Dosbarth Crafnant have been very busy researching and creating group projects on our topic 'Hot and Cold'.

We used iPad's and information books to research what we wanted to learn more about and then we created a giant poster and presented our projects to the rest of the class.

We learnt lots of new facts and really enjoyed working in our groups.

Mrs Dunne and Miss Williams thoroughly enjoyed watching the presentations and there was great team work throughout. Da iawn pawb!

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Dosbarth Crafnant - Hot and Cold Projects

Chloe Jones, Evie Bamforth, Chloe Knowles,

Tomas Angus, Jake Harris, Aaron Williams,

Edward Lunt, Paige Kemp, Luke Jones,

Millie Jo Joy, Lilly Street, Catherine Markwick Fry,

Aban Zeb, Charlie Jackson, Victoria Rodrigues,

Amelia James, Conner Cunliffe, Emily Phipps,

Cai Garland, Ella Wigzell, Aimee Stevens,

Jamie Woodhouse, Ben Nield, Sophia Andrea.

Special commendations go to

Cai Garland, Jacob Edwards,

Cameron Williams, Maddison Bargate, Courtney Bargate

and Macey Lee Morgan.

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Plant G.W.Y.Ch - S.M.A.R.T Kids this week

Our topic is Hot and Cold and we have been learning about the three states of matter - solid, liquid and gas. We found out that we can change the states by heating and cooling. We decided to make chocolate cornflake cakes to see how chocolate changes state when heated and when cooled.

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Dosbarth Crafnant

Here are our projects that we have done on World War II this term. Now we know lots of history on WWII. We worked really hard at home and are very pleased with our finished projects.

Jennifer ac Ellie (Dosbarth Wyddfa)

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Dosbarth Wyddfa - Our WWII Projects

Here are some photos of an afternoon of fun making and setting off rockets. It was a very entertaining afternoon.

Jennifer ac Ellie (Dosbarth Wyddfa)

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Dosbarth Wyddfa a Siabod - Rockets!

Jade Williams, Bethany Roberts, Jennifer Townley, Megan Anthony, Ffion Anthony, Abbie Hughes, Hannah Mc Glory, Lucy Wynne, Lucy Griffiths, Quinn Doherty, Elizabeth Mc Kibbin, Kai Lewis, Emily Prewitt, Saphire Stokes, Adam Kierlik, MacKenzie Owen, Isobel Smith, Miah Taylor, Ben Buglass, Ceiro Evans, Isobel James.

Special commendations go to Farhan Zeb, Isabelle Duffy and Leon Marsh.

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Plant G.W.Y.Ch - S.M.A.R.T. Kids this week

Blwyddyn 1 a 2 went on a trip to Manchester Museum. They have been learning about dinosaurs. There were palaeontologists there telling them all about dinosaurs, and they were very impressed with how much information the children already knew!

See if you can spot Stan the T-Rex...

Dosbarth Seiriol

Dosbarth Cybi

Dosbarth Conwy

Dosbarth Clwyd

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Blwyddyn 1 a 2 - Trip to Manchester Museum

Year 4 went to see the show James and the Giant Peach at Venue Cymru.  It was a fantastic, impressive show.  We all enjoyed the impressive Peach!  Carys Borland was even lucky enough to go behind the scenes to meet the cast.  Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker are really the most revolting aunts in the world.  The green magic crocodile toes cast a spell over the insects and turned them into real characters.

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James and the Giant Peach

Mae Blwyddyn 3 bron wedi gorffen eu blwyddyn cyntaf yn yr Adran Iau ac mae nhw wedi dysgu llawer o sgiliau newydd!

Year 3 are nearly at the end of their first year in the Juniors and have learnt lots of new skills!

We have been working hard using our Thinking Skills to sort out data using Venn and Carroll diagrams.

Thema Tymor yr Haf ydy 'Oer a Poeth'.

Our topic for the Summer term is 'Hot and Cold'.

We began the topic by sorting pictures, we had to choose how we wanted to sort them and what diagram would be best to use.

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Our Year 3 Thinking Work

Ysgol Craig -y- Don have SO many great children!  This week, many were awarded certificates for observing the school motto in an exceptional way!  Parch, cyfeillgarwch ac ymdrech - Respect, friendship and effort is the motto we endeavour to act upon throughout every school day!  Our Key Stage 2 SMARTies this week are:

Amelia Anderson, Emily Deckwa, Matthew Gresty, Isabel Woods, Chloe Whitfield, Rosie Roberts, Faith Roberts, Meghan Casey, Kiera Wilkinson, Byron Parry, Emily Jones, Ben Price, Charlie Pugh, Dylan Roberts, Liam Pitney, Layton Evans, Dre Spencer, Maddi Bargate, Thomas Hudson, Leonie Knight, Erin Lockwood, Ben Nield, Jane Montgomery and Callum Poupart.

In addition, the following children were awarded special certificates for outstanding behaviour and mindfulness:

Katie Roberts, Olivia Law, Oscar Charnley, Cairo Weir, Finlee Grimshaw-Jones, Harri Wigzell.

LLONGYFARCHIADAU! CONGRATULATIONS!

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S.M.A.R.T. Kids - Plant G.W.Y.Ch

Bella brought her pet turtle to school. We are learning about dinosaurs and reptiles this term.

Joshua from Dosbarth Cybi brought his bearded dragon lizards to school.

We collected things outside to make a magic potion. Here we are writing our spell.

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Year 1's Show and Tell and Magic Potions

Attached is a picture from Friday night's 20's fixture, where we had two local schools playing a game of Tag Rugby at half time.

The schools were Ysgol Craig-Y-Don (Llandudno) and St. Joseph's catholic school (Colwyn Bay) who provide 10 children each, they were led by Mr Huw Roberts (St. Joseph's) and Mr Bobby Borland (Llandudno Rugby Club/Ysgol Craig-Y-Don).

The NWRUC would like to thank both schools and their leaders for providing the half time entertainment and hope they enjoyed the Eirias experience.

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Ysgol Craig-Y-Don and St Joseph's Catholic school in action at Eirias

On Thursday 22nd November, Year 4 pupils were visited by a Hindu lady called Swati Sharples. Mrs Sharples started the day by showing the story of Rama and Sita using hand made marionettes. The children all sat quietly and were fascinated at the story.

After the fantastic show, Mrs Sharples showed the children how to make a Rangoli pattern using coloured chalk and sand, rice, powder and peppercorns. She created a beautiful flower by only using these materials.

Following activities in the hall, she went to both year 4 classes to make Diva Lamps with each child. The children will be painting their lamps in bright colours before taking them home. The children showed much enthusiasm by questioning Mrs Sharples not only about the days activities but also her native country India.

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Year 4 'hands on' Diwali Celebration.

Congratulations to all the children that took part in the Urdd Swimming gala on November 15th. A fantastic effort was made by all. 2 pupils have gone through to the next round and will represent the County in The Urdd Wales Primary Schools Swimming Gala in Cardiff in January. Well done to Carys Borland who had the fastest time out of all the heats in 'Freestyle years 3 and 4 girls' and Amelia Anderson who also had the fastest time out of all the heats in 'Backstroke years 5 and 6 girls'. We are very proud of you and wish you all the best............. Pob lwc yng Nghaerdydd.

Other Successful pupils were Tomas Angus, Tom Esplen Metcalf, Matthew Gresty, Luke Jones, Jennifer Townley, Lucy Griffiths and Jodi McFadden.

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All Wales Primary Schools Swimming Gala in Cardiff

On Monday 12th November, 8 Eco and School Coucil pupils from Ysgol Craig Y Don were invited by the Friends Of Queen park, to help plant daffodil bulbs around the park.

Besides the downfall of rain, the children still had a fantastic time and they are looking forward to watching the bulbs grow.

Thank you to the Friends Of Queens Park for inviting the children along. They came back very muddy but with big smiles.

Planting daffodil Bulbs in Queens Park

Planting daffodil Bulbs in Queens Park

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Planting daffodil Bulbs in Queens Park

On Wednesday 26th October, 8 pupils from Ysgol Craig Y don and 7 children from other schools were invited to the Festival in Conwy town, where they were given the opportunity to cook and prepare healthy food and participate in workshops on the following themes:

• Food and Sustainability
• Learning about healthy eating through the arts
• Food and culture from around the world.

In the afternoon the children watched a show put on by Adrian and Paul Gregory on the theme of Healthy Eating and recycling.

The children had a fantastic time and are looking forward to taking part next year.

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Conwy Healthy Schools Scheme and Appetite for life.

Harri Yr 5 and Ella Yr 3 were lucky enough to meet Taekwondo Olympic Champion Jade Jone from Fflint, North Wales at Llandudno Town Hall. Jade was very keen that all children should be involved in sport saying "There are loads of sports out there, if you try one and don't like it try another, there is a sport for everyone. Once you find a sport you like don't put pressure on yourself, just enjoy it and you never know where it will lead." Jade started Taekwondo when she was 8 and after 11 years, and after lots of hard work training up to 5 hours a day, 6 days a week she became Olympic Champion. The School congratulates her on her success and wishes her all the best in the future."

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Ysgol Craig-Y-Don pupils meet Olympic Gold Medalist

Last week both year 6 clsses were lucky enough to visit NantBH for the day. They all had a fantastic time as they spent the morning learning the art of gorge walking led by Chris and Dave.

Then it was back to base to get dry, warmed up and eat a well deserved lunch. After lunch armed with maps, everyone paired up to do some orienteering, this was a point scoring exercise which the children really enjoyed.

A tiring but wonderful day was had by all.

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Our Year 6 Trip To NantBH

Saturday, October 13th, was an extremely successful day for 11 boys from our school.

They participated in the Conwy Region of the Urdd Primary Football Tournament, at Eirias, and they were successful. They won 2 out of their 3 games in the first round, scoring 13 goals!

They became runners up in their group, getting through to the semi-final, and playing against the winners of the other group.

They beat their opposition 5-1 in the semis, allowing them to go on to the final......... and they beat their opposition, 4-1 in the final.

All the boys, parents and children from our school, jumped for joy, and each boy was presented with a medal, and the team received a shield.

The boys will represent the county of Conwy, in the National finals, held at Aberystwyth on Saturday, May 11th, 2013.

All the best boys. We are all very proud of you. Da iawn Hogiau!

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Conwy Region of the Urdd Primary Football Tournament

We are all busy in Caffi Coffi. We can take orders, cook food and count money!

   " Yummy, this tastes good!"

           "What would you like?"

        "This is hard work!"

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Caffi Coffi

On Tuesday 29th May 31 children from years 5 & 6 participated in this unforgettable event that coincided with the arrival of the olympic torch at Eirias Park.

The opening ceremony allowed all schools to walk around the track waving the flags of their chosen country. Ours was South Africa. As we walked around, the anthem of each country was played, which added to the atmosphere of the day.

Morning activities included hockey, football and water polo.

Everyone returned to the stand, ready to welcome the arrival of the Olympic torch relay. The atmosphere was sensational!

Kelly Davies carried the torch around the stadium and was cheered by over 3000 school children. The excitment was gripping and unforgettable.

The children had the chance to touch the torch and to meet some of the torch bearers.

Afternoon activities involved tennis, boccia and throwing and jumping, before returning to the stadium for the closing ceremony, which was quite emotional and uplifting.

Group photos were taken, and we all departed after a fantastic historical day......... This day will be treasured in each individual, for ever!

Much appreciation is extended to all parents who attended..... Hoping that

they had a great day themselves. Diolch Yn Fawr!!

By Mrs.M.P.Hughes & Mr.G.Owen

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Olympic & Paralympic Day

The Olympic Torch came to Llandudno today. All the children went along to see it and we were very lucky to have the change over take place right in front on us. The children screamed and shouted and were very excited waving their Union Jacks and Welsh flags. Year 1 and 2 made Olympic torches which they took with them. Thirty Year 6 pupils have gone to Eirias Park to take part in their own Olympic Games. Our children are representing South Africa in the event.

Meanwhile Romany in Year 2 had a very special day yesterday. She was chosen to taken part in a special Olymic event as her birdthday is on 20/12 and she was born in 2004; the year that London was chosen as the venue.

Here are some pictures of the day and two of Romany on her special day. I'm sure there will be more to come.

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Olympic Torch Day - what excitment!

On Friday May 4th Dosbarth Seiriol took part in the Alice in Wonderland jam tart party on the promenade. We met lots of characters from the story and had a wonderful time.

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Alice in Wonderland Tea party

We have been busy in Dosbarth Penrhyn learning all about tea. Mrs Williams showed us how to make a cup of tea. We also learnt about tea plants which grow in India and the teabag's journey all the way from India to Wales. In the afternoon we all enjoyed a cup of tea and a biscuit!!!What a treat!! 

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Afternoon Tea!!!

Seven boys from our school will representing Llandudno along with other boys from Tudno and San-Sior at this year's International Football Festival in Wormhout, France. Today, during lunchtime they took part in a sponsored team building event. They went tobbogan run and had a great time. They will be travelling to France in a few weeks time.

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Wormhout Warm-up

Today Year 3 and 4 had a treat. We had an African Drum Day with Mrs Carol Thomas. We used Bongo Drums and even dressed up in African dress. Mrs Thomas is coming back next week to see if we've been practicing our drum beats and African dancing!

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African Drum Beats fill the school.

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School Newsletter - April 12th, 2012

Our School Rugby team were in action this week. The matches were our first full contact matches of the year. We came a very creditible fourth in the county. Da iawn tim Rygbi. Games were played against Ysgol Llandrillo yn Rhos, Ysgol Llanddoged, Ysgol Bod Alaw and Rydal. The boys scored an excellent eight tries all in all. Congartulations to Ysgol Bod Alaw on becoming county champions and well done to our team for being such good sports and playing the game in the right spirit.

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Rugby week

A brilliant time was had today. We had an interactive day of going back in time, to the age of Princes and castles. WOW!

We worked in 7 groups doing hands on activities. the activities included:

Castle building

Sieges

Trying on Costumes and armour

Quills and ink

Artefacts

Heraldry

Sewing and embroidery

We used lots of skills, had good fun and discovered new things.

By Roisin and Eva. Dosbarth Llywelyn.

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Year 4 Age of the Princes