DATE: 27.02.2026

The Star of the week:    1L - Jessica

                                        1R - Audley

Congratulations!

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

                                                                                                              1R - Laury

Llongyfachiadau! 

This week's news:

Dydd Gwener Hapus pawb! 

What a first week back! Everyone has settled back in after the half term so beautifully - it's like you never left! This week we have practiced lots of Welsh songs and our Welsh poem - Dysgu Cyfri gan Selwyn Griffiths - for the Eisteddfod next week. The children have created some beautiful artwork of daffodils and leeks and we learnt about why they are important in Wales. We also learnt about the Welsh Dragon and why we have a dragon on our Welsh flag. In drawing club, the children designed their own dragon, dragon settings, and for adventure time on Thursday they wrote about what their dragons can do. 

Our language jobs this week have been phonics-focused, thinking of and writing sentences to match picture prompts. In maths, we have been doubling and working towards using bigger numbers, as next week we will be learning about place value to count in tens and ones. 

We've had lots of phonics jobs this week in our provision areas, including word building using magnetic letters, sound sorting with picture flashcards, and picture prompts for the children to use in their writing. They particularly enjoyed being phonics detectives this week, where they had to find and highlight our focus sounds in different sentences. Excellent work detectives! I wonder if you can find any of this week's sounds around your home or whilst you are out and about over the weekend? 

Best wishes,
The Year 1 Team 🌟