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Weekly Update-17/6/22
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week our focus in maths has revolved around statistics as well as interpreting and analysing data from pictograms and bar charts. The children have been amazing at this and have also produced their own pictograms and bar charts with their own data. Well done!
We have also continued our work on our canopic jars, creating the base for them and then inscribing the name of the god that each child has chosen.
As part of a nature themed art project that Rufford Park is taking part in, Beech Tree spent an afternoon at Rawdon Billing creating art inspired by nature and from our current topic - Ancient Egyptians. The class were split into small groups and each were given a letter. Each letter would be represented as an Egyptian hieroglyph and together the letters would spell out Beech Tree. The children worked incredibly well together to create their specific hieroglyph, using a combination of stones, sticks, leaves and feathers. They did a fabulous job creating each letter and all the letters together looked fantastic as a piece of art that combines the themes of nature and our current topic.
Weekly Update - 10/6/22
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, the children have been writing their diary entries from the perspective of Howard Carter when he found the tomb of Tutankhamun. They produced some absolutely amazing pieces, which were overflowing with great description, were written in past tense, used first person and included lots of thoughts and feelings.
We have also been finishing up our work on time, converting between 12 and 24 hour time. This has been challenging for some children, but I've been so impressed by their positive attitudes and willingness to persevere even when it gets challenging. Well done!
We also started to create our clay canopic jars. The children were given the option of four gods to choose from and they designed their jars on paper and then began working on the heads of the god that they had chosen. The children absolutely loved the process of creating their sculptures and, again, I was really impressed with the children who found it slightly challenging because they did not give up; they persevered and tried their best. And I always say to the children that their best is more than good enough! Well done!
Weekly Update-27/5/22
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
Please click the link below to find out about how brilliant the children did during the skipping festival.
https://www.ruffordparkprimary.org.uk/classes/year4beech/skipping-festival
In science, the children were able to see the magnetic field around magnets through the use of iron filings that were placed on paper above the magnet. It was wonderful to see how excited the children got and to talk about the science behind it as well.
To celebrate the Queen's platinum jubilee, the children made some beautiful collages using a variety of different materials to create a silhouette of the Queen's head.
The children have also produced some fantastic watercolour paintings related to our topic of Ancient Egypt.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou :)