Welcome to Year 2/3 Sea Otters Class page!

SummerTerm 2026

Croeso! I hope you all had a wonderful Easter break!

We’re excited to start our new topic; “Food, Glorious Food”, and the children have already shared their ideas and questions about what they would like to learn in our EPIC (Everybody planning in class) session, before the Easter holidays. Their ideas and questions have been displayed on our ‘Planning together tree’ in class.

Below are some of the things we will be looking at this half term:

Literacy:
We will be looking at lots of books linked to ‘Food, Glorious Food’ with a specific focus on the story of ‘Charlie and the Chocolate factory’ next half term, to inspire our reading, writing and discussions. We will be learning all about the features of Recount and Instruction texts and learning the story of ‘The Little Red Hen’ through Pie Corbett. (So many of the pupils wanted to find out how to make bread, so we thought that this would be a fun way in)

 Maths:
Our focus for this term will be around Fractions, Time, Money, Shape, Data and Measures.

Humanities:
This term, we will be exploring where our food comes from (Wales and the wider world), farming in Wales, how and why foods can only be grown/made in certain places due to climate and resources, how food travels and our impact on the environment from what we eat (local vs imported), food waste and sustainability.

Science:
In Science, we will be exploring why we need food for our physical and mental well being, food groups, plants – growth and lifecycles.

Expressive Arts :
Our Art work will focus on

 Art:

Myself and the children are very excited for this term and cannot wait for all the things we will be learning about!

READING

Reading is such an important skill, and we really appreciate your support at home.
Please continue to:

• Listen to your child read regularly
• Read to them as often as you can – this helps build their love of stories, language, and learning
• Encourage them to ‘chunk up’ longer words independently
• Ask them to make predictions about what might happen next in the story and summarise what they have read at the end of the session – to check understanding
• Please talk about grammar and question their knowledge and understanding of any new or unfamiliar words

Please return your child’s reading book and reading record every day, so that we can change the book as and when convenient. It will be sent home by Friday of that week at the latest. If you forget to send the book, just pop it in the next day. Thank you!

P.E.

P.E. will take place every Wednesday this half term and will focus on hockey and athletics (ready for Sports day)
Please can your child come to school wearing their PE kit every Wednesday.

To ensure your child is comfortable and prepared for all weather, please make sure they have:

• A jumper or zip-up jacket
• Jogging bottoms or leggings
• Trainers

All items should be clearly labelled with your child’s name. Thank you for your support!

OUTDOOR LEARNING

At Hendrefoilan, we are so lucky to have Coed Cadno. We try and utilise the area as much as we possibly can.

Outdoor learning will be on a Monday. Please send your child into school dressed in appropriate clothing and ensure your child has a coat /waterproofs and wellies if necessary, for this day. Our cloakroom is limited on space, so I will not be keeping any outdoor learning clothes in school this year.

Please provide your child with a labelled water bottle which they can keep in the cloakroom and use as needed.

Children may also bring a healthy snack in a small container to enjoy during morning break. Snacks will be kept in school bags, but please make sure any containers are clearly labelled with your child’s name.

IMPORTANT DATES

Half Term – Monday 25th to Friday 29th May

If you have any worries, questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me,

Kind regards,

Miss de Vall

Sea Otter Routines

Home Learning –

Our exciting new home learning menu has been sent home and is also available to view/download above.

The home learning can be brought in to school or can be shared via email. Your child’s work will be shared and celebrated within class, and displayed on our ‘Gwaith Cartref’ board.

My email is; dek3@hwbcymru.net

Thank you for your continued support,

Diolch yn fawr ac cael hwyl!

Miss de Vall