Year 6 - Ogmore
Croeso i Dosbarth Ogmore
Dosbarth Ogmore - Year 6 Staff Team
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Get in touch:
Schoop - The school ID is 17699
Twitter - @StDavidsCiWPrm https://twitter.com/StDavidsCiWPrm
Email: year6@stdavidsprm.cardiff.sch.uk
Google Classroom Code:
Daily Routine
Overview of the school day.
8.45- 9.10 Children arrive and settle down to complete their spellings/ Registration
9.15 – 9.30- Collective Worship
9.30 – 10.45 - Literacy, Language and communication
10.45 – 11.00 -Snack / Break Time
11:00 – 12.00- Mathematics & Numeracy
12.00 – 1.00- Lunch
1.00 – 1.20 - Helpwr Heddiw
1.20 - 1.50 - Guided Group Reading
1.50 – 2.00- Daily Mile
2.00 - 3.00 - Afternoon session (Topic/Science/RE/ICT)
3.00- 3.15 - Get ready for home time/ class reading.
3.15- Home Time
Key Dates for the Diary - Autumn 1
1st September– INSET Day - School Closed for Pupils
2nd September – INSET Day – School Closed for Pupils
3rd September - Children return to school Christian Value Day
10th September -Meet the Teacher sessions for Parents - Session 1 at 3:30pm and Session 2 at 4pm
10th September - RWI Workshop for Parents - 2:30pm in the school hall
22nd September - INSET Day - School Closed for Pupils
22nd - 28th September - Recycling/Fairtrade Week
23rd September - International Day of Sign Language
26th September - Macmillan Coffee Morning
29th September - International Languages Day
1st October – Black History Month
7th October – Harvest Festival Worship - 9:15am Food Bank Collection
10th October - World Mental Health Day
15th October - Judaism Day - Whole School Celebration
16th October - World Values Day
20th October - Rags to Riches Collection
16th -23rd October - Scholastic Book Fayre
20th and 21st October – Parents Evening Online via School Cloud
21st October - School Autumn Disco - Rec - Y3 at 3:30-4:30pm
23rd October – Individual & Siblings School Photos
24th October – Last Day of term
27th - 31st 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 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 as Early Morning Activities.
We are now running weekly spelling tests. These will take place each Monday morning, and will use the words the children have practised in the previous week. Spellings will be posted on Google classroom each week.
Topic - Earth, Wind and Fire
This term, our class will explore the big question:
“Has our relationship with weather and the elements affected how we view the world?”
This term, Year 6 will be exploring the big question: “Has our relationship with weather and the elements affected how we view the world?” Through stories, myths, geography and science, we will investigate how people have explained and responded to the power of nature. From ancient gods of thunder and sea, to modern studies of extreme weather, pupils will discover how weather shapes lives, cultures and beliefs. Our learning will also inspire creative writing, art and discussion about how the elements influence our future.
LLC - Recounts and diary entry
Humanities - Greek Gods
STEM - Materials and Mixtures
Expressive Arts - Kinetics
RVE - "Did God make the world?"
Maths and Numeracy - Number system
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.
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 Generosity!
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 15 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 (Range of number of work or introduction of new skills)
- 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.
International Languages
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 year6@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 3-11. 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.
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 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 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, practised, respected, protected and promoted.
This half term we will be focusing on Articles 13, 14,15 and 16 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 Performing Arts 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