Beech Tree Class Blog 2023-2024
Beech Tree Blog
Weekly Update-24/5/24
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, the children took part in the Leeds City Final for skipping. They were competing against 7 other schools in a range of individual and group skipping skills. The all performed really well and gave it their absolute best. We were able to win three bronze awards, one silver and one gold for the individual skipping skills, however, we weren't able to win the overall competition. The children showed great sportsmanship towards other schools and of course to the overall winning school. Yet again, they represented the school incredibly well and we're very proud of them.
In our maths, we have come to the conclusion of our unit of work on money, and this week, we have focused on solving a variety of problems which require the use of one or more of the four maths operations. It was lovely to see the children using great mathematical vocabulary and fantastic working out to back up their opinions and seeing them use the inverse operations to check that their answers were correct. Well done!
I hope you all have a lovely week off. Have fun and stay safe.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou :)
Weekly Update-17/5/24
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, in maths, we have continued our unit of work around money and the children have been comparing different amounts of money, estimating with money, and calculating with money.
In science, we have continued with our unit of work on plants. Our lesson focused on seeds and understanding what seeds, seedlings and germination are. We also set up an experiment to see whether a seed can germinate with just water and warmth. The children have been really enjoying this unit of work and love observing the different changes that they can see each day. We have also been continuing to write down our measurements for a previous ongoing experiment involving 4 pots with different amounts of seeds in, which get the same amount of water and light. The results are very interesting so far. The children are also enjoying watching their own individual sunflowers grow and it’s lovely to hear them using good scientific language.
In art, we have continued with our unit of work based on Ancient Egyptian death masks. This week, the children were learning about why death masks were used and what they were made of. Then, together as a class, the children applied the skills they have learnt in previous lessons to draw a death mask in pen. The children began in pencil, making sure all the features were placed correctly and were as accurate as possible. They then applied the shading on the face and after that, they finally used the pens to draw over their pencil image, apply different types of shading and then fill in any block colours that were required for the head piece. The end results were absolutely amazing! Well done, everyone!
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou
Weekly Update-3/5/24
Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, in maths, we have continued our work on decimals. We have been focusing on comparing decimals, ordering decimals, and rounding decimals to whole numbers. The children have been doing fantastic with this unit of work and it’s great to see the huge increase in confidence.
In science, we have continued our unit of work on plants. This week, we have planned and set up an investigation. Our investigation revolves around whether the number of seeds planted in a pot will affect the way that it grows. The children understood what equipment was required and why, what could be changed (variable) and what will be kept the same in the experiment in order to keep it fair. We have one pot with 1 seed, one with 2 seeds, one with 4 seeds and one with 8 seeds. The children made their predictions (hypothesis) about what they think will happen for each one, and more importantly, gave good scientific reasoning behind why they think that (based on all their knowledge that they have learnt about plants so far). They will now observe and measure the height of each plant in each pot, and they will do this once a week and record their results as they go along.
In computing, our unit of work has revolved around networks and the internet. This week, the children were learning about what websites and webpages are, identifying the different features used on a website and then considering what sort of things you must think about before adding your own content to a website.
This week, we also had PCSO Sophie kindly come in to talk to the children about online safety.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou