Year 6 - Ogmore
Croeso i Dosbarth Ogmore
Dosbarth Ogmore
Miss Kearns
Class Teacher
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Get in touch:
Schoop - The school ID is 27699
Twitter - @StDavidsCiWPrm https://twitter.com/StDavidsCiWPrm
Email: year6@stdavidsprm.cardiff.sch.uk
Google Classroom Code: ctdxjic
Daily Routine
Overview of the school day:
8:45 - 9:00 - Morning Activities
9:10 - 9:40 - Collective Worship
9:45 - 10:45 - Literacy, Language and Communication
10:45 - 11:00 - Break
11:00 - 12:00 - Maths and Numeracy
12:00 - 1:00 - Lunch
1:00 - 1:30 - Guided Group Reading
1:30 - 3:00 - Missions/Afternoon Session
3:00 - 3:15 - Helpwr Heddiw (Welsh of the Day)
3:15 - Home time
Diary Dates
Autumn Term 1 2026
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
8th October – Y1 and Y2 Kerbcraft Pedestrian Training
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)
15th October – Y2 Kerbcraft Pedestrian Training
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
23rd October - Year 6 Family Worship at 9.15am (Parents welcome)
Last Day of term
26th- 30th October 2025 - Half Term
Classroom Routines
Snack
Please bring a bottle of water to school daily, clearly labelled with your name. Healthy snacks can be purchased from the snack trolley or brought in from home.
PE
Please wear your PE kit to school on PE days (Friday). 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.
Spelling
Children will complete spelling and grammar activities throughout the week during our Spelling lessons. The Year 6 Read Write Inc. (RWI) Spelling programme provides a structured, consistent approach to teaching spelling across the year.
The scheme is organised into weekly units, each focusing on a specific spelling pattern, rule, or morphological feature. Every unit follows a predictable routine that helps children internalise new spellings through daily practice and repetition.
Topic - To Infinity and Beyond
This term, our class will explore:
“How Far Can Curiosity Take Us?"
This term, Year 6 will explore space, discovery and innovation, investigating how curiosity has helped humans understand our universe. We will journey through the Solar System, explore the historic Space Race and discover the important role women played in space exploration. Through Hidden Figures, pupils will develop their reading and writing skills while exploring themes of perseverance, equality and overcoming barriers, culminating in the creation of their own historical podcast.
LLC - Script writing
Humanities – Space Race
STEM – Renewable and non-renewable energy
Expressive Arts – Music
RVE – Did God Create the world?
Maths and Numeracy – Place Value
Health and Well-being – 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:
Homework will be placed on Google Classroom every Friday. Please submit all homework by the following Wednesday.
What planets are also livable like earth? CA
How much has Earth changed? CCS
Who invented the rocket? AMR
How old are the planets of our solar system? AMR
Why do asteroids happen? IO
How does the sun and moon make night and day? IO
Is time different in space? JS
What is the different between light years and our years? JS
Does the Earth have layers? OO
How is earth movement responsible for creating day and night? LG
How did women play an important role in the historic space race? LG
How big is the biggest planet? OC
What is the history behind Artemis and when is Artemis 3 going to launch? EE
Is buzz light year based on a real person? JG
How long would it take to go to Mars and back? JG
How much fuel does a rocket hold? AC
Who are all the people that have been to space and what were their missions? PP
What is the temperature on different planets? AL
What is space pollution? JA
What is the most dangerous planet in our solar system? MZ
What planet could be habitable in the future when we have better technology? TW
Each week, children will be asked to complete either a piece of numeracy or literacy-based homework which will alternate from week to week.
Below is a termly homework grid based on our topic. Children may do as many homework tasks as they like over the course of the term.
Weekly spellings will also be taught in class and given to the children to practice at home.
The children will be rewarded for completing their homework by receiving dojos!
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
Christian Value
Our Christian Value for this term is 'Thankfulness'!
In Year 6, 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 25 minutes of spelling practice. For more information please see our 'Homework' section.
Through our daily guided group reading sessions, pupils have the opportunity to read with an adult, practice spellings, reading comprehension, and Welsh tasks.
In Year 6, we aim to cover a range of skills in our Numeracy sessions, including: Number, Fractions, Algebra and Data. Each session will feature the following:
- Engaging warm-up
- Concrete learning (Development of Numeracy skills)
Welsh
The Welsh language is very important at St David's. We encourage staff and children to use incidental Welsh inside and outside the classroom. We do daily Helpwr Heddiw sessions to support children in learning new phrases for their Welsh topic.
We also have a weekly Welsh phrase of the week. Please see these below to support your child further at home:
MFL
As part of International Languages, we will be learning Spanish.
Languagenut is a wonderful online tool where children can access resources to support the development of their new language. Each child will have their own log-in details where they can gain points for activities completed. All children should have brought home their login details. However, if you need a reminder, please contact ogmore@stdavidsprm.cardiff.sch.uk.
Internet Safety
At St David'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.
For more information about supporting your child with using the internet safely, please click on the following link:
https://hwb.gov.wales/keeping-safe-online/online-safety
Jigsaw
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 3-22. The Jigsaw Programme also delivers Relationships and Sexuality Education. Ensuring it meets the requirements set out in the RSE Code for Phases 2 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.
Healthy Schools
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 a 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. Children can also earn an extra 5 points by bringing in a healthy lunchbox or eating all of their healthy school lunch, and stickers will be given out by Year 6 monitors. Please help to support us in our campaign to encourage children to eat healthily in school.
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 in lunchboxes and nothing that contains NUTS due to some children having severe allergic reactions. Thank you.
101 Experiences
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 year6@stdavidsprm.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.
Active Travel
WOW tracker is a pupil led initiative where children self-report how they get to school every day using our interactive WOW tracker. If pupils travel sustainably (walk, cycle or scoot) once a week for a month, they are rewarded with a WOW badge at the end of the month.
Please support our mission by encouraging your child to travel sustainably to school or use our Park & Stride arrangement and park at Pentwyn Leisure Centre.
Rights Respecting School
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 learned, taught, practised, respected, protected and promoted.
This term we will be focusing on Articles 24, 25, 27, 33, 34, 35 and 36 from the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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.
After School Clubs
After-school clubs run on a Tuesday afternoon 3:30-4:20.
Our current club for Dosbarth Ogmore is Drawing Club.
All clubs will run for a term and will change every term. If your child would like to take part in our after school club or be added to the waiting list please send an e-mail to clubs@stdavidsprm.cardiff.sch.uk
Useful Links
By clicking below, you can access a range of resources to continue learning at home
https://hwb.gov.wales - Hwb Collection of online tools provided to all schools in Wales by the Welsh Government
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.
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