Congratulations to our Welsh badge winners this week. You have been using lots of incidental Welsh inside and outside of the classroom. Bendigedig pawb!!
Enillwyr Tocynnau Cymraeg
The Hunger Games Leavers Style
Today the Year 6s enjoyed their idea of the Hunger Games, brought to life to Mr Evans-Williams! Dens were built, opponents chosen and battles were won and lost! Cawson nhw hwyl!
Mantle Olympics
As part of our Mantle, we have been looking at creating some new Olympic Games that are inclusive to everyone and include a Micro:bit as part of their game. Once the games were created and instructions written, we all had a go and invited pupils from the school to have a go and review the new games.
Primary cricket tournament
We had a fantastic day at the annual primary school cricket tournament. Both teams showed great team work and ambition to use their skills learnt in school and enjoyed learning and playing the sport of cricket.
Sports ambassador club
Our new bronze sports ambassadors have been busy running their new club full of exciting games and activities!
Our beautiful whole-school mosaic
Wow! Jody Mc Partlin from Stoneglass Mosaics has put the finishing touches to our whole-school mosaic that she has worked with the children to produce. Since Easter Jody has worked with children throughout the school to design and create the mosaic based on our school values. The project has been part funded by a grant from the Diocese. Da iawn Pawb!
Potato Olympics!!
We have been very busy designing and creating some games for our potato Olympics! We used all our instruction skills and creative thoughts to come up with some new exciting games that would be suitable for a potato, alongside this, we had to include a Micro:bit in some form with our games.
Croeso!
Last week we welcomed Education Practitioners from Pennsylvania, USA who visited our school to find out about our Education system in Wales. They enjoyed observing some Outdoor Learning in our recently developed areas and some Forest School activities. They really enjoyed their time at our school and the children made them feel very welcome.
Mabolgampau 2024!
We had a lovely sports day this year, where the Year 5 and 6 children planned a variety of events based on their work on the Olympics. Congratulations to the Purple Team ‘2024 Cup Winners’.
Refugee Week
We marked Refugee Week by teaming up with volunteers from the local Refugee Support Group and Clayton Engineering to run an activity day on the theme of “Home.”
Children from across the whole school simulated the experience of some refugees. Using donated and borrowed tents, poles, tarpaulins and groundsheets and lots of cardboard, the children separated into four nations and each made their home, as best they could.
Then two of the groups went in search of a better home and they began to travel the world. They helped each other through an obstacle course, before encountering the sea, a huge blue tarpaulin that they had to find a way to get their cuddly toy mascots across without falling in. And would they be welcome?
Nick and Dave from Clayton Engineering joined us with two lifeboat launching tractors. Clayton Engineering builds the machinery that launches all the RLNI Lifeboats all around the British coastline. RLNI volunteers rescue anyone in trouble at sea, including asylum seekers in the English Channel. Their cause is to save lives.
During the afternoon, children returned to their classes.
Children in Reception and Year 1 looked at the story of Paddington and they thought carefully about the things that they would take with them if they had to leave their home.
Year 2 and 3 pupils were inspired by the work of Kate Daudy and they used a tent as their canvas for their ‘home’ inspired creations.
Pupils in Year 4 created artwork based on the work of artist Romero Britto on the theme of ‘hope’.
Pupils in Years 5 and 6 learnt more about the RLNI and created ideas for how they might raise funds for the RLNI.
