Newsletter 30.6.23
Newsletter week ending 30th June
Theme next week: Moving on
Welsh phrase of the fortnight: Longyfarchiadau
Best Attending classes: JSTF 100%
Whole school attendance is 91%. This is improving week on week! Well done everyone.
After school clubs
Monday-
Chess Mrs Edwards
Maths Mr Smith
Criw Cymraeg Mrs Havard
Clwb Cymraeg Miss Morgan
Netball Miss Trotman
Tuesday
Board Games Miss Murray Cancelled due to staff training
Wednesday for this week only due to staff training
***NEW RUGBY*** Year 11 past pupils and Mrs Tench
Thursday–
Bronze Ambassadors Mrs Lodwig
Cycling Mr Civil
No 3D printing and coding this week
Thank you
Well done everyone! We raised £624.48 from our Summer Fayre. The school council have been discussing what they’d like to buy with the money so if you or your child have any ideas please let them know before the next school council meeting on Tuesday.
Oystermouth Castle
Our Year 5 pupils represented Tre Uchaf in a cluster project with local schools researching the Battle of Llwchwr. Their exhibition showed real life models of weapons used in the Norman era. I am very proud of them for representing us so brilliantly. Please look at our Twitter @treuchafprimary for photographs of the day.
Dog Mess
Thank you to the parents who have made some suggestions about keeping our field dog mess free! I will look into the options suggested and keep you posted! This week we have had to pick dog mess up from the path that runs alongside the car park. There is a £1000 fine for not picking up after dogs and that area is monitored by CCTV.
Scooters and bikes
Active travel to school is a huge part of school improvement plan this year so we encourage children to scoot or cycle to school safely. The majority of children know the rules and once they reach the gate they walk their bike or scooter to the bike shelter in the KS2 playground. However, some of our younger pupils are riding them around the FP playground before school, falling off or bumping into people so please can I ask you to remind the children to park their bike or scooter before school.
Penyrheol Summer Show
On Thursday evening, Mr Smith and I had the pleasure of watching our year 6 orchestra and past pupils perform as part of the Penyrheol Summer Show. To watch our children play the trumpet and violin in front of a packed audience made me feel incredibly proud. The determination and perseverance you’ve shown has paid off and you should be very proud of yourselves year 6. I hope this will inspire our younger pupils to learn to play a musical instrument in the future. So many of our past pupils are continuing their expressive arts journey and it is wonderful to see the friendships formed along the way.
FP new playground equipment
You might have noticed that our new playground structure is being installed over the next few weeks so hopefully this will be ready before the Summer holidays. We are delighted about this especially as it’s taken so long! Once it’s been signed off by the LEA as being safe to use, we will need to come up with some safety rules for playing on it particularly before and after school when staff are not there to supervise risky play. I will talk to the children about this and let you know what our safety squad decide!
Football training
Football training with Jacob from Gower College and one of our parent governors will start in September on a Wednesday after school from 3pm-4pm. Thank you to Mrs Broome, our parent governor, for volunteering to support us with this. Mr Jones will continue to organise matches for the team and hopefully we’ll be able to borrow a minibus to transport the children to matches around Swansea. A big thank you to everyone involved in making this happen.
Miss Emmeline Morgan (STF) will be organising a girls’ football team from September. More information will follow!
Foundation Phase Summer Show
In order to keep our children safe there will be just one entry point for Wednesday’s show. Please can I ask all parents and carers to enter school via the main school entrance and bring tickets with you. These are available from the school office for £1. The main gate will be locked until 1.15pm and once the children are all safely in the school building after lunchtime, we will let everyone else in. The North Road and St David’s close gates will be opened after the show when the children leave.
Please can I remind you not to post pictures of other children on social media due to some children being subject to a court order that prevents them and their school from being recognised. Many thanks for your continued support with this.
Next year 2023-24
The children will be finding out who their new teachers and teaching assistants will be during the transition morning next Tuesday. There will be an opportunity for Nursery parents to meet with Miss Trotman in a planned meeting for those children who will be moving to full time school on Thursday13th July at 11am.
For those children who will be moving from Year 2 to Year 3, there will be a meeting for parents to meet with the class teacher on Tuesday 11th July at 2.30pm.
Nutella and nuts
Please can I remind you that children shouldn’t bring nuts to school because we have staff and children with a nut allergy.
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!
The sessions will be moved to a morning session in September so hopefully more people will come along.
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.
Governing body meeting
On Tuesday we will hold our annual school development plan review with staff and governors. The governors meet with the school council before the meeting to get their opinion about what has worked well and what needs improving. If you have any suggestions about improving what we do in school, please speak to one of our governing body before Tuesday.
| Rachel Rees- Chair of Governors Sarah Broome, Sarah Robinson and Dave Ricketts- Parent Governors Claire Havard and Julie Phipps -Staff Governors Claire Wilkinson and Dai Walters LEA/ Community Governors |
Many thanks for your continued support. Have a fantastic weekend!
Mrs Davies
Diary Dates
Future Events
Monday and Tuesday 3rd and 4th July
Year 6 Transition days to Comprehensive
Year 4 to work with Bumbles of Honeywood
Tuesday 4th July
Whole school transition morning (moving to next class0
FP Dress rehearsal
School council meeting with governors
Governors and staff development review meeting
Wednesday 5th July
STF Football event
1.30pm Summer show Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 families.
2 Tickets per family
CAAMHS outreach sessions for families
6th July
6 a side football transition event for Year 6
Health visitor drop in session
Pop in and have a cuppa with Rhian and Brogan. They are here to help you with anything from unwanted behaviours, eating healthily, screen time, toilet training and getting rid of a dummy!
Postponed from last week…3pm Past pupils to meet with Bee Citizens group for Rights respecting discussion with Mr Smith
Friday 7th July
Nursery Summer Singalong 10.30am
Monday 10th July
Work experience pupils from Year 10 to visit school
Wednesday 12th July
KS2 Summer show at 4pm (Tickets available from the office)
Friday 14th July
Nursery Summer trip
Monday 17th July
Annual Reports sent to parents
Wednesday 19th July
Year 6 Leaving Assembly 1.30pm
Friday 21st July
Last day in school for pupils, Miss Smith, Mrs Morgan and Mrs Hall.
Monday 24th July
INSET DAY for Staff Training.
25th July
Food and Fun Summer play scheme starts! Please collect a consent form and more information from Miss Sidaway. These sessions are FREE for children in current Years 1,2,3,4 and 5!!!
Newsletter 16.6.23
Belong- Believe- Be the best you can be!
Newsletter week ending 16th June 2023
Theme next week: Health and well-being fortnight
Welsh phrase of the fortnight: Wyt ti’n iawn?
Best Attending classes: Year 5 again….Well done Year 5!
Whole school attendance is back up to 93%
Good attendance
Attendance throughout the school is above 93% this week which is definitely on our way to the recommended 95%. Thank you to everyone who attends regularly and is on time. The chart above shows how important punctuality is so please can we all make every effort to get to school by 8.50am at the latest! We can do it!
What another busy week especially for our Year 6 children who have performed on stage at the Grand theatre and also taken part in the Enterprise challenge at Castle Gardens- Ardderchog pawb!!
This fortnight we have been raising the awareness of how important health and well-being is to everyone in our school community. This is why sports day is so early this year. The staff have also planned visits from Paralympian David Smith and Welsh footballer Lily Woodham who will be joining us for an inspirational assembly on Monday. Thank you to those of you who helped to raise sponsor money for the circuits session on Monday, it’s much appreciated!
The children have experienced basketball, ballet, kickboxing and boccia this week and more activities are planned this following week so please can all children wear trainers to school every day until Friday.
The weather has been very kind to us again this week but we are still very mindful of spending too much time in the sun. Please can you ensure your child brings a sun hat to school, sunglasses if they have them, a refillable drinks bottle for regular water top ups and they’ll need to wear sun cream every day. Please apply before they come to school. Please ensure children are dressed appropriately for the sun and cover shoulders with a t-shirt. Shorts or summer dresses are also recommended for this weather.
