Congratulations to pupils in our coding club, who have been invited to the awards ceremony of the All Wales Coding Competition.

The aim of the competition was to promote computing and programming skills among primary and secondary school children across the whole of Wales. The challenge was to create a computer game which celebrates any aspect of 'Welshness' using Scatch software.  

"Coding is an extremely important skill in today's technological world" said the organizer and coordinator of the competition. "The 2018 All Wales Coding Competition will be a platform to show the world that we have in Wales the young people who can meet the needs of local and international companies in these growth areas."

Good luck to Ysgol Y Faenol pupils.

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Summary

During their time in the school, most pupils make good progress from their starting points and a few pupils make very good progress. By the end of key stage 2, they are confident, thoughtful and articulate and enjoy learning. They have a deep understanding of mathematical concepts and apply their knowledge of these well to solve mathematical problems. They apply their literacy and information and communication technology (ICT) skills well across the curriculum and take pride in their school and their work.

In general, teachers provide interesting learning experiences that help pupils develop a love of learning. These are often linked to interesting and thought-provoking story-books that help pupils explore a wide range of topics and emotions. However, in the foundation phase, pupils do not have enough opportunities to practise their skills independently.

The headteacher is passionate about meeting individual pupils’ needs and seeing pupils mature into fully rounded, capable learners. Staff work together to support this vision effectively. The school is outward looking and makes the most of research and professional development opportunities to improve standards of teaching and learning. The school uses its pupil development grant particularly well to support vulnerable pupils. The governing body is very supportive of the school’s work. 

Dosbarth Moel Siabod were very lucky to have a visit from the local postman today. The children had lots of questions for Postman Matt and we learnt a lot. We even had the chance to have a look around the post van afterwards!

Thank you Postman Matt

Dosbarth Moel Siabod have been learning all about weddings from different cultures this half term. To finish the topic, we planned and carried out our own wedding in class. The children designed invitations, made paper flowers, prepared speeches and made a delicious wedding breakfast! We had a lovely wedding afternoon, including the ceremony and wedding breakfast, followed by a party!

We had a lovely afternoon showcasing all our lovely projects from this year.

We have had a busy one!

School council plastic project

Lead Creative Schools Project

Gardening and Eco Club

Talk for Writing Project

World of Work Committee

Coding Club

Welsh Club

HWB

Collaborative Learning Project

Catalyst Project

Recycling Project etc!

Thank you to everyone who came to support us, we hope you enjoyed it!

We had a great finale to our mountains topic this term , exploding all of our fantastic volcano models! Thank you for all your effort in making them, the children thoroughly enjoyed it! We even learnt a thing or two about designing them! Please see our class page or twitter for photos!