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Our concept this term is …

Community

Our Key Question:Do you think there are some things that should never change?

Please see ‘A Look At Our Learning’ on the school website

Autumn Term 2025 Storyboard

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New Curriculum for Wales

At Heolgerrig we are supporting your child to be:

• an ambitious, capable learner, ready to learn throughout their life

• an enterprising, creative contributor, ready to play a full part in life and work

• an ethical, informed citizen, ready to take part in Wales and the world

• a healthy, confident individual, ready to lead a fulfilling life as a valued member of society

The Four Core Purposes

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Curriculum for Wales

Parent information booklet on Hwb –

https://hwb.gov.wales/api/storage/4e66c555-73aa-44ee-93e5-1e612906f1d2/220208-parents-carers.pdf

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Our Curriculum Offer

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SXBr9YyTfFYctQdvwcMgjcE4wzjAUdOf/view

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Reading approaches

Reading is a priority on our school development plan.
We will be changing the approaches to reading over the coming weeks.
There will be more reading going on for all pupils in class, but this may not be using their individual reading books and therefore not reflected in their reading records.
Pupils will continue to have a reading book to bring home. This can be changed as appropriate.
Children will be listened to reading once a week unless they are receiving reading intervention. They will then be listened to more regularly.

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Literacy

Reading and Oracy in Key Stage Two

When does my child read?

Daily during guided reading and ERIC sessions
Weekly individual reading (under review-see previous slide)

How can I support reading and oracy at home?

Read a variety of material (magazines, newspapers, books etc.)
Ask challenging questions about the text to develop oracy skills
Encourage reading “real” books as well as scheme books
Play listening games with your child
Listen to your child read regularly and send your child’s reading book into school on the designated day.

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Progression Step 2

Reading

Here are some of the steps the pupils will acquire in the Key Stage Two learning years…

use grapheme-phoneme correspondences when reading.
use a range of strategies to read with increasing fluency.
read different texts using a range of strategies to make meaning.
recognise the features of different types of texts and use appropriate language to talk about them.
find and use information from different materials that I read.
infer meaning from text and images.
can read aloud with expression, paying attention to punctuation.
respond to what I hear, read and see, asking questions and showing my understanding.
develop my vocabulary through listening and reading and use these new words in a variety of contexts.

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Literacy

Writing within Progression Step

Read Write Inc letter formation
Use of a pencil grip if needed
Write on the line and with a writing pencil
Learn to join handwriting and write fluently
Write for different audiences and in different genres
Real life experiences
Punctuation within sentences, commas within lists and after expressions of time.
Spelling does not have to be perfect – phonetically plausible

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Progression Step 2

Writing

Some of the skills we expect by end of year 3

Pupils should be able to use a variety of punctuation correctly capital letters, full stops, exclamation marks and question marks
Pupils should begin to use punctuation in speech accurately, commas in lists and after expressions of time.
Use the sentence types statement, questions, commands and exclamations and begin to vary sentence patterns to engage the audience
Use imaginative vocabulary choices in writing, use a vocabulary mat or thesaurus to support.
Write using different genres for different audiences
Write legibly
Spell words that conform to simple regular patterns.
Spell some irregular words accurately
Use spelling support such as dictionaries, spelling mats and other resources
Use spelling strategies such simple roots, prefixes and suffixes

The children will receive weekly spelling lists as part of their homework.

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Children will be encouraged to work independently when solving problems and seek adult support when they have tried different options
Pupils may need some assistance with their maths homework given
Try not to give the answers and let the teacher know if your child found the homework challenging.
Encourage mental maths in everyday life (weighing, money, time, times tables, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division etc.
Encourage quick recall of number bonds, doubles/halves and times tables facts
Encourage children to explain and show their workings out.

Reasoning

On a weekly basis children will practise applying their mathematical skills to a problem/ reasoning activity.

Maths

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Lower Key Stage Two

Maths

Some of the skills we expect by end of year 3

Pupils will read, record and interpret numbers, using figures and words up to at least 1000
They will partition numbers up to 1 decimal places and know the value of each digit
They use negative numbers accurately in the context of temperature
They fluently recall the multiplication tables up to 5x10
They will be able to find the area by counting squares of a shape and understand the term perimeter
They will begin to use the four arithmetic operations in mental and written calculations
They will use standard units to measure. They will begin to convert between centimetres and metres, litres and millilitres and kilograms and grams
They will read analogue and digital clocks
They will write fractions,and find simple fractions of numbers eg ¼ of 20.
They will recognise, name and describe the properties of regular and irregular 2D and 3D shapes.
They will gather, record and interpret data from a range of sources.
They will recognise,right angles
They will draw and interpret graphs, pictograms, Venn and Caroll diagrams

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Directed
Improvement
Reflection
Time

Pupils act/ reflect upon the feedback given. ‘DIRT’ time ensures feedback is being put to use and is supporting progress, moving the learning forwards immediately.

What is ‘DIRT’ time?

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From time to time, some children may require various interventions throughout the year. Some of the interventions that are carried out in school are;

ELSA
Catch up Reading
Language Support
Catch up Numeracy, Number Shark
CLIC
RWI 1-1
Wellcomm
Lego Therapy
Spelling - NESSY, Dance Mat typing, Word Shark

Interventions

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Session Times

Morning: gates open at 8:50am and close promptly at 9am.

Afternoon: School ends at 3:15pm (gates will open at 3:10pm)

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Clothing

School uniform is compulsory.

Our P.E. days: Tuesday - Pupils come to school in P.E kits (school colours).
All clothing MUST be labelled with your child’s name.

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Drinks and snacks

Please label snack containers and water bottles.
Only water should be brought into class. Squash is permitted in packed lunch boxes.

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School Meals

All pupils are now entitled to free school meals.
Meals have to be booked by 8am each day on Parent Pay.
We are a healthy school and ask that all packed lunches are healthy and balanced. No cans, glass bottles or energy drinks are permitted.

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Key points for Year 6

Homework – Friday weekly - this will usually be set in their homework books or occasionally on Google Classroom.
Tying shoelaces, telling the time, knowing your address and date of birth etc.

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Other important information

Water – only water should be brought to school for drinking in class. Water is provided in the dining room with meals.

Attendance - report to the school office before 9:30am. FPNs are issued for holidays of 5 days or more in any term.

Punctuality - the gates close at 9am prompt, after that please report to school office

Collection - if any other adult is collecting your child you must inform the class teacher in the morning or the school office

Communication Platforms - Google Classroom, Twitter, Text to Parents

Communication with the teacher -using our class teacher email account during school hours

WarrenC2@hwbcymru.net

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