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12.3.22

Newsletter 11.3.22

Dear Parent / carer

Thank you all for supporting the Ukraine appeal on Thursday. The children raised over £250 which is some way towards the £10,000 that Swansea schools wanted to achieve. So far the amount is £10,206 which is phenomenal.

Parents’ evening

Our parents’ evening is the week commencing 21st March. Class teachers will be contacting you about the appointment system and will be making telephone calls to you at a mutually convenient time.

Residential

The year 6 children and staff are very excited about the residential on Wednesday. Please can all parents park cars and meet the bus at the Pengry road club at 8am. The bus will leave promptly at 8.15 to get to Morfa Bay ready for the first activity of the day. We will return at approx 4pm on Friday at the same drop-off point!

New Playground

Some of the quotes have come in for the new playground and so the children are planning to raise as much money as possible on top of what has already been raised. If you know a local company that might want to donate to our playground appeal please let me know.

Twitter

Photographs of the children learning in class are shared via Twitter and not on class dojo as we have done in the past. Please follow us @treuchafprimary

Used school uniform

As part of our ‘Sustainabulls pledge,’ we would like to encourage you to donate used uniform in good condition that your child has grown out of. We would like to reduce, reuse and recycle school uniforms and have a rail at the main foyer for people to reuse. Please only take what you need!

Traffic

The local authority has monitored our car park and is concerned with the number of parents who choose to walk across the car park rather than using the path. For the safety of our children please model safe road sense so your children can follow your lead. We have also decided to lock the barrier to the staff car park from 8.30 until 3.05pm. Please be mindful that staff cars will be maneuvering out of this area outside these times.

Further to this, I will be speaking to the small minority of children and families who are behaving in an anti-social way around the back of the flats. Complaints have been made to the police and we have had several visits from the local PCSO. Children and their parents have been walking across gardens, parking in resident spaces that are private property, and are using foul language which has been heard by several members of staff. Some of the residents are elderly and I am concerned that this behaviour is affecting their health.

RESPECT Rules

You might have noticed our RESPECT rules have appeared throughout the school. The children have come up with these rules themselves and now form part of our new vision for our school. Ask them about them!

R-Ready to learn

E-Everyone treated fairly

S- Safe and supported

P- Positive and never give up

E- Everyone looks after our school

C-Caring

T- Try your best!

Covid news

I am delighted to tell you that we have had no cases in school for the last fortnight and long may this continue! We have decided to go back to phased bubbles so children will now have assemblies and lunch with the rest of their phase rather than their paired bubbles. The self-isolation period is still 5 days providing you have 2 negative lateral flow results on 2 consecutive days. Please continue to be vigilant to keep our school community safe.

Dates for the diary

Wednesday 16^th March

Music therapy

Wednesday 16^th– Friday 18^th March

Year 6 Residential to Morfa Bay

Thursday 17^th March

Fluoride varnish- Please return consent forms

Violins and string tuition

Stringalong- Year 2

The education welfare officers will be meeting with parents of children who are continually late or have low attendance.

Friday 18^th March

YEAR 5 SWIMMING TODAY

4 children from year 5 to a transition council meeting in Penyrheol comprehensive school

Week commencing 21^st March

Parent telephone calls

22^nd March

Football match against Oakleigh house. More information to follow.

23^rd March

2B enterprising marketing team to work with Year 2

Friday 8^th April

Easter parade

Last day of term

I hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Mrs Davies

Newsletter 7.3.22

Dear Parent / carer

The children have had a very busy and enjoyable week back in school. There has been plenty of activity around our St David’s day celebrations and being Welsh. The children have been enjoying books and stories as part of our World Book Day celebrations and looked amazing dressed up as their favourite characters. You are all extremely creative so a big thank you for supporting the children and providing costumes. A big thank you to the staff who also had a bit of fun and got involved in the dressing up! I  do hope Mrs Tucker has returned to her normal colour and hasn’t had a green weekend!

Eat them to defeat them

Our healthy bees have decided that it will be great to get involved in the ‘Eat them to defeat them’ campaign this year. They have been encouraging the school to participate by eating vegetables in the packed lunch boxes and by choosing the vegetables for their lunchtime dinner choices. The healthy bees will be encouraging the children to eat carrots, peppers, broccoli, peas and sweetcorn. Certificates will be given out to those children who give them a go!

You can find out more information here; https://eatthemtodefeatthem.com

Ukraine

Some of the children from our ethical informed pupil voice group have expressed their concerns and sadness regarding the situation and would like to send support to the people of Ukraine. They will be meeting this week to discuss plans to do this in a sensitive and age-appropriate way. More information will follow.

If you would like help and support with answering questions that your child may have please visit the following websites.

https://www.savethechildren.org/us/charity-stories/how-to-explain-conflict-ukraine-to-children

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/13865002

Speaking with Children about the War in Ukraine

Parent’s evening

Our parent’s evening is planned for the week commencing 21^st March. The local authority will be updating the risk assessment and covid guidance on March 11^th so hopefully, we can return to face to face appointments however some parents have informed me that they prefer a Microsoft Teams or telephone call appointment. I will be sending out a short questionnaire to ask your opinion during the next fortnight via dojo and schoop. Please fill it in and let us know your opinion before we make any plans.

Residential

The year 6 children and staff are very excited about the residential. Please can I remind all parents to make the final payments before next week?

Baby news

Congratulations to Mr Jones and his partner who have just welcomed a new baby boy to their family. Flynn Jacob Jones was born at the beginning of February weighing a healthy 8lbs. Congratulations to you all from everyone here at TreUchaf.

New Playground

Some of our year 5 children met with some companies this week to discuss their very big plans for developing both yards. Levi, Lacey and Kacey-rose represented the school very well and gave the opinions of all our children. Hopefully, we will be in a position to make big changes this Summer, particularly in response to the health and well-being aspect of our new curriculum. Watch this space!

Dates for the diary

Tuesday 8^th March

2pm Year 6 MAT challenge at penyrheol Comprehensive school

Wednesday 9^th March

West Wales Fire will be inspecting our school

Teachers will be attending training on emotion coaching

Thursday 10^th March

Violins

Year 2 Stringalong

Some teaching staff to visit Cadle Primary school to observe Thrive scheme in action

Friday 11^th March

Year 6 swimming

Reception visiting Gorseinon library

Pupil of the Month assembly

Wednesday 16^th– Friday 18^th March

Residential to Morfa Bay

Thursday 17^th March

Fluoride varnish- Please return consent forms

Week commencing 21^st March

Parent meetings

23^rd March

2B enterprising marketing team to work with Year 2

Friday 8^th April

Easter parade

Last day of term

Newsletter 27.2.22

Dear Parent / carer

I hope you have all had a relaxing half term with family and friends, and also that storms Eunice, Franklin and Gladys didn’t do any damage! Just a short newsletter to share with you this week to let you know what’s going on in school.

St David’s day- Tuesday 1^st March

We will be celebrating our ‘Welshness’ on March the 1^st by wearing red, white, green, Welsh rugby ot football shirts or traditional Welsh dress. We will hold mini Eisteddfods during the afternoon in class bubbles and announce the winners of the competitions set for homework.

World Book Day- Friday March 4^th

On Friday March 4^th we will be celebrating books by dressing up as a character from a story. PLEASE DON’T purchase expensive costumes, instead, find and read stories with your children and discover interesting characters who might blend into the background or maybe a small but significant character in a story. Homemade costumes are often part of the fun in dressing up so please don’t feel pressure to pay a lot of money for an elaborate costume that your child may only wear once.

Parking

Our health and safety officer has completed a traffic management observation and will be sharing the findings with me over the next week. Please can I ask you to park legally and not on the yellow lines at the front of the school? Please use the pathways to walk with your children rather than across the car park.

The Busy Bee Buzz Club

As you know, we have been trialling a school based after school club since January. Unfortunately, only 4 children were regularly attending which has made it impossible to keep open. The staffing costs are considerably more than the income from the children, especially with low numbers each night. Despite our best efforts, unfortunately, we cannot sustain this and therefore it is now closed. We are aware that some nursery parents are interested in using it when their children move to Reception so we will re-assess the situation in July.

See you on Monday!

Mrs Davies

Events this week

Tuesday 1^st March – St David’s day

Please wear Red. White or green

Wednesday 2^nd March

Playground People and Bright ideas  will be talking to the children about improving our playgrounds and making plans!

Reception- Welly Wednesday afternoon (Please wear old clothes and wellies to school)

Friday 4^th March

Year 6 swimming- Please bring a swimming kit

World Book day

Please dress as a character from a story!

Loughor Town band to work with Year 2

KS2 Scooter day

Future events

8th March

Year 6 Mat challenge in Penyrheol Comprehensive

Wednesday 16^th March- Friday 18^th March

Year 6 Residential to Morfa Bay

Newsletter 11.2.22

Dear Parent / carer

I am pleased to report that our covid cases in children have reduced this week and we have seen children return to school and classes fill up. However, the same can’t be said about staff. This week we have had 13 staff off and had to make the decision to close our Year 5 bubble. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the children and their parents who have responded so well to remote learning and thank the year 5 staff, who have been poorly, in keeping the work up to date on Hwb classes-thank you! I’m looking forward to seeing the children and staff back in school on Monday; we’ve missed you!

St David’s day

We will be celebrating our ‘Welshness’ on March the 1^st by wearing red, white, green, Welsh rugby or football shirts or traditional Welsh dress. We will hold mini Eisteddfods during the afternoon in class bubbles so the children will be given Welsh homework to complete over half term. The more competitions they enter the more points they earn for their house team. All children will be expected to complete at least 1 item!

World Book Day- Friday March 4^th

On Friday March the 4^th we will be celebrating books and stories by dressing up as a character from a story. PLEASE don’t purchase expensive costumes, instead find and read stories with your children and discover interesting characters who might blend into the background or maybe a small but significant character in a story. Homemade costumes are often part of the fun in dressing up so please don’t feel pressure to pay a lot of money for an elaborate costume that your child may only wear once.

Parking

The residents in Cwrt yr Ysgol are concerned with the amount of parents who are parking illegally in their driveways, on yellow lines and blocking emergency exits. Please park safely! The Pengry road club carpark is available for parking and a short walk from school. The local authority will be monitoring the situation over the next few weeks. Please park safely to protect our children. Thank you.

The Busy Bee Buzz Club is open!

Only 4 children are regularly attending our Buzz club which has made it impossible to keep open. The staffing costs are considerably more than the income from the children especially with low numbers each night. Despite our best efforts, unfortunately, we cannot sustain this and therefore we will be closing the club after half term.

This week’s activities are.

Monday- hall games, chrome books, small world toys and colouring

Tuesday- soft play circuits in the gym, role play toys and figures, games and colouring

Wednesday- arts and crafts, chrome books, games, film, colouring

Thursday- cooking, minecraft, colouring, board games and cartoons

INSET Day- Friday 18^th February 2002

Finally, please speak to your children about keeping themselves safe when in the community with their friends. The recent events in Gorseinon have brought home how important it is to know where your children are and who they are with.

Safe safe

Mrs Davies

Events this week

Tuesday 15^th February

Year 6 MAT Challenge – Science in Penyrheol comprehensive

Wednesday 16^th February

Music therapy

Thursday 17^th

Year 5 Gymnastics with Afan Gym

Friday 18^th February

INSET Day

Monday 21^st February- Friday 25^th February

Half Term

Tuesday 1^st March

Please wear Red. White or green

St David’s day

Wednesday 2^nd March

Playground People and Bright ideas  will be talking to the children about improving our playgrounds and making plans!

Friday 4^th March

Year 6 swimming- Please bring a swimming kit

World Book day

Please dress as a character from a story!

Loughor Town band to work with Year 2

KS2 Scooter day to be confirmed!

8th March

Year 6 Mat challenge in Penyrheol Comprehensive

Wednesday 16^th March- Friday 18^th March

Year 6 Residential to Morfa Bay

Newsletter 4.2.22

Dear Parent / carer

Unfortunately, Covid cases are rising steadily in school and we now have 20% of our children absent for this reason.  Staffing levels have dropped considerably in at least one class over the last two days, which is why we have taken the decision to move our Year 5 bubble to remote learning from Monday. This decision will be reviewed on Wednesday morning and I urge parents to check messages on Wednesday afternoon. Currently, one other class is also in danger of moving to remote learning due to low staff numbers and the senior leadership team, alongside our school governors are continuing to monitor the situation daily.

We continue to follow the LEA guidance and are washing hands regularly, maintaining social distancing and wearing facial coverings around school. Please be vigilant for signs and symptoms at home and if your child has any of the 3 main symptoms please complete a lateral flow test.  We have noticed that many of the absent children have complained of a headache and an upset tummy so this could also be a sign that they are poorly. If you would like the latest guidance around self-isolation, you can find it here:

https://gov.wales/self-isolation

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for supporting us, these decisions have to be made quickly and the situation is ever-changing. We promise to give you as much notice as possible and we thank you for your continued support.

The Busy Bee Buzz Club is open!

These are the exciting activities going on in Buzz club again this week;

Monday- hall games, chrome books, small world toys and colouring

Tuesday- soft play circuits in the gym, role play toys and figures, games and colouring

Wednesday- arts and crafts, chrome books, games, film, colouring

Thursday- cooking, minecraft , colouring, board games and cartoons

This is a school based, teaching assistant led, after school group where children remain in their class bubbles. Currently we have several Foundation phase pupils accessing the club and they are thoroughly enjoying the activities on offer. The session starts at 3pm-4.45pm and costs £5 per session. Please contact the school office or follow the booking link on schoop to book a place for your child. Payments need to be made to the school office before the session starts on a Monday.

INSET Day- Friday 18^th February 2002

Squid Dinner Money

Could you please ensure that all dinner money arrears are paid by the 18th of February and that your account either stands at £0.00 or is in credit.

Please ensure that you check your accounts each weekend and make sure that there is enough money to cover the week ahead. Many Thanks

Stay safe

Mrs Davies

Events this week

Monday 7^th February

Year 5 remote learning

Visit from the EWO

JSTF football tournament

Tuesday 8^th February

Year 5 remote learning

ISTF football tournament- Cancelled

Kerb craft

Wednesday 9^th February

Year 5 remote learning

Music therapy

Friday 11^th February

Pupil of the month assembly

Kickboxing and gymnastics

Friday 18^th February

INSET Day

Monday 21^st February- Friday 25^th February

Half Term

Tuesday 1^st March

St David’s day

Newsletter 21.1.22

Dear Parent / carer

We have seen a steady increase in covid cases this week and almost 10% of the children in school are absent for this reason. Please be vigilant and if your child has any of the 3 main symptoms complete a lateral flow test. We have plenty of tests available in school if you are unable to go to a chemist or pharmacy to collect one but they are also available online to order. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for wearing facial coverings on school grounds, following the one-way system and maintaining social distancing. Thank you!

The Busy Bee Buzz Club is open!

We opened our Busy Bee Buzz club on Monday. This is a school-based, teaching assistant led, after school group. The session starts at 3pm-4.45pm and costs £5 per session. Please contact the school office or follow the booking link on schoop to book your child/children in before 3pm on a Thursday. Payments need to be made to the school office before the sessions start on a Monday. We will run this club until the February half term and re-assess numbers.

INSET Day- Friday 18^th February 2002

Our January INSET day was postponed due to the planning days allocated from the Welsh Government so the new date will be Friday 18^th February.

Kerb craft

Year 2 have started Kerbcraft this week. Please ensure they have a warm coat and shoes or wellies that are suitable for the rain.

Governor opportunities

The governing body are looking for additional members to support them in making decisions regarding our school. If you are passionate about making a difference and enthusiastic about improving children’s lives, this could be the role for you!  We are looking for a community and local authority governor so if you would like more information please contact Mrs Seager, clerk to governors, via the school office.

Year 6 Residential to Morfa Bay

All payments for the Year 6 residential need to be paid in at the school office. An information meeting with year 6 staff will be held closer to the date.

Kind regards

Mrs Davies

Events this week

Monday 24^th January

The Busy Bee Buzz Club is open from 3pm-4.45pm

One Heart Drummers working with Year 2

Key stage 2 spelling groups

Tuesday 25^th January

Year 2 Kerb Craft

Thursday 27^h January

Violins

Year 5 Gymnastics with Afan gymnastics. Please wear suitable clothing and bring a water bottle.

Year 2 Kitchen disco with Tamara

Friday 28^st January

Year 5 swimming

Seren yr wythnos assembly

Interest groups

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Newsletter 14.1.22

Dear Parent / carer

The new risk assessment and Covid measures are clearly working in our school because we remain in the green category with less than 5% of our school work force absent. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for wearing facial coverings, following the one-way system when dropping children off and maintaining social distancing when on school grounds. Diolch yn fawr!

The Busy Bee Buzz Club is now open!

On Monday 17^th January, we are opening our Busy Bee Buzz club. This is a school based, teaching assistant led, after school group. The session starts at 3pm-4.45pm and costs £5 per session. Please contact the school office or follow the booking link on schoop to book your child/children in before 3pm on a Thursday. Payments to be made to the school office before the sessions start on a Monday.

Parking

Please can I ask you to observe the car park signage and NOT park in the turning bay under any circumstances? Our car park is quite limited and we have many STF pupils who come to school in a taxi. It has been reported that some parents are parking in the turning bay and are preventing the taxis and other cars from turning. This is causing significant congestion.

I have also noticed that some parents/carers are walking their children across the carpark in front of cars rather than walking along the pathway. The pathway is a safer route for the children and following this direction will prevent any unwanted accidents.

Fish is the dish

A big thank you to Nerys from Fish is the dish, who came into school on Wednesday to work with years 4 and 6. The children had a fantastic time learning about local produce, ways to cook fish and even tasting the seafood themselves. We had a mixed response from the tasting!

 

Kerb craft

Year 2 will be participating in Kerb craft from Tuesday onwards. The children will need to be dressed for the weather because they will go out in the local community come rain or shine! Please ensure they have a warm coat and shoes or wellies that are suitable for the rain.

Governor opportunities

The governing body are looking for additional members to support them in making decisions regarding our school. If you are passionate about making a difference and enthusiastic about improving children’s lives, this could be the role for you!  We are looking for a community and local authority governor so if you would like more information please contact Mrs Seager, clerk to governors, via the school office.

I hope you all have a lovely weekend.

Kind regards

Mrs Davies

Events this week

Monday 17^th January

The Busy Bee Buzz Club is open from 3pm-4.45pm

We have a new child starting in Year 4 today!

Tuesday 18^th January

Year 2 Kerb Craft

Thursday 20^h January

Violins

Year 5 Gymnastics with Afan gymnastics. Please wear suitable clothing.

Friday 21^st January

Year 5 swimming

Interest groups

Monday 24^th January

One heart drumming session with Year 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Winter of Wellbeing

Enjoy our Winter of Wellbeing activities taking place across Swansea, which has been made possible with funding from Welsh Government.

Children and Families

Various Activities at St Thomas Church

Tiny Toms every Monday during term time (9 – 10.45am)

Santa’s Breakfast (Pre-booking essential) – Saturday 18th December at 8.30am

Christmas Cinema Club (Pre-booking essential) – Thursday 23rd December at 6pm

St Thomas Church, St Thomas, Swansea, SA1 8BP

Tiny Tom’s is suitable for children aged 0-4. Breakfast with Santa and Christmas Cinema Club are suitable for everyone!

Tiny Tom’s strives to create an environment for children to learn how to play together whilst enriching learning experiences through play, story time, crafts and playtime.

To book, please visit facebook.com/StThomasSwansea or call 01792 455671

One Heart Drummers

12 sessions including 6 sessions over February Half-Term (Dates include: 9th, 12th, 26th January; 9th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd February; 9th 23rd March

St Catherine’s Church Hall, Gorseinon, Swansea

Suitable for anyone under 25 and/or parents

Rhythm and Play – African Drumming, Samba Drumming, Making and playing, Junk Drumming, Movement & Sound experiments, and Rhythm-based games

For further information, please contact Mark Cutliffe at oneheartdrummers@virginmedia.com or visit the website oneheartdrummers.org or Facebook facebook.com/oneheartdrummers

Clever Cubs Club

Weekly activities available between 31st January and 14th March (not during Half-Term)

Tircoed Village Hall; Birchgrove Community Centre; Gendros Community Centre

Suitable for ages 1, 2 and 3

Clever Cubs Club is a unique, fun and engaging class designed by a fully qualified teacher. Classes consist of music, dance, messy play, sensory play, costumes and props.

Please note, booking is essential. To do so, please contact clevercubsclub@gmail.com or visit Facebook.com/clevercubsclub or Instagram.com/clevercubsclub

The On Board Project, BRD Gravity Centre (Board Riding Development LTD)

2 x Mountain-boarding and gravity outdoor sessions per weekend; 2 x skate and indoor sessions per week; 2 x swim fun and water skills sessions per week

Awaiting venue confirmation – within several locations in Swansea

Suitable for 6-24 year olds (all 6-8 year olds MUST have adult supervision)

Downhill outdoor gravity sessions, mountainboarding, dirt scooters, grass sledges, indoor skateboarding, surfskate, and scooter sessions! There will also be swimming pool based water skills sessions, games and more.

For further information and to book, please contact Ben at brdsportsbookings@gmail.com or call 07856 152540

Urdd Gobaith Cymru

3 / 4 sessions of 4 activities

Mainly held at Birchgrove Community Centre

Suitable for Welsh speakers or learners of any ability/background. Suitable for ages 8-18

Events include a variety of arts activities in and around Swansea, as well as cooking, performing, theatre, and music. For further information, please contact niaeleri@urdd.org

Montana Parent & Toddler Group

Up to 24 sessions

Montana Community Centre, Montana Place, Swansea

Suitable for children aged 0-3, promoting inclusion and wellbeing for children born during the COVID-19 pandemic

Activities include: Role Play, Motor Activities, Sesory Centre, Soft Play, Learning to socialise with others

For further information, please contact Debbra Parr on 07533 733097

Oxfordshire Outdoors, Kilvrough Manor Outdoor Education Centre

24 spaces available per session held on: 8th January, 9th January, 22nd January, 23rd January, 24th February and 25th February

Kilvrough Manor Outdoor Education Centre, Parkmill, Swansea, SA3 2EE

Suitable for Primary School children in Years 5 & 6

Activities include: Orienteering, Den Building, Bush Craft Activities, Coastal Walking, and Rock Climbing in Gower

For further information, please contact the Centre Manager on ed.abbley@oxfordshireoutdoors.co.uk

Dryad Bushcraft CIC

15 sessions held between December and March

Park Woods, Gower and Gower Heritage Centre

A range of woodland wellbeing and craft activities aimed at multiple age groups, with craft and play for younger participants, and more challenging activities for older age groups

Craft & outdoor play activities such as clay Dryads, Stick men, Christmas stars, Camouflage and Tracking, Clay Thumb Pots, Shelter Building, Fire Lighting, Natural Cordage, Outdoor Cooking, Green Wood Carving, Habitat creation, Bird Boxes, Bat Walk, Foraging, Rock Art

For further information, please contact Andrew on 07901 873343 or info@dryadbushcraft.co.uk

Gower Unearthed CIC

Sessions held weekly between December and March

The Roundhouse, Gower Heritage Centre

Sessions suitable for children and young people aged 3 -18

Activities include storytelling, archaeology, film work, crafts and pottery

For further information, please contact Helen on 07887 993772

All Sewn Up Wales

26th and 27th February, and 26th and 27th March

Upper Killay Recreational Hall, Fairwood Lane, Swansea, SA2 7HQ

Suitable for children aged 6 and above for all abilities. An adult must accompany children

Taster sewing workshops for children, introducing sewing, cross stitch and embroidery, allowing children to try a handful of sewing techniques which will help with wellbeing, dexterity, and general life skills

Aber Taiko – Japanese Group Drumming

6 sessions held on 23rd, 30th January; 20th, 27th February; and 20th, 27th March (all 11am-12pm)

Gors Community Hub, Heol-Y-Gors, Townhill, Swansea, SA1 6QG

Suitable for all children and young people

Japanese drumming workshops for children and young people to learn about the art form, and its place in Japanese culture; how to approach the drum; and how to play. Activities include learning a simple rhythm and experience the feeling of playing as a group and listening to all of the sounds For further information, please contact aber.taiko@gmail.com

Young People

EYST – Ethnic Minorities and Youth Support Team

4 trips planned before end of March 022 and 3 trips during February Half-Term

Units B & C, 11 St Helens Road, Swansea, SA1 4AB

Suitable for 0-25 (including family members for younger age groups)

Activities include Go Karting Trip, Indoor Rock Climbing, Trip decided by attendees, PlayStation 5 For further information, please contact info@eyst.org.uk

Meet & Make, Iâr Studio

Wednesday evenings 6-8pm during January and February

88 St Helen’s Avenue, Swansea, SA1 4NN

Suitable for 16-25 year olds. No experience necessary, also suitable for those studying art, design and textiles

Textile techniques and mending skills. Make friends and gain skills for a sustainable future! Lessons include fixing broken clothes in innovative ways, changing zips and buttons and making entire items from waste fabrics. Have a go! For further information, please contact info@iar-studio.co.uk or visit @iar_studio on Instagram or @iar-studio on Facebook

Royal Air Force Air Cadets (RAFAC)

20 x 2 hour sessions per month between December and March

215, City of Swansea Squadron, Army Reserve Centre, Alamein Road, Swansea, SA1 2HP

Suitable for all young people between 12 – 21 years old

Come and take part in a range of indoor sporting activities and STEM activities

For further information, please contact Clive Prior on develop.no3welsh@rafac.mod.gov.uk

Inclusion

Platfform 4YP Swansea Bay

Weekly drop-in sessions every Monday from 3.30 – 7pm (January-March)

Beaufort Park, Morriston, SA6 8JG

Suitable for young people aged 13-16

Weekly drop-in sessions where young people can get support for their wellbeing and make crafts alongside others within a safe space For more information, please email sarahhamilton@platfform.org or visit the website: https://platfform.org/contact-us/

Wheels of Wellbeing, BikeAbility Wales

20 Sessions during term-time, weekends and during February Half-Term

BikeAbility Wales, Dunvant Rugby Club, Killay, SA2 7RU

Cycle activities for 2 – 25 year olds. Cycle sessions are tailored to support families, individuals and groups

Variety of cycling related activities will be provided, including:

– Open play sessions to try a cycle (including both specialist and conventional cycles)

– Tots on tyres for under 6s

– Cycle skill games/training

– Guided rides off site For more information, please email info@bikeabilitywales.org.uk or visit the website: bikeabilitywales.org.uk

The Centre for African Entrepreneurship (The CAE)

Sessions will begin in January 2022 and include Zumba, 5-a-side football, and weekly arts clubs

Suitable for families from ethnically diverse backgrounds and young adults between 18 and 25

The CAE will be delivering activities aimed at bringing BAME groups together, and working with local entrepreneurs in the delivery of activities.

Zumba sessions will last approx. 1 hour; 5-a-side will last approx. 2 hours; Arts Sessions will last approx. 2 hours and split according to age groups. For more information and to sign up, please email enquiries@caentr.org or call on 07878 553369

CanDo Connect CIC

51 sessions between December and March

Various locations including: Townhill Community Centre, FOYD Cwmbrwla, Tenpin Bowling, and Bunkers Swansea.

Suitable for young people aged 16 -25 with Additional Learning Needs. Some events during half term will be open to younger age groups with ALN.

Bowling, Bunkers crazy golf, Glow stick and music sessions, Dance fitness, Soulsa wellbeing sessions, Cinema, Bingo, Karaoke sessions, Art and craft sessions. For further information, please email candoconnectcic@gmail.com or Facebook page – CanDo Connect CIC.

Anxiety Support Wales CIC

Total of 11 sessions between December – March

Various locations around Swansea

Suitable for 13-17 year olds suffering with Anxiety

Various events and trips during the winter period to help with physical and mental wellbeing and build relationships with other young people who face similar experiences with anxiety. Events include: Winter Wonderland, Ospreys Game, Laserzone, Bunkers, Bushcraft and more. Limited spaces available. For more information and to book, please email anxietyswansea@outlook.com

NAS Swansea

Sessions taking place between December and March

Various locations throughout Swansea

Suitable for all ages, on the Pathway for Diagnosis or with a Diagnosis of ASD Please contact Swansea.Branch@NAS.org.uk

Chinese Autism Support, Chinese in Wales Association

42 sessions (subject to Covid-19 restrictions) between January and March

All activities will be based within Swansea

Suitable for children and young people aged 2-17

Activities include: Squash coaching sessions, Indoor Surf Simulator, Sensory Play, Badminton

For further information, please contact 01792 469919 or email autism@chineseinwales.org.uk

Sports

Air Assault UK Ltd

Events will be held on the following dates: December: 19th and 28th. January: 3rd, 16th, 17th and 30th. February: 13th, 21st, 22nd, 28th. March: 13th, 14th and 26th

Locations include: The New Lodge in Gorseinon, Morriston Memorial Hall, and Penllergaer Sports and Social Club

Sessions are suitable for children aged 6-11

Nerf Gun sessions, where all equipment is supplied. Come along and enjoy!

For more information and to book, please contact Martin on 07706 998574 or email airassaultuk@gmail.com

SA1 Dragons

Inclusive Football Club supporting children to access sport and keep fit

The project will take place two evenings per week with children supported to attend matches once per week. There will be a two week break over Christmas

The Groups will run from Play Football and Gendros Community Centre. (Matches will take place across Swansea)

Under 10s are suitable for 8-10 year olds; Under 15s are suitable for children between 13-15

Activities will run indoors during winter. There will be free access to sport and training opportunities. Keep active and have fun during the cold winter months! Please contact SA1 Dragons on max.rahman7@icloud.com for further information

JP Dance Company Swansea

Free dance sessions available Tuesday – Saturday between January and February Half-Term

Sessions include Street Dance, Contemporary, Ballet, Jazz, Acro and competition training

Meadowview Sports Complex, Meadow Street, Townhill, Swansea

New starters are welcome! Suitable for ages 3-16

Dance classes available from beginner to advanced

For more information, please contact Jessica Phillips at jpdancecompanyswansea@gmail.com or call 07368 377198

Pamela Miller Ballet School

Sessions taking place between 4th January – 29th March

Morriston Community Centre and Llewelyn Hall, Penllergaer

Suitable for ages 4 – 12

Ballet based dance classes, music appreciation, choreography and stage craft

For further information and to book, please contact pamelamillerballetschool@gmail.com or call 0776 282900

Sketty Park Dodgeball Club

Sessions every Wednesday 4-4.45pm between January and March

Sketty Park Community Centre, Heather Crescent, Swansea

Suitable for children aged 7 – 11

Free after-school dodgeball club for children For further information, please email Isobel.ann.norris@gmail.com

Phoenix Academy – Small group sessions

Monday evenings 5-6pm on the following dates: 3rd January, 17th January, 7th February, 21st February, 7th March and 21st March

Pure Football, 926 Llangyfelach Road, Clase, Swansea, SA5 7HR

Suitable for ages 8-12

Sessions will be designed around football coaching and providing fun activities, exercise and teamwork. For further information, please contact info@phoenixacademy.football

RugbyFIT, Richard Deakin Coaching

10 sessions held between January and February Half-Term

Morriston RFC, Heol Gwernen, Cwmrhydyceirw, Swansea, SA6 6JS

Suitable for all under 25

Fitness sessions, nutritional, habit & mindset talks/presentations For further information, please contact richarddeakin@aol.com or 07494 474004

Gendros Judo Club

16 sessions from 4th January (every Tuesday & Friday). 4.15pm for ages 4-6; 5.15pm for ages 7-13

Ware-House Gym, Cwmdu Industrial Estate, Swansea

Suitable for children and young people of all abilities aged 4 – 13 For further information, please contact judogendros@gmail.com or call 07859 835135

Cymru Children & Youth Sports Foundation

12 sessions on Mondays & Wednesdays

Penlan Leisure Centre, Heol Gwyrosydd, SA5 7BU and Penlan Community Centre, 93 Heol Frank, Penlan, SA5 7AH

Suitable for ages 6-25

Activities include Basketball, Tennis, fun and games

For further information, please contact 0800 156017 or

 

Newsletter 07.1.22

Dear Parent / carer

Croeso nol!

Thank you all for supporting us in school by following the guidelines in our updated risk assessment by wearing facial coverings on school grounds, following the one-way system in school and dropping off your children between 8.40am and 8.55am each morning. We are currently in the green category regarding our staffing levels and have less than 10% of staff absent. Therefore, we can operate fully to ensure your child can continue to learn alongside their friends in school. The challenge is to maintain these staffing levels so we can remain open for as long as possible. By following the rules and maintaining social distancing when on school grounds will certainly help us achieve this and stop the spread.

Your child should be able to access HWB classes via a link emailed to you by your child’s class teacher. This is where you will find school work if we do need to move to remote learning. Please familiarise yourself with the webpage so you know where your child can access the work needed if we need to close a class. If you need more information, please contact your child’s class teacher.

Drumming sessions

As part of the Winter of Wellbeing Project a local drumming group, One Heart Drummers, has developed some sessions called “Rhythm and Play”, which will be held at St Catherine’s Church Hall in Gorseinon every 2^nd and 4^th Wednesday of the month from 6-7.30pm. These sessions will include, a mixture of African drumming, Samba, Junk and drum making along with rhythm games, fun and plenty of movement to get everyone involved. They want to make these sessions available to as many young people and their families as possible and have asked to share their website with you www.oneheartdrummers.org

Nasal Vaccine

For those children who missed the nasal vaccine in December, the school nurse will be providing a catch-up session on Tuesday 11^th January.

Busy Bee Buzz Club (Named by the Year 4 children)

As you are aware we no longer have a registered after-school childcare facility (Kids Club). After considerable thought and discussion with our governors we have decided to trial a teaching assistant-led club to help support our families who need to work.

From Monday 17^th January we will operate the Busy Bee Buzz club from the hall from 3 pm– 4.45 pm Monday-Thursday. The fun, play-based sessions will be led by two teaching assistants who are familiar with the children. There will be a charge of £5 per session, per child and this is payable in advance. A booking link will be e-mailed to you via schoop on a Monday and will need to be completed by Thursday at 3pm in readiness for the following week.

Unfortunately, you will not be able to telephone and book for the same day, as we will need to know how many staff we will require for each session. If you would like more information, please contact me for a registration pack from Monday 10^th January. Booking will be open from Monday to Thursday for the week commencing 17^th January. We will trial these sessions until Friday 8^th April.

Many thanks for your continued support.

Kind regards

Mrs Davies

Dates for your diary

Monday 10^th January

Booking open for Busy Bee Buzz Club

Tuesday 11^th January

Catch up nasal vaccine

Wednesday 12^th January

Am- Fish is the dish session Year 6

Pm- Fish is the dish session Year 4

Friday 14^th January

Year 5 Swimming (Waiting for confirmation that this will go ahead as planned)

New child in Year 4 to visit

Monday 17^th January

Busy Bee Buzz club opening 3pm-4.45pm

Tuesday 15^th February

Year 6 MAT Science challenge at Penyrheol Comprehensive

Friday 18^th February-Sunday 27^th February

Half Term

Tuesday 1^st March

St David’s Day celebrations

9.30am -10.30am Year 6 Heart workshop

Tuesday 8^th March

Year 6 MAT Challenge in Penyrheol  Comprehensive

Wednesday 16th March- Friday 18th March

Year 6 Residential to Morfa Bay Adventure

 

 

4.1.22

Dear Parent / Carer,

Following on from my letter at the end of the Autumn term, I would like to update you on arrangements for this coming half term. We are expecting to welcome all pupils back on Thursday 6th January. Very little has changed in terms of how the school will operate – our main aim, as always is to work within the National guidance to limit the spread of the virus within school and ensure pupils are able to attend school and learn safely.

In order to support the school we will ask you to wear facial coverings on school grounds and maintain social distancing whilst following our one-way system. Our school times will remain the same 8.50am until 11.20am for Nursery, 8.50am- 2.50pm for STF children and 8.50am-3pm for all other mainstream children. However, we have decided to open up our doors at 8.40am until  8.55am each morning to ensure we have a smooth drop-off and limit the time parents have to congregate at the class door. Please do not arrive before this time as we are trying to limit the contacts between the school community. From Thursday, Year 1 children will exit through the Nursery door at 3pm once the ISTF children have left at 2.50pm. This is to help parents and carers waiting for their children at the door to maintain social distancing.

Breakfast club will be open from Thursday 6^th January at 8am. Foundation phase pupils will continue to use the hall and KS2 pupils the gym.

We will now re- introduce paired classes as bubbles. This way we can utilise the staff from both classes to remain open in a safe way for all our children to learn. The bubbles will be: Nursery/ Reception, Year 1 and 2, JSTF and ISTF, Year3 and 4 and Year5/6.

Classrooms will continue to be well-ventilated throughout the day so it might be helpful to ensure your child has an extra layer of clothing underneath their school t-shirt.

The rules around self-isolation for close contacts has changed. The guidance is as follows:

“All over 18’s who are fully vaccinated (having received 2 full doses of an approved vaccine) and children aged 5-17 are now asked to take lateral flow tests every day for 7 days.” It is recommended that these tests are taken before school each day. There is no need to self-isolate unless there is a positive LFD test or symptoms develop. Children under the age of 5 are not required to self-isolate or test as contacts.

The main challenge for our school over the coming weeks is going to be with staffing levels. I am hopeful that we will not need to utilise any periods of remote learning but if there is a need to do so, we will give you as much notice as we possibly can. Our staff are currently planning in case we do need to move to remote learning however it is a priority for me to keep school open for our children for as long as possible and as long as it is safe to do so. I am sure that you can appreciate that the current situation regarding the pandemic is constantly changing and we will try to communicate any changes to you as quickly as possible via schoop, class dojo and this website. If you haven’t already signed up to schoop or class dojo please do so at your earliest convenience.

By Friday 7th January you should have received a link to your child’s hwb class. This is where you will find the work if we do need to move to remote learning. Please ask your child’s class teacher for more information if it is needed.

Thank you for your continued support and a happy new year to you all!

Mrs Davies