Croeso i Dosbarth Ogmore 

Get in touch:

Schoop - The school ID is 17699

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

Email: year6@stdavidsprm.cardiff.sch.uk

Google Classroom Code: glgwf6i

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 Summer Term 1 

Christian Value – Trust

8th April – Return to School - Christian Value Celebration Day Trust

25th April – Mother Rose Assembly Trust

26th April - Children’s Race for Life

2nd May – Rags to Riches

3rd May – INSET Day School Closed to Pupils

6th May – Bank Holiday

13th - 17th May – Christian Aid Week

13th – 22nd May – Welsh Government National Tests Block

23rd May – Eucharist Pentecost 9.30am

27th May – 31st May – Half Term

Key Dates Summer Term 2 

Christian Value - Peace

3rd June – Return to School

12th June - Class Photographs

14th June – Sports Day

21st June – Reserve Sports Day

20th June - Mother Rose Whole School Assembly ‘Respect’

5th July – Reports out to parents

10th July – Outdoor Disco PS1 & 2- 3.30-4.30pm

15th July - Transition week

18th July - End of year Eucharist 9.30am

19th July - Last day of term

Daily Routine 

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 practiced in the previous week. Spellings will be posted on google classroom each week. 

USA 

Our topic for the Summer term is 'Around The World USA'.  This term we will investigate the origins of American sport and culture. We will look at how sport and exercise can benefit our mental and physical health. Students will research their favourite American sport and teams which will help them create a blog. This topic has a specific focus on the Humanities and STEM AoLE, as we build our knowledge in understanding Americas culture and heritage. 

LLC - Blog Writing

Humanities - American Geography and History. 

STEM - Solid, Liquid and Gases. Filter Systems. 

Expressive Arts - Cheerleading and Dance. 

RVE - Gospel 

Maths and Numeracy - Data handling, Problem Solving and Probability  

Pupil voice questions

I would like to learn about the population in America – SD

I would like to learn about American sport – GC.

What are the different food place in America? SRJ

What are the different NFL teams in America? LB and EH

What is the difference between UK sport and USA sport? CG

Who invented the NFL? EA

How much money do American athletes make? EP

How many different sports do they have in America? ME

How do we play American sports? KM

What food originated from the USA and are they healthy? EH

I would love to learn about American sports, food and history. BR

Do Women play NFL? HN

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!

Our Christian Value for this Half Term is 'Trust'

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 (Cosolidating 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 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 of 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. This term we are lucky enough to have Mr Riley working with the class. They will learn Spanish through song and music.

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

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 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 24, 25, 27 and 33-36.

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 Monday afternoon 3:30-4:20.

Our current club for Dosbarth Ogmore is Cooking 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