Dosbarth Melyn 

Dosbarth Melyn  

Your child is in Dosbarth Melyn- Year 1/2

Your child’s teacher is Miss L Veale

Dosbarth Melyn will be supported by Mrs M Slatter

We have all had a great first term. The children have all settled into their class, worked hard and participated fully in activities.  

Foundation Phase teaching staff will be working and planning together weekly to ensure there is progression and consistency between year groups. 

Twitter 

Please follow our twitter for daily updates and information on upcoming events. Feel free to tweet us anything you have been doing at home. 

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Rights of the child

In the Foundation phase classes, we have been focusing upon Article 3 Best interest of the child and Article 31 Leisure, play and culture linked to the rights of the child.

We have been ensuring that children and staff within our classes are kept safe during these difficult and challenging times. We have ensured that children are aware of the reasons for frequent handwashing and the need for staff to wear face masks when completing work with them close up.

Children have been engaged in our topic linked to seize the seasons. They have been involved in learning about celebrations and events which are important to them for example, birthdays, Halloween etc. Children have been developing their social skills through play based authentic learning experiences.

Homework 

Each child will be given a learning log. Homework at the beginning of the term which can be completed in any order and shared with the class at any time. 

Reading:-All reading books must be brought back in a plastic bag on a Friday. They will be in quarantine until Tuesday. A new book will be sent out that day and must be returned on Friday. Reading records will not be used, we are working on a whole school online document for parents to use with the class teacher. 

A lot of the topics that are covered in the Dosbarth Melyn are related to story books, so the children are exposed to a wide variety of reading materials  

As a school we are very keen to promote the importance of reading and you can help your child by reading to them, as well as listening to them read and visiting the library. 

Spellings –Spellings will be put on twitter on Mondays and the spelling test will take place on the following Friday. Children have been given their spelling groups according to a spelling test they have completed. 

Topics 

Our Autumn Topic is “How do the seasons change?” 

Literacy  

Many of our literacy lessons will be based on the book of the week.   We will be looking at different non-fiction topic related books. Children will develop their phonic knowledge development through the POPAT scheme as well as developing their recognition of key words in texts. 

Maths 

Your child will work on their 2, 5 & 10 times tables, consolidating bonds of 20 and 100, understanding place value of 2 digit numbers and making connections with money and measures. We will be developing our number skills and applying them to real life situations. 

Science 

We will be studying, freezing and melting, colour changing, looking at natural materials and habitats in the environment. 

RE/PSHE 

We will be looking at ‘Special places /Somewhere special’ in RE and ‘living long, living strong in PSHE.