DATE: 19.06.2026

The Star of the week:    1L - Jessica

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Congratulations!

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

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Llongyfachiadau!

This Week’s News

Dydd Gwener Hapus pawb!

🌱 Our Minibeast Inquiry

This week in inquiry and language, the children added new pages to their bug books, writing sentences about what all bugs need to survive and what different minibeasts prefer. They explained their ideas clearly, for example, spiders like hiding in rocks and cracks, while worms prefer cool, damp soil. We learnt about insects and discussed what features all insects have, before the children sorted pictures of different minibeasts into insect/not insect in their topic books. We also designed our own super bugs, combining features from different insects and using descriptive writing to explain what made each creation special.

🔢 Maths

In maths, we continued our work on money through reasoning tasks such as: Can someone buy an apple with the coins they have in their purse? Why? The children practised justifying their answers and explaining their thinking. We also explored time through real‑life problems like: If I put a cake in the oven at 1 o’clock and it takes 2 hours to cook, what time will it be ready? The children used counting‑on strategies and number lines to work it out.

✏️ Language

In language, we focused on handwriting, making sure tall letters are tall, short letters are short, and long letters sit neatly below the line. The children also ordered the days of the week and used picture prompts for independent writing that targeted specific phonics patterns.

🗣️ Welsh

We enjoyed playing some Welsh Helper Heddiw games this week to recap the questions and sentence patterns we have learnt so far. The children are becoming much more confident using Welsh during daily routines, particularly asking for things and saying what they want in Welsh, building up their vocabulary for the everyday things we use.