Our trip to Riverside Allotments

On Monday we took the bus to Riverside Allotments in Cardiff as part of our topic for the term. We were met by Isla who showed us around. We took part in a nature hunt to find things like the compostable toilet and bug hotel. We were then shown the edible part of the allotment where we were able to try almost everything. The Sorrel was very sweet and the peas were delicious! Afterwards we made our own pots from newspaper and went pond dipping. We had a great time!
After lunch we walked to Bute Park where we were met by a group of Bute Park educational staff. We looked at mini beasts in the park. We split into groups and used paintbrushes, magnifying glasses, nets and bug containers to catch and study the mini beasts. Take a look at our photos.

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We have been cooking!

Yesterday Richard Shaw from Cooking Together taught us very important knife skills, how we should hold knives, the correct way to hold food for cutting and the importance of respecting a knife. We made Banana Crumble Bites and Tortilla Toasties. We had a lot of fun and the food tasted fabulous!

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Football Festival

On the 22nd March we attended a football festival at Rhydyfelin playing fields. 39 of us took part in a skills carousel in the morning and friendly games in the afternoon. We all had an amazing day.

Rugby Festival

On 18th March Years 5/6 attended a Rugby Festival on Treforest playing fields. We took part in a skills carousel in the morning and played friendly games in the afternoon. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.

Men in Black

As part of our topic 'Men in Black' Brian Davies came in to our class to explain coalmining tools and artefacts to enhance our understanding of this topic. We found it very interesting and we learned alot of new things.

Brian Davies took us on a local coal walk where he pointed out and explained remnants of the past, sites and artefacts that still remain today.

K'nex Challenge

On Monday 14th March we walked to the Historical Centre in town for a K'nex workshop challenge.
Our challenge was to build a bridge that could hold varying amounts of weight in te form of food items.  We thoroughly enjoyed the task with great results.

Basketball Skills

Year 5 and 6 took part in a basketball skills session in readiness for a tournament in two weeks time.  The session was run by Dragon Sports in Hawthorn Leisure Centre and the children had a fabulous time. The skills that they learnt will help them immensely in the tournament.