Beech Tree Class Blog 2023-2024
Beech Tree Blog
Weekly Update-27/2/26
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
Beech and Cedar Tree Class had a BRILLIANT time at our annual Year 4 residential to Nell Bank in Ilkley! The children took part in a range of exciting outdoor activities and represented the school really well.
- A nature walk at Otley Chevin Forest Park
- A variety of fun team-building games
- Pond dipping
- Adventure playground
- A moonlight walk in search of nocturnal creatures (followed by hot chocolate!)
- Den building
- Orienteering
- A hike across Ilkley Moor
Many thanks to all the staff at Rufford and Nell Bank for making this happen!
Please follow the link to see pictures from the residential. These will be uploaded over the next few days.
https://www.ruffordparkprimary.org.uk/classes/year4beech/nell-bank-residential-2026
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou :)
Weekly Update-13/2/26
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, the children published their adventure stories which were inspired by the story from our class novel. The children have worked very hard on these and they were so enjoyable to read. We have also done some response lessons based on any weaker areas that could be seen within the stories.
In maths, we have been continuing our work on perimeter, with the focus being on finding the perimeter of rectangles, rectilinear shapes and regular and irregular polygons.
For DT, the children created and baked their own bread this week. The children created some beautiful designs and followed the recipe carefully to create some fantastic looking and extremely delicious bread with a range of different fillings. The children all agreed that the best part was eating it!
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou
Weekly Update-6/2/26
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, we have continued reading our class novel (The Chocolate Touch) which the children are really enjoying, and in our writing, the children have been writing up their adventure stories which have been inspired by the class novel. The children have really enjoyed writing their stories and showing off a range of exciting features throughout them. They have just finished editing them and they will then publish them at the start of next week.
In maths, we have moved onto our next unit of work revolving around measurement. We have been focusing on measuring in km, m, cm and mm, looking at equivalent lengths in km and m and understanding what perimeter is, measuring the perimeter of different shapes and creating shapes with a set perimeter measurement.
In Computing, the children were focusing on creating their own birthday invitations through creating and editing different templates and layouts and using fonts in different ways to add their information to the invitation. They also learnt how to insert related images as the final touch to their invitations. The children absolutely loved the lesson and created some beautiful pieces. Many of them said that they would love to create them again for their actual birthdays.
In DT, as part of our Great Bread Bake Off unit, the children have created two possible designs for their bread which they will use when they make their bread next week. The children really enjoyed it and are very eager to get to the creating part.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou