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WELCOME TO DOSBARTH PORFFOR
OBservation & Assessment Class
Our Teachers are: Mrs L. Geary & Mrs V. Hallwood
Our LSA is: Mrs A. Jones
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Welcome to Dosbarth Porffor. Here is our classroom.
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We have had a fantastic half term in Dosbarth Porffor. We have been very busy - take a look at our Chinese Dragons, dancing, ordering numbers and throwing and catching a ball and burning up some energy in PE!
We are very proud to have won the school mascot Smokey for Best Attendance at 97%
We are very proud to have won the school mascot Smokey for Best Attendance at 97%
Enjoying the weather in Dosbarth Porffor this week. We have been using a range of materials for foam and sponge painting, riding tricycles and developing curiosity by painting rubber bands and 'pinging' them! Applying suncream is important and we practiced virtually with Swashbuckle!
The new school dinner menu has arrived. It is active from 12th June 2023.
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We have been developing our core muscles in PE with lots of rolling, bouncing and sliding!
We have been exploring vegetables! We started by making faces out of familiar vegetables such as broccoli, potatoes and carrots. As play developed the children introduced characters (Peppa Pig, Postman Pat etc) to eat the veggies and vehicles to drive the veggies around! Lots of pretend and imaginative play.
The children had experience of how the vegetables looked, smelt and felt.
The children had experience of how the vegetables looked, smelt and felt.
The sun has got his hat on!
Please ensure you child has sun cream on before coming to school, and brings a hat labelled with their name .
Thank you,
Dosbarth Porffor
Please ensure you child has sun cream on before coming to school, and brings a hat labelled with their name .
Thank you,
Dosbarth Porffor
What a wonderful walk in our woods!
We love getting our wellies on and scrunching through the leaves. We are looking at all the flowers peeping out of the ground and noticing the leaves starting to grow on the trees.
We love getting our wellies on and scrunching through the leaves. We are looking at all the flowers peeping out of the ground and noticing the leaves starting to grow on the trees.
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Bubble fun today in Dosbarth Porffor!
We have been investigating blowing bubbles and showing anticipation.
We loved Mrs Hallwood saying 1,2,3....and blowing them like a snowstorm and landing on our heads!
We have been investigating blowing bubbles and showing anticipation.
We loved Mrs Hallwood saying 1,2,3....and blowing them like a snowstorm and landing on our heads!
World Book Day 2023.
We enjoyed reading our whole school book "You've Got Dragons" and printing purple dragons for display. The book is about feelings and choices. We were able to make choices about our favourite toys to play with. We loved dressing up as our favourite character.
We enjoyed reading our whole school book "You've Got Dragons" and printing purple dragons for display. The book is about feelings and choices. We were able to make choices about our favourite toys to play with. We loved dressing up as our favourite character.
Sports Day 2022
Pupils in Dosbarth porffor took part in different sporty activities. hERE ARE A COUPLE OF SHORT VIDEOS!! you can find lots more photos on our twitter page!
STEM WEEK
13.6.2022
What a super way to finish STEM week - making fairy cakes and investigating a solar water fountain!
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The children have had a wonderful time this week during STEM week!!
We have explored different types of materials, we have made exploding fruit volcanos and we have carried out colour mixing experiments. |
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We have been developing our gross motor skills!! We have been exploring the outdoor environment and moving our bodies in different ways.
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Every morning in Dosbarth Porffor we sit down and have toast. The children are using symbols, switches and speech to ask for toast and request different toppings! This week the children have started using spoons to scoop and knives to spread the butter and cut the toast. It's a lovely sociable time which we all enjoy.
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The children have been enjoying using their senses to explore a range of different textures.
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Welcome back to school for the summer term!! This term our topic is 'Sandy Toes'. During our topic we will be using our senses to explore the beach and sea, learning about sea creatures and of course having lots of fun!!
Below you can find an overview of all the lovely things we will be doing!
This morning Dosbarth Porffor have been working on developing life skills. We want to grow up to be as independent as we can be. Today we used knives to spread butter and cut toast.
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Friday 1st April
This week we have been coding the Bee-Bots and Code-a-pillar. We have enjoyed making them move forwards and backwards, turn right and turn left!
This week we have been coding the Bee-Bots and Code-a-pillar. We have enjoyed making them move forwards and backwards, turn right and turn left!
25/3/22
A few pictures of this week's activities in Dosbarth Oren!
A few pictures of this week's activities in Dosbarth Oren!
We are learning all about wheels this week!! We have pushed cars and trucks through paint, explored diggers in dirt and even washed our bikes ready to use!
Dosbarth Porffor have had a wonderful first week back.
We tasted pancakes and chose what toppings we would like!
For St. David's Day we painted wooden spoons and added symbols all about Wales to make our very own Welsh Love Spoons.
We tasted pancakes and chose what toppings we would like!
For St. David's Day we painted wooden spoons and added symbols all about Wales to make our very own Welsh Love Spoons.
This half term we will be learning lots of lovely Nursery Rhymes!! This week we are learning all about Humpty Dumpty!
We love singing on Dosbarth Porffor!
We love singing on Dosbarth Porffor!
Welcome Back!!
September 2021 looks to be an exciting month! We have some new pupils starting in Dosbarth Porffor.
This term our topics are 'Happiness' and 'Autumn'. Keep an eye on the website for lots of photos of what we're getting up to!
Dosbarth porffor have been settling back into school this week.
We have enjoyed learning all about GUy Fawkes and Bonfire Night!! We have been using red, yellow and orange paint to paint bonfires. Mrs Geary showed us a video of a bonfire and we listened to the lovely crackling sounds.
We have been using glitter to make fireworks and also been learning all about 2D shapes.
WE ARE LEARNING ABOUT NIGHT AND DAY. We used dhiny foil to decorate a moon.
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In Dosbarth Porffor this week we have been learning all about colours. We have painted our hands, mixed colours together and used lots of resources to start sorting and matching.
Here we are matching compare bears according to their colour. |
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Having fun and playing side by side in our
Rainbow Rice sensory tub! We looked, listened, touched and explored the multi-coloured rice. |
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We have had a very busy half term learning all about different modes of transport and singing a selection of nursery rhymes. |
We have been reading Dear Zoo and learning about animals. We have enjoyed reading the book and pretending to be animals. |
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Today was Children In Need day so we wore our Pudsey Bear clothes and had some spotty fun. |
In class we have been reading one of our favourite books 'Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?'
Here is a link to listen at home.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=youtube+brown+bear&docid=608048355961800072&mid=FB8FB60A037D18A19C1CFB8FB60A037D18A19C1C&view=detail&FORM=VIRE
Here is a link to listen at home.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=youtube+brown+bear&docid=608048355961800072&mid=FB8FB60A037D18A19C1CFB8FB60A037D18A19C1C&view=detail&FORM=VIRE
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This week we are exploring our senses. Today we tore up and scrunched mint leaves, what a delicious smell!!
We put them in warm water and enjoyed looking at and smelling it. |
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'Remember Remember the 5th of November' We had a great time celebrating Bonfire Night. We made bonfires with our handprints, used chalk to make marks, listened to fireworks videos on the whiteboard and used instruments to replicate the sounds, decorated firework biscuits and did a 'fireworks in a jar' science experiment!! Super fun and we were very interested! |
You can find the Autumn Term newsletter here.
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We explored different instruments and made firework noises.
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WELCOME BACK
AUTUMN 2020
AUTUMN 2020
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We danced til we dropped at our Danceathon today as we raised money for Macmillan Cancer Support. Check out our dance moves! |
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Today we have been having fun with pumpkins. We have explored the insides and watched a pumpkin 'volcano' !! We have been using Halloween as a stimulus. We have explored spider webs, using chalk and water, we've made spooky ghosts, tearing up paper and developing our fine motor skills. This week we have been learning about body parts. We have used symbols to label different parts of our face and bodies. |
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In Dosbarth Porffor we spend a lot of time working on communication.
Pupils have recently been introduced to symbols and are beginning to use them to exchange and communicate their wants and needs. Check out this superstar pupil using symbols to complete a jigsaw!!! |
Autumn Photo collage
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This term we are learning all about Autumn. We have been on a nature walk and collected lots of different things to display on our Autumn table. We have used conkers rolled in paint to make pictures, painted leaves, developed our fine motor skills by placing pegs on painted hedgehogs and lots more!! |
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We've had a busy morning in Dosbarth Porffor working on our fine motor skills and developing our mark making. We have used Numcions to practice threading and been using felt pens to mark make vertical lines.
