Beech Tree Class Blog 2023-2024
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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
Weekly Update-22/1/26
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, the children published their Christmas holiday recounts. We have then started our new unit of work, which is focusing on adventure story writing. We have looked at a WAGOLL story and identified all the features and the structure required to write a successful adventure story. We have then started working on understanding and using the features. The focus has been on understanding what inverted commas are, what they’re used for, what they look like and all the rules that are required for using them successfully.
In maths, we are continuing our unit of work on multiplication and division. This week, we have focused on multiplying 2-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers using the short multiplication method. This was challenging for some children at first, but it was great to see the children rise up to the challenge and show the amazing progress throughout the week.
In DT, for our first lesson, as part of our Great Bread Bake Off unit, the children were learning all about the history of Warburtons and how the company has evolved since the beginning. Alongside this, we also looked at a range of different types of breads as well. The children really enjoyed it and it created a lovely discussion.
In our Geography unit, which is focusing on where our food comes from for the first half of this term, the children learnt all about different fruits that grow in tropical climates. The children learnt about different countries which have tropical climates and where they are situated in the world. The children learnt all about how bananas are grown and looked after i, how they are n these tropical countries, how they are transported and how they eventually end up in our supermarkets. The children also learnt about Fairtrade and what the organisation does for farmers in third world countries. The children were constantly asking really good questions and they produced super posters which explained the process of how a banana goes from being grown to the final stage of being a supermarket ready to be purchased.
We also had Steel from Gladiators come in and provide a motivational and positive assembly to help encourage the children to understand that they can achieve their dreams with the right attitude and mindset.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou