing, we have continued our programming unit based around repetition of shapes. The children have really enjoyed this unit and produced some great work. Their task this week was to create a geometric wrapping paper design which used one or several shapes (squares and triangles) repeatedly to create the design. They used efficient coding methods to reduce the amount of coding required in order to produce a larger geometric design quicker.
Finally, the children performed their Carol Concert and were absolutely brilliant. I hope all the parents enjoyed it as much we did.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou :)
Weekly update-8/12/23
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, in our writing, the children published their newspaper reports, which were all about the Viking attack at Lindisfarne. They've done a great job with them and even had the opportunity to make their newspapers look old.
We have now moved onto our poetry unit of work, which will be focusing on the narrative poem, Please Mrs Butler. The children have really enjoyed performing it and looking at the literacy devices used within the poem.
In maths, we have been focusing on the 11 and 12x tables, working on fluency, reasoning and problem solving. The children have been working really hard - we have had great discussions about different ways and the necessary steps to solve trickier problems. The children have also been creating their own word problems based on specific calculations and have been encouraged to use good mathematical language within those and it's also lovely to see that they are getting more confident with giving good mathematical reasoning to back up their opinions about a particular statement or statements that have been made.
In PSHE, we have continued our unit of work on Valuing Differences, and the focus of this week's lesson was stereotypes. The children learnt what stereotyping is; we looked at various different examples of stereotypes and had a really stimulating discussion about why it is important not to stereotype and the impact that can have.
The children have also created their own Viking board game, based on the game that they played at Murton Park. They all did a great job with their designs and then had a go playing against each other.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou :)
Weekly Update-1/12/23
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, we have been busy with assessments and the children have been working really hard throughout all of those.
In writing, we have completed our draft newspaper reports about the Viking attack at Lindisfarne and the children have revised and edited those with purple pens. These pieces will be published next week.
In science, our lesson this week focused on comparing different diets. We looked at a range of different diets ranging from omnivorous to vegan. We had lots of stimulating discussions revolving around the different diets, what the differences are, the nutritional value from the food that is consumed in those diets and talked about different reasons why people switch to these diets.
We have also been busy continuing to practise for our carol concert and it's amazing how much improvement has been made in such a short space of time.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou :)