Llwyfen (Elm)
Welcome to Dosbarth Llwyfen 2023-24
Article 29: You have the right to education which develops your personality, respect for other’s rights and the environment.
We are a class of AMAZING Year 5 and 6s. Our teachers are Ms Harding, Mrs Rees and Miss Dando. Let's have some fun!
P.E.
Our P.E. days are Tuesday and Friday. Pupils need to wear P.E. clothing to school on these days.
Weekly Wonders 15.03.24
Journalist: Bushra (Dosbarth Llwyfen)
March 8th
Our class walked all the way to the National Cardiff Museum for their school trip. Our legs were aching, but it sure was fun! We explored the museum for our new topic “Cymru Am Byth.” and we got to learn about some famous artists expressing their habitats through their work. We soon had to walk back, but as a little treat, we stopped in Bute Park to play a little game of rounders.
March 11th
In our school, some children have started fasting for Ramadan. Some found it a little tricky and others found it easier than expected. They had a big meal beforehand early in the morning to get them prepared for the rest of the day, which sounds a bit tiring if I’m honest! Imagine waking up at four in the morning? Doesn’t sound enjoyable!
March 14th
Our class have finished their leaflets about Wales! Using persuasive language to attract people to their three chosen areas in Wales with great descriptive information. We have designed our leaflets amazingly, including helpful Welsh phrases tourists might need if they came to have a look around.
Cardiff City Football Club Foundation
Stargazers
This half term our context for learning is called “Stargazers" this will focus upon the final frontier, space! Join our learning journey as we Navigate beyond the Sun, the magnificent, blazing star at the centre of our Solar System. Investigate the eight planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Take a look at the Moon, a celestial body that orbits Earth. Compare the different phases of the moon and lunar cycle. Discover and learn about the contributions of "hidden figures" and famous scientists such as Sir Isaac Newton and Galileo Galilei. Explore the 88 constellations in the sky and the meanings behind them. Then it's time to get messy, we are going to investigate gravity...
Bullies Out
Global Family of Cricket Project
Year 6 Welsh Water Hailey Park Art Project
Happy New Year
Blwyddyn Newydd Dda
Winter Ball Fun
Future Cricket Stars
Visit to Glamorgan Cricket
Royal Navy visit - year 6
Songwriting Doctor
Meeting a Welsh author - Karla Brading
Shoctober - Welsh Ambulance Service
Cardiff Met Archers - Meet the players!
Numeracy for Life - Tax Facts Workshop
PC Rachel - Antibullying - Be Cyber Safe!
Gabalfa Youth Club - Year 6 Every Monday 4:15
Introducing our Place2Be buddies!
Each year our Year 6 pupils have the opportunity to become a Place2Be buddy. Our buddies will be working alongside Miss Thomas and will have important responsibilities such as: helping their peers to find support, working alongside Miss Thomas to deliver class and small sessions and helping organise and deliver Place2Be events!
Football kit launch!
Members of our Year 5 and 6 classes helped launch our new girl’s football team kits in our celebration assembly on Friday!
Macmillan Coffee Morning
Some of our fantastic Year 5 and 6 pupils helped our staff team deliver a fantastic coffee morning to raise funds for Macmillan! In total we raised over £500!
South Wales Transport Police Visit
Years 5 and 6 were very lucky to have a visit from South Wales Transport Police. We learnt all about rail safety and some strategies to stay safe at level crossings, platforms and footpaths! We know now have to stay rail safe!
Safety talk from the Railway Police
Check out our trip to Big Pit!
Mining Timelines!
Dosbarth Llwyfen have been identifying and chronologically ordering important events in Welsh mining history! We used our numeracy and collaboration skills to complete this challenge!
Black Gold
How has the coal industry impacted the development of Cardiff and South Wales?
What is the future of energy production?
Dosbarth Llwyfen will be exploring these questions and more during our project about the coal industry and its impact on the towns and valleys of Wales.
Last year's fun 2022-2023
Fun and Fitness Week
Fun and Fitness - Table Tennis @walesTT
Fun and Fitness - Squash @sqwales
Fun and Fitness - Cricket @Glamcommunity
Congratulations to our Year 6 swimmers
I Like to Move It!
This half term our context for learning is called "I Like to Move it!
Pupils will learn about how humans have travelled over time and why, with reference to Patagonia.
We will be answering our big questions:
How has migration shaped Wales?
How might future human movement affect Cardiff and our local area?
Circuit Training - developing stamina and determination
DT - Balloon Car Challenge!
This week, Mrs Prescott and Mrs Sandford set year 5 and 6 a design technology challenge. They had to use a range of skills including sawing, measuring and problem solving to create a balloon powered vehicle! Here are some of the highlights!
British Sign Language and Life Saving.
Today we took part in two amazing workshops! First, we worked with Del to learn some of the basics of British Sign Language. We took part in a performance of “Stand by me”. Then we learnt some very important life saving skills. We even got to practice how to administer CPR!
Singing and Signing - thankyou Mr Knight for the sideways video (ha ha)
Life Saving Skills
Storey Arms 2023
Our Year 6 learners pushed themselves to the absolute limit whilst at the Storey Arms! They took part in lots of outdoor activities such as caving, gorge walking and perhaps most importantly a range team building exercises!
Rugby with Coach Tavner from Whitchurch
Microbit Mayhem!
Our year 5 and 6 learners have been developing their coding skills by programming Microbits! We have completed a range of projects including: making fitbits, creating animations and even creating our own pet hamsters!
Programming Microbits
Cardiff Met Archers assembly - Don't forget to request your free tickets for the game this weekend (January 21st)
Miss Harding's English group visited the Hyb to search for 'Frozen Kingdom' books.
Happy New Year 2023
Year 4, 5 and 6 Christmas Concert
Exploring and creating with Garage Band
Ukulele fun with Larry the Songwriting Doctor
Congratulations to the November WOW tracker badge winners!
Yr6 Anti-Bullying talk with PC Rachel
Yr5 Anti-Bullying BBC Teach Live Lesson
Odd Socks Day to launch Anti-Bullying Week
A Child's War - Context celebration
Check Google Classroom for photos and videos of our end of context celebration.
The children thoroughly enjoyed having their families, friends, guardians and carers there. As always, the children were fantastic. Thank you so much for coming.
A Child's War End of Context Celebration!
Our fantastic pupils put on a show to remember for our parents and guardians to celebrate our learning throughout the context of "A Child's War". We performed some songs and even got our parents and carers to practise some Charleston moves!
Check out our dance moves - 'Strictly, here we come!'
Yr6 Technocamps - Lego We Do
Yr6 Technocamps - Lego We Do
Make Do and Mend with Miss Dando
Congratulations to the October WOW tracker badge winners
Trip to the Royal Welsh Regimental Museum in Brecon - Part 1
Trip to the Royal Welsh Regimental Museum - Part 2
Trip to the Royal Welsh Regimental Museum - Part 3
Creating timelines of important events in World War 2
Buddhism with Miss Dando
Can you send a coded message? First you have to create a circuit!
I made a circuit. - Owen
It was difficult to make the light bulb glow because we had to connect all the components. - Acacia
It was a bit tricky. - Roman
We used a buzzer to send a message. - Louis
It was easy to write a message in Morse Code. - Mason
We could send messages easily but it was very difficult to understand the message. - Reehan
Welcoming King Charles III to Llandaff!
Years 5 and 6 accompanied Mrs Jenkins, Miss Caroline and Mr Knight to Llandaff to welcome King Charles III as part of his coronation tour!
UNCRC - Discussing Children's Rights
Find out what learning experiences we intend to have this term by reading our curriculum news!
Even more fun 2021-2022
Year 5 Tae Kwon Do
Year 5 Football at the Draconians.
Basketball with Cardiff Met Archers
Sports Day (afternoon)
Summer Term 2022
Our context for learning this term is STARGAZERS!
Journey through space, the final frontier. Navigate beyond the Sun, the magnificent, blazing star at the centre of our Solar System. Investigate the eight planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Take a look at the Moon, a celestial body that orbits Earth. Programme a rover to traverse a lunar landscape and work scientifically to investigate gravity, and what happens when there is none. Compare the times of day at different places on the Earth and use GPS satellite navigation systems to track hidden treasure. Get in a spin making simple models of the Solar System and listen to the haunting sounds of space themed songs. Then it’s 3, 2, 1, blast off. Exploring space is probably the greatest adventure that humankind has ever undertaken. Are we alone? Or are there other life forms out there?
A trip back in time to The Arcade Vaults (Part 1)
A trip back in time to The Arcade Vaults (Part 2)
A trip back in time to The Arcade Vaults (Part 3)
WOW Tracker Badge Winners (April)
Squash Taster Session
Creating Lava Lamps with Miss Dando
Passover Celebration with Miss Dando
Spring Term 2022:
Our context is 'Misty Mountain, Winding River.
This project teaches children about the characteristics and features of rivers and mountain ranges around the world, including an exploration of the ecosystems and processes that shape them and the land around them.
Mount Everest Challenge
7 Summits Challenge
The 7 Summits Challenge is a challenge to climb the highest mountain on each continent. (Libby)
Instead of climbing the mountain, we ran the same distance in metres. (Joshua)
We discussed it as a group and decided to take on Mount Everest. (Damian and Ismael)
After that, we divided the height of the mountain by the number of people running, to find out the distance each person needed to run. (Zac C.)
We measured the length of the playground and used a calculator to find out how many laps we needed to run. (Samuel and Skye)
We put on headbands and got mentally prepared to run 14 laps. (Reuben)
We ran or jogged 14 laps each. (Tianna)
It was really tiring but we cheered each other on. (Zac W and Brooke)
We persevered until we reached our goal. (Mason)
Once we reached our goal of climbing Mount Everest, we felt exhilarated! (Janelle and Dylan)
Now, we need to climb the other six. (Michael)
Let's hope we can be ambitious, capable learners and complete the other six summits. (Hanifa)
"I will keep trying because I think we can do it!" (Ava)
"I found it challenging but I finished it and feel proud of myself." (Amelia)
"I found it hard but I didn't give up." (Lillie)
"I found it difficult at the start but my friends supported me to keep going." (David)
"I am looking forward to completing the other 6 summits." (Zakaria)
World Book Day Books - Trip to Tesco
Boulders - Challenging ourselves and overcoming fears!
Marvellous Music with the Songwriting Doctor
TRIPS
As part of our RE topic, we have visited Llandaff Cathedral and Emmanuel Baptist Church. It's great that we can get out and about on trips again.
Llandaff Cathedral
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Autumn Term 2021:
Our context is 'Children of the Revolution'. We will be learning about life during the Victorian Era.
Who were the Victorians? How have their ideas influenced and shaped society today?
We will explore these questions and more in our project about Queen Victoria, Victorian families and the movers and shakers of the Victorian era.
In this project, children will explore:
• the historical importance of Queen Victoria
• daily life in Victorian times
• innovators and pioneers of social, scientific and cultural change
Silhouette art to remember and honour the fallen.
Penny Black (with a Llwyfen twist)
Music Immersion Day
Would you have liked to go to school in Victorian times?
Circuit Training - Healthy Confident Individuals
Victorian Timeline
Home Learning
Hwb/Google Classroom - hwbcymru.net
Bug Club - read your allocated books and answer the questions carefully.
Abacus - improve your maths skills by completing your allocated games.
Purplemash - improve a range of skills by completing the 2Dos set and/ or free choice from all the amazing learning experiences.
SplashLearn - online maths activities
Pobble - visit the website and respond to the image like we have done in school.
Youtube - Gabalfa Primary has lots of tutorial videos for maths, check them out!