Welcome to Dosbarth Year 5 & 6
Below you will find various pieces of information which I hope will help you support your child (and myself) through his/her time in my class.
Weekly Spelling words– Every Monday pupils are given ‘spelling lists’ (differentiated to support individual children) to learn. They will be uploaded to their Hwb accounts and also put on to J2 Spell Blast. They will be encouraged to learn the words using this game at home/school.
TTRockstars
Multiplication tables are also given every Monday and in Year 5 and 6 they are expected to know all their tables by the end of the year. They will be encouraged to use TTRockstars as much as possible as it really helps them learn their tables at home/school.
Homework – Every Monday children will be given their spelling words on Hwb- they will have to write a sentence for their words by the Friday. If there is a problem with accessing Hwb they can use a breaktime to complete in class.
.Termly Projects Each term pupils are set an individual project which they work on independently at home, with your support. Fuller details are given separately regarding the subject, format and deadline for handing in this piece of work.
Reading -Pupils are able to read any book that interests them and will be given time during the school day to read independently. It is vital that they practice reading every night at home. All pupils will have the opportunity to read in small groups during the weekly ‘Guided Reading’ session.
Continuous Assessment – To ensure your child continues to make positive progress in his/her school work, levels and standards of work are assessed regularly and appropriate targets are set for individual pupils from day-to-day. These are always carried out sensitively so that pupils are able to respond to these in a positive way, with no feelings of pressure. Staff are able to then support our pupils in the best ways possible according to their needs.
Withdrawal Groups -We are very fortunate at Ysgol Golwg Y Cwm to have effective systems of additional support available to pupils needing that ‘extra push’. Some pupils will attend group work and individual sessions with Miss Leahy and other members of staff at set times during the week. These sessions are incorporated into our working school timetable.
School Timetable -Of course, pupils are taught by myself for the greatest part of the time. However, there are certain lessons where other members of staff will be teaching my class.
P.E . Kits etc– P.E. lessons – Wednesday – shorts, T-Shirt and trainers are essential.
Thank you for your continuous support during this school year and I hope your children will enjoy the opportunities and time they will share with me.
Dosbarth Mrs Bennett
Llangrannog 2024
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Crefftau Dydd Gwyl Dewi- Spring 2024
Josef Herman inspired art- Spring 2024
Friendship Day-Spring 2024
We made friendship bracelets for ourselves and our friends; created friendship images using Wordart.com and coded ‘Buddy’ games.
Ystradgynlais and it’s Multi-cultural History-Spring 2024
We have been studying all the cultures in our own community. Through research and enquiry based studies we have been able to use our digital skills to re-tell and create digital stories. We used innovative skills that were engaging and interesting.
Enjoying our squash and biscuits morning sharing and presenting our ‘Genius Hour ‘ projects to the class- Spring 2024
Our well-being sessions with Mr Gwilym-Spring 2024
We do circuit exercises and try to beat our own personal target every week!
Willy Wonka Chocolate Bars- Spring 2024
Transition Expressive Arts Day at Maesydderwen! We had so much fun dancing, keeping fit, creating masks, participating in drama, learning how to play the ukulele and singing!- Spring 2024
Congratulations to all the children and their acheivements-
We really enjoyed learning about fractions through art!- Spring 2024
Describing the buildings in Ystradgynlais using digital technology!-Spring 2024
School nurse came to our school- Spring 2024
Christmas Cards and Dough Craft – Dec 23
Christmas Concert Dress Rehearsal Performance-Dec 23
WINNERS of the DVLA Coding STEM Competition 2023
So proud of Alfie, Arthur, George, Max, Kian and Tristan who won 3rd prize for their Scratch coding game, based on the MOD sending medical and essential supplies to countries that had been hit by a tsunami. They presented to the judges, Sian Lloyd ( News presenter) and to the audience which was also streamed across all school in Wales. They received a prize of a £1000 of computer equipment and 10 laptops for the school and each received a prize of a mini computer.
It was a wonderful day and were able to visit the different stands so that they could see the opportunities for future careers in ICT based jobs which included: Cyber Security, Surveillance, Emergency Services and the Army.
A Chocolate for Christmas-Dec 23
We sent letters out to the parents in the school asking for donations of chocolates. Thank you to all the families for all your generosity and we were able to donate to CATCH ( our local food bank) and to Community Dreams to help local families at receive Christmas Hampers. Diolch.
Cycling Proficiency-Nov 23
Shrek the Musical-Nov 23
Year 6 had a fantastic trip to Cardiff Millennium Centre to see the West End Musical ‘Shrek’. It was amazing!
PRIMARY SCHOOL ENGINEERING PROJECT- building our locomotive.
Nov 23
We are learning to be engineers by building our locomotives using different tools and materials!
THE WORK OF JOSEF HERMAN- using pencil and oil pastels to create art inspired by his work.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DAY- Maesydderwen
November 2023
CHILDREN IN NEED-Nov 23
We came to school in our pyjamas and sold cakes to raise money for Pudsy Bear.
TECHNOCAMPS -Nov 23
TECHNOCAMPS came to our school to teach Python Maths and Microbits – we had so much fun!
EGYPTOLOGY CENTRE- SWANSEA UNIVERSITY
OCTOBER 23
Using ICT in our lessons
October 23
Girls Rugby Tournament
Oct 2023
Active Lives Day- Maesydderwen
We had a very busy and enjoyable day at Ysgol Maesydderwen! We took part in sporting activities, ate our healthy pizzas which we prepared and then cooked. Finally we used different tools to design and make a key ring!
Scientific Investigation- changing materials
Mummification
We mummified a tomato ( links with our language work) to use in our science investigation. Pupils had to follow the instructions – Oct 2023
Learning songs for the Eisteddfod
Bread of Heaven and Ble mae Daniel?
October 2023
Ystradgynlais Heritage Society
October 2023
Mr Best came into class to talk to us all about the Ystradgynlais Heritage Society that links with our topic this term ‘Our Community’ He explained that they have 75 members that research and maintain all our historical sites in Ystradgynlais. He showed us all the boards that are placed in different areas in Ystradgynlais and the surrounding communities that show the historical sites and famous descendants of Ystradgynlais.
Percussion Lesson
In the hall, we were introduced to a range of percussion instruments! Some of the instruments were really loud and some of us were able to play them! It was really interesting and such good fun!
September 2023
Digital Champions
We went into the other classes to teach coding to the other children.They really enjoyed building and making the robots move!
September 2023
Flying Drones
September 2023
We had a great time flying the drones in the hall!
Music Lesson
September 2023
Mrs Clear ( Music teacher from Maesydderwen Secondary School) came into to to teacher all about different musical notes, tempo and rhythm. It was a lot of fun!
EGYPTOLOGY- Land of the Pharaohs
As part of our language lessons we have been reading all about the ‘Electrifying Egyptians’. The children are really looking forward to learning all about them. Seren brought some Egyptian gifts she received including a template to write in hieroglyphics! Very interesting!
Achievements- September 2023
It was wonderful to see the achievements of some of our pupils- Mya took part and completed the mini Ironman race in Tenby and Mason received his medal for winning a rugby tournament. Well done to you both!
Exploring Our Community
September 2023
We had a very enjoyable walk exploring Ystradgynlais. It was very interesting to read all about the famous people that were descendants of Ystradgynlais and to be able to visit their memorial.
AWARDS -2023
WELSH HERITAGE COMPETITION
SLAVERY AND THE YNYSCEDWYN IRONWORKS
The pupils worked extremely hard to present their work about ‘Slavery and the Ynyscedwyn Ironworks’ to the judges when they came to visit us at school. We are thrilled to announce that they successfully won an award and it was presented to them at the Swansea Waterfront Museum in Swansea.
MINECRAFT COMPETITION – Designing a new stadium for their own community.
We are very proud to announce that 2 groups of children that entered the Minecraft Competition both became Regional Winners. They also became finalists ( only 14 groups throughout Wales were selected).
They had a wonderful day after being invited to the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. They presented their work to the judges, had lunch and a tour and were presented with their certificates and medals! Congratulations!
