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    • Dosbarth Sycamore (Y5/6)

      Croeso i Dosbarth Sycamore 

    Miss Ffoulkes

    Mrs Brown

    Mrs Wilson

    Miss Jones

    Miss Goodwin

    Welcome to Dosbarth Sycamore's class page

    In Dosbarth Sycamore, Miss Ffoulkes is our class Teacher, we have the wonderful Mrs Brown as our classroom Teaching Assistant and on a Friday we have Mrs Wilson. We are very lucky to have Miss Jones teaching Forest School providing the pupils with fantastic opportunities for learning outside the classroom. Miss Jones is supported by Miss Goodwin. Miss Jones will also be teaching class vital digital skills once a week as well.

    General Information

    Forest School: Forest School slot at the moment is changing on a weekly basis but usually is a Friday afternoon. Please make sure you check Seesaw messages on a Friday for the Forest School poster update. I will always remind children the day before.

    PE: Dosbarth Sycamore will have PE. every Thursday morning. On PE days, pupils can come in wearing their PE kit. They will need to wear a plain white t-shirt, black shorts or jogging bottoms and trainers/pumps for PE.

    Book bags: The children will be expected to return their book bags weekly so reading books can be changed regularly. If your child has brought home a larger chapter book then we understand that this might take longer than a week. It would be really helpful if you could write a little note each week in their reading record to let us know how they've got on.

    Autumn 1: Celebrations

    This half term, our topic is Celebrations. This topic will extend to Autumn 2 as well. Learners will start by examining their own identity and belonging. They will then explore how others influence and inspire communities. This develops into an understanding of how societies remember people and events before culminating in an exploration of how celebrations reflect shared values, beliefs and cultural identity across the world. ​

    PE - In PE, we will be focusing on invasion games. We will be focussing on invasion games such as benchball, endball and small‑sided team games. Children will learn key skills such as passing, marking, dodging, teamwork and simple tactics through fun outdoor activities. We will also include weekly Welsh warm‑ups to promote the use of Welsh during PE.

    Maths - This half term in Maths we will begin with a focus on Place Value. 

    English - In English, we will be following the Talk for Writing process to write fairy tale stories. Our model text is Jack and the Beanstalk. 

    Welsh - In Cymraeg, we will focus on developing oracy through simple patterned sentences. We will work on expressing opinions, giving reasons, asking and answering questions and describing objects. 

    Digital Learning - A big focus in the return to school is Internet and Digital Safety. Taking into account the digital age we are in, it is important that children are aware of the risks and dangers that the internet and social media present.

    Homework

    Here you will find our Homework grid which will usually be posted every second Friday of a fresh term. There are 6 area of learning in total with three activities within each one. All children should be able to upload to Seesaw from home but if you have any trouble with this, contact Miss Ffoulkes via Seesaw. We expect the children to be sending work from home via their own accounts and not through parent's messages as it encourages independence and digital skills. 

    Please click on the link below for an electronic copy of our current homework grid, a clearer version is on your child's Seesaw page:

    Alongside the homework grids children also have logins for each of the following learning platforms. Child have log ins for all of the below websites. If they do not have a log in card at home you can request one from the class teacher via Seesaw.

    Please click on the links below to take you directly to the websites: 

    Helping At Home

    Reading
    It is so important the children continue to read at home as much as possible, either by themselves or to an adult. Books can be brought home from school, borrowed from the library or be your own but please encourage your child to try a variety of genres and authors. All children have a Reading Diary. The children or yourselves need to complete the diary when they read.

    Maths
    All children have a login for Times Table Rockstars (TTRS). Accessing this at home is very important as we don’t often have the time in school to spend practicing our times table skills, but we do need to apply them daily. If anyone has any problems accessing TTRS, please let me know and I can sort this out straight away

     
     

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