Cilffriw Primary School

Nursery and Reception absolutely love exploring clay.
Using clay gives the children a rich hands on experience. They love rolling, squeezing, pinching and shaping. It’s lovely to see how each child approaches this differently, from creating models to simply enjoying the sensory experience.
What looks like simple play, is actually full of deep learning and discovery! 💛

A brain bursting few weeks in class 8 full of wonderful learning experiences! 🧠

Understanding and using directional language to create algorithms(step by step sequences) through real life, authentic, and digital based activities using Beebots and J2code. 🧭 ⬅️➡️

Exploring the technique of effective blending of colours, mixing to create new colours and formation of line/texture using different media - our pupils chose charcoal, oil pastels and water colours, in preparation for our art gallery. 🖼️ 🎨

We’ve also been learning about complex language rules such as speaking/writing in the first person and sorting past / present tense verbs to plan for our diary entry writing! ✍️ 📖

We cannot forget our developing performance skills practising for our school show, the Jungle Book 🌿🌴 🎶

Well done to all of the children for their hard work! 💪 ⭐

🏊‍♀️ What a fantastic fortnight for Year 5! 🏊‍♀️🏏
Our Year 5 pupils have been developing their cricket skills with Cricket Wales and making a splash in their swimming lessons. Every child has shown great enthusiasm, made excellent progress, and given their very best effort.
We are incredibly proud of their resilience, determination, and outstanding behaviour throughout. Their positive attitude and willingness to challenge themselves have been wonderful to see.
Well done, Year 5 – keep up the amazing work! ⭐👏

🌿 Our Afternoon Nursery children enjoyed exploring and experimenting in the forest today, developing their confidence through outdoor play and discovery. We are so proud of our little adventurers! 🍂✨

Rain ☔️ didn’t stop us today!
Nursery and Reception children loved getting outdoors; mud slides and forest fun!

We’re building confidence and resilience whatever the weather ☔️

A busy time in Elm Class (Year 5) Pupils explored drama and used rhetorical questions to understand how to persuade others during literacy lessons. They confidently performed and presented their ideas, thinking carefully about how language can influence an audience. Pupils also used their digital skills to create presentations explaining why learning about fractions is important. They made clear links to real-life situations, such as sharing food fairly, measuring ingredients when cooking, telling the time and solving everyday problems.

Nursey have focused on bringing their stories to life through play. We have loved retelling the story The Three Little Pigs using blocks, building and rebuilding as they explored. Reception have been busy creating storyboards, helping them sequence the story and deepening their understanding of the tale. Wonderful storytelling skills shining through ⭐️⭐️⭐️