Off to war!

We kicked off our Fallen Fields topic by putting ourselves in the shoes of the brave men getting ready to set off to war in 1914. We looked at photos of men from the time and discussed how they might be feeling.

We made a success criteria and added some vocabulary we may want to use. Some pupils then engaged in a guided write to help construct a diary, whereas others wrote independently.

We recorded some of the pupils reading the diaries.

New academic year - 2018-19

Welcome back!

This term our topic is Fallen Fields. This is a topic that focuses on World War One and has been chosen to coincide with the 100^th anniversary of the end of the First World War. We will be developing our history, geography and personal and social skills when studying this topic. We hope to gain knowledge of how and why the war started, what major events took place and answer many pupil-generated questions on the subject.

We are then going to put all of our newly developed skills and knowledge into place to focus on a special project. We are going to research and investigate the names of the fallen soldiers from WW1 that appear on Llanharan’s war memorial. We will try to find out: who they were; when they were born/died; where they lived; how they died; their role in the war and much more. If any parents or grandparents have any connections with those named on the memorial, please let us know.

This culmination of this topic will be two performances of a special concert to commemorate the 100^th anniversary of the end of WW1. The first will be a class performance for parents while the second one will be a return journey to Llanharan RFC to put on the performance as part of the Royal British Legion memorial concert.

Our literacy focus this year will be William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. We will be studying the play using drama techniques and the Bard’s original language.

Our PE day will be Tuesday where we will be developing our gymnastic skills. Can children bring shorts and t-shirts.

Reading books and records have been handed out, with pupils expected to bring them into school every day. They will be listened to reading, at least once a week as part of our guided reading sessions.

Pupils will soon be receiving their reading journals. These have a selection of comprehension based activities, one of which is to be completed every week based on their home reading book. Pupils should choose an activity from the first column, then pick another one the following week from the second column that is attached to it. They should make their way across the grid and after four activities, should go back to a new activity on the first column.

Pupils will be receiving new Studyladder passwords as soon as possible and homework will be set online every Friday.