Welcome to Class 2! Croeso i Dosbarth 2!
Teacher: Mrs Lawley
Teaching Assistant: Miss Josephs, Mrs Bejraoui and Mrs Jones
Communication
Contact us on Class2@stmellonsprm.cardiff.sch.uk
Twitter (X) - @stmellonsprm https://twitter.com/stmellonsprm
The 'Teacher to Parent' text messaging service will be used when required.
Overview of the day
8.55 Children arrive, complete the travel tracker and settle down to complete register
9.05 – 9.25 Worship
9.25 - 9.55 Guide Group Reading
10.00 - 10.30 Literacy, Languages & Communication
10.30 – 10.45 Snack / Break Time
10.45 - 11.00 Milk and Music
11.00 – 12.00 Mathematics & Numeracy
12.00 – 1.00 Lunch
1.00 – 1.25 Read Write Inc session
1.30 – 3.00 (Topic/Science/RE/ICT), including 15 minutes daily mile/ outdoor activities
3.00 Daily Welsh Activities/ Storytime
3.15 Home Time
Important dates for the half term
Christian Value - Friendship
28th April – Return to School
Christian Value Celebration Day Trust
5th May – Bank Holiday
11 th - 17th May – Christian Aid Week
19th – 23rd May – Welsh Government National Tests Block
22nd May – Nursery and Reception Family Worship 9.15am & coffee morning
23rd May – End of term
26th May – 30th May – Half Term
2nd June – Return to School
10th June - Class Photographs
11th June – Sports Day
18th June – Reserve Sports Day
26th June – year 1 and 2 Family Worship 9.30am
TBC - Residential Year 6
4th July – Reports out to parents
10th July – New PS1 intake meeting (Nursery and Reception) 2pm
14th July - Transition week
Wednesday 16th July – Year 6 Leavers Assembly 9.30am & coffee morning
18th July - Last day of term
21st July – INSET day school closed for pupils
Classroom routine
Reading:
Please bring your book to school every day. Children will be reading in school daily and we will ensure your child's book is changed when needed.
PE:
PE will be held every Monday. Children should wear black shorts, house colour or white t-shirt and trainers, labelled clearly with their name. They may also wear black jogging bottoms when completing activities outdoors.
Snack:
Please bring a bottle of water to school daily, clearly labelled with your child's name on it. Healthy snacks can be purchased from school (via ParentPay) or brought from home.
Summer Term 2025
Learning Context:
LLC - factual writing - instructions, fact sheets, leaflets
Maths and Numeracy - measurement, including time, fractions and data handling
RVE - Big Question: God, gods, or no God?
Humanities - Understand how others have different beliefs, opinions and views.
STEM - how the body works
HWB - Physical literacy, diet and nutrition, substances, self regulation, decision making, relationships and visiting coaches from Cardiff City and Old St Mellons tennis club
Expressive Arts - Emotion in art, dance
Planning
A summary of 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 for our topic planning:
inquiry planner summer 2025.pdf
Homework
Each week, children will be asked to complete either a piece of numeracy or literacy based homework which will alternate from week to week. There will also be a termly homework grid based on our topic. Children may do as many homework tasks as they like over the course of the term.
Children are allowed to complete their homework in whichever format they wish to choose. E.g hwb, PowerPoint, on paper, videos etc.
Choose from activities on our homework grid:
class 2 homework grid summer 2025.pdf
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 Value
Our value this half term is ‘Friendship'.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 "Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up."
Literacy, Language and Communication
Read Write Inc is taught daily (Monday- Friday) across PS1 & 2. Children are grouped according to their current ability. In each session we focus on identifying and learning Read Write Inc sounds; reading green and red words; and spelling green words.
Guidance for parents about Read Write Inc.:
what to teach when speed sound lessons.pdf
rwi workshop for parents jan 2025.pptx
Numeracy
The children might like to practice money skills with these online game:
TTRS
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/toy-shop-money
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/mental-maths-train
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/place-value-basketball
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10
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 Helpwr Heddiw sessions which supports the children in learning new phrases by playing fun Welsh games and through independent learning opportunities as part of their continous provision available throughout the day.
This half term we will be focusing on food and how to ask for what they would like in a shop and/ cafe.
Modern Foreign Language (MFL)
We are excited to announce that we will be learning a modern foreign language as outlined in the Currciulum for Wales: https://hwb.gov.wales/curriculum-for-wales/languages-literacy-and-communication/statements-of-what-matters/
Language to be announced
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
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
By clicking below, you can access a range of resources to continue learning at home:
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
hwb.gov.wales - collection of online tools provided to all schools in Wales by the Welsh Government