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Life cycles – caterpillar to butterfly.
Taking care of our baby chicks – being little farmers and seeing the entire process from incubation to life. What a wonderful experience!
Decorating the school ready for the National Urdd
Swift Nature Group
Pupils from years 2 to 6 have been learning about Swifts. They have been inspired by information from the local Swift Nature group. Did you know a swift never lands, but drinks, feeds and sleeps on the wing?
“The Journey of Life”
In R.V.E. (religion, values, ethics) year 5 and 6 are thinking about “The Journey of Life”. You may have had questions at home about how your felt upon your child’s arrival and shared stories about your child’s birth and first days.
Local Heritage Quilters
Mrs Ashton’s class visited the Minerva Art Centre to see the work of our local Heritage Quilters. They studied the quilts and enjoyed seeing the themes of dragons, the sea and flowers. They found out how our local quilters support the RNLI and children in hospitals through their work. The detail and creativity of the… Read more »
Making Easter nests
Easter egg hunt – thank you to the high school for putting on a little treat for us. We worked on following instructions, moving in different ways and having a bit of fun! Happy Easter everyone.
The little red hen – making bread!
Reading appreciation and world book day.
Weighing and measuring.
St. David’s Day celebrations
Windrush project workshop – developing an awareness of diversity and adversity.
Lego creations and coding for movement.
Big maths – problem solving using numicon and partitioning larger numbers.
Big maths – looking at numeral formation, counting sets and addition, pattern work, shape and direction.
Coding and map work
Testing our aeroplane creations. How far can we throw them?
Engaging in guided reading activities
Blending tasks, jigsaws and puzzles, sentence building and letter formation
Corner Exotics
A big thank you
Thank you to everyone who kindly donated items to our collection for Llanidloes pantri. Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd dda.
Support for Children and Young People over Christmas
Diabetes fundraising event inspired by Powys schoolboy
Year 5 pupil Mason asked that children at his school Ysgol Gynradd Llanidloes to wear blue – the official colour of diabetes awareness. The school’s heartfelt gesture raised £72.15 from 50p donations.
Crisp Packet Collection
The Eco Committee have been working with Keep Wales Tidy to collect crisp packets. In an assembly, we learned that the waste packets are used to make rescue blankets for homeless people here in Wales. Coral, a large ironwork fish, donated by Oswestry Ironworks, has been used to collect the packets. The Eco Committees from… Read more »
Quiet Garden
The Eco Committee have been developing a quiet garden over the last two years. From an initial design idea by Izzie, we raised funds through our local Coop store, and worked with artist Megan Jones, to create this artwork for our garden. Every child in school worked with Megan. They considered what was important to… Read more »
Coop Trip
Mrs Ashton’s class went shopping at our local Coop. It was the perfect place for a maths lesson – price comparisons can be quite a challenge.
Art gallery cafe visit
Miss Rees’ class have visited the Wild Oak Cafe, Llanidloes to view an art exhibition by local artist, Amanda Skipsey. We enjoyed looking at the art on display and had a hot chocolate.
Bake sale for Morocco Earthquake
Mrs Ashton’s class have been baking. They worked in small groups to produce 72 flapjacks and 72 chocolate chip cookies. These were sold at 50p each in almost 72 seconds! The class were concerned for families in Morocco following the earthquake. Just over £120 was raised for the Disasters and Emergency commission. We thank parent… Read more »
Collecting Crisp Packets
This year our Eco Committee have helped in a school assembly. They welcomed Laura from Keep Wales Tidy to introduce “Coral”, a fish from the Ironworks at Oswestry. Coral is currently resident at the front of school. Our intention is to fill Coral by the 27th October with crisp packets?
Parent Drop-in Sessions
Every Monday, 2.30pm in the Wellbeing Centre.Come to the main entrance.
Investigating and exploring
Yoga and mindfulness
Problem solving and physical challenge
Getting stuck in!
Keeping us informed in whole school assemblies.
Looking at the rights of the child. Focusing on excellence through our house points system. Well done this week to team Hafren. Encouraging good attendance.
Expressive arts – a beautiful performance by the string quartet.
Red, white and green day
Wear your red, white and green on the 13th of October to raise money for the Maldwyn 2024 Urdd Eisteddfod!
Environmentally friendly school – Llanidloes primary reach the Senedd.
Well done to our Eco reps for all their hard work in fighting to reduce plastic. Take a look at what Russel George has to say after meeting our enthusiastic pupils. Thank you, First Minister. I agree…: 20 Jun 2023: Senedd debates – TheyWorkForYou Environmentally Friendly Schools: 20 Jun 2023: Senedd debates – TheyWorkForYou
Presentations complete!
Well done to all the year 5 pupils who presented today in front of their peers and put themselves forward to be a Bronze Young Ambassador. A very good luck to all. Looking forward to seeing who our new sports representatives will be!
Programme for Gorllewin School Eisteddfod
Programme for Dwyrain School Eisteddfod
Visit from the Vet!
What a fantastic opportunity to hear from a number of different people about what they do for a job and how they made it into their chosen career. Here are some pictures from our local vet talk. The children were engaged and inspired!
Job swap day at the end of last half term was a massive success. Everyone enjoyed taking on a new role as part of Career promotion week! Da iawn all
Netball squad
Massive congratulations to our Netball teams at the North Powys competition today. A 2nd and 3rd place position with a qualifying spot in the final in March. So proud of all of you, keep up the good work.
Snow day – we had lots of fun making memories in school.
Colouring Competition
Some of our winners from the colouring competition run by Milwyn Jenkins and Jenkins receiving their prizes today.
International Day of Living Together in Peace
On Monday 16th May we celebrated the International Day of Living Together in Peace. All the children came into school dressed in something white. Donations were also given by the children to ‘Croeso Llanidloes’. Living together in peace is about accepting differences and having the ability to listen to, recognize, respect, and appreciate others as well… Read more »
Early Help Newsletter
We have been so looking forward to lighter, longer daylight hours and better weather for being outside in Nature’s playground. Spring can often feel like a chance to start afresh and make plans with some positivity moving forwards.
Children’s Mental Health Week 2022
