Beech Tree Class Blog 2023-2024
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Weekly Update-9/12/22
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello,
This week, the children have been busy writing their formal letters to Caroline Lawrence (the author of our class novel) and they have edited them and typed them on the computer. They've done a great job and we will be choosing a few to send off to Caroline Lawrence. Hopefully, we'll get a lovely reply! Well done everyone!
We have also been going through their assessments, identifying a few weak areas, going through those questions together and using the necessary skills required in order to answer those questions as well as possible.
Our European artist that we have been focusing on this week is Salvador Dali. The focus of the lesson was for the children to create a portrait of their partner and insert a silly moustache (in any style they wanted) which relates to the moustache that Dali famously had and the different styles that he had it in.
We are also close to finishing out class novel, The Thieves of Ostia. The class are so eager to find out who the killer is now, but they'll have to wait until next week for the final part of the story when Caroline Lawrence will eventually reveal who the killer is and why they did it.
As part of our topic work, we were using Google Earth to identify human (man made) and physical (natural) geographical features that appear in Rome and comparing them to features found in Leeds.
In PSHE this week, we have been continuing our work on Valuing Differences, focusing on the story of The Ugly Duckling and the moral of the story.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou :)
Weekly Update-2/12/22
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, the children have been working really hard during their assessments, so well done everyone!
In science, we have been focusing on the 7 different nutrients that the body requires, as well as looking at what a balanced diet looks like. The children were then tasked with bringing in different food packaging so that we could identify the different nutrients that appear in different foods.
In computing, we have continued our work on programming and this week the children were creating their own piano with different keys. They then created the code that would allow them to play the different keys, which would make the different sounds, but also change the colour of the key as well. The children really enjoyed it and it was so nice to see the children start to play some different tunes using their piano keys that they had created.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou :)
Weekly Update-17/11/22
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello,
It's been another busy and productive week. We are continuing to read our Roman mystery book, The Thieves of Ostia. We are on chapter 13 and the children are absolutely loving it. The children are also continuing to sharpen up a variety of their reading skills, particularly their inference skills, and it's fantastic to see how far they have progressed since September.
We've had a busy writing week. The children have been working incredibly hard on their adventure stories and produced some really exciting pieces of work. They will be editing them next week before publishing their final pieces. Well done for all of your hard work!
In maths, we have been focusing on estimating (using rounding) for addition and subtraction, as well as using a variety of strategies to check our addition and subtraction calculations.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou