Hi Year 4,
Hope you are enjoying your half term holiday. I have had a fun day watching Tangled in the cinema and am looking forward to seeing George's Marvellous Medicine later on in the week at the New Theatre, Cardiff. This week in Llancaiach Fawr there are special Crime and Punishment events in case you wanted an idea for a day out.
As we discussed on Friday, your homework for this half term is linked to the new geography based topic we will be starting next week - St Lucia. Please can you research St Lucia and find out 10 facts about it e.g. average temperature? Where is it? Capital city? Population? Language spoken? Famous for....? Famous people? these are just a few ideas. See what you can find out!
Please bring your facts written or printed out to school next week. Be creative! I liked Joe's ideas of drawing a map of St Lucia and writing the facts around it.
Enjoy your break - I'm off to see if I can book a school trip to St Lucia, but I don't think it will be possible!
Mrs Marlow
Monday 21 February 2011
Sunday 13 February 2011
Friday 11 February 2011
Thursday 10 February 2011
Moodle
Dear parent(s),
We have been developing our ICT capabilities over the last few weeks with the introduction of a brand new Moodle. Moodle is known as a VLE or Virtual Learning Environment. RCT are investing heavily in the project and over 70 schools (out of 143) are developing Models . Each child in years 3,4 5 and 6, has been allocated a user name and they have all devised their own passwords. We have stressed the importance of keeping passwords safe and personal, however, we would encourage them to share passwords with parents so that you can see the merits of the VLE, and view the work that they are doing in the Moodle.
The Moodle can be easily accessed from the news blog called (latest school news) on our website http://www.pontyclunprimary.org.uk/
Advantages of using Moodle include;
• Online learning environment as a means of communication with pupils, parents and the wider community.
• Teachers can use the environment to support and enhance their classroom activities, allowing pupils to interact with learning materials and activities outside of school.
• With 14 of the 19 secondary schools being part of the RCT Moodle (including Y Pant), there has never been a better time to explore ways that Moodle can support and improve curriculum continuity from primary to secondary school.
• The Moodle is a safe environment for children which can only be accessed by invitation.
• Work can be set by teachers, uploaded by pupils, shared by pupils and even marked online whilst giving the pupil instant feedback.
• Moodle has a chat facility that can only be accessed by members of the VLE, thus providing a safe environment for your children to communicate with each other.
Since the introduction of blogs, we at Pontyclun Primary have had a direct and effective method of communicating with parents. In time we will hope to integrate our blog and Moodle but for the moment they will both run concurrently.
Mrs. Marlow and Miss. Davies
We have been developing our ICT capabilities over the last few weeks with the introduction of a brand new Moodle. Moodle is known as a VLE or Virtual Learning Environment. RCT are investing heavily in the project and over 70 schools (out of 143) are developing Models . Each child in years 3,4 5 and 6, has been allocated a user name and they have all devised their own passwords. We have stressed the importance of keeping passwords safe and personal, however, we would encourage them to share passwords with parents so that you can see the merits of the VLE, and view the work that they are doing in the Moodle.
The Moodle can be easily accessed from the news blog called (latest school news) on our website http://www.pontyclunprimary.org.uk/
Advantages of using Moodle include;
• Online learning environment as a means of communication with pupils, parents and the wider community.
• Teachers can use the environment to support and enhance their classroom activities, allowing pupils to interact with learning materials and activities outside of school.
• With 14 of the 19 secondary schools being part of the RCT Moodle (including Y Pant), there has never been a better time to explore ways that Moodle can support and improve curriculum continuity from primary to secondary school.
• The Moodle is a safe environment for children which can only be accessed by invitation.
• Work can be set by teachers, uploaded by pupils, shared by pupils and even marked online whilst giving the pupil instant feedback.
• Moodle has a chat facility that can only be accessed by members of the VLE, thus providing a safe environment for your children to communicate with each other.
Since the introduction of blogs, we at Pontyclun Primary have had a direct and effective method of communicating with parents. In time we will hope to integrate our blog and Moodle but for the moment they will both run concurrently.
Mrs. Marlow and Miss. Davies
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