Clever Coders had their first coding club today! We learnt how to code sprites to communicate to each other (we also had lots of laughs and giggles 🤭) Da iawn merched! #phipdcf Code Club Wales

#DosbarthEira were hard at work this afternoon comparing the average rainfall in Wales and the Amazon Rainforest. They used Google Slides to create a table and then generated a bar graph. Clever clogs! Phillipstown Primary #phipdcf #phipnum

Llongyfarchiadau to this super star who gained her pen licence this week! Only four weeks into the new school year and already achieving huge targets. ⭐️ Phillipstown Primary

These clever coders have completed their first task as part of Code Club Wales ⭐️👾 Da iawn girls, great job! Phillipstown Primary #phipdcf #phipclevercoders

#DosbarthEira chose their own recording tools today to film a verbal retell of their own adventure stories! Some used their video camera on the Chromebooks, some chose Book Creator Team & others used Puppet Pals on the iPad. Phillipstown Primary #phiplit #phipdcf 🎙💬

You might notice some new pieces of art on your way to #DosbarthEira next week! Have a great weekend all. See you Monday 😁. Phillipstown Primary

#DosbarthEira worked collaboratively using Google Slides 💻to create a research project comparing the River Taff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 with the Amazon River 🇧🇷💦. Phillipstown Primary #phiplit #phipdcf #phiphumanities

Using instruments to help us understand onomatopoeia & sounds of the rainforest! We’ll use what we’ve learnt to help us plan & write our own poems. Phillipstown Primary #phiplit 👂🪘🥁🎺🐸 EAS Language, Literacy & Communication

#DosbarthEira were creating databases using Just2easy 🚀 via Hwb Addysg Cymru to make digital fact files about animals of the Amazon Rainforest! 🐸 Phillipstown Primary EAS Digital

We were so lucky to have a visit from ex-Wales rugby player Paul Thorburn earlier this week! 🏉 He talked to us about his experiences playing rugby around the world & played some fun ball games with us! Diol how Paul! Phillipstown Primary 😄

We had an amazing time watching Beauty & the Beast today at the The Riverfront! Such a great show 😁🎭 Lots of singing, dancing and laughing! Phillipstown Primary PPS_Enfys Dosbarth Awyr

#DosbarthEira have started their Bridge Bonanza Project! We assigned each other roles, were given a budget & started to design potential bridges we could make! Lots of numeracy skills, oracy, problem-solving, teamwork & engineering! Phillipstown Primary #phipstem 🌉✏️😁

We’ve been practising our dividing skills a lot in #DosbarthEira recently. We’ve used the short ‘bus stop’ method along with pictures of counters to help us (we’ve practised with real counters too!) Now onto fractions! 🙌➗😁 Phillipstown Primary #phipnum

#DosbarthEira have started steps 1&2 of their Bridge Bonanza Project: design & budget. Working collaboratively to select final designs & ensuring they keep within their budget. Lots of cross-curricular skills happening! Phillipstown Primary #phipscitech #phipnum 👷‍♀️👷🏻🌉✏️💬

Diolch to this young man for bringing in his bamps’ war medals to share with #DosbarthEira! He was inspired by our topic: Heroes & Villains of WWII 🎖 #phiphum Phillipstown Primary

“Oes anifail anwes ‘da ti?” 🤔 #DosbarthEira were asking & answering this question today, gathering data to create a bar graph! #phipwelsh Phillipstown Primary 🗣

#DosbarthEira have been investigating heart rate this week 🫀. We want to know which cooling down method will bring our heart rates back to normal. Lots of maths involved … and lots of fun too! 🤔💭 Phillipstown Primary #phipsci

Polite reminder that Monday, 24th June is an INSET Day for all schools within the Idris Davies Cluster as such Idris Davies School 3 -18 will be closed to all pupils on this day and will reopen to pupils on Tuesday, 25th June. Bryn Awel Primary School White Rose Primary Fochriw Primary Phillipstown Primary

We discussed ideas for our new topic today in trios, with A & B discussing and C taking notes. We all worked together at the end to generate questions from our ideas. We showed good speaking & listening skills! 🗣💬✍️ Phillipstown Primary EAS Language, Literacy & Communication

Exploring electricity! ⚡️ Lots of hands on learning to help us think about what we’d like to know about electricity. We will be completing a TASC wheel to help us organise our investigation! Phillipstown Primary EAS STEM