Monthly Archives: January 2016

Our new topic is “Happiness” so we worked in groups to mind map everything we could think of about being happy.

Our new letter sound was “e” and we practised writing it using brushes in gold glitter.

We counted fireworks this week using the rhyme “10 Little Fireworks” which helped us count up and down between 0 and 10.

We practised writing our numbers to record how many fireworks we had counted.

We talked about the mouse pad on the lap top and used the virtual sparkler app to practise making things move with the mousepad.

Forest School was fantastic!! We made mud paint, when on a caterpillar hunt to find Mrs. Caterpillar’s missing babies, we climbed trees and had a fun game of group hide and seek.

Our new topic this term is “Happiness”. We watched a clip from the film Inside Out and talked about happy memories.  We had an assembly about keeping safe during bonfire night.

We made some firework collages and printed with different tools to make fireworks.

We learnt a song with Miss. Silke about a chugging train, changing the speed of our singing from slow to fast.

We used the PE benches with Jonathon to practice balancing and jumping.

We did lots of movement to the song “If your happy and you know it”

We practised our Welsh colour when making our firework pictures.

We read about Fflic a Fflac playing hide and seek “yn y goedwig”.

Parents meetings on Monday 9th (afternoon) or Thursday 12th after school. Please see me to book your 10 minute appointment.

Have a good weekend.

We followed instructions of how to make our harvest soup,  cawl cennin. We then had to remember all the ingredients to draw in a soup bowl and then have a g at writing the ingredients.

We did some maths when cooking our harvest soup – counting vegetables, cutting big and small pieces, and thinking about time while waiting for our soup to cook.

We had an amazing time at Brynmill Park on Tuesday. We did a scavenger hunt finding different kinds of natural objects and we found a variety of different creatures that live in a pond

Our soup raised money for the charity Tackle Hunger – thank you for your donations.

We talked about caring for animals in the park and why it was important to put the animals caught back in the pond.

We used autumn leaves to create a tree collage at the park. We talked about the different colours of different leaves.

We had a great PE session with Jonathan, stopping and starting, and listening to instructions.

At the park we had fun exploring the equipment, sliding down the fireman’s pole and whizzing down the slide.

We are extending our check-ins by saying “Dwi’n…I am” in front of our feelings.

We also learnt how to say “I like” (Dwi’n hoffi) and “I don’t like” (Dwi’n ddim yn hoffi), to express a like or dislike when tasting out cawl cennin.

Our topic next half term will be “Happiness” Can the children draw a picture or tell you about something that makes then happy and bring it into school after half term.

Also I have attached the letter sounds we have learnt so far – practise the sounds with your child at any opportunity. Can you make any small words with them.

Have a fun half term!!

Thanks.

We revised our first group of sounds (s,a,t,p,i,n), by playing a phonic sorting cut and stick game.

We covered our whole writing table in paper and had a challenge to cover all the paper by writing our letter sounds.

We looked at long and short and sorted objects into the right circle.

We also practised counting using construction blocks to make towers that matched the number card.

We watched videos of real life rescues on the RNLI website. We looked at the clothes lifeguards wear and we then coloured and dressed our own teddies. The children told me all they remembered about a lifeguard’s job.

Our school value this fortnight is respect. We read our class eco charter and talked about being respectful to our environment and our friends. We all signed it as a promise to try our best.

We painted the weather seen in the story “Noah’s Ark” – sun, rain and rainbows.

We sang the song “Mr. Noah had an ark…”

We had a great PE session with Jonathan and we followed some welsh movement  instructions when watching Fflic A Fflac.

We read “Ffrindiau Fflic a Fflac” and watched an episode of Fflic a Fflac where they taught us how to say “What’s your name?” “Pwy wyt ti?

We also listened to some Welsh nursery rhymes.

Your child will be bringing a book bag home with them today – please look after it and its contents. Reading books will be changed at least once a week and class library day will be on Friday so make sure class library books are returned on this day.

Thanks.

Have a good weekend!

We continued our Jolly Phonics with learning the letter sounds “n”. We  had a game of phonics bingo t o remember all the sounds we have learnt so far (s,a,t,p,I,n)

We have been trying to write the sounds in the sand trays.

We looked at 3d shapes and built some models with them.

We made patterns using a cube and a cone and tried our best to recognise them and remember the names.

We also sang “5 little monkeys swinging in the tree” with some cuddly song props.

We read a story called “The Little Raindrop”, which followed the journey of a raindrop from a cloud all the way to the sea and then back up into a cloud. We drew story maps to help us remember.

Our school value this fortnight is friendship. We are remembering how to be good friends and we have read some stories about friendship, “Willy and Hugh”, “Little Penguins Holiday” and “Ffrindiau Fflic a Fflac”

We learnt a song called I’m a little raindrop and we listened to some raindrop music.

We also watched a clip from Bambi with the song “April Showers” to see how the music made raindrop noises.

We had a great PE session with Jonathan and we did some movement songs in class.

We have also enjoyed making some large models outside with some extra large construction sets.

We read “Tedi Twt yn dost” we had a go at saying “I have a bad head” “Mae pen tost” and “I have a bad tummy” “Mae bola tost”

We also played a number game where I counted in Welsh and when I stopped the children had to tell me what number came next in Welsh – the children were great at this

Diawn pawb!

Please bring back all the consent forms that have been sent out recently – home/school agreement, photo consent, forest school consent, nurse health questionnaire and flu spray consent. If you need more copies let me know and I will see what I can do.

Thanks.

Have a good weekend!

We continued our Jolly Phonics with learning the letter sounds “p” and “i”. We played a match the picture game to hear the sounds in words. We used chalks to try and write the letter shapes. We also used paint to practice how to write our names.

We read a book called “Who Sank the Boat” and we played in our lifeboat station role play area for the first time this week.

We played guess the hidden number on the number line and did some clapping counting as a whole class. We did some big counting by placing objects into the boat before it sank in the water.

We looked at floating and sinking. We collected some natural objects from an outdoor walk and guessed whether they would be able to sink or float in the water.

Our school value this fortnight is friendship. We talked about different ways we can show how to be friends. The children came up with hugging, smiling, thumbs up and high fives.

We learnt a song called “Big Blue Boat” and sang more familiar songs about water – Incy Wincy Spider, Five Speckled Frogs, and Five Little Ducks.

We looked at some watery paintings by famous artists and had a go at painting some water themed paintings ourselves.

We practised listening to instructions and starting and stopping in the hall. We also had to move around obstacles.

Don’t forget to bring your child’s named PE kit into school for Monday afternoons – the children are getting great at changing themselves for PE…keep practising at home.

We read “Tedi Twt yn Siopa” and we had a go at saying “os gwellech yn dda” (thank you)

We also practised singing our Welsh songs.

Take every opportunity to help your child practice writing their name – they can use pen and paper, a painting app on your phone, using chalks outdoors or even make mud paint and use a stick!

Have a good weekend!