Our Class Team

 

 

 

 

Mrs Louise Adams
(LSA - Thurs-Fri)

Communication

Schoop - The school ID is 17699

Twitter - @StDavidsCiWPrm https://twitter.com/StDavidsCiWPrm

Email - severn@stdavidsprm.cardiff.sch.uk 

Google classroom code - lnmvdmg

Overview of the School Day:

8:45 - 9:00 - Morning Activities
9:10 - 9:40 - Colletive Worship
9:45 - 10:45 - Language, Literacy and Communication
10:45 - 11:00 - Break
11:00 - 12:00 - Maths and Numeracy
12:00 - 1:00 - Lunch
1:00 - 1:30 - Spelling session
1:30 - 2:30 - Missions/Afternoon Session
2:30 - 3:15 - GGR/ Helpwr Heddiw (Welsh of the Day)
3:20 - Home time

 

Key Dates

Autumn 1

Christian Value – Thankfulness 

1st September– INSET Day - School Closed for Pupils

2nd September – INSET DAY – School Closed for Pupils

3rd September - INSET DAY – School Closed for Pupils

4th September - Children return to school

      Y7 Secondary School Applications open today 

7th September –  Values Day - Thankfulness

     After School Clubs begin tonight

8th September – Family Learning Sessions for Y4-Y6 begin today 

9th September - Meet the Teacher sessions for Parents - Session 1 at 3:30pm and 

    Session 2 at 4pm based in your child’s classroom.

15th September - Flu Vaccinations for Reception - Year 6

16th September - Judaism Day

21st - 25th September - Fairtrade Week

22nd September – RWI (Phonics and Reading) Workshop for Parents – 2:30pm

24th September – European Languages Day

25th September - Macmillan Coffee Morning (Parents welcome)

1st October – Black History Month

5th October – Harvest Festival Worship - 9:30am – Food bank donations 

9th October - Food Bank Collection

          World Mental Health Day

13th October – Autumn Disco - Rec-Y3 (3:30-4:40pm) & Y4-Y6 (4:45 – 5:45pm)

19th October - Rags to Riches Collection 

19th -23rd October - Scholastic Book Fayre – opening times to be confirmed 

19th and 20th October – Parents Evenings (in person at the school)

22nd October – Individual & Siblings School Photos

             Last Day of term

26th- 30th October 2025 - Half Term

 

 

 

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. 

Spelling

As of 2026, our school is now using the RWI Spelling Scheme. This means your child will get detailed spelling lessons each day, that focus on a new pattern weekly. Throughout the week, children will be introduced to the pattern, before practising words related to the pattern in a series of games and challenges that ask them to apply their knowledge!

PE

Please wear your PE kit to school on Fridays. 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. Mr Smith will teach PE on a Friday afternoon for the upcoming months.

Our Topic

 

Our topic for the Autumn  Term is 'To Infinity and Beyond!'. 

Throughout the term, the children will develop their curiosity and understanding of our solar system, discovering fascinating facts about each planet and learning how humans have explored space over time. We will investigate famous astronauts and significant milestones in space exploration, from the first moon landing to modern missions that continue to expand our knowledge of the universe. Alongside this, the children will write an imaginative story about discovering a new planet, using descriptive language to create exciting settings and characters.

 This topic has a specific focus on Science and Technology, but will also cover a range of AoLE's including:

LLC - Story writing about discovering a new planet

Humanities - History of space

STEM -  States of Matter

Expressive Arts - Black History Month music

RVE -  How does religious teaching influence people's actions?

Maths and Numeracy - Place value

Health and Wellbeing - Jigsaw

 

 

Pupil voice is very important to us at St David's. Please see below for the Pupil Voice questions the children have thought of:

Coming soon

All of our planning will be based around the six areas of learning and experience and the four core purposes.  Please see the Google Classroom for our weekly planning grids, and our medium term plan can be found in the files below.

Coming soon

Homework will be placed on Google Classroom every Friday. Each week, children will be asked to complete either a piece of numeracy or literacy based homework which will alternate from week to week. Please submit all homework by the following Wednesday so we are able to look at your wonderful work and send this back to you.  Weekly Spelling tests will commence every Monday morning and new spellings will be released Monday on Google Classroom.

There will also be a termly homework grid sent out based on our topic. Children may do as many homework tasks as they like over the course of the term. Please see below for this terms homework grid. 
Children are allowed to complete their homework in whichever format they wish to choose. E.g hwb, PowerPoint, on paper, videos etc. 

