Welcome to/ Croeso i Dosbarth Sycamore!

We are a mixed Year 3 and 4 class in Cwmbach Church in Wales Primary School.
 

    Staff:

      Class teacher: Mr I Evans

     Teaching assistant: Mrs J Phillips 

Our Learning

Our overarching theme for the whole school is "One Community, Many voices".

Dosbarth Sycamore's big question is:

           "How do people in our Community celebrate other faiths and cultures?"

Blended learning

We have multiple ways to keep up with what is going on each week in Dosbarth Sycamore. 

Photos and class information/ announcements are shared on Dojo.

The school's weekly newsletter is also posted each Friday, filled with information and important dates. It is worth checking Dojo regularly to ensure you don't miss any information shared.

Children have their own log in for Spelling Shed and Times Tables Rock Stars. If they need a new login, please contact a class teacher.

Monster Phonics is the phonics scheme we follow in school. Please sign your child up for an e-book account following the link shared on Dojo. 

Class Information

• Children are encouraged to bring a water bottle to school each day, clearly labelled with their name. Access to the water fountain is available throughout the school day.
• Children are welcome to bring in fruit/ a healthy snack each day or you can pay for fruit from the school for 20p a day (£1 a week).
• Please ensure your child brings a waterproof coat to school each day, clearly labelled with their name for break times/outdoor learning. 
• PE kits are to be worn into school each Wednesday for PE sessions. Each week, children will learn a new skill linking to their physical education.

• Please ensure all coats, cardigans, jumpers etc are labelled with your child's name. 

Our Value

This terms value is: Generosity  

Numeracy

We have recently started using Big Maths as a mental Maths scheme. During these sessions children work on things such as their quick recall of times tables, number bonds and fact families. They complete a CLIC test every Friday and love challenging themselves to beat their last score.  

Dosbarth Sycamore also enjoy spending time practicing the skills they have been taught on websites such as Top marks and Times Table Rock Stars. Both are linked below if your child would like to go on these at home!

Literacy

All children have a reading book from the school to bring home each week and practice. Reading books are changed every week depending on which day is your child/ren's reading day is. Please could your child bring their reading book in on their groups correct day. 

Group oren - Monday

Group melyn - Tuesday

Group gwyrdd - Wednesday

Group glas - Thursday

Group coch - Friday

Reading with your child is essential for their development. This could be reading stories to them as well as your child reading to you. Please use the reading record supplied to note how your child has done with their reading and if they found any words tricky. 

Children are also learning to spell the first 100 High Frequency Words. These 100 words are a key tool to ensure children can complete literacy work in class independently and without struggle. Children will be tested on their spelling list each Wednesday so please practice these at home. Children can also practice their spellings on Spelling Shed, an app that uses their individual spelling targets and creates games to learn them!

Topic 

This term the overarching theme is 'One Community, Many Voices'. The big questions that we will be learning is 'How do people in our community celebrate other faiths and cultures?'.

Pupil Voice

We began this topic by having a big classroom discussion on what we thought our overarching theme and questions meant. Learners decided on three religions that they wanted to learn about over the term. These were Christianity, Judaism and Hinduism. For our immersion day, we took a trip to Cardiff to visit a Synagogue and a Temple. This gave Dosbarth Sycamore a good insight into two different religions. We were lucky enough to explore and ask questions about a topic that we were not very familiar with.