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 13th 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 15th 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
10th December Christmas jumper day. Please donate £1 to Save the children appeal and wear a Christmas jumper to school
10th December The Christmas present stall (£2 per present)
16th December Nursery Christmas party am and FP party pm
16th December KS2 to the Panto
17th December END OF TERM!
Concert dates
8th December Nursery singalong at 9.30am and Reception/STF parents at 1.30pm
9th December Year 1 and 2 concert Year 2 parents to watch at 9.30am and Year 1 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
Monday 6thDecember
Flu vaccines all day
Final Spelling quiz for the term – Key stage 2.
Tuesday 7th December
Hearing and vision test for Reception and Year 1
Wednesday 8th December
Thursday 9th December
1pm Violins
2.30pm String-along with Year 1 (Last session)
Friday 10h 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 16th 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