Hello and welcome to the New Year and the Spring term.

 We are learning all about 'Our Precious World' this term. Both reception classes are beginning by looking at the continent of Africa. We will be comparing the climate, food, culture and animals found in Wales to those found in various places in Africa.
We will be finding more out about life for children in Uganda by chatting to Mrs. Richards who will soon be visiting out twin school - Sikusi Primary in Mbale. We would be grateful for any jungle animals and stories related to the topic or any  artefacts from Africa..

After January 31st we will move on to celebrate the Chinese New Year.So the children will have the chance to taste some chinese food. As always, let us know about any allergies.

The reception children are making fantastic progress with their reading - so keep up the good work at home and continue to return folders on the stated days.

Thankyou, Mrs. Brown

Look what we've been up to this term ...

Autumn Term

Hi and welcome to all the new children who have  all now settled well into Area 3. They are having great fun learning all about colour as our theme is 'Wonderful world of Colour.' We have already had a visit from 'Mrs. Rainbow' and the children have all been very busy making lots of rainbow necklaces and biscuits etc for her return.

Well done also for all the help received towards the Macmillan Coffee Morning - the school managed to raise over £1000 for the charity.

Very soon it will be Parents Evening and there will be chance to catch up with what your child has been doing since September and look forward to the next step.There will also be a Reception Reading Evening for you to attend.

Land Ahoy!!

Pirates have arrived in Area 3. There have been some very strange sightings around the school and we found a pirate bandana left mysteriously on the Pirate ship. Ask your child to explain what's been going on in our Area.

Thankyou Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Evans

Look how busy we have been.

Class 11 have really enjoyed our Teddy Bear theme. They brought in lots of bears and we had a Teddy Bears Picnic in the Golden Garden. We made our own sandwiches and the most popular choice waas ham!

We have been busy cutting our own sandwiches!

We have been very busy in Class 11 learning all about the time!! We made a giant clock and have been learning to tell the times we come to school, have dinner and go home.


Can you help your child look at the clock at home and work out what time is bedtime and teatime?
Thankyou,
Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Evans

Hi to everyone,
 Nice to meet you all in Parent's Evening this week to catch up on the latest news about your children.As stated last week, your children will be receiving their Reading folders this week if they are in Reception.
             We had an exciting first half term with a visit by the doctor and nurse, and lots of exciting questions from the children.
                        The class are enjoying their role play area - the Doctor's Surgery with some real doctors equipment donated by Dr. Meredith who came to visit!
                          They are also enjoying finding out about life at home over 100 years ago and have been very enthusiastic to join in with 'washday' and trying porridge for breakfast.
                       A reminder also that it is 'Children in Need' on Friday so don't forget pyjamas!
     Your children should also recieve information this week about what to dress in for the Christmas concert which is already underway!
Thank you Mrs. Brown    Mrs. Evans

Hi all,



Welcome back. The children have settled in really well and are getting used to the new routines and classroom.  Miss Williams is now Mrs Evans!  She had a super wedding in Cyprus!

I'm sure you have all read the letter we sent out about the term ahead of us. If you have any queries please call in and see me. Thanks for all completing the sheets on 'All About Me'. We have already looked at some ideas that were suggested.

The Year One children are looking at 'Ble wyt ti'n byw?'  They are designing their own house using different shapes in Maths, as well as looking at the area we live and their addresses.
Can I remind you that PE day is a Monday and that children need to bring a pair of wellies to school as we will be starting Forest School shortly



We have a fun term ahead of us!


Bye for now!



Mrs Brown and Mrs Evans

Grandparents afternoon!

Just a quick reminder please can children bring their recyclable item of clothing they have made to school tomorrow in readiness for our Grandparents afternoon on Thursday.  I hope you have asked your grandparents to come!  It starts 2pm thursday, in the hall or outside if fine.  There will be drinks, cakes and a raffle too!

Thanks area 3 staff

Welcome all to our new theme ' Ar Lan y Mor' or 'At the Seaside'. A very big Thank you to all the children who have brought in lots of shells, pebbles, sea weed and books about the beach and pirates!
We will learn lots about different types of sea creatures this term and also find out about holidays,
Thank you also for the great support given for World Book Day and for all the books donated to Uganda.

Mrs. Brown and Miss Williams

Easter Craft

We have also been very busy with Easter Art and Craft and a big Thankyou for all the egg boxes !

Newport Wetlands

Well the children all had a really lovely day out at the wetlands. The weather was certainly on our side and lots of pond dipping and bug hunting was done by all. We even found a frog, a newt and a stickleback! It really is a worthwhile place to go and explore.
Here are some photos of what we got up to.

What we've been up to...

Hello to all and it's hard to believe its only a week till half term. Thankyou to all the Year 1 parents who have been busy completeing your childs family tree with them.You have all been working hard! The photos will be looked after and returned safely.
Thankyou also to all the Reception parents who are all working hard at home with your childs reading folder! The children are making excellent progress and books are being returned regularly.

We have been learning all about 2d and 3d shapes this week also and found lots of interesting shapes around the school.

We have been on a litter pick around the school and Mr.Hole was kind enough to lend his litter pickers. The children couldn't believe how much litter was around the school.

So have a happy half term and don't forget school finishes this week on Thursday the 9th Feb as we have an INSET day.
Thankyou    Mrs. Brown

Some photos of what we've been up to already this term

We have an opticians role-play in the class which the children are enjoying.

We have also been on a walk around Crown Hill to look at different types of houses and we have been making the most of the dry weather to do some counting outside!

Spring term 2012

Hello and welcome back to all! Our theme for Year 1 is Magic Moments this term and our theme for Reception is ' Our Precious World.'
The Year 1 children will be concentrating on s[ecial days and times, and also learning about the history of their family. Science work will include lots about the body and the senses.
                         Reception children will learn about how we cam protect our world and ways to improve their environment.They may be asked to bring in photographs of family.
At the beginning of this term, we will be celebrating Chinese New Year and hopefully tasting some noodles!
Thankyou
Mrs Brown

More photos of St. Fagans

Happy half term break

The children have been working hard this term learning all about Colour !
They have also enjoyed learning about life in schools long ago and really enjoyed the trip to St. Fagans.

Hope everyone has a happy half term break !

Welcome back!

Welcome back to school to our new class and a special big welcome to all the Reception children who have made a great addition to Area 3.
                       Our theme this term is 'Colour' and we will be looking at the stories of 'The Rainbow Fish' and 'Mrs. Rainbow'. This fortnight we are collecting red items for Mrs. Rainbow's Cottage- our new roleplay area for Area 3.
                       We will also be having a fruit shop in our class to help,us learn more about money.
 P.E. day is on a Monday so could all children bring the required kit fully labelled on a Monday morning. Could the children all bring in a pair of wellies also as we will be doing lot of forest schools activities this term.
Feel free to pop in to ask how your child is settling at any time!
Thankyou              Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Williams

Anyone for Tennis?

It has come to the end of our tennis season with coach Bridie Lynch.We had an enjoyable few weeks down in Llantrisant also, despite having to venture into the leisure centre today to keep away from the rain! Here are some photos of the children hard at work before they enjoyed their strawberries wimbledon style!


Hope everyone has a lovely half term!
Mrs. Brown     Miss Brush