"Together with God, we will explore, discover and flourish."

"Ynghya â Duw, byddwn yn archwilio, darganfod a blodeuo."

Welcome to Progression Step 3!

Croeso!

Staffing in PS3

Year 4 - Mr Morris

Year 5 - Mrs Goldsworthy

Year 6 - Mrs Bevan (Monday to Wednesday) and Miss Poole (Thursday and Friday)

PS3 LSA's - Mrs Thorne, Mrs Otley (Monday to Wednesday) & Mrs James (Wednesday to Friday)

PPA - Miss Rees (Y6), Mr Smith and Mrs Thorne (Y4 and Y5)

Blwyddyn Newydd Dda!

Welcome to Spring Term in Progression Step 3! We hope you had a lovely break and are ready for an action-packed spring term!  Our topic will be "Lights, Camera, Action...A Spotlight on Wales!"

Topic overview

🎥 This term, our topic is all about Lights, Camera, Action with a focus on Wales! We will be diving into the exciting world of filming!  We will have the opportunity to learn about different camera angles, filming techniques, script writing and film reviews.  Alongside this we will be exploring Wales through our non-fiction book "Wales on the Map."  

During this topic, the children will explore:
• Camera angles and shots, film making techniques
• Light and sound
• Explore Wales through maps & books

• Script writing and film reviews 

• Welsh actors and film locations in Wales

At the end of the topic we will be using all our skills to make our own film all about Wales.

In RVE we will be exploring the question "How do religious groups contribute to society in our local area and beyond?"

Key Dates:

➡️ Year 5 Residential parent’s meeting 14:30 (school hall)

➡️ Online Parent's Evening (school cloud): Tuesday 5^th and Wednesday 6^th March  

➡️ Year 5 Residential: 18^th – 20^th  March 2024 @ Morfa Bay

if you have any queries, please email your class teacher through the school office LlansannorPS@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk

Many thanks

PS3 Team

Information about PS3...

Important information: 

• PE - Please can children bring their PE kits (T-shirt, shorts/joggers/leggings and hoodie) to school and them leave them here for the week.  Please ensure all clothing items are labelled.
• Children will access outdoor learning, please make sure that they have appropriate clothing in school e.g. wellies and a waterproof coat.  

Snacks and Water

• Please can children bring a healthy snack to school for playtime, no nuts due to allergies.
• Please can children bring a clearly labelled water bottle. They will always have access to their water bottles and we can refill throughout the day.

What will Literacy look like? 

• Home/school reading books will be changed when the book has been completed.  Please listen to your child read as often as possible and discuss the story. Below are some suggested sentence stems you could use when discussing the story.  
• As part of our teaching of literacy we will be teaching a variety of genres over the course of the year.  
• We will continue to use Oracy 21 to continue to develop different strands of our speaking and listening skills.

What will maths look like?

• Maths sessions will be a variety of practical and written tasks. 
• Over the course of the week we will look at problem solving and reasoning tasks. 
• We will be using Times Tables Rock Stars during the week, to support the learning and recall of times tables, children can access this at home.

How to help at home.

• Daily reading at home will support your child's learning, talk about the story (See the VIPERS questions stems below).  
• Practice times tables, children can access TTS rockstars to support learning.  https:/https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student
• Practice spellings https://www.spellingshed.com/en-gb/