Blog by Tag: Beech

This week in Beech we celebrated National Story Telling Week.

Using the text ‘I am Nefertiti,’ by Annemarie Anyang, we wrote our own poems, a diary entry and non-fiction fact sheet. 

We performed some of our work in assembly. 
Well done Beech Class! 
 

This week I welcomed year two into the forest. We chose our forest school name then made a necklace out of clay and carved a picture to match our name. We learnt about the life cycle of a frog so that each week we can keep a look out for frogspawn in our pond.

We were delighted to welcome the NSPCC into school today. They delivered engaging and age‑appropriate workshops with Year 2, Year 5, and Year 6, all focused on staying safe and looking out for one another.

The sessions helped our pupils understand how to recognise unsafe situations, how to…

This week in Beech has been very busy indeed!

We have been trying out different axles for when we come to design and make our own Moon buggies.  It was lovely to see the children decide on the axle they thought would be the best.

Well done to the children that represented us in the multi…

Our Winter Olympics at Home Challenge!

We are inviting YOU to take part in our Winter Olympics at Home Challenge.

You can get active, be creative and show off your learning all from home.

Ask an adult to take a photo of you taking part and email it to school so we can celebrate your…

This week we celebrated Safer Internet Day.  This year’s theme was ‘Smart tech, safe choices- Exploring the safe and responsible use of AI.’

We took part in an assembly all about AI and how to use it safely and responsibly but also how to have fun with it.

In class, we completed different…

What an excellent morning we have had at Alston Observatory.

When we arrived, we got the chance to look at the planetarium.  We learned all about solar eclipses, planets, stars and galaxies.  We were amazed at how huge our Universe is. 
It was interesting to see the difference in sizes between…

This week in Music we listened to rock.  We discussed that rock music is usually ‘forte’ and can often make us feel strong and powerful. 
We loved listening to ‘We Will Rock You’ by Queen.  We clapped the rhythm and discussed how the song only had one instrument.

In computing, we are learning…

Welcome back to Beech Class after our Christmas break.

This week we have settled back into school well and started our new text, ‘Man on the Moon.’

We celebrated the Epiphany by going to Mass then visiting the crib at church.  It was lovely to see the children being so respectful and asking…

We have had a lovely last week of term in Beech Class and it has been very busy.
We have worked hard to retell the story of Jesus’ birth and created our own booklets.

It was great to watch Ryan and Catherine perform in their Rock Steady band! We were all very impressed. 
In science, the…

This week in Beech Class we have been learning how to write instructions.  
We got to make a paper Christmas tree and a paper reindeer.  Once we had made them, we wrote our own instructions so that someone could make them too.  We used numbers and made sure to use imperative verbs! We talked…

This week the Fire Service came to visit us.  They discussed what their roles were as fire fighters and the types of uniforms they wore for all the different incidents they attend.  We learned how to ‘STOP, DROP and ROLL’ and when to use this if our clothes ever caught fire.  We found out how to…