Welcome to Class 3! Croeso i Dosbarth 3!

Teacher: Miss Jones Teaching Assistant: Mrs Drane

Communication

Contact us on Class3@stmellonsprm.cardiff.sch.uk

Google Classroom code: bosr5su

Twitter (X) - @stmellonsprm

'Teacher to Parent' text messaging service will be used when it is 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 Read Write Inc / 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

PE will be held every Wednesday. 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.

Uniform

Please ensure that all items of clothing are clearly labelled with your child's name.

Snack

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.

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

Our Christian Value

This half term we will be focusing on 'Responsibility' as our Christian value.

Is it right to ignore human responsibilities? - Bylines Scotland

Responsibility means being dependable, making good choices, and taking accountability for your actions. A responsible citizen looks out for the well being of others and understands we all have a part to play in making the world a better place.

You can find a copy of the Responsibility handout here

Matthew 25:23

If you are responsible with a little, you may get a lot.

Context

Our context this half term is 'Blooming Botanists'

In this topic, we will look at the diversity of plant life. We will be exploring:

- Life processes

- The life cycle of plants

- What plants need to grow.

- Seed dispersal

- Living and Non-Living things

This term our Creative Habit Of Mind character is:

Our focus on Persistent Pete supports the children in developing their perseverance. Helping them to understand that when we find things difficult that we should keep trying and not give up.

Pupil voice questions

‘How long do plants take to grow?’ JM

‘How does grass grow?’ AR

‘Where does mud come from?’ MB

‘How many plants are there in the world?’ FE

‘What is the rarest plant?’ AA

‘How do you grow dragonfruit?’ MP

‘How long does it take for an apple to fall off a tree?’ OM

‘Where do seeds come from?’ KE

‘How long does it take for different trees to grow? GH

‘How do flowers get their colours?’ Mrs Drane

‘What are the most unusual plants?’ MJ

‘How do seeds crack open?’ ET

Literacy, Languages and Communication

In Class 3, we will focus on continuing to develop our reading fluency and comprehension.

The children will also be continuing to develop their Welsh language skills through daily Helpwr Heddiw sessions as well as their weekly Welsh lessons.

Reading is an extremely important part of the children's learning. We will take every opportunity to immerse the children in books and stories and we will also take part in a guided reading session at least once per week.

Homework

Choose from the activities on the homework grid :

This is also available for you to download here

Daily reading (20 minutes)

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 sent to class email.

Termly homework – Choose at least one activity to complete by the end of each term – to present to the class.

Literacy

We will be looking at variety of genres in literacy this half term, which will support our learning context. We will focus primarily on descriptive writing, letter writing and script writing.

We will also continue to develop the children’s phonics knowledge and letter formation, to support progress in their reading, writing and spelling skills using Read Write Inc.

Read Write Inc is taught daily (Monday- Friday) across PS1 & 2. Children are grouped in according to their current ability. In each session we focus on identifying and learning Read Write Inc sounds.

Numeracy

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This term we will be focusing on place value, ordering and comparing numbers to 1000 and addition and subtraction. We will also be learning the 3 and 4 times tables. There are times tables songs that your child can listen to at home to help them practice these.

We will continue to use Doodle Maths regularly. Please encourage the children to use this regularly at home using the link below:

https://doodlelearning.com/

Times tables songs -

2x - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGWMPqh04o4

3x - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzVyBQ5uTbo

4x - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ4ooLN7Bmo

5x - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPffpuHYIhc

10x - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlW6YRLriHU

Welsh

In our Welsh language, we will be looking at the weather.

Sut Mae'r Tywydd Heddiw? - How is the weather today?

We will be completing daily Helper Heddiew sessions for the children to enhance their oracy, written and reading skills in Welsh language.

Modern Foreign Languages

MFL is under review at the moment. It is a section of the 'Languages Connect Us' in our Literacy Curriculum.

Planning

Weekly planning will be available on Google classroom, so you can see what the children have been learning about that week. Please see the Inquiry planning document for our topic.

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.

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.

Online Safety for Parents & Children | Ranelagh Primary School

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.

Jigsaw and 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 Guidance for PSHE

Healthy snack

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Healthy snacks are provided at £2 per week which can be paid for half termly via parent pay or please provide one piece of fresh fruit or vegetable for your child's snack every day. We are a healthy eating school so only provide a healthy snack such as an apple, banana, carrot sticks, oranges etc. Please note that grapes need to be sliced longways. Children may bring a bottle of water with their name clearly labelled to school to drink. We are happy to refill their bottles for them during the day.

Active travel

We record how we travel to school each day and gain badges and awards every month if we have met our target. Help us to travel safer and greener by walking, cycling or scooting to school! You could always park and stride or catch a bus.

Picture News

During our worship time on Mondays, we have been learning about current news, topics and events. Then we have been exploring the key questions linked to these further in class. Here are some of the questions we have been discussing.

Remember

Class 3 PE has changed to a Wednesday. Please wear your PE kit. PE kit is a white polo shirt (or your house colour) and grey or black shorts/joggers & trrainers. Plain kits please, no patterns or large logos.

Reading books should be taken home daily to practise at least 10 minutes per day at home.

Maths we are having a real focus this half term on improving of time tables, so please encourage your child to use TTRS to practicec their time tables:

NEW! Practice maths for 10 minutes a day on Doodle Maths to make great progress.

Click HERE to logon to TTRS