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WELCOME BACK
SEPTEMBER 2018
We met Santa today!!!
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WELCOME BACK!!!
It's the summer term!! Hopefully we will have alot of sunshine and can make the most of exploring the great outdoors. This term our topic is
'At the beach'
If you have any photos of holidays or trips to the beach we would love to see them!
Messy Play 'AT THE BEACH'. Today we were lucky enough to have a special visit from Rhian at Wildhearted Learning. She set up a wonderful outdoor beach experience for Dosbarth Oren & Porffor.
The pupils had the opportunity to get wet, slimey and messy!! Just take a look at our photos.
The pupils had the opportunity to get wet, slimey and messy!! Just take a look at our photos.
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Today it was really hot!!
Mrs Geary and Mrs Mac decided to give us a cooling down! We filled a tray with water and fresh mint and bathed our feet. It was so relaxing! |
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We are learning about 2D shapes.
The children chose a shape and went on a shape hunt. They had to find objects around the school that matched their shape! |
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We are learning all about our emotions.
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We joined Dosbarth Melyn today to visit Llantrisant Church. Vicar Viv was very welcoming and showed us around, explaining what the different objects were called. We had the opportunity to explore the church and learn all about Christianity.
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We joined Dosbarth Melyn up the woods. Mrs Pemberthy made a fire and we toasted marshmallows.
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Phonics
Phonics are the early sounds we learn when language is developing. It is important that pupils have the opportunity to listen to, recognise and say different sounds. In Dosbarth Porffor we have weekly phonic sessions as well as filtering our learning throughout the week. This week the pupils have been hunting for letters in the sand and playing 'SPLAT!!' |
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Using Numicon shapes. In Dosbarth Porffor we use Numicon to help us learn about number. The pupils are learnign what Numicon colour represents which number and try hard to sequence them. |
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As part of our 'Mini Zoo' topic we are reading a fantastic book called 'Dear Zoo'.
We love to see all the different animals and make noises!! Today we are developing our fine motor skills by weaving a basket for the snake. We worked hard as a team and tried to remember to wait our turn and take turns. Once the woven basket was ready we made snakes to put inside! |
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This week we have been working on numbers to 10. The pupils had to find a given number and count out the right number of objects.
Dosbarth Porffor boys, you are AMAZING!!!! |
**PARENTS**
You should now have recieved the first 'One Page Profile'. Please read it and amend/add any information you think is important before returning it.
Thank you to all those who have taken the time to contribute information to these important documents.
You should now have recieved the first 'One Page Profile'. Please read it and amend/add any information you think is important before returning it.
Thank you to all those who have taken the time to contribute information to these important documents.
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This week we have been reading 'The Rainbow Fish'.
We have been talking about feelings and emotions. The pupils have had the opportunity to talk about how they feel as well as how we should treat others. This afternoon we made playdough, using the playdough we all made our very own rainbow fish! |
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Welcome back and a Happy 2018 to you all!!
The children have settled back into school beautifully and are already embracing our new topic 'Mini Zoo'. This term we will be reading the books 'Dear Zoo' and 'The Rainbow Fish'. At home you can help support your childs learning by reading to them on a daily basis, not only is it important for their learning but it's important for you as a family to enjoy quality time together.
The children have settled back into school beautifully and are already embracing our new topic 'Mini Zoo'. This term we will be reading the books 'Dear Zoo' and 'The Rainbow Fish'. At home you can help support your childs learning by reading to them on a daily basis, not only is it important for their learning but it's important for you as a family to enjoy quality time together.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
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Last week Foundation Phase were visited by the Really Wild Show. All the pupils thoroughly enjoyed handling and looking at the animals. Learning about the environments in which they live in.
Last week Year 1 and 2 were visited by the local Fire Service.
The pupils took part in different activities, they listened carefully to the story and also had a look in the fire engine!! |
Dosbarth Oren and Porffor started off their new topic with a BANG!! and a MESS!!! Ceri from Mess Around came and did a messy play session with us!! It was so much fun!
What a busy first week back at school!! We have welcomed some new classmates and have been introduced to our new topic 'Muck, Mess and Mixtures'. We are also learning all about Autumn.
This week we have experimented with pine cones and conkers!! We put water in the freezer and it turned to ice!! We have started our 'Mile A Day' and we have worked on intial letter sounds of our names!
