Our visit to the Historical Centre

This week children in year three and four took a short walk to visit the historical centre, which was thoroughly enjoyed by all. During our visit we learnt about ‘life’ which included both humans and animals. We found out all about the human body and its different organs and the important job they do. The children all enjoyed the balance and reaction challenge especially when they competed against the teachers!!!!! We also explored how different animals sight is different from ours and found it hard to write our names wearing the special goggles.

A visit to our school from the Food Standards Agency

On Monday 28th September our school had a visit from the Food Standards Agency. In the morning we went into the hall to watch a play. It was quite funny, but it was helping us to learn all about food hygiene in the kitchen. We found out about the four C’s. These were:-

Cleaning, Chilling, Cross-contamination & Cooking.

In the afternoon we took part in a workshop session to help us learn about how we can prevent food poisoning.

At the end of the day we all had to answer questions to help get the broken computer working again. We were so good we managed to fix the computer! 

 

Our Visit to the Celtic Village at St Fagans.

On Tuesday 15th September our class visited ‘Bryn Eryr’ an Iron Age farmstead at St Fagans.

We found out lots about the everyday life of the Celts in Wales. We learned about the different materials needed to build a Celtic roundhouse. Some of the class were chosen to hold materials such as straw, copper, clay and flint.

Next we all went inside to discover how Celtic people cooked, made bread and made clothes. Then we made our own bracelets out of ‘wool’ and we were able to try wheat grinding.

Outside the roundhouse we were allowed to train to become Celtic warriors by throwing spears. We liked this bit the best!

A messy, muddy & enjoyable time was had by all!

 

Our Visit to West Midlands Safari Park

On Thursday 18^th June we visited West Midlands Safari Park. We saw lots and lots of animals. One giraffe came over to our bus and ate some food from the bus driver’s hand!

We visited ‘The Land of the Dinosaurs’ which was new this year. The dinosaurs were huge and made terrifying noises.

 

Some of us went into the bat cave which was very hot and smelly!

Then we went on lots of different rides. Some of these were Twister, Pirate Ship, Ghost Train, Bumper Cars, Elephants and the Swings.

However, we liked the water rides best. Two of these were the Log Flume and the Water Rapids.

We got a little bit wet!!

Our Visit to Techniquest

On Wednesday 20^th of May we visited Techniquest in Cardiff to learn about forces.

We had lots of fun whilst learning at the same time. There were many activities for us to do and for once, we were allowed to touch everything!

There was a water area and a dark room. In the dark room we could experiment with things like plasma balls and controlling different levels of mist. There were lots of different puzzles for us to work out. We played a giant piano with our feet and took photos of our shadows.

Later on we attended a special show about forces where we learned about pushes and pulls, gravity and air resistance. 

 

Our Visit to St John’s Church

Mrs Cogbill’s & Mrs King’s class recently visited St John’s Church on the Graig. We had a look around the inside of the church & Father Michael spoke to us all. We were able to ask him questions to find out more about the internal features of the church. We also had squash & biscuits which was a lovely treat. We all learned lots & lots!

After our visit, Father Michael & Mrs Minton sent the school a letter inviting us to take part in a competition. The children in Mrs Cogbill’s class had to each create a poster advertising the church & the children in Mrs King’s class had to create an information guide. All the entries were sent to the church & members of the congregation looked at them all to decide the winners. The two winners were - Zi mo Zheng & Megan Dinsdale. Congratulations to the winners & to all the children who took part.

All pupils work will be on display during the church summer fete on Saturday 6^th June.

We would also like to thank Father Michael & Mrs Minton for such a wonderful welcome.

On Thursday 5^th March our class visited Pontypridd Museum to take part in a K’NEX Challenge. First we had to work in pairs using K’NEX to build two moveable playground rides.

Then we had to use an iPad to create a mini book to explain how we made our playground rides. 

During these tasks we used lots of Design Technology skills & ICT skills.

 

 

Eisteddfod

On Monday 2^nd March we had our School Eisteddfod in the top block hall and Mrs Dyas was in charge. We sang lots of welsh songs & the recorder players performed on the stage.

Our class performed the song ‘Deinosaur’ on stage in our houses – Crwys, Gwyndaf & Trefin. We also recited the poem ‘Ble Wyt Ti’n Byw?’

These were the results of our Art Competition:-

1^st = Caysha Matthews

2^nd = Seren Hughes

3^rd = Lana Davies

H/C = Kian Brightmore-Crook

H/C = Lili Munday

H/C = Ben Howells

These were the results of our Handwriting Competition:-

1^st = Megan Dinsdale

2^nd = Kelly Powderhill

3^rd = Daisy Hyde

H/C = Mollie Harris

H/C Matthew Sparkes

Mr Edwards came to our Eisteddfod & judged the Year 6 stories & poems.

When the total scores were added together, Trefin were the winners.

We all had a lovely day.

Visit to Cog Moors Environmental Centre

As part of our topic on the environment, we visited Cog Moors Environmental Centre.

First we talked about the many ways we use water. We found out that the average water use for one person is 150 litres per day! Next we did an experiment to find out how much water we waste. We were very shocked to learn just how much water one dripping tap can waste! We also found out about the different ways we can save water.

Later on we had a tour of the water treatment works, where we saw the water being cleaned at different stages. In one part it was very smelly and some of us had to hold our nose!

In the afternoon we did a little test to find out what can be safely flushed down the toilet. We learned that the only things you can flush safely down the toilet all begin with the letter P! Can you guess what they are?

We had lots of fun & learned lots about water efficiency.