Plearny

Plearny Tuition offers support for Maths and Science, any exam board, to GCSE level for students at school, college or in home education. We have currently have vacancies for online tutoring (Zoom) or face-to-face in the Newport/Risca area. Reply or message for more details.

Here's our latest build - one of the awesome botanicals theme from LEGO (TM)

LEGO Flower build LEGO (TM) make some amazing botanical models - here is one that is currently available. They make great displays and last a lot longer than the real thing! ...

There haven't been many cartoon characters on here recently, so here is a selection of ones from the past.

Feeling seasonal! Here's a different take on a Christmas card...

Here's our latest mosaic, in time for Remembrance Sunday.

Here are some recently designed mosaics based on famous images. Each mosaic uses 12 plates (8x8) and 768 bricks (1x1).

In recognition of the Queen's platinum jubilee, we have created several Lego mosaics. Here you can see the crown, the Union Flag and a Corgi. These have been used at a local special needs school and will be out for a street party next weekend.

Plearny is now focusing on work with students on the autism spectrum, using the motivation of building Lego models to teach co-operation, following visual instructions, mechanics and basic maths and science principles, along with providing an outlet for creativity.

This is particularly for anyone in the Newport area who has ALN children at home. We are offering hire of a Plearny Lego set and instructions + worksheets for four models for FREE during this period of school closure. This is available to the first ten local applicants. Message us for application form.

Are you going nuts finding things to do with the kids? Check our home page for ideas. First one is borrowed from www.teachit.co.uk. Find the pdf herehttp://plearny.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/35840-20-ideas-for-parents-when-schools-close-for-coronaviru.pdf

1000s of English Teaching Resources - Teachit English

Looking for a home tutor in Newport area (or on Skype)? Check out http://plearny.com/tutoring/

Tutoring – Plearny

Stuck at home due to the virus? Watch this space for more videos on how to make exciting, working Lego models. Coming soon - windscreen wipers!

Great schools enrichment day at Trinant Primary School - almost 150 children received a taste of learning STEM with Lego - thanks to a STEM schools grant!

Coming soon - new video - how to make LEGO Weighing Scales

Want to make your own saw table? Here is how to do it in LEGO. Watch out for more videos coming soon

Plearny updated their business hours.

Here are models of the five regular polyhedra (otherwise known as 'Platonic Solids' after Plato who first described them). These were made using coloured paper, a normal inkjet printer and nets from https://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/model-construction-tips.html

Anyone out there up for some beta testing? Here we have a document on writing messages in code, together with Python programs to do the encryption and decryption. Comments anyone? http://plearny.com/substitution/

Substitution – Plearny

One for all you mathemaniacs out there - coming soon our post on how to build regular polygons.
(Keep watching for posts on 'codes and cyphers' and videos of Lego-builds).

Stuck for ideas of what to do over the summer holidays? Take a look at this...
These are one-page paper models available free from Canon. See the full links on http://plearny.com/papercraft/

Coming soon! School holiday activity videos. Watch this space!

Did you know - we design our own LEGO mosaics. We have 25 designs on display on our website, at www.plearny.com/mosaics/. Here is our latest design.

New model just designed - take a look at this fork-lift truck (with pallet). This is one of our more advanced models, using over 100 parts and including gear drive, belt drive and chain drive.

Does anyone who sees this page have connections in Rougemont, Cathedral, Howells or St Johns on the Hill? I am looking for parents who can support our attempt to work with these schools. Message me if this is you!

Feeling excited - off to the Welsh Autism Show today - hope to find lots of people we can work with to improve the lives of students on the autistic spectrum.