Croeso i Dosbarth Nottingham

Welcome to Nottingham Class

Here you will find key information and weekly spelling lists as well as other useful activities and websites to support your child's learning at home. As always, if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email me on: Wattsc112@hwbcymru.net

This Month in Dosbarth Nottingham:

October

Important Information / Gwybodaeth Bwysig:

• List of spellings to learn will be given out on Fridays and then tested on the following Friday 
• PE Sessions are Mondays and Thursdays (Wellbeing) [please note that due to trips, some upcoming PE days will be changed. I will ensure the timetable on this page reflects this
• Please can all children make sure they bring a coat and snack every day

This term we will be following the topic The Wild Robot. If anyone works in the fields of social services or similar that would be willing to discuss their jobs with the children then please email myself or Mr Gray. 

Key Dates / Dyddiadau Pwysig:

October/Hydref

School Closed for Moving- 23rd and 24th October

Half term- wc/ 27th October

November

School Closed for Moving- 3rd, 4th and 5th November

Back to School- 6th November

Termly Homework / Gwaith Cartref:

Each term a homework 'menu' will be put onto the website. On here you will find the a choice of some homework tasks to be completed at you own pace. At minimum, one homework from the menu should be completed a term.

Ongoing Homework / Gwaith Cartref:

We encourage parents to read with their children as much as possible, the school library is a fantastic resource to support this. 

Children are encouraged to regularly practice their times tables. They should try to learn all, and should know them fluently so they can answer quickly and out of sequence.

PE Kit / Gwisgo Addysg Gorfforol:

On PE days (Mondays and Wednesdays), please come to school wearing your PE kit. Make sure you have trainers on or have brought trainers to change into for the lesson. PE kit should be joggers, shorts or leggings that allow you to move, run and jump easily, and a T-shirt. On cold days, make sure you have a jumper too.

On all other school days, please wear your school uniform.

Useful websites:

• Guardians of Mathematica Game: Link Here
• Hwb: https://hwb.gov.wales/
• BBC Bitesize: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/primary#wales 
• Seesaw
• SPAG Game BBC Bitesize

Recount 

Recount Toolkit

• Title explaining what the recount will be about
• Paragraphs organised by chronological order (the order it actually happened)
• SPAG (spellings, punctuation and grammar)
• Adjectives to help describe nouns
• Fronted adverbials (to explain where and when something happened)

Structure

Title at the top of the page and underlined

Introduction- what are you writing about?

Para 1- in school, what you did and where it happened

Para 2- getting on the coach and he journey

Para 3- arrived at the bay, met David, he showed us the docks

Para 4- compass work. What did it teach you?

Paragraph 5- map work and Norwegian church

Para 6- pierhead

Para 7- Roald Dahl Plas- roman numerals

Para 8- got back on the coach- back to school

Conclusion- what did? Favourite things?

Magpie phrases

• Yesterday
• As soon as
• Striking red brick building
• Fascinating ocean
• Amazing statues, that are detailed and old

Homework Menu

Below is a practice paper for reasoning that you can try at home!

Classwork Links

Women in Sport

Olympics- How women changed sport

Women in sport history

Extra Support