Shwmae and Welcome to Dosbarth Hadau!

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

Nursery and Reception 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 Hadau 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 - we are a cashless school, please use  'Parent Pay' when paying for snack :) 
• All children who attend Mawr (Reception) classroom will be staying for lunch

Meet our team (photographs below)

Bach (Nursery)

Teacher: Miss Nicholls

Teaching Assistants: Mrs S.Williams, Mrs M. Sendlak 

Mawr (Reception)

Teacher: Miss Bawden 

Teaching Assistants: Mrs Jabin, Mrs Marta, 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/

Summer Term 

Welcome to our new families that have just started with us. This summer term we are looking at 'How does it work?'

We will be doing lots of investigating, creating and designing and talking about our findings! We will also be exploring technology through a variety of ways. We will be following the children's lead and seeing where their learning takes us :) 

Stories we will be reading are: 

• Red lorry, yellow lorry Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - read by the author!
• The Most Magnifiencent thing - Ashley Spires The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires 
• Rosie Revere Engineer - Andrea Beaty ✈️Rosie Revere, Engineer - Kids Book Read Aloud for Teachers - By Andrea Beaty
• Elves and the Shoe Maker
• A Scientist like me - Nadja Sarell & Dr Shini Somara
• An Engineer like me - Nadja Sarell & Dr Shini Somara

Songs we will be learning

Row row row your boat

Wind the bobbin up

Humpty Dumpty

Trio ein dwylo 

Visits/ trips

Mawr children will be visiting 'Techniquest' 08th April

Other upcoming trips to come (dates and information will be given closer to the time)

Farm

Beach 

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.