Dosbarth Brychan

🌿 We really enjoyed our journey of exploration around the local area—wandering past woods, trekking through open fields, and following the winding canal under its historic bridges. We all joined hands to see how many of us it took to reach around the trunk of a massive Redwood tree. 

Our pupils had a fantastic day travelling along the Monmouthshire and Brecon canal and going through the lock at Brynich Aqueduct. We also visited the museum and explored the creative exhibits throughout the galleries. We ended the day with some well-earned fun in the glorious sunshine at the local park. 

🎹 We were captivated listening to the incredible sounds of the children’s piano orchestra today. 

Hands-on learning in action! 🔢 We used place value counters to help us visualize and master dividing 2-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers -  making complex concepts clear and fun. 

Learners enjoyed the fun and laughter of Red Nose Day, all while supporting a fantastic cause.

We had a wonderful time celebrating World Book Day! Children came dressed as their favourite book characters and spent the day sharing stories, enjoying reading activities, and celebrating the magic of books. 

Learners had a fantastic time in the Explorer Dome, discovering the wonders of light through an exciting and immersive experience. From learning how light travels to exploring the colours of the spectrum, it was a brilliant session full of curiosity and discovery! 

We took part in a Spectrum Workshop and learnt how to keep ourselves safe,  We really enjoyed meeting Spectrum Ted.

The children had a great time making bird feeders as part of the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch, where they learned about caring for local wildlife and enjoyed helping the birds in our community.

Learners explored grouping and sharing today using cubes and grids divided into 2, 5 and 10 sections, helping them build confidence with early division and number patterns. 

To mark World Religion Day, we learned about its meaning and why it is important, before creating bright and informative posters to share what we had discovered. 

Who says Maths has to happen inside a classroom? We headed outside to explore position and direction. The children loved giving directions to a partner and acting out clockwise and anti-clockwise turns 🏃‍♂️🧭

The children were inspired by a fantastic session with Alex Wharton, they didn't just listen, they illustrated his words and then wrote and performed their own poems.🗣️🙌

Nadolig Llawen - We made Welsh Christmas cards.

We have been writing about our Christmas Play - Everyone Loves A Baby - on PurpleMash.  We have added photos and sound buttons.

In Maths this week, we have been sorting and drawing 2D shapes.

In Maths this week, we have been learning to do column addition with no exchanges and subtract a 1-digit number from a 2-digit number using a number line.

We really enjoyed the Circus Skills workshop and learnt lots of new skills.

We did different activities to celebrate Diwali.  We heard the story of Rama and Sita and took part in a role play.  We drew symmetrical rangoli patterns on the computer and we created Diya lamps.

Dealing with Worries workshop.

We have been learning to add and subtract in our Maths lesson.  This week we learnt how to add a multiple of 10 that crossed a 100.

We made posters to celebrate Shwmae Day.

We are enjoying our PBuzz lessons.  This week we tried playing the PBone.

Year 2 were awarded their Kerbcraft certificates.

In RVE we heard the story of the Good Samaritan.  We took part in role play and wrote a comic strip of the story.

We walked to the Coop in Crickhowell, to research the origin of our food.

We are learning to count in 2s

Using a place value chart to make 3-digit numbers.

We enjoyed our first Pbuzzer lesson.