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 spring term, we will be focusing on 'Darwin's Dragons' by Lindsay Galvin.

1. Our genre focuses for the text will be instruction and information.

2. The poem type we will be looking at are limmerick's.

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 Spring term.

Topic information

For the spring term, our topic will be focusing on rainforests. We will be focussing on many rainforests from around the world and look at the following lessons;

where RAINFORESTS are located across the world 

-understand what a RAINFOREST is 

-features of a RAINFOREST to support the enquiry question 

-describe the current climate and nature emergency relating to RAINFORESTS 

-know about management and impact reduction of natural hazards - e.g. warning systems, water management 
- know of organisations that support/preserve/help the RAINFOREST and engage with different organisations for a range of reasons 

-Describe the distribution and use of natural resources on a local, national and global scale in relation to the RAINFOREST 

- Give simple explanations of the impact of the economy and our way of life as producers and consumers on the natural world and climate change in relation to the RAINFOREST 

- describe and explain the impact natural hazards (extreme weather, hurricane, tsunami, volcanoes, earthquakes) have on RAINFORESTS (migration, bushfire, displacement, landscape, loss of life).  

- Describe, explain and start to link some social, economic, cultural, religious, non-religious, spiritual and wellbeing reasons for the importance of the RAINFOREST 

- explain a more developed awareness of the RAINFOREST - knowledge of different communities/animals/nature and what may be important to them.   

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