Building LEGO Rollercoasters and Programming

We had a super Science and Technology day using LEGO to build our rollercoasters.  First of all, we used the LEGO to build our track and then we tested our rollercoaster from the launcher to see if it would stay on the track. 

We then used LEGO We do to program a sensor which had a windmill attached to it.  We put our sensor next to the track and every time the rollercoaster went past the sensor, the windmill would spin.

Enillwyr Tocynnau Cymraeg

Congratulations to our Welsh badge winners last week. You have been using lots of incidental Welsh inside and outside of the classroom. Bendigedig pawb!!

The Welsh Whisperer\Y Sibrwd Cymraeg

The Welsh Whisperer visited Dosbarth Hwyaid Bach, Eryr and Jac-y-Do yesterday to compose a Christmas Song of our very own. We worked within our classes in the morning to compose the lyrics for the song and then all came together in the afternoon to perform the song to the rest of the school. The children agreed that our Christmas Song was a hit and we are all very proud of ourselves of how well it went!!

The Welsh Whisperer then let us party alongside him with him playing a selection of his very own songs. We loved this too, and as you can see from the photos, we all had an amazing time!!

Final rollercoaster models

After several weeks of researching, designing and trialing, we finally completed our rollercoaster models to take to Knighton town council!

Measuring Brynny

We measured Brynny in November to to see if the space would be suitable for us to build our rollercoaster on. We used trundle wheels to measure the area and perimeter.

Human Rights Day - Article 2

Article 2 – All children have these rights, no matter who they are or what they look like.

We listened to the story ‘It’s ok to be different’, and discussed why it is ok to be different. Here are some of the children’s contributions;

“We have different colour skin and that is ok.”

“You might want to speak in a different language.”

“It doesn’t matter where you live. You can live in different places and still be friends.”

“My mummy has curly hair and I don’t, and that is ok.”

“Teasing is not kind, because children will feel sad if you tease them.”

“My mummy is different to me because she has dark hair and I have light hair.”

After our discussion, we played a game of ‘switch places if you ……’ where the children swapped places with another child if they answered yes to the question/statement.

Our Hand Puppets/Ein Pypedau Llaw

We are SO proud of our hand puppets. The pupils have loved designing and making their hand puppets for Geppetto. We have used so many skills including cutting, sticking, drawing and listening. Arbennig pawb!

Enillwyr Tocynnau Cymraeg

Congratulations to our Welsh badge winners last week. You have been using lots of incidental Welsh inside and outside of the classroom. Bendigedig pawb!!