Beech Tree Class Blog 2023-2024
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Weekly Update-17/11/22
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello,
It's been another busy and productive week. We are continuing to read our Roman mystery book, The Thieves of Ostia. We are on chapter 13 and the children are absolutely loving it. The children are also continuing to sharpen up a variety of their reading skills, particularly their inference skills, and it's fantastic to see how far they have progressed since September.
We've had a busy writing week. The children have been working incredibly hard on their adventure stories and produced some really exciting pieces of work. They will be editing them next week before publishing their final pieces. Well done for all of your hard work!
In maths, we have been focusing on estimating (using rounding) for addition and subtraction, as well as using a variety of strategies to check our addition and subtraction calculations.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou
Weekly Update-11/11/22
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, we have continued working on adventure story features and the children have started to work on their plans for their stories, which will revolve around the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the destruction of Pompeii.
In maths, we have been focusing on column subtraction and exchanging, as well as solving word problems involving both addition and subtraction. It's been lovely to see the children identifying the key information in the word problems, which then allows them to determine which operation they need to use.
In science, our focus has been on teeth and we conducted an experiment (or eggsperiment) which was designed to show what different liquids can do to the teeth, with the shell acting as the enamel of the tooth. We've had some super discussions as a class and it's so lovely to see how enthusiastic they are about it.
That's all for now,
Mr Kyriacou :)
Weekly Update-4/11/22
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
It's been a very busy, but very productive first week back. For our writing, the focus will be on adventure stories over the next few weeks and this week we have been learning about the adventure genre, the structure of an adventure story, what features appear in adventure stories and we have just started practising using those features e.g inverted commas for speech.
In maths, we have been focusing on using the column method for addition which involves carrying. We have also been creating our own word problems using mathematical vocabulary related to addition and then using the column method to solve the problems. The children have been producing some super work and it's so lovely to see that confidence from the children.
In science, as part of our animals including humans unit, we have been looking at the different types of teeth that humans and animals have, learning their names and what their functions are.
The children also had a ballet workshop, which was run by Northern Ballet, as well as a skipping workshop run by Skipping School. The children really enjoyed both of these workshops.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou :)