Welcome to Class 4!
Croeso i Dosbarth 4!
Shwmae and welcome to Class 4.My name is Miss Lloyd and I am the class teacher. Working alongside me is Mrs Johnson and Miss Joseph, our Learning Support Assistants.
Communication
Contact us on Class4@stmellonsprm.cardiff.sch.uk
Twitter (X) - @stmellonsprm https://twitter.com/stmellonsprm
Google Classroom Code - nbzfyrd
The 'Teacher to Parent' text messaging service will be used when required.Overview of the Day
9.05 – 9.25: Worship
9.25-10.45: Mathematics & Numeracy
10.45 – 11.00: Snack / Break Time
11.00 – 12.00: Literacy, Languages & Communication
12.00 – 1.00: Lunch
1.00 – 1.25: Guided Group Reading
1.30 – 2.45: Topic (Humanities/Science and Technology/Expressive Arts/Health and Wellbeing)
3.00: Daily Welsh Activities
3.20: Home Time
Important Dates
2nd and 3rd September– INSET Day, School Closed for Pupils
4th September – Pupils return to school
9th September – Responsibility Values Day Celebration
11th September– Meet the Teacher 3.30 pm and 4:00pm
17th September - Family Learning Super heroes CAVC 1-3.30
18th September - Individual photo day.
20th September – Mother Rose Identity Assembly, Whole School
23rd and 24th September - INSET School Closed for Pupils.
26th September– European Languages Day Celebration
27th September - Macmillan Coffee Morning 9.15am
30th September – Year 6 Cycle Proficiency
1st October – Black History Month
8th October – Harvest Eucharist with Mother Rose 2.30pm Food Bank Collection
10th October – Pedestrian training Year 2
10th October - Rags to Riches Collection
9th October - Judaism Day - Whole School Celebration
15th October – Nasal Flu Immunisations Reception to Year 6
17th October - Year 6 Family Worship (Responsibility) 9.15am
21st & 22nd October – Parents evening
23rd October - School Autumn Disco PS1 & 2- 3.30-4.30pm, PS3 4.45-5.45pm
25th October – Last Day of term
P.E. and Uniform
Our PE day is WEDNESDAY - children should wear their PE kits to school every Wednesday. 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.
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.
Classroom Routine
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 WEDNESDAY - children should wear their PE kits to school every Wednesday. 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 for Learning
Our topic this term is 'Express Yourself'.
In this topic the children will look at diversity, and how we are all different and unique.
In Languages Literacy and Communication we will building up our vocabulary and sentence types, then look at writing setting descriptions to build up to writing a diary entry and a formal letter around our class novel 'The boy at the back of the class'.
In Maths and Numeracy we will develop our understanding of place value, rounding, 4 number operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division).
In Humanities pupils will be researching and exploring the creation story of a range of religions including Christianity and creating work to show what they have learned. We will also develop our understanding of human rights.
In Science and Technology we will explore the features of an experiment by investigating colour.
In Expressive Arts we will create and reflect on their own Expressionism style art work.
In Health and Wellbeing we will be exploring and creating dance through time from the 1920's to the 2000's.
Pupil Voice Questions
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Can I learn about colour?
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Why are people different?
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I want to know how to draw/ sketch people.
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How do you write a diary entry?
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How do you make a tally chart on culture?
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What types of music are there around the world?
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What ways can people express themselves?
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How do you make a graphs?
Planning
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Weekly planning will be available on Google classroom, where you can see what the children have been learning about that week. Please see the Inquiry planning document below for our topic.
The Four Purposes
The Welsh curriculum has the four purposes as it's core, this is focused on ensuring 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.
Homework
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.
All learning context homework can be completed over the course of the term and your child can choose to do as many of the tasks as they wish. We would love to share some of their home learning within the classroom at the end of term so please send this in to us on our school email address.
Learning context homework which can be completed over the course of the term is below:
class 4 autumn homework grid.pdf
Christian Value
Our Christian value this half term is 'responsibility'.
For we are each responsible for our own conduct. Galatians 6:5
Literacy, Languages and Communication
In class 4 our Literacy sessions will develop a range of skills including: Reading, Writing and Oracy. Each session will feature the following:
- An warm up to consolidate past skills or develop new skills
- Concrete learning to develop Literacy skills
We will be working on developing our reading, writing and oracy through a range of genres. We will begin with building up our vocabulary and sentence types, then look at writing setting descriptions to build up to writing a diary entry and a letter based around our class novel 'The boy at the back of the class'.
We will also be continuing to develop our Welsh language skills through daily Helpwr Heddiw sessions and will also be learning French as part of our modern foreign language development.
Reading continues to be an extremely important part of your child's learning. We have begun reading our class novel 'The boy at the back of the class' and we also take part in Guided Group Reading sessions daily.
Mathematics and Numeracy
In Numeracy this half term, we will begin with recapping on place value, rounding and number operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) Please encourage the children to practice maths regularly at home (see links below for online math games); they really do make a difference to the children’s confidence and ability in maths. Each mathematics and numeracy session will have:
- Engaging warm-ups with a range of number work to practice past skills or develop new skills.
- Concrete learning to develop of Mathematics and 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
Throughout the term, we will be learning French, learning basic words, phrases and questions.
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
Meet the teacher 2024:
meet the teacher autumn 2024.pdf
Reading books
Reading books: Every child has a reading book from our class library and are now allowed to take them home to read if they have a school book bag. Your home reading book can be changed whenever necessary.