Beech Tree Class Blog 2023-2024
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Weekly Update-13/2/26
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, the children published their adventure stories which were inspired by the story from our class novel. The children have worked very hard on these and they were so enjoyable to read. We have also done some response lessons based on any weaker areas that could be seen within the stories.
In maths, we have been continuing our work on perimeter, with the focus being on finding the perimeter of rectangles, rectilinear shapes and regular and irregular polygons.
For DT, the children created and baked their own bread this week. The children created some beautiful designs and followed the recipe carefully to create some fantastic looking and extremely delicious bread with a range of different fillings. The children all agreed that the best part was eating it!
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou
Weekly Update-6/2/26
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, we have continued reading our class novel (The Chocolate Touch) which the children are really enjoying, and in our writing, the children have been writing up their adventure stories which have been inspired by the class novel. The children have really enjoyed writing their stories and showing off a range of exciting features throughout them. They have just finished editing them and they will then publish them at the start of next week.
In maths, we have moved onto our next unit of work revolving around measurement. We have been focusing on measuring in km, m, cm and mm, looking at equivalent lengths in km and m and understanding what perimeter is, measuring the perimeter of different shapes and creating shapes with a set perimeter measurement.
In Computing, the children were focusing on creating their own birthday invitations through creating and editing different templates and layouts and using fonts in different ways to add their information to the invitation. They also learnt how to insert related images as the final touch to their invitations. The children absolutely loved the lesson and created some beautiful pieces. Many of them said that they would love to create them again for their actual birthdays.
In DT, as part of our Great Bread Bake Off unit, the children have created two possible designs for their bread which they will use when they make their bread next week. The children really enjoyed it and are very eager to get to the creating part.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou
Weekly Update-30/1/26
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, we have been continuing our adventure story writing unit. We have been continuing to focus on different features that we will be using in our stories, such as fronted adverbials, similes and we have used expanded noun phrases to create a character description for their main character of their stories. We have also planned and started writing our stories with an introduction.
In maths, we are continuing our unit of work on multiplication and division. This week, we have focused on multiplying 3-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers using the short multiplication method. We have also been breaking down a range of word problems and using the short multiplication method to solve these problems.
In DT, as part of our Great Bread Bake Off unit, the children were doing some product analysis work. They were looking at, smelling, feeling and tasting three different types of bread. The children really enjoyed the lesson, and it created a lovely discussion amongst the class. The children also then ranked the breads that they had tried from favourite to least favourite.
In computing, we have been continuing our unit of work on desktop publishing. This week, the focus was on editing font. The children learnt all about what font is and the different ways that it can be changed. We also looked at a range of example pieces of work and discussed which pieces used the font more effectively and why. The children then went on to create their own typography pieces. They chose a silhouette shape of an animal (the choice was a cat or dog) and filled in the inside of the shape with words associated with the animal. They then changed the colour of the text, the weight of the text, the style of the writing, the size of the letters and the orientation of the words.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou