12 children from year 5 have been selected to become Playground Pals. We worked with Rhi from UKYouth to learn about what a Playground Pal is and how they can help children whilst out on the yard. By organising games and including everyone, they can make sure that no-one is feeling lonely or left out. We
On Friday we had a very exciting visit from Mad Science. They took our Friday assembly where they taught us about sending rockets into space. We found out about the forces acting on a rocket and the thrust needed to get it out of our atmosphere. We saw how centrifugal force and gravity help to keep satellites in space.
As this year is the 100 year anniversary of the Great War, we have been learning about what life was like 100 years ago and what it was like fighting in the trenches. We have looked online to find first hand accounts of how terrible life was fighting in the battlefields of France and Belgium. We have looked at poems written about war like Dulce et Decorum est by Wilfred Owen, a harrowing account of a gas attack, and Charge of the Light Brigade by Lord Tennyson. We then used these to write our own senses poems about war.
In science we have been looking at sound and what creates sound. We know that sound is caused by vibrations and that these can travel through the air and solid objects in waves. We have investigated where the quietest and loudest places are in the school by using a decibel reader. We have also investigated making ear trumpets to see how our ears work.
Dosbarth Porffor have been enjoying taking part in rugby skills on a Monday afternoon with Lewis from Rhondda Schools. We have been learning about passing, scoring, sidestepping and how to play tag rugby. Some fantastic players amongst us and some children who have never played before are picking it up very quickly!
After a few weeks back we have all settled in to life in Dosbarth Porffor. Our topic Creature Comforts kicked off with a trip to Wild Things where we got to meet some charming Ring Tailed Lemurs and got to hold a Madagascan Hissing Cockroach!
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January 2016
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