Nadolig Llawen!!

Just a quick pre Christmas message to say a huge thank you for all our lovely Christmas cards and presents. We hope you all have a lovely Christmas and manage to enjoy the break and hopefully relax a little too. We'll see all the children back in school on Tuesday 3rd January 2012.

Best wishes

Mrs Utting- Lawson and Miss Brush

Where has the term gone?!

Just a quick update of what we've been up to since half term. I can't believe that the Autumn term is nearly over - we've been so busy that it's just flown by!

Our term began with a visit from Bracey's Bakery . The children found out how to make bread and what they should eat to be healthy.

 

The children are enjoying writing in their Writers Notebooks. Thank you for helping to decorate them - they look fabulous!

 In Maths we have been learning about 2d shapes and symmetry. the children had great fun finding out how many lines of symmetry different 2d shapes have.

Christmas is coming ! Time to start all those Christmas crafts!

 The Year 2s had a lovely time at Bethel Baptist this week. We helped to perform the Nativity story and then we made mincepies and a Christmas card. A huge thank you to everyone at Bethel Baptist for their warm welcome.

Our Design & Technology project this term is making puppets. The children looked at different styles of puppets and then designed and made their own. They're fantastic!

 

This week we turned our Victorian School room role play into Mog's Christmas corner. The children are having lots of fun wrapping presents and  writing their Christmas lists, cards, gift tags and party invitations. Very busy and very messy!!

Congratulations to Eira, Tiffany, Morgan and Mollie who have all received our Seren Yr Wythnos this term.

Looking forward to seeing you all at our Christmas concert.

Victorian School Day

What a fabulous day we had on Thursday! A huge thank you to everyone for all the lovely costumes. The children all looked absolutely fantastic. In the morning we had a formal English and Maths lesson with the children all sitting in rows at desks, learning facts about Queen Victoria, writing on slate boards and standing up when visitors entered the room. In the afternoon they all had a go at lots of different Victorian activities - sketching, making peg dolls, Welsh cakes and cup and ball games, plus lots of fun activities in the yard. Here are a few photos of our day.

Lining up ready for lessons - boys in one line, girls in another.

A spot of drill before lessons.

Not too sure what to expect!

Poor Ewan had to wear a Dunce's hat for shouting out! Fabulous acting Ewan!

Working hard at some handwriting.

Role play in the afternoon.

A drawing lesson.

Making peg dolls

Enjoying marbles

Our class photo!

Well done to Ewan for being our Seren Yr Wythnos this week and for also winning our colour table prize. Our colour for the week after half term is orange.

Apologies to you all for a slight mix up over the codes that came home today. If your child brought someone else's code home please send it back into school after half term. I will sort out a list of the correct codes .

I hope you all have a lovely week. We will see you all on Monday 31st October.

Mrs Utting-Lawson and Miss Brush



This week in Dosbarth 9

First of all a big congratulations to Jessica Beynon who was our Seren yr Wythnos last week . Da Iawn Jessica! Also well done to Mollie who brought in last week's most unusual yellow object. We've already had some lovely green objects in for this week.

This week I am sending a note home with some reading books to let you know which 'Tricky Words' we have been learning (Tricly Words are ones that don't follow conventional spelling patterns and are therefore 'tricky' for the children to sound out). I have also sent a Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check sheet home to help the children to learn these words.

Show and Tell on Friday will be group Gwyrdd who missed out last week. Next week will be group Melyn.

I have been talking to the children about our Victorian Day next week and they have come up with some lovely ideas to make it as realistic as possible. If anyone is stuck for ideas for costumes www.victorianschool.co.uk is an excellent website with lots of pictures that may help you. If anyone is unable to provide a costume please let us know and we will try to help. Also if anyone has any 'olden days' games or toys that we could borrow we would be really grateful - spinning tops, cup and ball, marbles etc.

Finally a huge diolch yn fawr to Nicole's granny who came into class today to talk to us about her school days. The children loved hearing about what she did at school and also about how different her home life was. They had lots of questions to ask and all listened really well.

See you all tomorrow

Mrs Utting-Lawson

Literacy Week

Well done to everyone for all their hard work on Little Red Riding Hood last week. The children really enjoyed making their story scrolls and came up with some fabulous ways to change the story (I particularly liked the wolf on a bicycle!).
Well done also to Liam Poulton who was our Seren Yr Wythnos this week.
Thank you to everyone who sent in red items for our red table last week - the table looked fabulous. We've already had some yellow items in for our 'yellow week' but the table is still looking quite empty - loads more please!
Diolch yn fawr
Mrs Utting-Lawson

St Fagans

Just  a few pictures to show you what we got up to in St Fagans on Monday. The children certainly learnt lots from their lesson in Maestir School and have come back full of ideas for our old school room role play.

They listened very carefully to their lesson!

 They used slate boards and pencils to write sums.

Luke modelled the Welsh Not for us. He even managed to put on a really sad face for the camera!

 Out in the yard they had a go with some traditional toys. Ffion was very good at the cup and ball.

A huge 'Diolch yn fawr' to Mrs Hewison, Mrs Hargreaves and Mrs Taylor for coming on the trip with us.

Welcome to Class 9!

Dear all,
It was so lovely to see so many smiling faces in our first week back. What a fabulous start to the year! The children all settled into their new class and their new shared Area really well. However if you have any concerns at all please pop in and see me after school, or if you can't make it to school I can always be contacted through the office or just write me a note.

Our Autumn Term topic web will be going home with the children on Monday - please check their bags for it if they don't give it to you!

Reading books will be going home this week and PE day is Tuesday. Please can we have wellies in school by Friday at the latest as it is our turn for Forest Schools next week (week beginning Monday 19th)

Looking forward to a busy and exciting first term.

See you Monday.

Mrs Utting-Lawson and Miss Brush.

Happy holidays!

What a busy year! I can't believe that it's July already and that the children are moving on to their next classes. I wish all of them the very best of luck. I know that they will all have as much fun next year as they have had this year.

A huge thank you to everyone for all of the lovely presents that the children have brought in this week and for all the kind messages in cards and letters.

I really hope that you all have a fantastic summer.

See you all in September.
Best wishes.
Mrs Utting-Lawson

Congratulations!!

Hope you are all enjoying this gorgeous sunshine! I just wanted to write a quick message to say well done to everyone in the class for their efforts on Sports Day. I was so proud of them all for trying their best.

Also well done to Jared for being last week's Seren Yr Wythnos.

We only have three weeks left in school now and to finish the term off we are going to be learning about holidays in the past. I won't be setting a formal homework task on this, but I would really appreciate it if you could talk to your children about the holidays that you went on when you were a child. How were they the same as the holidays we have today and how were they different? Maybe an older relative could also talk to the children about the holidays that they had? If there are any Nans, Grandads or Great Aunties and Uncles who would be prepared to come into school to talk to the children about their holidays that would be even better!

Enjoy the rest of the weekend and see you all tomorrow!

Mrs Utting-Lawson

Noah's Ark Zoo Farm

Welcome back to you all after the Half Term Holiday. We had a very busy first week back with a fabulous trip on Tuesday to Noah's Ark Zoo farm near Bristol. The children thoroughly enjoyed wandering around the farm and managed to pack in a tractor ride, lamb feeding,visits to the play areas not to mention seeing lots of different animals into their day. Unfortunately my camera decided not to work after a couple of shots, so a huge thank you to Mr Sherratt whose camera was working! Here are a few pictures from the day.

We have also been learning about capacity this week and the children had lots of fun comparing the capacity of different conatiners.

We managed to squeeze a couple of mini beast hunts in as well this week. The children had a look around the school to find different mini beasts. We used our bug viewers to get a better look!

Just a quick reminder that on Tuesday next week we have our Class photos and on Wednesday we will be laying our Coin Trail in the morning. So if you have any loose change please send it in with the children by Wednesday. Finally, with Sports Day fast approaching we will be taking advantage of any dry weather next week to practice our races so please remind your child to bring their PE kit including trainers into school each day next week (or leave it in school for the week if possible).

Diolch yn Fawr

See you on Monday.

Summer Term!

Welcome back to all the children. it was lovely to see them all coming in refreshed after the Easter Holidays. We're hoping that the lovely weather we had over Easter will carry on this term as we have lots of lovely outdoor activities planned.

Well done to all the children for their fabulous costumes on Friday.  Sorry if we didn't manage to get through all the books that they brought in - it was a really busy day! Thank you also for all your kind donations of books. I know they will be gratefully received in Uganda.

Thanks to everyone who has brought in their permission slip and payment for our trip on Tuesday. Sorry if it was a bit last minute...but the opportunity was too good to miss. We'll be able to find out lots of plant and garden facts to help kickstart our Term's topic which is 'All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small'. Check the blog for photos of what we get up to.

Congratulations to Poppy Dixon for being our first Seren Yr Wythnos winner.

Finally it's time to redo our classroom to fit in with our new theme. We're looking for any white shirts and glasses that you may have spare - they'll be used to make our Investigation Area as authentic as possible! We have already begun to set up our 'Eat and Play' cafe (great name Oliver!) and the children are really enjoying playing customers and cafe owners. However we are a bit low on props so if you have any empty ice cream boxes or anything else that could go in our cafe, I know that the children will appreciate them.

A couple of photos of Friday to finish.

See you tomorrow

Mrs Utting-Lawson

Update on life in Class 8

I hope all the mums had a lovely Mother's Day. The children told me all about what they had planned for you and it sounds like you were all going to be spoilt!

Congratulations to Hallie and Ella who have been our last two Seren Yr Wythnos winners. Ardderchog!

We've had another busy couple of weeks in Dosbarth 8. Here are a few pictures to show you what we have been up to.

 We are continuing to learn different body shapes and ways of travelling in gymnastics. The children made up sequences using 'Happy Cat', 'Angry Cat', 'Frog', 'Fox' and 'Straight' shapes and movements.

 In class we have been learning about weighing using non - standard units such as beads and cubes. We then learnt how to weigh objects using gramme weights.

 

 We have been finding out about electricity. We took photos around the school of objects that use electricity. We then sorted them into ones that use mains electricity and ones that use battery electricity.

We've also been learning how to recognise and make whole, half and quarter turns to the left and to the right. Here we are on our number square playing a 'turning' game. Grace won this one!

I've been busy planting up containers in my garden this afternoon and it reminded me that Dosbarth 8 has two planters in the playground to fill. Does anybody have any spare bedding or vegetable plants that they do not need?  We have decided to link one of the planters to next term's minibeast topic, but we're open to suggestions for the other planter.

Finally, all our best wishes go to Kyle who is poorly at the moment. We really hope that you get better soon Kyle. We're all missing you and can't wait to see you back in school again.

See you all tomorrow.