Welcome to Class 1!

Croeso i Ddosbarth Un!

Our inquiry is:

Time Travellers!

AOLE Focus: Humanities

An inquiry focused on developing understanding of chronological events and time. An historical inquiry about toys and games children played in the past. Life before the internet and technology!

Click on the link to see an overview of our current inquiry.

Reading 

Reading books will be sent home each WEDNESDAY and are to be returned on MONDAY in order for them to be changed.

Please encourage your child to develop good reading habits by reading for 10 minutes every day.

Before reading the story, if the book contains Speed Sounds, Green and Red words which form part of our Read, Write Inc Scheme, then please focus on these first.

Speedy words are also at the back of the book for children to practise.

Whilst your child reads, ask questions about the story / characters to develop comprehension skills. Pupils should read a variety of texts including fiction and non-fiction, and joining the local library will offer a wider range of books. 

Please leave a comment in their reading record to tell us how your child did and return with the book.

Writing

Click on the link below for phrases to help with letter formation.

Cwtch Cymraeg

Welcome to our Welsh corner. Here are some of the sentence patterns we have been learning in the Welsh language. 
 

Pwy wyt ti?

Who are you? (Similar to asking what is your name?)
 

Sut wyt ti heddiw?  Sut wyt ti'n teimlo?         Dw i'n sal.
How are you today?   How are you feeling?      I am ill / sick.
 

Dw i'n hapus.    Dw i'n drist.      Dw i'n fendigedig!     Dw i'n wedi blino.      Dw i'n ar ben y byd!               Dw i'n grac!

I am happy.       I am sad.           I am wonderful.         I am tired.               I am on top of the world!       I am angry!

Parts of the body

pen       ysgwyddau    coes     troed      llygaid     clustiau    trwyn     ceg         bola          cefn       braich

head      shoulders    leg        foot        eyes        ears         nose       mouth    stomach     back      arm

Learning how to describe illness.

Mae pen tost 'da fi.             Mae ceg tost 'da fi.      etc.

I have a headache.              I have a sore mouth.

We have been learning colours and will be describing what we like using dw i'n hoffi....

glas       pinc      coch      gwyrdd     melyn     porffor      llwyd     du     brown     oren     gwyn

We have learnt how to describe the weather so we can role-play using a map of Wales.

Sut mae'r tywydd heddiw?

Mae hi'n.....
braf       stormus     gymylog    heulog    niwlog    wyntog    oer   boeth    bwrw glaw    bwrw eira    ddiflas

Ask us what these mean.

We have also been learning to say where we live.

Dw i'n byw yn Maesteg / Cwmfelin / Garth etc.

This term we will learn how to say what we like and dislike focussing on bwyd (food) then teganu (toys).

afal         oren        mefus     banana    ceirios    grawnwin     bara    hufen ia        caws      teisen    sglodion

apple      orange      strawberries       cherries    grapes      bread    ice-cream    cheese    cake       chips

doli      tren       pel    tedi     ceffyl siglo      jigso      car      blociau

doll       train     ball              rocking horse                           blocks

Our P.E day is:

Wednesday - INDOORS

Thursday  -  OUTDOORS

Indoor PE kit should consist of plain black shorts / leggings and a plain white t-shirt (no logos or slogans).

Outdoor kit consists of a tracksuit bottoms / leggings, t-shirt / jumper and trainers.

Earrings are not permitted to be worn for PE sessions and must be removed by the pupil or before coming to school.

Long hair should be tied back.

We participate in the Daily Mile where we run approximately 1 mile come rain or shine!

Useful websites that we use in class:

Our previous inquiries:

We enjoyed our STEM project. We had to design and build a house that would fit The Three Little Pigs and see if it was strong enough. We tested our creations by trying to, "blow the house down!"