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Newsletter 17.12.21

What a wonderful time of year to be around children and to enjoy the magic of Christmas!  The children have been amazing, performing shows, dancing at parties, singing along in pantomimes, and having a fabulous time in school with their friends. Thank you for being so supportive especially during my first term as headteacher. It has been a challenge but a role I have thoroughly enjoyed.

I hope you have all received the letter from the Director of Education, Helen Morgan-Rees, regarding planning days on 4^th and 5^th of January. We will postpone our planned INSET day until later in the term and look forward to welcoming the children back to school on Thursday 6^th January. Please keep checking our school website particularly on the 4^th and 5^th January for information about returning to school. From what I can gather, we might need to put further precautions in place such as staggered start and finish times, wearing of masks on school grounds, and continuing the one-way system.  As soon as I have any information I will let you know via Schoop, class dojo, and the school website.

Kids’ Club

Yesterday was a sad day as it marked the end of our after-school kids club which was run separately from the school. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Nicola Tench, Heather Horne, and the staff who worked tirelessly to support children and families who needed it. Thank you to those of you who have filled in the Microsoft forms to help us plan for after-school care in the future. It is my intention to speak with the ladies who work after school to try and find a way to provide the children with a safe space to play and be looked after. I will hold a meeting with them during the first week back and will let you know any plans in the first newsletter of 2022. Watch this space!

PTA

I am delighted to tell you that we have raised almost £1000 with the raffle, film night and the Christmas present stall. These funds will go towards updating our playgrounds. I hope that we will be in a position to buy purpose-built equipment for the children to use by the end of this academic year.

Diary dates for January

Monday 3^rd January

Bank holiday- no school

Tuesday 4^th January

Planning day- No children

Wednesday 5^th  January

Planning day- No children

Thursday 6^th January

Children to return to school (More information to follow)

Finally, I would like to wish each of you a magical Christmas with your loved ones. I hope that you all have a happy and healthy New Year and we will see all the children back in school on Thursday 6^th January.

Nadolig llawen a blwyddyn newydd dda!

Mrs Davies

Newsletter 10.12.21

Dear Parents/carers,

This week has been a fun-filled festive time in school with Christmas jumpers, Christmas presents, and plenty of singing. Our Foundation Phase children have entertained us with singing, dancing, acting, and storytelling and I am pleased to tell you the four concerts have been very successful. Thank you to those parents who attended and followed our covid safe rules. Below is a reminder of the rules which will help to keep us all safe.

• Only 1 adult per child to attend the performance
• You must wear a mask unless you are exempt, in which case you must bring proof of exemption
• You need to sanitise on the way into the gym and on the way out (automatic sanitisers are available by the entrance and exit)
• You need to follow the one-way system and once seated remain there until the end of the performance
• When queuing you’ll need to be 2 metres apart
• All seats will be socially distanced and once you sit down, please do not move seats
• All seats will be cleaned after each performance
• If you take photographs, they are not to be put on social media as we have several children, for legal reasons, who cannot be in any pictures in school
• If you hear a fire alarm, you will need to leave by the emergency exit and wait in the car park. The children will wait on the yard with the staff and wait for further instructions.

Christmas present stall

Thank you for supporting our annual Christmas present wrapping stall today. Unfortunately, we did run out of presents by 10.30am however, we will have more stock delivered on Monday morning and the stall will be open for Year1, Nursery and Year 2 children to purchase something for their Mums and Dads.

PTA Raffle

The PTA have sold raffle tickets during the concerts which will be drawn on Wednesday 15^th December.  Some of the prizes this year include an overnight stay in Morgan’s hotel, a signed Swansea City football shirt, 4 tickets to watch a Swansea City home game, a bottle of Bacardi, several bottles of wine, several boxes of chocolates and many more! Tickets cost £1. If family members would like to purchase a ticket, please send money in to school before Wednesday.

After school clubs

A big thank you to the teaching staff for providing after-school clubs this term. There will be no clubs this week and they will start back after Christmas. Thank you to those who have filled out the survey for after-school child care. We are trying to arrange something for the New Year. More information will follow.

Class dojo

Please can I remind you that staff will only respond to class dojo messages between 8am and 5pm. Teachers have meetings after school, run after-school clubs and are busy planning and preparing your children’s lessons for the following day. Please use  class dojo as a messaging tool for urgent or necessary messages only. Thank you!

Christmas Dinner

I am sure you will all be glad to know, hot meals are back and our school kitchen has re-opened! Christmas dinner will be on Tuesday 14^th December for those who have requested a Christmas lunch.

Christmas parties

Nursery and Foundation Phase Christmas parties are on Thursday 16^th December. The children can wear party clothes to school and will need to bring in an individually wrapped plate of party snacks for them to eat. Please cover in foil or cling film and write your child’s name on it.

Diary dates next week

Monday 13th December

Film night tickets to be purchased by today.

Year 1 and 2 children to sing carols at the local nursing home. This will be outside so please can all children make sure they are dressed for the cold weather!

New children to visit in Year 4.

Tuesday 14^th December-  Christmas dinner today

NO KIDS’ CLUB DUE TO FILM NIGHT

Reception to sing Christmas songs to the nursing home residents.

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

3pm-5pm Film Night- £5 including a Christmas film, Hot dog, sweets and a drink. Please can KS2 parents collect at the main foyer doors and FP parents by the Year1 and 2 doors.

Wednesday 15^th December

15^th December Year 6 concert at 9.30am

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

Thursday 16^th December

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

16^th December       KS2 to the Panto

Friday 17^h December

17^th December       END OF TERM!

Thank you again for all your continued support. I cannot believe it is almost the end of Autumn Term and the end of my first term as headteacher. I am very proud of every one of your children, how they have responded to everything that has happened during the last 2 years is superb. Have a relaxing weekend and stay safe!

Mrs Davies

Newsletter 3rd December

Dear Parents/carers,

The Christmas season is in full swing here at Tre Uchaf! It has been lovely to hear the singing come from the hall when the children have been rehearsing for their moment to shine! Just a reminder about ensuring we stay safe during the performance. Please stick to the following rules to keep yourselves and others safe throughout the short time you’re with us:

• Only 1 adult per child to attend the performance
• You must wear a mask unless you are exempt, in which case you must bring proof of exemption
• You need to sanitise on the way into the gym and on the way out (automatic sanitisers are available by the entrance and exit)
• You need to follow the one-way system and once seated remain there until the end of the performance
• When queuing you’ll need to be 2 metres apart
• All seats will be socially distanced and once you sit down, please do not move seats
• All seats will be cleaned after each performance
• If you take photographs, they are not to be put on social media as we have several children, for legal reasons, who cannot be in any pictures in school
• If you hear a fire alarm, you will need to leave by the emergency exit and wait in the car park. The children will wait in the yard with the staff and wait for further instructions.

Christmas present stall

We will be holding the annual Christmas present wrapping stall on Friday 10th December. All gifts will be in quarantine for a minimum of 72 hours. If your child would like to choose a present please send in £2 per present. There will be presents suitable for parents and grandparents. We have Santa’s little helpers who will be helping to wrap the presents and these will be stored in class until Monday 13^th December when the children will bring them home. A BIG thank you for all the donations so far it is very much appreciated! I hope that we will raise a large sum of money for the PTA.

PTA Raffle

The PTA will also be selling raffle tickets during the concerts this year, which will be drawn on Wednesday 15^th December.  Some of the prizes this year include an overnight stay in Morgan’s hotel, a signed Swansea City football shirt, 4 tickets to watch a Swansea City home game, a bottle of Bacardi, several bottles of wine, several boxes of chocolates and many more! Tickets cost £1.

Christmas Cards

The children can write or make one Christmas card to their class and the teacher will display that for all to see. Please do not send in lots of cards as many children may handle them. Thank you!

Car parking

We have had several more complaints from local residents over the last week regarding the inconsiderate parents parking in car parking bays and now walking across gardens. I would like to ask the one or two parents who are still being disrespectful to our neighbours, to stop and think about whether you would be happy if your children acted in such a way! I know that car parking isn’t ideal around school but the Pengry road club has always allowed us to park there and walk the rest of the way. We also have a back entrance to school via St David’s close and the North Road entrance is also available to use. Many thanks to the vast majority of parents who do the right thing,

Hot meals

Thank you for your patience regarding the hot meal situation. Unfortunately, due to staff shortages again next week we can only provide lunch bags to children in receipt of free school meals. All other children will need to bring a packed lunch. I hope that the following week we will be back to normal and we’ll be able to have a Christmas dinner!

A polite reminder that we have children with a nut allergy so please don’t put any nuts inside the lunches because your child could be sitting next to one of these children.

Christmas dates for your diary

10^th December     Christmas jumper day. Please donate £1 to Save the children appeal and wear a Christmas jumper to school

10^th December      The Christmas present stall (£2 per present)

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

16^th December       KS2  to the Panto

17^th December       END OF TERM!

Concert dates

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

9^th December Year 1 and 2 concert        Year 2 parents to watch at 9.30am and Year 1 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

Monday 6thDecember

Flu vaccines all day

Final Spelling quiz for the term – Key stage 2.

Tuesday 7^th December

Hearing and vision test for Reception and Year 1

Wednesday 8^th December

Thursday 9^th December

1pm                          Violins

2.30pm                     String-along with Year 1 (Last session)

Friday 10^h December- Christmas jumper day. Please bring £1 to wear a Christmas jumper to school

9am                Christmas present stall

9.30               Year 5 swimming

1.30pm         Kickboxing for Year 5 in the hall (last session)

1.30pm         Gymnastics for Reception gym (last session)

Future Dates

Nursery and Foundation Phase Christmas parties are on Thursday 16^th December. The children can wear party clothes to school and will need to bring in an individually wrapped plate of party snacks for them to eat. Please cover in foil or cling film and write your child’s name on it. NO NUTS!

Thank you all for your continued support at a very busy time. My door is always open if you need to discuss anything or please contact me on 893682. Have a lovely weekend!

Kind regards

Mrs Davies

Newsletter 26^th November

Dear Parents/carers,

The Christmas season is upon us and the children are working so hard learning new songs, actions and narrator parts ready for their performance. I know that I am very excited to see them all do their best and thank you in advance for supporting us by providing costumes and following the covid safe rules.

One ticket for the performance will be allocated to each child at a cost of £2 per ticket. These will be available from the class teacher when they are ready. Your child’s class teacher will pass on this information over the next week so look out for class dojo messages.

Christmas present stall

We will be holding the annual Christmas present wrapping stall on Friday 10th December 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 are gratefully received!

Pupil Voice Elections

This week was the first time we have held elections for our pupil voice groups. Each child in Key Stage 2 was encouraged to take part in the election and many wrote a speech to persuade their classmates to vote for them. Mrs Rees our chair of governors attended the event and helped at the ballot station. Our year 5 reporters live-streamed the event across the school and interviewed candidates and voters throughout the morning. The results were announced in assembly on Tuesday and the children elected were delighted! More information from each of the teams will be shared with you over the coming weeks. Watch this space!

Car parking

We have had several complaints from local residents over the last week regarding inconsiderate parents parking in car parking bays. I would like to ask the small minority of parents to be respectful of our neighbours and park legally and safely. Please use the North road entrance or St David’s close if the car park is congested. Many thanks.

Hot meals

Thank you for your patience regarding the hot meal situation. Unfortunately, due to staff shortages, we have been advised to provide packed lunch bags for our children who are entitled to free school meals. I hope that the catering department will be able to provide hot meals next week so I will keep you informed as soon as we have any further information.

Christmas dates for your diary

29^th November    Nursery trip to Poundfflad farm

30^th November     FP Trip to Wiggleys

3^rd December       Christmas present stall donations to be collected in

9^th December       Christmas dinner day for children

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

and wear a Christmas jumper to school

10^th December      The Christmas present stall (More information to follow)

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

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

9^th December Year 1 and 2 concert        Year 2 parents to watch at 9.30am and Year 1 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

Monday 29nd November

Nursery trip to see Santa

Spelling groups for key stage 2.

Tuesday 30th November

Foundation Phase visit to Wiggley’s farm

9am- 11.20  Numeracy and play workshop with Nursery parents

1.30pm-3pm Family learning sessions in Nursery

Thursday 2nd December

1pm                          Violins

2.30pm                     String-along with Year 1

Friday 3^rd December

9.30               Year 5 swimming

1.30pm         Kickboxing for Year 5 in the hall

1.30pm         Gymnastics for Reception gym

Monday 6^th December

Flu vaccines all day

Wednesday 8^th December

Nursery concert 9.30 am

Reception and ISTf concert 1.30pm

Thank you all for your continued support.

Kind regards

Mrs Davies

Newsletter week ending 19^th November

Dear Parents/carers,

A big thank you to everyone who donated money to Children in need today. We raised a staggering £525!!! Thank you to Mrs Davies, Mrs Tench, Miss Kelshaw and the year 6 children who organised some amazing stalls and events for the children (and staff) to enjoy.  Well done all!

Numeracy and play

Mrs Glass will be organising some nursery fun for parents on Tuesday morning. The sessions are a great chance to get to know other parents and children whilst helping your child learn basic number skills that will help as they move further through the school. Thank you to all who have attended so far and please come along every Tuesday from now until Christmas.

Family Learning

Family learning this week will be centred around morning and bedtime routines. If you would like some help and support please come along and meet other parents in a covid safe way. Mrs Hall will be leading these sessions in the Nursery classroom so if you have younger siblings they can also attend. We will also be holding a basic first aid on 30^th November so put the dates in your diary!

Christmas Dinner- 9^th December

Please fill in the form below to book a Christmas dinner for your child this year

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=Ug4_TzS3ZEGUCRtgHRR5kyWXfTfWMrVPmZuIX46Sp1RUQ0RPQjYwTzRCRUI1NTY0OFlQSkJMOTQxUi4u

Christmas present stall

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

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

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

9^th December Year 1 and 2 concert       

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

Please note this has changed to the 9^th .

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

Monday 22nd November

Treuchaf Pupil voice elections

Spelling groups for key stage 2.

Tuesday 23rd November

Active citizens Assembly -Rhys and Priya will be leading our assembly today

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

1.30pm-3pm Family learning sessions in Nursery (Routines)

Thursday 25th November

1pm                          Violins

2.30pm                     String-along with Year 1

Friday 26^th November

9am                Beekeeping assembly for Foundation phase and KS2

9.30               Year 4 swimming

1.30pm         Kickboxing for Year 5 in the hall

1.30pm         Gymnastics for Reception gym

I hope you all have a relaxing weekend. See you on Monday!

Mrs Davies

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!