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Weekly Update-4/12/25
Posted: Dec 4, 2025 by: 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