Croeso i/Welcome to Dosbarth Dyfrgi/Otters Class.

We created our fantasy story through the use of Music to show suspense and tension. We had Stick 2 music to help us create the final music piece.

We used Adobe express to develop our fantasy story backgrounds and chose a character to place in the fantasy story. We used Stop-Frame animation and iMovie to place the music with the animation. Here is an example of pupils final project with Animation and Music Composition.

Here is a pupil's example of the written fantasy story. This story is align with the Animation and Music Composition. This was one of the learning steps in the process of the inquiry.

Amazing Inspirational Talk with Author David Brayley. 

David Brayley is an author and sportswriter from Swansea. He has written two autobiographies for elite sportsmen, cricketer Tony Cottey and Wales international football captain, Ashley Williams, two official books for Swansea City and a cycling novel, Champion of Champions. 

Keep up to date with new published books and if you would like to find out more information. Visit his website at: https://www.david-brayley.co.uk/

Spring term  Inquiry- Humanities

Roses and Royals - What does the monarchy do for us?

For our inquiry, children will develop an understanding of the monarchy and learn about the life and role of our current monarch, King Charles III. Pupils will establish an understanding of the monarchy and its association with Wales, as well as our local area of Ferndale. Also, we will be looking back to Tudor times to compare the role of a monarch and its impact on Wales. The students shall be visiting Carew Castle in Pembrokeshire, experiencing how people lived during Tudor times by participating in a range of activities; they will gain first-hand experience in masonry, weaving, tile making, calligraphy and kitchen work. Back in the classroom, they’ll find out more about Tudor life. They’ll study the Tudor family tree and find out about Henry VII, the first Tudor king, who fought for the crown against Richard III. They’ll also learn about the lives of the sons of Henry VII, Arthur and Henry VIII, who was famous for his love of food, fighting and, of course, wives. 

Autumn Term Inquiry 

Science & Technology

Stargazers - What is in the night sky?

Journey through space, the final frontier. Navigate beyond the Sun, the magnificent, blazing star at the centre of our Solar System. Investigate the eight planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Take a look at the Moon, a celestial body that orbits Earth. Build a Space lander to survive a landing on the lunar landscape and work scientifically to investigate gravity, and what happens when there is none. Use algorithims and computational thinking to create a your Space Maze using Scratch.