Dosbarth Lime- Mrs Powell | Llwyncrwn Primary School

Welcome to Reception Class

A big warm welcome to the children who will be in Dosbarth Lime this year. We hope you are all ready to work hard and ready to have lots of fun in our happy, caring class!

We look forward to working closely with parents in order to support every pupil to reach their full potential.

Please don't hesitate to contact me by email if you have any questions/concerns or positive feedback - Mrspowell@llwyncrwn.co.uk

Thank you

Mrs Powell and Mrs Riley 😊

Spring Term 2026

⭐️⭐️This is not “just playing!” ⭐️⭐️ Today, I observed high-quality child-led play that demonstrated a wide range of skills, including collaboration, literacy, problem-solving, testing ideas, and planning. While I was working with another group, I was fortunate to capture this learning as it unfolded independently. The children invented a game, refined it as they progressed, and made predictions about outcomes, highlighting the value of trusting the learning process and enabling child-led exploration within the construction area. Seeing this made me so happy - learning through play is so important! This level of learning could not have happened if they were only ever asked to sit and work in a book! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Look how fabulous their handwriting is already!

The children explored addition through play. They practiced one-to-one counting, carefully matching one number to each object, and used their fingers and manipulatives to solve simple addition problems.

Today, the children were once again engaged, curious, and independent in the continuous provision. We are encouraging them to explore, make choices, and develop their creativity and problem-solving skills through play and hands-on activities.

Launch Day 🚀

Today we launched our new topic, Me and My Community. The children were enthusiastic and enjoyed sharing their home tasks with each other. They talked about the places they made in Beddau and listened respectfully to their peers.

Autumn Term 2025 🎃

How amazing is this!!🧱🧱🧱🧱

It was wonderful to watch their constructions taking shape — the teamwork, decision-making and deep concentration were amazing. Their creativity and curiosity really came alive as they planned, built and problem-solved together. Can you spot the Dino World, houses, bridges and rockets the children decided to make?

We are confident, curious and creative thinkers who learn by exploring, doing and reflecting.

🍃 🍁🍂 We kicked off Outdoor Learning Week by exploring our Calon y Coed! The children used their senses to notice the colours, sounds, and textures of autumn. They collected natural treasures like leaves, sticks, and conkers to use in our creative activities throughout the week. We loved being curious, working together, and feeling connected to our beautiful environment. 🌿🍁🍂🍃🍀

COOL TIME The children enjoyed some child-led time where they chose their own activities, explored interests, and practised independence. It gave the children space to be in the moment, make decisions, and apply what they’ve learned through play. 👏👏

Independent, curious learners!

Week 4

‘COOL’ Time

We’ve been learning about our senses! Today we investigated touch by identifying hot, medium, and cold—just like Goldilocks’ porridge. We then used our knowledge of letter sounds to label what we found.

This week we started our Read Write Inc. sessions! We learned the sounds m and a, practised writing them, and used the mnemonics to help us remember. The children did really well! By the end of the week, most could recognise the letters and the sounds they make, and they had a good go at forming them in sand, rice, talc and on the chalkboard. Fantastic! 👏👏

Week 3

This week we introduced COOL time – Choose Our Own Learning. It encourages independence, decision-making, and curiosity as children explore their own ideas through play and discovery. 🌱⭐️

As part of our This is Me topic, the children used mirrors to look closely at their facial features before creating beautiful self-portraits. How wonderful are they? 🖌️🪞🎨” ✨

Week 2

Independent learning in action – children follow their own play interests, exploring problems and developing curiosity through self-led problem solving.

Mrs Riley and I have started to improve our outdoor provision. Children are enjoying our new building zone – developing problem-solving skills, collaboration and independent learning through play.