Autumn 1 2025

Croeso i'r Ddosbarth 4 a 5 - yr Polar Bears!

What a busy and exciting start to the Autumn Term we have had in the Polar bears class .

We started our topic 'Misty Mountain Sierra' with a visit to Penwyllt in the Brecon Beacons. We had a great time with our very own Mountain Rescue guide . We climbed the mountain and found ourselves in the clouds , we explored and looked for fossils .We cooked pot noodles and toasted marshmallows.  We even found  the entrance to a trolls cave. It really was a great day!

  

Literacy

This term we have started our novel 'The Explorer' by Catherine Rundell

We have been introduced to the characters who have crashed on an aeroplane in the Amazon rainforest. We have used our forest school area to replicate our own shelter , just like the children in the story.

We have written our own narrative stories and learnt lots of literacy techniques like similes, powerful adjectives and personification to enhance our writing.

Maths

Our mathematics topics this term have been place value and addition and subtraction. We have learnt how the place of a digit changes it's value and calculated reasoning and problem solving using real life scenarios, and  using RUCSAC to help us. We have used our skills to work out how many people were on the Windrush during our lessons on Black History and calculated the percentage of skilled workers that travelled to England.

Humanities

Our topic 'Misty Mountain Sierra' has a Geography focus. We have  researched about the largest mountains in the world, the continents and features of mountains. We have located these on a map and atlas and created fact files. In RVE we have been learning about Hinduism and Judaism. In Hinduism, we explored Janmashtami and learned about what Krishna teaches us. In Judaism, we looked at Shabbat and created colourful posters to show what it means and how it is celebrated. We've enjoyed learning about different beliefs and traditions from around the world.

Expressive Arts

We have enjoyed creating paint palettes and mixing colours , and created our own colours like candy cane pink and icey igloo white , we have used these to create our mountain landscapes using water colours. We have learnt some new techniques like stippling and hatching.

Physical Education

This term we have learnt lots of hockey skills , like dribbling, dodging and pushing. We have engaged in team competitions within our class. We continue with our cross country practise and are working to improve  our running style and stamina. We are looking forward to the cross country competition against the other schools in the area.

For Well-being week we had a mini sports afternoon and had lots of fun improving our athletics skills and competing in our House colours for our teams.