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Weekly Update - 10/6/22
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, the children have been writing their diary entries from the perspective of Howard Carter when he found the tomb of Tutankhamun. They produced some absolutely amazing pieces, which were overflowing with great description, were written in past tense, used first person and included lots of thoughts and feelings.
We have also been finishing up our work on time, converting between 12 and 24 hour time. This has been challenging for some children, but I've been so impressed by their positive attitudes and willingness to persevere even when it gets challenging. Well done!
We also started to create our clay canopic jars. The children were given the option of four gods to choose from and they designed their jars on paper and then began working on the heads of the god that they had chosen. The children absolutely loved the process of creating their sculptures and, again, I was really impressed with the children who found it slightly challenging because they did not give up; they persevered and tried their best. And I always say to the children that their best is more than good enough! Well done!
Weekly Update-27/5/22
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
Please click the link below to find out about how brilliant the children did during the skipping festival.
https://www.ruffordparkprimary.org.uk/classes/year4beech/skipping-festival
In science, the children were able to see the magnetic field around magnets through the use of iron filings that were placed on paper above the magnet. It was wonderful to see how excited the children got and to talk about the science behind it as well.
To celebrate the Queen's platinum jubilee, the children made some beautiful collages using a variety of different materials to create a silhouette of the Queen's head.
The children have also produced some fantastic watercolour paintings related to our topic of Ancient Egypt.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou :)
Weekly Update-20/5/22
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
In science, we conducted an investigation to test the strength of different magnets and find out which was the strongest. We first decided which magnets we would test. The four we decided on were: Horseshoe, Bar, Cylindrical and Ring. As a class, we agreed to test the magnets by seeing how many magnetic marbles they could hold before all of them fell. We made predictions and the children gave some super reasons as to why they thought certain magnets would be stronger. We then conducted the investigation and found that the Cylindrical magnet held the most.
In ICT, our focus is animation and this week, we started using Scratch on our new Google Chromebooks. The children were tasked with animating the letters of their first name, and creating a background to go with it. They produced some lovely pieces and here are some videos of them below.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou :)