Swansea WW2 Experience

Dear Parents,

           This morning  year 6 together with Mrs Edwards, Mrs Skelly and myself, Mrs Saye,  embarked on a journey back in time. Our current history topic is the 'multifaceted' subject of WW2 and today's 'time travel' supported our recent learning in class.

          We arrived well in time and our guide started the tour straight away, introducing us to the various artefacts dotted around the entrance of the museum. The children 'walked' through an Anderson shelter and observed remnants of a wartime bomber engine found off the coast of Swansea.

          Once inside the museum, our lady guide told us what 'essentials' were needed to make a 'stay' inside the shelters possible.  The hardships of daily lives in those times were effectively demonstrated with a visual display of examples of what was included in a weekly rationed food allowance.

          We then went on to slip into 'character', dressing up in various clothes and uniforms, which the children thoroughly enjoyed. The rooms we found ourselves in were furnished with period items and 'tea' was taken in the adjoining 'dining room'.

          The pupils also had the amazing opportunity and privilege to hear from and question an evacuee who coincidentally visited the museum this morning. Dennis was evacuated from Swansea during the 'Swansea Blitz' at the age of ten and kindly shared his memories with us.

          I think this day will have made a memorable impact on all of us and I hope that the children will have shared some of their experiences from today with you.

          Please enjoy the snapshots of our visit! 

                                                             "The Anderson Shelter"

                                                        Remnants of an aircraft engine

                                                  "I'm not sure about this powdered egg!"

                                                              Weekly food ration

                                                                   "Yes, it's me!"

                                               "Stand to attention Sergeant and Corporal"

                                                                'Friendship matters'

                                                                   'We salute you'

                                                     I think this helmet is a little too big!

                                                       In uniform to impress the lady!

                                               Housework, housework! We deserve a rest!

                                                           Table manners please!

                                                              Not spam again!!!

                                                             "Are we prepared?"

                                                                "Yes! We are prepared!"

                                                                 'Dressed to impress'

                                                          May I offer you a 'cuppa'?

                                                                   "The Motley Crew"

                                                              "A fashionable lady"

                                                                   A 'real' evacuee!

Policeman Visits Class 5!

On Friday afternoon, 10th May, Class 5 had a visit from P.C. Pennell. He gave a talk entitled "Stay Smart" on the subject of cyberbullying  and staying safe online. All of the children enjoyed the presentation, especially the two DVDs and the SMART song which P.C. Kevin taught them at the end of the session. Thank you P.C. Kevin for another interesting talk....diolch yn fawr!

Creating our Class 5 Timeline

In Class 5, we are creating our own class timeline which will cover the period of our topic i.e. 1948 to the present day. All children researched the decades for notable events for their Easter holiday homework. Now, with partners in class, they have been using laptops to print out their notable events and find an image to reflect the event. These will then be used to create our class 5 timeline which will enhance our topic work.

Class 5 Presentations

Since coming back to school, each group in Class 5 has given a presentation about an organ 

of the body. They all worked on the presentations during our science lessons, researching the organ they had to present and finding interesting facts about their organ. They then had to think about presenting it in an interesting and entertaining way and here is an example of one group's presentation.

      All groups enjoyed their research and presented their findings in an informative and entertaining way. I also learned lots about each of the organs presented!

Mrs. Jones

Childline visits Pendoylan

Over the past two weeks, Class 5 and Class 6 welcomed Alex, a Childline Schools Service Area Co-ordinator, to Pendoylan. Alex talked to the class about the work of Childline, the importance of sharing and talking about good and bad things in our lives and most importantly, the right of everyone to feel happy and safe at all times.

The children all enjoyed listening to Alex speak and were very interested in what she had to say,demonstrated by the excellent questions they asked. They also had fun getting to meet Childline's mascot.....Buddy the speech mark! Well done Class 5 and Class 6and a big Pendoylan "Thank you" to Alex, Buddy and Childline!