Visit by PC Rob Thomas

On Thursday 15th May PC Rob Thomas visited our class to talk about internet safety. We talked about the many ‘gadgets’ we use that give us access to the internet. He spoke to us about the importance of being safe when using the internet. We watched a short film on the white board to help us understand that we must never talk to strangers or anybody we don’t know on the internet. He also warned of the importance of not telling friends our passwords.

ICT Week

Last week it was our ICT week. We did lots of work on the notebook computers. Our main task was to plan and produce a PowerPoint presentation. We could choose any topic that interested us. Some of the topics chosen were: - animals, authors, feelings, football and electricity. We could either work individually or in pairs.

Our presentations had to include a title slide and a contents slide. They needed to be colourful; however we also had to make sure our writing could be seen clearly. It was important that our information made sense!

When our presentations were completed, we presented them to the rest of the class. We were given ‘stars’ for all the things we did well and a ‘wish’ for something to improve next time.

We thought this was a very enjoyable task.

Science Week

Our focus for Science week was ‘Materials’. During the week we planned and carried out two investigations. Our first task was to find out which material was the most absorbent. We worked together in groups to plan our experiment. We had to make sure our test was fair and we also had to make predictions. Mrs King was pleased that we didn’t spill too much water in the classroom! Most groups found that the kitchen roll and the J-cloth were the most absorbent and the paper and the napkin were the least absorbent.

For our second investigation we tried to find out which shop carrier bag was the strongest. We needed a lot of ‘strength’ for this test! We counted how many tins of food we could put into each bag before it would break. The bags proved to be much stronger than we thought. Only the blue local shop bag broke after 21 tins. However, when we examined all the bags after the test, the Morrisons bag looked exactly the same. Well done Morrisons.

Also this week we have been having lots of fun investigating electrical circuits with Mrs Jones! 

 

Design and Technology

We visited Pontypridd Museum to take part in a K’NEX workshop called 'Move that Load'. We were given the challenge of designing and making a wheeled vehicle which could securely move a load using the K'NEX construction kit. We worked together in pairs or threes. When we made our vehicles we had to make sure it could carry the load securely. An enjoyable time was had by all.

World Book Day

On Friday 14th March we celebrated ‘World Book Day’. We all dressed up as characters from books. Even the teachers joined in the fun!

In class we all entered a competition to design a World Book Day bookmark. Other activities included creating our own synopsis for a book and writing book reviews.

Here are our photos. Don’t we look good?

Our visit to the Millennium Stadium

On Tuesday 11th March we visited The Millennium Stadium in Cardiff as part of our 'Wonderful Wales topic.' We had a really enjoyable tour of the stadium.

 We went into the 'Press Room' which was named after Ray Gravell, before going into the home and away changing rooms. We saw some of the welsh rugby and football jerseys hanging up. A few of the names we recognized were Leigh Halfpenny, Sam Warburton, Gethin Jenkins and Gareth Bale.

  Afterwards we walked through the tunnel the players run out from. Music was playing loudly as if it were a match day.

 Later on we were able to sit in the best seats in the stadium. These were made of leather and were very comfortable. This is where members of the Royal Family sit and very special guests. The hospitality rooms were very nice too and there was an excellent view of the pitch.

 We learned that birds of prey are used to stop other birds nesting in the roof. The main type of bird used is the Harris Hawk.

 Our tour guide said that we asked sensible questions and we were very well behaved.