Croeso i ddosbarth 5/6J.
This term, our theme is Magic and Myths and we’re enjoying our class book ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.’ We’ve enjoyed lots of different activities relating to our text, including two forest school mornings.
In our art lessons, we have been looking at portraits, inspired by the artwork in the book ‘Mythologica’. We’ve explored the work of artists including Picasso and Sandra Silberzweig and created our own digital artwork and mixed media portraits. Take a look!
To end our topic, we looked at the sculptor Alberto Giacometti and his representation of people and shadows. Take a look at our fantastic work!
This term, we have had a fantastic time learning all about life in the time of The Tudors and the plays of William Shakespeare. Take a look at our brilliant work in expressive arts linking to A Midsummer Night’s Dream. We took part in music, art, drama and outdoor learning experiences – bendigedig!
This term, we have enjoyed studying Macbeth by William Shakespeare. Our artwork is inspired by John Piper, an artist who has painted local and Welsh castles such as Harlech and Ludlow. We have written fantastic descriptive passages about Macbeth’s meeting with the Witches. Da iawn pawb!
KS2 have had a fantastic day exploring worship in different faiths. We explored the beliefs of people who follow Christianity, Hinduism and Islam and considered the challenges they may face when they worship. Da iawn pawb!
We have had a fantastic start to the new school year with our mini project on ‘The Witches’ by Roald Dahl. We have used our creative, literacy, numeracy and digital skills to produce lots of fantastic work, including poems inspired by William Shakespeare and models of The Hotel Magnificent. Da iawn pawb!
We are very proud of our Year 6s and their fantastic performance this morning. A fantastic show full of magic, singing, comedy and all round entertainment – Year 6 really do have talent!
This afternoon the Year 6 children had the opportunity to take part in a variety of forest school inspired activities on site at Presteigne Primary School. All the children took part and had a great time!
KS2 had a fantastic afternoon attempting to break the Guinness World Record for Curly Wurly stretching. Unfortunately, none of us managed to break the record of 4.26m; our winner was a fantastic 1.98m long!
As part of our topic Incredible Inventions, Year 6 have been learning about bacteria and medicines. We made our own ‘blood smoothies’ and discovered how our blood fights infections!
