Rhiwbina Living

Llanishen Fach has developed -
and delivers - an innovative and
engaging curriculum all year round
This year we were fortunate to be
supported by ‘Jim Bob’s Buses’, who
kindly provided a camper van to
ensure at least one of us got a good
night’s sleep and was fresh and ready
for the early morning shift.
Campouts are led by our outdoor
learning team, Mrs Carter, Miss
Davies and Mr Barrett, assisted and
supported by a further 30+ staff
who help with everything from food
shopping to running evening activities
and organising portable loos.
For many years Mr Gunning, a
community legend, was a stalwart of
our campouts with his hugely popular
campfire songs; since his retirement
we have managed to persuade Mr
Gunning to return each year to keep
alive the tradition of comic songs
before bed, and this year was no
exception.
During their overnight adventure
with us, the pupils get to experience a
number of activities. With the summer
holidays now here, you might like to
try some of them with your family:
Wild garlic pizza
Simply make a basic bread dough
Summer has arrived
at Llanishen Fach
Primary School.
Here's how they
make the most of it
We are very lucky in having extensive
grounds, and even more fortunate in
having heroic staff who look for ways
to utilise this good fortune to the
benefit of the school community.
For many years now, we have held
a regular annual ‘campout’ for our
Year 4 pupils, only being suspended
during the Covid restrictions. And it is
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because of Covid that last year, and
again this year, we are playing catchup,
giving additional opportunities
for pupils from other year groups to
participate.
If you have ever organised a family
camping trip, you will well know just
how much organisation and effort
goes into the simplest of overnight
stays, not to mention the resulting
bleary-eyed mornings after! So,
imagine such a trip but multiplied by
30 children and repeated over four
nights with consecutive classes. Now
you can see the use of ‘heroic’, to
describe our intrepid campout team,
is far from hyperbole, a team who
sees it simply as being ‘all in a day’s
work’ here at Llanishen Fach.