Class 4: Chess Lesson
We had our second chess lesson from Bob who is a volunteer from CSC. We zoned in on the knight and how it moves and captures.
We had our second chess lesson from Bob who is a volunteer from CSC. We zoned in on the knight and how it moves and captures.
Patrick Dean from UK Parliament visited class to tell us all about how parliament operates and how laws/changes are decided by the House of Lords and the House of Commons.
Today, we were very lucky to welcome a former parent and teacher from the Maelor School, for a special session all about AI and robotics. She helped us learn what robotics and artificial intelligence are, why they are important, and how they are used in the world around us. We also discovered many exciting new … Read more
Nursery: A visitor Over the weekend Mrs Jarvis had a visit from our friend Dewi the Dragon. He said that he had left the golden egg in our garden last week as he knew we would look after it. He wrote a letter to us telling us the baby dragon is called Morgan. Mrs Dewi … Read more
This week we had some super ideas during Independent Learning. We saw children practising logging into Hwb on the chrome books, making maps of Wales, creating dragon faces in the playdo and building dragon lairs in the Block Area. There were children practising their reading and saying words and phrases in Welsh, drawing dragons, and creating … Read more
Today we designed and made our own cards. We researched card ideas and then made them for the people we love.
Today, we continued our dragon nest building project. Working in our groups, we wrote a short speech to present our nest design. We had to explain our choices, including the location, materials, size, and safety features, as well as any extra special details we added. We focused on using persuasive language, as we want both … Read more
Our class has each chosen a pet dragon to support and inspire us in our learning this term. The dragons will be going on exciting adventures with us, which we will document through writing and photographs to help illustrate our work. We already love our pets and have given them special names. Some of us … Read more
When we returned to class after lunch, we discovered a map of our playground with several crosses marked on it. We took turns using the map to track down what was at each cross. It turned out that they were clues, some of them were really tricky to find! Back in the classroom, we looked … Read more
Yesterday, we worked in teams to design and build the best possible nest for our class dragon, Goldie. We carefully considered the location, size, safety, and comfort of our nest. We really enjoyed being outdoors and collaborating as a team. Tomorrow, we will present our nest to the class and hope to persuade everyone to … Read more