Welcome to Class 1! Croeso i Dosbarth 1! 

Teacher: Miss Clarke

LSA: Miss Evans

Communication

Contact us on class1@stmellonsprm.cardiff.sch.uk  

  @stmellonsciwprm

 Our School ID: 13339

 Google Classroom Code: ask your teacher

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 Autumn Term 

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 Growing up and Moving on!

  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.  

 Inquiry Planning - to be uploaded.

Homework    

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.  

Homework grid for this term:

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. 

St Mellons CIW Primary School is proud to be a Rights Respecting School, which means we are a community where children's rights are learned, taught, practised, respected, protected and promoted.  This half term we will be focusing on Articles 24, 13 and 28 from the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. 

Christian Values  

Our Value this half term is: 

Thankfulness

In Year 1, children will explore the Christian value of thankfulness by learning about God's creation and recognising the many gifts they have been given, including family, friends, nature, and the world around them. Through stories, discussions, outdoor learning, creative activities, and prayer, children will reflect on what they are grateful for and how they can show appreciation by caring for others and looking after God's world.

thankfulness.pdf

"Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever."
Psalm 107:1 

 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!

 Meet the Teacher ...for those that missed it!  

Meet the Teacher 

/docs/Meet_the_teacher_Dosbarth_1.pdf

 Welsh - Cymraeg and MFL - Modern Foreign Languages 

Internet Safety

At St Mellon's, we promote the use of 'SMART' rules daily, as we know how important it is to stay safe online.

Please encourage your children to use these 'SMART' rules at home too. 

As part of the Curriculum for Wales your child will discuss and learn how we can all stay safe online and about the dangers we may face on the internet.  We get involved with national Internet Safety Day, which is held on the second Tuesday every February each year.  

 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/ 

Jigsaw - PSHE  

Jigsaw is a whole-school approach and embodies a positive philosophy and creative teaching and learning activities to nurture children’s development as compassionate and well-rounded human beings as well as building their capacity to learn. Jigsaw is a comprehensive and completely original PSE programme for the whole primary school from ages 3-11.  The Jigsaw Programme also delivers Relationships and Sexuality Education. Ensuring it meets the requirements set out in the RSE Code for Phases 1 and 2. Life cycles and human reproduction will be taught in a sensitive manner, age related in all schools in Wales. This means that all learners must receive this education. There is no right to withdraw from RSE in the new curriculum.

Jigsaw has two main aims for all children:

• To build their capacity for learning

• To equip them for life

Jigsaw brings together PSE, Relationships and Sexuality Education, emotional literacy, mindfulness, social skills and spiritual development. It is designed to support a whole school approach, with all year groups working on the same theme (Puzzle) at the same time at their own stage of learning. There are six Puzzles (half-term units of work) and each year group is taught one lesson per week. All lessons are delivered in an age- and stage-appropriate way so that they meet children’s needs.

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 

Hwb 

Ask your teacher for your HWB password. 

• use online Microsoft software (Word, Excel, Powerpoint etc)
• use J2e 
• post news to share with classmates on Google classroom*
• and much, much more