Croeso i Dosbarth Ely!

The Ely Team

                       Miss Morgan                                    Miss Barratt                       

                                  Class Teacher                                Classroom Assistant             

Communication

Schoop: ID is 17699

Twitter: @StDavidsCiWPrm

Email: year2@stdavidsprm.cardiff.sch.uk

Google Classroom: tk5jfhr

Key Dates

1st March – Eisteddfod

2nd March – World Book Day

3rd March – Rags to Riches Collection

13th March – Science Week

20th & 21st March – Parents Evening 3.30-5.30pm

20th March – Islam Celebration whole school day

31st March - End of Term

3rd April - 14th April - Easter Holidays

Classroom Routines

Reading

Please bring your book bag to school every day. Children will be reading in school daily and we will ensure your child's book is changed weekly. Please remember to do some reading at home every night. 

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. 

PE

Please wear your PE kit to school on Thursday. 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. Miss Powell will be teaching PE on Thursday afternoons either in the hall or outside (weather permitting).

Uniform

Please ensure that all items of clothing are clearly labelled with your child's name.

After School Club

Throughout the Spring term, Miss Morgan will run the Year 2 Welsh Club after school every Tuesday 3.25pm - 4.25pm (beginning Tuesday 10th January). Spaces are limited and on a first come first served basis. 

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

There will be alternative clubs running in the summer term too.

Topic: Let's Hatch!

Our topic for the Spring Term B is Let's Hatch! In all areas of the curriculum, we will be learning about animals, habitat and fictional learning with a key focus on STEM.

Planning

Pupil Voice is very important to us at St David's and as part of the New Curriculum. Just take a look at some of the interesting questions the class have already generated:

• What animals are on a farm?
• Do baby animals have different names?
• Do babies and parent animals always live together?
• What is a life cycle?
• What does this mean?
• What happens on a farm?
• What jobs need to be done on a farm?
• What food to farm animals eat?
• What does habitat mean?
• Can we find the habiat of different animals?

All our planning will be based around the Six Area of Learning Experience and the Four Core Purposes. Take a look at the Inquiry Planning for this half term, showing the pupils learning journey.

Christian Value

There is a concern for justice in our world today. However, to achieve justice for the world, we must better understand how God views it. God is merciful but Scripture also tells us that He is a just God who will judge injustice and wrongs. God sees the hearts and minds of men and will judge all men. Turn to these Bible verses for a better understanding of God's intentions.

As Christians, we should stand up against injustice and love others with our words and actions. We can have peace knowing that God's will prevails and evil will be dealt with. Romand 12:19 tells us that vengeance belongs to God and he will repay. 

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.

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

Gallery

Take a look at all the amazing work and experiences we have been doing in Dosbarth Ely!

VIP

Congratulations Olivia Diffey on becoming VIP!

For excellent understanding of the Hindu Creation Story. A great role model for all! Miss Morgan is so proud :) 

Homework

Homework will be placed on Google Classroom every Friday. Please submit all homework by

the following Wednesday so we are able to look at your wonderful work and send this back

to you. 

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 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. 

Weekly spellings and Phonics sounds will also be taught in class and given to the children to practise at home. 

The children will be rewarded for completing their homework by receiving dojos!

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!

Welsh Language

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 the classroom. We enjoy our daily Helpwr Heddiw sessions to support children in learning new phrases by playing fun Welsh games.

Modern Foreign Languages

This half term, we will be exploring French greeting phrases through fun games and activities.

Language Nut

 https://www.languagenut.com/en-gb/

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. 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 year2@stdavidsprm.cardiff.sch.uk.

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.

As Dosbarth Ely represent the school by leading our Eco initiatives, I encourage our class to work together to keep our bodies healthy and reduce our carbon footprint.

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 year2@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. 

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/

Healthy Schools Scheme

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

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/

Rights Respecting Schools

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 half term we will be focusing on Articles 11, 40, 41 from the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. 

Phonics

Please practice phonics sounds at home with your child. Here are just some of the set sounds we will be looking at in class on a daily basis.

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

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.