Attendance

Well done to class 2 for the best attendance this fortnight.

Will you achieve 100% attendance for October?

We have three more Go Air vouchers ready for our October

prize winners.

MondayOctober15th2018

DearParent/Carer,

IampleasedtoletyouknowthatMrs.WilliamshadababyboyonTuesday2ndOctoberweighinginat6lb12oz.Mrs.WilliamsgaveusallabitofafrightwhenthebabydecidedtomakeanearlyappearancehoweverbothmumandbabyOliveraredoingfine.

ThankyoutoeveryonewhodonatedcakesorattendedourMacmillancoffeemorning.Thepupils,togetherwithMrs.WilliamsandMrs.Morgandidafantasticjoboforganisingitall.Thepupilsallenjoyedacakeandsomehotchocolateorsquashoncealloftheadultsleft.Infact,theyenjoyedsomuchthatthepupilshaveaskedifwecanhaveahotchocolatemorningagain.So,wehavedecidedtohaveanon-schooluniformdayonFriday26thOctoberwithrefreshmentsforasmalldonationtoraisefundsforthepupils.

Headlicecontinuestobeaproblemwithinmanyschools.Whilstwedoourverybesttoinformyouifweareawareofachildhavingheadlice,schoolisnottheonlytimeorplacewhereheadlicecanspreadandtheyaffecteveryone.Thisproblemcanonlybebeatenifeveryparentcontinuouslyroutinelycheckstheirchild’shairandtreatsifnecessary.

Mrs.MTeague(HeadTeacher)

IMPORTANTDIARYDATES

Thursday25thOctober–PTAHalloweenDisco.5:00–6:30Friday26thOctober–WholeSchoolCouncilandNon-UniformDay.Monday29thOctober–HalfTermbreak.Monday5thNovember–Insetday.Friday9thNovember-Nasalfluspray. Saturday1stDecember–PTAtriptoBath.Tuesday4thDecember–Fluoridevarnish.

Seetheschoolwebsiteforfurtherdates.

Nursery:PlatonNikandrosOnisilosTheodoulou

Class1:OliviaAustin

Class2:GwenllianHart

Class3:SamThomas

Class4:CallumTayler

Nursery:PenelopeMatthews&EvanWalpole

Class1:HayleyTamplin&MadisonGriffiths

Class2:CianWalsh&ReubenTucker

Class3:EvieFlew&LeoDavies

Class4:ThomasFurber&WesleyRees

Goesto:

JakeSay

Forhissuperbmanners,kindwordsandfantastic

dancing!

CriwCymraegAspartofour‘SiarterIaithCymraeg’–‘WelshLanguageJourney’weheldacompetitioninschool:

Designafrontcoverforyourclass‘WelshDiary’:‘DyddiadurCymraeg’.

Allclassmembersdesignedafrontcover,whichwasjudgedbytheCriwCymraeg.ThewinningdesignswereannouncedinourWelshAssemblyandarenowonthefrontcoverofourWelshDiary,‘DyddiadurCymraeg’:

Meithrin–PenelopeMatthews.Dosbarth1–OliviaAustin.Dosbarth2–AbigailStephenson.

Dosbarth3–RachelEvans. Dosbarth4–CerysLivingstone.Eachweek,onechildwillbechosentobringhometheirclassMascot‘dragon’totakeonadventuresandwriteaboutit,inWelsh,inthisnew‘Dyddiadur’.

Nursery–Mrs.DawnJones

Thisweekwehavepaintedpoppiesandhavemadealovelydisplayfortheclassroom.Wehavelearned2newsounds“dand“t”;thechildrenhavebeenthinkingofwordsbeginningwiththesesoundsandhaveenjoyedvariousmarkmakingandcraftactivities.

Wearecontinuingwithactivitiesonourtheme-I’mspecial.I’mme!Wehavediscussedourfavouritecolourandfavouritefoodsanddrawnsomegreatpictures.

Class1–Mrs.CatherineThomas

InReceptionwehavebeenlearningoursoundsp,g,o,c,k,u,bandf.InYear1wehavebeenpractisingourhandwritingandwehavebeenreadingourread,write,incbooksfocusingonourspeedsoundsandwords.

InReceptionwehavebeencountingfrom1-10forwardsandbackwards.Wehavebeenpractisingaddingone.InYear1wehavebeenaddingtwonumberstogether.WehavealsobeenmakingsymmetricalpicturesinReceptionandinYear1wehavebeencompletingsymmetricalpictures.

Duringourtopicworkwelistenedto'TheLittleRedHen'andsequencedthestory.WewentonalisteningwalkaswewerefindingoutaboutoursenseofhearingandinReceptionwefoundoutabouthowsoundtravelsusingadrum.InYear1wecarriedoutaninvestigationtofindoutwhatmaterialsarebesttomakeeardefenders.

Wehavealsobeenfindingoutaboutpeoplewhohelpusinschool.

Class3–Mr.DarrenRichards

ThechildreninClass3arecontinuingtoworkreallyhardthisterm.WearecontinuingtolookatplacevalueinMathsandthechildrenhavebeenlookingatorderingdifferentamountsofmoneyandcomparingusinggreaterandlessthan.InEnglish,thechildrenhavewrittentheirstoryopeningandareabouttostartonthebuild-up.Wehadtheopportunitytolookatthedifferenceinfoodpricesfrom100yearsagotothepresentday.KeepitupClass3:)

Class2–MrsDonnaDaviesThisweekwehavebeenwritingrecountsofourtriptoSt.Fagans,usingconnectives,suchas:first,next,then,afterwards,soon,inawhile,finallyandeventually.InMaths,wehavebeenusingthe‘column’methodtoaddandsubtract.Wehavecontinuedwithmultiplicationandsomechildrenhavestartedtocompleteproblemsusingremainders.Intopic,wehavebeenlearningabout‘rationing’inthewarandworkingoutasoldier’sdailyandweeklyrations,usingmultiplication,addition,subtractionanddivision(whensharingtherations).InICT,somechildrenhavestartedcreatingpoppiesontheirHWBaccounts.PleaseencourageyourchildtouseHWBathome.Thankyouforyourcontinuedsupport.J

Class4–Mrs.GaynorJohnson

Well,wehavecometotheendofanotherbusytime!ThechildrenhavebeenusingtheirnumeracyandITskillstocomparefoodpricesbetween1914and2018!ABIGdifference!Theyhaveusedspreadsheetstorecordandtotallistsandcomparedifferencesofprices.InWelsh,theyhavebeenusing3rdpersontowriteadescriptionofasoldierandhavecontinuedtheirstoriesabouttheirunknownwarriorinEnglish.InMathstheyhavebeenlookingatfractionsofamountsandroundingdecimals.Hopefullythe17ceramicpoppieswillbecompletedsoontopresenttoStMargaret'schurchandthechildrenarelookingforwardtotheircompletion.Pleasecontinuepracticingtablesandreadingregularly!