Croeso I Dosbarth Aur 

In Dosbarth Aur the class teacher is Mrs Fenaroli. We currently have 30 pupils and Mrs Thomas covers PPA every other Thursday.   

In Dosbarth Aur our aim is to provide exciting and challenging activities that stimulate curiosity and creativity while setting high expectations.  We hope that by the end of Year 6 your child will have developed their independence and become confident individuals who have the communication skills for the future ahead of them. 

We promote kindness and wellbeing in Dosbarth Aur which supports your child with a positive learning experience.  Numeracy and Language are carried out in the morning sessions along with table top activities and guided reading.  Topic work is undertaken in the afternoons alongside our Forest School, PE and Thrive sessions. 

Each pupil chooses a library/reading book that goes home daily to practice and comes back to school each day.  

Pupils are encouraged to bring a water bottle to be able to access water regularly throughout the day.

Apps we use in Dosbarth Aur:

• We use SeeSaw daily in class to share children’s work.  SeeSaw is also used to communicate the children’s reading progress weekly and parents are able to ask any questions they may have through the messenger aspect of SeeSaw.
• Schoop is currently our whole school messaging service. The app can be downloaded to android and apple allowing you to subscribe to our school channel (11150) Schoop is used to share our weekly newsletters and any important class notices or events.

Autumn Term Topic: Values, Money and Me

Pupils will develop a deeper understanding of the cost of living and how people are struggling with poverty within our community and the wider world. They will look at how they can support their family, community and a world charity. The community event: Cwmbach Help Hwb will encompass sharing information on budgeting, smart shopping, and what is available in our community to support us when we find ourselves in need through information leaflets and promotional videos. We will complete a fundraiser: completing a penny path which will be donated to a cause chosen by the pupils.

For our well-being, we will continue to focus on having the confidence to join a new group and cooperate with other members. We will also be investigating calming techniques within our forest school sessions. We will focus on ensuring pupils are able to positively work and learn together with others, as well as developing the skill of checking work for mistakes. In physical development, pupils will be attending swimming lessons to improve their skills.

To become an independent learner pupils will be focussing on the following skills during the term:

• be able to reflect on pieces of work and up level with guidance (Marking). 
• think of pros and cons of different options
• express feelings with detail
• be able to present to a group/class independently .