Slavery and the Ynyscedwyn Ironworks
Spring Project
This term we have been studying the Ynyscedwyn Ironworks and the connection between Joseph Marryat Jnr. and slavery. It has been so interesting researching using official government documents, census, maps, databases, creating artwork and learning the history of Ystradgynlais from Mr Malcolm Best of the Ystradgynlais Heritage Society.
His father ( Joseph Marryat Snr.) was a slave-owner and when he died his sons inherited the slaves, plantations and the compensation given to slave-owners when slavery was abolished.
Joseph Marryat and Sons 1849 was active in Welsh iron industry and as banker with Price, Marryat. The 1861 census shows him at Ystradglynais and having lived in Caedegar Road and formerly of Maesydderwen Mansion which is now Maesydderwen Secondary School. Joseph Marryat and Sir Charles Price had developed the pre-existing Ynys-Cedwyn Ironworks under the name of the Ynyscedwyn Iron Company.
World Book Day
Friday 3rd March
We enjoyed celebrating ‘World Book Day’ by reading English and Welsh books and using the library to explore and read new books.
Llangrannog Residential Trip
27th February- March 1st
It was a fantastic trip to Llangrannog where we were about to do so many activities we had never done before and practise our Welsh!
Internet Safer Day
We were able to learn about keeping safer on line with PC Skyrme and created posters.
8th February 2023
Building Robots – Lego Spike and coding with the Mini-Sphero!
We were very busy building our robots and coding the mini-spheres! It kept us very active moving them around the classroom and corridors. We enjoyed teaching the younger children how to control the mini-
3rd February 2023
NatWest MoneySense Lessons
26th January 2023
These lessons showed us how we paid for items in different ways; how to budget; how jobs are linked to money and how we earn it!
Technocamps- Swansea University
We had a great day learning about Cryptography ( code-breaking);Robotics and Machines, using coding.
!
Investigating-Are all metals magnetic?
As part of our topic, we are investigating metals and what is the importance of recycling and sorting magnetic and non- magnetic metals. We used a range of magnets and investigated all the metal objects we have been collecting and brought from home. We recorded our results into a table.
Happy Chinese New Year-the year of the rabbit!
22nd January 2023
We celebrated The year of the rabbit by learning all about Chines New Year. We designed a dragon and made lanterns! It was interesting!
Gravity Art
16th January 2023
We studies all about moon and represented gravity using this art technique. We had amazing effects using paint.
The Bronze Ambassadors teaching the children warm up games.
12th January 2023
Making the panels for the ‘Crisp Blankets’ for the homeless charity.
11th January 2023
We began to iron the crisp packets together into panels. We laid the crisp packets out and fused them together by placing greaseproof paper on top, then carefully ironing so that they would fuse together. When we have enough panels we will send them to the following charity:
https://crisppacketproject.com
Please look at the website as they help so many homeless people.
Wow! We made a marble rollercoaster!
21st December
We all had so much fun building the rollercoaster out of plastic tubing and making the marbles run along the tubes! We had to change it so many times to make it work but it finally worked as you can see from the photographs!
On our way to Brynamman Cinema for our Christmas Trip!
20th December
The film and ice-cream was great!
Father Christmas and our Christmas Party! So much fun!
Cooking Christmas Shortbread!
We made Christmas shortbread to have at break time! They were so tasty we went home and made some with our parents!
Christmas Concert
Wednesday 14th December
We performed our concert in front of all our families and friends! It was amazing and we thoroughly enjoyed performing ‘Bah Humbug’ based on the story of the Christmas Carol.
Nadolig Llawen!
Christmas Jumper Day- Thursday 8th December
We enjoyed wearing our Christmas jumpers to school and we had a day full of Christmas fun and songs!
Ho Ho Ho! It’s Christmas Time!
Christmas Craft Day
Friday 3rd December
We used all our creative skills to design, paint, measure cut, join and decorate our Christmas crafts! We made Christmas cards, used lollipop sticks to make our Father Christmas, stars and Christmas trees! I think you can tell we really enjoyed making these for our families!
