MESSAGE TO PARENTS AND LEARNERS - MAY 7TH 2020 Dear Rowan class, Good morning ! I apologise for the lack of blogs recently but I have been into the school hub working. It has shown me how difficult even older children find it to stay 2 metres away from each other so please remember to stay in, stay safe and when we do return to school, please remember to stay 2 metres apart ! Fantastic learning so far this week from Klaudia, Sukaina, Ethan and Erika and well done to the pupils who have completed MyMaths learning. the work on angles and triangles this week sets you up for your year 6 learning next year so please please, try to complete some of your learning this week. You do not have to complete all of it but, as a rule, you should try to complete MyMaths, Giglets and 2 Google Classroom tasks every day if you want to continue to make progress. Most of all, I want you to be safe, happy and kind. A quote for the day : You get what you work for, not what you wish for. I will not be blogging tomorrow but please enjoy VE Day and be sure to celebrate it in a safe way. Mrs Smith MESSAGE TO LEARNERS AND PARENTS - MAY 4TH 2020 Good morning ! This week our topic is 'All Creatures Great and Small'. The letter explaining where all your tasks are is on the school website, there is an amazing task to design a roller coaster for an ant this week and some super art tasks to be completed so just pop into classroom and have a look. Please mail me if you have any difficulties, whatsoever, I am in regular contact with some parents and this just make our situation easier - I am here and will respond ! What am I grateful for today? 1. fresh air 2. being able to go for a short walk 3. my family So, this week, a challenge- try to complete a 500 piece jigsaw- fabulous for memory and concentration skills ! A new challenge though - can you make a slideshow using Google Slides of all you have been doing this week and share it with me? You may have been learning a new skill that is completely unrelated to our topic - I'd love to hear about it ! Have you learnt to bake a cake? sew? iron? use the washing machine? make your bed? My stars of the week last week ( their work has been added to the Fanrtastic Work Slideshow ) are Erika and Ethan. However, huge congratulations to Summer, Jayden, Rayan, Ethan and Emily for logging onto Nessy and using it. Have a great day ! Mrs Smith MESSAGE TO LEARNERS AND PARENTS - MAY 1ST 2020 Good morning, Today I am grateful for 1. my family 2. A safe place to live 3. Coronation Street What are you grateful for? Thank you to the parents who are mailing me to ask about problems with any work and thank you to all the parents ( I know there are many of you) who are struggling to encourage your children to work hard. there are 4 places where work has been set for your children - Giglets, MyMaths, Google Classroom and Purple Mash. Please continue to try to encourage your children to do 1 task from each of these 4 places each day- 2 in the morning and 2 in the afternoon - so that they are maintaining a sense of routine in their lives. There are, of course, many other things your child could learn to do - for example, sew a button onto a shirt, iron or change a light bulb- and these are also useful life skills to learn. One of the hardest skills to learn is the skill of concentrating and focussing on a task and completing jigsaws are brilliant for developing this skill. So, here is a challenge for you, can you complete a 500 piece jigsaw next week? You cannot complete this in 1 day as concentrating is a skill that should be practised in short bursts of 30 mins or so, please complete a small part of the jigsaw every day so that it is complete by the end of next week and then send me a picture ! It must be 500 pieces or more- good luck ! Finally, today , I leave you with a quote: I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it. saty safe, Mrs Smith MESSAGE TO LEARNERS AND PARENTS - APRIL 30TH 2020 Congratulations to Colonel Tom Moore - 100 today ! What an inspiration to his country, how many of us can say we have fought in a World War and are still fighting fo their country today at the age of 100? I am in awe ! I thought I would ask you to post something today in honour of Colonel Tom Moore - it could be a 'Happy Birthday' message using slides or a voice recorning, a poster or make him a card ! I would also like to ask every one of you to poston here or g mail me 3 things you are thankful or grateful for EVERY day, so here's mine...... I am grateful that 1. I can eat chocolate 2. I can walk around my garden 3. My family are safe and with me I look forward to seeing what you are grateful for this evening ! Stay safe, Mrs S MESSAGE TO PARENTS AND LEARNERS APRIL 27TH Good morning ! This week we will be learning about the Egyptians, it is so exciting ! There are marvellous activities in Google Classroom just waiting for you. Last week, I started recording pupils who are actually looking at Google Classroom for their tasks and those who complete tasks- huge well done to Jayden, Erika, Ethan and Summer ! I can see that Summer has been onto Nessy and that a few of you hsve used MyMaths. Minan and Hla, I replied to your Giglets messages but would love to see some work now ! I added work to the Fantastic Work Powerpoint last week too and Mr Smith was so impressed with the names he saw on it. Well Done ! Learning happens with hard work, it does not happen by itself and other people cannot learn for you so let's really work hard this week ! Stay safe, Mrs Smith MESSAGE TO LEARNERS AND PARENTS APRIL 24TH Hello lovelies, Thank you Erika, Jayden and Ethan for your learning yesterday and thank you to those of you who have visited MyMaths, Nessy (Summer and Rayan) and Giglets. Summer you have been working so hard and Ethan,Erika, Kara and Jayden - what can I say? you are absolute stars and deserve to do so well in your education ! I am sending out small 'Well Done!' suprprises to those of you who are sending me such magnificent work. I have let Mr Smith know and I have shown him this Powerpoint attached too. I made a Powerpoint of your fabulous work with examples of work that has been sent to me and I will be adding slides to this every time I get work - will your name appear on a slide soon? Let's hope so ! CLICK HERE TO SEE THE PRESENTATION: So, another day, more sunshine, another opportunity to continue your learning, let's do it! Mrs Smith MESSAGE TO LEARNERS AND PARENTS - APRIL 23RD Dear Rowan Class, Well........ I have managed to help my neighbour give the parrots their medicine and I am busy marking your marvellous work. Please remember to share it using twitter and #Rowanmps as Mr Smith will see it then , he is always watching Twitter to spot your magnificent learning ! I am going to open a Powerpoint and post in on both Classroom and Docs showcasing some of your amazing work so look out for it ! Stay safe and continue to learn, your learning is so important and you can do it at home, just use the resources and follow the instructions on Classroom. If there are any problems please g mail me as I love hearing from you ! Mrs Smith MESSAGE TO LEARNERS AND PARENTS - APRIL 21ST 2020 Morning Rowan Class ! What an eventful few days I have had ! My next door neighbour has a lovely Amazonian parrott called Rossi. A dog got into her house and bit Rossi on his foot so I have to help her give him his medicine ! She holds him in her arms and opens his beak and I have to squeeze the syringe to get the antibiotics down his throat ! A huge thanks to the pupils that sent work in yesterday - Ethan, your work is stunning. Erike, Ivan and Keisha- so is yours, it is marked and will be sent back to you today ! I am so [proud of you all. Keep learning so that you will all be ready for Year 6. Mrs Smith Stay safe and remember - sharing is caring - so send me all your learning ! MESSAGE TO LEARNERS AND PARENTS - APRIL 20TH 2020 Another beautiful day for learning all about the rainforests of the World. please keep the work coming in, so far I have had over 50 pieces of work and they really do brighten my days ! I have had work from Ethan, Erika, Ivan, Sukaina, Minan, Kylah, Jayden and more, I am really proud of you all ! Have fun, Mrs Smith This week's learning ( March 30th - April 3rd) can be found by clicking on the link here https://classroom.google.com/w/MjM5Mzk4MjI3OTRa/t/all Message to Parents and Learners April 3rd 2020 Hello everyone, Well. it has been two weeks of online learning now, but can you honestly say you have done two weeks of learning? I know this is hard, but let's remember that you should still be learning. Routine, music and exercise will help you through this. Huge Well done to yesterday's stars, I received your learning, have marked it and g mailed it back to you with next step comments: Klaudia Erika Ethan David Walliams is reading his books on his website at 10:30am and if you google virtual tours of zoos, you can visit a zoo online and find out about the animals. Carry on learning, stay safe and stay in, Mrs Smith Message to Parents and Learners April 2nd 2020 Good morning all, a gorgeous day to learn! It has been lovely talking to so many of you on the phone this week ! Just hearing your voices has made me smile so much . HUGE Well done to Ethan - the film you sent me was outstanding ! Another HUGE well done to Erika for completoing her work and Taren, I received the first parts of your work yesterday ! I hope you are all opening your g mails to see my responses, I am marking them and giving you advice on how to improve ! Open my mails and open the document and you will see my comments in yellow ! If you call your classmates, please share the news that they must sign into Google and then they go to the school website, Rowan Class Page to access their learneing ! Jayden and Kylah, don't stop learning, keep the work coming to me ! Getting into a routine will help you to get through this . Sukaina, Tino, Zoe, Ava- please send me some work ! Let's not forget that you cannot stop learning, this should not be a time where you stay in looking at screens all day ! Don't get bored, do your online learning instead ! Stay in and stafy safe, Mrs Smith Message to Parents and Learners April 1st 2020 Good morning everyone ! It is colder today, isn't it !Only 5 degrees, just imagine if it got colder still, who can tell me a temperature colder than 5 degrees? What if the temperature dropped by 10 degrees, what would the temperature be then? I am glad some of you have started to complete your home learning, I received your work yesterday and you will get it back and marked today ! Yesterday's superstars who completed their learning were: Jayden Kylah Ethan Erika Well done to you all ! Ethan, I loved the pictures of your Science experiment, I thought you would enjoy that one and your writing, Erika, was great. Kylah- well done for trying the Group 3 Maths, Ethan- almost all correct on the quiz, try the previous days quiz on the daily letter too ! Don't forget to use Giglets and MyMaths- I check these every day ! Also, remeber to check you mail too ! I will send you things from time to time ! Rowan Class - here is a challenge - for April 1st. Can you send me a film of anything you like , a film of you reading your book for a few minutes, a film of you talking about what you have been doing, or make a film using your toys! I would just love to see your faces and hear your voices ! You cannot imagine how much I am missing your cheery faces, but we will all follow the rules and if we stay in and stay safe, we will see each other soon ! Stay in and stay safe, Mrs Smith Message to Parents and Learners Tuesday March 31st Good morning, another glorious sunny day for us all to enjoy ! Please remember to stay in and stay safe today, no-one should be outside unless it ois essential. Please remember that this is not a holiday, it is still school time and time for learning, we cannot let our brains get rusty ! Huge well done today to Kylah for completing some Maths yesterday and Jayden, who completes his learning every day. Here are the clues to today's pupils, who am I talking about?: 1. This pupil tells the truth about having sweets when he shouldnt and is asked about them ! 2. This pupil has the neatest handwriting in the class. 3. This pupil likes to work on his own. 4. This pupil sits on his chair like a monkey. 5. This pupil is great at welsh. Go to the link at t the top to access this week's learning and don't forget David Walliams is on at 10:30 every day reading his books ! Stay in and stay safe ! Mrs S Message to Learners and Parents Monday 30th March 2020 Good morning everyone, I hope you are safe and well. Huge thanks and congratulations to Jayden again for completing work last week and a massive well done to the following people for continuing their learning at home b y using Nessy. I receive an e mail every Sunday so I can see how many minutes each one of you has spent on Nessy: Jayden ( 220 mins ) Rayan ( 73 mins) Emily ( 32 mins) Ivan ( 53 mins) This hard work will pay off ! This week's learning can be found by clicking on the link below this message. Please contact me if there is any problem getting onto it at all. I hope the French lessons are going well and you are using Giglets and MyMaths. I have added tasks to MyMaths and will send out a list of Giglet books that you should be reading tomorrow. I thought we would try a quiz today, please e mail me the answers on lsmith@maesglasprimaryschool.org Which children in our class are known for these qualities, I think of you all and am missing you so I have tried to think of one of your outstanding qualities- who are these people? 1. This pupil is ALWAYS smiling and loves a hug 2.The one who always says ' Hope you have a good evening Mrs Smith' every evening as they leave school 3 The Queen of random capital letters 4. This person is amazing at ignoring distractions 5. Helpful and will do anything to get out of work Look out for another five tomorrow and stay safe ! Mrs S CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC - HOME LEARNING At this difficult time, let's all stay safe and follow the guidance set out for us. I post daily messages onto Google Classroom and I have been setting at least three tasks every day. Parents- I have sent every child their passwords using g mail on Google so when they log onto Gogle with their Google Username and password, they can see the mail I have sent. I know, as a parent myself, that I would not want my child's learning to suffer at this time so if you wish to support your child and they cannot access their learning, please contact me and I will send you picture instructions on how to access it. lsmith@maesglasprimaryschool.org Mental health and wellbeing is very important to us all so I suggest a structured routine to your day, children. It would be a really bad idea to let the children look at screens all day so let's try to get into a routine:- 9am- Joe Wicks Youtube channel - workout for kids ( its free) 9:30- homework - Literacy 10:30- screen time 11:00- homework- Maths 12:00- Lunchtime 1:00- walk around your garden or sit in your garden and read a book 1:30- complete another homework task- set daily on Google Classroom 2:30- Sit out in your garden and read 3:00- screen time 4:00-Tea time? Also why not try to get into a routine of sensible bedtimes- 8:30p.m. is a sensible time to go to bed, this does not mean lying in bed with a screen, it is lying in bed to go to sleep. Just a few thoughts to help you guys. Look out for today's task on Classroom. I am missing you all so much, children but hope you stay safe. CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC - MARCH 26th What a lovely day to sit in the garden and do your learning ! I thought we might try to learn french so I am going to send links to Youtube to learn some basic French ! I have completed PE with Joe Wicks and hope you have too. Remeber to tidy your bedroom and offer to do a chore around the house today. Too much screen time is a really bad idea. I am now posting tasks, so enjoy and remember there is a copy for everyone so you can just type in your answers and you can share it with me . Well done to Jayden, his mum has been in contact and has made sure he completed some of his home learning even though there were teething problems. Katie stuck at it and I have received Jaydens home learning. So proud of you Jayden ! Here are today's tasks ( Thursday, March 26th):-
Alternatively, you can click here to go to Google Classroom to find all of the tasks set daily:- Parents, please remeber that Giglets and MyMaths tasks have also been set, click here to find out how to access them. Pupils have been mailed with their passwords via gmail. Please contact me if there is any problem. Hwly fawr ac au revoir ! HOME LEARNING MARCH 27TH Good morning angels, What a beautiful day again, perfect for home learning in the garden ! I hope you are loving PE with Joe as much as we are here? It's a fantastic way to start the day ! Last night I attended a virtual choir session, what an experience ! I could see everyone in choir on the screen and we could hear each other too. I'd love to hear your adventures- why not keep a diary and share with me? It would almost feel like being in school, when you usually come straight to me to tell me your news ! I am missing you but hope you are staying indoors, safe and sound. If you enjoyed the French video yesterday , there is more today !Look below..... Look out for today's Home Learning on Docs or below,. Don't forget to go onto Giglets and MyMaths too. Stay safe, Mrs S
Croeso i'r Dosbarth Rowan Welcome to Rowan Class (2019-20) Meet the Team ! Mrs Smith, Mrs Probert and Ms Pettican
Tymor y Gwanwyn 2020 Spring Term 2020 TOPIC PROJECT LAUNCH- Monday 20th January 2020 This term we will be focusing on the following skills: Volume Coordinates Drawing 2D shapes Fractions, decimals and percentages Number patterns Perimeter
ICT Pupils will be learning coding and modelling
This term we will be embarking on an exciting Science project on Space. We will be launching it with a visit from the fantastic company ‘Astro Cymru’ who will complete activities exploring astronaut training and they will leave us with a challenge of a rocket launch. Aspects covered will include: investigating Mars, discovering how craters are formed, planetary orbits and volcanoes.
Cymraeg Throughout this term pupils will be completing Eisteddfod activities ready for St. David’s Day.
Home Learning will be given out every Friday and must be returned by the following Wednesday. Please ensure the children maintain the high standards of presentation and layout that they produce in class. Home Learning can be found by clicking here.Home Learning is an important in developing good habits for life, thank you for your support in this.
Please could pupils bring in a water bottle, filled with water every day, as this will improve their concentration and learning. Attendance is so important, we have discussed why it is important and all pupils understand the importance of developing good bedtime and school routines. In supporting us, please could you make every effort to ensure your child develops these good routines and comes to school every day. There are many awards for attendance this year, pupils are awarded 2 raffle tickets each at the end of a full week in school and these are entered into a termly raffle where a child wins a tablet. In addition to this, pupils could win a £10 voucher every half term, pupils could also earn class parties with popcorn and a movie for good attendance. Many thanks, Mrs Smith, Mrs Probert and Miss Pettican Croeso i'r Dosbarth Rowan Welcome to Rowan Class (2019-20) Autumn Term/Tymor y Hydref 2019 Meet the Team ! Mrs Smith, Mrs Probert and Ms Pettican  Mrs Probert Miss Pettican Mrs Smith Our project title for the Autumn Term will be announced shortly. As part of our project launch day we will be engaging in fun activities related to our topic. This term in Science we will learn about the human body in our project titled ‘Body and Bugs!’ whilst in Art we will study and create artists such as Lowri and Kandinsky. RE will examine inspirational people who put faith into action, whilst in ICT we will look at coding and Communication, learning how to set up pages when word processing. In Music, we will follow the Charanga music scheme. In Mathematics, we will learn to read and write 6 digit numbers, add, subtract and multiply. we will also learn to draw line graphs and interpret them as well as investigating the symmetry of 2d shapes. We will be using text to write diaries, reports and a persuasive letter and we will work on developing reading and comprehension skills. The main thread of our learning will focus on Diversity and World in Union, this will take us on an amazing journey throughout a range of areas of learning. Please remember that school uniform must be worn at all times:
Our PE days are Mondays (Outdoor PE) and Wednesday( Indoor PE) . We would strongly recommend bringing PE kits on a Monday and taking them home on a Friday. Please be reminded that PE kit is made up of:
Home Learning will be given out every Friday and must be returned by the following Wednesday. Please ensure the children maintain the high standards of presentation and layout that they produce in class. Home Learning can be found by clicking here.Home Learning is an important in developing good habits for life, thank you for your support in this. Please could pupils bring in a water bottle, filled with water every day, as this will improve their concentration and learning. Attendance is so important, we have discussed why it is important and all pupils understand the importance of developing good bedtime and school routines. In supporting us, please could you make every effort to ensure your child develops these good routines and comes to school every day. There are many awards for attendance this year, pupils are awarded 2 raffle tickets each at the end of a full week in school and these are entered into a termly raffle where a child wins a tablet. In addition to this, pupils could win a £10 voucher every half term, pupils could also earn class parties with popcorn and a movie for good attendance. Many thanks, Mrs Smith, Mrs Probert and Miss Pettican Our topic this term is 'Wonderful Wales' with a focus on Welsh National Parks. Summer 1 in Science-The Water Cycle Thursday 2nd May: GREEN DAY IMPORTANT DATE: Wednesday 19th June YEAR 5 JFS TRANSITION DAY AND CONCERT Green Day We had a fantastic day with lots of fun activities: making musical instruments out of recycled materials, planting flowers and vegetables, litter pick and making an eco quiz.   Fantastic write ups of our fun day! SCIENCE-The Water Cycle!!! We drew and labelled diagrams in Welsh  SCIENCE-We write an explanation text about 'The Water Cycle'. These pupils chose to present their writing using 'google docs.'  Spring Term/Tymor y Gwanwyn       Exciting activities in the Spring Term Spring Term Topic-Explorers and Expeditions These are the pupils ideas about what they wanted to learn/do.  Every Monday afternoon, for 6 weeks, we are luckily to be learning 'safe cycling'.   Welsh This term we are learning the past tense. Ble est ti? Where did you go? Es i..... I went... Beth wnest ti? What did you do? Chwaraeais i..... I played... Bwytais i.... I ate Yfais i..... I drank... Prynais...... I bought Beth welaist ti? What did you see? Beth gest ti? What did you have? Ces i... I had... Sut oedd y tywydd? How was the weather? Roedd yn..... It was.... bwrw glaw-raining oer-cold stormus-stormy Autumn Term/Tymor yr Hydref The children will have a year of exciting
activities, including: Gilwern, swimming and John Frost High School transition
activities. Letters will follow shortly to give you more information about the
activities. Swimming- 5th November-23rd November (Every day for 3 weeks from 10:30-12:20)Gilwern Dates- Wednesday 13th - Friday 15th February Teaching/Learning Maths and Literacy will be taught in the
morning and topic work and Science will be taught in the afternoon. Much of the
curriculum will be taught by a ‘themed’ approach. Our topic until Christmas is ‘Industrial
Wales’. Year 5/6 will have the opportunity visit Big Pit on Monday 22nd
October. We are lucky enough to have Miss Pettican supporting
the learning in the class 2 afternoons a week. In Science the children will be learning about healthy
living and forces.
