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. 

 

Welcome to Mrs King's Class

 

Our topic last term was ‘Horrid Henry and his Family’. It was all about the Tudors. During this term we found out about the life of Henry VII, Tudor homes, food and entertainment, the life of Henry VIII and health. We completed lots of work and have created some lovely wall displays in the classroom.