Testing forces and friction

Newton meters were used to test the force necessary to pull a weighted shoe across different surfaces, to discover the amount of friction on each one. The higher the reading, the greater the friction. They used thinking , number and communicating skills to do this.

Carnival Masks

Year 4 designed and made their own St Lucia carnival masks using Art Mache, these will be decorated with sequins and feathers etc. They used the internet to look at different types of mask using IT skills.

Enquiry Skills

The children played a science enquiry game. They had to decide which type of enquiry was needed to solve scientific problems - to classify, use a fair test, conduct a survey or measure over time. They used thinking skills.

St Lucia Project

The children decided for themselves where they thought some of the main features in St Lucia would be, such as tourist areas, villages and the airport etc. They discussed this giving their reasons. They later checked their placings against the actual map of St. Lucia. This involved asking questions and linking ideas - communication skills.

Sept 09 New School Year

Areas of study. Theses are the topics that the children will be covering this half term.

Welsh conversation and history investigations

The children in year 4 created and read to the class their dialogue based on shopping for the family.

In Year 4 we have been learning about crime and punishment in Tudor times.

We looked at different sources about crime and punishment and tried to find the evidence each source contained.

We then talked about what kinds of crime were common in Tudor times, and what kinds of punishment were given for Tudor crimes.

Later we discussed whether we could trust the evidence.

Click on the picture above to look at the kinds of crime and punishment that were common in Tudor Wales.

Gwyl Plant Morgannwg - Children's Festival of Dance

Pontyclun's dance team took part in Gwyl Plant Morgannwg - The Children's Dance Festival at St. Fagans on Saturday 13th June. They danced with other schools from all over Glamorgan, and thoroughly enjoyed themselves on a sunny summer's day!