Teddy Bears Picnic

What a wonderful day we have had today. It was our Teddy Bear's Picnic! Thank you to all of the Mums, Dads and Grandparents who sent in outdoor clothing and of course, a Teddy Bear. The day was a big success and the children enjoyed various outdoor activities. We played lots of games, did some outdoor art, made special woodland hats, listened to bear stories and went bug hunting! Of course we made sure that we made plenty of time for our picnic. The children and their bears enjoyed eating healthy Teddy Bear themed snacks and sharing a drink of milk.

I am really looking forward to the 'Animalympics' show tomorrow in school. I will post some pictures onto the blog of the creatures that we meet.
In the mean time, please enjoy these pictures of our Teddys Bears Picnic.

Hunting for Ted.

Playing a memory game.

Intrepid explorers.

Working as a team.

Enjoying some milk and a snack with our bears.

Performing a Teddy Bear song.

Going for Gold!

As our new class topic is 'Olympics 2012' we thought that it would be a good idea to invite a real Olympian into our school and class. We asked David Roberts CBE if he would be kind enough to join us for a question and answer session and we were delighted when he oblidged.
David joined us today and the children asked some questions that they had planned and some that were quite spontaneous (a list of which follows). I would like to thank David for being such a great sport and spending his valueable time with us in class. The children were thrilled that they had a chance to meet an Olympic medalist and also got to hold a real gold medal!

The questions that we asked David Roberts CBE
Have you got a medal?
How did you get a medal?
Did your teacher give you a medal?
Which Olympics have you been to?
How did you do?
Can you swim fast?
How fast?
Can you swim underwater?
What do you eat?
Is your medal shiny?
Is your medal gold?
Can you do a roly poly?
Which country are you from?
Can you run really fast?
Can you jump very far?
Do you have to train?
How long have you been training for the Olympics?
When do you train?
Are you strong?
Do you have a girlfriend?
Have you met the Queen?
What is the Queen's house like?
Where do you live?
What do you wear when you are swimming?
Do you get medals everyday?
Do you win everytime?

The children thought of all of these questions (and a few others) themselves. I think that they did a wonderful job of interviewing David! Da iawn pawb a diolch yn fawr iawn David.

Having a look at a gold medal!

Trying on a gold medal!

We asked plenty of probing questions.

*I hope to add a podcast of some of the interview within the next few days*

Llanharan Primary Olympics

A big 'Well done' to all of the children who competed in our annual sports day. We were very fortunate with the weather as it was warm enough to enjoy ourselves but cloudy enough to avoid too much sun and of course no rain. It was wonderful to see so many families and friends of the school at the event. We were lucky enough to have a real Olympian at the event and also an official torch bearer with her torch. It was really exciting!

Here we are beginning our opening ceremony procession.

                                   We had great seats! Right next to the track!

Ty Gwyn were the winners this year. Here are the house captains raising the trophy.