Dear Parent/Carer,                                                                                                     September 2026

Welcome back to the start of a new school year at Danygraig! We hope you have had a wonderful summer and are ready for an exciting new term! Find below details of the work that your child’s class will be doing during this term. We have also suggested ways in which you can help your child at home. If you have any queries or questions, please do not hesitate to get in contact with your child’s class teacher.

 

Class: Year 4/5                                                                                              Term: Autumn Term – 2026

Main areas of study:	Our topic this term is ‘Angry Earth’. The children will be investigating the world’s incredible and powerful natural disasters. The children will have opportunities to decide on their learning through pupil lead questioning. They could be working on topics in relation to our ‘Angry Earth’ topic such as: Understand how natural disasters occur and the warnings they give. Investigate the devastating effects they cause to the environment and the human race Create diagrams and models to represent their powerful effects Explore our planet to find where these natural disasters occur   In Maths, we will be looking at: number and place value, written addition and subtraction, problem-solving, reasoning and algebra, mental addition and subtraction, decimals, percentages and their equivalence to fractions, problem-solving, reasoning and algebra, mental multiplication and division, measurement, mental multiplication and division, fractions, ratio and proportion, geometry, statistics, properties of shapes, worded problem-solving and reasoning.   Dojo messages and information will continue this year in the class groups. Letters will be sent to those who have not joined yet for you to join our class community. Please follow the instructions to download and join our class community through the app. This is a simple and effective way of getting in touch, receiving information and seeing how your child is getting on through dojo points and posted videos.
Homework	Homework will be given to the children weekly: This may be written work, research or a practice of some skill. Homework will be alternate weeks of Literacy and Maths. Please see your child’s class teacher if you have any problems accessing the work.
PE	PE lessons will be part of our Thrilling Thursdays and will take place fortnightly. Pupils should bring appropriate footwear and clothing to change into and out of. Thrilling Thursdays This term the children will be completing a carousel of activities with all four PS3 teachers. They will be completing the activities every Thursday afternoon over a two-week period. The activities are: Miss Griffiths - Digital Learning Mr Field - Outdoor Learning Mr Byrne - Science Mrs Smedley - PE
Ways in which you can help at home:	Please listen to your child reading at home every night (your child will have reading books and a new reading record diary for you to make comments). Visit the local library to choose books relevant to topics being studied at school. Discuss and talk through your child’s homework helping them with strategies and methods to solve it independently. Talk to your child about the range of geographical features in their locality & globally. Help your children by listening to them read, practice their times tables through TT Rockstars and help them to problem solve.

 

 

 

 

This term we have been using Adobe Express to create infographics. Below is some of our pupils' work.

                          

                          

Our topic this term is ‘Delicious Delights’.

The children will be investigating and developing their understanding of the science of food to lead to a healthy lifestyle. The children will have opportunities to decide on their learning through pupil-lead questioning.

They could be working on topics in relation to our ‘Delicious Delights’ topic such as:

Investigate where food comes from and how it gets to the supermarkets.

Understand how food needs to be correctly stored, prepared and used to keep us safe and healthy. · Explore different cuisines from different countries, how they are made and how they taste.

 In Maths we will be looking at: number and place value, written addition and subtraction, problem solving, reasoning and algebra, mental addition and subtraction, decimals, percentages and their equivalence to fractions, problem solving, reasoning and algebra, mental multiplication and division, measurement, mental multiplication and division, fractions, ratio and proportion, geometry, statistics, properties of shapes, worded problem solving and reasoning. Dojo messages and information will continue this year in the class groups. This is a simple and effective way of getting in touch, receiving information and seeing how your son/daughter is getting on through dojo points and posted videos. If you have any problems or need information about this or any other issues, please contact your child’s class teacher.

Thrilling Thursdays

This term the children will be completing a carousel of activities with all three PS3 teachers. They will be completing the activities every Thursday afternoon over a two-week period. The activities are:

Miss Griffiths - PE

Mr Field - Outdoor Learning

Mr Byrne - Digital Learning

Our class will start PE with Miss Griffiths on 25th Sept and then every fortnight afterwards. 

They will also have some drama sessions with Mrs Bateman on Fridays.

Dojo messages and information will continue this year in the class groups. Letters will be sent for those who have not yet joined for you to join our class. Please follow the instructions to download and join our class through the app. This is a simple and effective way of getting in touch, receiving information and seeing how your son/daughter is getting on through dojo points and posted videos.

Ways in which you could help at home:

Please listen to your child reading at home

Visit the local library to choose books relevant to topics being studied at school

Discuss and talk through your child’s homework helping them with strategies and methods to solve it independently

Practise their tables through TT Rockstars and help them to problem solve.