Caradog Primary School
Young Minds, Big Dreams!
Welcome
Giraffes
Croeso i Dosbarth Jiraffi!
Welcome to our class website page! Thank you for visiting us!
You will find lots of useful information here, as well as being able to follow some of our amazing learning adventures.
We are now really settling in to Giraffe life and understanding what is expected of us. We are having fun collaborating with each other, but also working independently when needed.
Useful Information:
PE:
During the Spring Term 2023, our PE day will be a TUESDAY.
Reading Books:
The children should ensure their reading bags are brought to school every MONDAY to give us plenty of opportunities to listen to them read. Books will be changed once the children have completed each book. Books will be returned to the children on a FRIDAY. This ensures that we are complying with COVID rules. In addition to individual reading, each group will receive a guided reading session at least once per week.
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Home Learning:
We currently live in uncertain times, and it may be necessary (in-line with COVID guidelines and restrictions) for whole classes or individual children to isolate at times.
We hope to make the switch between school-learning and home-learning as easy as possible for our Giraffe Class.
With this in mind, each child in the class has had a letter containing their individual HWB and CLASS DOJO Log-in details.
HWB CLASSES is a new platform for our Giraffes to use, which is accessed via the HWB website.
Children have been shown how to access work this way, but can also use CLASS DOJO if they feel more comfortable using that.
If the whole class has to close, Mrs Strong will post daily tasks on both HWB CLASSES and CLASS DOJO to be completed.
In addition to this, if your child has to isolate but do not feel unwell, they can access a 'My Area' PROJECT. This project will provide your child with a week of learning activities about the area in which they live. It is suggested that children complete 3 tasks per day, 1 English, 1 Maths and 1 general activity linked to the theme.
If you have any questions regarding home-learning, then please check in with Mrs Strong.
Come and meet our Giraffe family
Black Gold
How has life in the Cynon Valley developed and changed with the rise and fall of coal?
When we came back to school in September, the Giraffes used their PUPIL VOICE to try to give some answers to the above question.
They came up with a whole host of wonderful things and people that they wanted to learn about. These included learning about Wales itself, learning about the miners and their lives and families, understanding why coal mines have closed. They want to learn more about the impact of renewable and non-renewable sources of energy.
We picked up on these ideas and did lots of learning for Recycling Week. We studied Black History month and we looked at the impact of war during the week of Remembrance. We want to learn all about Welsh artists in particular Nicholas Evans and his thought-provoking artwork of miners. We want to learn all about Griffith Rhys Jones (Caradog) and are embarking on a wonderful Creative Project to tell the story of our fantastic school's namesake.
With St David's Day fast approaching, this line of inquiry could not be any be more perfect.
Watch this space for news and photos of our continuing learning journey. There may be a few surprises on the way too!