Welcome to Dosbarth Walnut's class page. In Dosbarth Walnut, Miss Pope is our class Teacher and Rowlands is our class Teaching Assistant. 

Here on our class page you will find all of the important documents you need, if you would like to see our learning in action please join our class Seesaw where we post daily. 

In this class, the children are at the heart of everything we do. They help pick the topics we teach so they can get excited about their learning.  The children follow a structured daily routine full of opportunities for hands on and play based learning. During this time, children experience a wide range of activities where they can independently consolidate their learning from focused sessions. 

General Information

PE: Dosbarth Walnut will have PE every Wednesday. Children will need black joggers or shorts, a plain white top and plain black trainers or pumps. Please make sure your child's PE is clearly labelled. 

Forest School: Dosbarth Walnut will be heading into the outdoors every Thursday afternoon with Miss Jones our Forest School Teacher. Children will need need warm outdoor clothes and shoes that they don't mind getting wet and muddy every Thursday. 

Forest School sessions will take place entirely outside in the natural environment whatever the weather. We will provide shelter from the elements, but it is still important that your child wears clothes that are waterproof, warm and clothes that are OK to get wet and muddy. 

Your child should wear:

• A waterproof coat
• Wellington boats (or sturdy walking boats/old trainers)
• Comfortable long trousers (waterproof if they own a pair)
• Comfortable, warm long sleeved top or fleece
• Thick socks if the weather is cold - thermal if possible or two pairs of thinner socks
• Hat and gloves
• Two bags, one to put dirty forest school clothes in and another bag for their wellies

How you can support your child 

Read, Write Inc 

We follow Read, Write Inc to help children develop their reading and writing skills through daily sessions at a level appropriate for their development. In addition to reading books, we also provide resources such as flashcards to further support this at home. Please encourage your child to spend 10 minutes each evening looking through their flashcards and reading their book. Please see the link below for more information regarding Read Write Inc.

Writing

Children develop their writing skills through Read Write Inc and Talk for Writing. They begin by learning sounds, blending words and writing simple CVC words, then progress to longer words and sentences. Talk for Writing helps children develop vocabulary and storytelling skills through imitation, actions and modelled language. You can support this at home using RWI sound mats for spelling, and practising letter formation, words and simple sentences.

Maths 

We focus on building strong number skills through daily practical and engaging activities. Children begin by developing confidence with counting, number recognition, and simple addition and subtraction within 10, before moving on to larger numbers and basic times tables (starting with 10s, 5s and 2s). You can support this at home by practising quick counting games, simple number sentences and early times tables for 10 minutes each evening. Using real objects such as toys or snacks makes learning fun and meaningful.

Seesaw

Please make sure you are part of our class Seesaw, we upload important information and messages and it is also a way for you to keep up to date with what we get up to in class. You will have been sent an email or a paper invitation to join our class Seesaw. 

Below are some helpful videos and documents about how to use Seesaw and how your child can upload any homework they complete to Seesaw. 

Click here to watch the video: Getting Started with Seesaw

Homework 

Here you will find our Homework grids. There are 6 activities in total all differentiated so please choose which activities you think are most appropriate for your child and complete at least 3. You can submit Homework via Seesaw, Twitter or bring it into school. 

Please click on the links below for an electronic copy of our homework grid:

Alongside the homework grids children also have logins for each of the following learning platforms. Your child should have come home with a login card which has all the details they will need to access these platforms, if you need a new copy of their login card please get in touch. Please click on the links below to take you directly to the websites: 

https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student/16026

https://play.numbots.com/#/intro

https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/

https://uk.splashlearn.com/signin#/student

Our Learning Journey 

Autumn 1: 

Our topic this half term is Super Me! The children will be stepping into the world of superheroes as they begin their training at the Super Me Academy. Through imaginative hooks and weekly missions, they will explore personal identity, teamwork, healthy lifestyles, emotions and digital skills. They’ll design their own superhero alter egos, complete training camp challenges and earn badges for new strengths like kindness, resilience and healthy choices. In mathematics, the children will develop number knowledge and counting skills, using practical games and problem-solving activities. Children will have lots of different experiences including superhero obstacle courses, digital presentations, cape-making, kindness missions, and learning colours, body parts and feelings in Welsh. The topic will finish with a Superhero Graduation Parade, celebrating each child’s unique powers!

Autumn 2: 

This half term, children will become time explorers, travelling through different periods to uncover lessons from the past. They’ll begin by exploring their own personal history and timelines, before stepping into the Victorian era to compare life “then and now.” Finally, they’ll journey back millions of years to discover the world of dinosaurs and the evidence they left behind. Through the story ‘The Enormous Turnip’, children will build their storytelling and writing skills, in maths they’ll develop confidence with addition and subtraction through fun, practical activities, including adding and subtracting turnips and measuring dinosaurs! By exploring change over time, comparing objects and evidence and creating art inspired by the past, children will develop curiosity, historical thinking and a deeper understanding of how the past shapes our present.