Beech Tree Class Blog 2023-2024
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Weekly Update-19/7/24
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, in English, the children have been focusing on performance poetry. They focused on intonation, varying the pace, using different volumes and actions during their performance. The children focused on multiple poems by Bruce Lansky and Jack Ouseby. The children really enjoyed taking on the roles of different characters, especially with a grandma who could rap.
In reading, we have just completed our story time book as well (Kensuke's Kingdom) and the children absolutely loved it!
In maths, we completed out work on position and direction this week, which the children did very well with. We then took the opportunity to do some revision in the form of an outdoor lesson based on previous units that had been taught. The children were tasked with identifying different items around the playground and on the bottom MUGA which had right angles, parallel lines, acute or obtuse angles. The children really enjoyed it and were able to show off their knowledge about what they had been taught previously.
In art, the children have been finishing off their death masks, which they have spent the last few weeks creating using papier-mache. They then attached the snake and beard to their masks before painting them. The final pieces look fantastic and the children should be very proud of them.
The children also presented their Egyptian homework projects this week and we invited parents to come and see them all on Friday afternoon. It was lovely to see what they had produced.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou :)
Weekly Update-12/7/24
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
In maths, we have been focusing on statistics this week. We have been looking at pictograms, bar charts and line graphs, interpreting and analysing the information, and asking questions about the data being presented. We also collected data together as a class which revolved around the favourite foods of children in the class. After collecting the data, the children presented it in the form of a bar chart, labelled it all and then asked and answered questions about the data being presented. Well done!
In reading, we have completed our class novel (The Cat Mummy) and this week we generated ideas about what a possible tenth chapter would be about, where it would be set, which characters would appear in it and whether there would be any sort of time gap. The ideas that the children came up with were lovely and then they titled it and wrote a summary all about it. We also did a really fun activity which involved the children ranking all of the class novels we have read this year, from favourite to least favourite, with a reason about why they have ranked it in that position and a lovely image associated with that book to go with it. We had lots of different opinions for the ranking order and good reasoning to go with those opinions. Well done!
In science, we are continuing our unit of work on magnets. This week, the children have been experimenting with how powerful different types of magnets are and also testing out different materials to identify whether they are or aren't magnetic. It really surprised the children to learn that not all metals are magnetic e.g aluminium. It was lovely to see the children working well together in their pairs and using good scientific vocabulary to explain their findings.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou :)
Weekly Update-5/7/24
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, we have been working on our Kenning poems. We have written them, edited them and published them. The poems were all about the children's hobbies, personality traits and favourite things to do. They were so lovely to read!
In our reading, we have just completed our class novel, which the children really enjoyed. The children also completed a book review, which involved summarising the story, writing about who they would recommend the book for, rating it out of five stars and drawing an illustration to go with it.
In art, the children have started working on their three dimensional death masks, which will be made out of papier-mache. So far, the children have really enjoyed the process and are eager to continue working on them.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou :)