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We have been very busy finding out what things are made of...


We enjoyed reading the story of the '3 Little Pigs'- and found out about the three different houses.


Children building stick houses in the forest

 

We made our own house of sticks in the forest,
it was quite strong...thankfully there was no wolf!


Finally, our stick house is built.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We re-told the story using words and pictures
and enjoyed using props too!

 

 

We have also enjoyed the story of Hansel and Gretel.
We sequenced the story into 3 parts, beginning, middle and end,
we also made lovely Gingerbread Houses-Yum!!

A child decorating her Gingerbread house.

 

We have enjoyed the art with Mr.Lewis this term.

Painting session with Mr.Lewis.
Messy paints with Mr. Lewis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We collected leaves during oneof our forest trips and completed some work in the style of Matisse!
We got in a bit of mess too!

 

A child using chalks to smudge his artwork


We have worked so hard with our new handwriting style.
We have had lots of fun using shaving foam, sand, glitter and gloop to pratice our letters!

A child using shaving foam to write individual letters.

A child using red glitter to write his letters.

A child using sand to practice writing his letters.

 

 

All our hard work has paid off...  and Miss Evans is very proud of us!

 


We have developed our role play area as a Construction Site Office
and enjoyed designing a vehicles for us to use.

 

 

A child using blocks and graph paper.
Our maths this term has involved looking at .....

Using th whiteboard to help with maths problem solving.

  • number bonds,
  • ordinal numbers,
  • doubles,
  • shape,
  • promlem solving.

Children working as a team to position pigs in a race.

 

 

 

 

We Investigated lots of these topics through our theme.

 

 


 

We have worked in groups in the forest to complete lots of Science work.
We went on a sensory material hunt...

A child finding a natural material in the forest.

 

A child finding a man-made object in the forest.

 

 

 

Children finding natural things in the forest.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We compared natural and man-made materials
and have sorted a range of materials into groups.

 

 

 

 

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This Term

This term, our first theme is

‘What’s it made of?’


We will be following our own lines of enquiry in order to find out more about materials and their properties.

 

Diary Items

 

Monday           | Dinner money and fruit money in named separate envelopes PLEASE.

 Dydd Llun         |  CAPER books changed.

                      | Forest Session - please ensure children have wellies and waterproof clothing.

Tuesday          | Library Van - alternate weeks...

Dydd Mawrth   |

Wednesday     | CAPER books changed.

Dydd Mercher  |

Thursday          P.E. Kit - White T-shirt & Black Shorts

Dydd Iau          | ( please label all clothes with your child's name )

Friday              | Home School Journal updated.

Dydd Gwerner  | 

 

Yr 1 News

Year 1 enjoyed their trip to the Taliesen Theatre to see a performance of the StickMan from the book by Julia Donaldson.

 

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