WELCOME - CROESO! 

This is the Dosbarth St Tathan class page for 2024-25. 

I will regularly be updating this page with lots of information regarding your child/rens learning, as well as pictures of what we have been getting up to!

Don't forget to also follow our class Twitter page - @st_tathan

IMPORTANT CLASS INFORMATION...

1) Spellings are set every Monday. Your child/ren will bring home their spellings, ready for the test of Friday. Please support them in practising their spellings, diolch.

2) PE lesson will take place every Friday. Please ensure your child/ren come to school wearing their PE kits. We will always try to do PE outside, so be mindful about the appropriateness of their kits.

3) Homework is set every Monday, and this is done on TEAMS. They will have 1 week to complete it. Your child/ren will know their logins, however if they need reminding please see me before or after school. Homework will consist of either Literacy, Maths or Topic work. If your child is unable to access TEAMS, please inform at the earliest convenience so I can print a paper copy for them.

4) As a healthy school, we provide a healthy snack for your child at the cost of £1 a week. If you would like your child to receive this, please pay £1 via ParentPay on the Monday of each week. 

If you have any questions or queries, please don't hesitate to speak to me before or after school, I will be more than willing to help or point you in the right direction of someone who can!
Diolch

Miss Evans 

Literacy information

For our Literacy novel in the summer term, we will be focusing on 'The Wolves of Wiloughby Chase' by Joan Aiken.

1. Our genre focuses for the text will be explanation and oracy will look at role-play

2. The poem type we will be looking at are sonnets

3. We will also be looking at some short video clips to help us with our story writing.

Don't forget to ask your child/ren about the story! They can't wait to tell you what they've been learning about...

Maths information

The format of our Maths lessons for the week will consist of - 3 number lessons, 1 shape, space and measure and Friday will be a problem solving lesson.

Take a look at the curriculum overview at the bottom of the page, to look in depth at what Maths we will be covering in the Summer term.

Topic information

For summer term 2, our topic will be focusing on Expressive Arts (primarily the strand of Art)

Our chosen artist is Alma Thomas - take a look here to find out more about her! 
https://kids.kiddle.co/Alma_Thomas

During this topic, we will be looking at the following - 
1. Find out about the artist, life, time period, style, examples of artwork. 
2. Explore artwork – evaluate, discussion based on the artwork, interrogate the artwork, create a story about the artwork 
3. Look at technique and style, try out the techniques and develop skills. 
4. Create / emulate the artwork that has been chosen  
5. Apply the techniques and style into the children’s interest. Evaluate. 
6. Explore the artwork in another medium e.g if Thomas’ work were made from clay – what would it be like? 
7. Use AI to generate an image in the style of Alma Thomas, what if Thomas created an image of Cardiff Bay. Create an image of _____in the style of Thomas. Consider – do we need artists if AI can generate our own artwork?

Take a look at some of these websites to help support your child/rens learning at home.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/primary 

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/

https://www.savethechildren.org/us/charity-stories/free-websites-and-apps-to-keep-kids-learning