Hwb

To assist you with Hwb, there are instructions on using it if you're not familiar with it further down the page.
Any questions or help you need to navigate around the site please email us and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

Homeworking Weeks 1 and 2

Reception Home Learning

Hello children! 

I hope you all managed to enjoy the Easter holidays and spent lots of time in the sunshine with your families. My little girl has been keeping me very busy!! We have been gardening, painting, baking, walking, singing and have found time to eat lots of Easter eggs too! I am soooooo tired at bedtime!  

I miss you all so much and I know that Mrs Bond and Mrs Hughes do too. We hope that we’ll see you all again soon. I have set some activities for you to try to complete for the next 2 weeks while you’re at home. There are 2 activities each day and also the DAILY FIVE. These can just be something quick and easy (see ideas sheet below) If you have time to do them all that would be fantastic! But if you are busy helping at home, playing, baking, walking and making memories with your families that is fantastic too!     

The activities that you complete can be recorded in your exercise books or on paper or you can just take a photo.   

If your parents/carers need my help with anything or you would like some more work please get in touch - maesycoedprimary82@gmail.com

I’ll be adding more activities in 2 weeks. 

Stay safe and keep smiling! 

Much Love,

Mrs Reynolds. X

Ideas for Daily Five

Reading – share stories and books you have at home. Read to younger/older siblings. Read magazines if you have them. Read or listen to e-books online (go to www.oxfordowl.co.uk) Help to read recipes, instructions for games, help to find your class page on the school blog, read signs when you go for a walk. Find familiar words/letter sounds in the newspaper, in books, in your post.

Maths – Everyday counting… count when you walk up stairs/steps, count things around the house/garden, look at house numbers on a local walk, identify numbers on a clock and ask a grown up to help you to tell the time. Measures.... find things that are big/small, think of other words we use for big and small, help to weigh out ingredients if you bake, find things that are heavy/light, think of other words we use for heavy and light. Explore money…. identify different coins, count them, compare them, use coins to pretend to buy things. 

Keep Fit – walk, jog or run, enjoy a bike/scooter ride, time on your trampoline (if you have one) exercises in the garden, dancing. Cosmic Kids Yoga and Joe Wicks P.E (both on You Tube) We LOVE Joe Wicks in my house!! 

Being Creative – draw, paint, collage, chalks on your patio/driveway, make junk models, bake a cake, help to make a meal, build with Lego/blocks or sets, use dolls or figures to act out a story. Sing songs (www.outoftheark.co.uk) or (www.youtube.com) make actions, dance and perform. Maybe have a family talent night! 

Celebrating – Each day think about and talk about something that you have done well or enjoyed doing and celebrate it!  Can you ask others in your house if they have something to celebrate?   

Click here to access weeks 1 and 2 and any links if available

Singing is an important part of our life at Maes-y-Coed,  so we are keen to keep pupils singing and enjoying music home.
Please go to
www.outoftheark.co.uk
and click 'Take a look'.
You will find a different song released each day, with words on screen for pupils to sing along. You will also find activities / actions to accompany each song. Please take a look and have fun with singing!

Instructions on how to use Hwb with your child

Log in to Hwb

You will see this screen

Click on just2easy

Then click on Jit5

Paint

1. Click on paint and select a picture (make sure to scroll through as there are colouring sheets at the bottom)

2. The pictures to the left of the screen can be selected by clicking on the words.

3. Use the arrows to change the picture and the +/- to size it. Click on the picture where you would like it to go.

4. You can also draw in the picture by clicking on the paintbrush, selecting the colour and size of brush.

5. Give your picture a name and save.

Turtle (which is simple computer coding)

1. Select turtle.

2. Click on big bad wolf.

3. Click on the arrows and direct the wolf to each of the houses and knock them down.

4. Click on the play button bottom left of screen and watch him in action.

Writing:

1. When you log into hwb go to just2easy.

2. Click on Jit5.

3. Click on write and select a picture from the template.

4. You can choose the size you want of the text as well as the colour.

5. When you have written your story, give it a name in the white box above the picture (this will say write).

6. Save your work by clicking the orange circle with a blue disk in.

Pictogram

1. Select pictogram
2. Select a picture in the templates or make your own using the pictures on the left hand side (lion etc)
3. Minibeasts is a great one for children as they can go into the garden to count. Click the + or - beneath each picture to create a pictogram.
4. Don't forget to give it a name in the white box above the chart and save.
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Homeworking

If after Easter we are not back in school, work will be displayed here for the children to do at home. Please follow by email (link on side of page) which will alert you when something has been posted.
Many thanks

Today, the children in foundation phase celebrated a Welsh Culture Day with visiting harpist Bethan Nia. A variety of Welsh songs were sung whilst Bethan played the harp. Afterwards the children had a go themselves on the small harps. They all had a wonderful time.

Click here to view the photos

We recently went on a trip to Barry Island with our parents and teachers. The weather wasn't looking so good when we left school but it got better at the beach. We had a fabulous time playing in the sand.

Danylan Fields

Reception took a stroll to Danylan Fields today to enjoy the sunshine 🌞. We made daisy chains, played ball and had fun in the park!

Library Visit

Today the reception children took a little trip to the library. We walked down to the town. We listened to some lovely stories and had a great time. Thank you Pontypridd Library!

Exploring Shadows!

Today Reception have been exploring shadows. We drew around our shadows this morning and this afternoon and we discovered they had moved!!

Eggtastic Fun!

Nursery and reception children had an eggtastic time on their Easter Egg Hunt!

World Book Day 2018

We had a lovely day dressed up as our favourite characters from a book. These are our photos from the day...

To see more photos of us dressed up click here

Techniquest Visit

Reception visited Techniquest today and were very excited to look for Delyth the Dragon and her fairytale friends. We have had great fun exploring light and shadows. Everyone has had a fantastic day!

Click here to see more photos of us having fun!

Click here to see some short video clips

Our First Few Weeks in Class

We’ve had a busy few weeks settling back into school. We’ve had lots of new friends join us in our class and we have been showing them how we line up, how we wash our hands, how to tidy up and much much more!

We have been learning about Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Next we are learning about The Three Little Pigs.