Beech Tree Class Blog 2023-2024
Beech Tree Blog
Weekly Update-24/11/23
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, in our writing, we have started to work on writing our newspaper reports all about the Viking attack at Lindisfarne. So far, the children have produced some really exciting pieces which include lots of the features they are required to include.
In our reading, we have continued reading our class novel (Thorfinn the Nicest Viking) which the children have really been enjoying. We have also focused on the poem Firework Night by Enid Blyton and working on our inference skills.
In maths, we have been focusing on the 7x tables - focusing on fluency, reasoning and problem solving. Whilst certain part of this have been a challenge for some children, they have been working really hard to overcome the challenges, particularly with problem solving.
As part of our Christmas performance practise, we have also been practising our songs along with some body percussion to get our bodies warmed up. The children really enjoyed it and gave it their best.
In DT, our unit of work revolves around designing a kite. So far, we have focused on the names of different parts of a kite and what those different sections do. This week, we are focusing on different kite shapes and designs and the children have learnt about the advantages of the different types of kites. The children also used a variety of different materials to draw the shapes of the different kites and rated which material worked the best for them.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou :)
Weekly Update-16/11/23
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, we have continued learning about and using different features that are required in order to write a good newspaper report. We have been focused on creating powerful headlines, creating captions to go along with photos and writing in third person.
In maths, we have started our unit of work on multiplication and division. This week, we have been focused on the 3, 6 and 9x tables. We have been singing songs and playing games to help us learn them. We have also been looking at the unique different features of each of those times tables and also what links all three of them together.
I will leave the link to some of the songs that we have been listening to. Songs are great for helping children learn their times tables and the children have really enjoyed singing along to these and practising their times tables.
3 x tables song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7eGyNUwP6o
6 x tables song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7rYbk9PNuM
9x tables song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yzm-y18W4w
In computing, we have continued our programming work, which involves repetition of shapes. This week, we focused on creating letters that could only have 90 degree turns within them. The children were tasked with drawing their initials onto squared paper first to make sure they knew what their letters would look like and then they were tasked with replicating the design on Turtle Academy by writing the code in to create the letters. The children did an absolutely amazing job of it and it was wonderful to see them constantly testing the lines of code that they had written and solving any problems that they could see occurring.
Y4 also had a skipping workshop this week, which was delivered by The Skipping School. They were able to learn about and practise a range of different skipping skills which they will be focusing on next term as we begin to practise for the skipping competition.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou :)
Weekly Update-10/11/23
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, in our writing, we have started looking at newspaper reports, understanding what they are, why they're written, who they're written for and the features used within them. The children have also been gathering information all about the Viking raid at Lindisfarne, which is what their newspaper reports will be all about.
In our reading, we focused on a non-fiction text all about the Vikings in Britain, and worked on our retrieval, inference and summary skills. The children have done really well with this and it's lovely to see them becoming more confident, especially with their inference skills.
In science, we are now focusing on nutrition and diet, and this week we focused in on the 5 food groups, identifying what sort of foods go in those groups, why they are beneficial for our bodies and how often you should eat these types of foods.
In computing, we are continuing our unit of work on programming, focusing in on repetition of shapes. This week the children learnt about the different codes used for Turtle Academy which would allow them to move their turtle in a variety of ways. Once they understood how to use the different codes, their task was to create a number by programming the turtle to move in a specific way so that it would write the number out.
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Take care,
Mr Kyriacou :)