Christmas time!

Christmas - what a busy time of year!! We enjoyed taking part in our Christmas concert 'Sparkle' -we learnt lots of songs, which we sang beautifully on the stage. We have also been busy writing letters to Santa and calenders and tree decarations. We can't wait to bring them home to show our parents.

Room on the Broom

Last Thursday Bigfoot (a drama company) came to vist classes 1,2 and 3. They spent the day working with the boys and girls on drama activities based on the story Room on the Broom. On Friday 2 big coaches arrivied and we went on a trip to the New Theatre in Cardiff. We saw Room to the Broom and there was lots of singing and dancing. We really enjoyed the trip!

Divali Celebrations in Class 1

We have been learning about the Hindu festival of Divali (the festival of light). We enjoyed the story of Rama and Sita and we have been making puppets of them. We used clay to make diva lamps to use in our celebrations. We have made rangoli patterns with powders paints in the playground.

It's Autumn

We have been learning about autumn. We put on our wellies and went looking for signs of autumn. it was fun crunching the leaves that had fallen off the trees.We sorted the leaves conkers, acorns and cones that we found into sets. We had a pumpkin in class, it was heavy. We looked at it carefully.When the top was cut off we saw lots of seeds inside.

Jaws Paws & Claws

This week we learnt about 2D shapes. We made pictunres of pets using triangles, recangles and circles. We played with shapes and used them to make our chrismas cards for the PFA fundraiser.

Bathing the baby.

This term we have been doing all about growth and looking at ourselves. We have made a class book of how we looked when we were babies and how we have grown now. Kurt brought his baby sister in for us to see her having a bath.We would like to say thank you to Kurt and his mum ,we did enjoy the morning!!!!!!!!!

It's hot, hot, hot!

I have been asked by several parents about applying suncream. We have been advised not to do this, so we suggest that you apply a long lasting protection cream to your child during the summer months. If your child has exceptional circumstances then please come and see me and we will come to some arrangement. As the hot weather continues, it is important to provide your child with a sun hat and water bottle to keep the children hydrated.

Thank you for providing the children with trainers for sports day practise. The sprint is going well and we will be working on our obstacle course later on in the week. I will let you know about your child's team colour soon as it is nice if the children could wear something of their house colour on the day.

All about me

This term our topic is 'all about me'. The pupils will be looking at how they have grown and changed since they were born. We would be grateful if you could send in a photograph of them as a baby and a toddler for us to use on an interactive class display (if you want the photos back please let us know and we can scan and print ourselves a copy to use).

I can remind you to send in pupils' PE kits and snack money.

Out and about!

Milkshakes are great !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A Healthy Diet!

We have been learning about the importance of a healthy diet and what foods we need to eat more of. We enjoyed making milk shakes by carefully cutting up fruit with sharp knives and then mixing it with milk and fromage frais- they were delicious!Would you like the recipe to make at home?

Ingredients:
1 cup of milk
A tablespoon of fromage frais or fruit yoghurt
A tablespoon of fruit (we used strawberries/bananas)
Method:
1.Wash and chop the fruit
2.Put all the ingredients in a blender
3.Blend
4.Enjoy!

On Friday we brought our teddies and cuddly toys to school for a healthy eating picnic. What fun! Lots of lovely food (fruit, hummas and carrot and cucumber sticks to dip, cheese, fromage frais, sandwiches, all washed down with a cup of cold water), parachute and ball games, space to run and roll around enjoying the fresh air! We enjoy a healthy lifestyle!

Healthy School week was fun!

Monday morning, bright and early we were the first class out to take part in the school marathon. We all completed 3 laps of our big school field!!!

Healthy Week at Ffynnon Taf!

This week is 'Healthy Week' at Ffynnon Taf Primary and our Early Years children will be taking part along with the rest of the school. We will be learning all about what makes a 'healthy lunchbox' and tasting a selection of healthy foods. The children will be making banana or strawberry milkshakes and of course taking part in our mini-marathon (don't forget to collect your sponsors!). On Friday the children are able to invite their favourite cuddly toy for our healthy eating teddy bear's picnic!

They're growing!!!!!!!!

The pupils have been very excited this week as some of our bean stalks have started to grow. The french beans were the first to sprout and are now several inches tall with leaves. After a few anxious days, worrying that their beans weren't going to grow, pupils have been breathing a sigh of relief as the broad beans and runner beans are just beginning to break the surface of the soil.

Growing Beanstalk

This week we are looking at beans: runner beans, broad beans and french beans. The children have been observing differences between the beans, sorting them and finally planting them. Pupils will be watering them and watching them grow. Hopefully they will all have a beanstalk to take home in a few weeks time to plant in their own gardens.

WELCOME

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