Author: JessicaMorris

Sal came and worked with us and we enjoyed a Physical Literacy session playing ‘bingo’ and having to complete a variety of exercises.

Wealthy Victorians enjoyed playing indoor parlour games. Magnets were often used in the making of these games. We were commissioned to find out more about Victorian games that would have been played and create our own using magnets.

Children in Dosbarth Gwennol have been learning to play a variety of yard games that children in Victorian times would have played. We played hopscotch, tag, follow the leader, skipping skittles. We are now busy writing instructions on how to play these games.

On Monday, for Safer Internet Day, we were visited by PC Ainsworth who talked about how we can stay safe online.

The children created their own dragon dance to celebrate Chinese New Year.

The children had a fabulous day celebrating St. Dwynwen’s Day. They listened carefully to the story and then they used their reading skills to follow instructions to make their own heart shaped biscuits. Miss Love and Mrs Wood were really impressed by how well the groups worked together to share the doing each of the instructions.

In 1874, William Gladstone, the Prime Minister removed tax on sugar.  This made sugar more affordable and led to more people having tooth decay.  We investigated the effect of sugary liquids and other liquids on our teeth.

We soaked 5 eggs in vinegar, cola, water, coffee and the final egg was half soaked in coffee and toothpaste.

After 2 days, the eggs in coffee and cola stained the egg shell and stuck to the surface.  This bacteria then breaks down the sugar to make acid which can damage teeth.

We found our toothpaste covered egg stained less than the non toothpaste covered egg.

The vinegar completely dissolved the eggshell, leaving just the membrane behind.