URDD CEREDIGION GYMNASTICS COMPETITION

Congratulations to the nine girls who competed in the Ceredigion Urdd Gymnastics competition this year.

The girls competed in the threes competition, with Gwenllian, Sofie and Niamh coming second, and Sioned, Lisa and Nicole coming in third place. The youngest group, Lucie, Hannah and Lili did not win a medal, however they performed very well indeed.

Well done girls, and thank you to the Urdd for organising an excellent morning of competing.

YEAR 6 CHRISTMAS CARD COMPANY

For the fifith year running the Greeting Cards company have been very busy ensuring that every pupil throughout the school design their own Christmas card before scanning and printing them on appropriate greeting cards.

Last year we sold over 5,000 cards to parents of the school. We hope to sell even more cards this year.

If you would like to order a pack of Chistmas cards please contact the school.

CIRCUS SKILLS AT THE URDD CLUB

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During tonight's Urdd Club for Years 5 and 6, we welcomed Rhydian to the school with various Circus Skills games for the children to enjoy.

As well as circus skills games, the children also enjoyed playing tennis on the Nintendo Wii which was set on the massive 120" screen in the new hall. It was quite a strange feeling playing tennis doubles indoors!

Many thanks to Rhydian for bringing so many interesting and different games to the Club. We hope to invite him back in the Summer term.

MATHEMATICS WEEK : FRIDAY : THE APPLE WITH THE LARGEST CIRCUMFERENCE

The task set for the fifth and final day of Maths Week was to bring the apple with the largest circumference to school.

Today's largest apple was brought in by Efan from Year 3 and Catrin from Year 6. Their apples measured a whopping 33.5cm.

Efan and Catrin are pictured with their gigantic apples along with the winners from each class.

Well done everyone. Thank you to all for participating in this week's maths activities.

MATHEMATICS WEEK : THURSDAY : THE TOWEL WITH THE LARGEST AREA

The task set for the fourth day of Maths Week was to bring the towel with the largest area to school.

Today's largest towel was brought in by Meilyr from Year 3. Meilyr's towel measured a massive 2.74m2.

Meilyr is pictured with his tremendous towel along with the winners from each class.

Well done everyone. Tomorrow's task will be to bring the apple with the largest circumference.

MATHEMATICS WEEK : WEDNESDAY : THE SAUCEPAN WITH THE LARGEST VOLUME

The task set for the third day of Maths Week was to bring the saucepan with the largest volume to school.

Today's largest saucepan was brought in by Chelsea from Year 3 and Seren form Year 5. Both girls' saucepans' volumes were an incredible 32litres!

Chelsea and Seren are pictured with their huge saucepans along with the winners from each class.

Well done everyone. Tomorrow's task : Bring in a towel with the largest area...

WELCOMING MISS ELAINE MOORE TO THE SCHOOL

As part of the Mathematics Week activities, we welcomed Miss Elaine Moore to the school today.

Miss Moore is the Headteacher at Ysgol Ciliau Aeron, currently on secondment to develpo mathematics in schools.

The pupils had a lot of fun with maths as they rotated from one exciting activity to the next.

Many thanks to Miss Moore for your company and your work with us today.

DISCOVERING THE 1939 ARP BELL

Year 5 shared some interesting news with us in our school assembly this morning.

Last week a bell was discovered at the Llangrannog Urdd Centre, a bell which had been previously kept in the old Urdd Office in Aberystwyth.

We have now discovered it is a bell which was originally given to the Ysgol Gymraeg during the Second World War in order to indicate the end of an air raid, and that it was safe for children and staff to leave the safety of their shelters.

MATHEMATICS WEEK : TUESDAY : THE HEAVIEST BOOK

The task set for the second day of Maths Week was to bring the heaviest book to school.

Homework tasks will be set during the week, along with added focus on numeracy during the lessons.

Today's heaviest book was brought in by Dylan from Year 3 and Mali form Year 5. The brother and sister's book weighed an incredible 10.35kg.

Dylan and Mali are pictured with their gigantic book along with the winners from each class.

Well done everyone, and on to the next task...

MATHEMATICS WEEK : MONDAY : THE LONGEST CARROT!

It's the first day of this year's Maths Week! And what better way to start than a longest carrot competition?!

Homework tasks will be set during the week, along with added focus on numeracy during the lessons.

Today's longest carrot was brought in by Ellie from Year 3. The carrot measured a whopping 260mm!

Ellie is pictured holding her prize-winning carrot along with the winners from each class. Well done everyone!

A CERTIFICATE BY PAT NEILL TROPHY COMPETITION, BARDDAS

The school was proud to receive a certificate from the Welsh Poetry Magazine, Barddas, for the pupils' effort in entering many poems for the Pat Neill Trophy competition.

The competition is aimed at primary school pupils, with an award ceremony taking place at the National Eisteddfod each year.

FILMING SGORIO AT OUR SCHOOL!

To promote a Family Fun Day at the Aberystwyth Town Football Club this Saturday, Sgorio visited the school to film some of the pupils designing shirts for the players to wear during their warm-up.

Over 100 designs were created in total, and the children were glad to meet Sami the Seagull who's the Club Mascot also!

For more information on the Family Fun Day, including free entry to watch Aberystwyth Town play Connah's Quay click here

MRS PITCHER RECEIVES A DONATION ON BEHALF OF HILLCREST CHARITY

Mrs Pitcher was a guest at our School Assembly this morning.

The Pitchers have recently returned from South Africa, where the charity Hillcrest supports orphaned children living there, along with providing education.

The school raised money for the charity as part of our Humanitarian Campaign this term.

OVER £600 RAISED FOR CHILDREN IN NEED

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Today on Children In Need Day everyone came to the school in wonderful fancy dress! We all contributed £1 for dressing up, and it was the new Year 6's turn to organise games and stalls in the hall for the whole school. Everyone enjoyed the various activities on offer, from chess to coconuts, from nail painting to lucky dip. There were many delicious cakes on sale as well! Thank you all for enjoying spending your pocket money for Children in Need, raising a total of £615.83. Fantastic!

A VISIT BY THE ARTIST JOHN PIPER

During this term Year 4 have been studying the work of the artist John Piper. On Friday, November 16th, Clarissa Lewis, John Piper’s daughter visited Year 4. The children had a very enjoyable afternoon looking at various examples of his work including two originals that had been exhibited in The Tate Gallery in London. They also saw examples of pottery, fabric, stained glass windows, theatrical works and drawings he produced as a war artist during the 2nd World War. The children were fascinated by the photographs of John Piper as a child and at the pictures he drew when he was five years old. They had the opportunity to ask questions and to learn about Clarissa Lewis’ memories of her father, the artist, John Piper.

THE COMENIUS LOGO COMPETITION WINNER

Many congratulations to Lisa Cowdy of Year 6 on winning the vote for the best Logo to represent Ysgol Gymraeg in the Comenius Logo Competition. Lisa's logo won the most votes by pupils in Years 5 and 6, and was popular amongst the e-mails sent by parents also.

Lisa beat 85 other competitors and will now be entered into the next stage, against the best of our partner schools in Denmark, Turkey, Ireland, Finland and Italy.

Best of luck Lisa!

To view the logos representing the other countries visit the official project website here

To view our Comenius Project page
click here

OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE NEW EXTENSION

During this year's Book Fair the new school extension was officialy opened by the Director of Education, Mr Eifion Evans.

Many thanks to Mr Evans for his kind words and to the choir for their songs celebrating the occasion.

Pictured are Mr Clive Williams, Mr Jim O'Rourke, Mr Hag Harries, Mr Eifion Evans and Mr Glyn Williams with members of the School Council, Sara, Robert, Dylan and Gwenllian.

PTA BOOK FAIR

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Another enjoyable evening was had by all who attended the Book Fair which was organised by the PTA, with the bookshop Inc displaying more books than ever before.

Thank you to all who contributed and supported - it was fantastic to see such a range of activities - face painting, year 6 games, card making, cake stall, raffle, glow bands, disco and more!

The school is very grateful for the work of the PTA, raising money for the benefit of every child in the school.

URDD SWIMMING GALA

Congratulations to all who competed in this year's Urdd County Swimming gala.

Results (top 3)
Years 3 and 4
1st - Rhys Evans - Freestyle
1st - Rhys Evans - Butterfly
1st - Boys' Freestyle Relay
2nd - Alaw Davies - Freestyle
2nd - Girls' Mixed Relay
2nd - Girls' Freestyle Relay
3rd - Alaw Davies - Breaststroke

Years 5 and 6
1st - Sioned Wallwork - Breaststroke
1st - Sion Evans - Freestyle
1st - Girls' Freestyle Relay
1st - Girls' Mixed Relay
2nd - Boys' Mixed Relay
2nd - Seren Griffith - Backstroke
2nd - Aron Parry - Backstroke
3rd - Sioned Wallwork - Mixed

LEARNING ABOUT OUR SQUARE MILE AT THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF WALES

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Today both Year 6 classes visitied the National Library to learn more about this term's theme 'Our Square Mile'.

The National Library was full of information. We looked at old maps of Wales and Aberystwyth in particular, as well as seeing old photographs of our local area which dated back around a century and a half! The tour of the Library was also fun, especially the special shelves which weith five tonnes and can be moved by turning a wheel with one hand!

Thank you to Rhodri, Owen and Nia for making the visit so interesting.

ABERYSTWYTH CROSS COUNTRY

Over a hundred pupils from the school took part in the Aberystwyth area cross country competition which was held at the Vicarage Fields.

The races were held for boys and girls from year 3 to 6, with over 600 children from the area competing altogether.

Pictured are Rhys, Iestyn and Ellis leading the race for Year 4 boys.

Congratulations to all who took part.

VISTORS FROM JAPAN

We welcomed pupils from Japan to the school today, during their visit to Aberystwyth over a period of ten days.

The pupils, who attend a school in Yosano Town, Kyoto, are learning English as a second or third language. They visited the school in order to see how pupils at Ysgol Gymraeg learn, and they were especially impressed with the older children's ability to speak, read and write confidently in both English and Welsh.

DESIGNING A LOGO FOR OUR COMENIUS PROJECT

During the last few weeks pupils in years 5 and 6 have been designing a new logo for our Comenius project. The pupils themselves have drawn a short list of the most successful logos which include four logos from each house - Arthur, Caradog a Dewi.

Visit the Comenius page to see the logos and send any comments you may have by e-mail, so that we can consider your feedback when deciding on the logo which will represent Yr Ysgol Gymraeg.

Click here to see the logos

STEFFAN WINS 'FFOTOMARATHON' UNDER 16s CATEGORY

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Many congratulations to Steffan from Year 2 on winning the 'Photmarathon' competition for under 16s which was held over the half term holidays. The competition was held as part of Ffoto Aber

Steffan had to present 6 photgraphs, taken within six hours, ond six different themes.

The six themes were Circle(s), The Street, Looking inside, Green, Unique, and Shadow.

Well done Steffan.