Coding with Lego Kits
Tuesday 29th November
We had so much fun using coding so that we could build our lego robots and make them move in different ways!
Creating QR Codes
We were able to create QR Codes for our ‘Genius Hour’ work so others could scan the codes to see our work!
Cycling Proficiency
We took part this week in lessons to achieve our Level 1 and Level 2 cycling proficiency certificates.
Monday 28th November
Proud to be Welsh- supporting our football team!
Friday 25th November
Children came to school for the ‘wear red for Wales’ day to support our players in the Football World Cup in Qatar!
Sewing with Adele!
In this session children learn how to measure cut, sew and stuff toy animals. These sessions are giving the children life skills as well as the enjoyment of being creative!
Christmas- children love to decorate the classroom!
Thursday 24th November
Children were so excited to decorate the Christmas tree and make decorations for the classroom!
Playing games to calculate numbers
Wednesday 23rd November
Children learning to play chequers!
May taught a group of children how to play chequers and as you can see they thoroughly enjoyed learning the new game!
Children in Need and our Sewing Skills
Friday 18th November
Children dressed up in ‘Spots and Pyjamas’ and fundraised by selling cakes. The year 5/6 children also had sewing lessons with Adele and were thrilled with their cushions!
Remembrance Day
‘Lest We Forget’
Friday 11th November
On the 11th day, of the 11th month at the 11th hour 2022, we came together with our community, on the square in Ystradgynlais to pay our respects to the fallen. We wrote poems about Flanders fields and poppies.
Kerbcraft
Thursday 10th November
Children attended a really important event to learn all about road safety. They looked at videos and listened to the presenter explaining about all the different rules they need to do in order to be safe when crossing the road.
Remembrance Day
Monday 8th November
The children learned all about the importance of all the different poppies.
Red Poppy – Royal British Legion- to those who sacrificed their lives in World War 1 and further wars.
Purple Poppy- Remembering the animal victims of war.
Black Poppy Rose – Black, African and Caribbean communities that contributed to the war effort.
White Poppy – The white poppy is handed out by a charity called Peace Pledge Union, which promotes peace.
Making Poppies
Digital Champions
Friday 27th October
Children in Mrs Griffiths class worked with the Digital Champions to teach the other children how to use coding. They were able to build build a Lego fairground ride and make it move in different ways. Well done boys!
Sewing cushions!
Friday October 27th 2022
The children have been having a wonderful time learning new sewing skills with Adele. She has taught them measuring, cutting and sewing skills. They were thrilled to come back to class to show their cushions which has a pocket to keep their reading book, so they can read before going to sleep. What a lovely surprise – the children made a cushion just for me! How beautiful they are!
Swansea University Science Fair- Fantastic Fire!
Thursday 26th October
We travelled to the Taliesin Centre to see the ‘Fantastic Fire’ show. The demonstrations and experiments were amazing! One of the children was chosen to be the scientists assistant and was rewarded with a gift. It was a wonderful day with children learning all about fire and it’s chemical reactions.
Black History Month
October 1st 2022
Investigating Materials
The children wanted to find out which material was more effective when making the ‘crisp blankets’ for the homeless. They were able to take temperature readings at different intervals and record their results.
J2Blast Champion of the World
Thursday 20th October
Congratulation to Alfie who is currently No.1 in the world on the TTRockstars leader board! Look at that smile!
Dark Skies Event
Thursday 20th October
The children were involved in a ‘Dark Skies Event’ via zoom. They had opportunities to ask an astronomer questions about space:
How many stars are there? How big is the moon?Where does space end?Do stars have names? Why is the moon called the moon? What is the moon made out of? Are there any new planets that have been found? Can we live on any of the planets? Do planets grow? How long does it take into space?
History of Mining
Wednesday 19th October
The children are studying the topic- Our Environment. The children brought items into school from their homes; knee pads which were worn underground, a rescue pack which enabled the miner to survive for an hour whilst waiting to be rescued, a miner’s lamp and lumps of coal.
Using Excel to plan a party!
Wednesday October 19th
The children used Excel to plan a party. They had to use formulae to multiple the number of items they needed by the cost! They were thrilled as they were able to spend all the money they were given with no change by buying certain items. Well done girls!
Football First Event
Monday 17th October- such a great day, learning new football skills and having fun!
Diwrnod Shwmae
Friday 14th October
The children encouraged each other to speak Welsh throughout the day. They also wrote poems, created ‘Shwmae’ posters and logos! The children used their digital skills to take photos of all the children in the different classes using the selfie ‘Shwmae’ board. We all ended the day by looking at the film of all the well-known Welsh people who sent their Shwmae wishes to all the children! A great day had by all!
Active Lives Day
Ysgol Maesydderwen – Thursday 13th October
We all had a fantastic day at Maesydderwen learning new skills: netball, football, rugby and hockey. The children also had the opportunity to make a healthy pitta pizza, play dough and key rings which they all bought back to school!
Queen Elizabeth II
We celebrated the life of Queen Elizabeth II by researching all about her life and her ancestors. We wrote poems, created Buckingham Palace using Minecraft and used collage to create a beautiful piece of artwork.
Homelessness- Crisp Blankets
12th October 2022
Homelessness – Crisp blankets- Pupils are working on a project with the Humanities Department in Maesydderwen to create crisp blankets for the homeless to keep warm. Throughout the year the children will collect crisp packets, clean them and fuse them together. At the end of the year they will be donated to organisations that will support the homeless.
Charity Work
Every year Blwyddyn 5/6 help different charities/organisations.
Food bank – 2020- Blwyddyn 5/6 sent letters out to parents for donations of food. They were sorted into hampers and given to CATCH, the local food bank to help families in need.
Books2Africa – 2021- Blwyddyn 5/6 sorted out the library and resource rooms in the school. They went on the website and found information about donating any books that we did not use within the school. The children had to box the books by weighing them (30kg) and labelling them for the courier to collect. They were proud when they received their certificate and regularly have updates about their donations. They are used in schools in Africa.
Homelessness – 2022- Crisp blankets- Pupils are working on a project with the Humanities Department in Maesydderwen to create crisp blankets for the homeless to keep warm. Throughout the year the children will collect crisp packets, clean them and fuse them together. At the end of the year they will be donated to organisations that will support the homeless.
Digital Champions- Lego Kits
10th October 2022
We can use coding to get the Lego objects, move and light up. We really enjoyed ourselves and we will be going into the other classes to teach other children how to do it!
Digital photographs
Having fun taking photos with the iPad- love the faces!
27th September 2022
Fantastic ‘Borb’ the digital Orb-27th September 2022
We had so much fun using coding to give instructions to move and to get it to talk to us and each other. We worked together to create different pathways to move it.
Circus Skills!
We had great fun doing the circus skills this week -21st September
2021/2022
Queen’s Platinum Jubilee– 27th May 2022
Year 5 & 6 love to party!
We had a wonderful time celebrating the Queen’s platinum Jubilee with a whole school outdoor party and a disco!
Slavery and the Ynyscedwyn Ironworks
Spring Project
This term we have been studying the Ynyscedwyn Ironworks and the connection between Joseph Marryat Jnr. and slavery. It has been so interesting researching using official government documents, census, maps, databases, creating artwork and learning the history of Ystradgynlais from Mr Malcolm Best of the Ystradgynlais Heritage Society.
His father ( Joseph Marryat Snr.) was a slave-owner and when he died his sons inherited the slaves, plantations and the compensation given to slave-owners when slavery was abolished.
Joseph Marryat and Sons 1849 was active in Welsh iron industry and as banker with Price, Marryat. The 1861 census shows him at Ystradglynais and having lived in Caedegar Road and formerly of Maesydderwen Mansion which is now Maesydderwen Secondary School. Joseph Marryat and Sir Charles Price had developed the pre-existing Ynys-Cedwyn Ironworks under the name of the Ynyscedwyn Iron Company.
World Book Day
Friday 3rd March
We enjoyed celebrating ‘World Book Day’ by reading English and Welsh books and using the library to explore and read new books.
Llangrannog Residential Trip
27th February- March 1st
It was a fantastic trip to Llangrannog where we were about to do so many activities we had never done before and practise our Welsh!
Internet Safer Day
We were able to learn about keeping safer on line with PC Skyrme and created posters.
8th February 2023
Building Robots – Lego Spike and coding with the Mini-Sphero!
We were very busy building our robots and coding the mini-spheres! It kept us very active moving them around the classroom and corridors. We enjoyed teaching the younger children how to control the mini-
3rd February 2023
NatWest MoneySense Lessons
26th January 2023
These lessons showed us how we paid for items in different ways; how to budget; how jobs are linked to money and how we earn it!
Technocamps- Swansea University
We had a great day learning about Cryptography ( code-breaking);Robotics and Machines, using coding.
!
Investigating-Are all metals magnetic?
As part of our topic, we are investigating metals and what is the importance of recycling and sorting magnetic and non- magnetic metals. We used a range of magnets and investigated all the metal objects we have been collecting and brought from home. We recorded our results into a table.
Happy Chinese New Year-the year of the rabbit!
22nd January 2023
We celebrated The year of the rabbit by learning all about Chines New Year. We designed a dragon and made lanterns! It was interesting!
Gravity Art
16th January 2023
We studies all about moon and represented gravity using this art technique. We had amazing effects using paint.
The Bronze Ambassadors teaching the children warm up games.
12th January 2023
Making the panels for the ‘Crisp Blankets’ for the homeless charity.
11th January 2023
We began to iron the crisp packets together into panels. We laid the crisp packets out and fused them together by placing greaseproof paper on top, then carefully ironing so that they would fuse together. When we have enough panels we will send them to the following charity:
https://crisppacketproject.com
Please look at the website as they help so many homeless people.
Wow! We made a marble rollercoaster!
21st December
We all had so much fun building the rollercoaster out of plastic tubing and making the marbles run along the tubes! We had to change it so many times to make it work but it finally worked as you can see from the photographs!
On our way to Brynamman Cinema for our Christmas Trip!
20th December
The film and ice-cream was great!
Father Christmas and our Christmas Party! So much fun!
Cooking Christmas Shortbread!
We made Christmas shortbread to have at break time! They were so tasty we went home and made some with our parents!
Christmas Concert
Wednesday 14th December
We performed our concert in front of all our families and friends! It was amazing and we thoroughly enjoyed performing ‘Bah Humbug’ based on the story of the Christmas Carol.
Nadolig Llawen!
Christmas Jumper Day- Thursday 8th December
We enjoyed wearing our Christmas jumpers to school and we had a day full of Christmas fun and songs!
Ho Ho Ho! It’s Christmas Time!
Christmas Craft Day
Friday 3rd December
We used all our creative skills to design, paint, measure cut, join and decorate our Christmas crafts! We made Christmas cards, used lollipop sticks to make our Father Christmas, stars and Christmas trees! I think you can tell we really enjoyed making these for our families!
Coding with Lego Kits
Tuesday 29th November
We had so much fun using coding so that we could build our lego robots and make them move in different ways!
Creating QR Codes
We were able to create QR Codes for our ‘Genius Hour’ work so others could scan the codes to see our work!
Cycling Proficiency
We took part this week in lessons to achieve our Level 1 and Level 2 cycling proficiency certificates.
Monday 28th November
Proud to be Welsh- supporting our football team!
Friday 25th November
Children came to school for the ‘wear red for Wales’ day to support our players in the Football World Cup in Qatar!
Sewing with Adele!
In this session children learn how to measure cut, sew and stuff toy animals. These sessions are giving the children life skills as well as the enjoyment of being creative!
Christmas- children love to decorate the classroom!
Thursday 24th November
Children were so excited to decorate the Christmas tree and make decorations for the classroom!
Playing games to calculate numbers
Wednesday 23rd November
Children learning to play chequers!
May taught a group of children how to play chequers and as you can see they thoroughly enjoyed learning the new game!
Children in Need and our Sewing Skills
Friday 18th November
Children dressed up in ‘Spots and Pyjamas’ and fundraised by selling cakes. The year 5/6 children also had sewing lessons with Adele and were thrilled with their cushions!
Remembrance Day
‘Lest We Forget’
Friday 11th November
On the 11th day, of the 11th month at the 11th hour 2022, we came together with our community, on the square in Ystradgynlais to pay our respects to the fallen. We wrote poems about Flanders fields and poppies.
Kerbcraft
Thursday 10th November
Children attended a really important event to learn all about road safety. They looked at videos and listened to the presenter explaining about all the different rules they need to do in order to be safe when crossing the road.
Remembrance Day
Monday 8th November
The children learned all about the importance of all the different poppies.
Red Poppy – Royal British Legion- to those who sacrificed their lives in World War 1 and further wars.
Purple Poppy- Remembering the animal victims of war.
Black Poppy Rose – Black, African and Caribbean communities that contributed to the war effort.
White Poppy – The white poppy is handed out by a charity called Peace Pledge Union, which promotes peace.
Making Poppies
Digital Champions
Friday 27th October
Children in Mrs Griffiths class worked with the Digital Champions to teach the other children how to use coding. They were able to build build a Lego fairground ride and make it move in different ways. Well done boys!
Sewing cushions!
Friday October 27th 2022
The children have been having a wonderful time learning new sewing skills with Adele. She has taught them measuring, cutting and sewing skills. They were thrilled to come back to class to show their cushions which has a pocket to keep their reading book, so they can read before going to sleep. What a lovely surprise – the children made a cushion just for me! How beautiful they are!
Swansea University Science Fair- Fantastic Fire!
Thursday 26th October
We travelled to the Taliesin Centre to see the ‘Fantastic Fire’ show. The demonstrations and experiments were amazing! One of the children was chosen to be the scientists assistant and was rewarded with a gift. It was a wonderful day with children learning all about fire and it’s chemical reactions.
Black History Month
October 1st 2022
Investigating Materials
The children wanted to find out which material was more effective when making the ‘crisp blankets’ for the homeless. They were able to take temperature readings at different intervals and record their results.
J2Blast Champion of the World
Thursday 20th October
Congratulation to Alfie who is currently No.1 in the world on the TTRockstars leader board! Look at that smile!
Dark Skies Event
Thursday 20th October
The children were involved in a ‘Dark Skies Event’ via zoom. They had opportunities to ask an astronomer questions about space:
How many stars are there? How big is the moon?Where does space end?Do stars have names? Why is the moon called the moon? What is the moon made out of? Are there any new planets that have been found? Can we live on any of the planets? Do planets grow? How long does it take into space?
History of Mining
Wednesday 19th October
The children are studying the topic- Our Environment. The children brought items into school from their homes; knee pads which were worn underground, a rescue pack which enabled the miner to survive for an hour whilst waiting to be rescued, a miner’s lamp and lumps of coal.
Using Excel to plan a party!
Wednesday October 19th
The children used Excel to plan a party. They had to use formulae to multiple the number of items they needed by the cost! They were thrilled as they were able to spend all the money they were given with no change by buying certain items. Well done girls!
Football First Event
Monday 17th October- such a great day, learning new football skills and having fun!
Diwrnod Shwmae
Friday 14th October
The children encouraged each other to speak Welsh throughout the day. They also wrote poems, created ‘Shwmae’ posters and logos! The children used their digital skills to take photos of all the children in the different classes using the selfie ‘Shwmae’ board. We all ended the day by looking at the film of all the well-known Welsh people who sent their Shwmae wishes to all the children! A great day had by all!
Active Lives Day
Ysgol Maesydderwen – Thursday 13th October
We all had a fantastic day at Maesydderwen learning new skills: netball, football, rugby and hockey. The children also had the opportunity to make a healthy pitta pizza, play dough and key rings which they all bought back to school!
Queen Elizabeth II
We celebrated the life of Queen Elizabeth II by researching all about her life and her ancestors. We wrote poems, created Buckingham Palace using Minecraft and used collage to create a beautiful piece of artwork.
Homelessness- Crisp Blankets
12th October 2022
Homelessness – Crisp blankets- Pupils are working on a project with the Humanities Department in Maesydderwen to create crisp blankets for the homeless to keep warm. Throughout the year the children will collect crisp packets, clean them and fuse them together. At the end of the year they will be donated to organisations that will support the homeless.
Charity Work
Every year Blwyddyn 5/6 help different charities/organisations.
Food bank – 2020- Blwyddyn 5/6 sent letters out to parents for donations of food. They were sorted into hampers and given to CATCH, the local food bank to help families in need.
Books2Africa – 2021- Blwyddyn 5/6 sorted out the library and resource rooms in the school. They went on the website and found information about donating any books that we did not use within the school. The children had to box the books by weighing them (30kg) and labelling them for the courier to collect. They were proud when they received their certificate and regularly have updates about their donations. They are used in schools in Africa.
Homelessness – 2022- Crisp blankets- Pupils are working on a project with the Humanities Department in Maesydderwen to create crisp blankets for the homeless to keep warm. Throughout the year the children will collect crisp packets, clean them and fuse them together. At the end of the year they will be donated to organisations that will support the homeless.
Digital Champions- Lego Kits
10th October 2022
We can use coding to get the Lego objects, move and light up. We really enjoyed ourselves and we will be going into the other classes to teach other children how to do it!
Digital photographs
Having fun taking photos with the iPad- love the faces!
27th September 2022
Fantastic ‘Borb’ the digital Orb-27th September 2022
We had so much fun using coding to give instructions to move and to get it to talk to us and each other. We worked together to create different pathways to move it.
Circus Skills!
We had great fun doing the circus skills this week -21st September
2021/2022
Queen’s Platinum Jubilee– 27th May 2022
Year 5 & 6 love to party!
We had a wonderful time celebrating the Queen’s platinum Jubilee with a whole school outdoor party and a disco!
Homelessness- Crisp Blankets
12th October 2022
Homelessness – Crisp blankets- Pupils are working on a project with the Humanities Department in Maesydderwen to create crisp blankets for the homeless to keep warm. Throughout the year the children will collect crisp packets, clean them and fuse them together. At the end of the year they will be donated to organisations that will support the homeless.
Charity Work
Every year Blwyddyn 5/6 do something for a charity.
Food bank – 2020- Blwyddyn 5/6 sent letters out to parents for donations of food. They were sorted into hampers and given to CATCH, the local food bank to help families in need.
Books2Africa – 2021- Blwyddyn 5/6 sorted out the library and resource rooms in the school. They went on the website and found information about donating any books that we did not use within the school. The children had to box the books by weighing them (30kg) and labelling them for the courier to collect. They were proud when they received their certificate and regularly have updates about their donations. They are used in schools in Africa.
Homelessness – Crisp blankets- Pupils are working on a project with the Humanities Department in Maesydderwen to create crisp blankets for the homeless to keep warm. Throughout the year the children will collect crisp packets, clean them and fuse them together. At the end of the year they will be donated to organisations that will support the homeless.
Digital Champions- Lego Kits
10th October 2022
We can use coding to get the Lego objects, move and light up. We really enjoyed ourselves and we will be going into the other classes to teach other children how to do it!
Digital photographs
Having fun taking photos with the iPad- love the faces!
27th September 2022
Fantastic ‘Borb’ the digital Orb-27th September 2022
We had so much fun using coding to give instructions to move and to get it to talk to us and each other. We worked together to create different pathways to move it.
. Circus Skills!
We had great fun doing the circus skills this week -21st September
Queen’s Platinum Jubilee– 27th May 2022
Year 5 & 6 love to party!
We had a wonderful time celebrating the Queen’s platinum Jubilee with a whole school outdoor party and a disco!
Keeping active and healthy- gymnastics in the hall!
Sports Day Warm-Up- 15-6-2022
Science Investigation-testing the strength of supermarket plastic bags! – April 1st 2022
We love to weave! 28.2.2022
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