Below is a homework grid that you can use at home to complete some fun and independent activities linked to our current topic. Please don't hesitate to share any of your wonderful work with us. Diolch!

 

Coming soon

 

The 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 Christian Value for this term is: Thankfulness

"Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever."
Psalm 107:1

 

Literacy

In Year 4, our Literacy sessions will develop a range of skills including: Writing, Reading and Oracy. Each session will feature the following:

- An engaging warm-up (Consolidating past skills or developing new skills)

- Concrete learning (Development of Literacy skills)

Throughout the week we will also have opportunities each day for 15 minutes of spelling practice. For more information please see our 'Homework' section.

GGR

Through our daily guided group reading sessions, pupils have the opportunity to read with an adult, practice spellings, independent handwriting and reading tasks.

 

Numeracy

In Year 4, we aim to cover a range of skills in our Numeracy sessions, including: Number, Shape and Data. Each session will feature the following:

- Engaging warm-up (Range of number work or introduction of new skills)

- Concrete learning (Development of Numeracy skills)

Please see below for the link to helpful YouTube videos that benefit multiplication development:

Click link for --> Times Tables

Welsh / Cymraeg

The Welsh language is very important to us at St David's. We encourage both staff and children to use incidental Welsh both inside and outside of the classroom. We enjoy our daily Helpwr Heddiw sessions to support children in learning new phrases by playing fun Welsh games. 
This term, in the Spring, to align with our STEM topic, we will be focusing on the subject of weather (Y Tywydd)! Here we will look at different weathers in Welsh, the days of the week to describe the weather, as well as tenses such as 'Roedd hi'n and Bydd hi'n' to talk about weather in the past and future.

We also have a weekly Welsh phrase of the week. Please see these below to support your child further at home:

Modern Foreign Languages

As part of International Languages, Severn will be learning Spanish. Throughout the whole year we will incorporate Spanish into our routine, in order to learn basic words, phrases and questions.

Languagenut is a wonderful online tool where children can access resources to support the development of their new language (Spanish). 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.​​​​​​ All children should have brought home their login details, however if you need a reminder please contact severn@stdavidsprm.cardiff.sch.uk.

Online Safety

At St David's, we are extremely fortunate to have access to a range of different ICT devices. 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. For more 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/

Jigsaw PSHE!

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.

Healthy Snack!

We are very proud that St David's is a healthy school. We encourage all children to eat healthy during snack and lunch times. 

Our Healthy schools competition will continue this term. Each week, the children's healthy snack tally is added up. The class with the most points earns an extra break on Fridays!

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 Parent Pay.

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/

101 Experiences!

As a school we have created a list of 101 experiences we believe all children should have the opportunity to explore. These are linked to the 4 purposes of the Curriculum for Wales. Once you have completed an experience, send a photo to Miss Price who will upload the experience to Seesaw. When you collect 5 of more experiences from each purpose you will be celebrated in our VIP assembly. Happy exploring!

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 our Park and Stride arrangements at Pentwyn Leisure Centre. This will help keep our bodies healthy and help reduce our carbon footprint!

 

Rights Respecting Schools!

St David's C.I.W Primary School is proud to be a Rights Respecting School, which means we are a community where children's rights are learned, taught, practiced, respected, protected and promoted.

This term we will be focusing on Articles 3, 4, 5, 7 & 8 from the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

                     

 

Picture News

 

When discussing the Picture News, we have been challenging ourselves to use new, ambitious vocabulary to describe our feelings and opinions. We have been learning about current news, topics and events. We have been exploring the key questions linked to these further in class.

Clubs

There are a variety of mixed year group clubs available this academic year, please email below to express your interest!

Please contact clubs@stdavidsprm.cardiff.sch.uk to find out if there are spaces to join, or to be added to the reserve list.

 

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

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/ - White Rose Maths - Reasoning Challenges

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk Use this link to help with Online Reading

https://www.purplemash.com - award winning cross curricular website for primary school children. It enables children to explore and enhance their knowledge in a fun and creative way.

hwb.gov.wales - collection of online tools provided to all schools in Wales by the Welsh Government

https://www.learn-welsh.net/welshgames - Learn Welsh Games

https://www.s4c.cymru/en/education/tag/36/primary/ - S4C Education