Tymor y Gwanwyn / Spring Term 2009
This term we have had 2 artists working with us in Year4 - Sara Holden in 4D and Dave Marchant in 4M. To begin the project, we visited Oxwich beach on a beautiful Winter's day in January. It was a lovely sunny day and we had a great time creating sculptures on the beach and visiting the beautiful old church on the hill overlooking the beach. We sketched several pictures of our sculptures as well as the beach, and the church .
After returning to class, we drew and painted our sketches in water colours.
We aslo produced 4 large canvases and 2 large pictures which ar now hanging proudly outside our clasrooms in Year 4.
We really enjoyed working with the artisits and learnt a great deal from them.
Diolch yn fawr i Mrs. Holden a Mr. Marchant.
We wrote poetry in English and Welsh based on the visit to Oxwich.
Wintry Oxwich
The polished pebbles glistening brightly.
The trees swaying quietly
in the distance of the peaceful beach..
The stretched beach standing firmly,
Facing the horizon.
The sharp-edged wood scattered everywhere
Rough, tough waves curling, carefully quickly.
Horses galloping gently, skilfully,
Past the golden beach.
The scary graves
Standing absolutely
The damp old church,
Standing gently,
Looking towards the sea. Frightening, gargoyle heads
On the silent church.
The tall silent rocky cliff,
On the edged beach.
The sparkling shells,
Facing the narrowed dull church.
The ancient dull graveyards.
Non-breakable, noisy branches.
A water pump spaying smelly carefully, slowly,
On the dull surface.
The freaky woods,
With people walking quickly,
towards the peaceful graveyards.
Sam 4M
Edrychwch ar Oxwich
Edrychwch ar Oxwich
Edrychwch ar y traeth.
Tywod llyfn ond twym.
Mor garw ,oer
Edychwch ar y traeth.
Edrychwch ar Oxwich
Edrychwch ar yr eglwys
Hen twr tal .
Coed gwyrdd.
Ffenestri lliwgar.
Edrychwch ar yr eglwys
Emma
We visited Oxwich a second time in March to study the village and surrounding area Here we are in the marsh and outside the village shop. This is the house where John Wesley stayed . Marie Curie In January , we planted bulbs for Marie Cure . We all had a pot and a bulb to plant .After planting we took them out to the Quad and left them there until March when we took home some lovely daffodils. We all placed a name tag on our pots just in case we mixed them up! Fundraising - We had a pyjama day for Children In Need. We also brought in our loose change and covered the stairs with the money. Here we are counting our pennies! 
SUMMER TERM /TYMOR YR HAF 2009
Year 4 all enjoyed their Easter break. We have visited many parts of Britain over the Easter holidays . One of our Year group was in Rome during the disasterous earthquke in Italy.
Some too had some wonderful sporting success. Rhiannon Maine 4M has been busy all year with her Gymnastics Acrobatics and was chosen as Gymnast of the Year in her Gym .
Llongyfarchiadau/ Congratulations Rhiannon.
Many of our boys had a successful time with their football teams and came third in a local tournament.Llongyfarchiadau/ Congratulations boys
BOTANIC GARDENS GERDDI BOTANEG LLANARTHNE MAY 8 On Friday May 8 we set off to the National Botanic Gardens in Llanarthne. It was a short bus trip along the motorway. We were met by Diane who works there and she told us about the .day's activities 
Here we are in Botanic Gardens in Llanarthne.
Each group had a different task. Here is Group 1 with Diane in the lab looking at the creatures they found pond dipping. We were able to look closely at the creatures under the microscope. Evan felt excited but very frustrated because he wasn’t able to catch the newts. We all enjoyed the pond dipping .We hope we can go again!
By Naomi, Ahmed and Musa Working in the labs After pond dipping,we went into the lab to look at the creatures through the microscope and magnifying glass.We caught lots of larvae and tadpoles .We also caught a newt, diving beetles and even a pondskater We caught lots of interesting things.The microscope made the creatures bigger and more detailed.We want to go again! Matthew and Thomas 4M