Efydd

Welcome back to school after the lovely Summer holidays. As you know our new Year 4/5 class is called Dosbath Efydd, Bronze class. Bronze in name but gold in nature! Well done to you all for a fantastic start to the year! I am very lucky to have found myself with a class of hard workers and top class members who are a great bunch.

We will update the website regularly and there will be two children in the class who will update on highlights of the week every Friday. Also keep an eye out for our school Twitter account.

Much of the information about our new year is in your homework book. There has been one change since then. Swimming for our class will now take place on a Monday next term not this term. Also, you will need your PE kit on a Friday as Miss Lender will be in our class in the afternoon to take you for Basketball.

Well done to our new class Criw Cwmraeg members, Lilly Martenko and Alfie McDonald who will start duties next week! 

Have a a happy, sunny weekend. Remember to do your homework, learn your spellings and keep up the great reading.

Mrs Stancombe

Easter Homework: 

After the holidays, we will be sitting the National Tests in school. 

Please enjoy your holidays, have a nice break and hopefully you will get chance to enjoy some sunshine! But please spend a little bit of time revising for the Tests.

Playing Sum Dog will help you practise a variety of different Maths questions in a fun way! 

I have also sent home a Victorian Review sheet. You may use the Internet to find the answers. Please bring this sheet back to school the first Monday back after the holidays. 

Enjoy :) 

Mrs Parsons 😃

Note to Parents: 

After the holidays, we will be sitting the National Tests in school. 

Lots of practise Mathematical Reasoning papers / questions can be found online at:

https://learning.gov.wales/resources/learningpacks/reasoning-in-the-classroom/year-4/?lang=en#/resources/learningpacks/reasoning-in-the-classroom/year-4/support-materials/?lang=en

Due to budget restraints on printing, I am unable to print copies of these to send home for all 34 pupils. But you can either print these at home - OR just get them up on a screen to show your child and then they record their answers on a plain piece of paper to practise them. 

The answers sheets / booklets are also included so that you can mark them and let your child know how they have done. They should take 30 minutes to sit each paper. 

I am also sending a Practise Reading paper home for them to practise. This HAS been printed. If they could be allowed 60 minutes to sit this test. 

This year, the Maths Proceedural Test is to be carried out online (on the computer) for the first time. Therefore practising answering questions online is probably “best practise”

Therefore, if you could encourage your child to practise answering  a mix of questions online at:

IXL Maths website - https://uk.ixl.com/math/

https://www.mathsisfun.com/timestable.html 

https://www.coolmath4kids.com

http://www.maths-games.org

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/ordering-and-sequencing-numbers

Plus playing on their Sum Dog account; answering a variety of different Maths questions will help them practise their maths whilst also practising the skill of answering online. 

Folly farm:

Our trip to Folly Farm is tomorrow. (Yay!!) We are hoping to leave promptly at 9am so please don’t be late to school tomorrow.