Beech Tree Class Blog 2023-2024
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Weekly Update-19/6/26
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, the children have been doing a range of assessments for the final time this year. They have all worked extremely hard on them and the results really show the incredible progress that a lot of the children have made throughout the year. Well done, everyone!
We have also continued reading our story time book called Vicky Angel by Jacqueline Wilson. Even though the story has some sad moments in it, the children are really enjoying it. They love Jacqueline Wilson’s writing style and how she navigates these difficult themes throughout her story. It has also allowed for lots of lovely discussions together as a class.
In art, the children have also started working on their papier mache Egyptian death masks, which they’re all really enjoying so far.
For science, we have continued our unit of work on plants. The focus of this week's lesson was pollination. Understanding the different stages of the pollination process and which animals are involved with the process. The children really enjoyed the lesson and were also able to relate to seeing different pollinators within their gardens and around the school grounds.
Science club is fully underway now for both KS1 and KS2 and the feedback has been great. The children are really enjoying all the different facts that they are learning as well as getting stuck in with the practical parts of it as well.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou
Weekly Update-12/6/26
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, the children have been on two school trips away. One was to the Leeds Skipping Final and one was for the Mini Olympics. The children gave it their absolute best shot in the skipping final across a range of different skipping skills and enjoyed every minute of it. The children came away with a few awards, however, we were not able to win it this time around. Regardless of this, the children still had a great time. For the Mini Olympics, the children took part in a range of sports e.g javelin and shotput and really enjoyed the experience of trying out new sports that they had never done before. The children did extremely well and came away with a range of different awards. Well done, everyone!
When we haven’t been out, we have continued reading our class novel and focusing on a range of reading skills based on the next two chapters that we have read. We have also been reading our story time book alongside this. The children are really enjoying both books and are always keen to read more.
In maths, we have moved onto our new unit on shape. We have been focusing on identifying a range of different angles, comparing and ordering angles and focusing on triangles, the properties of triangles and the different types of triangles and how to identify them. The children have been working really hard on this unit so far.
In writing, the children have just completed their draft fact file pieces on canopic jars. They have worked incredibly hard on these and will now need to revise and edit these pieces to improve the quality further.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou
5//6/26
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, in our writing, we have started our unit of work on fact files. The children have learnt about what a fact file is, read a range of fact files, learnt about and highlighted the different features used. They have then done some research on canopic jars, which will be what the class are focusing on for their fact file. We have also focused on understanding what headings and sub-headings are used for and created a range of them which can be used when we start writing the fact file.
In reading, we have started our brand-new class novel called There’s a Pharaoh in our Bath by Jeremy Strong. The children spent a lesson making predictions about what the story would be about based on what they could see from the front cover. We then read the blurb after making their predictions and started reading the first two chapters in the following lesson. We have also done a comprehension lesson which focused on using skimming and scanning skills for retrieval and inference. The children are really enjoying the book so far and are eager to read more.
In maths, we have been focusing on time. We have focused on converting between hours, minutes and seconds, converting between analogue and 12 hour digital time, converting from 12-hour digital to 24-hour digital time and vice versa. The children have found this unit challenging but they have all been trying extremely hard and shown their resilience.
All the children have also done their multiplication tables test this week and everyone tried their very best! Well done!
The children took part in our annual sports day. They were involved in a range of different events, and all tried their absolute best. It wasn’t the best weather, and the field was quite slippy., however, the children dealt with it really well and all supported each other throughout the entire afternoon.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou