Croeso i Dosbarth Derbyn - Welcome to Reception Class 

Our P.E days are Mondays and Tuesdays. 

Forest school will be fortnightly on a Wednesday afternoon. Our first forest school will commence on Wednesday 1st  October. 

17th October 2025

Where have the past severn weeks gone? I can’t quite believe that the children have nearly completed their first half term of school. Time is flying by and they’ve all already achieved so much in such a short space of time. Over the past fortnight, we have began Read Write Inc and are making good progress in learning all of our new sounds. We are working hard to recognise them as well as form them and write our names independently. We’ve also been enjoying playing our Fred games verbally where we have to tell Miss Light and Miss Ward the words Fred’s trying to make. We’ve heard all about Fred’s trip to the farm, his party and what’s inside his fridge! In maths, the children have been busy sorting and classifying their class hair and eye colours. The children used pictures of their peers and had to go and find them to work out the correct colour before putting it in the matching hoop. We made predictions at the start of the lessons and compared our final results to see if we were right. Some of us were also able to show our results as amounts using conkers. To support our learning of diversity, we have also been exploring the same but different in maths. The children made different amounts using teddy bears before discussing what made their amounts the same but different. This week, we started forest school and enjoyed becoming familiar with the forest surroundings and log circle rules. Today we showed our support by wearing red to show racism the red card which has supported our learning about diversity. To bring our harvest learning to a close, we also looked at where our food comes from before it goes to the supermarket. This supported the children’s understanding about the importance of farmers and how fruit and veg can be grown. I would like to thank you all for your continued support. I hope you all have a lovely weekend and I look forward to seeing both you and the children on Monday. Take care, Miss Light

3rd October 2025

It’s been yet another busy fortnight for Dosbarth Derbyn. This fortnight we have been focussing heavily on looking at our number formation of numbers between 0-10. We have been doing lots of singing and working hard to learn all the different rhymes. We now know that 0-9 has a rhyme and anything above 10 we need to combine the rhymes. We have also been looking at our emotions and building an understanding of the different ones we can feel as well as when we feel them. This has linked well to our Welsh where we have been learning a song all about emotions in Welsh to support our learning further next week. We’ve also been enjoying learning about Harvest in terms of what it is and why / how it can be celebrated. I’m sure you’ll agree the children did a fantastic performance yesterday at the church during our Harvest service. I was incredibly proud of them for their first one here with us at Trellech. Our digital skills have also been put to the test, where we have been learning how to take photos of each-other along with using digital paint to create our houses. Last week we also used our digital skills to record ourselves reciting colours in Welsh based off different items that we found in the class. To continue our topic, we have also been looking at similarities and differences between ourselves and our classmates, where we discussed what things we had the same and what things made us different from one another. We are building our understanding that we are all different in certain ways and that is okay because that’s what makes us unique. If you were able to join the Read Write Inc parent session yesterday, I would like to say thank you again for attending. For now, I hope you have a lovely weekend, and I look forward to welcoming both you and children back to school on Monday. Take care – Miss Light. 

19th September 2025

Here we are at the end of the children’s first fortnight of full days at school. I cannot express how proud I am of the children and how quickly they are adapting and settling into the routines of the school. There’s been lots of ‘firsts’ over this fortnight. The children have experienced their first whole school assemblies as well as their first golden assembly today. They’ve settled into the routine of mixing with their peers in Year 1 and 2 during break and lunch as well as completing their first full week of the daily mile. We’ve also been focussing a lot on talking about our family and friends. We’ve talked about our homes, pets, likes and dislikes as well as our emotions. It has all tied in nicely to our topic learning of ‘Ti a fi- You and me.’ The children have looked at counting recognising and ordering numbers between 0-5 and 0-10 as well showing the number as an amount using cubes. Everyday we learn to follow new instructions but this week the children have been instructing eachother. They have worked in pairs to instruct their partners about something draw. The children drew some fabulous pictures and demonstrated beautifully how able they are to listen to their peers. We’ve also been doing lots of singing this week about the colours of the rainbow in Welsh as well as beginning to learn our Harvest song ready for Harvest Festival. To support our Welsh, we used a colour wheel to find objects that matched the colour and verbally discussed what colours we had in Welsh when asked ‘pa lliw? – what colour?’ Da iawn – Well done everyone! You’re doing so well! I hope you all have a lovely weekend, and I look forward to welcoming both you and the children back on Monday. Take care, Miss Light

5th September 2025

Croeso i Trellech! – Welcome to Trellech! It has been a pleasure to welcome all of the new pupils this week to begin the start of their school learning journey here with us at Trellech. We have spent lots of time getting to know each other, our school and the different routines. We discussed our class charter as well as began our Usk show entries. The children have also completed their first set of self and family portraits. The children collected different natural materials to use for their entries and explored water colours to bring them to life. It was lovely to sit and watch the children create their self and family portraits as it gave us an opportunity to hear more about their families and get to know them better. If you were able to join us after Friday’s morning and afternoon sessions, then I would like to say thank you again. We hope you enjoyed seeing and becoming more familiar with your child’s new learning environment during their time in Reception. It was also a great opportunity to get to know you all better. I look forward to getting to know you all further over the course of this year.  I’m looking forward to welcoming back both you and the children next week where we can begin our first week altogether as a whole class. For now, have a lovely weekend! Take care, Miss Light