Croeso i Dosbarth Venus a Dosbarth Mercury!

Hello! We are Dosbarth Venus and Dosbarth Mercury, and we would like to say Croeso i ein dosbarth ni- Welcome to our class! Thank you for visiting our class page. Here you will find out a little more about us and what the year ahead will bring for you and your child.

Our Class Ethos

We want every child in our class to enjoy school, feeling safe, respected,  and  a valued member of our class team. It is our belief that learning should be fun, relevant and engaging where the child is central to the learning process. As such we will involve the children in our day to day routines and curriculum planning. We would also like to invite you to be part of your child’s learning journey through input into our curriculum planning too and involvement via homework projects and celebration days held in school.

This relationship between home and school is essential to the support and development of your child. We have an open door policy where parents are welcome to make appointments throughout the school year to discuss matters relating to their child. We also use Class Dojo for regular, up to date communication. 

We are very much looking forward to our topics this year and our learning will be thematic ensuring that the children develop a wide range of skills through a broad, balanced and rich curriculum.  To further enhance our curriculum, school trips linked to our topics will form a staple part of your child’s learning  experiences. We also offer Year 4 children the amazing opportunity to attend a three day residential in Borfa House, Port Eynon.  This will be a fantastic opportunity to develop their personal and social skills and develop those team relationships and values which we strongly believe allow each child to push themselves to achieve their full potential and a safe and secure learning environment.

Ensuring our children are healthy and well will always be our priority. Your child will have weekly PE team sports and outdoor learning sessions which are also supplemented with dance/gymnastics as required.  Our school also takes part in the ‘Daily Mile’ where we take additional exercise each day endeavouring to run, walk, skip or jump a mile a day! The development and nurturing of the whole child is important to us, we will deliver lessons which focus on the personal development of qualities and beliefs with the children to further help them grow into well rounded , empathic citizens of the future.

We hope this page has given you a flavour of who we are and what your child’s school experiences will involve . If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Together everyone achieves more!

Mrs Price, Mrs Brooks and Miss Wilson

Curriculum Overviews:

Please find attached a copy of our curriculum overview for the term that encompasses each of the six areas of learning in Dosbarth Venus and Dosbarth Mercury. It explains the four core purposes which are at the heart of the new curriculum.  You will see how our overview embodies the new curriculum and how it allows the children to develop their skills in a cross curricular, relevant manner.