Shwmae and Welcome to Dosbarth Hadau!

A big welcome to all our new families in joining our Tredegarville family.

Nursery and Reception aged children share their classrooms and outdoor space. Our class is called Dosbarth Hadau which means Seedlings Class. 

Dosbarth Hadau Bach (Nursery) timings 9am - 11.30am

Dosbarth Hadua Mawr (Reception) timings: 

Children start at 8.55

Lunch is 11.30 - 12.15

School finishes at 3.00

What does your child need for school

• A bag with change of clothes - pants, socks, trousers, top - we can sometimes get muddy even when wearing waterproofs
• If your child is in nappies, please put in a couple of spares
• Snack is £1 a week and milk is offered everyday
• All children who attend Mawr classroom will be staying for lunch

Meet our team

Bach

Teacher: Miss Nicholls

Teaching Assistants: Mrs Williams

Mawr

Teacher: Miss Bawden 

Teaching Assistants: Mrs Jabin, Mrs Ibanez (the children call her Mrs Banana)

Play!

Play is a vital part of Dosbarth Hadau 

It helps to improve language, social skills, physical development, creativity and problem solving abilities.

We will have opportunities in the classroom to develop our fine and gross motor skills, problem solving and reasoning, pattern, shape, imagination and language.

We will have opportunities to sing and learn a variety of songs and rhymes to develop imagination, listening and communication skills, social cues, reading, writing and confidence.

Playing at home

Children love to watch and learn from their parent/ guardian/ older sibling so letting them join in with some daily activities like cleaning and cooking can be hugely beneficial to their development.

Please find a link here from the NHS explaining the importance of play for young children: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/why-play-is-important/

Autumn Term 

A big welcome to all our new families. We have had a great start to the Autumn term. We have been talking about our families and painting who lives in our home.

We have been reading The Gruffalo, learning Makaton signs for the characters to match the story and doing lots of songs and rhymes. We have been exploring different parts of the classroom which has been both inside and outside.

Next week we will be focusing on 'kindness'. 

We will also be celebrating Harvest and having an Autumn food festival this half term. We look forward to welcoming you into the classroom. 

If you have any questions come and talk to a member of staff 

How to help at home:

It would be wonderful if you could read a bedtime story to or with your child every night. Listening to stories read aloud by an adult helps to develop vocabulary for speaking and writing. You could even create an imaginative story together, using pictures or experiences to help you and your child along the way.

Reading record books have many words which are useful for the children to practise, here you will also find sounds we regularly look at together.