Autumn Term 2025

Four Purposes

Language, Literacy & Communication

Ieithoedd, Llythrennedd a Chyfathrebu

13- Storey Tree House

This half term, our class is reading The 13-Storey Treehouse! We began by making predictions on the story and exploring the front cover.

Adjectives and Nouns

To start our adventure, we explored the kinds of animals that might live in the forest around a treehouse, imagining the sights and sounds of their woodland home. We lfound out that animals are nouns and we identified adjectives to describe them. We also participated in activities to sort adjectives and nouns.

Similes

We discovered that a simile is a figure of speech used to compare two things that share a common characteristic. We had a lot of fun creating simile sentences about animals!

Writing a description

In The 13-Storey Treehouse, we were introduced to the character Silky the Catnary. Using our knowledge of adjectives and similes, we wrote detailed and imaginative descriptions of Silky.

Inventing our own characters

After reading about Silky — a character who is a mix between a cat and a canary — we were inspired to use our imaginations to create our own unique hybrid animals. Using a thesaurus, we carefully selected descriptive adjectives to bring our characters to life and designed creative “Missing” posters to showcase them.

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Sentence Starters

When writing descriptions of both Silky and our hybrid animals, we noticed that many of our sentences began in the same way. To make our writing more engaging, we decided to experiment with a variety of sentence starters.

We continued practising sentence starters by spinning the sentence starter wheel and creating sentences. Using a selection of images, we crafted our own stories, making a conscious effort to include sentence starters throughout.

Sut Mae'r Tywydd Heddiw?

Our focus was on the following sentence patterns:

Sut mae'r tywydd heddiw? Mae hi'n wyntog ond dydy hi ddim yn braf.
Ydy hi'n bwrw glaw? Ydy mae hi'n bwrw glaw. Nag ydy, dydy hi ddim yn bwrw glaw.

We used Seesaw to record our conversations.

Inspired by the book 'Dewi the Dinosor' we decided to use our knowledge of the sentence patterns to create our own page for the book.

Maths & Numeracy

Mathemateg a Rhifedd

Rangoli Patterns

After exploring Rangoli patterns, we used natural materials to create our own unique designs. Working together, we took great pride in the beautiful patterns we made.

Humanities

Y Dyniaethau

Our natural world is diverse and dynamic, influenced by processes and human actions.

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Oh no! A tree had fallen down!

After a night of strong winds, a tree had fallen right outside the entrance to our car park. The following morning, we received a video requesting our help: a little squirrel had become lost and needed assistance finding its way back to our nature area. We discussed ways in which we could help? We decided that it would be a great idea to make a map for the squirrel to follow.

Our First Map

We had never made a map before, so we decided to use shapes and loose parts to design a map of a village. We created maps of our villages.

Birds Eye View

After studying maps, we discovered that they are created from a bird’s-eye view. We then examined objects around the room and drew them from a bird’s-eye perspective.

Map of our Classroom

After learning about bird’s-eye view, we were challenged to create a map of our classroom. Using 2D shape stickers, we carefully designed the map and made sure to include a key to explain its symbols.

Mapstick

We explored our nature area on a walk and created map sticks to capture the route we took. Using these map sticks, we then wrote a detailed description of our journey through the natural surroundings

Map of Nature Area

After researching maps and learning how to create them, we were ready to design a map of the nature area to help the squirrel find his way back home. We used our map sticks to help us remember the layout of the Nature Area. We ensured that we created a key.