Dosbarth Maple- Mrs Akers

Welcome to the nursery class.

Croeso i'r dosbarth meithrin.

Dosbarth Maple!

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Please contact by email me if you have any problems or questions 

My email address is mrsakers@llwyncrwn.co.uk

Thank You

Welcome to the Dosbarth Maple/Nursery class page.

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Autumn Term Sept 2025

A big warm welcome to all our new Nursery children and our returning children who were with us last term.

We have lots of exciting, fun learning planned for you all and hope you enjoy all the experiences and adventures we do together!

The children have settled into class well and have made lots of new friends! We have been extremely busy, learning routines and class rules!

We have started the new term on our topic

‘This is me’, 

and the children are having a great time learning about themselves!

They have taken part in various activities and investigations. It’s been a super start in our new classroom!

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Remembrance Day

We listened to a lovely assembly in class and learned about ‘why we wear poppies’!

The children were very good and showed super listening skills.

They decided they would like to make some red poppies to thank the soldiers and purple poppies to thank the animals that have served and are serving in our forces today!

Thank you all for your service!

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Outdoor Learning Day

The children enjoyed activities at our super Calon y Coed woodland area.

We went out looking for seasonal changes that have happened at the woods. The children found lots of leaves, bare branches on trees and lots of mud in patches of grass. The weather didn’t stop them investigating and exploring, they put on their wellies and wet jackets and played the day away! Fantastic!

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Bonfire and firework pictures!

The children created fabulous pictures today using leaves they had collected from our walk a few weeks ago!  They scrunched them up to make them small and easier to sprinkle over their paper!

They glued the shape of the bonfire then sprinkled the leaves.  They then made lots of glue lines above the bonfire and chose a colour of glitter to make fireworks! They look super!

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Schmae Day

Lots of speaking and colouring activities in class today to celebrate Schmae Day! The children practiced phrases, such as bore da, amser chwarae, amser cinio, hwyl fawr

along with colours, numbers and shapes!

Gwaith da pawb, ardderchog! 

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Counting in play!

The children have been practicing their counting skills in various play activities, from counting leaves, blocks, and tubes, to puzzles on the yard! Super work!

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Printing with apples!

The children went for a walk to collect some apples that have fallen from the many trees we have in our school grounds. They cut the apples in half and dipped them into paint to create some shape printing pictures!

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Woodland play!

A super session playing outdoors and making lots of potions (and mess) from leaves, sticks, sand, and herbs to give them a smell!

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Face puzzles!

The children took photos of each other using an ipad. We printed them and cut them up to laminate, so they could make their own face puzzles. 
They had lots of fun mixing up the faces and putting them back together! 

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Autumn creatures!

We have been looking at some Autumnal animals and insects. The children decided to make some hedgehogs from playdough and twigs! The playdough was scented as it was made with cocoa powder to colour it! It smelt sweet!

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Shwmae Day
 

We have been using lots of Welsh words throughout the day. We counted, names colours and shapes, and greeted each other. The children then coloured a picture to remember the day!

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A lovely walk to our

local Church!

We all ventured out of school

this week to visit our local Church, St. Michael’s. We walked quietly together, and looked out for lots of different Autumn leaves on our way. We visited the church to find the big Maple (sycamore) tree, that usually has very big leaves that are sometimes bigger than our hands!

We had a lovely time and collected lots of leaves of different size and colour for out tough spot and displays!

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Autumn tough spot play!

Our tough spot has been filled with lots of lovely Autumn bits and pieces! We have leaves, conkers and acorns. We added some tubes, bricks, slides and egg boxes to make ramps and bridges!

fabulous play and some great imagination!

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👁️ Eye-hand ✋ co-ordination!

We all enjoyed a fun activity using foam tubes and golf tees! The children needed to place the tee on the foam and hammer it in using a block. Lots of co-ordination needed to ensure they didn’t hit their hands!

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Music and movement!

The children enjoyed a super music session!

They all held a scarf and needed to move it around to the beat and speed of the music! Lots of wonderful expressive art during this activity, with the children showing each other their way of moving and making shapes with the music as a guide!

Super effort from everyone!

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Handprint measuring

The children have been learning about non-standardised measuring!

They each painted their hands to make print and were helped to cut them out to use later. They all chose their favourite colours and were encouraged to name them.

The children then used cone shaped shells to measure their hands, they counted them to see who needed more to complete the length of their hands!

Great work, arddechog pawb!

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Settling into our new class with

new friends!

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☀️Summer☀️

☀️Term​​☀️

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Wow! 

The children have worked hard over the last two weeks taking part in the

'30 days wild challenge'. 

They have been awarded week 1 and week 2 badges for completing them! Fantastic work and well deserved! 

Da iawn bawb, ardderchog! 

On to weeks 3 and 4!

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30 days wild

week 1 and 2!

Weeks 1 and 2 were extremely busy for the children, working through activities 1-13. They tried hard and did their best, a super wild time for all! 

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Gold Award

As part of our RSPB Gold Award activities, the children had to explain to others what they new about recycling and composting. 

We had some visitors from Mrs Heaven's class, they were shown our compost area and told about what they do to make their own compost. 

The children did extremely well explaining everything, especially being only 3 and 4 year old! 

Ardderchog pawb! 

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Traditional Tales

We have been reading lots of traditional tales in class. It has been lovely discussing the stories, plots, characters and places in the books. The children have acted out the stories, done tasks, and took part in activities that relate to the various books. 

They have enjoyed dressing up, using their eye hand coordination, hunting for clues and finding/counting items in the stories. 

Da iawn bawb, gwaith da! 

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Let's investigate! 

The children went looking for suitable twigs in Calon y Coed to make a square. They found and cut some twigs to all the same length, then tied them together with wool. 

They took them out on a walk to throw out and investigate the spot that it landed in! 🔎

We found bugs, flowers, mud, grass and weeds. A lovely activity on a sunny day! 

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Outdoor Summer 

Challenges! 

Our class has decided to take on some exciting challenges this term. 

We are taking part in the 'RSBP Gold Award' and alongside that we will be doing '30 Days Wild' throughout June. It is going to be very busy, extremely messy, fantastic fun and very rewarding for all of us. 

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Spring Term 2025

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Easter celebrations! 

Lots of fun and super activites in class this week for the children. 

They made fabulous cards, completed various tasks, and had a little treat! They took part in the Easter Bonnet Parade and searched the garden on a Bunny Hunt! 

Very busy! 

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World book Day! 

The children dressed up for world book day and brought in a book for everyone to look at. They did lovely activities and discussed what their favourite stories were! 

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🌸Craft using nature🌿

The children created some lovely art today using all natural objects collected at Calon y Coed. 

The children visited the woods and gathered things they wanted to use on the pictures. 

They then used an egg template and designed some super pictures by covering the shape. 

They look fabulous! 

Da iawn bawb! 

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Today we took part in The Very Hungry Caterpillar Day! 

The children enjoyed lots of fun activities looking at wonderful caterpillars and the incredible way they transform into beautiful butterflies.

They coloured pictures, completed writing patterns, created fantastic drawings using the smartboard, made symmetrical butterflies with pom poms and buttons, and spent a sunny afternoon in our wooded area on a 'Caterpillar Hunt'!

A great day, with lots of fun learning!

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♥️Valentine's week! ♥️

Loose parts heart pizza

The children made some fabulous 'pizza' creations. They used lots of loose parts to fill the heart shape ensuring it all fit on and did roll off the template! Every pizza was different, showing all the children's preferences of what they liked to use! 

A fantastic activity that allowed the children to use their spacial awareness, fine motor control and eye-hand coordination! 

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Pizza shapes

The children have been looking at 2d shapes. They have been doing an activity using a colour key. They chose a colour for each shape and coloured the shape to match the key! 

Super understanding and shape recognition! 

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Rainbow painting.

Lots of colours and sequences used to paint lovely bright rainbows. 

We looked at the colours in the rainbow and chatted about things we know that are that colour.

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Music and movement

A super afternoon dancing and singing with streamers and ribbons!

The children did lots of stretching, swaying, loops and swirls with the ribbons making them move to the music! 

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Is it magnetic!!

This week we have been looking at magnets and how they work. The children went for a walk around the school building and grounds to see what their magnets stuck to!

They tried lots of different things and discussed what they were made of! 

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☃️Winter snowmen☃️

The children have been looking at the winter season and spoke about what they like about it!

Everyone decided what they liked and voted to make a  Snowman out of clay.

They moulded the clay into ball shapes and added bits and pieces to create features. They waited a few days for the clay to go hard and dry out and then painted them. They look fabulous and are now being displayed in class for everyone to see. 

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🌼Planting time for Pre-Nursery🌼

Our newest children planted their spring bulbs. They looked at the roots and shape of the bulb and made sure they put them into the compost the correct way up! 

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Get the bugs out!!

Ice and bugs. 

This activity required the children to get the bugs out of the ice.  They needed to find ways to break open or melt the ice in the pots. We chatted about the ice, noticing that it was hard, cold and slippery.

What could we do to get the bugs out of the ice?

Some children said to hit it with something, others said to put warm water on them, some said to put them by the radiator! Super answers and problem solving in this activity! 

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CD craft!

We recycled old Cd's to create beautiful hanging decorations to hang outside.

The Nursery children stuck small shiny pieces of card onto the cd's and tied a ribbon on them to hang them on a string line!

The Pre-Nursery children painted the cd's then sprinkled them with a different colour glitter for them to sparkle when they hang! 

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Repeating patterns

The children have been looking at AB repeating patterns. They have been working on a sequence of two colours.  They firstly made the patterns using blocks and cotton reels then recorded it by colouring the pattern.  Lots of concentration and checking their own work! 

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Winter walk in the sunshine!

The weather was good so Dosbarth Maple are out!!

A lovely chilly day, lots of fun and smiles in our woodland area!

The new children did some planting, they looked at the bulb roots and made sure they went into the compost the correct way up! 

Outdoor play is fun, especially when you can see the sun!

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Clay snowmen! 

The children used lots of gross and fine motor skills to mold the clay when making their snowmen!

The clay needed to be softened to be able to shape it, then rolled into pieces to be put together ready to dry and go hard.  The children then decorated them and added their features using paint and craft materials!

Ardderchog pawb! 

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Immersion Day

We had our class immersion day this week. This is where we introduced the terms topic to the children! 

We are looking at COLOURS  and the WEATHER! 

The children took part in activities that allowed them to learn through play. 

The children wore lots of colourful clothes to school today, and we looked at how many colours we were wearing in class! 

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At Activity 1 the children painted ICE!

They used a palette with a rainbow of colours and a brush to apply the paint! They looked at the paint moving whilst the ice block was melting. They discussed what was happening to the original colour as the melted ice mixed into the paint.

A chilly activity and very interesting! 

At Activity 2 the children used lots of different coloured scarves. They danced around to music, doing lots of movements and stretches.  The scarves went up, down and side to side. The children then incorporated the scarves into their yoga moves and positions. Lots of gross motor skills in this super fun activity. 

At Activity 3 the children went in the hall and did some balloon games with a parachute. 

Each child had a different colour balloon that the used for the whole session. 

They children did lots of gross motor movement to ensure the balloon did not touch the floor. They needed to keep it of the 'hot' floor and make it float around for aslong as they could.

They then put the balloons on the parachute and shook it until the last balloon came off!

Very competitive and noisy! 

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🌷Spring term🌹

We've had a lovely start to the new term. We have welcomed some new  children to the class and they have settled in well! 

The children have started work on a new term theme of 'Stemtastic', we are reading the book Mrs Rainbow where we will be looking at the weather and colours. 

The children have done some craft, counting, fine motor skill, music, repeating pattern and planting activities! 

A very busy class with lots of concentration and focus needed to complete the tasks, da iawn bawb! 

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🍁AUTUMN🍁

🍂TERM🍂 

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🎅🏼Christmas 🎅🏼

The children had lots of fun doing amazing Christmas craft and super activities. 

We had a party and lots of games, the children danced away the afternoon with their friends, and had lots of treats in their party food! 

We enjoyed the build up to Christmas, it was fabulous! 

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Anti-bullying week! 

Lots of great activities in class for anti-bullying week. 

The children took part in tasks and games promoting friendship, being kind, and looking after each other! 

It's was Poppy/Remembrance Day, Odd Sock Day and Children in Need! 

A very busy week for all of us!

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Outdoor learning day! 

Bulb planting ready for Spring! 

Nursery children had lots of bulbs to plant today.  They cleaned the compost pots and picked out all the weeds before making sure the bulbs had space to grow and placing them in the right way round! 

They planted Allium, Daffodils, and Tulips! 

More Outdoor activities! 

The children had another visit to Calon y Coed to collect some wizarding  'wands' to put magic into their autumn potions! 

They chose a stick for a wand, then gathered various leaves to mix and stir with water in each of their pots. 

The wizarding began! ​​​​​​🧙

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Firework pictures!

The children designed some glitter firework pictures! They looked at photographs of fireworks and chose their favourites to copy onto card!

Some children coloured pictures too, they used crayons and pencils and found the brightest colours to use! ​​

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🎇🎆Firework treats! 🎆🎇

A lovely yummy treat for the children today! 

Everyone practised their fine motor control and eye/hand coordination skills, whilst making some fantastic firework sparklers from breadsticks, chocolate and sprinkles! 

The children dipped their bread sticks into the melted chocolate and used a spoon to cover it with sprinkles! 

A super activity, lots of fun with a treat to take home! 

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Halloween 

🎃Pumpkin Activities 🎃

Some super activities in class for Dosbarth Maple! 

The children used a wooden block to hammer  golf tees in different lengths into the pumpkin! The needed good control and aim to hit the tee correctly and push it through the hard outer skin. 

The children investigated the texture of the pumpkin, they stirred and scooped out the inside and used lots of different words to describe what they felt! Squishy, cold, wet, sticky, yucky, were just a few! 

They then painted pumpkin pictures using apples to create a print! Once the pictures were dry they added faces by drawing them on! 

Some children then went on to do some hand printing using different coloured paint and created ghosts and spiders! 

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Writing! 

A few of our older children have been practising their writing skills by mark making in sand. They have looked at the letter's formation and how to write it and then expressed the sound it makes! 

Da iawn! 

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Diwrnod Schmae Day is celebrated in order to promote community use of the Welsh language and encourage non-Welsh speakers to consider learning the language.

In school we had some visitors from the juniors helping the youngest children to use Welsh language apps on the Ipads.

They had a lovely session together and hope they'll come to visit us again soon!

Diolch yn fawr plant! 

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Home designing! 

Continuing our work on homes we created duper pictures using sticky shapes! 

The children chose the shapes and their colours and placed them on card to design their lovely homes. They tried to name each shape and it's colour! 

Great naming and recognition skills, da iawn! 

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Transport

We have been finding out how we travel to and from places. We have been investigating various transport vehicles! The children did some repeating pattern sponge painting and some air land and sea sorting! 

We decided that some places were too far away to travel to by car or bus, and we would need an aeroplane or boat to get there as we had to cross the sea! 

Super problem solving!

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Autumnal nature! 

Autumn investigating - we looked at cones, leaves and conkers. 

After finding out about Autumn changes to the trees in our woods, the children made some leaf pictures using dried out leaves. The colours were beautiful and enhanced our lovely cloakroom display! 

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🦔Hedgehogs!🦔

After investigating some Autumn woodland creatures the children voted and decided to make Hedgehogs from clay and twigs. They visited Calon y Coed and collected some twigs for spikes then used clay to create the hedgehog's body! 

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Facial features! 

Dosbarth Maple have been painting pictures of themselves. They looked on a mirror and copied their features onto paper, creating a fabulous picture of themselves! 

They are amazing and every child could tell us which one was theirs after we mixed them up!

Super spotters! 

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Our names! 

The children have been investigating the first names.  They have looked at the shape and sound of their first name initial and made lovely decorated letters!

We will soon be finding out which letter is the most common in our class! 

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Our homes! 

Dosbarth Maple have been looking at the various types of homes we live in. We looked at how many doors, windows, rooms, and gardens they have. The children used Ipads and a Smartbaord to create some super pictures of their own homes.

On the ipad they put their homes into a special garden and on the smartboard they built a copy of their home.

Ardderchog! 

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Let's go to

Calon y Coed! 

The children enjoyed some time to explore and investigate our fabulous wooded area! 

They played and looked around for leaves, trees, bugs and hiding spots! 

What a super session finding out what great things we have in our own school grounds! 

We are very lucky!! 

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Church walk! 

Some of Dosbarth Maple went for a walk to see our wonderful local church called St. Michaels. 

They were very good crossing the roads and looking out for traffic. 

The children looked at the shape and size of the church and enjoyed collecting leaves in the church grounds. 

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Settling in to Dosbarth Maple! 

It's been a busy few weeks in our fabulous class! 

We have had great fun, making new friends, getting used to routines and class rules, and making the most of the activities and play in our class! 

The children have had a super time becoming more confident and happy in their school setting! 

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🌞🌹🌺🌻Summer Term

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Eisteddfod 2024 

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Our fabulous Welsh themed hats!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Birds feeders! 

We've been working hard to help the birds, making sure they have enough food for them all! 

More bird feeders have been made in Dosbarth Maple, but this time with cardboard rolls, peanut butter and lots of delicious mixed seeds! 

The children spread the peanut butter along the tubes then rolled them in the seeds, making sure it was completely covered. Once they had set and dried they then went for a walk to hang them in the trees in our wonderful school woods! 

We hope the birds are enjoying them! 

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Dinosaur maths! 

The dinosaurs were helping the children with their one to one correspondence counting skills! 

They picked a number and chose the correct number of dinosaurs to place in their hoop! Super counting skills! 

They then sorted the dinosaurs into colour sets along with their task partners. 

Finally all the children sorted the dinosaurs into size order, and then sorted themselves into size order and stood behind the marching dinosaur!

Fantastic work using lots of skills, independently, with a partner and in a big group!

Ardderchog pawb! 

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Potato printing with colourful paint! 

The children enjoyed a lovely printing activity using potatoes with various cut out shapes.  They made some very colourful pictures and practiced their repeating pattern skills, by deciding which print and colour came next! 

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RSBP 

Schools Wild Challenge

The children have been busy continuing the challenges and activities to gain our Silver award. This challenge was so much fun, the children enjoyed every part of it! 

We talked about why the birds may need the feeders and why they need places for the birds to stand on! 

The children decided where the best places were in Calon y Coed to hang them, and did a fabulous job doing so!

We have been back to the area and seen lots of lovely birds enjoying the seeds and apples! 

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Healthy plates! 

We learned about fruit and vegetables, and food that is good to eat. 

The children decided what they thought was ok to eat everyday and used the smartboard to create pictures of healthy plates using their IT skills.  They needed to pick up items then drag and drop them on to a plate to make a colourful healthy food picture! 

Great choices, da iawn! 

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🌻Planting🌻

The children learned about seeds and what they need to help them grow.  They chatted about giving them water and food, getting sunlight, keeping warm from frost and taking care of them as they being to grow. 

Each of them filled a pot with compost and gently placed in the seeds and covered them over to protect them. They watered them and carefully put them in a trough away from the cold and wind. 

Super gardeners in Dosbarth Maple! 

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🌟Fitness and exersise🌟

The children went to the astro turf area to carry out some activities to help them stay fit. 

They used ball, bats, quoits and hoops. 

They played a game of follow the leader and had to copy any action shown to them whilst moving from one side of the pitch to the other. They then had yo show what way they preferred and demonstrate to others. 

They were asked to describe how they felt and how their body was reacting.  They said, 'I feel hot', 'my heart is going fast', 'I'm sweaty', I'm out of breath'!

A great healthy session of getting fit with friends! 

Da iawn pawb! 

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Doctors and Dentists! 

The children looked at some equipment they may see when they visit the Doctors surgery ir hospital.  They investigated what the items could be used for and what they may help find out why we're poorly. 

We then played a game  looking at different food and drink that may be good or bad for our teeth.  The children had to decide if they needed to peg it on to the happy tooth or the sad tooth to complete the activity! 

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🪥🦷Design to Smile Visit🦷🪥

 A lovely first morning back in school with a special visit from two lovely ladies from the Design to Smile team. The children listened really well to a presentation on how to look after their teeth. They played a game of 'good food/bad food' and placed food items into the correct baskets. They then dressed up for some role play activities and took turns to be the dentist and patient! Great listening and super answers in a Dosbarth Maple today! 

​🌟​​​​​​Gwaith da pawb, ardderchog!🌟

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Spring Term! 

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What a fantastic Easter in  Dosbarth Maple! 

The children enjoyed doing lots of activities! They made cards and decorations, played games, went on a hunt to find paired eggs, did some repeating pattern printing, coloured in eggs, took part in music activities with some end of party dancing!

The children also made their 'shiny egg biscuits' and decided it was the best activity of them all! 

A wonderful end to a busy term! 

Da iawn bawb, gwaith da!! 

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Red Nose Day

2024 

Lots of fun and craft today for our Red Nose Day activities! 

Cutting and sticking, colouring, face shapes and feature position. 

Gwaith da pawb! 

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Mother's Day Craft

Lots of lovely craft for Mother's Day surprises.  Some wonderful expressive, colourful, creations, all chosen by the children from the resources shared with them.  Super shiny sparkles to make our Mums smile! 

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St David's Day

Dydd Dewi Sant

The children sang our Welsh songs and did a wonderful job of building castles from blocks and boxes. They looked at photographs to give them some inspiration and ideas of shapes and size.

Da iawn bawb!

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Name writing! 

Name writing and recognition. The children found their name cards, and did lots of over/under writing and copying their names.

Great control and grip, well done! 

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Fruit and vegetables! 

Healthy eating and 'Eat them to defeat them'.

The children looked at lots of fruit and vegetables and learned about how good they are for keeping us healthy. 

We spoke about our favourites and found out that we all like lots of the same things!

The children had a story, coloured pictures and painted 'portrait' pictures by copying real fruit and vegetables!

Super artists in Dosbarth Maple! 

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Music mayhem! 

Lots of musical rhythm and beats by the children in our musical session today. 

They explored each instrument and the sound it makes.  We then played some songs through a speaker and joined in with them! 

What a super fun, uplifting activity enjoyed by all! 

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Investigations! 

The children investigated the properties of coloured rice and sand.  They looked at the textures, size, feel, and smells! 

They were challenged to find the better material to build with and to hide objects with! 

Lots of opinions from the children, some preferred the sand others chose the rice, depending on how their own investigation went!

Excellent work from the children, da iawn bawb!! 

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Parachute play in PE

Lots of gross motor skill practise in our PE session! The children enjoyed lots of big movement, hold and balance together when moving the big parachute. They listened to instructions and worked as a team! 

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Name writing, Number, and Sorting 

Lots of name writing practice, number recognition and counting, and group sorting in class today.  The children worked very hard at the activities set out today, they needed lots of concentration, thinking, and problem solving skills to complete the task. 

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Materials investigation! 

We used a freely bag to find out about different materials all around us.  The children held the bag and felt various items inside, they needed to think of words to describe what they felt without looking at it. The other children had to work out what they were describing! 

They looked at the items properties and also needed a lot of vocabulary to make a list on each item.  They found 'hard, soft, rough, smooth, crinkly, squishy, spikey, items. Wonderful words used by clever Dosbarth Maple children! 

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​​​​​​PE - bars and gymnastics​​​​​! 

The children enjoyed a very energetic session doing lots of strengthen and core building work! 

The showed their balance, coordination, and range of motion! 

Lots of big muscle gross motor exercise to help with their grip and grasp for activities needing fine motor skills like writing and threading! 

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☀️Muddy puddles in the sunshine! ☀️

A morning outdoors looking for puddles to splash about it. The Grwp Seren children were kitted out with wetsuits and wellies and searched our school grounds for all sizes of puddles to stamp in! 

They found water between trees, in the grass and on the tarmac! 

They then enjoyed some exploring and play at Calon y Coed, fantastic fun, a great morning in the fresh air! 

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🍁Activities!🍁

Lots of busy children, enjoying activities and tasks in class and in the hall. The children investigated floating and sinking, balloon physical exercise, big puzzles, tower building, bat and ball, throwing hoops and quoits and kicking footballs! They have been using lots of gross motor skills to help strengthen their core muscles! 

🌟Da iawn bawb,

gwaith da!☀️

Let's explore! 

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🧊Ice🧊

We explored the properties if ICE! 

The children were set a task to get various items out of blocks of ice! They discussed various ways and used fantastic vocabulary! They chose how their own tools and set about the task.  Some children 'cracked' the ice, others 'melted' the ice.  They all solved the problem individually and then in teams.  Great work children! 

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Activities to settle back in! 

The children enjoyed lots of child led play whilst getting back into the class routine after the Christmas break.  We also welcomed our new Pre-Nursery children and helped them find their way around and make new friends. 

A great start to the new term!