Newsletter week ending 12th 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 4th January and children will return to school on Wednesday 5th 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 3rd December. All donations gratefully received!
Children in need day- 19th 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
29th November Nursery trip to Poundfflad farm
30th November FP Trip to Wiggleys
1st December KS2 Trip to Gower College to see Matilda
3rd December Christmas present stall
9th December Christmas dinner day for children
10th December Christmas jumper day. Please donate £1 to save the children to wear your Christmas jumper
16th December Nursery Christmas party am and FP party pm
16th December KS2 trip to the Panto
17th December END OF TERM!
Concert dates
7th December Year 1 and 2 concert
Year 2 parents to watch at 9.30am and Year 1 parents at 1.30pm
8th December Nursery singalong at 9.30am and Reception/STF parents at 1.30pm
14th December Year 3 and 4 concert Year 3 parents to watch at 9.30am and Year 4 parents at 1.30pm
15th December Year 6 concert at 9.30am
15th December Year 5 and JSTF concert at 1.30pm
Diary dates next week
Cycle safe for Year 6 all week
Monday 15th 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 17th November
2pm Year 6 MAT maths challenge event at Penyrheol comprehensive
3pm Music club with Alex
Thursday 18th November
1pm Violins
2.30pm String-along with Year 1
Friday 19th 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