Spring Term 2104 - Class Blog
Spring Term 2014
w/b 6.1.14
Welcome back everyone and a Happy New Year! We hope that you all had a fun and restful Christmas. Thank you very much for all of the lovely cards and gifts that we received, they were all very much appreciated.
Please find below the spellings for this week, which will be tested on Friday 10th Jan 2014
Mercury Venus Saturn Jupiter night cinema telescope figurative bright decide television genre right cereal telephone grammar light centre telegraph imagery fight cylinder teleport metaphor flight mercy telepathy myth knight celebration telegram narrator fright December telephoto onomatopoeia tight circulation automatic pamphlet sight cyclone autograph paragraph might circumstances autobahn personification slight accident automobile playwright height circuit automation plural freight circle autobiography prefix eight certificate autoharp preposition straight circus autopsy resolution
w/b 6.1.14
On our first week back after Christmas we found out about our new project in English which is myths! We learnt the difference between myths,legends and fables and we had to colour code statements about them. We listened to different versions of the same Greek myth about Theseus and the Minotaur and identified differences and similarities between them. We are now working on our oracy skills because we have to practice retelling the myth with a partner to an audience.
In maths we have been rounding decimals to 2 and 3 decimal places and recapping shape work and negative numbers
In PE we continued choreographing our dance routines and we have begun rugby for outdoor games. If you don't have kit in school yet please remember to bring it next week. We need trainers and sweatshirts for outside.
In Science we made a timeline of ten famous scientists. If you like, find out more about one of them at home.
Our new project is called the big picture and is going to be about different periods in history. We will be starting with Ancient Greece. We need to create a timeline in the hall.
Remember for Welsh to find some information about a famous person ready for our descriptive work next week.
Spellings for this week (13.1.14) - for the test on Friday the 17th Jan 14
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Venus |
Saturn |
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scone |
external |
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score |
extreme |
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scale |
exact |
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cough |
expel |
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collar |
exaggerate |
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container |
excavate |
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compass |
excellence |
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encourage |
excellent |
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cabbage |
exit |
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escape |
exclaim |
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custard |
except |
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cucumber |
exchange |
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Aeth e |
Aeth e |
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Aeth hi |
Aeth hi |
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Roedd h'in |
Roedd h'in |
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W/B 13.1.14
In English we have been learning more about Greek mythology. We wrote a letter as Theseus to King Aegeus, using the correct layout and an informal style. We practised our story telling by retelling the story of Theseus and The Minotaur. It was important to speak clearly and loudly and keep eye contact with the audience. Miss Phillips is recording these for evaluation.
In Maths we have been revisiting topics from last term to consolidate our learning and skills.
Project- we have begun learning about Greek gods and have made a title page for the big picture
R.E pilgrimage- places across the world. We researched what Pilgrims and Pilgrimage meant. Then we used a world map and found places of Christian pilgrimage.
P.E - We filmed our finished dances and played dodgeball inside because of the weather.
Science- we went over friction and designed an experiment with ramps and a toy car. We did this in groups and recorded results in a table.
Spellings for w/b 20.1.14
Mercury Venus Saturn through flight technology enough freight biology cough eight ecology rough height geology would sprightly zoology could knight ornithology should slight mythology thought straight astrology brought thief archaeology bought niece criminology found piece terminology round field meteorology ground lie anthropology hefyd hefyd hefyd gyda gyda gyda mawr mawr mawr
wb 20.1.14
In English we have been planning our myths all week. We created a hero and a mythical beast. We thought about creating a setting that would show it was Ancient Greece and then we filled in plans, which included a quest for the hero, problems to solve, help from the Gods or special powers and how the story would be resolved. We have also looked at using punctuation accurately. We made up group myths using cards and found it tricky to remember to include everything. Next week we are ready to write them.
In Maths we have done some 3d shape work, making nets and problem solving again.
On Monday some youth workers spent part of the afternoon with us, playing games to get to know us. We will be working on citizenship and being part of the community and we will do some transition work to help prepare us for Bassaleg. At the end of the sessions we will get a certificate.
In project we are learning about Ancient Greece and we have been researching about Greek Gods, especially the 12 olympian gods.We made top trumps cards of greek gods.We did a map of ancient Greece and marked on ancient greek cities.We also looked at the greek alphabet and made a small paragraph about ourselves in greek.
In RE with Mrs Jones we learnt more about pilgrimages, we thought about why people go and had to write a letter to someone like we had been on a pilgrimage.
In art we learnt about the bayeux tapestry.We watched a short video about William the Conquerer invading England in 1066 and the battle of Hastings.
In Welsh we have been writing about a famous person of our choice using the third person - Mae e'n/Mae h'in.
Spellings w/b 27.1.14
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Mercury |
Venus |
Saturn |
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way |
earth |
primary |
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away |
heart |
primarily |
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ground |
fearsome |
primate |
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aground |
hearth |
prime |
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sleep |
beard |
primrose |
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asleep |
smear |
primula |
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wake |
search |
Prime Minister |
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awake |
yearn |
prime number |
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glow |
four |
prima donna |
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aglow |
neighbour |
credible |
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live |
flour |
incredible |
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alive |
colour |
credit |
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Pryd? |
Pryd? |
Pryd? |
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benblwydd |
benblwydd |
benblwydd |
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mis |
mis |
mis |
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WB 27.1.14
This week in English we have been writing our epic Greek myths! They took us two sessions to complete and then we read someone else'e myth and evaluated it with two stars and a wish.We listened to a story about the Giving tree. We had a P4C session (Philosophy for Children) where we came up with questions we had and discussed them. We also wrote our thoughts about the boy and the tree and how it made us feel.
In maths we found equivalent fractions and did a sheet about 3-D shape nets.
In P.E. we continued to extend and improve our gym routines, using symmetry and asymmetry. We have now included Seals and drawbridges and next week we will begin to use the apparatus. For rugby we worked with Mr Long in the hall because of the bad weather.
On Monday Beth and Sharron, the Youth Workers, came in to do some worksheets with us about our life and growing up.
In art we used pictures of sections of the Bayeux tapestry to create our own scene.
For project work this week, we worked with a partner to make an i movie on a different part of Ancient Greek life, like Gods and heroes, Growing up in Ancient Greece, Athens, Sparta and Theatre.
W/B 3.2.14
We have had a very busy week ! We have been busy preparing for our class assembly about Ancient Greece.
We have made imovies about Ancient Greek life and will be showing these in assembly. If you would like to view some of our movies, please go to our picture and movie page.
In English we have started to plan our Welsh myths, for the Eisteddfod competition. We listened to some Welsh myths and learnt about how they are different to our Greek myths. We also watched the advertisment for the winter Olympics and wrote a poem in the voice of winter. We have also been finding out a little information about Shakespeare and the plays that he wrote.
Following on from last week, we carried on with our designs for our big art project. We will be creating a tapestry in the tudor style, so have been researching tudor tapestries. Our designs are taking shape and we will be using parts of them for our final design.
In maths we have been learning about converting between different units of length and we have been doing lots of mental maths in countdown.
Techniquest brought in a variety of puzzles and games for us to play with. Some were quite tricky, and required us to use our thinking and problem solving skills.
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Mercury |
Venus |
Saturn |
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way |
scene |
revise |
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always |
seen |
return |
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arm |
serial |
replay |
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alarm |
cereal |
review |
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chwarae |
chwarae |
chwarae |
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mynd |
mynd |
mynd |
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o dan y |
o dan y |
o dan y |
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wrth y |
wrth y |
wrth y |
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one |
knight |
rebellion |
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alone |
night |
rebound |
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ready |
great |
refresh |
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already |
grate |
retreat |
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together |
key |
revenge |
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altogether |
quay |
reverse |
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though |
pane |
retrieve |
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although |
pain |
recycle |
wb 10.2.14
This week we have written our Welsh myths for the Eisteddfod competition and have begun our art work. We also started work on the Tudor life tapestry with Mrs Jones. We are using textiles and collage techniques to create a large piece of art work that the whole class is collaborating over. So far we have made Tudor roses, some houses, Henry VIII and some of his wives, but there is plenty still to do.
We watched a short animation in English called 'The Piano' about an old man and his memories. We thought of questions we would like to ask him and we wrote a pattern poem called 'Reminiscing'.
In maths we have been working on World time, factors and prime numbers.
In science we have started a new investigation about energy transfer between balls and how potential energy gets turned into kinetic, or movement energy.
We finished our Ancient Greek project work by finding out about the Trojan horse and we read versions of the story and saw a short video clip.
We are waiting to hear whether our class has won the Penny wars competition, but our jar is looking really full, so thank you to everyone who contributed, especially Jack!
Don't forget to start thinking about what your homework presentation will be about - any historical event, character, or time period that interests you. Remember there will be no reading out research - you will only be allowed a few memory joggers. Think about how you could make it intersting for your audience. We will start listening to them right through next half term.
w/b 3.3.14
This week after half term we have been loking at the Tudor period in Project. We have made a timeline for the Tudors from Henry VII becoming king to the death of Elizabeth I. We have been finding out about Henry VIII's six wives and what happened to them and we watched a couple of Terrible Tudors songs on Horrible Histories to help us remember.
We are looking at Biographical writing in English. We looked at the features of biographies, like past tense, third person, chronological order, detailed descriptions and to fit in with our project, we planned a biography of Henry VIII or William Shakespeare. First we researched the subject on the ipads to find out about their lives, then we read some additional information. We made notes which we then had to turn into a biography.
On Tuesday we had our Eisteddfod. We performed a short play and a rap about Harry Morgan, the pirate whose family lived in Tredegar House starring Meirion as Harry. We listened to musicians, heard the results of the Eisteddfod competitions and found out information about Wales and Welsh people from different teachers. Rhian won the writing competition for Year 6 so she was crowned as the Bard.The winning art has now been displayed in the Hall.
In Science we did an experiment with different flavoured mentos and coke out on the yard because of the reaction that happened. We had to think about what we had seen and next we will try to explain why the reaction happened.
w/b 10.3.14
Spellings for this week
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Mercury |
Venus |
Saturn |
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bright |
electrician |
quest |
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flight |
optician |
question |
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alone |
magician |
quality |
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attract |
politician |
quarry |
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admire |
musician |
queue |
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again |
ration |
quantity |
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special |
station |
quarrel |
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station |
invitation |
cheque |
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enough |
multiplication |
physique |
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subtraction |
creation |
antique |
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correction |
communication |
grotesque |
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through |
education |
picturesque |
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ddiflas |
ddiflas |
ddiflas |
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ddiddorol |
ddiddorol |
ddiddorol |
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ffantastig |
ffantastig |
ffantastig |
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gret |
gret |
gret |
Thank you for coming to our Parents Afternoon. We hope you enjoyed looking at the children's work. One of the Parents enquired about the Comprehension tests that the children will complete in May. Mr Rothwell will link some sample and Practice materials on the website for you to be having a go at. He'll put up some maths practice tests too. They should help you get into the habit of reading questions and text carefully to find the answers. Any problems, just contact us in school.
w/b.17.03.14
This week in English we have been finishing off our Dr.Barnardo biographies and started reading a novel called The Children Of Winter by Berlie Doherty. Once we had read the first chapter of the story, we wrote down all of the events and phrases that were in the book that created suspense. After we read the second chapter, we drew the barn in the story as we imagined it, using small clues of description from the book.
In Maths we looked at measuring angles with protractors and found the area and perimeter of shapes. Also we looked at different currency rates and converted rupees and dollars and other currency to British pounds.
In Welsh we have been writing a play script about Harri Morgan and his crew.
In ICT we have started filling in our skills profiles. Some of us had to start from the beginning, but others had already started and only updated theirs.
In PE, we went on the xbox and played on dance central which we enjoyed. On Friday, it started raining so we went inside and set up excercise stations which included, hula hooping,skipping and bench presses.
In art we wrote our art evaluations explaining what we could see and what we did.They were harder than we expected. We started writting them with our parents in our class open afternoon but we are finishing them in class.
In Project work, we had to get statements about Henry VIII and had to decide if they were fact,opinion or fiction. We did this by putting three lines down our page and sectioned them into fact,opinion and fiction and put the statements underneath the subheadings.
On Thursday afternoon we had a visit from PC.Thomas who talked about internet safety.First we listed the things we did on the internet then we thought of the bad things about the internet. PC.Thomas then showed us two videos about cyberbullying and privacy settings. She told us about a website called www.thinkuknow.co.uk feel free to go on it.
Also this week a few people have done their presentations in front of the class.Sams presentation was very intresting and he had lots of amazing props!!!
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Venus |
Saturn |
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reflection |
equator |
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section |
sequin |
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correction |
earthquake |
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direction |
conquer |
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attraction |
require |
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distraction |
request |
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fiction |
mosque |
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faction |
square |
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infection |
sequence |
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reduction |
squadron |
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traction |
consequence |
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fraction |
frequent |
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collection |
disqualify |
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construction |
squeal |
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amser mynd adre |
amser mynd adre |
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amser chwarae |
amser chwarae |
w/b 24.3.14
We have had a very busy week in school! We have carried on reading our novel and answered comprehension questions about the events that took place in chapter three.
We have been busy working on reasoning skills in maths in preparation for the tests after Easter.
In project work we have been learning about the Spanish Armada. We learnt about the route the ships took and had to sequence events in chronological order.
For mothers day we have made some lovely cards!
Today, we visited Bethesda Church for an Easter workshop. We got very wet on the way down but had lots of fun singing a rap and decorating an egg. We learnt many new things about the Easter story and enjoyed watching the interviews with the bible characters. Thank you to everyone involved !!!
Spellings w/b 31/3/14
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Venus |
Saturn |
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aggression |
flock |
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session |
herd |
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confession |
gaggle |
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impression |
litter |
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depression |
shoal |
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percussion |
school |
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mission |
pride |
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passion |
swarm |
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possession |
pack |
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dispossession |
ream |
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progression |
bouquet |
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profession |
fleet |
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discussion |
flight |
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oppression |
peal |
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permission |
string |
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procession |
batch |
wb/31.3.14
In English we carried on reading The Children Of Winter and did a few activities, which included what our strenghts and weaknesses would be if we were hiding from the plague,if Catherine a character in the story should of or should not have stolen the hens from maggie potts and wrote down the strengths and weaknesses of the three main characters called Catherine,Tessa and Dan.
In Maths we looked at different mesurements and made a graph as part of the work.On Tuesday we reasoned and estimated animal problems.On Thursday we looked at money problems and bank overdrafts.On Friday we did word problems about high jumping and long jumping in the olympics.
In project we researched Queen Victoria's personal life and wrote a report on her. We found out some very interesting facts about her life.
In Science this week, we learnt about series circuits and parallel circuits. We drew an example of them both and wrote a liittle paragraph about the different circuits.
In art we have been designing our easter cards with labels to say what materials we would use for each part on the final card. We are making these next week.
We have had our class party for winning penny wars today!!!
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Venus |
Saturn |
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mansion |
disguise |
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explosion |
biscuit |
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occasion |
juice |
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conclusion |
fruit |
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division |
guidance |
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extension |
guitar |
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confusion |
linguist |
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decision |
monologue |
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collision |
rogue |
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television |
squeak |
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vision |
guard |
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invasion |
guarantee |
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expansion |
language |
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bwyd |
tywydd |
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diod oer |
gwesty |
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o'r gorau |
Dw i'n aros yma |
wb 7.4.14
In English we carried on reading the novel Children Of Winter and wrote a diary entry for one of the main characters.We also wrote down the points of view of all three children when they faced a dilemma about what to do with Clem the shepherd, who arrived at the barn and was ill, probably with the plague.
In maths we had a mini assessment on the computer and started to look at parabolic line art and division.