St Mellons Church in Wales Primary SchoolWelcome to Class 1! Croeso i Dosbarth 1!
Teacher: Miss Clarke
LSA: Miss Thomas & Miss Evans
Communication
Contact us on class1@stmellonsprm.cardiff.sch.uk
Twitter (X) - @stmellonsprm https://twitter.com/stmellonsprm
Overview of the Day
8.55 - 9.00 - Greet each other/ registration
9.10 - 9.30- Worship
9:30 - 10:15 - Maths
10.30 – 10.45 - Break
10:45-11:05 - Helpwr Heddiw
11:05– 11.55– Literacy
12:00-1:00pm - Lunch
1.00 - 1:30 - RWI (Read Write Inc)
1:30 - 1:55 - GGR - Group Guided Reading
1:30- 2:15 - Inquiry/Welsh/Health&Wellbeing/RVE
3.00 - 3.15 - Tidy up and Storytime
Important Dates for the Half Term
Spring 2026:
Snack, P.E. Day and Uniform
Snack:
Healthy snacks can be purchased from school (via ParentPay) or brought from home.
P.E.
Class 1 have P.E. on Wednesday and pupils can come wearing their P.E. kits.
Current Learning
Our context this half term is Time travellers!
Humanities:This term, the children are becoming Time Travellers, exploring what life was like in the past and how it compares to the world we know today. They will investigate old and modern houses, transport, chores, food, and music. Through this topic, the children will develop their curiosity, ask questions, and build an early sense of history as they learn about the past in fun and meaningful ways.
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CHRISTIAN QUESTIONS What do Christians believe God is like?
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OTHER RELIGIOUS QUESTION How does the synagogue bring people together? Why is the Synagogue important for Jews?
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NON-RELIGIOUS QUESTION How do celebrations bring people together? Think about the best news ever! How did it make you feel? How do people react when a baby is born, or when their favourite team wins a sporting competition? What celebrations bring people together?
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Planning
Planning of the week ahead can be found on google classroom. Please contact the email above if you are having any issues logging into google classroom.
Homework 
Every Friday homework will be sent out on google classroom. It will alternate each week one literacy and numeracy.
Please encourage children to give the homework a go as it is a great way for them to consolidate their learning from the previous week.
Homework can either be printed and brought into school complete or done online and sent back via google classroom.
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.
Christian Values
Our Value this half term is: Courage
Literacy
Reading takes place every day with group reading sessions and children read as individuals to an adult at least once a week. We do have visitors who like to listen to readers so book bags need to be school everyday and we aim to change the reading book at least once a week. Your child's progress in reading should continue to be developed at home though shared reading experiences with their book in their book bag and also with their own books.
Read, Write, Ink is how we teach phonics and how children learn to read.
what to teach when speed sound lessons.pdf
rwi workshop for parents jan 2025 pptx.pdf
How can I help my child to read?
Do not read the book aloud before your child reads it to you.
• Ask your child to read the sounds and words before he or she reads the story.
• When your child reads the story, ask him or her to sound out the words that he or she can’t read automatically. Don’t allow your child to struggle too much. Praise your child when he or she succeeds.
• Read back each sentence or page to keep the plot moving. (Your child’s energy is going into reading the words not the story.)
• Do not ask your child to guess the word by using the pictures.
• Do it all with patience and love!
I have also added flashcards of the high frequency words - words appear a lot and are in many books - to Google Classroom in the Homework section. If you help your child to learn these words it will make reading easy!
Numeracy
At St Mellons, we follow the concrete, pictorial, abstract approach.
1)Use concrete resources to show...
2)Draw it out or use these pictures to show...
3) Write with symbols to show...
We will be counting objects, looking closely at the teen numbers, ordering numbers, writing numbers correctly, adding two more, counting forwards and backwards in 10s and 5s, taking away, reading the time to the nearest hour, weighing objects and comparing weights and measuring capacity in the water tray.
Meet the Teacher ...for those that missed it!
Welsh - Cymraeg and MFL - Modern Foreign Languages
The children are learning the phrase Dw i'n gwisgo ... I am wearing...
Jigsaw - PSHE
We teach PSHE through JIGSAW throughout the school.
Curriculum for Wales Relationships Sexuality Education Code
Healthy Schools
What is a Healthy School?
A Healthy School:
- Is one that promotes physical, social, emotional and mental health and helps equip pupils, staff and families with the skills and attitudes to make informed decisions about their health.
- Recognises the importance of investing in health and wellbeing to assist in the process of raising children and young people's achievement levels.
- Involves the whole school community, parents, governors, staff and pupils in improving children's health, well-being and happiness, helping them to get the most out of life.
Click here for lots of Healthy Lunchbox Ideas
Active Travel
We encourage 'Active Travel' with the travel tracker website where your child records how they travel to school each day. Badges are given out to the pupils who are the most active each month.
Please see the information below for a fantastic opportunity for you and your child! 
Picture News
Each week, on a Monday during whole school worship, pupils get a snapshot of the news via Picture News - real stories adapted for children. Pupils get an opportunity to discuss and reflect upon real life issues, see where in the world it is happening and how it relates to our lives and impacts the lives of others whilst reinforcing Christian Values. This Picture News discusses the importance of human interactions as Amazon workers were asked to return to the office after several years of working from home.
Useful links
Pupils are taught ways to stay safe online in class and Digital Leaders have carried out whole school assemblies about internet safety. Sound advice on internet safety can be found on https://www.internetmatters.org/