Beech Tree Class Blog 2023-2024
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Weekly Update-10/7/26
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, in reading we have completed our final class novel of the year and the children really enjoyed it. We also had a really fun lesson where the children ranked the class novels from their favourite ones to their least favourite, explained why they put that book in that particular position and then the children drew a scene from each book that they really liked. It was lovely that we had completely different rankings from all the children and lots of different reasons why they put certain books in certain positions. Well done!
In maths, we are on our final unit of the year, which is statistics. The children have been learning about what statistics are, how the date can be presented in different ways and how to read and analyse different types of data from pictograms, line graphs and bar charts.
In writing, the children have been working hard on writing their magazine articles about the discovery of Tutankhamun by Howard Carter and his team. They have also edited them and are now ready to be published which we will focus on next week. They have all worked incredibly hard on these and produced some excellent pieces.
The children completed their Egyptian death masks this week and they look absolutely fantastic. They have all worked so hard on all the little details and this really shows in their completed pieces! Well done!
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou
Weekly Update-3/7/26
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, in reading we have continued reading the next two chapters of our Jeremy Strong book, which the children are really enjoying. We have then focused on using summarising, retrieval and inference skills across a range of reading tasks relating to those two chapters.
In maths, we have moved onto our unit of work on position and direction. The children have been learning to describe position by using coordinates, plotting coordinates on a grid, drawing 2d shapes on a grid using coordinates and translating on a grid. The progress that the children have made with this smaller unit of work is amazing and it’s been great to use some assessment questions which the children got wrong (as this unit had not been taught yet at the time of the assessments) and get the children to use what they have learnt to now answer the questions again and achieve the marks successfully.
In writing, we have focused on researching facts about Tutankhamun’s burial chamber, creating captions for images and then the children have started to write their introductions to their articles along with having bold and catchy headlines.
In art, the children have continued to work on their Egyptian death masks which are looking fantastic so far.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou
Weekly Update 26/6/26
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, the children started it by publishing their canopic jars fact file. Then, for our new writing unit, we have started looking at the features of magazine articles, focusing on creating eye-catching, attention-grabbing headlines based around the discovery of Tutankhamun in 1922 and writing statements based on the expert opinions of Howard Carter.
In maths, we have completed our unit of work on shape. We have focused on regular and irregular polygons and understanding the properties of shapes that go into each category or don’t fit in them at all. We have also focused on symmetry and being able to identify shapes that are symmetrical, drawing lines of symmetry within shapes and then completing drawings of shapes that will make them symmetrical.
In reading, we have continued reading our class novel and focusing on a range of reading skills involved with comprehension tasks based around the enxt two chapters that have been read. The children are also really enjoying our story time book, which is Vicky Angel by Jacqueline Wilson. The story has created lots of great discussions amongst the children and also got them making lots of predictions about what will happen next in the story.
In science, we are now working on our unit on forces. The children learnt all about what a force is, were able to identify different pushes and pulls and explain what is happening when someone or something is pushing or pulling someone or something. The children also had an extra bonus task at the end of the lesson to find lots of different things within the classroom that could be both depending on the action used. The children found loads of super examples and were able to explain their thinking clearly using great scientific language.
In art, children have just made a start on their Egyptian death masks and they’re already looking great. They have stuck the face mask and cardboard outlines together, then they have use papier mache and now they have drawn their designs and painted the first layer of gold on them.
In art, the children also completed all of their flower themed art exhibition work. For this, they created three dimensional, carboard flowers, which were in a variety of sizes and colours, using a variety of origami techniques. Well done, everyone!
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou