Welcome back!  This term our topic is ’Magic Moments’.  We will be thinking about the ways in which they have developed since their birth and the special times they have experienced already.  We will be investigating our senses and identifying similarities and differences between themselves and others.  Our role-play areas will include a Snowden café/ Welsh souvenir shop and a medical health check area.  If you have any resources that we may borrow then please send them in.  If you have any expertise in the areas please come and share your information.

Reading will continue as last Half Term.  Would you please write down the exact page numbers you read with the children so we can follow this on in school.  Please send in books on the allocated reading day, even if you have not listened to your child read during the week.  We will be looking at comprehension skills this term please remember to ask your children questions about they have read to ensure understanding.

Numeracy - Practise adding and taking away, doubling and halving, handle coins and talk about how much change should be given.  Children always have difficulty with telling the time so please help your child to develop this skill. 

P.E. will be on a Monday this term.  Pupils wear a plain white T-shirt, black plain shorts and plimsolls or bare feet as we will be working in the hall on dance activities.  Show and tell sessions will take place on a Friday.  Each group will take turns each week.  17/1/14—grwp glas, 24/1/14—grwp gwyrdd, 31/1/14 grwp melyn.  We will then start the rota again with grwp coch.

 

 

 

Macmillan Sponsored Walk

I would just like to say a huge thank you to all of you for your generous donations to our Macmillan event.  Mrs Utting-Lawson and I were overwhelmed by your support.  Please look out for photographs of the children completing their walk.  We will let you know how much we have raised as soon as all the money has been collected in. 
Mrs Jones

Welcome to class 8 (year 2).  This term our topic is ‘Our Wonderful World of Colour’.  As part of our history topic we will be looking at how schools have changed and comparing them to how our school is today.  We will be investigating routes in and around the school, how different materials look and feel and finding out about colour and light.  The pupils will be exploring colour mixing and drawing themselves and some artefacts.  We will be asking you to contribute to our colour table by sending in some colour items for the children to explore.

 

Suggested ways in which you can support literacy and numeracy:

Your child will bring home a reading book and will be given a reading day. Please ensure you listen to child read their book during the week and please make a comment and a record of pages read in the record books.  Please remember to ask questions about the book to ensure your child understands what they are reading.

We will be working hard to improve handwriting in school.  Please encourage your child to practise writing as much as possible.

Numeracy - encourage your child to identify numbers, count on and back in 1s and 10s.  Order numbers to 100.  Practise simple addition and subtraction sums.  Talk about days of the week, months of the year and the seasons.  When you go shopping let them help you look for the correct coins. 

Other information:

P.E. will be on a Monday this term.  Pupils wear a plain white T-shirt, black plain shorts and plimsolls or bare feet as we will be working in the hall.

Show and tell sessions will take place on a Friday.  Each group will take turns each week.  Please ensure pupils only bring items in on their group’s day.

Wellies - some of you have already sent in wellies, if you have not please send them in as soon as possible.

If you have any expertise in any of our subjects or artefacts you think may help us in our studies please come and see us!

If you require any further information please do not hesitate to contact me! Diolch yn fawr.

Mrs K. Jones and Mrs Porter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summer term already!!!!!

Welcome back to school everybody - and here we are making the most of our last term in the infants - and getting ready for the Juniors! Yeah!
We are already preparing for two exciting events- Dylan's turbo challenge next week - and a visit to the local dentist a week later.....the children have decided on a dentist role play in the class as part of our healthy living studies.....Evan Gale has decided he wants to be a dentist when he grows up - so is excited about  finding out all about the job!!!
"all things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small!" is our theme- so we are looking forward to growing lots in the golden garden, and of course finding out lots about animals of all kinds. The children have all brought suggestions for our summer trip - we will look at them shortly - and vote for our favourite idea!
Don't forget to write a message on the blog telling me your ideas- what would YOU like to learn about this term? What activities would YOU like to do? Mmmmmm????
Hwyl fawr!
Mrs Decaro

Blowing in the wind!

What a fabulous display of wind chimes, windmills and wind socks in the golden garden and our shelter! Diolch yn fawr everybody- they look great!
Mrs Decaro

Bwrw eira_hwre!!!!!!

I hope you are all having fun in the snow....and taking care , of course!
Did you all make a snowman or another snow sculpture? What about making snow angels, tobogganing or trudging through the snow? I went for a looooong walk yesterday (all wrapped up) and saw some really great snowmen on my travels....... I can't wait to hear all about your snowy adventures and see some photographs next week. Don't forget to notice the temperature!

Hwyl fawr!
Mrs Decaro

Blwyddyn Newydd dda!

Hello everybody! I hope you all had a good Christmas and are now settled back to school. I am sorry I couldn't be with you this week but I will be back on Monday - and don't forget I will be able to hear every single thing now- so watch out!
I hear you have already started on our new topic - Let's explore- weather and toys! I am looking forward to hearing about your ideas for the role play - Mrs Hargreaves said you had lots! Also - I hope you all brought in your favourite toy on Thursday - I wonder which one was the most popular? Hmmmmm......
Don't forget to cover your writing book this weekend - be as creative as you like! I am looking forward to seeing what you choose to write about when you visit the writing table...
Look out for the weather forecast this weekend  - they say it might snow....brrrr- I wonder what the temperature will be then?
See you Monday!
Hwyl fawr!
Mrs Decaro