Communication:

Schoop - the school ID is 17699

Twitter - @StDavidsCiWPrm https://twitter.com/StDavidsCiWPrm  or #stdavidsciwRhymney

Email:  rhymney@stdavidsprm.cardiff.sch.uk

Google classroom code:

    

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

7th September –  Values Day - Thankfulness

     After School Clubs begin tonight

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) 

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

 

 

Healthy Snack 

Snack Money and School Lunches Snack money for the next half term is £14, or weekly it costs £2. Please can all snack money be paid for in advance via ParentPay. If you choose to purchase school snack, the payment must be made before the end of the day on the Friday before the next commencing week. Where snack is not paid for in advance, please can you provide your child with their own healthy snack.

PE

P.E will be held every Tuesday afternoon.  Children should wear black shorts or black jogging bottoms, house colour or white t-shirt and trainers (ideally Velcro fastening). Please can all uniform (including PE kits) and items brought in from home (eg. water bottles and lunch boxes) be clearly labelled with the child's name and year group.

Reading
Please bring your book bag to school every day, containing your reading book, sound sheets or key words.

Uniform
We encourage the children to become more independent in Year 1 and take care of their own belongings. Please ensure that all items of clothing are clearly labelled with your child's name. Please ensure children wear their uniform every day, apart from PE day.

Hot Weather
Please apply sun cream before school and provide your child with a hat and a large bottle of water.

 

Jurassic World

Get ready for an exciting term as Reception and Year 1 travel back in time to explore the incredible world of Jurassic World! Our young explorers will become palaeontologists, discovering fascinating facts about dinosaurs and investigating the amazing adaptations that helped them survive millions of years ago.

As part of our science learning, we will explore a variety of living things and learn about life cycles, linking our discoveries to the exciting question:

"How do we grow?"

Through hands-on investigations, experiments and practical activities, children will develop their scientific enquiry skills while making exciting discoveries about the world around them.

We will also uncover the similarities and differences between human and dinosaur teeth, becoming dinosaur detectives as we investigate what these clues can tell us about how different creatures lived and ate.

Alongside our Jurassic adventures, we will be celebrating Black History Month through music in our expressive arts learning. Inspired by the fun and energetic song Walk The Dinosaur, the children will take part in a percussion project, exploring rhythm, beat and performance while appreciating the rich musical influences of African American culture.

It promises to be a term full of discovery, creativity, music and adventure, and we can't wait to share our learning journey with you!

Please see below for more information on our learning this term:

LLC – Character Description/ Information Writing

STEM – Living and Non- Living Things/ Growing/ Movement

Expressive Arts – Black History Month

RVE - Thankfulness 

Maths and Numeracy – Measurement/ counting/ number bonds

Health & Wellbeing - Healthy Eating/ Looking after Teeth

Keep up to date on all our exciting activities on Twitter

See below for Medium Term Planning for our Autumn Term Topic.

Weekly planning will be available on Google classroom. 

Pupil voice is very important to us at St David's. Here are some of our questions from this term:

Updated Soon

 

Each week, children will be asked to complete either a piece of numeracy or literacy based homework which will alternate from week to week. There will also be a termly homework grid based on our topic. Children may do as many homework tasks as they like over the course of the term. 

Updated Soon

 

Children are allowed to complete their homework in whichever format they wish to choose. E.g hwb, PowerPoint, on paper, videos etc. 

 

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.

This half term our Christian value is: Thankfulness.

"So much to be grateful for" PSALM 23

There are many ways you can explore respect at home. Please find the PDF below for family activities.

Read Write Inc is taught daily (Monday- Friday) across PS1 & 2. Children are grouped according to their current ability. In each session we focus on identifying and learning Read Write Inc sounds; reading green and red words; and spelling green words. Groupings are assessed every half term. 

This half term, Dosbarth Rhymney will be continuing to develop their reading and writing skills and blending sounds.

This half term we will be focussing on:

-One more/ One less than

-Measuring (Standard and Non-standard units)

-Number bonds to 10/20.

-Counting forwards and backwards

 

As with writing, forming numbers correctly is extremely important. Above are some short rhymes which will help your child remember the correct number formation in a fun way!

 

The children will have opportunities to speak Welsh daily in school. We encourage the children to ask and answer questions using our 'Helper Heddiw'. 

This term we will be focusing on:

Q- "Beth wyt ti'n hoffi?"

A- "Dw i'n hoffi____________"/ "Dw i ddim yn hoffi________"

 

Q- Beth wyt ti'n gwisgo?/ Beth ydy e gwisgo?

A- "Dw i'n gwisgo______ achos_____ mae hi'n heulog." "Mae pirate yn gwisgo_________"

 

 

 

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

 

New one to be added soon

 

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

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

As part of International Languages, Dosbarth Rhymney are learning French. We will learn greetings, colours, numbers and animals.

Colours

 

 

 

www.languagenut.com

Languagenut is a wonderful online tool where children can access resources to support the development of their new language (French). Each child will have their own log in details where they can gain points for activities completed. 

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/zones/online-safety/key-information/primary-learners/

 

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.

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. 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.

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 year1@stdavidsprm.cardiff.sch.uk 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!

     

 

As a school we are working hard to reduce our carbon footprint as part of our Eco schools awards. We record how we travel to school each day and gain badges and awards every month if we have met our target. Help us to travel safer and greener by walking, cycling or scooting to school! You could always park and stride or catch a bus.

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.

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 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. Here are some of the questions we have been discussing!

When discussing the Picture News, we have been challenging ourselves to use new, ambitious vocabulary to describe our feelings and opinions.

 

After school clubs run on a Monday afternoon 3:30-4:30.

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

 

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

hwb.gov.wales - 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 -  contact Mrs Krizman for log-ins.

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk - Ebooks following the Oxford Reading Tree Scheme. 

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