St Mellons Church in Wales Primary SchoolWelcome to Class 6!
Croeso i Dosbarth 6!
Teacher: Mrs Williams LSA: Mrs Yousuf
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Welcome to Class 6. I am Mrs Williams the Class 6 teacher and I work alongside Mrs Yousuf, our Learning Support Assistant. |
Communication
Contact us on Class6@stmellonsprm.cardiff.sch.uk
Twitter (X) - @stmellonsprm https://twitter.com/stmellonsprm
Google Classroom Code - nvqnczqx
Our Schoop ID is: 13339
Overview of the Day
8.55 Children arrive and settle down to complete their Morning Activity / Register
9.05 – 9.25 Worship
9.25-10.45 Literacy, Languages & Communication
10.45 – 11.00 Snack / Break Time
11.00 – 12.00 Mathematics & Numeracy
12.00 – 1.00 Lunch
1.00 – 1.25 Guided Group Reading
1.30 – 2.45 (Topic/Science/RE/ICT/Welsh)
3.00 Daily Welsh Activities
3.20 Home Time
Important Dates
Please bring a bottle of water to school daily, clearly labelled with your name. Healthy snacks can be purchased from the snack trolley (ordered via ParentPay) or brought in from home.
Our PE day is THURSDAY - children should wear their PE kits to school every Tuesday. PE kit is a white polo shirt (or your house colour) and grey or black shorts/joggers & trainers. Plain kits please, no patterns or large logos.
Children should wear school uniform each day (apart from PE day).
PLEASE LABEL ALL ITEMS OF CLOTHING.
Context - Spring 2026
Our topic this term is 'Coal Chronicles'
Our Inquiry Question is:
Pupil Voice Questions and Learning Suggestions
Please see the Inquiry planning document below for our topic.
Our Inquiry Planner:
Please click here for our Inquiry Planner
Year 6 Homework Grid – Spring Term
🌍 Value: Courage 💚
Complete one task each week.
Weekly homework – Numeracy / Literacy alternated each week. Usually based on something we have learned that week. Set on Friday, due in on Wednesday. Please submit via Google Classroom or send to our class email.
- Times Tables Rock Stars - click here for information for parents.
The Four Purposes
The four purposes are that all children and young people will be:
Ambitious, capable learners who are ready to learn throughout their lives.
Enterprising, creative contributors who are ready to play a full part in life and work.
Ethical, informed citizens who are ready to be citizens of Wales and the world.
Healthy, confident individuals who are ready to lead fulfilling lives as valued members of society.
Our Christian Value
Our Christian value this half term is 'Courage'.
Literacy, Languages and Communication
In Year 6 our Literacy sessions will develop a range of skills including: Reading, Writing and Oracy. Each session will feature the following:
- An engaging warm up (Consolidating past skills or developing new skills)
- Concrete learning (Development of Literacy skills)
We will be working on developing our reading, writing and oracy through a range of genres.
Reading continues to be an extremely important part of your child's learning. We take part in Guided Group Reading sessions daily.
We will also be continuing to develop our Welsh language skills through daily Helpwr Heddiw sessions.
Mathematics and Numeracy
IOur lessons will be based around the concrete, pictorial and abstract approach (CPA).
We will continue to use TTRS regularly. Please encourage the children to use this regularly at home; it really does make a difference to the children’s confidence and ability in maths. Each maths session will have:
- Engaging warm-ups (Range of Number work or introduction of new skills)
- Concrete learning (Development of Numeracy skills)
Times tables games - Learn them all here!
Times Tables Games for 7 to 11 year olds (topmarks.co.uk)
Times tables games and songs 1-12 - BBC Bitesize
Welsh
The Welsh language is very important to us. We encourage both staff and children to use incidental Welsh both inside and outside of the classroom. We enjoy our daily Helpwr Heddiw sessions to support children in learning new phrases by playing fun Welsh games.
Modern Foreign Languages
MFL is under review at the moment. It is a section of the 'Languages Connect Us' in our Literacy Curriculum.
Internet Safety
At St Mellons, we promote the use of 'SMART' rules, as we know how important it is to stay safe online.
Please encourage your children to use these 'SMART' rules at home too.
For more information please visit https://hwb.gov.wales/zones/online-safety/key-information/primary-learners/
Jigsaw and PSHE
The Curriculum for Wales is now a statutory requirement since September 2022 for all schools in Wales. It has a key role to play in helping children and young people navigate the world safely. Welsh Government wants education to help our children to develop as healthy, confident individuals, ready for the next chapter in their life after school. Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) encompasses the knowledge, skills, dispositions and values that will empower learners to:
• support their health and well-being
• develop healthy, safe and fulfilling relationships of all kinds, including those with family and friends, and in time, romantic and sexual relationships
• navigate and make sense of how relationships, sex, gender and sexuality shape their own and other people’s identities and lives
• understand and support their rights and those of others to enjoy equitable, safe, healthy and fulfilling relationships throughout their lives.
Please click here for more information curriculum-for-wales-relationships-sexuality-education-code.pdf (gov.wales)
Healthy Schools
We are very proud to be promoting a healthy school. We encourage all children to eat healthy during snack and lunch times.
We are able to provide snack for your children in school at a daily cost of £2 per week / £14 per term. Please pay via ParentPay.
Please ensure that your child has a labelled bottle in school daily, containing water only. We have fresh drinking water fountains, where the children can refill their bottles.
For advice on how to make a healthy packed lunch, please visit: https://www.nhs.uk/healthier-families/recipes/healthier-lunchboxes/
Active Travel
WOW is a pupil-led initiative where children self-report how they get to school every day using the interactive WOW Travel Tracker. If they travel sustainably (walk, cycle or scoot) once a week for a month, they get rewarded with a badge. It's that easy!
Please support us on our Active Travel mission by encouraging your child to walk, cycle or scoot to school, or use Park and Stride. This will help keep our bodies healthy and help reduce our carbon footprint!
Picture News
During our worship time on Mondays, we have been discussing Picture News, challenging ourselves to use new, ambitious vocabulary to describe our feelings and opinions. We have been learning about current news, topics and events.
Useful Links
Practice maths for 10 minutes a day on Doodle Maths to make great progress.
Click here to visit the Times Tables Rock Stars site to practice your tables.... who's going to be the first Rock Hero in your class? Practice your maths skills by playing against other children all over the world.
Reading books: every child has a reading book from our library and they may take them home to read. Home reading books can be changed whenever necessary.
Ask your teacher for your HWB password. On Hwb you can...
- access Google Classroom
- access your personal Hwb email
- use online Microsoft software (Word, Excel, Powerpoint etc)
- use J2e
- and much, much more.
Practise coding skills on Scratch
https://hwb.gov.wales - Hwb Collection of online tools provided to all schools in Wales by the Welsh Government
https://www.purplemash.com - award winning cross curricular website for primary school children. It enables children to explore and enhance their knowledge in a fun and creative way.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ - Great online games for curriculum areas
https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/levels/zbr9wmn - BBC Bitesize
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html - Lots of online games linked to different areas of the curriculum
https://www.learn-welsh.net/welshgames - Online Welsh games
https://corbettmathsprimary.com/5-a-day/ - Corbett Maths - 5-a-day Challenges
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/ - White Rose Maths - Reasoning Challenges
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