Spring Term
We are investigating ‘How does our local community help us to be fit and healthy?‘
The aim of our curriculum is to support its learners to become:
Ethical, Informed Citizens Ambitious, Capable Learners Healthy, Confident Individuals
Enterprising, Creative Contributors
Your child will be very busy developing their skills and knowledge in the following Areas of Learning (AoLE):
| Languages, Literacy and Communication (Eng) | Mathematics and Numeracy | Health and Well-Being | Languages, Literacy and Communication (Welsh) |
| Class novel – Goodnight Mister Tom. The pupils have chosen ‘The Twits’ as our class novel to read when we finish Goodnight Mister Tom. Persuasive leaflets. Text – Adventure at Sandy Cove (finding tale that uses suspense). Pie Corbett story maps. | Prime, square, cube numbers. Multiplication/division. Scatter graphs. Time (digital time, timetabling). | PE – Rugby sessions with Gwion focusing on rugby skills. Feelings and emotions – check in and circle time. The affect exercise has on our bodies. Looking at processed foods and whole foods –the nutritional value in food and how to make healthier food choices. We will be making wholemeal bread and comparing the taste, ingredients and the nutritional value to shop bought bread. | Welsh vocabulary – We will be exploring our Welsh language and culture through stories and Welsh tales. Penwythnos ac amser hamdden (weekend and leisure time). |
| Science and Technology | Expressive Arts | Humanities | Other Learning Experiences |
| Our bodies – What can your heart rate tell you? We will be looking at how exercise affects our heart rate. | Welsh Folk Music – does music have a positive impact on well-being? Helen Elliott is an artist from Pembrokeshire. We will be looking at Helen Elliot’s work and using her style. | Where does our food come from? Sustainability. How do food banks help us in our local community? World Religion Day. | Visits from an Olympic athlete Visits to our local foodbank, Carmarthen market and the local park. |
Whilst developing skills in the Areas of Learning above, we will also be ensuring that your child develops skills in LITERACY NUMERACY DIGITAL COMPETENCE
Above all else, we want your child’s school experience to be happy, with engaging activities which will inspire them. This works best when school and home work together.
Here are some ways that you can help:
READING – the key to everything in school is the ability to read and to foster a lifelong love of it. Please read to, with and also make listening to your child read an enjoyable time and as often as you can. Reading books will be given out on a Monday and need to be returned the following Friday. However please share all ways to read such as leaflets and magazine and log into our Giglets where there is a wide range of books to read and listen to.
HOMEWORK – Homework will be given on Friday every week and will need to be completed by the following Friday. Make every effort to complete this.
PE KIT – PE kit can be worn to school instead of uniform, on your child’s PE day. PE day is Friday.
FRUIT – being a ‘Healthy School’ we promote eating fruit as a playtime snack. Fruit can be brought in from home.
JEWELLERY – may we remind parents / carers that for safety reasons, jewellery must not be worn to school.
UNIFORM – we enjoy a sense of belonging by wearing our school uniform every day. Please label all items.
ATTENDANCE – excellent attendance of 95%+ is essential for progess. Please give your child the best chance of making progress by being on time every day.
COMMUNICATION – classroom staff use ClassDojo to keep parents / carers up to date with class news. Please check our app regularly and stay in touch with school throughout the term. We also use X / Twitter to celebrate our learning.
