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Ysgol Penycae Community Primary School

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Spring Term 1 2025

 

I hope you have all had a restful and enjoyable Christmas break. Our topic this half term is called 'Welsh and Proud'. We are going to be learning all about Wales, famous landscapes and the artist Peter Prendergast.

 

This half term we are looking at focusing on 3 of the 6 areas of learning: Humanities, Expressive Arts and Maths and Numeracy. We will be focusing on creating landscapes in the style of Peter Prendergast, looking at Wales' waterfalls and comparing them and comparing Wales to one of the other home nations of our choice, looking at a variety of data.

 

In English we will be looking at Welsh myths and legends and we are going to be focussing on writing a narrative poem based on the Legend of Gelert.

 

This term we will be attending our residential trip, Nant BH in January which all staff are looking forward too!

 

I hope we all we have an enjoyable half term, I cannot wait to see what we get up to!

 

Miss Holley

Autumn Term 2 2024

 

Welcome back, I hope you have all had a restful half term! Our topic this half term is called 'Pennies to Pounds'. We are going to be learning to be enterprising, creative contributors.

 

This half term we are looking at focusing on 3 of the 6 areas of learning: Science and Technology, Expressive Arts and Maths and Numeracy. We will be focusing on completing market research, designing and creating a final design and working out the costings of our product. We will then be selling our items in the Christmas Fayre.

 

This term we will be attending swimming sessions in Plas Madoc on a Friday morning and if they have expressed an interest in instrumental lessons these will be taking place on a Tuesday.

 

I hope we all we have an enjoyable half term, I cannot wait to see what we get up to!

 

Miss Holley

Autumn Term 1 2024

 

Welcome to Year 6! I hope you all had a lovely 6 weeks off! Our topic this half term is called 'No Outsiders'. We are going to be learning about what makes us different, unique and how we are all special!

 

This half term we are looking at focusing on 3 of the 6 areas of learning: Languages, Literacy and Communication, Health and Wellbeing and Humanities. We will be focusing on getting to know each other, how do we identify ourselves, what does diversity mean, what makes us special and looking at a few different religious festivals.

 

This term we will be attending swimming sessions in Plas Madoc on a Friday morning and if they have expressed an interest in instrumental lessons these will be taking place on a Tuesday.

 

I hope we all we have an enjoyable half term, I cannot wait to see what we get up to!

 

Miss Holley

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