Beech Tree Class Blog 2023-2024
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Weekly Update-4/12/25
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, the children have been doing a range of assessments, and they have worked incredibly hard throughout all of them.
In reading, we have also finished reading our class novel (Thorfinn the Nicest Viking and the Terrible Treasure) which the children really enjoyed. They enjoyed it so much that they now want to read the other books in the series as well.
In writing, the children have generated lots of ideas for their Viking weapon themed Kenning poem and then produced their first drafts of it. The children also read them out to each other and they sounded fantastic because they described the theme of the poem so well without telling the the reader what it is.
The children have also been practising for their Anglo-Saxon and Viking themed Christmas performance.
In computing, the children have been continuing their photo editing unit of work. This week, the children used all of the skills that they have learnt throughout this unit to create their hybrid magical animal. As a class we voted on creating a combination of a butterfly and an elephant and the children had the idea of using the butterfly wings as elephant ears. Once the class had agreed on the idea, the children worked together to apply their editing skills to the images they had chosen and eventually combine the two animals together to make an elephly. This required lots of concentration and listening, but it was amazing to see the children succeed in creating their own hybrid magical animal. Here a few pictures below of the children’s amazing creations.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou
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