Belong- Believe- Be the best you can be!
Newsletter week ending 31sth March
Theme next week: Citizenship
Welsh phrase of the fortnight: Pasg Hapus! Happy Easter!
Best Attending class: Year 2
Whole school attendance is 87.2%. We really need to do better than this and aim for 95%!
The Big Wheel and Walk to School week
Thank you to all families who have supported our Big walk and Wheel to school this last fortnight. We reached 49 children, a baby and a couple of parents. Diolch yn fawr!
Newyddion a Criw Cymraeg,
Over the last few weeks, we have been meeting regularly to improve the use of Welsh in our school. We have been making labels in Welsh for all children to read around their classrooms and welcome posters on the doors. Every two weeks we have a new Welsh phrase to learn in assembly and we are trying to explain to the children the benefits of learning Welsh.
Diolch
Criw
Attendance
Congratulations to Kacey, Elynor and Brooke who are our 100% attenders since September 2022 and received a big Easter egg in assembly to say well done! We also have 23 children who have 100% attendance for the whole of Spring Term. And they also received an Easter Egg today. Ardderchog pawb! I wonder if any more children will have 100% attendance for Summer term. Hopefully we can beat 23; let’s go for it!
A huge thank you to our ‘Enterprising bees’ who have organised the Easter raffle this week. They raised over £239.50.
INSET DAYS
We have 2 INSET Days planned for Monday 5th June and Monday 24th July. Please put these dates in your diary!
World Autism Acceptance Week
Thank you to all the staff and children who wore their Onesies or pyjamas to school on Wednesday. We have many children with ASD and the school support around these events means a lot to our pupils. Thank you for your support!
Parent’s evening
Our Parent’s evening will be Tuesday 18th and Wednesday 19th April. These will be face-to face appointments as promised back in Autumn Term. Hopefully you have been able to arrange an appointment with your child’s class teacher. Please can I ask you to stick to just 10 minutes per meeting and be mindful of the parents who are also waiting to speak to the teacher. If you have recently attended a more detailed PCR during Spring Term then you won’t need to make an additional appointment at this time. I’m also aware that many of you have had a substantial ALN meeting with Miss Smith and the class teacher this term, so again you will not need to book an additional appointment because progress and learning has already been discussed at length.
We will arrange a crèche for the children which will be based in the ISTF classroom and I will be available in the school hall.
Please be prepared to answer my online parent questionnaire. I will have chrome books available and it shouldn’t take more than 5 minutes. Your feedback is important to us as a school and helps school staff to plan for the future. If you would prefer to complete this at home, this is the link: https://forms.office.com/e/bHmxVnWYax
After school clubs
Due to Parent’s evening, all clubs will be cancelled for the first week after the Easter holidays.
Football News
Well done to our Year 6 team who were up against some strong competition in the tournament yesterday. They came joint 3rd in their group and met Swansea City legend, Angel Rangel! Mr Jones will arrange more matches during Summer Term. Watch this space!
Family Learning
Don’t forget family learning afternoons on a Wednesday afternoon between 1pm and 3pm. Parents and carers of children in reception, Year1 and Year 2 can attend free of charge!
School Governor
We are still searching for a community/ LEA/ Parent Governor to be part of our very successful Governing Body. This is a volunteer position and would suit someone who could be available for evening meetings every half term and to be part of a committee either involving finance, premises or curriculum. Please contact me or the Chair of Governors, Rachel Rees if you’d like any further information.
Residential for next year’s Year 5
We have provisionally booked a 2 night stay at the Urdd Centre in Cardiff Bay for the children going in to Year 5 next year. This will be during March 2024. The cost is likely to be approx. £150 including bus, accommodation and plenty of activities to keep them entertained. This year’s Year 5 thoroughly enjoyed the experience and all thought a two-night stay would be better. They had to fit in a lot during the day so we have enquired about extending it to an extra day. More information about this will follow from Mrs Edwards after Easter.
Health visitor drop in sessions
We are delighted to tell you that our local health visitors Rhian and Brogan will be offering drop in sessions every Thursday morning starting on the 20th April. They can help with toileting toddlers, behaviour strategies, speech and language support or here to listen. They will be based in our school hall so if you’d like more information, please do not hesitate to contact me on 01792 893682 or speak to any member of staff.
Safeguarding and Child Protection
The Child Protection and Safeguarding Officer for our school is Mrs Louise Davies, the Headteacher. In her absence the Deputy Headteacher and Deputy Safeguarding Lead is Mrs Stephanie Edwards. The Governor with responsibility for Child Protection and Safeguarding is Mrs Rachel Rees, the Chair of Governors.
School Development Plan 2022-23
This year we are working on the following targets:
| Implement and embed a whole school approach to emotional and mental well-being |
| Developing key skills across the curriculum including literacy, numeracy and digital competence |
| Developing our assessment procedures so children know how to improve their work |
| Develop our own Tre Uchaf Curriculum including new guidance on Relationships and Sexual Education (RSE) and Religion, Values and Ethics ( RVE). |
Diary Dates
Monday 17th April
Back to school
Tuesday 18th April
Year 4 Gymnastics
Year 6 Trumpet classes
Trampolines to be delivered
Wednesday 19th April
STF class assembly at 2pm
Active journeys event for staff training
Thursday 20th April
Health visitor drop in sessions to start in the school hall from 8.45-11.30. Pop in and meet with Rhian and Brogan for a chat about any issues.
School council meeting
Violins
Friday 21st April
2B Enterprising to work with Year 4
Year 6 Swimming
Tiddly Tots parent and toddler group
Pupil of the month assembly
Interest Groups
Future Events
24th April
Playground Pals to have Emotion coaching training
28th April
Rugby Sevens event for Year 6
Monday 1st May- Bank holiday
School closed
Wednesday 3rd May
Celf a Coronation Fayre
Thursday 4th May
PTA Coronation Disco
Monday 8th May
Additional Bank Holiday for the King’s Coronation
Thursday May 11th
Class photos
Wednesday 17th May
STF Football Tournament
Year 5 visit to Big Pit
Thursday 18th May
Year 3 visit to Techniquest
Monday 5th June INSET Day
School closed to pupils
Friday 9th June
Welsh Whisperer event in Penyrheol Comprehensive
Monday 12th June
Year 5 Transition taster mornings this week (Dates to be confirmed)
Primary Partners week in The Grand Theatre (Exact date is yet to be confirmed)
Tuesday13th/Wednesday 14th June
Sports day
(Exact date to be confirmed once we know when Primary Partners event takes place)
Thursday 22nd June
PTA Summer fayre
Monday and Tuesday 3rd and 4th July
Year 6 Transition days to Comprehensive
Wednesday 5th July
STF Football event- All day
Monday 10th July
Work experience pupils from Year 10 to visit school
Thursday 13th July
Cluster Enterprise Final Year 6
Monday 17th July
Annual Reports sent to parents
Wednesday 19th July
Year 6 Leaving Assembly. (Time to be confirmed)
Thursday 20th July
Provisional date for Year 6 Leaving event
Friday 21st July
Last day in school for pupils
Monday 24th July
INSET DAY for Staff Training. School closed to children
Tuesday 25th July
Food and Fun Summer play scheme starts!
I hope you all have a fantastic Easter holiday and I’ll see you on 17th April.
Pasg Hapus pawb!
Mrs Davies