Croeso i Dosbarth Gwdihw!
The people who work in our class are:
Mrs Jones is our class teacher.
Miss Dillon also works in our classroom.
We share our class information as well as lots of the things that our class have been learning about using Seesaw. Should you need a link to your child’s Seesaw account please contact the school office or speak to Mrs Jones at the end of the school day. 
To help us to do this, we would like to share some of the adventures we plan to go on this year….
A Year in Dosbarth Gwdihw
Teaching and learning in our school changes each year according to the needs of the children in our classes however we would still like to give you an insight into what a year in Dosbarth Gwdihw looks like!
We will launch our first term with the captivating topic ‘All About Me’. We will unlock the secrets of what makes us special and unique, drawing inspiration from the book ‘The Colours of Us’. We will then celebrate our individual skin tones and features to create striking self-portraits—true masterpieces!
As Harvest blazes into view, we will immerse ourselves in the classic text ‘The Little Red Hen’. The children will craft amazing narratives, mastering character descriptions, and even will command the stage to perform the story to the whole school—a total triumph! They also will revel in the joy of baking, kneading dough and fire-cooking bread in Forest School. We will also explore the poem ‘The Conker Fairy’, leading to weeks of thrilling Forest School hunts, building fantastical homes, penning secret letters, and designing our own magical conker fairies!
The countdown to Christmas will be packed with celebrations: Halloween, Remembrance Day, Bonfire Night, and Diwali. We will transform our classroom with festive decorations, thanks to the beautiful donations from our wonderful families. We will conquer the snow, sculpting snowmen, creating snow angels, and conducting icy explorations! After relentless practice, we will electrify the audience with our Christmas concert performance—a truly unforgettable moment!
In January, our epic year-long quest will ignite! We will forge an alliance with the Faithful Friends and Professor Klunk to power the Big Dream Story Machine. This mission demands beautiful pictures, descriptive language, and imaginative stories. They will mentor us in the art of writing and will challenge us weekly with literacy tasks. But beware! We will face the menacing Greep, who will plot to sabotage our every move! We must continuously deploy our imagination, literacy skills, and beautiful writing and drawing to stop his evil plans! What an exhilarating journey!
Our next topic will catapult us into Space! We will chart our solar system and its mysterious planets. We will decode the stars and the impact of light pollution. Everyone will be captivated by creating their own constellations and breathtaking, Van Gogh-inspired starry night paintings. We will investigate forces, conducting scientific experiments to support our discoveries. We will illuminate our understanding of opaque, translucent, and transparent materials using our class set of torches. Crucially, we will champion the importance of equality for all and will confront gender inequality.
Our next adventure poses the gripping question: ‘Is water dangerous?’ The children will seize control, driving the discussion of their initial thoughts and masterfully mapping out the work they will tackle. We will scrutinize water usage and will become true eco-warriors, assigning eco monitors and dedicatedly using scrap paper. We will survey our local area, mastering water safety, designing ‘bossy word’ safety posters, and engineering secure, watertight canals to test. We will venture out on beautiful walks to the canal, creating stunning observational drawings.
We will then throw a spotlight on Wales for ‘What makes Wales special?’, celebrating St David’s Day and uncovering the wonders of our beautiful country. The children will navigate maps, identify landmarks and symbols, construct flags, design magnificent castles, and will learn a traditional Welsh dance.
Our final, vital topic will answer the question: ‘Are bees important to humans?’ The children will become environmental biologists, investigating different bees, their crucial jobs, life cycles, and their contribution to society. We will rejuvenate our old bee garden and growing patches, preparing them for a fresh start. We will analyse pollination and the essential role of planting bee-friendly species. We will culminate the year by creating powerful fact files and educating the entire school on the importance of developing bee-friendly environments.
