Beech Tree Class Blog 2023-2024
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Weekly Update-3/7/26
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, in reading we have continued reading the next two chapters of our Jeremy Strong book, which the children are really enjoying. We have then focused on using summarising, retrieval and inference skills across a range of reading tasks relating to those two chapters.
In maths, we have moved onto our unit of work on position and direction. The children have been learning to describe position by using coordinates, plotting coordinates on a grid, drawing 2d shapes on a grid using coordinates and translating on a grid. The progress that the children have made with this smaller unit of work is amazing and it’s been great to use some assessment questions which the children got wrong (as this unit had not been taught yet at the time of the assessments) and get the children to use what they have learnt to now answer the questions again and achieve the marks successfully.
In writing, we have focused on researching facts about Tutankhamun’s burial chamber, creating captions for images and then the children have started to write their introductions to their articles along with having bold and catchy headlines.
In art, the children have continued to work on their Egyptian death masks which are looking fantastic so far.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou
Weekly Update 26/6/26
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, the children started it by publishing their canopic jars fact file. Then, for our new writing unit, we have started looking at the features of magazine articles, focusing on creating eye-catching, attention-grabbing headlines based around the discovery of Tutankhamun in 1922 and writing statements based on the expert opinions of Howard Carter.
In maths, we have completed our unit of work on shape. We have focused on regular and irregular polygons and understanding the properties of shapes that go into each category or don’t fit in them at all. We have also focused on symmetry and being able to identify shapes that are symmetrical, drawing lines of symmetry within shapes and then completing drawings of shapes that will make them symmetrical.
In reading, we have continued reading our class novel and focusing on a range of reading skills involved with comprehension tasks based around the enxt two chapters that have been read. The children are also really enjoying our story time book, which is Vicky Angel by Jacqueline Wilson. The story has created lots of great discussions amongst the children and also got them making lots of predictions about what will happen next in the story.
In science, we are now working on our unit on forces. The children learnt all about what a force is, were able to identify different pushes and pulls and explain what is happening when someone or something is pushing or pulling someone or something. The children also had an extra bonus task at the end of the lesson to find lots of different things within the classroom that could be both depending on the action used. The children found loads of super examples and were able to explain their thinking clearly using great scientific language.
In art, children have just made a start on their Egyptian death masks and they’re already looking great. They have stuck the face mask and cardboard outlines together, then they have use papier mache and now they have drawn their designs and painted the first layer of gold on them.
In art, the children also completed all of their flower themed art exhibition work. For this, they created three dimensional, carboard flowers, which were in a variety of sizes and colours, using a variety of origami techniques. Well done, everyone!
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou
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