This week we have experimented with pine cones and conkers!! We put water in the freezer and it turned to ice!! We have started our 'Mile A Day' and we have worked on intial letter sounds of our names!
WELCOME BACK!!
Autumn 2017
Autumn 2017
S T E M
Science Technology Engineering Maths
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We have been reading Room on the Broom, it's all about a witch who's broom breaks.
We made our own broom and carried animals as we flew across the school. We developed our fine motor skills by making wands and this week made cake pop wands by cooking cupcakes and then coating them in melted chocolate. |
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Drawing Numicons outside, looking at shadows and hopping on numbers.
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After reading the story of Cinderella the children looked at a clock face. We cut out the numbers and stuck them onto the clock face in the correct order.
Using a triangle we made the clock strike 12. |
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We have been busy in Dosbarth Porffor. We have read the Easter story and have had lots of fun making Easter crafts.
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This week in maths we are learning about shape and weight. We used different shapes to make patterns and talked about their properties.
Mrs Spear showed us a weighing scales! We put different objects in the scales and talked about heavy and light. We tried to make the scales balance. |
This week we have been learning all about St. Valentine.
We watched a Powerpoint presentation and learnt about his life. We have had a heart filled week in Dosbarth Porffor. We used hearts for sorting, matching and sequencing. We have made Valentine cards, magic mirrors and gifts for our loved ones. |
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We have been working hard this week. We have been learning how bath, clean and care for a baby. We have been exploring our boddies, drawing around hands and feet, playing bingo and other matching games. We also read the story 'little Red Riding Hood' and pretended to be the big bad wolf!! |
It's CHINESE NEW YEAR!
We have been tasting yummy chnese food. We made chinese money envelopes, explored chinese writing, made dragons and even handprinted shapes. |
We have had a busy few weeks in Dosbarth Porffor ......
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Last week we introduced Numicon. We have enjoyed using them to make numberlines.
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We are linking body parts with pictures.
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WELCOME BACK
Spring term 2017
Welcome back to all our lovely pupils. We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. Thank you to those parents who have sent in photos of the children over Christmas, it's been lovely seeing what Santa brought them and what lovely things you have all been up to.
This term our topic is called 'Read Me A Story' and it's all about Fairy tales. We are starting off the term reading Little Red Riding Hood, and hoping to do lots of work out in the woods.
This term in Language we will be continue to work on our communication skills as well as our reading skills. In Maths we will be introduing NUMICON which is a new number scheme that will help us learn all about numbers and counting.
New SIP's will be sent home shortly for you to read, sign and return and Parent's Evening will be toewards the end of this half term, letters will follow with appointments.
Please keep an eye on our webpage for lots of videos and photos of the pupils working hard at school.
This term our topic is called 'Read Me A Story' and it's all about Fairy tales. We are starting off the term reading Little Red Riding Hood, and hoping to do lots of work out in the woods.
This term in Language we will be continue to work on our communication skills as well as our reading skills. In Maths we will be introduing NUMICON which is a new number scheme that will help us learn all about numbers and counting.
New SIP's will be sent home shortly for you to read, sign and return and Parent's Evening will be toewards the end of this half term, letters will follow with appointments.
Please keep an eye on our webpage for lots of videos and photos of the pupils working hard at school.
We hope you all have a wonderful and safe Christmas.
If you have time, before coming back to school can you please put together some notes and photos of what Santa brought.
We will use this as a stimulus when we are back in January.
If you have time, before coming back to school can you please put together some notes and photos of what Santa brought.
We will use this as a stimulus when we are back in January.
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We made scary Halloween monsters from play dough
The pupils had to use rollers and cutters to make different shaped monsters, they added on googly eyes to make them scary! |
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We have been learning all about Bonfire Night and fireworks. Mrs Geary sang us a song and we had to use instruments to make noises like a firework.
The favourite instrument was the drum!! Although the best firework sound came from the rainmaker. We watched a video and listened to all the lovely popping, cracky, banging noises that a firework makes. Here is the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eLcHJLDlI8 |
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We are learning all about Autumn! Today we went on an adventure into the forest to look for autumn leaves. We saw lots of lovely autumn colours like brown, red and orange. Some of the leaves were crunchy and some were soft!
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We are developing our fine motor skills by moving our fingers in shaving foam.
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In PE we are learning about travelling in different ways.
