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Weekly Update-16/6/23
Posted: Jun 16, 2023 by: Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, in maths, we have continued our work around money, focusing on using all four maths operations when solving one and two step word problems. These problems were a challenge for the children, but it's always great to see such resilience when faced with a challenge and seeing the children applying what they have learnt in order to solve the problems they were faced with.
In our writing, the children have been planning their stories which will revolve around using the same main characters from Stone Age Boy but creating an alternative story for it. The ideas that they have come up with in the planning stage are excellent and I can't wait to see what they produce.
In computing, we are focusing on desktop publishing and we have been looking at how text, images or both together are used (e.g. road signs or invitations) and discussing the advantages and disadvantages of using just text, just images or both. This week, the children were tasked with creating their own digital birthday sign using a word art text graphic generator programme. We discussed how the text had to be legible, how it had to stand out, what images are appropriate to go with it and how it could be set out effectively. They really enjoyed it and produced some lovely pieces.
The children have also been working on their carnival masks, which are for the ALPT art exhibition and will be completed in the early part of next week.
That's all for now,
Mr Kyriacou :)