READING, SPELLING AND HOMEWORK Your child will be listened to read twice a
week in a guided reading group. The children can change their individual reading
books whenever they need to. Maths homework and project work will also be
given.
PE PE is Thursday afternoon. The children will need
black shorts and a white t-shirt. (Only 1 session per week as we have 3 weeks
of intensive swimming this term) Children will need a swimming costume and goggles
(girls will need a cap) World War 1 assembly and workshop 
 Healthy Living Week  We made Victoria Sponge cakes.     Welcome to Class 7 (2017-18) Summer Term (1) TOPIC: Wales and Welsh National Parks PE Monday afternoon-Games Friday afternoon-Dance (Haka) SCIENCE: How do survive on an expedition? Investigations and experiments: What materials would make a natural water filter? What food would be best to take on an expedition?, What material would be be best for a shelter? Spring Term Gilwern Dates- Wednesday 7th - Friday 9th February PE: Gymnastics Friday afternoon Topic: Fire and Ice-Iceland Science: insulation, reversible and irreversible changes, electricity circuits Class Assembly: 9:30 Thursday 15th March
Come and see all our fantastic work e.g. gymnastics, Fire and Ice paintings, Gilwern pictures and lots more! We enjoyed making challenging reasoning sums for each other.  Autumn Term The children will have a year of exciting activities, including: Gilwern, swimming and John Frost High School transition activities. Letters will follow shortly to give you more information about these activities. Gilwern Dates- Wednesday 7th - Friday 9th February Swimming-Every Wednesday until Christmas Teaching/Learning Maths and Literacy will be taught in the morning and topic work and Science will be taught in the afternoon. Much of the curriculum will be taught by a ‘themed’ approach. Our this term is ‘Fire and Ice’. We are lucky enough to have Miss Vaughan supporting the learning in the class. In Science the children will be learning about healthy living and forces. READING, SPELLING AND HOMEWORK Your child will be listened to read twice a week in a guided reading group. The children can change their individual reading books whenever they need to. Maths homework and project work will also be given. PE PE is Wednesday afternoon. Children will need a swimming costume and googles (girls will need a cap) The children will also need black shorts and a white t-shirt. SCHOOL AND CLASS REWARDS This year, we will be continuing to use ‘Class dojos’ to promote positive behaviour.   Wearing RED for SRTRC Day!    Class 7 Archive below! See some of the fun we have had in previous years! Spring Term 2017Teaching/Learning Maths and Literacy will continue to be taught in the morning and topic work and Science will be taught in the afternoon. Much of the curriculum will be taught by a ‘themed’ approach. Our topic until Easter is ‘Botswana’. We are lucky enough to have Miss Vaughan (LSA) to support the children everyday. In Science, the children are involved in a Duffryn cluster project, which involves learning about the world around us with practical activities. PE PE days will continue to be on a Thursday morning and Thursday afternoon. The children will need black shorts and a white t-shirt. The children will be outside (games skills), so will need a track suit and trainers. Earrings cannot be worn for PE. SCHOOL AND CLASS REWARDS Thank you for your continued support dealing with any issues that have arisen in the last term. Gilwern It is a wonderful opportunity for the children to participate in. It is usually the highlight of their memories of school. It is also an excellent way to ensure coverage of ‘outdoor and adventurous activities’ in the National Curriculum.       We have been tested which material would be the best insulator of heat if you feel in cold water. They wanted to test chocolate spread. Probably because they wanted to eat it afterwards!       NCPCC Number DayWe made board games, IT games and multi skills games, which have been good fun to play.           Autumn Term (2) Antony Jinman is the 12th man to visit both the South and North Pole in the UK. He gave a presentation about his expeditions and let the children try on his polar gear. We are not just having a great time. We are learning about friction. What better way is there to learn about air resistance than making a parachute! We enjoyed our project on Industrial Wales. The highlight for most of the children was the visit to Big Pit. Welcome to Class 8 2016/17 Autumn 1 The children will have a year of exciting activities, including: Gilwern, swimming and safe cycling. Teaching/Learning PE   We run/walk a mile every Thursday morning! |
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