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Newsletter week ending 12^th November

Dear Parents/carers,

A big thank you to those of you who made a telephone appointment with your child’s class teacher. If you haven’t made an appointment yet please contact the school office or contact the teacher using class dojo. I’m sure you will want to know how well your child has settled into their new class and what you can do to support their learning at home.

Congratulations to Mayer in Year 5 who has won our character competition. She has created a fabulous Bee to remind the children of the four core purposes of the new curriculum 2022. Llongafarchiadau Mayer! You’ll be sure to see Bee popping up around school over the next few weeks!

Inset Day

There will be an INSET day for staff training on Tuesday 4^th January and children will return to school on Wednesday 5^th January.

After school clubs

The staff have sent out consent forms for the children to attend after school clubs this half term. It is important that if children sign up to a club, they attend every session.  Clubs on offer will be:

Clwb Cymraeg Year 1 and 2 Miss Morgan

Netball Year 5 and 6 Miss Trotman

Active citizens Year 5 and 6 Mr Smith

Film club with Mrs Mead

Makaton Year 3 and 4 Mrs Pugh

Music with Alex Wednesday 3pm-4pm Year 3 and 4

Story club with Mrs Havard

Board games club year 3 and 4 Miss Walker

Sports and healthy living club/ bronze ambassadors with Mrs Lodwig KS2

Football matches to be arranged by Mr Jones. Information to follow!

Numeracy and play

Mrs Glass and some of our nursery parents had another brilliant morning this week. They have been working together learning about subitising for our youngest children. Please come along of you have a child in nursery. The nursery children will be joining their parents for part of the morning, which is a highlight of their morning!

Family Learning

We held our second family learning session on Tuesday afternoon. We have altered the time to 1.30pm until 3pm and will be held in  the Nursery. If you have a little one, please come along with them and join in the sessions. We will be looking at online safety for children, setting screen times, parent settings and keeping children and young people safe at home. Free tea and coffee will be available!

Scooters

If you are having a sort out before Christmas and have any unwanted bikes or scooters that could be used and played with on our Foundation phase yard please bring them into school. All donations gratefully received!

Christmas Dinner

We need to provide the catering department with Christmas dinner numbers. This year the children will have a traditional turkey Christmas dinner instead of the party box that was quite popular last year. Mrs Seager will be sending out order slips over the next week. Please help us by returning these to school as soon as possible. Many thanks!

Christmas

Thank you to those who have sent in raffle prize donations already. We will be selling Christmas raffle tickets all through December and more information  will follow! If you work for a local company that might like to donate a prize, please let me know.

We will also hold the Christmas present wrapping stall so if you have any unwanted gift sets or new bits and bobs that could be a nice gift for a parent please send it into school before 3^rd December. All donations gratefully received!

Children in need day- 19^th November

Children are welcome to wear pyjamas to school on Friday in exchange for a donation to Pudsey! We will also be holding a drumathon and some fun stalls organised by our year 6 class. Please donate as much as you can!

Christmas dates for your diary

29^th November    Nursery trip to Poundfflad farm

30^th November     FP Trip to Wiggleys

1^st December        KS2 Trip to Gower College to see Matilda

3^rd December       Christmas present stall

9^th December       Christmas dinner day for children

10^th December     Christmas jumper day. Please donate £1 to save the children to wear your Christmas jumper

16^th December      Nursery Christmas party am and FP party  pm

16^th December       KS2 trip to the Panto

17^th December       END OF TERM!

Concert dates

7^th December Year 1 and 2 concert

Year 2 parents to watch at 9.30am and Year 1 parents at 1.30pm

8^th December Nursery singalong at 9.30am and Reception/STF parents at 1.30pm

14^th December Year 3 and 4 concert     Year 3 parents to watch at 9.30am and Year 4 parents at 1.30pm

15^th December Year 6 concert at 9.30am

15^th December Year 5 and JSTF concert at 1.30pm

Diary dates next week

Cycle safe for Year 6 all week

Monday 15^th November

Spelling groups for key stage 2

Tuesday 16th November

9am- 11.20  Numeracy and play workshop with Nursery parents in the parent and family room

1.30pm-3pm Family learning sessions in Nursery (Online safety)

Wednesday 17^th November

2pm                            Year 6 MAT maths challenge event at Penyrheol comprehensive

3pm                           Music club with Alex

Thursday 18^th November

1pm                          Violins

2.30pm                     String-along with Year 1

Friday 19^th November Children in need day!

9.30               Year 4 swimming

1.30pm         Kickboxing for Year 5 in the hall

1.30pm         Gymnastics for Reception gym

Thank you all for your continued support. Have a lovely weekend!

Mrs Davies

Newsletter week ending 5^th November

Dear Parents/carers,

We have had a fabulous week in school this week. The children have been buzzing around the school learning about the four core purposes of the New Curriculum for Wales. We have held a competition to find a character which we can use to represent these purposes. We will announce the winner shortly!

Inset Day

There will be an INSET day for staff training on Tuesday 4^th January.

Year 6 Residential

A residential has been booked for our year 6 pupils in March 2022. A letter has been sent home and the deposit should be in today. If you have any questions or need to share any information or concerns please contact the school office.

After school clubs

The staff have sent out consent forms for the children to attend after-school clubs this half term. It is important that if children sign up to a club, they attend every session.  Clubs on offer will be;

Clwb Cymraeg Year 1 and 2

Netball Year 5 and 6

Active citizens Year 5 and 6

Makaton Year 3 and 4

Music with Alex Wednesday 3pm-4pm Year 3 and 4

Story club

Board games club year 3 and 4

Sports and healthy living club with Mrs Lodwig KS2

Numeracy and play

Mrs Glass and some of our nursery parents had a fabulous morning this week. They have been working together learning about maths language for little children. Please come along if you have a child in the nursery. The nursery children will be joining their parents for part of the morning which they loved!

Family Learning

We held our first family learning session on Tuesday afternoon. We have altered the time to 1.30pm until 3pm and this week it will be held in Nursery. If you have a little one, please come along with them and join in the sessions. We will be looking at and trying out healthy eating recipes this week

Water Bottles

Thanks to everyone who brought in a water bottle this week- diolch!

Christmas

There will be no Christmas fayre to raise money for the PTA this year however, we will be holding a Christmas raffle. If you know a local company that might like to donate a prize, please let me know. We will also hold the Christmas present wrapping stall so if you have any unwanted gift sets or bits and bobs that could be a nice gift for a parent please bring it into school before 3^rd December. All donations are gratefully received! We are hoping to hold some sort of class stall for individual classes, more details will follow.

Christmas concert update

As you can imagine it has been a difficult decision to plan fun activities with minimum risk for Christmas time this year. We are still ‘high risk’ in Swansea even though Covid numbers have been relatively low in school. However, I have spoken to governors who have agreed that we can hold a few mini live concerts  with the following condition in place:

Only 1 parent per child to attend the show

Chairs will be socially distanced

Parents to wear a mask to their seat and can only then remove it

Hands are to be sanitised on the way into the building and on the way out

Concert or show will be held in paired classes rather than a phase

• Nursery singalong
• Reception/ ISTF
• Year 1 and 2
• Year 3 and 4
• Year 5 and JSTF
• Year 6

Each pair of classes will perform twice. Once in the morning for one set of parents and once in the afternoon for the other set of parents. JSTF parents will attend at the same time as year 5 parents. There will be one performance for Nursery and one performance for Year 6.

I am sure you will understand that it is vital you follow the rules to keep the children, staff and parents safe. We would love to have everyone packed in the hall celebrating Christmas together but unfortunately, we cannot do this now. We will make the best of this situation and I am sure the children will enjoy performing as much as we will enjoy watching. I’M EXCITED ALREADY!!

Christmas dates for your diary

29^th November Nursery trip to Poundfflad farm

30^th November FP Trip to Wiggleys

1^st December KS2 Trip to Gower College to see Matilda

3^rd December Christmas present stall

7^th December Year 1 and 2 concert        Year 2 parents at 9.30am and Year 1 parents at 1.30pm

8^th December Nursery singalong at 9.30am and Reception/STF at  1.30pm

9^th December Christmas dinner day for children

10^th December Christmas jumper day. Please donate £1 to save the children to wear your Christmas jumper

14^th December Year 3 and 4 concert     Year 3 parents at 9.30am and Year 4parents at 1.30pm

15^th December Year 6  at 9.30am

!5^th December Year 5 and JSTF concert at 1.30pm

16^th December Nursery Christmas party am and FP party  pm

16^th December KS2 trip to the Panto

17^th December END OF TERM!

Diary dates next week

Monday 8^th November

3pm                           Makaton Club

Tuesday 9th November

9am- 11.20  Numeracy and play workshop with Nursery parents

1.30pm-3pm Family learning sessions in Nursery

Wednesday 10^th November

3pm                           Music club with Alex

Thursday 11^th November

1pm                          Violins

2.30pm                     Stringalong with Year 1

Friday 12^th November

9.30               Year 4 swimming

1.30pm         Kickboxing for Year 5 hall

1.30pm         Gymnastics for Reception gym

Have a lovely weekend!

Mrs Davies

Newsletter week ending 21st October

Dear Parents/carers,

Many thanks for your continued support over this very busy first half term, I can’t believe how quickly it’s gone! The children have had a fun and spooktacular day today raising some money for the PTA so a big thank you to everyone who got involved in dressing up or paying to wear non-school uniform. Lots of children were so keen on the dressing up they forgot to bring in a £1 today but I’m sure the PTA will happily collect the remaining pounds after half term if you wish to donate.  Diolch yn fawr iawn!

Inset Day

There will be an INSET day for staff training tomorrow on Friday 22^nd October so there will be no school for the children. We will welcome the children back to school on Monday 1^st November.

Year 6 Residential

A residential has been provisionally booked for our year 6 pupils in March 2022. A letter with further details has been sent home with the children today. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Mr Civil, Mrs S Davies or Mrs Havard on 893682. Many places have closed or remain closed since Covid struck so it has been a challenge for Mrs Havard finding somewhere that will accommodate our children. Morfa Bay looks fantastic and I’m sure the children will have an amazing time!

After school clubs

The staff will be sending out consent forms for the children to attend after school clubs next half term. It is really important that if children sign up to a club, they attend every session.  Clubs on offer next term will be;

Clwb Cymraeg Year 1 and 2

Story Club Year 1 and 2

Netball Year 5 and 6

Active citizens Year 5 and 6

Makaton Year 3 and 4

A big thank you to the staff who have offered to run these clubs. Don’t forget we also have our paid After School Kids’ club available from Monday- Thursday for Reception- Year6.  This as a very reasonably priced childcare option for working parents or a chance for children to meet up with their friends in a relaxed and safe way! Contact the school office to book children in and enquire about payment.

Numeracy and play sessions for nursery pupils

Mrs Glass will be organising maths sessions for our nursery parents every Tuesday after half term from 9am-11.20am. The nursery children will be joining their parents for part of the morning which they will love!

This will be a great opportunity to get to know other parents but also learn about the ways we teach maths to our youngest pupils. The sessions are free and will include a cuppa and a biscuit! Come along to our parent and family room at 9am every Tuesday. See Mrs Glass for more details!

Family Learning

We will be organising family learning activities every Tuesday afternoon to help support our parents and carers who have asked for help and advice. Some suggestions so far include;

• managing behaviour at home
• basic first aid
• cooking healthy meals
• keeping children active etc.

These sessions will be very informal and are a chance for you to get to know different staff and parents in school. These are free sessions and will be very informal. Come along and have a chat on a Tuesday afternoon from 1pm-3pm in the parent and family room.

Water Bottles

All children will need to bring a sports water bottle to school which they can refill from our water coolers. The majority of children already do this but there are a small minority who don’t. We would normally give cups to children to drink water during the day but after covid we stopped doing this to avoid any sort of transmission of germs. If you don’t have a sports water bottle at home, please can I ask you to purchase one for your child. They are relatively cheap to buy from most supermarkets. Children will continue to be given a drink as part of their hot lunch in the dinner hall but they do become thirsty after playtimes on the yard! As you know water is good for their brain development and we encourage the children to keep hydrated throughout the day. Thank you!

Dates for your diary

Parent telephone consultations week commencing Monday 8^th November. Your child’s class teacher will be in touch with a link to make an appointment.

Year 6 Open evening at Penyrheol Comprehensive-Wednesday 10^th November 6pm-8pm

Week commencing 15^th November- Year 6 to attend Cycle safe training. More details to follow.

Children in need day- Friday 19^th November. Year 6 will be organising fun and games for the school to enjoy. More details to follow.

Monday 6^th December- Flu vaccination programme.

End of Autumn Term- Friday 17^th December

Events after half term

Monday 1^st November – New Curriculum Launch Week

The children will be learning about the four core purposes of the new curriculum and designing new characters to our school that help us to remember what they are. New pupil voice groups linked with the four core purposes will be set up and the children will be encouraged to participate and get involved in school life through the groups. The staff will be planning activities around the language of the four purposes and exploring what they mean with the children.

Education welfare officer will be visiting school regarding lateness and unauthorised absences.

Wednesday 3^rd November

A selection of Year 6 children will be attending a science event in Penyrheol Comprehensive.

Thursday 4^th November

Violins

Year 1 Stringalong

Friday 5^th November

Year 4- Swimming

I hope you all have a relaxing half-term break and we’ll see you on Monday 1^st November!

Kind regards

Mrs Davies

Newsletter Week Beginning 18th October

Shwmae!

We have had a lovely Shwmae day in school today. The children have been taking part in lots of Welsh activities including singing, drama, artwork and games. The atmosphere in school has been wonderful so a big thank you for sending your children into school wearing red, white and green it has certainly added to the fun and games! Llongafarchiadau to all the Welsh speakers who were spotted by members of staff speaking Welsh throughout the day. A big thank you to Miss Morgan and Mrs Lodwig for organising it-diolch yn fawr!

Spooky Day!

On Thursday 21^st October we will be holding a spooky day in school. The children are welcome to dress up if they wish but can I ask that you don’t send in masks, broomsticks or other props. If they would like to donate £1 for not wearing school uniform they can, and all donations will go to the PTA.

Parent Panel

There will be a parent panel meeting on Monday with me at 9am so please come along for a chat, a coffee, a piece of cake or  biscuit. This is a very informal chat to share your views of our school and suggest improvements. We will need to remain 2 metres distanced in our gym. It’ll be lovely to see you and everyone’s welcome!

Inset Day

There will be an INSET day for staff training on Friday 22^nd October.

New children

A warm welcome to our new children who have joined our school. We have welcomed five lovely new children since September and I am pleased to say they have settled in really well.  Our children have been a credit to you and have welcomed them with open arms. It is a pleasure to see their kind and friendly nature show through when visitors come in to look around. I am very proud of them all!

If you have any toddlers who haven’t registered with us yet, please put their name down in the school office so we can plan ahead for the next few years. We would love to be able to have an afternoon nursery from January but we need some more little ones to start. If you know anyone who has a child due to turn 3 in the next few months, please contact the school office.

Swansea Parent Carer Forum Survey

If you haven’t completed this survey yet, please do so over the next few days. It is for parents who have children with additional learning needs.Many Thanks.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe731UwEs7_whE5gV0POOyYdkobswEO5umoOEVmeF7SLkJA2g/viewform

The survey can be completed over the telephone by calling 01792 439440 or dropping an email at info@swanseapcf.org with your telephone number and you will be called back.

Squid Game

Lots of children are playing Squid Game in school. This is a Netflix series with a violent nature aimed at 15-year-olds and above. Parents have mentioned that it’s mentioned on ‘Roblox’ and ‘Fortnite’ so please be vigilant. If you need any help and support around online safety please contact me on 01792 893682.

Active Journeys

A big thank you to Mr Civil and the two children who represented our school during the Toolkit launch on Wednesday at Penyrheol Primary. We are very excited to be starting this programme and look forward to developing our outdoor areas to encourage cycling and scooting! Watch this space. There is a link on our Twitter feed that will tell you more about it.

Dates for your diary

Spooky day- 21^st October.

INSET day- Friday 22^nd October

Half Term – Monday 25^th– Friday 29^th October

Parent telephone consultations week commencing Monday 8^th November. Your child’s class teacher will be in touch with a link to make an appointment.

Year 6 Open evening at Penyrheol Comprehensive-Wednesday 10^th November 6pm-8pm

End of Autumn Term Friday 17^th December

Events this week

Monday 18^th October

9am- Coffee and cake! Parent panel meeting in the parent and family room. Parents and carers, please come along and meet me for a chat about school life and how we can make our school even better than it is now. Coffee and cake will be free!!

Wednesday 20^th October

Visit from the education Welfare Officer who will be looking at attendance and lateness across the school.

Thursday21st October- Spooky Day

Violins

String along with Year 1

Friday 22^nd October

INSET DAY and last day of term.

Monday November 1^st– New Curriculum Launch Week

We will be learning about the four core purposes and hopefully introducing characters to our school that will help us to remember what they are. We will also set up new pupil voice groups linked with the four core purposes that will encourage the children to take an active role in school life. We are very excited about this week! More details will follow over the coming weeks.

Many thanks for your continued support over the first half term, I can’t believe how quickly it has gone. I hope you all have a great weekend!

Kind regards

Mrs Davies

Friday 13th October is Shw mae day. We will be celebrating our Welshness in class  and would like the children to wear something red white or green!

Dear Parents/ carers,

Newsletter Week Beginning 11th October

I am pleased to tell you that Positive Covid cases in our school still remain low. We are still taking a cautious approach but please can I ask you to keep following the one-way system around the school grounds and keep 2metres distanced when on the school grounds.

Please remember, if your child has any of the 3 main symptoms, please keep them at home and book a PCR test. You will need to keep your child at home until they have a negative test or the isolation period is over. This website has further information.

https://gov.wales/coronavirus

If your child has a positive test result over the weekend or early Monday morning, please put POSITIVE in the subject box and email  their name and class to

treuchaf.primaryschool@swansea-edunet.gov.uk

NO Nuts!

We have several children in our school with a severe nut allergy. It is really important that you do not send nuts or Nutella into school in packed lunches or as part of snack. We want to make sure ALL our children are safe and hope you understand the need to make this rule.

Rising 3’s

We are hoping to start a rising 3’s afternoon nursery class in January. If you have any children that turn 3 between now and 31^st August 2022 please contact the school office to put their name down on the Nursery list. Spread the word!

Swansea Parent Carer Forum Survey

You may be aware that the LEA have been running their first ever annual survey of Parent Carers (parents with children who are disabled or have additional needs) in Swansea. The purpose of the survey is to learn more about the lives and experiences of Swansea parent carers so they can better understand what is important to them and reflect that in their work and priorities.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe731UwEs7_whE5gV0POOyYdkobswEO5umoOEVmeF7SLkJA2g/viewform

We would be really grateful if you could fill in this survey so they can better understand what is important to them and reflect that in their work and priorities. This may include parents of pupils with statements of educational need and/or diagnostic pathways.

Key information:

• This survey is for Swansea based parent carers only
• To recognise how valuable parent carers time is and as a token of our appreciation we are able to enter survey takers into a prize draw for a chance to win gift vouchers of £50, £25 or £10.
• The survey can be completed over the telephone by calling 01792 439440 or dropping us an email at info@swanseapcf.org with their telephone number and they will call you back.

Extra Bank Holiday- Reminder

Next year we have an extra bank holiday thanks to the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations. The bank holiday falls in our May half term so Penyrheol cluster of schools have decided on Friday 29^th April as our extra day off. Please put it in your diary!

LEA and community governors

The governing body have 2 vacancies for an LEA  and a community governor to join our governing body. If you work for City and County of Swansea or interested in finding out more about this role please contact me on 893682.

Dates for your diary

INSET day- Friday 22^nd October

Half Term – Monday 25^th– Friday 29^th October

Parent telephone consultations  week commencing Monday 8^th November.

Year 6 Open evening at Penyrheol Comprehensive-Wednesday 10^th November 6pm-8pm

End of Autumn Term Friday 17^th December

Events this week

Wednesday 13^th October

Two selected Year 6 children will be attending the Active journeys toolkit launch at Pen-yr-heol Primary.

Thursday 7^th October

Violins

String along-Year 1

Friday 8^th October

Year 4 swimming

Monday 18^th October

9am- Coffee and cake! Parent panel meeting in the parent and family room. Parents and carers, please come along and meet me for a chat about school life and how we can make our school even better than it is now. Coffee and cake will be free!!

Many thanks for your continued support. Have a great weekend!

Mrs Davies

Dear Parents/ carers,

Newsletter Week Beginning 4th October

I am pleased to tell you that Positive Covid cases in our school remain low. Thank you for your patience and understanding whilst we continue to take a cautious approach. Please can I ask you to keep following the one-way system around the school grounds.

Please remember, if your child has any of the 3 main symptoms, please keep them at home and book a PCR test. You will need to keep your child at home until they have a negative test or the isolation period is over. This website has further information.

https://gov.wales/coronavirus

If your child has a positive test result over the weekend or early Monday morning, please put POSITIVE in the subject box and email  their name and class to

treuchaf.primaryschool@swansea-edunet.gov.uk

A BIG THANK YOU for all the donations for the SOs Shelter Cymru foodbank. I was amazed by what we have collected. The items will be collected on Monday morning so if you did forget and would like to donate please bring it in on Monday.

Photographs

The children looked very smart for their school photographs today. I know some of you were disappointed that we didn’t do sibling photographs but we are following guidelines. If later on in the school  year things have settled I will invite the photographer in again for sibling photos. Watch this space!

Extra Bank Holiday

Next year we have an extra bank holiday thanks to the Queen’s celebrations. The bank holiday falls in our May half term so Swansea LEA have asked each cluster of schools to decide on an extra day off in term time so the children (and staff) don’t miss out. The Pen-yr-heol cluster have decided that we will have our extra day off on Friday 29^th April and tag it on to Mayday weekend.

LEA governor

The governing body have a vacancy for an LEA governor to join our governing body. If you work for City and County of Swansea and would like more information, please contact me on 893682.

Active Journeys

The children had a fab day on Wednesday learning to ride their scooters safely. We will be working with Roger from ‘Active journeys’ over the next few months to encourage children to ride and scoot to school safely.

Dates for your diary

INSET day- Friday 22^nd October

Half Term – Monday 25^th– Friday 29^th October

Year 6 Open evening at Pen-yr-heol Comprehensive-Wednesday 10^th November 6pm-8pm

End of Autumn Term Friday 17^th December

Events this week

Wednesday 6^th October

Year 2 visit to Caerphilly castle

Thursday 7^th October

Violins

String along-Year 1

Friday 8^th October

Year 4 swimming

Many thanks for your continued support and if you have any suggestions about how we can improve our school, please let me know. Have a great weekend!

Mrs Davies

We have a new dinner menu which starts on Monday. Click here for the menu and scroll to the bottom of the page

Dear Parents/ carers,

Newsletter Week Beginning 27th September

I am pleased to tell you that Positive Covid cases in our school are low despite them rising in our school community. Thank you for your patience and understanding whilst we continue to take a cautious approach.

https://portalcovidcymru.co.uk/map.html

Again if your child has any of the 3 main symptoms, please keep them at home and book a PCR test. You will need to keep your child at home until they have a negative test or the isolation period is over. TTP will advise you on this. If you are unsure, please telephone us in school and we will help to answer any questions you may have.

https://gov.wales/coronavirus

I will continue to put any Covid related updates on the school website under the news section so please check there regularly.

Please can I remind you that children should be wearing clean uniform to school every day to stop the spread. This is really important!

If your child has a positive test result over the weekend or early Monday morning, please put POSITIVE in the subject box and email  their name and class to

treuchaf.primaryschool@swansea-edunet.gov.uk

Dates for your diary

Harvest celebration – Thursday 30^th September

School Photographs- Friday 1^st October

INSET day- Friday 22^nd October

Half Term – Monday 25^th– Friday 29^th October

Year 6 Open evening at Pen-yr-heol Comprehensive-Wednesday 10^th November 6pm-8pm

End of Autumn Term Friday 17^th December

Swansea City Boot Room

We are collecting football boots and astroturf trainers for the Swansea City Boot Room project. If your child has grown out of any football boots please donate them to this good cause by putting them in the plastic box just outside the foyer. There are many families that have been extremely grateful for these over the last few months.

Schoop

There are still lots of families who don’t have access to schoop and are missing out on vital messages. Please download the schoop app if you haven’t already, to receive regular updates on your phone. Many thanks!

Squid

Please make sure if your child is having school dinners their Squid account is topped up. If you don’t have a squid account, please contact Mrs Seager in the school office who will be able to assist you.

Events this week- Harvest

Wednesday 29^th September- Active journeys launch day!

Children from Reception, Year 1 and Year2 to bring scooters in today.

All children will be involved in ‘Active journeys’ through assemblies and other activities throughout the day.

Thursday 30^th September- Harvest Assembly

Earlier this year, one of our children did a great job raising awareness of the charity ‘SOS Cymru Wales’ and we would like to continue to support them by donating our harvest collection this year. Please could you donate items suitable for ‘SOS Shelter Cymru’ clients, some of which will have limited resources, including a kettle and maybe a microwave to use in a shared area. Any foods that can be used with limited resources would be really useful. We will quarantine the items safely before they get collected.

Suggested items include; Long life milk, cereal, packet noodles, tins, packets of rice, pasta, pasta sauce, tinned soup, squash, tinned meat, tuna, tinned vegetables, packets of pasta and sauce, tea bags etc.

Thank you in advance!

Violins- Please can children learning to play the violin bring make sure it is in school on Thursday.

Year 1- String along!

Friday 1^st October- SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPH DAY!

Year 4 Swimming- Please can all Year 4 children bring a swimming kit (Year 4 children will have their photograph taken before they go swimming!)

Wednesday 6^th October

Year 2 visit to Caerphilly castle

Many thanks for your continued support and have a lovely weekend!

Mrs Davies

Dear Parents/ Carers

I am slightly concerned with the rising Covid cases in the school community this weekend so from tomorrow we will need to be extra careful. Can I please ask you to be extremely vigilant with your child’s health and if they don’t seem right please take them for a PCR test as a precaution.

I have heard of numerous cases of children showing none of the 3 main symptoms, instead having a runny nose, feeling sick and very tired but then having a positive Covid result. As I’m sure you are all aware, Covid cases in Swansea are rising and we have vulnerable children, staff and families within our school. It is SO important that we each play a part in keeping our community safe.

Sorry for the serious message on a Sunday evening. I just want our children, staff and families to be safe.

I hope you’ve all had a lovely weekend.

Stay safe!

Mrs Davies