Our Lifeboat Station Trip

As part of our topic on Superheroes we all went on a visit to Barry Lifeboat Station. We heard about the history of the RNLI. We were able to look at the clothing the lifeboat men wear and both staff and pupils were given the opportunity to dress up in the clothing.  We also learned about keeping safe on the beach and in the sea. As it was a dry day we went to Barry Island to eat our lunch and play on the beach. Thank you to all the parents for their donation included in the cost of the trip and Barry lifeboat station received a cheque for £80. We have received a letter from them thanking us very much for our generosity.

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Lifeboat photos

Bristol Aquarium

Yesterday we went on a trip to Bristol Aquarium as part of our topic 'Under the Sea'. We had a wonderful time looking at all the different types of fish there are. We found out lots of information and were surprised at how big and small some fish are. Take a look at our photos (click on the link) and the information we found out about them below.

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Knex Workshop

Last week we went to a science workshop in the Historical Centre to build bridges with Knex. We had an amazing time trying to build strong structures that could hold tins and packets of food. As you can see from our photos we built some amazing bridges, some large and some rather small.

Italy

As part of our termly topic we have been looking at Italy. We found out many facts about the country and discovered that pizza wasn't a British food! We decided to make our own and it was delicious.
We all took turns in creating them, the passata went on first followed by a sprinkling of mixed herbs, a generous helping of ham and then topped off with cheese. Have a look at our photos below.



Kerbcraft

During October and November, 2 very nice ladies from Kerbcraft, Road Safety have been coming in to school to teach us how to cross our very busy roads safely. They have been teaching us to stand behind the kerb, how to find a safe place to cross and how to cross the road safely between parked cars. We still have a lot to learn in the next few weeks.

Cardiff Castle

Yesterday we visited Cardiff Castle as part of our topic for this term - Long ago and far away.  We met a nice man called Dyfed who was a storyteller. Our task was to make a modern version of Little Red Riding Hood. We gave her a golden motorbike to ride on, dressed her in yellow and the wolf drove around in a car. Our voices were recorded retelling the story and Dyfed is going to be putting it on a CD for us. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and thought the storytelling was amazing.

Next we looked at the Birds of Prey they have in the castle grounds. There was an Eagle owl called Hector, he was huge and a Little owl called Mr G who was very cute. We saw Daisy the barn owl fly towards the keeper but when we approached she didn't want to fly anymore so the keeper brought Hector the Eagle owl out for us to see.  He was magnificent flying, he flew very low to the ground and we could hardly hear his wings!

Inside the castle we saw highly decorated rooms, one for the men and one for the women. They used a lot of gold leaf to decorate the walls and ceilings and the walls told us the seasons of the year, the times of the day as well as the days of the week all in picture form. In the sitting room we looked at old toys and books and compared them to ours. Along the walls were pictures from different fairy tales, they looked magical. We entered the library and saw a lot of big thick books unlike ours in class. It was definately a library for grown ups!

We had an amazing time in the castle!

Braces Bread

Braces Bread visited our school to show the children how bread is made and distributed to the shops.  The children dressed up as bakers and had a go at making their own bread and had a lot of fun with the dough. Braces kindly gave every child a loaf of bread and an activity pack to take home with them.