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This week the pupils have been exploring Autumn and also learning about floating and sinking. The children had to predict what was going to happen to the conker when it was dropped in the water.
The conkers sunk! |
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Mrs Geary's Makaton sign of the week.
This week learn how to sign 'Hello' and 'Goodbye'.
This week learn how to sign 'Hello' and 'Goodbye'.
COMING SOON...................MRS GEARY'S MAKATON SIGN OF THE WEEK!
picture courtesy of Superkidsnutrition.com
As well as being busy with our assessments we have chosen a book for this half term. We are reading 'Oliver's Fruit Salad'. It's a very exciting,colourful book and pupils are already very interested in it. Over the term we will be using this book as a base for our Language and Maths activities. Keep an eye out for more photos of the pupils' working hard!
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The pupils' used clay to make oranges after reading our story which is all about a little boy who goes shopping and makes a delicious fruit salad. The pupils had to roll, squeeze and manipulate the clay in order to make balls and turn them into oranges.
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WELCOME BACK!!
The autumn term is upon us again! We hope you have all had a safe and enjoyable summer holiday with lots of exciting activities.
This term we will be learning all about autumn, so if you have a pair of wellies please bring them into school as we hope to spend some time in the woods.
please take some time to read the newsletter as well as have a look at the new 'NEWS' books that will be coming home with your child this week.
We're glad to have our happy smiley children back and raring to go, we think its going to be a busy term!!
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What are we up to in Dosbarth Porffor............
This week the pupils have been on bug hunts, been planting seeds and flowers and exploring the great outdoors. The pupils spent time in our forest collecting twigs and sticks. In class the children used the sticks to collage a prickly hedgehog.
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Our book this term is 'The Three Little Pigs'. We have been learning about the story and the characters. We have made spoon puppets, built houses, washed the pigs and lots more!!
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STEM WEEK
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We painted on foil.
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Making colours.
We put drops of food colouring into cold milk. When we added washing up liquid the food colouring started to move along the surface and mix together to make new colours. |
We learnt about melting. We put water in ice cube trays in the freezer and then turned to ice.
We put 3 different coloured ice cubes in the sun and watched them melt and turn back into liquid. Sensory Bags.
We chose a colour and then ut the coloured water into a laminated nag. We added oil and lots of colourful and sparkly things like stars and glitter. Once the bag was sealed it became a sensory bag. |
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We have been experimenting with sound. We used sound sticks to tap different objects outside and listen to the sounds they made.
Back in class Mrs Geary sang us a songand we had to tap our sticks to the beat. |
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We have been learning about plants. We learnt about the different parts of a flower and went outside to plant our own seeds.
As part of our literacy work some of the class are practising their letter recognition and intial sounds. Use the link below to watch an episode of Alphablocks with your child to help reinforce their learning.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/alphablocks
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/alphablocks
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Junk modelling and paper mache.............keep watching to see what our junk model is going to be!
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We have started our new topic which is all about materials. This week we are sorting plastic and cardboard. Next week we will be using these materials to learn about the importance of recycling and looking after our planet and also in junk modelling.
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This week in Dosbarth Porffor we have been working on our fine motor skills. We used chalkboard and paintbrushes. Mrs Geary used chalk to write letters, lines, circles and dots on the chalk board and we had to use a paintbrush in water and go over the chalk to make the it disappear.
Using ICT to enhance our learning. The pupils used the Interactive Whitebaord and a programme called 2Simple to make symmetrical patterns.
Please find below the Easter homework and a list of items requested for our next topic.
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This week we are measuring.
We used multilink cubes to make long sticks and then went outside and used them as measuring sticks. We had to find things that were longer than our measuring sticks. Everybody made a different length measuring stick. We ordered them according to their length. |
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We are learning all about butterflies and life cycles. If you have time at home or over the easter holidays to help your child reinforce their learning there are lots of ideas online. Here is a link with some excellent ideas....
http://www.first-school.ws/THEME/animals/insects/butterfly.htm
http://www.first-school.ws/THEME/animals/insects/butterfly.htm
Painting pasta butterflies
This week we are learning about mirrors and symmetry.
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We have been continuing the learn about caterpillars through our book 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar'.
Last week we used large pictures of fruit to sequence with the days of the week. We made stick puppets and used the outdoor environment to act out and sequence the story by moving our caterpillars around the grounds muching their way through the fruit. |
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Celebrating St. David's Day. This week Mrs Geary told us the story of St. David, the Patron Saint of Wales.
