Pontarddulais Primary School
Humanities
In Humanities, the children will learn about the world, society and events in the past and the resent. They'll explore the challenges and opportunities that face us, and what ethical action we can take to safeguard the world and its people in the future.
You can view all photos of what the children do for Humanities by following the Twitter/X link, #BontHum
'Lest we forget' Year 6 have created their own 3D art, in the form of different coloured wire poppies and have planted them in the raised beds, in the school garden. They have attached their own messages of remembrance, linked to all those that are affected by war
Year 3 learnt about different hillforts in Wales today.They used a key to map different hillforts and they learnt about the main Celtic tribes found in these areas. They were surprised to learn that there is a small hillfort near Pontarddulais!
An amazing assembly from Gower College linked to the Kenya Project clothes donations. The children loved seeing where their clothes donations went and learning about the culture and language
Year 3 learned about Celtic warriors. The children shared their research on post-it notes and created a word bank / Role on the wall to describe their fierce warrior.
Year 6 learning about conscription during world war 2 and carrying out group discussions to share opinions on the right to consent
Years 4 & 5 learned about the notorious Welsh pirate Barti Ddu. The children shared their research on post-it notes and then created a word bank to describe the infamous pirate.
Year 6 DT/ERE are busy writing non-chronological reports on key players in World War II.
Work has begun on our Nursery castle. This week we are learning about Wales 🏴 as part of the school topic, Belonging.
Mrs Findlay's class discussed rules in our community. We sorted pictures of different scenarios and discussed the consequences of these actions.
Blwyddyn Tri enjoyed applying their knowledge of materials and Celtic houses to build their own roundhouse.
Mrs Findlay's class loved our walk around our local area. We spotted lots of different types of houses and places in the community.
After hunting for school badges we decided to work together to create one
As part of our topic 'Belonging' we are learning about our school badge. We went on a school badge hunt today and talked about what we could see on the badge. We noticed the bridge and the river after our community walk.
Super walking from Dosbarth Derbyn this morning. We had a fabulous time exploring our community and talking about the places we like to visit.
Dosbarth Derbyn have been working really hard creating these wonderful paintings of their homes.
Challenge: Can Year 5 RT identify the counties in Wales, apply their rounding skills and create a bar graph representing the population of each county?
Dosbarth Derbyn Mrs Powell have been exploring their topic 'Belonging'. We talked about our families and made a family tree.
Previous Learning and Experiences
Blwyddyn Chwech identifying similarities and difference between Wales and Qatar
Blwyddyn Un learning the importance of churches in our area
Blwyddyn Un looking at old pictures of our area
Blwyddyn Pump using the 2001 census to find out some facts
Blwyddyn Un exploring their local area
Blwyddyn Dau talking about rainforests
Blwyddyn Pump having fun at Big Pit
Coal is King workshop with Blwyddyn Pump
Blwyddyn Pump learning about the Aberfan disaster and reacting to a poem
Dosbarth Derbyn making and using their own Farm Shop
Blwyddyn Pump Having Victorian Schooling at Swansea Waterfront Museum and watching 'The Trial of Eglan Jones' at Theatr Nanog. They found him not guilty of murder, but guilty of trespassing
Blwyddyn Pedwar walking around Pontarddulais and learning about their locality
Blwyddyn Dau learning about Rainforests
