Welcome to Class 6!

Croeso i Dosbarth 6!

Teacher: Mrs Xiberras	Learning Support Assistant: Mrs Owens

Hello and welcome to Class 6! My name is Mrs Xiberras and I am the class teacher. Working alongside me is Mrs Owens, our Learning Support Assistant.

Communication

Contact us on Class6@stmellonsprm.cardiff.sch.uk

Twitter (X) - @stmellonsprm                     https://twitter.com/stmellonsprm

Google Classroom Code - wuxp5n6

The 'Teacher to Parent' text messaging service will be used when required.

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)​

10 minutes daily mile​

3.00 Daily Welsh Activities​

3.20 Home Time  

Important Dates

Christian Value - Friendship

28^th  April – Return to School

                   Christian Value Celebration Day Trust

5^th May – Bank Holiday

11 th ^-   17^th  May – Christian Aid Week

12^th – 23rd May – Welsh Government National Tests Block

19th May - Welsh Athletics Taster Session 

22^nd  May – Nursery and Reception Family Worship 9.15am & coffee morning

23^rd May – End of term

26^th  May – 30^th  May – Half Term

 

2^nd  June – Return to School

10^th June  - Class Photographs

11^th June – Sports Day

12th June - Y6 visit to the Principality Stadium

18th June – Reserve Sports Day

26^th June – year 1 and 2 Family Worship 9.30am

7th - 9th July  -  Residential Year 6

4^th July – Reports out to parents

10^th July – New PS1  intake meeting (Nursery and Reception) 2pm

14^th July  - Transition week

Wednesday 16^th July – Year 6 Leavers Assembly 9.30am & coffee morning

18t^h July  - Last day of term

21st  July – INSET day school closed for pupils

 

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 days are TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY - 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

Our topic this term is 'Happy, Healthy and Ready'!

 

This term, pupils will have an understanding of what helps to keep us happy and healthy. They will take part in a range of sport and will investigate how physical activity affects our bodies and emotions. They will learn to make decisions, work collaboratively with others in a diverse society, develop and maintain relationships; while also developing a sense of empathy and resilience. They will learn how diet, sleep and hygiene affect our well-being; and how emotions and feelings affect our mental well-being. They will become engaged in transition activities, ensuring they are emotionally ready for their next chapter in Year 7. 

 

LLC -  Newspaper articles, explanation, script writing - leavers' assembly

Maths and Numeracy - The four operations, shape, position and direction, statistics, money

Humanities - Understand how others have different beliefs, opinions and views. 

Science and Technology - Investigate how much sugar is in our food and drinks and the impact it has on our teeth. Investigate what physical activity does to our physical and mental well-being.

RVE - Big Question: Does following God make someone a better person? How can following God bring freedom and justice?  What are Sikh values? How are values shown on a global scale?  

Health and Well Being - Physical literacy, diet and nutrition, substances, self regulation, decision making, relationships, football with Cardiff City FC and rugby with the WRU!

Expressive Arts - Dance. 

Pupil Voice Questions

• How will you support us on our transition to yr7?

  What is a physical  Activity that keeps you healthy the most?

  How to go to sleep faster?

  How to make good friends in high school.

  Who invented mental therapy?

  ✎✨How to tolerate negative people who let you down? ✨✎

  How to do good in high school?

  WHAT’S THE BEST SPORT TO STAY FIT?

  How does school affect our mental health?

  How do we tolerate people we don't like?

  How sleep helps our mental health.

  How can playing too many video games affect us?

  If we can’t or don’t sleep, what do we do ?

  What are the healthiest sports?

  How can sleep and hygiene make you feel better?

  How do we start off good in high school?

  How can other people make you happy?

  🏃How can other people exercise and play, with our transition to High schools?🏃

  How will our transition be in St. Teilos?

  How to make people happy.

  How to get a good start at high school.

  ✈✈✈How to fall asleep quickly ✈✈✈

  What do I do if my 2 friends are fighting and i'm in the middle?

  How will the food be in St. Telios?

  How to wake up early

  What is the best part of high school?

Planning

Please see the Inquiry planning document below for our topic.

Our Inquiry Planner:

Please click here for our Inquiry Planner

 

 

Please click here for our summer term homework menu

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 'Friendship'.

Meaning: A friendship is a relationship between two or more friends. 

Please click here for our friendship handout

Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 "Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labour: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up."

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. Our first writing journey this half term will be newspaper articles based on the text 'The Last Bear' by Hannah Gold.  

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

In Numeracy this half term, we will be working on the four operations, shape, algebra, money, position and direction. We will build on our knowledge of written calculations. 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. 
This term we will be focusing on 'Gwyliau' (Holidays).

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

Multiplication Grid Game

Hit the Button

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

Explore rivers - BBC Bitesize

 

Meet the Teacher 2024:

mrs xiberras meet the teacher 2024.pdf