We are enjoying our topic exploring what’s in our gardens and we have loved learning about mini beasts. We have looked at and labelled different insects and we have searched in the forest for mini beast homes. We have sorted mini beasts using a Venn diagram.

Our first half term in year one has been busy! We were ambitious and creative learners as we explored our topic. We also enjoyed celebrating our differences with our ‘Odd Socks Day’ and our ‘Show Racism the Red Card’ days. We also had a ‘Shwmae’ day! 🌟

We found lots of interesting autumn items on our scavenger hunt. We looked around the school grounds, in the orchard area and in our forest! We learnt why the leaves change colour and we also talked about deciduous and evergreen trees. 🌳🌲🍂🍁🍃🔎PPSScienceandTechnology

We read ‘The Little Red Hen’ and decided to make our own bread. We used our literacy and numeracy skills to follow a recipe and to measure the ingredients. We took our dough home and baked it in the oven. Our bread was delicious! 🐔🍞🌟

Supporting Children in Need! 🌟😁🌈🌟

We had SNOW much fun when it snowed this week! We read the temperature in the classroom and compared it to outside (a chilly 0 degrees 🥶). We talked about freezing and melting and how to keep warm outside. ❄️❄️🌡️☃️

December is such a busy month in Year 1! We decorated our class Christmas tree and learnt all about the Nativity in a special assembly by Reverend Summers. We made Christingles and went shopping at ‘Elfridges’ and we enjoyed wearing our Christmas jumpers! 🎄

Last week we had our Christmas performances of ‘It’s Gonna Be Great’! What a perfect title for our play. All children sang and spoke beautifully! Da iawn, pawb! You were superstars! ⭐️🌟💫⭐️🌟💫

Looking fabulously festive for our Christmas party this afternoon! 🎄🎅🥳

We had a very special visitor this week! Thank you, Father Christmas for visiting us all the way from the North Pole. ❄️ Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a peaceful and happy New Year. Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda! 🎄⭐️🥳🌈❄️☃️

We enjoyed our special assembly this morning. Isn’t our singing beautiful? 🌟🌟🌟

We have been taking part in the Big Schools' Birdwatch. First we made bird feeders to encourage birds into our school grounds. Next we used tens frames to count the number of different birds that we found. Finally we created birds from natural materials.

This week we went to the forest to build a nest for a bird. We discussed the different natural resources birds use to make their nests, and tried to find similar things. We used twigs and sticks for strength, and soft leaves, grass and moss to keep the eggs safe and warm.

The 21st of March is World Down Syndrome Day. This global awareness day aims to amplify the voices of those with Down Syndrome. This year’s message is, ‘Improve Our Support Systems’. We are wearing yellow and blue or wearing odd socks to raise awareness.

We brought our favourite books into school for World Book Day and we enjoyed sharing them with our friends in Year 5. 📚📚📚🌟🌈⭐️💫Mrs Gooding

We celebrated Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant on Wednesday, and had an eisteddfod to celebrate Welsh culture. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🌟🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿We also learnt about the festival of Holi (on 12th March this year) and worked with Coleg Gwent to learn a traditional Indian dance. 😀🌈🌟💫

April is the Month of The Military Child, a time to recognise and celebrate the incredible resilience, strength and contributions of children from Armed Forces families. Today is Dandelion Day, a day dedicated to the little troopers who are often compared to dandelions.

We had an exciting school trip to Cyfarthfa Castle this week. We went on a quest, made cyanotype pictures and even met Spaceman Steve and Marsha from Mars! We had a special assembly and learnt all about VE Day and the 80th anniversary. We are learning to play the TooT whistle!

Diwrnod chwaraeon! We had lots of fun at our Sports Day, today. We were superstars! 🌟💫🌟🏃‍♀️‍➡️🏃‍➡️🌞