Ysgol Gynradd 
Da​fen 
Pr​imary School 

This term our topic is ‘Colours of Autumn/ChristmasCheer’ As part of this topic we will be;

Listening to a range of traditional and modern stories.

 

Our Focus Books are;

• Don’t Hog the Hedge – Twinkl Stories

• “Why Do Leaves Change Color?” by Betsy Maestro.

• The Squirrels Who Squabbled by Rachel Bright and Jim Field

• Squirrel’s Busy Day by Lucy Barnard

• Tidy by Emily Gravett

• The Nutty Nut Chase by Kathryn White

• Bear Snores on

• Leaf Man

• The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson

• Pudsey’s Great Fundraiser – Twinkl Stories

• Owl Babies

• Bear Stays Up

• The Christmas Pine

• The Littlest Christmas Tree

• The Night Before Christmas

• The Nativity Story

• Dream Snow

• Stickman

• A Festive Feast

 

We will be: 

• Exploring how the seasons change for Autumn – leaf hunts, sensory walks, weather watching.

• Learning about festivals and celebrations – Bonfire Night, Remembrance Day, Christmas/The Nativity.

• Creating different autumn themed crafts using a range of resources and materials – poppy craft, fireworks craft, Leaf Man, Christmas crafts.

• Participating in Global Entrepreneurial Week – planning, preparing, making, costing and selling our natural Christmas decorations.

• Developing our oracy and shared writing skills through following a Talk for Writing approach to story telling – The Gingerbread Man.

• Learning Welsh vocabulary and phrases to support us in asking and answering questions. Listening to stories about Tedi Twt.

• Familiarising ourselves with simple French phrases and songs.

• Exploring and developing our number skills through data handling activities – we will be collecting, sorting and comparing different leaves.

• Investigating why bear’s sleep through winter during our investigation ‘Bear Snores On’.

• Exploring freezing and melting when Stickman get’s ‘frozen’ during his adventures. How will we free him?

• Using JiT to create scenes from The Gingerbread Man story.

• Using apps to take videos and photos which we can use in our weather watching work.

• Exploring our outdoor area to complete focused tasks – Gingerbread Man trails, number hunting, fun in the Mud Kitchen, building hibernation homes.

 

PE Sessions

PE will take place on a Wednesday. Please could you ensure that your child wears their PE kit to school i.e. tshirt, joggers and trainers. Learners will not be permitted to change into their kit in school.

 

 

Reading Books

We will send Read, Write Inc sound cards, word flashcards and/or a reading book home with your child. Please return their flashcards/book once you have practised them with your child. This will enable us to monitor progress and assess when your child is ready to learn new sounds or change their reading book. Thank you for your cooperation.

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Snack Time/Amser Snac

​The cost of a daily snack per week is £1. This can be paid weekly or termly. This half term the cost is £7. We use any money raised (following the purchase of snacks) to purchase resources for our class such as baking/decorating items, craft resources or new activities for the children. Please note: Amser Snac is different to ‘Tuck Shop’. Learners in Dosbarth Heulwen access a class ‘tuck shop’ as a very important part of our daily routines, this supports social skills, numeracy development and enables our learners to take on the roles of ‘Weekly Helpers’.

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Outdoor Learning

Outdoor learning is a large part of our school curriculum, and we plan to spend a lot of time learning outdoors. Should you wish for your child to change their footwear, then please send appropriate outdoor footwear (e.g. wellies) into school in a labelled bag. This can be left in school on your child’s peg. This is optional and not required. In the event of hot weather, could pupils please bring a sunhat in to school. Suncream should be applied at home prior to the learners coming in to school.

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Please keep an eye out for updates and information about weekly events on Piota, our school app. We will also be updating our Facebook and Instagram pages regularly.

 

Many thanks for your support. We are looking forward to a fun term 😊.

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Miss Singleton and Mrs Littler