Welcome to Dosbarth Aur

We shall be discovering key events about space travel and links to Wales, famous people, investigating light and shadows, designing and building an air powered rocket.

In addition, we shall be learning to play the recorder as well as reading and writing music. We will also be involved in the National Spring Bulbs Project.

Please remember to bring your reading book into school on a Tuesday with a signed comment in the yellow reading record. As your child moves further along the reading scheme, books take longer to read. So even if your child hasn’t finished the book, please write a comment so we know they are reading regularly at home.

Other activities to support learning are on: Hwb, Active Learn, Prodigy and Oxford Owl. Children have their own personal login details.

Hwb- https://hwb.gov.wales/login

Active Learn- www.activelearnprimary.co.uk

Prodigy- Prodigy

Oxford Owl- Oxford Owl

Designing and making air-powered rockets

We tested an air rocket to look at how it worked, using the original rockets base and air pump. We had to measure the length and circumference of the original rocket in order todesign and make our own.

We had three attempts to test out our rockets with the aim to get it to travel as far as possible. With each attempt, we had to measure the distance and then decide how we could improve it.

Some groups did indeed manage to launch their rockets further with each successive attempt. However, many groups also realised that their original design was the best.