MATHEMATICS WEEK : FRIDAY : THE BOOK WITH THE LARGEST PERIMETER

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

Today's largest book was brought in by Elin form Year 6, and Lloyd and Cerys, both from Year 3. Their books' perimeter measured 202cm.

The three are pictured with the winners from each class.

Well done everyone and hank you all for participating in this week's maths activities.

P.T.A BOOK FAIR

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.

MATHEMATICS WEEK : WEDNESDAY : THE JUG WITH THE LARGEST VOLUME

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

Today's largest poster was brought in by Mali from year 6 and Dylan from Year 4. Mali and Dylan were also successful on Tuesday with the shortest Teddy. Their poster measured a whopping 8.8m2.

Mali and Dylan are pictured with their poster (which is being held up by Mrs Owen and Mr Williams!) along with the winners from each class.

Well done everyone. Tomorrow's final task will be to bring the book with the longest perimedr.

BEDWYR AND BLODWEN'S BIRTHDAY PARTY

Year 1 held a big party today to celebrate the special birthday of Bedwyr and Blodwen.

The two characters have been part of Year 1's activities for many years, and again this year Year 1 have had a lot o fun organising a party for their birthday.

The children enjoyed learning various skills when preparing the party, but the biggest enjoyment of course was tasting the lovely birthday cake and various other party treats - yum yum!

MATHEMATICS WEEK : WEDNESDAY : THE JUG WITH THE LARGEST VOLUME

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

Today's largest jug was brought in by Gwilym from the Reception class and his sister Myfanwy from the Nursery class. Their jug was a huge 9850ml!

Gwilym and Myfanwy are pictured with their huge jug along with the winners from each class.

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

REWARDING RESPONSIBLE READERS

Congratulations to all who received a certificate and medal from Delyth Huws from the Town Library this morning.

Over the Summer Holidays a reading scheme was launched to school pupils named Creepy House.

Over 30 of the school's children managed to exchange books on a weekly basis for four weeks or more, thus receiving prizes for doing so.

Many thanks to Delyth for her company this morning, and to Aberystwyth Town Library for organizing the event yet again this year.

MATHEMATICS WEEK : TUESDAY : THE SHORTEST TEDDY

The task set for the second day of Maths Week was to bring the Shortest Teddy to school.

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

Today's shortest teddy was brought in by Dylan from Year 4. The height of Dylan's Teddy was a tiny 4mm!

Dylan is pictured along with the winners from each class. Below is a close-up of Dylan's teddy.

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

MATHEMATICS WEEK - MONDAY - THE HEAVIEST VEGETABLE

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

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

Today's heaviest vegetable was brought in by Hari from Reception Class. The pumpkin weighed an incredible 38kg!

Hari is pictured holding his prize-winning pumpkin along with the winners from each class. Well done everyone!

£655.50 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 in the Hall and contributed 10p per game. 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 £655.50. Fantastic!

URDD SWIMMING GALA

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

Results (top 3)
Years 3 and 4
1st - Boys' Freestyle Relay
1st - Boys' Mixed Relay
1st - Girls' Freestyle Relay
1st - Girls' Mixed Relay
2nd - Annie Evans - Freestyle
2nd - Joseph Gorman - Butterfly
2nd - Joseph Gorman - Freestyle
3rd - Efan Davies - Backstroke
3rd - Lili Davies - Backstroke

Years 5 and 6
1st - Girls' Freestyle Relay
1st - Girls' Mixed Relay
1st - Boys' Mixed Relay
1st - Lisa Davies - Freestyle
1st - Lisa Davies - Butterfly
2nd - Boys' Freestyle Relay
2nd - Cari Davies - Backstroke
3rd - Aled Llyr Hywel - Backstroke

SUCCESS AT THE GŴYL CERDD DANT

Congratulations to all the pupils who represented the School in the cerdd dant festival at Ystrad Fflur. The schoolwishes to thank all the children for their excellent performances

Results;
Recitation party – 1st
Llyr Ifan Eirug – cerdd dant solo – 1st
Cadi Gwen and Beca Fflur –cerdd dant duet – 2nd
Cerdd dant party – 3rd

'THE BIG DRAW' - ABERYSTWYTH MUSEUM COMPETITION

Recently a drawing competition was held for school children on the theme 'Our museum is at 40'.

Pictured are three pupils - Nannon, Soffia and Rhys who were successful in the competition. Rhys came 1st, Nannon 2nd and Soffia 3rd.

Many congratulations to the three, we obviously have budding artists in our midst!

GWEN WINS THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS READING CHALLENGE!

Many congratulations to Gwen of Year 5 on her success with the Reading Challenge this year.

"I had a massive shock when I heard the news that I had won a KOBmini which is an electronic reading device, for maganging to read more than six books over the Summer Holidays. The KOBOmini is brilliant - I can buy and rent borrow books to read on it! Thank you to the Town Library for organising the Challenge and for my fantastic prize!"
Gwen, Class 5L

PUPILS RECORD 'GWYLLTIO'

"I was fortunate to be one of twenty pupils taking part in filming 'Gwylltio' this week. Gwylltio is a Nature programme, focusing this week on wildlife in Aberystwyth, with my group focusing on insects. I had a lot of fun, especially when looking under tree trunks for creepy crawlies!
Thank you to the Gwylltio crew - Rhys, Osian, Mererid, Gareth, Yvonne, Cath and Nia for the fun and interesting sessions."
Tomos, Class 6J

THE 'TOILET TACKLING COMMITTEE' ARE OFF TO A GOOD START!

Within two months of establishing the Toilet Tackling Committee, the work to improve the school's toilets has begun!

"All nine of us who are on the Committee went around all of the school's toilets to see what condition they are in and which ones needed attention first." - Rhodri, Committee Chairman.

And fair play to the boys (yes, note they are all boys!) they decided that the girls' toilets near Year 3 were the priority for improvement.

Pictured is the Committee with the builders who have been working hard installing new toilets over the half term holidays.

COMUS LEARNING AND ENJOYING WITH THE RECEPTION CHILDREN

At the moment our European Comenius project’s mascot, Comus, is spending time with us here at Ysgol Gymraeg. Before this, Comus has been living with our friends in our partner schools in Turkey, Denmark, Finland and Ysgol Llwyn yr Eos, and he will proceed with his journey when he travels to Italy with school staff members in November. This week, Comus has been very busy in the company of the Reception children – learning to paint, write, sing, count, build, and even eating lunch! He also went on a lovely walk along Plascrug Avenue. Comus will definitely have some interesting stories to tell his new friends in Italy about his time at Ysgol Gymraeg.