The build up has begun...

The build up indeed has began, where Ysgol Bryn Hedydd are steaming towards the week of welcoming our European guests. Each class has been very busy learning a little about each country visiting us. Each classroom now has the 6 flags that are involved the Comenius Project above their doors and the Hall is Comenius inspired, ready to welcome our guests when they arrive in two weeks time. As part of our project, we have Comenius activities that the children participate in to develop a greater understanding about themselves and as a European Citizen.

 

Our latest task was to create a Family tree. Year 5 carried out this activity and had a lot of fun exploring how big their family actually was! Here are a couple of results:

 

 

Spain celebrates a 'Non Violence and Peace' Day on the 30th January and as part of understanding a little more about this, a group of pupils at Ysgol Bryn Hedydd created a poster in order to promote this a little more. We decided to combine Literacy into this task and discovered what 'Peace' meant to them. Here are a couple of examples: