DATE: 17.04.2026

The Star of the week:    1L - Ali

                                        1R - Ada S

Congratulations!

The Welsh Speaker of the week/Siaradwr yr wythnos this week:  1L - Megan

                                                                                                              1R - Eva

Llongyfachiadau! 

This Week’s News

Dydd Gwener Hapus pawb!

What a lovely first week back we've had after the Easter half term! Next week on Tuesday we have our trip to St Fagan's and we are so excited. Please can you ensure you have checked Parent Pay to give consent for your child to attend if you haven't already. 

🏡 Castles and Homes in Wales

This week we have started to think more about different types of homes in Wales. The children have loved exploring where we live and what makes each home unique. We started by looking at our own addresses and talking about why they are important to know. The children practised saying their street names and recognising the parts of an address.

We then learned about different types of houses —terraced, detached, semi‑detached, bungalows, flats—and the children enjoyed spotting which ones looked similar to their own homes. Using playdough, lolly sticks, and card, they worked in small groups to build their own model houses. They thought carefully about how to make their structures strong and stable, experimenting with different shapes and supports.

We also explored the materials used to build houses and discussed how these might change depending on where the house is located and the children had brilliant ideas about weather, climate, and the importance of strong materials. 

🔢 Maths

In maths, we took part in a carousel of practical activities as a refresh after the two-week break. The children rotated between stations focusing on measuring, weighing, number bonds, and ten‑frames. They compared the mass of different objects, measured lengths using cubes and rulers, built number bonds to 10 and 20, and used ten‑frames to show different ways of making numbers. This hands‑on approach helped everyone stay engaged and supported lots of mathematical talk and reasoning skills. 

✏️ Language and Phonics

For language this week the children wrote about their houses and drew digital pictures of them on SeeSaw. We encouraged the children to draw their 'dream house' in drawing club this week and it was so interesting to see what they came up with - cupcake houses, houses that had a pool for a roof, even a volcano house! 

In phonics, we continued practising our sounds, tricky words, and blending skills through games, word‑building, and reading challenges. This week we have looked at two different sounds that use the same letters! These were 'ea' as in "sea" and 'ea' as in "head". We also recapped adding the suffix -ed when we are talking about things that happened in the past. 

🗣️ Welsh

Our Welsh learning this week focused on food vocabulary. The children practised saying what they like and don’t like using “Dw i’n hoffi…” and “Dw i ddim yn hoffi…”. They enjoyed sharing their opinions—there were some very strong feelings about broccoli!

Have a lovely weekend everyone,

Best wishes, The Year 1 Team 🌟