Beech Tree Class Blog 2023-2024
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Weekly Update-3/12/21
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
It’s been assessment week here at Rufford Park. The children conducted themselves admirably throughout a series of tests and I am very pleased with the progress they have made since September.
One obvious fact stands out though – the children who have made the most progress are all doing two things at home:
- Reading regularly to an adult (at least 5 times per week).
- Practising their times tables on TT Rockstars.
These two factors have a massive impact on learning – so do please get in touch if you require help motivating your child to develop either of these core skills.
We've continued to make good progress with Christmas play rehearsals (the final deadline for learning lines is this MONDAY 6TH DECEMBER). We’ve also had fun in science, learning about our bones!
Have a lovely weekend,
Mr Kyriacou :)
Weekly Update-25/11/21
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, we have continued our work on multiplication and division and have been focusing on the 6 times tables and using the inverse operation, which the children have been using brilliantly and with greater confidence. Below are some videos of the class practising to chant their 6 times tables together with greater confidence and greater speed. Enjoy!
Practising chanting the 6 times tables
Practising chanting the 6 times tables in reverse
As part of our topic and writing work, the children have been exploring the monastery of Lindisfarne, Hadrian's Wall and an Anglo-Saxon village using Google Earth. They absolutely loved exploring these different places and this will help support their writing further.
In science, we have been focusing on the human skeleton this week, identifying why we need a skeleton, how it helps us, discussing whether all skeletons are the same or not and why that is, learning the common names for the different bones and then learning the scientific names for different bones. The children were all given a full skeleton that was cut up into separate bones, these had the scientific names for the bones on and together, in their different groups, they had to work together to place the correct bones on the correct part of one person in their group. They worked really well together and were able to navigate their way through the challenging task and all of the groups were able to place a good portion of the bones in the correct places. We then went through it together as a class and made any changes necessary to put certain bones into the correct places.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou :)
Weekly Update 12/11/21
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
It's been another busy week for Beech Tree and the children have been busy writing their newspaper reports about the Viking attack on Lindisfarne.
We have also just started our work on multiplication and division and the children have also put in a heroic effort on TT Rockstars for the England Rocks competition, accumulating over 47,000 points, whilst having lots of fun but also doing lots of multiplication and division practise at the same time. Well done everyone!
Year 4 also had their skipping workshop this week, which they absolutely loved and there are some lovely photos of their session as well as some videos below for you to watch.
Several children have also achieved their 25m distance award in their swimming sessions and were given their awards in our celebration assembly.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou :)