Beech Tree Class Blog 2023-2024
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Weekly Update-11/10/24
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, in maths we have been focusing on using column subtraction (exchanging tens, hundreds and thousands). The children have done fantastic with this and it’s been great to see how much more confident they are with it. It’s also been great to see children rising to the challenge of using the inverse operation to check their answers.
In our reading, we have read the ninth and tenth chapters of The Thieves of Ostia. The children are really enjoying and have already started making predictions about who committed the crime. We have also continued reading The Boy in the Dress as our story time book, which the children are also really enjoying.
In our writing, the children have worked extremely hard on their recounts about a day in the life of a Roman soldier (inspired by their trip to Murton Park) and have produced some super pieces of writing. They have edited their pieces and they are in the process of publishing them.
In art, the European artist we were looking at this week was Rembrandt, specifically focusing on his use of dark and light areas in his portraits. In relation to this aspect of his art, the children were tasked with creating portrait of their table partners using a combination of observation, shading, smudging and rubbing out. This was a challenging lesson, however, the children worked really hard, listened to the step-by-step process and produced some lovely pieces of work that incorporate light and dark portions of the face.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou
Weekly Update-4/10/24
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, in maths we have been focusing on column addition, carrying tens, hundreds and thousands. We have also focused on reasoning and problem-solving questions in relation to column addition. The children have been doing absolutely amazing!
In our writing, we have been focusing on describing different aspects of our trip to Murton Park, using five senses, learning about and using coordinating and subordinating conjunctions and planning each paragraph for our piece of writing that is all about the day in the life of a Roman soldier.
In computing, we have been looking at the functions of different digital devices and the benefits of those functions. Part of this lesson involved the children using iPads and a paint programme to create their own digital paining of a volcano erupting. Although there were some challenging parts to it, the children managed to produce some lovely pieces of digital art.
We have also had our class vote for our school council member after all the applicants presented their posters to the class. I am confident that the class member who has been selected will do an excellent job!
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou
Weekly Update-27/9/24
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
In our writing, we have continued working on features that will be included in our next piece of work that will be based around the day in the life of a Roman soldier. We have focused on using expanded noun phrases with prepositional phrases, time adverbials and using the past tense with regular and irregular verbs.
In our reading, we have continued to read The Thieves of Ostia. A crime has been committed and the children (main characters in the story) are trying to find out who has committed it. The children are really enjoying the story so far and have already made some predictions about who they think it is. We have also completed our story time book (The Hundred Mile An Hour Dog) which they really enjoyed. The class has selected our next book, which will be The Boy in the Dress by David Walliams.
This week, the children went on their Romans trip to Murton Park. They became fierce and skilled Roman soldiers, they learnt how to march, they did weapons training with swords, spears and shields, they made some beautiful oil lamps, they scared away a Celtic invader and they learnt all about how the fort was built and protected. The children were absolutely fantastic, they had good manners, they were keen and enthusiastic during every activity and they had lots of fun. We were very proud with how they represented the school. Well done!
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou :)