Tref-Y-Rhyg Primary School
Learning together, trusting each other
Welcome
Lucky Leopards (Year 3 / 4)
Welcome to Year 3/4.
Our class name is called, 'Lucky Leopards'. The class teacher is Miss Hicks.
Lucky Leopards
06/07/2020 What a lovely day we had. Here is a short video for you to enjoy.
Tref-Y-Rhyg Great British Bake Off
Here is the next whole school fortnightly challenge. It is called the Tref-Y-Rhyg great British bake off. As the last two challenges, you will need an adult to take a photograph of you with your completed challenge. Choose what you would like to bake and send in your photograph.
Have fun, keep safe and only bake under adult supervision.
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Information from Cardiff City Football Club Foundation:
SUPPORTING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: PARENTAL SUPPORT SESSION
Click on the link: https://www.cardiffcityfcfoundation.org.uk/parental-support-session
Cardiff City FC Foundation is supporting children, young people and families to lead healthier more active lives by delivering an online support session for parents with children in primary education. Taking place on Thursday 16th July, the online course is free for any parents with children in primary school.
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29/06/2020
Hello Lucky Leopards. These activities are for you to complete over the next few weeks as some of the activities e.g. Design Technology, will need to be completed in stages.
Literacy
Here is a NEWS article about fairy trails.
Click on the link for the NEWS about fairies and mice in creative lockdown trails and read more:
‘But some trails have been vandalised, and there is a history of fairies being evicted by councils over fears their homes could harm wildlife.’
Task 1. What do you think about this sentence? Discuss how you feel about this with your family. In your blue book, write your opinion about the statement.
Creating your own voice in opinion writing: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zmmvrqt
Task 2. Go on a fairy trail walk (with an adult) in your local area. Take photographs of your experience in the fairy trail. Describe the following:
- What I could see
- What I could hear
- What I could smell
- What I found interesting
- Look at the different types of fairy houses for your Design Technology project (below)
Task 3. Create your own NEWS article about fairy trails in your local area.
This link will help you: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z2yycdm/articles/z2gk9qt
When you are writing your own newspaper article:
- Make your headline short and snappy.
- In the first sentence sum up what the story is about.
- Write your report in the third person and the past tense.
- Split your newspaper report up into paragraphs to help the reader clearly understand the information.
- If you use quotes to make your report more interesting, don't forget to use speech marks!
- Use a photo with a caption to give the reader more information.
- Fill your newspaper report with both facts and opinions. Facts give the reader all of the information they need by using the 5 Ws.
Task 4. I am a magical fairy, what type of fairy are you? Answer the fairy quiz questions to find out: https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/quizzes/which-fairy-are-you-quiz
Task 5. Draw yourself as a fairy then answer/complete the following in your blue book. (One activity per day)
- What type of fairy would you be? Describe your qualities.
- How would you look?
- Which magical powers would you have? Describe your powers.
- How would you use your magical powers?
- List the ingredients for your fairy dust potion.
- Write a story of your adventures as a fairy.
- Make a menu for a fairy party.
- Design and label your magic fairy wand.
- Write instructions for a fairy wand spell.
- Do fairies make wishes come true? Make a mind map displaying the type of wishes that you and your family would like to make.
Maths
Try these challenging questions.
Here are a variety of tasks for you to complete.
Try your best to calculate and solve these problems.
Maths games to play: https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/category/22/most-popular
Science
Materials.
Think about different types of waterproof materials.
What materials are waterproof? | BBC Teach:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nd42ISTOJI
Easy waterproofing experiment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kauDngXyh3Y
Conduct your own waterproof experiment to find out which materials you can use to make a fairy house. (Design Technology project below)
Record your findings of your waterproof fair test investigation and list the waterproof materials that you can use to make a fairy house.
Design Technology
In your blue book, keep a record of the following steps and show how you designed your fairy house.
Design Brief: Make a fairy house.
Steps to follow:
1. Research different types of fairy houses.
Look for inspiration and ideas. Did you see a fairy house when you visited a fairy trail?
2. Draw initial ideas for a fairy house.
3. Decide on a final design for a fairy house.
Draw and label the final fairy house.
4. Make a fairy house.
The tools that I need are…
The materials that I need are…
Use time connectives to write the steps that you need to do to make the fairy house.
5. Evaluate you fairy house.
What worked well?
Challenges I faced…
Next time, I would change…
Explain why you are happy with your fairy house.
6. Take a photograph of your fairy house.
DIY How to Make a Fairy House: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLH_wdJ4MWM
ICT
Research and make a PowerPoint about fairies.
Include text, images and sound.
Add a hyperlink as we have done in class.
Welsh
Use a welsh dictionary.
If you do not have a paper copy then you can use this link:
https://geiriadur.uwtsd.ac.uk/
Translate these words, the first one has been done for you:
Tree – coeden
Leaf
Flower
Grass
Garden
Plant
House
Think of your own words that you would like to know in welsh. List the words and use a dictionary to find the welsh translation.
22/06/2020
Hello Lucky Leopards. The amazing art ninja challenge has been made into a video and has been posted on the gallery section of the school website. I hope that you are enjoying The Tref-Y-Rhyg Flower Show challenge, you still have another week to complete it. I look forward to seeing your photographs.
Literacy
Reading – Please continue to read your Bug Club books on https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/login
Home Sweet Home is a short animated film about friendship. Click on the link to watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gz9-I_iEbY
Activities:
- Describe setting 1, 2 or 3
2. Choose your favourite part of the animation. Create speech bubbles to match what they could be saying.
3. Create a comic strip using the speech bubbles.
4. Make a poster about friendship.
5. Write a list of questions for a quiz about the animation.
Maths
Complete these questions:I was looking at the number plate of a car parked outside my house. Take a look and see if you can crack my code and use it to find out what both of these number plates add up to?
Year 3 challenges: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zx8p7yc
Year 4 challenges: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z9ywr2p
Science
This week the task from the science share is to make a question hand.
You can draw your hands into your blue book, rather than cutting them out. Think about these phrases…
What if… Where does… Who can… How does… Is there…
Welsh
Here is a book for you and you family to read and discuss.
List the days of the week in welsh.
Write sentences to describe what you have done on each day.
Use as much welsh as you can e.g.
Dydd Llun, 'dw i'n hoffi chwarae pel droed. (Monday, I like playing football.)
Dydd Mawrth, 'dw i'n mynd allan gyda fy ffrindiau. (Tuesday, I go out with my friends.)
Extend your sentences using connectives...
ond - but
achos - because
Compare the things that you do daily, to the things that Susan Rees does during her week.
19/06/2020
Follow the link, for a chance of winning a signed Cardiff City FC First team football.
15/06/2020
Hello Lucky Leopards. I hope you have had a lovely weekend. Well done to everyone that took part in the amazing art ninja challenge. A video is being made for you to see. Here is your next challenge:
The Tref-Y-Rhyg Flower Show
Have you been busy in the garden? Do you have an allotment? Have you been out on a nature walk or a fairy trail walk? Over the next two weeks here is your chance to show us what you have been doing.
Just like the art challenge, you will need an adult to take a photograph of you with your ‘flower show’ and send it to my e-mail address. The photographs will be put together and made into a video. The video will be posted onto our school website for you to view.
I will be calling you again this week so if you have any questions about this fortnightly challenge, please feel free to ask.
Join The Festive Fun.
This week the official charity of Cardiff City FC have asked for you to join in and experience the fun of the school festival. They have designed daily lessons which include literacy, numeracy and physical activity challenges.
Science
Question Frame
This week your task is to make a question frame.
The advice from the science share is:
- Make a frame out of an old cardboard box or use the printable. Be careful when cutting out the window in the centre.
- Place the frame over an object or image, so that it appears in the window.
- Observe what it looks like and describe what you can see.
- Now, think about questions you have and jot them on a sticky note around the side of the frames.
- Select the question(s) you wish to share.
Reading
Please continue reading on https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/login
Here is a Welsh history story for you to read and discuss with your family.
08/07/2020
Hello Lucky Leopards.
I have received some amazing art work for the fortnightly challenge, well done. I look forward to receiving more this week.
HELPFUL HANDS
Would you like to earn a ‘catch me being good’?
Click onto the photograph to make it bigger and more clear.
Instructions:
- Draw around your hand.
- Write on your helpful hand, each time that you help at home or in the garden.
- Fill your helpful hand with five helpful acts.
- Earn a ‘catch me being good’.
Literacy
Watch your favourite film.
- Draw and label your favourite character.
- List the names of the characters then place the names into alphabetical order. Circle the vowels in each of the characters names. Do our class rap to remember the vowels.
- Write a film review. Why is this film your favourite film? Give reasons why you like it and refer to the film to support your reasons.
- Write a letter to your friend. Include:
- Your address
- The date
- Tell your friend details about the film e.g. title and why you recommend the film.
- Use informal language.
- Sign off
Maths
Symmetry
What is symmetry? Click onto the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJlhywRfvh8
Look around your home and garden. Can you find objects that are symmetrical? Draw the objects that are symmetrical and draw the line of symmetry.
Games have been allocated for you on https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/
Draw a line of symmetry onto the 2D shapes.
Click the link to play different symmetry games:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/symmetry/symmetry-matching
Symmetry Challenge
Shade the squares to make your own symmetric designs using these grids.
Enjoy the painting symmetry fun on: https://pbskids.org/peg/games/symmetry-painter
Science
Your last science activity was to find science naturally occurring in your home and local community. You needed to take a photograph of you and the science together and explain why it is science. I look forward to seeing your photographs. This activity is part of the ‘Great Science Share’. (If you have not done this, you can do it this week.)
Scientific Questions
This is a question making activity. Explore a topic that you are curious about. Use the question spinner to make questions about your chosen topic.
The great science share offer tips for you:
TIPS FOR QUESTION-ASKING:
- Don’t hold back, all questions are good to listen to and think about
- Ask questions together - talking with others can inspire questions
- Play with your first ideas… what if you changed the question word? e.g. What are the planets? to What would happen if the planets were never discovered?
Perfect Pengu
Perfect Pengu is missing you. He has asked if you can make a friend for him. Click on the link and follow the instructions:
01/06/2020
Hello Lucky Leopards. I hope that you have enjoyed the beautiful weather during half term.
Whole School Fortnightly Challenge.
Every fortnight you can take part in a new super challenge!
Each class will be allocated the same challenge. The first challenge is called, Amazing Art Ninjas. You can decide on the type of art work that you would like to create. You can make a drawing, a painting, a loom weave (see art section below), or use recycled materials etc. Decide if you want your art to be two-or three-dimensional. Think about the art elements which are line, tone, colour, pattern, texture, shape and form.
You will need an adult to take a photograph of you with your completed art work and send it to my e-mail address (E-mail address will be sent to parents). The photographs will be put together and made into a video. The video will be posted onto our school website for you to view. DON’T MISS OUT! Get involved and be an amazing art ninja.
Literacy
Here is a short animated film called ‘Broken: rock, paper, scissors’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GymppwZ7lU4&t=7s
Watch the film then complete the activities during the week:
- Create a wanted poster for Scissors.
- Write character profiles for the three main characters.
- Write the dialogue between Rock and Paper when he tried to persuade her to go with him.
- Talk about each of the characters then create models of the characters using recycled materials.
- Write the story from the point of view of Paper.
Resources to help you:
Choose which character profile template you would like to use.
Links to help you:
Punctuation Pals: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zv78jhv
Dynamic verbs: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z64pf4j
Paragraphs: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvwwxnb/articles/z9n73k7
Reading
Please read your allocated books on Bug Club https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/
Maths
Weight
Play the weight games allocated for you on https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/
Can you solve the ‘Bean Bag’ challenge?
Try this ‘Square Corners’ problem solving activity: https://nrich.maths.org/1142
Art
Make your own rainbow weave.
Looms can be made from many things that you have in your home. You could use a shoe box lid or a plastic ice-cream lid. They may be made from notched paper plates or curved pieces of card. You can use wool, ribbon, lace or even cut strips of cloth.
Watch the rainbow weaving video for full instruction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMB3K1xBfxI
You can use this art activity as part of your Amazing Art Ninjas challenge if you wish.
Welsh
Meeting family and friends. Watch this video and play the games on:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zs7t97h/articles/zsf9tv4
18/05/2020
Hello Lucky Leopards.
Sut wyt ti?
I hope that you have had a fun and busy week. Here is your work for this week.
Literacy
Here is a photograph of a book written by my grandfather (Grampy).
Click on the image and it will appear larger and more clear.
A Boy from the Valleys is an autobiography by Raymond G. Hicks about his life as a young boy growing up in the Rhondda Valleys in the 1920s to the 1940s.
Now it’s your turn:
1. Plan.
- Make a story map/timeline of your life so far.
- Which events in your life would you include? You could include funny memories and interesting adventures.
- Would you add photographs? Ask your family to explore a selection of photographs with you and talk about the memories together.
- Choose a suitable title.
2. Write your autobiography.
- Refer to your story map/timeline and write about each section in detail.
3. Write a blurb.
- Look at the example in the photograph above.
4. Create a contents page.
Once completed put your book together and edit your work.
Remember to include:
Similes
Punctuation
Cool connectives
Amazing adjectives
Ambitious vocabulary
Alan Pete sentences
Art
Create a self-portrait (You could add this to your book).
Use your maths measuring skills.
Focus on tone.
Click on the image and it will appear larger and more clear.
Remember, there are no mistakes it art so you don’t need a rubber. All you need is a piece of paper and a pencil. Here is a step by step guide for you to follow:
Maths
Order the timeline from the earliest date to the most recent date.
The first one is done for you.
- 1066, 1346, 1564, 1605, 1945, 1989
- 1943, 1940, 1942, 1937, 1941, 1944
- 1842, 2011, 1976, 1780, 1999, 1588
Bonus activity: These dates are important in history, can you find out why?
Play the ordering challenge game on: https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/planning#abacus
ORDER! ORDER! Carry out experiments to order from smallest to largest: https://nrich.maths.org/7340
Science
Scientific Selfie.
Take a photograph of yourself where you find science naturally occurring in your home and local community.
Explain why it is science.
Welsh
Teulu – Family
Watch this video about the likes and dislikes of different family members: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5G1fFszUkY
Here is a translation of some vocabulary that is used in the video:
(We have used these words/sentences in class.)
Brawd – Brother
Chwaer – Sister
Hoffi – Like
Mae Elyn yn hoffi nofio. – Elyn likes swimming.
Oes brawd gyda ti? Do you have a brother?
Enw – name
Selsig – sausage
Coginio – cook
Can you describe what you and your family like and dis-like?
‘Dw i’n hoffi…I like
‘Dw i ddim yn hoffi…I don’t like
Remember to use connectives:
achos- because
achos mae’n – because it is
ond – but
Use the sentence patterns to help you.
‘Dw i’n hoffi selsig achos mae’n blasus ond ‘dw i ddim yn hoffi…
I like sausage because it is tasty but I don’t like…
Mae mam yn hoffi…
Mae dad yn hoffi…
Mae______yn hoffi ________achos mae’n_____ond______.
Songs, games and activities: https://cyw.cymru/en/
11/05/2020
Hello Lucky Leopards. I hope that you had a lovely weekend.
I hope that you enjoyed watching the video that we made for you. 
Did you see Perfect Pengu?
Here is your work for this week:
Maths
Can you teach your family how to play ‘buzz’? Choose the times table that you would like to use. Even though you have played this multiplication game in class, here is a link for you to read the rules of the game:
https://childhood101.com/maths-games-for-kids-how-to-play-buzz/
Complete the questions:
Take your dog for a walk: https://nrich.maths.org/4803
Log on to active learn to play the allotment planting game: https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/login?e=-1&c=0#abacus
Literacy
Remember to use your personal literacy target.
Write a review about your favourite book. This task can be completed in sections during the week.
- Write the title, the author and the illustrator.
- Write a summary of the main events in the story.
- Use adjectives to describe the main characters and powerful verbs to describe the actions.
- Use connectives to extend your sentences.
- Would you recommend this book to your friend?
- Write your opinion about the story.
- Write in the first person.
Reading
Continue to read your allocated books on Bug Club: https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/login?c=0
Science
Have you been spending more time in your garden?
- Can you identify plants and animals that are in your garden?
- Keep a daily tally chart of the animals that you find in your garden.
- Record where in your garden you found them.
- Create a pictogram/ bar chart or a line graph of the mini beasts found.
- Describe the habitat for the mini beasts.
If you would like to learn more about plants, here is a link that provides many useful video clips: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zy66fg8
Here is an Animal habitat PowerPoint to help you:
Information and garden activities: https://www.wtwales.org/wildlifegardening
Art
To start, use your measuring skills to make a viewfinder.
Take your view finder out into your garden. What can you see?
Re-create what you see in your viewfinder.
- Focus on colour.
- Use your knowledge of primary and secondary colours.
- Look for warm and cold colours.
- Use materials of your choice e.g. paints, pencils, crayons, pastels or materials etc.
- Evaluate the results of your art work.
Welsh
The beetle and the bee game: https://www.learn-welsh.net/welshgames#the-beetle-and-the-bee
Anifeiliaid/ Animals:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/welshathome/textversion/sw_e_garden_kennel_animals.shtml
Can you write sentences about animals that you like or dislike? Here is an example:
‘Dw i’n hoffi adar achos mae nhw’n gallu hedfan. I like birds because they can fly.
Now write your own sentence using this sentence pattern.
‘Dw i’n hoffi___________achos_______.
Use these connectives to extend your sentences:
Achos – because
Ond – but
A – and
Welsh connectives and quiz: https://quizlet.com/23365469/welsh-connectives-and-time-phrases-flash-cards/
‘Dw i’n hoffi – I like
‘Dw i ddim yn hoffi – I don’t like
Here is a video of Welsh story for you to enjoy with your family (Transcript available) with some interactive games:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zqgkng8/articles/zgk6rwx
Here is a Welsh history book for you to read and talk about.
04/05/2020
Hello Lucky Leopards. I hope that you are keeping safe and busy. Missing you!
I have had requests for some home and garden activities…
Create your own homemade bird feeders: https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/bird-feeders-for-kids-to-make-2764688
How to attract wildlife in your garden: https://eden.uktv.co.uk/nature/green/article/attract-wildlife-to-your-garden/
Take part in a special wildlife challenge: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/
Activities for you and your family to do at home and in the garden: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/things-to-do
Reading
Gwaith da! I can see that more of you are accessing the reading books on Bug Club. Keep up the great reading on https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/login?c=0
Literacy
Writing instructions.
I have heard that many of you have been cooking at home with an adult. Well done. Can you write a set of instructions relating to your recipe? If you are not cooking at home, take a look at the PowerPoint for ideas to write instructions.
Remember to:
- Use short clear instructions
- Write in the present tense
- Use time connectives
- Use imperative verbs
Here is a PowerPoint to help you.
Play Kim’s game: http://www.helpmykidlearn.ie/activities/5-7/detail/kims-game Instructions are also given for you to play Kim’s game at home using the objects that you have in your house.
Memory games: https://www.learninggamesforkids.com/memory-games.html
Vocabulary memory match: https://www.learninggamesforkids.com/memory_games/memory_games_icecream_madness.html
Can you use your knowledge of the alphabet to order the household and garden items? I have done the first one for you.
- Floor, flowers, folk, fridge.
- Bedding, bed, book, bench.
- Mirror, mat, mud, mop.
- Table, tree, toy, tableware, tablecloth.
- Door, dish, dressing table, dress.
- Curtains, cushions, carpet, cup, cupboard.
Can you list the items that are in your bedroom? Ask your family to order them alphabetically.
Maths
At this time it is important to share and to be fair to each other.
Play the game ’Balloon pop’ on https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/login?c=0 and divide the balloons equally.
Can you divide with your family? Here is a link for you to use your division skills at home: https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/blog/4-easy-ways-to-practise-division-at-home/
Problem solving
Birthday sharing: https://nrich.maths.org/14052
Division challenges: https://nrich.maths.org/search/?search=division&tab=1&fs=111110000000111
Can you solve this challenge? Can you make your own family fun challenges?
Music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Svg_fIoHij8
Can you construct and perform your own piece of music using the objects that you have in your home?
I will be looking for:
- A variety of sound sources
- Clear organisation
- Originality
The musical elements to use:
- Rhythm
- Tempo/speed/pace
- Silence
Have fun and record your unique performance.
Welsh
Here are some welsh sentence patterns and vocabulary to use at home.
Here is an interesting book for you to read.
Can you ask questions about the story to your family. E.g.
1. Why is Shirley Bassey famous?
2. How many siblings does Shirley Bassey have?
3. What was the area in Cardiff called?
27/04/2020
Hello Lucky Leopards. I hope that you have had a nice weekend.
Literacy
Have you been going for a daily walk for exercise? Have you noticed the different buildings that are in your area? Can you create a leaflet to advertise your local area? Remember to plan your leaflet carefully and include:
- A heading
- Subheadings
- Photos, drawings or diagrams
- Useful information
ICT
Research your local area. What buildings are in Tonyrefail? Are there any interesting land marks? Use PowerPoint to create pages of a leaflet. Use your literacy skills and ideas.
Reading
Keep up the great reading on Bug Club. https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/login?e=-1&c=0#abacus
Maths
Can you practise your adding skills this week?
Get your family involved! Write adding questions for each other to answer.
Adding Challenge
Play the adding game, Smack the Shack that I have allocated for you this week: https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/login?c=0
Here is a problem solving activity to keep you busy during the week. How many dots?
Ask your family, how did they count the dots?
Make other pictures of dots for you and your family to count and share ideas of how you counted them.
Problem Solving
Welsh: Practise saying the welsh alphabet.
Can you talk about the different activities that you have been doing at home?
Here are some flashcards to help you.
20/04/2020
I hope that you have enjoyed the Easter holidays and that you are ready for more fun activities.
Bug Club – Well done to the Lucky Leopards! Great reading! I have been responding to your answers that you have submitted. It would be great if parents could get involved with reading the Bug Club books that have been allocated.
I have added money games onto your ActiveLearn. I hope that you enjoy playing them and using your money skills: https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/login?c=0
Here is a link for you to play some games using money: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/money
The BBC Bitesize website have created daily lessons in English/Literacy for you to use at home. All you need to do is click on the link, click on the year group and start your daily lessons:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zv48q6f
On this site, you will also find daily lessons in Maths and regular lessons in Science, History, Geography and more.
This link will guide you to some garden fun ideas: https://kidsgardening.org/garden-activities/
Literacy challenge:
Here is a short animated film called ‘Coin Operated’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L4DQfVIcdg
A young boy wearing an astronaut's helmet plays with his rocket ship as he and his mother walk down the street. The short, charming boy notices a coin operated rocket ship ride. The boy's bright, green eyes widen with anticipation...
Can you finish writing the story?
Success Criteria:
- Use amazing adjectives.
- Use time connectives.
- Use your personal target.
There are additional assignments posted onto the Hwb website.
Here is an interesting book for you to read and discuss.
Amazing adjectives and connectives.
06/04/2020
Hello Lucky Leopards. Do you remember when we had circle time and we talked about things that we would like to change about the classroom?
You had amazing ideas!
Challenge…
Can you make something for the classroom?
Success criteria:
- Measure less than a metre.
- Include something educational.
- Use anything you want. (Ask permission first.)
- Have fun.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/collections/primary-games/1 This link will take you to many games that are fun as well as educational.
https://www.planbee.com/blog/easter-activities-for-kids/ Here is a link to many Easter activities for parents and children.
If you missed PE with Joe today, you can catch it on YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPXQcCyRFt0 . Can you write and describe how you feel after exercise?
Keep reading on Bug Club, https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/login?c=0 Read your book with your family.
Gerry’s Story. Can you ask your grown up to read this book to you? There are questions at the end of the story.
30/03/2020
Reading
I have been responding to your answers on Bug Club, keep up the good work, da iawn. Please write your answers using a full sentence and a connective.
Literacy
What is your personal target? Use your personal target in your work.
In school we have been building up to write our own myth. Can you do this at home? Remember a myth includes:
- A beginning, a build-up, a problem, a resolution and an ending.
- A traditional opening and ending.
- Adjectives and powerful verbs to help describe characters.
- Speech between the main characters.
- Time connectives.
(Photographs of connectives and adjectives available under 'Love Where You Live'. 26/03/2020)
Practise saying your story to your family before you write it.
Maths
Practise telling the time. I have allocated work on active learn for you to complete and please enjoy the ‘Bubble Burst’ time game.
https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/
Welsh
https://www.learn-welsh.net/welshgames Here is a link for you to play some welsh games.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/cymraeg This link offers many different types of welsh activities such as shows, games, puzzles and quizzes, watch and song, make and colour and radio.
26/03/2020
Well done for using the Bug Club reading books. Please could parents/guardians check answers before submitting. Thank you.
Here is a link that will take you to extra reading resources: https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses/
and http://www.lovemybooks.co.uk/
https://nrich.maths.org/search/?search=times+tables&tab=1&fs=111110000000111 This link will take you to interactive times tables games. On this site there are many more problem solving games for you to enjoy.
Lots of maths activities and new books with reading activities have been added to the Active Learn account for all children to access and in particular for children in self isolation. Further activities will be added throughout the week. Please check on the class page. https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/
Please can your child read daily using the online Bug Club books, just follow the link on active learn. Passwords are being sent out, just as a reminder. There have been more maths activities added on abacus for you to enjoy. In addition to the online activities that have been provided, there will be a work pack sent out to you shortly. The pack contains differentiated maths sheets, literacy activities and topic activities. Here is an example of some of the activities:
Literacy
1.Write a story about a mythical animal. Use adjectives, smiles and VCOP to help you.
2.Make a wanted poster for a mythical creature.
3.Write a daily diary.
4.Write a list of your favourite items. Next give reasons for choosing these items.
5.Watch your favourite film. Write a recount of the film. Write about your favourite character.
Love Where You Live.
•Use recycled materials to create a 3D model of a building in your local area.
•Write instructions of how to make a 3D model of a building in your local area.
•Draw a picture of your favourite place in your local area.
•Make a plan of your house and label the plan.
Spring Term
Our new topic this term is called, ‘Love Where We Live’.
During this topic we will be learning about our local area and finding out information about Tonyrefail. We will be investigating how and why Tonyrefail has changed over the years and we will look at the importance of sustainability as well as identifying similarities and differences to other localities. Your child will have the opportunity to undertake many activities linked to our local area.
W/B 20/01/2020
I would like to say a big thank you to the parents who came into class on Monday, after the school website launch – THANK YOU! The children were very excited and proud.
This week we have been doing many interesting learning activities. We have been:
- Writing adverbs using the suffix ly.
- Writing ideas for questions, to ask about the skate park in Tonyrefail.
- Writing whether each angle is acute, right or obtuse.
- Using a protractor to identify and measure right angles on 2D shapes.
- Sorting 2D shapes into polygons and shapes with curved sides.
- Discovered new information about Tonyrefail.
- Creating and performing a floor sequence.
- Welsh second language ‘Sut oedd y tywydd..?’
Da iawn, a great effort on the spelling tests! What was your score?
Bendigedig! We had some great scores for the big maths tests this week. Ask your child if he/she beat their big maths score.
W/B 03/02/2020
We have been very busy this week.
In literacy we have been doing work on poems. We have been investigating similes, metaphors and rhyming words.
In Mathematics we have made a tally chart by asking friends about their favourite things. We then used the information from the tally chart to create a bar chart.
Big Maths Test - Did your child moved up a level this week?
The scratch test investigation has been popular this week. The children have been enjoying taking part in the fair test. Da iawn
What was Tref-Y-Rhyg primary school called in the past? Ask your child. We have been investigating similarities and differences in Tonyrefail.
Please remember to help your child with their spelling words. Thank you.
14.02.2020
This week we have been using story sacks to inspire writing. We used a selection of interesting items/toys to encourage ideas for writing. The children were given the opportunity to use talk in many different ways to enhance their story writing. We had some AMAZING ideas! Ardderchog. The children have developed their skills in creating different types of graphs and charts to represent data. We have created wonderful loves spoons this week following research and work about Valentine’s day. Here are some photographs. I hope that you all have a wonderful half term.
W/B 22.02.2020
We had a great celebration for Welsh week. The children entered a handwriting and art competition for the Eisteddfod. In their Eisteddfod house groups the children performed a poem recital. On Friday, we all enjoyed the Eisteddfod celebrations and we were proud of all the children for participating. Well done to the children who earned an Eisteddfod certificate. (Photographs to follow) Diolch, for the effort that was made for the Rhiannon Roberts inspired home tasks. Da iawn pawb!
In Lucky Leopards, we studied temperature and we have stated to research and work on myths and legends. Do you know any Welsh myths to share with your child?
W/B 03/03/2020 World Book Day
As well as celebrating World Book Day we have been learning to use money in our maths lessons. In literacy we have been describing characters using adjectives and adverbs. We have been looking at the temperature in Tonyrefail and comparing it to the temperature in Spain. In science we have started a new fair test investigation. To start the fair test we needed to weigh the rocks.
W/B 09/03/2020
We have continued with our rock investigation. We soaked the rocks and worked together to weigh the rocks to see how much water each rock absorbed. Then we recorded the results in a table. Next week we will compare the weight of the dry and wet rocks. In maths some of us have been comparing decimal numbers and rounding them to the nearest whole number. Others have been adding 3-digit numbers. In literacy we have been learning how to use speech marks in our writing.
This week we made our own personal targets for literacy. Our targets are on display in our classroom. We hope to achieve three ticks to show that we made it! Ask your child about their personal target.
Sport Relief
Lots of maths activities and new books with reading activities have been added to the Active Learn account for all children to access and in particular for children in self isolation. Further activities will be added throughout the week. Please check on the class page.
https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/