We painted our hands and feet to make daffodils. We also developed our fine motor skills by using clay to make love spoons.
We painted our hands and feet to make daffodils. We also developed our fine motor skills by using clay to make love spoons.
After half term we will be continuing our topic of 'DENS AND DANDELIONS'. We will be learning all about flowers.
After half term we also have lots of things going on such as
- St. David's Day Celebrations and art competitions
- World Book day where the pupils will have the opportunity to dress up as their favourtie characters
- FairTrade Fundraiser which will be a non-uniform day for £1 and donations are being collected for the local food bank.
We hope the children have had a lovely half term, they have certainly worked very hard.
Have a happy and safe holdiay and we'll see you back at school on Monday 22nd February.
After half term we also have lots of things going on such as
- St. David's Day Celebrations and art competitions
- World Book day where the pupils will have the opportunity to dress up as their favourtie characters
- FairTrade Fundraiser which will be a non-uniform day for £1 and donations are being collected for the local food bank.
We hope the children have had a lovely half term, they have certainly worked very hard.
Have a happy and safe holdiay and we'll see you back at school on Monday 22nd February.
Last week we coloured rice and made photo frames
We are reading 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar'. We are using the story to cover lots of different areas of learning, this week in particular we have been sequencing events. You can help your child at home by talking about night and day, by saying 'next we are going to...' and by asking questions like 'what happens after breakfast?'.
In class the children have been using interactive resources such as short films to see the sequence of the hungry caterpillar eating the fruit over the week.
You can watch videos too, just follow this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD5eTSpuBQA
In class the children have been using interactive resources such as short films to see the sequence of the hungry caterpillar eating the fruit over the week.
You can watch videos too, just follow this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD5eTSpuBQA
We have been working hard on recognising our names. Some of us can use letters to sequence our names, some of us can add the initial sound. Some pupils in Dosbarth Porffor are learning how to develop their eye contact and concentration skills as well as tracking objects.
We are working on recognising and sorting colours.
Please find below the information on our current Cornerstones topic for the Spring term.
This term our Cornerstones topic is called ‘Dens & Dandelions’ it’s all about leaves, flowers and the great outdoors.
We are going to be reading the story ‘The Very hungry caterpillar’. As the Literacy & Numeracy Framework (LNF) is now in place we will be doing lots of our maths and language activities linked to both our book and our topic, repeating and developing the skills over the term.
In maths we will be working on number, sequencing and also time.
In Language we will be working on learning about ourselves and will be working on our individual speech & Language programmes.
Throughout the term the pupils will have vast opportunity to develop their communication skills as well as working on their Individual Education plans (IEP’S).
At home, please help your child by counting, singing and reading stories. Some pupils in class are working on responding to their names so this is something parents can also help support.
At the end of term, as part of our Cornerstones topic we are going to be holding a fairy-tale and goblin party!!
We look forward to a fun and exciting term!! Hopefully we will be able to be outdoors and explore the world outside!
Mrs Geary, Mrs Hallwood & Miss Tibbs
This term our Cornerstones topic is called ‘Dens & Dandelions’ it’s all about leaves, flowers and the great outdoors.
We are going to be reading the story ‘The Very hungry caterpillar’. As the Literacy & Numeracy Framework (LNF) is now in place we will be doing lots of our maths and language activities linked to both our book and our topic, repeating and developing the skills over the term.
In maths we will be working on number, sequencing and also time.
In Language we will be working on learning about ourselves and will be working on our individual speech & Language programmes.
Throughout the term the pupils will have vast opportunity to develop their communication skills as well as working on their Individual Education plans (IEP’S).
At home, please help your child by counting, singing and reading stories. Some pupils in class are working on responding to their names so this is something parents can also help support.
At the end of term, as part of our Cornerstones topic we are going to be holding a fairy-tale and goblin party!!
We look forward to a fun and exciting term!! Hopefully we will be able to be outdoors and explore the world outside!
Mrs Geary, Mrs Hallwood & Miss Tibbs
Welcome back to a brand new term. We hope you have had a lovely Christmas holiday and wishing you a very happy new year!
Mrs Geary & Miss Tibbs
Mrs Geary & Miss Tibbs
