Beech Tree Class Blog 2023-2024
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Weekly Update-7/6/24
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, in our writing, we have started looking at the discovery of Tutankhamun by Howard Carter. The children have been learning all about the facts surrounding the discovery, then focusing on creating synonyms for the different feelings that Howard Carter would have felt before, during and after the discovery. We have also looked at a WAGOLL diary entry example and the features required within it and we have then focused on creating descriptive sentences based around all the different senses for the moment that Howard Carter entered the tomb. The children have absolutely loved it and are fascinated by Howard Carter, which has led to some super work throughout the week. Well done!
In maths, we have been focusing on time. We have been converting between seconds, minutes and hours and focusing on a range of problems that require two steps to solve. We have also been looking at converting between analogue and digital time and 12 and 24 hour time. This has been challenging for some children, yet they have shown great resilience and made huge improvement in just a few lessons. It's been lovely to see the children being more confident with different aspects of time!
In reading, we have started reading our new class novel called The Cat Mummy by Jaqueline Wilson. the children have analysed the front cover, made predictions about what the story could be about and we have read the first two chapters together, discussing any tricky vocabulary along the way.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou :)
Weekly Update-24/5/24
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, the children took part in the Leeds City Final for skipping. They were competing against 7 other schools in a range of individual and group skipping skills. The all performed really well and gave it their absolute best. We were able to win three bronze awards, one silver and one gold for the individual skipping skills, however, we weren't able to win the overall competition. The children showed great sportsmanship towards other schools and of course to the overall winning school. Yet again, they represented the school incredibly well and we're very proud of them.
In our maths, we have come to the conclusion of our unit of work on money, and this week, we have focused on solving a variety of problems which require the use of one or more of the four maths operations. It was lovely to see the children using great mathematical vocabulary and fantastic working out to back up their opinions and seeing them use the inverse operations to check that their answers were correct. Well done!
I hope you all have a lovely week off. Have fun and stay safe.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou :)
Weekly Update-17/5/24
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, in maths, we have continued our unit of work around money and the children have been comparing different amounts of money, estimating with money, and calculating with money.
In science, we have continued with our unit of work on plants. Our lesson focused on seeds and understanding what seeds, seedlings and germination are. We also set up an experiment to see whether a seed can germinate with just water and warmth. The children have been really enjoying this unit of work and love observing the different changes that they can see each day. We have also been continuing to write down our measurements for a previous ongoing experiment involving 4 pots with different amounts of seeds in, which get the same amount of water and light. The results are very interesting so far. The children are also enjoying watching their own individual sunflowers grow and it’s lovely to hear them using good scientific language.
In art, we have continued with our unit of work based on Ancient Egyptian death masks. This week, the children were learning about why death masks were used and what they were made of. Then, together as a class, the children applied the skills they have learnt in previous lessons to draw a death mask in pen. The children began in pencil, making sure all the features were placed correctly and were as accurate as possible. They then applied the shading on the face and after that, they finally used the pens to draw over their pencil image, apply different types of shading and then fill in any block colours that were required for the head piece. The end results were absolutely amazing! Well done, everyone!
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou