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The Year 5 and 6 pupils in Dosbarth Caerdydd have been working extremely hard over the last few weeks to research, design, create, test, edit and finalise their very own board games to support younger pupils in the school with their maths skills! And today they were very excited to share their games with pupils across the school. The younger pupils were very impressed with the games and are delighted to be able to keep them in their classes to play with over the next few weeks. Da iawn pawb!!

This week in our outdoor learning, we have made water butts from old plastic bottles. We have been looking at how we can make better choices, reducing our use of items, reusing things in a different way or recycling. We will take them home once they are complete and collect rain water to use for … Read more

Today we have been using counters and teddies to start looking at fractions. We have been splitting them up into equal and unequal parts. We worked with partners to find as many ways as we could. 

In Maths we have been learning about odds and evens. The children have created an odd and even town using numicon, as well as sorting the numicon. Some children have grouped objects and worked out if the total is odd or even.

We have been enjoying the outdoor classroom, where the children have been engaging in imaginative and creative play during Continuous Provision.  We have been creating Spring drinks and potions using natural materials, inspiring curiosity and creativity.  We are growing carrots and beans, learning about all they need to grow well.  Water play using guttering and … Read more

This week we have been looking at the environment and what we can do to help it or harm it. We sorted through different pictures of things that help the planet and things that don’t help the planet, such as picking up litter and wasting water. We had to work as a team. 

The classroom has been a hive of activity for our Make Do & Mend Technology project the last couple of weeks. Mrs Jones has very kindly brought in her most precious sewing machine to give the children the opportunity to ‘have a go’, and we have been learning lots of other cutting and sewing skills. … Read more

We have been learning our two times tables and applying this to doubling and halving.

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