As part of our Eisteddfod, we enjoyed a ’round robin’ of activities. Here are some of the children creating 2-d and 3d artwork using natural resources capturing our ‘cynefin’.
Dydd Gwyl Dewi Hapus!
Mindfulness mandala drawing and creativity and some baking with Y4 and Y6- As part of our RVE work on Buddhism this half term! We thoroughly enjoyed our afternoon and the biscuits were very tasty!
Goodlands and Badlands
We have worked with Sharon Ginnis (Story Teller) to create our story about ‘Good Lands and Bad Lands’
In our story there is a Good Land where everyone is happy and it is a pleasant place to live. There is also a Bad Land. A wall separates the Good Land and the Bad Land. No one from Good Land has ever been to Bad Land. Bad Land is dark with smoke billowing from it.
A resident from Bad Land came to the Good Land and explained that the smoke was from a volcano and that lots of residents of Bad Lands would need shelter. So the Good Land residents decided that they would take a vote and think of some rules that they could put in place to ensure that everyone was happy and safe.
To be continued……
Poetry Residence
We have been really fortunate to work with poet, Cheryl Moskowitz. (http://www.cherylmoskowitz.com/published-works.html)
Cheryl is a leading practitioner in the field of writing and well-being and has been working in schools for 30+ years, supporting teachers and enabling children to explore the magic of words and poetry.
Cheryl worked with us to write a cinquain about places that we find are places of sanctuary (noddfa)
Cheryl is also helping us to produce a Poetry “Zine”.
Buddhism - Creating Mandalas
In Aderyn Du we have been learning about the religion Buddhism and how Mandalas are a circular figure representing the universe in Buddhist Symbolism. We drew our own designs in class and went outside to create Mandalas using natural materials we could find in the school grounds.
Outdoor Learning\An obstacle Course for Tiddler
We loved creating an obstacle course for Tiddler. We used our prepositional language to direct Tiddler around the obstacle course. We followed the route ourselves and had great fun!
Chinese New Year!
We learnt about Chinese New Year and how it is celebrated. We created these snakes, as it is the ‘Year of the Snake’.
Pyjama Drama
In Pyjama Drama we listened to the story of ‘The Cat in the Hat’ and then we acted parts of the story. After the session we enjoyed some parachute games.
Animation with Jim Elliot
We had a fantastic day with Jim making ‘Stop Motion Amination.’ Firstly, we used our names and we used a special machine to cut out the letters of our name. Secondly, we the story of The Gruffalo to make an exciting animation.
Story Telling with Sharon
We have been working with Sharon to create a story about the ‘Goodlands’ and ‘Badlands’. We have started by looking at the structure of a story and then in groups we created our own settings for our stories. We also acted out what it would be like to live in our ‘Goodlands’.
