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Wear Red for Velindre
Wear Red for Velindre
A charity close to our hearts. As a school we raised over £400 for Velindre Hospital, who have helped so many of our families.
World Maths Day
World Maths Day
The children completed some of these tasks as part of our celebration of World Maths Day and came dressed as a digit and completed lots of different fun maths activities.
PTA - Break The Rules Day
PTA - Break The Rules Day
Connor - "I liked it because we could do anything, especially art."
Hayden - "We could break the rules and wear whatever we wanted!"
Fflur - "I like breaking the rules day because we could come in any clothes we wanted to!"
Alfie - "I loved break the rules day because we did lots of fun stuff, and I even wore my PJ's to school!"
Ethan - "I loved it because we got to wear tattoos!"
Levi - "I loved break the rules day because we could wear jewellery! I wore 2 necklaces and a bracelet!"
Ryan - "I liked break the rules day because I could do whatever I wanted with my hair. I had a mohawk and dyed it green and purple!"
Rosie - "I loved break the rules day because we could wear face paints and make-up. I wore my favourite eyeshadow and lip gloss. I looked fab-u-lous!!"
SAFER INTERNET DAY 2025
SAFER INTERNET DAY 2025
Safer Internet Day takes place on Tuesday, 11 February and is a chance to focus on the the online safety and wellbeing of children and young people. Click on the links below to see our Adobe videos to keep ourselves safe online.
World Book Day
World Book Day
Word Book Day 2025
We loved dressing up as our favourite characters; prizes were given for the most original, home made costumes.
We enjoyed reading to our reading buddies and sharing our love of reading with the younger pupils.
Megan Mattravers, an author from LLantrisant came to visit and shared her published books with us. We got to meet her and ask her questions about anything. She gave us lots of ideas to write our own stories. Her two published books are called, Vintage Owl and The Elephant and the Buns. We were given the task to research key facts about her before she came. We were allowed to choose how to present our work using different programmes and we could collaborate with each other. We found this really interesting!
Click on the link opposite to find out more about Megan Mattravers.
Shine
Shine
Shine came in to work with the children on collaboration and understanding the feelings of others. The workshop was hugely successful and the children were able to explore what friendship was and what made a good friend. They looked at a situation from inside out when one of the characters, BingBong, was feeling sad. Sadness was able to put herself in his shoes and understand how he felt. Having empathy for our friends and their feelings . The children role played different scenarios and imagined how their friends would be feeling in these situations. They were encouraged to reflect on their behaviours and think of different ways they could be a good friend to others.
Eisteddfod
Eisteddfod
We enjoyed our school Eisteddfod on Friday March 7th and Ty Gwyrdd were the winners this year! We all entered competitions in handwriting; Poetry - A Pocketful of Wales; Art inspired by Ernest Zobole from the Rhondda Valleys; singing and a recital, entitiled Y Siop Anifeiliad. Elijus also entered the instrumental competition.
IMG_3635.MOVListen to Elijus' piano playing where he placed first overall for Ty Gwyn! Ardderchog! We have some talented pupils in Cwmlai.
Read some of our poetry entires below:
A Pocketful of Wales
Arlo entered the local Eisteddfod and placed 2nd. Listen to his recital below. Da iawn Arlo, Mae e'n bendigedig!!
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Arlo and Jessie.
International Women's Day
International Women's Day
To celebrate International Women's Day the children were asked to research Welsh women who had made a significant impact in Wales.
Comic Relief
Comic Relief
We designed our own red noses to celebrate 40 years of Comic Relief.
Dosbarth Gwyrdd
Dosbarth Gwyrdd
Wear What Makes you Happy
Dosbarth Du
Dosbarth Du
Wear What Makes you Happy
A visit to The Royal Mint
A visit to The Royal Mint
We went to the Royal Mint to explore their museum and ask questions about their ambition to be NET ZERO by 2030. Currently operating at 70% with their giant wind turbines, Bryn and Delilah, and solar panel farm. We also wanted to visit there as we entered their short story competition about sustainable futures. Whilst at The Royal Mint we learned all about sustainability and had a tour of the plant. We also became detectives and worked out which coins were fake and forgeries using a variety of numerical skills.
Urdd Tag Tournament
Urdd Tag Tournament
Cwmlai year 4 pupils reached the semi finals and narrowly missed out to a place in the final by 1 try awarded in extra time. A talented team who were watched in action by U20s prop forward, Sam Scott! He said. "they are stars of the future!"
Rooky Lifesavers
Rooky Lifesavers
As part of our swimming lessons this term, we have also learned how to save someone from water if they fall in.
Book Bonanza Day
Book Bonanza Day
We would like to thank Mrs John and the Community Champions for organising such a fabulous afternoon.
We had a wonderful time at our book swap and we can't wait to read our new books!
Welsh Heritage 2025
Welsh Heritage 2025
What a day! Global Goals for Wales. We must protect our heritage and secure it for future generations. By working together we can achieve theses 17 goals. We loved performing our song in front of the school, 'The Time is Now', everyone, including our governors, staff, pupils and the Welsh Heritage Judge, enjoyed our performance thoroughly.
Easter!
Easter!
We loved watching foundation phase Easter bonnet parade, but had even more fun with our Easter Egg Hunt! We had to solve maths problems for the clues!!
We loved watching foundation phase Easter bonnet parade, but had even more fun with our Easter Egg Hunt! We had to solve maths problems for the clues!!
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