Cwtch Chwech
Class teacher: Mr McCarthy
Y6 leaver's disco.MP4
An incredible concert - we'll miss you Cwtch 6 ...
Information from Bishop of Llandaff High School about their transition day on 7th July:
I have received a few queries regarding the transition day (Friday 7th July), so I thought it may be helpful to share some timings with you.
We normally encourage Year 6 students to arrive at reception for 9am, but no later than 9.15am. Parents to be ready to pick up from 2.45pm. Students to wear their primary school uniforms and trainers. There is no onsite parking so parents are asked not to drive on to school site (they can walk into reception with their children).
This will all be explained to parents at the new parents evening on the Thursday 6th of July (invites to this will be in the transition packs, that will be sent to all new parents in June).
St Teilo's Transition Events
Summer 2 - Visual Curriculum Map
Try Time #2
Try Time #1
Refugee Week: The Words that Fuel Our Dreams
RVE: Analysing the Creation Story - Adam and Eve
Writing Speeches: The Build Up - Rule of Three, Analysing Features, Analysing Body Language and Voice, Modal Verbs, Modal Adverbs and Cause and Effect Conjunctions
Human Biology: Reactions to Extreme Cold - Vasoconstriction and Shivering
Year 6 Rugby Tournament - Cardiff Arms Park
Sports Day
Exploring Sequencing and Order in Scratch
Persuasive Speeches: Rehearsal and Constructive Feedback
Summer 1 - Visual Curriculum Map
Ewenny Priory and Ogmore-by-sea
A bit of Welsh Bingo ...
Renishaw Educational Outreach Visit
Day 2
More pics...
Tregoyd House - The Adventure Begins :)
This afternoon, we drew the first quadrant of a coordinate grid on the playground and used our selves to coordinates. We then created shapes on the grid by plotting each vertices and noticed patterns as we did so.
Today we used Micro-bits to sense the temperature and light level outside. We learned to use condition and comparison logic in our code and made sure the output matched our input.
Spring 2 Visual Curriculum Map
This half term we are learning about post-war Wales. We will be researching, discussing and answering the question "Why do people hold different views about the modernisation of an area?" Below is a copy of our visual curriculum map which outlines what we will be learning and how each Area of Learning links to our Big Question.
Art so far...(more to come)
Trip to Cardiff Castle
Jazz shared a letter that she found belonging to a relative. It recounted the an epic tale of strength and resilience in WW1.
Spring 1 Visual Curriculum Map
This half term our topic is WWII. We will be researching, discussing and answering the question "What lessons can we learn about resilience from the war time generation?" Below is a copy of our visual curriculum map which outlines what we will be learning and how each Area of Learning links to our Big Question.
Royal Welsh Museum Trip 30th January 2023
Student Health and Wellbeing Survey
Cwtch Chwech Welsh Folk Dance
WW2 Propaganda Posters and Explanations
We have been learning about the teachings of Guru Nanak Dev Ji. We discussed his teachings and compared them with the context of our local community. After this, we created Ebooks to share his teachings with others within the school.
Urban Landscapes - Our Locality
There's no better way to start a topic about urban landscapes than going to see some for ourselves . St Mellons provides some of the best views in Cardiff and we couldn't resist a walk to see them. During the 1930s and 1940s, St Mellons was very rural and had very little attention from the German bombers. It would have been, however, a perfect place to see the terrifying view of the bombs landing on the city and coastal industries that were dotted along the coast line.
In Cwtch Chwech this week, we have been writing WW2 poetry using emotive and figurative language techinques. We learnt about The Blackout, rationing and evacuation in our humanities sessions which enabled us to harvest powerful vocabulary for our poetry. We practised writing expanded noun phrases, precise verb and adverb combinations and extended similes before producing our final poems. After this, we read them aloud to each other and gave positive constructive feedback.
This week in Cwtch Chwech, we have been reading, learning and performing poetry. We used our Reading Vipers to infer meaning from and explain our thoughts about the poetry before creating video performances. We thought carefully about how we wanted to frame our shots and which camera techniques we wanted to use to emphasise certain parts of the poems; to help we created storyboards before filming.
St John's Church in Wales Year 6 Cricket Tournament 2023
Dreams and Goals: Steps to Success
In Cwtch Chwech today, we chose specific learning goals and outlined the steps to success necessary to achieve them. We then looked at the personal strengths and attributes necessary to achieve our goals. We learned about Native American culture and how they make totem poles to commemorate and represent their ancestry, community, history, people, and events. We discussed which animals we could see in the totems and which attributes/strengths they might represent. After this, we designed our own 'Totems to Succes' which helped us to create a "To Be List" as well as a "To Do List" for achieving our goals.
Why were some areas of Britain subjected to more bombing than others?
The Language of Debate - in Welsh! Some great oracy work in Cwtch 6 today. Gwaith Gwych!
PS3 had a mixing day to introduce our new topic all about World War 2. In Miss Gwilym’s classroom, we learnt about evacuation and how it impacted children’s lives. In Miss Ramsay’s classroom, we learnt about rationing and how much food people were allowed to have during the war. In Mr McCarthy’s classroom, we made the classroom a blackout, to experience how people would have felt during the war.
MIT Global Teaching Labs: Codebreaking
Introduction to sign language in Cwtch Chwech
This Term in Cwtch Chwech, we are exploring Health and Wellbeing by asking a selection of 'Big Questions'. We will weave these question through each of our Areas of Learning so that we can notice the links between each subject. We will be working collaboratively to research, debate and eventually answers these 'Big Questions'.
Visit to Cardiff Crucial Crews - 5th December
Homework for this term
Cwtch 6 Swimming Information
Crucial Crews Health and Safety Trip
Cwtch Chwech Performance of 'Chocolate Cake' by Michael Rosen
Year 6 win the first Times Table Rockstars Class Battle. We are looking forward to trying to retain our title against Cwtch Pedwar and Cwtch Pump next time!
Kahoot Quiz: Fact or Opinion?
Building Bird Boxes for the Wellbeing Garden
Our first class read: Varjak Paw!
The Mile Run
We do The Mile Run every day after snack time to improve our physical and mental health. We discuss the importance of exercise for all aspects of our wellbeing. We have noticed a huge change in fitness and are enjoying the run more each day. Everyone in Cwtch Chwech should be proud!