J3 - Mr Evans

21.09.18 - J3 step back in time.

9/21/2018

Following the school's historical timeline.

Today, as part of our 'Empire Strikes (back)' Romans topic, we thought about what history is. We talked about how we study History to help us make sense of the world in which we live. We all agreed that we can learn from the people and events of the past. We had all heard about some periods/people from the past e.g. the Vikings, the Romans, the Tudors and Stuarts, the Celts, Ancient Greeks and the Victorians.

As a class, we went to the start of the timeline that is painted on the walls around our school and followed it in chronological order. The school's timeline starts with an early period of History and moves on until it reaches the present day. Our starting point on the timeline was: The Romans (approx. 2000 years ago) . We then moved on to the Vikings, the Tudors and Stuarts (approx. 400 years ago), The Victorians (approx 150 years ago), World War 2 (approx 80 years ago) before arriving at the present day.

J3 step back in time.

We talked about different historical periods from the past.

Along the way, we talked about the past and how History is based on evidence. We suggested that historical evidence might include:
buildings, shipwrecks, ruins, clothing, coins, artefacts such as pots and jewellery, documents such as letters, diaries and maps, and (more recently) photographs, films…….. We understood that historians do not simply make up stories about the past. History must be based on evidence or clues. In this way, good historians are like detectives who piece together clues to find out about the past. We enjoyed our time walking along the school's timeline and discussing the different historical periods in chronological order.

The Vikings on the timeline look like fearless warriors. Raaaaahhhhh!

We enjoyed stepping back in time.

We started at the Romans before moving on to.......

The Vikings

The Normans

Tudors and Stuarts

The Victorians

World War Two

And finally we arrived at the present day.......

Here we all are. J3 at Llangewydd Junior School, September 2018.

18.09.18 - J3 visit Bridgend Library - Y Llyfrgell

9/18/2018

We enjoyed visiting Bridgend Library.

Today J3 visited Bridgend Library at the Bridgend Life Centre (or the 'Rec' as many of us know it). We were welcomed to the library by Rhiannon the librarian who talked to us about all the library has to offer - for free! We were amazed at the wonderful selection of colourful, interesting books available at the library for us to borrow - picture books, story books, information books, poetry books, comics, graphic novels and magazines.

Rhiannon the librarian told us all about what wonderful places libraries are and all they have to offer us - for free!

Rhiannon had kindly gathered a selection of books all about the Romans - our new topic. These included story books and information books. We laughed as Rhiannon read us a funny poem all about the Romans.

Rhiannon read us a funny poem about the Romans.

Rhiannon also told us we could choose a book to borrow.

We love reading! We love visiting the library!

Soon it was time for us to explore the library. We were able to browse the row upon row of shelves packed with the most beautiful books for us to enjoy reading. Rhiannon very kindly told us that we would be able to borrow one book each to bring back to school. We all enjoyed browsing through the library shelves, reading different books that interested us. We read the book blurbs on the back cover to give us a taste of what the books would be about.

Browsing the library shelves full of colourful books.

This book looks like a great read!

We had time to find a comfortable place to sit and to read the books we had chosen. Some of us were lucky enough to sit in the cylindrical book chair and others crawled through the book tunnel!

Enjoying reading a book.

"I'm not sure if this book is very me!"

Look at the books we have chosen to read!

Soon it was time to leave the library and to return to school. Before we left, Rhiannon gave us each a Roman wordsearch and a colouring page. We promised to colour the pictures in and to send her photographs to display in the library. There was just time for Rhiannon to sign out the books we had all chosen to borrow. We had a wonderful time at the library and many of us are excited about visiting again soon with our families. Thank you to Rhiannon and the other librarians for making us feel so welcome.

There are so many wonderful books to choose from.

Engrossed in our reading.

"I crawled through the book tunnel!"

We found a cosy place to read.

"These are great books!"

"I'm really enjoying reading this book.

The library even has Welsh books to read.

"I'm looking forward to reading this book. It's full of facts about Egypt!"

Look at these shelves full of wonderful books!

"I think I'll enjoy this football story."

"Look at us! Three of us can fit in this amazing reading chair!"

18.09.18 - A Welsh Survey about the Homes we live in.

9/18/2018

We carried out a Welsh survey about the types of homes we live in.

In our Welsh language and literacy lessons, we have been learning how to ask and answer questions about where we live. We have been learning to ask the question:
Q: Ble wyt ti'n byw?
and to answer with the sentence patterns:
A: Dw i'n byw ym Mhen-y-bont.
A: Dw i'n byw yng Ngymru.
We have been practising tapping out the rhythms of the sentences as well as playing Welsh language games such as Splat!, Popcorn and Zap!

Conducting a Welsh survey about the homes we live in.

We had to ask and answer questions in Welsh. We are great Welsh speakers!

This week we went a step further and have been learning the Welsh vocabulary for the different types of homes we live in. Here they are:

byngalo

ty ar wahan

fflat

ty teras

ty par

carafan

Today we conducted a survey in class all about the type of homes in which we live. We had to travel around the classroom asking everyone we met where they live and in what type of home. The sorts of answers we gave included: 'Dw i'n byw ym Mhen-y-Bont mewn ty ar wahan' or 'Dw i'n byw yng Nghymru mewn fflat.' As we conducted the survey, we kept a tally chart to show how many children live in the different types of houses. We found that 15 children live in a semi-detached house, 8 children live in a detached house, 1 child lives in a bungalow and 1 child lives in a flat. Here we are carrying out our Welsh survey:

Ble wyt ti'n byw?

Dw i'n byw ym Mhen-y-bont mewn ty par.

Dw i'n byw yng Nghymru mewn ty ar wahan.

Dw i'n byw mewn ty teras.

Dw i'n byw ym Mhen-y bont mewn fflat.

Ble wyt ti'n byw?

Dw i'n byw mewn ty ar wahan. A ti?

Dw i'n byw yng Nghymru mewn ty par.

14.09.18 - Our Celtic Woad Designs - Be afraid! Very afraid!

9/14/2018

We have been learning all about the Celts as part of our Roman 'The Empire Strikes (Back)!' topic.

As part of our Roman Topic, 'The Empire Strikes (Back!), we have been learning all about the Celts. To make themselves look fierce warriors, many Celts painted patterns all over their bodies with blue woad made of a special plant.

Some of us used blue paint; others chose blue pencil or felt pens.

We looked at example images of Celtic woad patterns and described what we saw. Later, on outlines of three blank faces, we designed and drew our own Celtic warrior woad patterns using blue pencil. We tried to draw bold, striking patterns that would frighten away enemy invaders. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

We looked at example images of Celtic woad patterns before designing our very own.

We created bold, striking designs and motifs.

Today we chose our favourite design and used either blue paint, blue colouring pencil, felt pen or other medium of our choice to create the Celtic woad pattern on a photograph of our faces.

Creating our Celtic woad designs.

Enjoying Expressive Arts.

We hope you enjoy looking at our Celtic warrior gallery below. Tribaltastic!
Be afraid! Be very afraid!

07.09.18 - We have had a great start at Llangewydd!

9/7/2018

We have had a great start to our new school - Llangewydd Junior School. Mr. Evans is thrilled with how well we have settled in and has been so impressed by our enthusiasm and our positive attitude to learning. Bendigedig J3!

07.09.18 - Ein Ffrindiau Darllen - Our Reading Buddies

9/7/2018

We enjoyed sharing books with our Reading Buddies.

Reading Buddies - Ffrindiau Darllen
Every week, we enjoy 'Reading Buddies' with the children from Miss. Davies's class, J7. We each have a reading buddy who helps, encourages and support us with our reading. We take turns to read our books to each other and talk about the story, characters and themes.

The Year 5 children help us to build up the sounds of words we are unsure of. They praise and encourage us with kind words. We all enjoy reading with our Year 5 partners and hope that they can help us to become confident, fluent and enthusiastic readers. We love reading. Rydyn ni'n dwlu ar ddarllen.

We have made great friends with our Reading Buddies. We love reading together.

06.09.18 - J3 have Games on Wednesdays, PE on Fridays

9/6/2018

We enjoy PE lessons. Rydyn ni'n mwynhau gwersi Ymarfer Corff.

J3's PE lessons will take place on Friday afternoons - bob prynhawn dydd Gwener. Please remember to bring suitable PE kit to school e.g shorts, T-shirts. Outdoor Games lessons will take
place on Wednesday afternoons - prynhawn dydd Mercher. Please bring suitable outdoor kit e.g trainers, shorts, jogging bottoms, T-shirts, warm hooded tops..... Diolch yn fawr iawn.

06.09.18 - Welcome to Llangewydd - your new school.

9/6/2018

Croeso i Ysgol Iau Llangewydd, Flwyddyn 3.

Throughout the year, I hope you will take the time to read and contribute to our class blog and any suggestions for new blog features would be welcomed. For our first blog activity, could you share your targets for Year 3? What do you hope to achieve during Year 3? I look forward to finding out. My personal target for the year ahead is to try to do some exercise during the week.
Best wishes, Mr. Evans.

Croeso cynnes iawn i flwyddyn 3. A warm welcome to Year 3 at Llangewydd. I hope you all enjoyed the summer holidays and are looking forward to an exciting school year ahead. This, your very first year at Llangewydd, promises to be full of great opportunities and new challenges. It will require much hard work but I am sure that we will have lots of fun along the way.

Getting ready to welcome you to Llangewydd in September

8/2/2018

02.08.18 - Are you doing the Summer Reading Challenge?

8/2/2018

Sign up for 'Mischief Makers', the Summer Reading Challenge at any library throughout Bridgend county.

Libraries are great places for children to discover reading for pleasure and there is no better time to do this than during the long summer holidays. Recently Mrs. Brookes, our librarian from Bridgend Library, visited us at Llangewydd to encourage us to take part in the Summer Reading Challenge. It would be wonderful if we could beat last year's record and if as many of us as possible could complete the challenge, reading at least six books of our own choice throughout the summer holiday.

Collect rewards along the way: the more you read, the more you win.

So, what are you waiting for? Join in the fun today. Sign up at your local library.

The Summer Reading Challenge is designed for children between the ages of 4 and 11. It is completely free and last year over three quarters of a million children took part!

Every year the Challenge has a new theme. This year’s Summer Reading Challenge is called Mischief Makers. We’re taking a trip to Beanotown, where rumour has it there’s a treasure chest full of epic pranks waiting to be discovered…
Check out the trailer below and visit your local library to get started!

Visit Bridgend library at the Bridgend Life Centre to sign up for the challenge. It's free and great fun.

So, what are you waiting for? Join in the fun today. Sign up at your local library.

J3 - Blog
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We are J3.
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Mr. D. Evans.
Blwyddyn 3

Year 3

Dosbarth J3 ydyn ni.

We are J3.

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Dyma'r athro - Mr. D. Evans

We are a 'Good to be Green' school/class.

We also enjoy reading our 'Bug Club' books in school and our e-books online at home.

Planet Literacy - our class library where we enjoy reading for pleasure.

We have a large selection of quality fiction and non-fiction books to enjoy reading.

Our Welsh Corner. Ein Cornel Cymraeg.

We enjoy speaking and reading Welsh in our Cornel Cymraeg.

We have different learning areas in our classroom. Where will you go with your learning?

Our 'Q Quarter' where we check the quality of our work and see if we can improve it in any way.

We do lots of exciting Maths activities in our Maths Zone.

We make decisions about our learning.

This term our topic is 'The Empire Strikes (Back)!' - all about the Romans.

We will learn about how the Romans invaded and settled in Wales.