Beech Tree Class Blog 2023-2024
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Weekly Update 19/12/25
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, the children performed their LKS2 Anglo-Saxon and Viking themed Christmas performance. Every single child performed brilliantly, and they were all an absolute joy to watch. Well done, everyone!
For our final two-part art lesson, the children were looking at the work of Anish Kapoor and how he explores the different senses within his sculptural work. The children were then tasked with designing and creating their own sensory boxes with the focus being on the different senses. They then used a range of different materials within them, which were applied with the different senses in mind. The materials that the children used included: mirrors, feathers, paint, coloured rice, paper straws, felt and a range of other materials within their sensory boxes.
The children also made some lovely Christmas cards, which they really enjoyed making!
We also had our Christmas class party, and we played lots of different games which the children had lots of fun taking part in and it was lovely to see just how much they enjoyed it! We finished it off with some delicious party food, which the children loved!
We have also been continuing to read our new story time book, which called I Swapped My Brother on the Internet by Jo Simmons. The children are loving the story so far, which is very funny and really different to anything else that we have read so far this year.
I hope you all have a lovely break and a wonderful Christmas with your families!
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou
Weekly Update-12/12/25
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, for our writing, the children have published their Kenning poems, performed them for each other in class and then performed them for other classes.
In reading, we had a lot of a fun of going through every chapter of our completed class novel, summarising each chapter and then creating titles to go with each chapter which are originally just numbered chapters. The children came up with some brilliant and creative new titles which worked really well and a few that also made us all giggle. We also wrote a book review for Thorfinn the Nicest Viking and the Terrible Treasure where we wrote a brief summary of the story, without giving away too many details, we also wrote who the main characters were, what our favourite parts of the story were, we gave it a rating and then finally drew an image to match our favourite part of the story. It was so lovely to hear how much the children enjoyed the story, and we all shared our favourite parts of the story with each other and explained why we chose those bits.
In maths, the children have been learning to multiply 3 numbers in the most efficient ways which allows them to apply their times table knowledge to solve the calculations. As a class, we have also gone through weaker areas that were identified in their maths assessments and gone through how to solve those problems. The children have also had time to practise their times tables for the MTC and it's great to see the progress that the children have made with it.
We have also had plenty of rehearsal time for our Christmas performance, which is coming together really well and the children are sounding more confident with each run through that we do. We’ve also really enjoyed seeing the dress rehearsals for other year groups earlier in the week, which were lovely to watch.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou
Weekly Update-4/12/25
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, the children have been doing a range of assessments, and they have worked incredibly hard throughout all of them.
In reading, we have also finished reading our class novel (Thorfinn the Nicest Viking and the Terrible Treasure) which the children really enjoyed. They enjoyed it so much that they now want to read the other books in the series as well.
In writing, the children have generated lots of ideas for their Viking weapon themed Kenning poem and then produced their first drafts of it. The children also read them out to each other and they sounded fantastic because they described the theme of the poem so well without telling the the reader what it is.
The children have also been practising for their Anglo-Saxon and Viking themed Christmas performance.
In computing, the children have been continuing their photo editing unit of work. This week, the children used all of the skills that they have learnt throughout this unit to create their hybrid magical animal. As a class we voted on creating a combination of a butterfly and an elephant and the children had the idea of using the butterfly wings as elephant ears. Once the class had agreed on the idea, the children worked together to apply their editing skills to the images they had chosen and eventually combine the two animals together to make an elephly. This required lots of concentration and listening, but it was amazing to see the children succeed in creating their own hybrid magical animal. Here a few pictures below of the children’s amazing creations.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou