Nursery - Taff Fechan
Mrs Underhill-Jones
(Teacher)
Miss LLoyd
(LSA)
Miss Evans
(LSA)
Schoop - the school ID is 17699
Twitter - @StDavidsCiWPrm https://twitter.com/StDavidsCiWPrm
Email: nursery@stdavidsprm.cardiff.sch.uk
Google classroom code: qn4bo6j
8.55am - 9am - Registration
9am – 9.15am - Helpwr Heddiw
9.15am – 9.30am - Worship
9.30am – 10.15am - Focused activites
10.15am - 10.30am - Snack
10:30am – 10.55am - Phonics
10.55am – 11.45am - Focusses activites
11.45am - 12pm - Singing/Story
12.45pm - 3.15pm - Afternoon Nursery
Morning
Drop off times - 8.45am-8.55am
Pick up times - 11.45pm - 12pm
Afternoon
Drop off times -12.45pm
Pick up times - 3pm - 3.15pm
Christian Value – Trust
13th April – Return to School - Christian Value Day
14th April - Celebrating World Autism Day
22nd April - World Earth Day
1st May - INSET Day
4th May – Bank Holiday
5th May - Buddhism Day
11th - 15th May – Christian Aid Week
18th - 22nd May - Walk to School Week
22nd May – End of term
25th May – 31st May 2026 – Half Term
Christian Value – Peace
1st June – Return to School
3rd June - Nursery Sports Day - Morning Nursery at 9:30am and Afternoon Nursery at 1:30pm
5th June – Sports Day
10th June - Reserve Nursery Sports Day - Morning Nursery at 9:30am and Afternoon Nursery at 1:30pm
12th June – Reserve Sports Day
15th - 19th June - World Refugee Week
16th June - Class Photographs
19th June - Rags to Riches collection
22nd June - World Music Day
3rd July – Reports out to parents Summer Fayre 1-3pm
PS1 (Nursery and Reception) Family Worship at 9:15am
9th July – New PS1 intake meeting (Nursery and Reception) 2:30pm
13th July - Transition week
17th July - Last day of term
20th July – INSET day school closed for pupils
Snack
Please bring a bottle of water to school daily, clearly labelled with your child's name. Healthy snacks can be purchased from the snack trolley or brought in from home. Please only bring one piece of snack such as an apple, breadsticks or yoghurt pouch.
PE
Please wear PE kit to school on Monday's. 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.
Outdoor learning - Welly Wednesday
Please provide your child with wellies so that we can explore our outdoor area. We will be working together in the garden and outdoor areas of the school in order for the children to connect with their environment while building confidence, creativity, and teamwork
Uniform
Please ensure that all items of clothing are clearly labelled with your child's name.
Spare clothes
Please ensure that your child has a spare set of clothes every day in their bag that includes a top, skirt or trousers, pants and socks or tights. Please can you also include wet wipes.
Cold Weather
Please ensure that your child has a warm and waterproof coat during the Autumn and Spring terms. We will be using the outside area everyday. Hat, scarves and gloves can be brought to school - please ensure everything is clearly labelled with your child's name.
Hot weather
Please apply sun cream before school and provide your child with a hat and a bottle of water labelled with their name
This term we will be diving into our new topic, “Under the Sea.” Children will explore the fascinating world beneath the waves, learning about sea creatures, ocean habitats, and how marine life survives and thrives. Through stories, sensory play, songs, role play, and hands‑on investigations, pupils will discover animals such as fish, crabs, jellyfish, dolphins, turtles, and many more. This topic will help children develop curiosity about the natural world, build early scientific understanding, and begin to recognise how oceans are important to our planet. They will also learn about caring for the environment, including how we can help keep our seas clean and safe for the creatures that live there.
We will encourage children to ask questions, explore new ideas, and see themselves as young explorers who can make a positive difference to the world around them.
LLC - RWI letter sounds and formation, building cvc words. Books - The Rainbow Fish
Humanities - Being safe around water, sun safety and pollution.
STEM - Habitats
Expressive - Using materials in our Art work, using different lines such as zig zags
RVE - Special Books: What can we learn from stories from the Bible?
Maths and Numeracy - Counting in 2s and 5s, whole and half turns, interpret information presented in charts and diagrams and draw appropriate conclusions
Welsh - Sut mae’r tywydd? Sut wyt ti heddiw? Beth wyt ti’n gwisgo?
ICT - Working Together & Show Me The Code
MFL - In Fondo Al Mare (Under the Sea)“Cosa abitano in fondo al mare?” (Who lives in the sea?) “Cosa mangiano?” (What do they eat?)
Pupil Voice -
- Do crocodile live in the sea? (LC)
- How does a whale squirt water? (MA)
- How do crabs walk (EE)
- Do sharks have sharp teeth? (FR)
- How many tentacles do jellyfish have? (JC)
- Are mermaids real? (NR)
- How to octopus squirt ink? (MH)
- How do I stay safe around water? (LP)
- How do turtles get their shell? (MH)
- How do fish swim? (CW)
- Do starfish stick to rocks? (XS)
- How does coral get on the reef? (LC)
- Why do fish stick to sharks? (LC)
At St David's we encourage the children to engage in their own learning. If your child would like to learn about something linked to our topic, or if you have a lovely suggestion for an activity that could support this topic, please email Nursery@stdavidsprm.cardiff.sch.uk
Please see the documents at the bottom of the page for this term's enquiry plan
Homework will be set every Friday on Google Classroom and will alternate every week between literacy and numeracy.
Please read with your child daily and return books in book bags to school every day.
The homework grid below offers some suggestions for practical activities that your child may like to complete independently. These are linked to our current topic and your child may like to show the class what they have completed at the end of the term.
In Taff Fechan, we will begin to support ourselves and each other in becoming:
- 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.
Our Christian Value for this half term is: Trust
“Trusting someone is like knowing you can jump and they will be there to catch you” - Anon
We use a scheme called Read Write Inc to teach your children to read and write. Below are the letter sounds and a short rhyme which help the children to remember the correct letter formation to use. It is extremely important that the children form letters correctly from the start as habits are very difficult to change. Learning the correct letter formation is imperative for 'joining' writing in later years. Please remember to use letter sounds when reading, rather than their names. This will help the children to blend sounds when reading words such as cat, dog etc. For example, say 'c', 'a', 't'- cat. You may wish to encourage your child to learn their sounds through play.
What is Read Write Inc. Phonics?
How to say the sounds
https://www.teachyourmonster.org/
This is an online resource where you child can learn new sounds, words and practise the skill of reading through storytelling and games
This is an online resource where your child can read online books, play phonics and CVC word games as well as activity inspiration for practical activities inside and outside the house. The resource is free to use and has lots of advice for parents.
Username: mrsunderhilljones
Password: nursery
Phonics Play is an interactive game that we use in the classroom daily. There are lots of activities for CVC words- our favourite is Obb and Bob. When selecting activities please select Phase 2.
Username: march20
https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/maths/
Oxford Owl has some lovely mathematics games, including shape, addition, subtraction and even time. They also have downloadable resources including worksheets and wonderful advice for parents.
Children will have opportunities to speak Welsh daily in school. We encourage the children to ask and answer questions using our 'Helper Heddiw'. We will begin by learning colours in Welsh, the weather and then about our feelings and asking 'Sut wyt ti?'
We also have a weekly Welsh phrase of the week. Please see these below to support your child further at home:
Here is a link to a video of the weather in Welsh song that we sing every day.
Sut mae'r tywydd heddiw (Addams family)
As part of modern foreign languages (MFL) Taff Fechan will be learning Italian. We will learn colours and numbers. Below is a song to help us.
Impara i colori con gli amici pesciolini @Mela_Educational
www.languagenut.com
Languagenut is a wonderful online tool where children can access resources to support the development of their new language (Italian). Each child will have their own log in details where they can gain points for activities completed. Languagenut will also give you the correct pronunciation of words and phrases. You can learn alongside your child! These points will show a class ranking, school ranking, and even our school ranking compared to all schools around the world. Taff Fawr will have access to Italian and Welsh! At St David's we love being multilingual. Have fun!!
We will be learning our different colours in Italian:
Other Activities:
Snap Game: This could be used with colours.
Feely Bag: Put different colours in a bag and pull different things out to name them. (Can you beat your last score?)
For information about supporting your child with using the internet safely, please click on the following link:
https://hwb.gov.wales/zones/online-safety/key-information/primary-learners/
What is Jigsaw, the mindful approach to Health and Well-being, and how does it work?
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.
The Curriculum for Wales is now 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.
St David's is a healthy school and we encourage all children to eat healthy food in their lunchboxes and at snack time.
Children will earn a point for their class for bringing in a piece of fresh fruit or vegetable for snack. These points will be added up each week and the class with the most points will be rewarded with extra playtime at the end of the week.
We also provide healthy snacks for your children in school daily at a cost of £2 per week / £14 per term. Please pay via parent pay. You are able to bring your own healthy snacks to school. However using the snack trolley encourages the children to try new, healthy foods and they will often choose to try new things, when seeing their friends doing the same.
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.
Please - NO sweets, chocolate and sugary drinks and nothing that contains NUTS due to some children having severe allergic reactions. Thank you.
We would like you to take part in our 101 Experiences challenge - 101 things for your child to experience during their time at St David’s C.I.W. Primary School. We would be delighted to see our children doing these activities outside of school, so please send in any evidence of each experience to nursery@stdavidsciwprm.cardiff.sch.uk
Each time a child achieves 5 experiences from the same category, they will get a sticker which shows the religious character which symbolises the associated purpose from the Four Purposes of the new curriculum.
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 our Park and Stride arrangements at Pentwyn Leisure Centre. This will help keep our bodies healthy and help reduce our carbon footprint.
St David's CIW Primary School is proud to be a Rights Respecting School, which means we are a community where children's rights are learnt, taught, practised, respected, protected and promoted.
This term we will be focusing on Articles 24, 25, 27 and 33-36 from the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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.
When discussing the Picture News, we have been challenging ourselves to use new, ambitious vocabulary to describe our feelings and opinions.
