Dosbarth Pine - Mr Powell 2024 - 2025

Croeso i Dosbarth Pine!                                                                 

Welcome back to school and to our class page! We hope you have had an enjoyable Christmas. We hope that our class page will provide you with a window to what we are doing in school. Now let's find out about what we will be learning about this term...

Theme: Curiosity!

Topic title: The Rotten Romans- what did they do for us? 

This half term you will be learning...

Maths and Numeracy –   multplication and division, length, area and perimeter, fractions and decimals.

Language, Literacy and Communication (LLC) - We will be continuing our letter writing topic to continue our communication with a STEM engineer, story writing and recounts are the main genres this term. Our SPaG sessions which will support the different genres of wrting, as well as using Curriculum Visions for our weekly spelling lists. 

Science and Technology–   Friction and Healthy Living

Humnaities – We will be taking a closer look at Italy and the Roman Empire, as well as developing our understanding of volcanos.

Expressive Arts - Roman mosaics, roman instruments and music to march to. We will also be using the Charange music scheme. 

Health & Well-being and PE- Invasion games for our PE lessons and Jigsaw (PSHE scheme of work).

ICT –  We will develop our ICT and Digital Competency Framework (DCF) skills through engaging activities focused on safe internet use, basic coding, and digital content creation. The children will also continue to learn how to collaborate online effectively, enhance their problem-solving abilities, and use technology such as AI responsibly in everyday tasks. 

Welsh - Manylion Personol

Helpful information about our class:

Reading - We are expected to read and have our reading records signed at least 3 times each week.

Spellings-  Spelling lists will be focused on over a two week period. New lists will be given out on a Friday, with a small weekly test each Wednesday.

PE – Our  PE lessons are on a Thursday afternoon, so the children can come to school dressed wearing the correct PE kit. 

Diolch yn fawr! 

Mr. Powell, Mrs. Webster and Miss Clubb