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Foundation Phase
Autumn Term - Tymor yr Hydref
This term we were...
NURSERY - Y MEITHRIN
- learning colours in Welsh - coch, glas, melyn, gwyrdd, oren, porffor, pinc, brown, gwyn, du, llwyd, and singing Lliwiau'r enfys to help us
"Coch a melyn a phinc a gwyrdd, porffor ac oren a glas -
Dyma liwiau'r enfys, lliwiau'r enfys, lliwiau'r enfys hardd."
- making handprints of the colours and matching them with labels of the words
- learning the names of parts of the body in Welsh and singing Pen, ysgwyddau, coesau, traed to help us remember them
- planting spring bulbs
- learning about the things we usually do in the daytime and things we usually do at night
- looking at the art of Andy Goldsworthy and making our own patterns using leaves, twigs, seeds and other natural materials
RECEPTION - DOSBARTH DERBYN
- answering questions about colours (coch, glas, melyn, gwyrdd, oren, porffor, pinc, brown, gwyn, du, llwyd) and saying what we like or do not like - "Dwi'n hoffi _____ ond dwi ddim yn hoffi _____"
- doing an orchard walk, learning the names of fruits on the trees (apple, pear, plum, quince, medlar), and making diagrams of their parts
- listening to pieces of music from Welsh musicians and drawing what they make us think of in our mind's eye
- playing listening games in the classroom and in the school grounds
- planting spring bulbs
- learning to ask for snack items in Welsh: Ga i _______ (banana, afal, oren, peren/gellygen, llaeth)?
- looking at the De Stijl art of Piet Mondrian and using his ideas to make our own
- learning how to use a ruler to draw straight lines, a feature of the work of artist Piet Mondrian
- understanding how to draw map features by drawing objects from a bird's-eye view, as seen in the art of Piet Mondrian; and draw a stylised version of a map of Cardiff city centre
YEAR 1 - BLWYDDYN 1
- beginning to read books in Welsh, with support - dechrau darllen llyfrau Cymraeg, gyda chymorth
- learning some new colours (aur, arian, gwyrddlas, glas tywyll, glas golau) and describing a shape, e.g. Dyma triongl gwyrdd
- learning the stages of ripeness of a blackberry and about how blackberry and other seeds get dispersed
- studying the art of Welsh cartoonist Gren and beginning to make cartoon art of our own, starting with fruit and vegetables, and sheep!
- planting spring bulbs and labelling them, and learning some of their names
- planting hazel saplings in our school grounds, and learning how to look after them
- labelling a diagram with colour words, independently if possible
- learning to describe activities we like or do not like
- building on our sentence patterns and vocabulary, learning to use the Welsh word ond (but), e.g. Dwi'n hoffi coch a glas
ond dwi ddim yn hoffi oren 
- prepare a bed for planting garlic by removing the mulch, digging in compost and raking it over; then planting seed garlic cloves, and making a sign to put in the bed
- learning about perspective - how things the same size look smaller when far away and bigger when nearby
YEAR 2 - BLWYDDYN 2
- building on the Welsh reading we began in Year 1, with support - adeiladu ar y ddarllen yn y Gymraeg y ddechreon ni ym Mlwyddyn 1
- undertaking a nature walk around the school grounds to see what is around us in September, then repeating it in October, November and December; and creating an information sheet each month, labelling plant names and learning them by sight
- learning about the Welsh artist Pete Fowler - he was a former pupil at Greenway Primary School; he designs all the CD and record sleeves for the Welsh band the Super Furry Animals; we are designing and making art in the style of Pete Fowler, called Monsterism, and listening to some Super Furry Animals music; we might even contact Pete Fowler!
- incorporating our class dojo cartoons with the art style of Pete Fowler
- planting spring bulbs by measuring their depth and making signs and labels for them, and learning their names
- planting sycamore saplings in our school grounds, and learning how to maintain and protect them with mulch and a support
- describe how to say that we have a poorly or injured body part, in Welsh, e.g. Mae pen tost gyda fi (I have a bad head)
- doing a butterfly hunt and survey
- learning how to use marbling inks to make special effects that we can use in our CD cover designs later on in the term
- taking photos and drawing pictures for our orchard trees application with Natural Resources Wales
- learning about the colour wheel and contrasting and complimentary colours
Spring Term - Tymor y Gwanwyn
This term we are...
NURSERY - Y MEITHRIN
- learning the names of lots of animals which are new to us
- making new make-believe animals by joining up parts of different ones
- learning different ways of saying "Hello" in Welsh
- making a big display to help us learn the colour words in Welsh - coch, glas, melyn, gwyrdd, oren, porffor, pinc, brown, du, gwyn, llwyd, aur, arian
- learning different times of the day in Welsh
- revising colour words in Welsh and learning some new ones
- going on a winter walk and looking for early signs of spring
- learning about 2D shapes in English and Welsh - sgwâr, cylch, triongl, petryal
RECEPTION - DOSBARTH DERBYN
- learning the names of parts of the body in Welsh
- learning how to say how we are feeling in Welsh: Sut wyt ti? Dwi _____
- looking at the painting Surprised! Storm in the forest by Henri Rousseau and making our own version on a display board with dinosaurs in it
- learning the names of different shades of green
- looking at leaf shapes and cutting out and describing our own
- listening to the poem The Lion by Roald Dahl and answering questions about it
- learning to say "Here is ______" in Welsh: "Dyma _______"
- learning how to ask what the matter is with somebody, or responding to that question: "Sut wyt ti?" "Mae ________ tost gyda fi"
- learning about the upcoming census and how important it is to make our voices heard
YEAR 1/BLWYDDYN 1
- answering the question "Beth ydy hwn?" ("What is this?") with the answer plus a colour, e.g. Het coch (A red hat)
- responding to the question "Sawl un?" ("How many?") with number words in Welsh up to 12
- planting tree seedlings - hazel, oak, sycamore, beech and rowan
- sowing vegetable seeds ready for planting out later in the year
- mixing colours of paints to make new ones
- answering the question "Beth sy yn y bocs?" ("What is in the box?") witha two-word answer, e.g. Cwch glas (A blue boat), or using the negative response, e.g. Does dim car yn y bocs (There isn't a car in the box)
- keeping our vegetable beds weed-free ready for spring planting
- revising Welsh colour words, including tywyll/golau (dark/light)
- listing colours in order from favourite to least favourite, in Welsh and English
- listening to the poem The Lion by Roald Dahl and answering questions about it
YEAR 2/BLWYDDYN 2
- revising colour words and clothes words in Welsh
- describing our clothes and their colours, e.g. Mae crys gwyrdd gyda fi (I have a green shirt)
- matching weather and clothes, e.g. Mae hi'n boeth. Dwi'n gwisgo siorts glas a fest du. (It is hot. I'm wearing blue shorts and a black vest.)
- planting more fruit trees in our orchard
- responding to the question "Sawl un?" ("How many?") with number words in Welsh up to 12
- revising how to describe the weather in Welsh, then saying what it is not like (negative response), e.g. Dydy hi ddim yn heulog (It is not sunny)
- listening to the poem The Lion by Roald Dahl and answering questions about it
- listening to the poem The owl and the pussycat by Edward Lear and answering questions about it
- keeping our vegetable beds weed-free ready for spring planting
- sowing vegetable seeds ready for planting out later in the year
- learning the names of different shades of blue
- learning about how electricity has made a difference to our lives at home compared with life one hundred years ago