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(Morgan S) IF YOU WISH TO LEAVE A MESSAGE ABOUT SICKNESS OR ANY OTHER REQUEST, PLEASE LEAVE YOUR MESSAGE ON THE REPORTING YOUR CHILD S ABSENCE LINE OPTION 2 DOES NOT WORK YEAR 5 DYFFRYN TRANSITION

This Transition Day is always eagerly awaited as the children get to make lots of things for Christmas. Here is what they had to say First we got there and all the schools went in the hall.

Next we had a break. After break we made the bags, then we all went back to the hall for food. Finally I made Christmas decorations. It was great.

1 You will find us on the new NPTCBC Learning Gateway at: Up to date news and information can be found on the School Newsletter Tab Newyddion Coed Hirwaun/Coed Hirwaun News again. (Morgan S) IF YOU WISH TO LEAVE A MESSAGE ABOUT SICKNESS OR ANY OTHER REQUEST, PLEASE LEAVE YOUR MESSAGE ON THE REPORTING YOUR CHILD S ABSENCE LINE OPTION 2 DOES NOT WORK YEAR 5 DYFFRYN TRANSITION DAY The Year 5 pupils were invited to a Technology Day in Dyffryn Comprehensive School on Monday 30th November. This Transition Day is always eagerly awaited as the children get to make lots of things for Christmas. Here is what they had to say First we got there and all the schools went in the hall. Then we went to our classrooms. My first one was gift bags and cards in the basement. First we made the cards and then we saw a laser cutter. The cutter cut out bags ready for us to make. Next we had a break. After break we made the bags, then we all went back to the hall for food. Finally I made Christmas decorations. It was great. I want to go We got to choose a selection of activities to do throughout the day. We did two each. The overall favourite activity was a desk tidy which will hold pencils. We all enjoyed our selves and we would like to go there again. (Madeline) I enjoyed doing the gift bags and cards, also being shown how a laser cutter works and watching it cut out the bags. The other activity I did was to make a desk tidy. This activity was making a pencil holder out of wood. You also got to pick two colours. I chose blue and green. My over all favourite was the desk tidy. We had a brilliant day and when we got back to school we all agreed that we would love to go again. Currently we have 443 followers Volume 1 Issue Rhagfyr th December 2015 Diary Dates: 08/12 Foundation Phase Nativity Concerts 2.00 and /12 KS2 Margam Abbey Practice Day 10/12 Nursery Christmas Visit to Abbots Kitchen Margam Park to see Santa 10/12 Christmas Dinner Day 10/12 KS2 Carol Concert Margam Abbey /12 Foundation Christmas Trip Tu fewn/inside this issue: Year 5 & 6 Scream 2-4 Machine Challenge Flu Immunisation 5 Phase 14/12 CH CA Chr is tmas Evening 16/12 KS2 Christmas Trip 16/12 Whole School Christmas Party 18/12 Christmas Jumper Day 4-5/01/16 INSET Days school closed to pupils This month the class with the best attendance for November with 98.16% is Year 2 IF YOU CHANGE ANY OF YOUR CONTACT DETAILS PLEASE NOTIFY THE SCHOOL IMMEDIATELY

YEARS 5 & 6 SCREAM MACHINE All the children in Years 5 and 6 took part in a Design your own Scream Machine challenge. The children worked in groups and had to design their own roller coaster ride.

.. Nemo s Coaster we chose Nemo s Coaster because we thought that it was a lot different to the other groups.

(Tegan, Ieuan, Lucas and Gemma) Rapunzel s Adventure We chose Rapunzel because we had a good idea for the drop being Rapunzel s hair.

We made posters and leaflets with lots of eye catching colours and writing. We also made an advert to show everybody how our machine worked.

(Anabel, Xanthe, Hannah and Madison) The days of Disney We made our roller coaster with thin sheets of metal and bent into shape using a hammer. We used other pieces of metal to make a tower.

2 YEARS 5 & 6 SCREAM MACHINE All the children in Years 5 and 6 took part in a Design your own Scream Machine challenge. The children worked in groups and had to design their own roller coaster ride. First they decided on the concept, then they had to plan and draw out their designs. Finally, they had to build a 3D working model of their ride. Here are a few of their comments... Nemo s Coaster we chose Nemo s Coaster because we thought that it was a lot different to the other groups. We built our roller coaster with a foam door lining, cardboard box, tic tac box, wood, string and paper. We really enjoyed learning about forces, we also liked designing and making our ride. (Tegan, Ieuan, Lucas and Gemma) Rapunzel s Adventure We chose Rapunzel because we had a good idea for the drop being Rapunzel s hair. Our theme is Rapunzel coming out of her tower and going on a wild, crazy adventure. We built the roller coaster with cardboard, boarder strips and bottles and so much more. We made posters and leaflets with lots of eye catching colours and writing. We also made an advert to show everybody how our machine worked. We learned a lot about KE and PE KE is when something is about to start and PE is when it is moving. (Anabel, Xanthe, Hannah and Madison) The days of Disney We made our roller coaster with thin sheets of metal and bent into shape using a hammer. We used other pieces of metal to make a tower. Out ride was made in two halves, the second half by getting four metal bars for the tower and metal mesh for the track. We wanted to show people how Disney had changed over the years to what it looks like now. (Ben, Josh, Rhys, Carwyn and Oliver) Arials Aquatic Adventure We decided on our name as we thought it would be an eye catching alliteration. Our design was a deserted Pirate Ship under water with detailed planks, scrunched up bits of green and yellow paper for seaweed and sand and a blue and yellow track. We designed it in 1cm and to make our 3D model we had to up-scale it from 1cm to 10cm. (Connor, Ewan, Drew and Finley) Jungle Book our roller coaster was based on the Jungle Book. We chose this because it was a theme that we all enjoyed. We used wood and a type of plastic for the track. We decorated it using paint and cardboard. We used boxes at the end of the track so the ball does not come off the end. We put lots of decorations to make people come to our roller coaster. We were a bit nervous when people asked us questions. (Scarlet, Maiya, Megan and Harleen)

YEARS 5 & 6 SCREAM MACHINE Aladdin s Magic Carpet We came up with the idea because everyone likes the film.

Jess brought in a simple roller coaster and we painted, mended and presented it to the judges, Mr. James and Mrs. Comley.

(Abigail, Ashleigh, Sophie and Megan) Frozen We decided to do frozen because it s coming up to Christmas and we thought it

We had the most votes in the competition.

(Sophie, Ashlee, Megan and Abigail) Diamond Burner We did a presentation for our roller coaster and we had to try and persuade

(Cara and Brooke) Thunder Thump Charlie and I took part in a scream machine event.

We won the most voters. (Charlie and Kit) The Griffway We presented the Griffway to the Disney Committee.

3 YEARS 5 & 6 SCREAM MACHINE Aladdin s Magic Carpet We came up with the idea because everyone likes the film. We all wanted to ride on a magic carpet. Jess brought in a simple roller coaster and we painted, mended and presented it to the judges, Mr. James and Mrs. Comley. We predominantly learnt trial and error, different forces and working as a team. (Abigail, Ashleigh, Sophie and Megan) Frozen We decided to do frozen because it s coming up to Christmas and we thought it would make a good setting. Because frozen is such a popular film, people liked our idea so they voted for us. We had the most votes in the competition. We made our track out of piping solution and we stuck two cardboard boxes together to keep our roller coaster in place. (Sophie, Ashlee, Megan and Abigail) Diamond Burner We did a presentation for our roller coaster and we had to try and persuade the Disney Committee to choose us. We spent a lot of time making and creating our model. (Cara and Brooke) Thunder Thump Charlie and I took part in a scream machine event. We had to create a presentation to advertise our ride Thunder Thump to go into the Disney Committee We won the most voters. (Charlie and Kit) The Griffway We presented the Griffway to the Disney Committee. We used a presentation on HWB. When we presented it to the Disney Committee we were very nervous because we had to go first. (Morgan and Morgan) Crazy Spray Last Friday we made a scream machine and a powerpoint presentation which we showed to Mr. James and Mrs. Comley. We also showed our model to the teachers. (Mollie and Crystal) Night Hawk We had to show our presentation for our scream machine to Mr. James and Mrs. Comley. We had a great time and we won for the best presentation and overall concept model. (Enzo and Luke)

YEAR 5 & YEAR 6 SCREAM MACHINE Click on the Mickey Mouse button to see the children in action The Slide of Doom Last Friday we presented our

We went and looked at the other Year 5 s models and the Year 6 s models and voted for our favourite. The overall winners were Enzo and Luke.

Our favourite part about it is the paint, because it is colourful. We had to present our powerpoint to Mrs. Comley and Mr. James.

Unfortunately our first scream machine did not go well, but we made a new one.

(Emma and Farrah) Cloud Puff Year 5 & 6 switched classes to see each other s scream machines, but one of us had to stay on the stall.

They came back and called a different group to go in. At the end Mr. James and Mrs.

(Libby and Ella) The Pom Bomber Last Friday we presented our presentation to Mrs. Comley and Mr.

(Shelby and Maddie) Swirls of Doom Our presentation for our topic scream machine was in front of Mr.

We spent a lot of time making our presentation and model.

4 YEAR 5 & YEAR 6 SCREAM MACHINE Click on the Mickey Mouse button to see the children in action The Slide of Doom Last Friday we presented our scream machine in front of Mrs. Comley and Mr. James. We went and looked at the other Year 5 s models and the Year 6 s models and voted for our favourite. The overall winners were Enzo and Luke. The winner that we voted for was Charlie and Kit. (Poppy, Grace and Amelie) Phantom Fun Ethan and myself designed a ride called Phantom Fun. Our favourite part about it is the paint, because it is colourful. We had to present our powerpoint to Mrs. Comley and Mr. James. (Ethan and Adam) The Body of Terror Last Friday me and Emma made a scream machine out of recycled bits and bobs, cardboard and plastics. Unfortunately our first scream machine did not go well, but we made a new one. We also made a powerpoint which was seven slides long and we had to present it to Mr. James and Mrs. Comley. (Emma and Farrah) Cloud Puff Year 5 & 6 switched classes to see each other s scream machines, but one of us had to stay on the stall. After that we had to vote for a group. Then we went into singing but Morgan and Morgan went in to do their presentation. They came back and called a different group to go in. At the end Mr. James and Mrs. Comley called out the winners and Mickey Mouse gave the prizes out. (Libby and Ella) The Pom Bomber Last Friday we presented our presentation to Mrs. Comley and Mr. James and we did a little stall and we also showed our concept model to everybody in Year 6 and the rest of Year 5. (Shelby and Maddie) Swirls of Doom Our presentation for our topic scream machine was in front of Mr. James the Year 6 teacher and our teacher, Mrs. Comley. Our machine was called Swirls of Doom. We spent a lot of time making our presentation and model. (Isobel and Amy) Smile Last Friday Years 5 and 6 did presentations for our roller coasters. Alice and I did not win, but we think we did very well. Our ride was called Smile because we like to see the smile s on people s faces. We put a lot of work into our roller coaster because we wanted to be more part of the competition. (Isabell and Alice) Then on Friday 27th November the children showed their creations to each other and to the judges and, using the Pupils Voice, they held a secret ballot to vote on whose designs they thought were the best. As you can see from the pictures above every group was extremely inventive and produced some excellent work. A presentation was held in the school hall and prizes given to the winners. Congratulations to you all on some magnificent work!

NEWSLETTER November 2018

NEWSLETTER November 2018 NEWSLETTER 4 20 November 2018 Dear Parents/Carers, The past two weeks in Scargill things have been focused on our Scargill Citizen Value of respect. This was the theme of this week for Anti-Bullying week