Year 3/4 Venus

Croeso i Dosbarth Venus!

Hello! We are Dosbarth Venus 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 (Monday) and outdoor learning (Friday ) 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 Williams

Important Information!!!

Communication:

Class Dojo is a brilliant communication tool and used on a regular basis to keep parents/guardians up to date with announcements and messages, as well as posting pictures of classroom activities.

It is beneficial that all parents/guardians are set up on Class Dojo if you require any support with this, then please speak with Mrs Price

You can contact Mrs Price via the school office on (01792) 771831 or by emailing Mrs Price's Hwb email account;

thomase564@hwbcymru.net

Important Dates

September 7th- visit to Morriston Park (History Walk)

September 11th @ 3.15- Welcome Meeting

October - Black history month

October 6th- INSET day

October 15th- Diwrnod Shwmae

October 18th-20th-Residential trip to Borfa House

October 30th-November 5th- Half Term

November 13th-17th- Anti-Bullying week

November 17th - Children in Need

December 8th- Trip to St Fagans

December 22nd- Last Day of Term

January 13th- PC Chris visit

February 5th- Children's Mental Health Week

February 9th- Dydd Miwsig Cymru

March 1st- St David's Day

March 4th-March 8th- Welsh Week

March 8th- Whole School Eisteddfod

March 5th - PC Chris

March 18th- Parent's Evening week

March 18th- Easter Celebrations week

March 18th- Year 3/4 singing @ Morriston Primary with cluster schools

Autumn 2023- Summer 2024 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. Your child will be studying the expressive arts, health and well-being, humanities, languages, literacy and communication, mathematics and numeracy and science & technology during the term. You will also find below a guide for parents and carers on the new Curriculum for Wales which became statutory Autumn 2022. 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.

Documents

Daily Routines:

Our school gates will be open from 8:40 for you to drop off your child and staff will guide them through entrance points to the school yard where they will be supervised by staff until the bell rings at 8:50.

Our school day finishes at 3:10 and children will be brought to the school yard and dismissed by

Mrs Price or Mr Davies.

We advise that children are provided with a water bottle to bring to school and a healthy snack to eat during their morning playtime. Alternatively, fruit can be purchased in school at 25p per piece of fruit.

Monday/Dydd Llun: Secret garden

Tuesday/Dydd Mawrth: Spelling test

Wednesday/Dydd Mercher:

Thursday/Dydd Iau: PE

Friday/Dydd Gwener: Fun 31

Homework:

Your children will have weekly spellings. Spelling lists for the term are sent out every half term. Spelling games are set weekly and can be accessed on Hwb- J2e. In addition, we shall provide a useful topic list of spelling words which your children will use in class. Words will be set each week. Additional Maths/English homework will be set as necessary. A homework 'menu' is also available for you to select pieces from. Please see below for a copy of this term's menu, spelling lists and topic spellings. If there are any problems or queries regarding your child’s homework, then please don’t hesitate to contact Mrs Price.

In addition to these homework tasks, we encourage children to read at home often, including their reading book, any target words, and by accessing Bug Club and Maths games through Active Learn

https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/login?c=0 and J2E. Our school code is gmlq. Please Dojo if you are unsure of your child's passwords.

Daily Reading Carousel:

The children are allocated daily reading slots. Please can you ensure your child returns their reading book and reading record on this day.

Reading at home and in school is fundamental to your child's fluency and confidence in their reading. We thank you in advance for your support in helping your child read at home through both listening to your child and also reading to your child.

Hwb:

Throughout the school week, we use Hwb on a regular basis.

We encourage children to practise logging into their account at home to develop confidence and independence in doing so. Hwb can be accessed at home at https://hwb.gov.wales and has lots of great tools and activities to support your child’s learning. J2Blast and Jit5 are two of the resources that are often used and can be accessed through J2E.

Useful video links from the teachers at Pentre’r Graig: