Beech Tree Class Blog 2023-2024
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Weekly Update-27/11/25
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, for our writing, the children published their persuasive information texts which revolved around whether the Vikings deserve their savage reputation or not. They worked really hard on them and they were a joy to read. We then moved on from this unit of work and have started our unit on poetry, focusing specifically on Kenning poems.
In maths, we have started our unit of work on multiplication and division. This week, the focus has been on 12x tables, multiplying by 1 and 0 and dividing by 1 and itself. The children have been working so hard and it’s great to see their times table knowledge and confidence increasing with each lesson. This has also had an impact on the times table challenge that the children do each week. Three more children have moved up to the next stage.
In computing, the children used their editing skills to take two different images and combine them together into one image. This was challenging lesson, which require lots of different skills to be able to successfully create a hybrid image, however, the children took the challenge on and produced some amazing pieces of work. They managed to combine a mountain range and a sky from completely different images and stitch them together seamlessly into one.
The Skipping School also came in this to work with the children on a range of skipping skills which they will be using during the skipping festival later in the year. The children really enjoyed it and were able to show off their great range of skipping skills. They were also every supportive towards each other and represented the school extremely well.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou
Weekly Update-20/11/25
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, in writing, the children have written and edited their draft persuasive information texts about whether Vikings deserve the savage reputation that they have. They have worked incredibly hard on them and included all the features required.
In maths, we have been focusing on 7 and 11x table multiplication and division facts, along with reasoning and problem-solving lessons. The children have been working so hard and it’s fantastic to hear the children using great mathematical vocabulary in their explanations and to see the increase in confidence from the entire class.
In guided reading, we have read the next two chapters of our class novel, which the children are really enjoying. We have focused on commentating and sharing opinions about what we like and dislike about the story so far and why that is, along with asking questions and identifying recurring patterns within the story. We have also focused on retrieval and inference skills as well.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou
Weekly Update-14/11/25
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, for our writing, we have continued our work on persuasive information texts. This week, we have focused on creating a range of headings, understanding what rhetorical questions are and creating a range of them related to our persuasive information text. We have also focused on using a range of connectives to link ideas together and we have also been continuing to look at apostrophes, with the focus being on using apostrophes to show plural possession.
In maths, we have started our unit of work on multiplication and division. This week, the focus has been on 6x tables and 9x tables multiplication and division facts, alongside word problems for both as well. Towards the end of the week, we have focused on 3, 6 and 9x tables together using everything they have learnt over the last two weeks to solve a range of problems related to all three x tables. It’s been lovely to see how much more confident children are beginning to get and this has also been noticeable with our times table challenge sheets, as quite a few children have managed to complete the level that they were on and can now move onto the next stage.
In art, the focus has been on abstract art, with the children looking at a range of different styles of abstract art, which included work by artists like Howard Hodgkin. The children learnt what abstract art is, we discussed how we felt about the different styles of abstract art, which ones the children liked and which ones they didn’t and how it made them feel. We then created our geometrically inspired abstract paintings which the children really enjoyed. Once they had completed them, the next step was to follow in the footsteps of several abstract artists and cut our paintings up. Once the children had cut them up, they rearranged them in their books to create brand new abstract paintings and then they glued them in. The children really enjoyed the whole creative process, and it was so lovely to see the exciting pieces of work that they created at the different stages of the process.
The children also learnt all about Remembrance Day and they created a poppy wreath.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou