The boy who harnessed the wind

Year 2 and 3 have really ‘stepped’ in to their Mantle of the Expert commission this term where they have been commissioned to be a team of engineers and researchers.  They have found inspiration from the story ‘The boy who harnessed the wind’ which  follows the story of William who built a wind turbine using scrap materials to create electricity.  The children have been making lists of materials that they will need to complete their engineering role and thinking of interesting questions that they would like to ask William about his invention.  If you work in engineering or renewable energy sector, we would really love to hear from you.

Australia!

Year 3 and 4 had a great morning celebrating a day of ‘Australia’. We baked some lamington cakes, made boomerangs, painted didgeridoos and created some Australia artwork. They all had a fabulous time.

Forest School!

Year 3 have thoroughly enjoyed their block of Forest School sessions. They have learnt lots of new skills and demonstrated great resilience, perseverance and confidence! Da iawn pawb!

Habitats!

We have been busy creating a habitat box! We chose different types of materials we wanted to use to create a range of different habitats. Bendigedig!

Ein Cartref / Our Home

As part of our community-based art project, we worked with Ciara and Izzy from Old School Arts to create a mural of birds flying over Knighton.  Every learner in the school was involved in the project, from painting the mural to creating their own bird.  This project followed our work from Refugee Week and the theme of ‘Community as a Superpower’ and that together we are strong, creative and make things happen.

This is your life!

Children in Years 2, 3, and 4 were absolutely fantastic in their recent performance of ‘This is your Life’. The performance was about the life and works or author Dr Seuss. As part of their mantle of the expert commission for this term, they had the task of writing and performing three plays based on stories written by Dr Seuss. Year 2 wrote their version of ‘The Cat in the Hat’, year 3 wrote their play about ‘The Lorax’ and year 3 pupils created their version of ‘Horton Hears a Who’. Da iawn Pawb!

Garddio

In RVE, we have been talking about caring for our world and we have been busy planting sunflower seeds that we will work hard to take care of.

VE Day Visitor

Today we were excited and honoured to be joined in school by ninety-nine year old War veteran Christopher Price. He answered questions asked of him by Years Two, Three and Six. Pupils learned of his experiences in the Second World War as he gave us a valuable insight as to what life was like. Diolch Christopher!