Knighton Church in Wales Primary School
Caru Duw, Caru Pawb, Caru Dysgu
We were lucky enough to receive a visit from Elan Valley Trust. We learnt about the Elan Valley International Dark Sky Park and the Problem with Light Pollution, and A solar system tour. Children thoroughly enjoyed and learnt lots!
We have been busy creating some Autumn artwork.
Da iawn pawb!
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.
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.
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!
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!
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.
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!
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.
We had a fabulous VE Day celebration lunch accompanied by Knighton Town Silver Band. Thank you to our wonderful kitchen staff and Knighton band members!