This half term we have been learning about living in Wales, looking at our families and where we belong.
Our Talk for Write text has been ‘The Rainbow Dragon’. For our ‘Tuning in’ day, we found a sad dragon in our classroom, who was sad because he had lost his scales. We went on a hunt to find his scales and then decorated them in different colours of the rainbow to make him happy again!

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During Talk for Writing sessions we have learnt the story ‘The Rainbow Dragon’ and used symbol identifying and sequencing activities to retell the story independently. We learnt lots of new vocabulary and adjectives to help us to innovate the story and then write our own versions. 

In expressive arts we learnt some traditional Welsh dancing and also learnt the songs ‘Pump Crocodeil’ and ‘Aderyn Melyn’, to perform in the Eisteddfod.

In maths we have been creating tally charts and pictograms about ‘Paw liw wyt ti’n hoffi?’ and asked our friends and teachers to find out their favourite colours. We also developed our understanding of money, through recognising different coins and their value. We also went on a trip to  ‘The Royal Mint’ where we designed and made our own coins and badges.

We have spent lots of time in the Edible Garden, and have been planting seeds in the class ready to transfer to the flower beds very soon! 

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Our next inquiry is ’Inventors and Inventions’ where we will be learning about how different things were made and who made them. We have already taken part in our tuning in day, where we took part in a range of activities to develop our understanding of inventions. We made towers using spaghetti and marshmallows, made a rainbow using colours, kitchen roll and water and made our own marble run using lego! 

We have started our now Talk for Write text ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ and followed instructions to make sandwiches. We then went to forest school to have a picnic, where we found footprints, claw marks and a wanted poster for the Big Bad Wolf! Luckily Little Red Riding Hood was there to help us! 

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Other information:

●    Please make sure children have appropriate outdoor clothing/footwear. We spend a lot of time exploring and learning outside and it can get slippery and messy!
●    Our PE day is currently a Tuesday. You are welcome to send your child to school in their PE kit. Please make sure they have a bottle of water with them.
●    Reading books are sent home on a Friday, to be read and returned the following Monday.