Ysgol Gynradd 
Da​fen 
Pr​imary School 

 

Summer Term's 'Big Question'...

‘How does exercise affect our bodies and minds?’

 

 

During the Summer term, we will be…

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• Writing adventure stories based on the ‘Little Charlie’ story. Focusing on setting descriptions.  

• Writing discussion texts.

• Exploring maps and creating our own journey maps.

• Completing a journey of our local area and exploring historical buildings.

• Investigating how exercise can affect our bodies and minds?

• Programming Bee-Bots to travel to different locations on a map.

• Exploring colour mixing and how emotions can be represented through art.

• Creating backing tracks using different instruments for our Little Charlie stories.

• Focusing on team sports, athletics and ball skills during PE.  

• Focusing on time, fractions, position, direction and movement in maths.

• Exploring our emotions and what we can do to keep happy and healthy.

• Reading a range of different books and stories about different journeys.  

• Exploring the history of cricket linked to Dafen Cricket Club.

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Further Information​

Reading Books

• Reading books and/or read, write, inc flash cards have been sent home with your child. Reading books, reading records and flash cards can be brought to school on allocated days. Reading and practising sounds with your child every day (even just for 10 minutes) will have a great impact on progress.

 

PE

• PE will take place every Thursday. Pupils are asked to arrive at school wearing their PE clothes (t-shirt, joggers, trainers, etc). There will not be an opportunity to change in school.

 

Snack Time

• The cost of daily snack is £1 per week. This can be paid weekly or termly (£1 a week, £4 for the next half-term or £11 for the full term). Any money raised (after purchasing snack) is used to buy resources for the class, such as crafting materials, baking supplies, etc.

• Learners are also encouraged to bring water bottles (containing only water) to drink throughout the day and will have an option of milk or water during snack time.

 

Outdoor Learning

• Outdoor learning is a key 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.

 

Jumpers and Clothing

• Please ensure all jumpers, cardigans and clothing are labelled clearly with your child’s name. We understand how expensive uniform can be and hope to avoid anything going missing.

 

Spelling Tests

• Spelling tests will now take place every Friday (starting date TBC). Spelling words will be sent home every Friday for a test the following Friday. Practising these high frequency words will have a great impact on reading and writing skills.

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Reading Eggs

• All learners now have a home login for our new app 'Reading Eggs'. Please continue to use and engage with the app at home to support your child's reading, phonics and spelling skills. 

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Cooking and Baking

• We will be regularly cooking/baking different healthy foods/snacks in our school learning hub. Please inform school of any new allergies/intolerances that we may not be aware of.

 

Please keep an eye on Piota (as well as Facebook, Twitter and our school website) for any updates, messages and information. Thank you for your continued support. If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact us.

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Diolch yn fawr,​

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​​Mr Patterson and Miss Rees

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Take a look at our previous Newsletters

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