Tre Uchaf Primary School Weekly Newsletter
Week Beginning 9th November
Dear Parents,
We have had a very positive first week back! The children seemed to enjoy returning to school after the half term holiday and have been a joy to have back with us!
Our staff are working very hard to help them to catch up and to support them if they have any worries about the current situation. They are also preparing them for home learning just in case they are required to work from home again through another school closure. Please support them by ensuring that they complete any homework tasks as well as they possibly can and as independently as possible.
Halloween Day!
I would like to say well done and thank you to the children for their excellent behaviour on the Halloween dressing up day! On such days there is the potential for ‘over excitement’ but your children coped brilliantly with it all! I hope they enjoyed it.
Children in Need
As the children behaved so well on Halloween Day they will be given another opportunity to dress up on Friday 13th November for Children in Need! The children can wear ‘non-uniform’ of their choice in exchange for a donation of at least £1 to Children In Need. We would also like children to bring in donations for the Gorseinon Foodbank to help our local families in need. Please send in either dried or tinned food which doesn’t ‘go off’.
School Photographs
These will take place on Monday 9th November and will be individual photographs only, with no family groups in order to avoid the mixing of contact groups. They will be ready well before Christmas in case you want to buy them as Christmas presents.
Parking
Some of our residents from Cwrt Yr Ysgol (flats at the top of Heol Cae Ty Newydd) are becoming upset by parents who are parking in their designated spaces. Some have arrived home from work only to find that their space has been taken! Please, please don’t park in the numbered bays at any time as I fear the estate management may decide to start fining people if this continues. I have told them that you are decent people who wouldn’t want to cause upset and have promised I will remind you of expectations
before this situation escalates. With our current staggered start and finish times there should be more space to park on the roads around school and even in the school car park.
May I also remind you to be very aware of children walking around car parking areas around the school. Accidents in this area are avoidable if drivers would please…
· Slow Down!!
· Look carefully before driving/reversing
· Be aware that children can do unpredictable things!
Many thanks for your help with this.
INSET DAY Reminders
Just a further reminder of INSET Days;
o Thursday 26th November
o Friday 27th November
o Tuesday 22nd December
o Monday 4th January
Virtual Open Evening
Pen-yr-heol Comprehensive school are holding a virtual open evening which will be put on their website by Wednesday 11th November. The usual open evening will not be going ahead. You can access this at https://penyrheol-comp.net/
COVID Precautions!
Thank you for continuing to wear face coverings on school premises. This is something which the Local Authority is now likely to make compulsory.
As we are keeping contact groups apart all day in school we would ask you to help us with this when dropping children off in the mornings. Please do not allow your child to run around and mix with children from other classes while they are waiting to go into school.
Contact Us
If you, your child or a member of your household receives a positive Covid-19 test result during the weekend, please email school using URGENT as the reference. Our email address is treuchaf.primaryschool@swansea-edunet.gov.uk,
Many Thanks for your continued support.