Our Sports day on Tuesday went really well. Some parents have suggested the PTA run a drinks/ ice lolly stall which is a great idea. If you have any other great suggestions to improve our events, please let me know. I can be found on either playground each morning from 8.35am or give me a call on 01792 893682.
Family Learning
Don’t forget family learning afternoons on a Wednesday afternoon between 1pm and 3pm. This week we didn’t have anyone in the sessions which is a shame as this is fully funded. We are thinking of changing it to a morning session from September. The sessions are open to families of children in Reception, Year1 and Year 2.
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
Next year’s Year 6 class of 24 hoodies
The jade green leavers hoodies are now available online. Please use the following link…
https://sewandsew.online/School-Wear/Tre-Uchaf-Primary-School-Uniform?product_id=397
New ALNCO
Last week the school governors appointed a new ALNCO, Sian Galsworthy, who will take over from Miss Smith in September. She is very knowledgeable and friendly and will be in school over the next few weeks getting to know our children, their families and the ALN systems we have in place. I am sure you will give her a very warm Tre Uchaf welcome!
After school clubs
Please complete a consent form to attend the clubs on offer.
Monday-
Chess
Maths
Criw Cymraeg
** NEW Tea and Talk with Mrs Davies**
Tuesday-
Board Games
Thursday–
Bronze Ambassadors
Cycling
Clwb Cymraeg
3D printing and coding
Cost of living crisis
Poverty proofing the curriculum has been an area which our Bee Citizzzens discussed in the last Rights conference last term. As always we like you to be part of any plans we make so there will be a parent focus group over the next few weeks to discuss ways we can help keep costs down. Please come along and contribute or come and listen to other people’s suggestions.
Greg Rees Tournament
Our netball, football and rugby teams will be representing Tre Uchaf in our annual Greg Rees Tournament on Wednesday. Please come along and support your children on the school field on Wednesday from 10am- 2pm if you can.
Summer shows
There will be one Foundation Phase Summer show on Wednesday 5th July at 1.30pm and one KS2 show at 4pm on Wednesday 12th July. The KS2 show will be at 4pm so we will keep the children in school that day and give them a hotdog and a drink as a teatime snack before the show starts. More details will follow over the next few weeks. Tickets will be on sale in the office from Monday 26th June for £1 each and will be limited to 2 tickets per family in the first instance.
The nursery singalong on Friday 7th July will be in the school hall. More information will follow in the next few weeks!
Holiday request forms
As you know we can’t authorise holidays during term time however in order to ensure our learners are safe we do require you to fill in a holiday request form which will tell us where the children are and how long they’ll be away for. This is to make sure you don’t have phone calls from our attendance officer, Mrs Seager. These are available from the school office from Monday. Please complete it prior to any holidays.
Many thanks.
Mrs Davies
Diary Dates
Monday 19th June
Welsh Athlete to visit school for the day. Please return your sponsor forms by ASAP
Netball match against Cadle Primary School
Tuesday 20th June
STF class to Pen y Bryn Summer fayre
Wednesday 21st June
Greg Rees Tournament
Thursday 22nd June
PTA Summer fayre at 3pm in the FP playground- weather permitting! Please contact Mrs Havard or Mrs Pompa if you can help out on Wednesday.
Friday 23rd June
Year 6 Transition to comprehensive workshop with CAMHS outreach team
26th June
Reception Hearing test
27th June
STF sports day and picnic
28th June
Transition orchestra to Penyrheol (Trumpets/ violins/ cellists)
29th June
Cynefin project Year 5 to Oystermouth castle for this special cluster event
Year 4 to Pinopolis
Bee Citizzzens to meet with past pupils to discuss rights of the child
30th June
JSTF Swimming starts
Monday and Tuesday 3rd and 4th July
Year 6 Transition days to Comprehensive
4th July
Class swap and children find out their new teachers and support staff teams.
Wednesday 5th July
STF Football event
1.30pm Summer singalong FP
6th July
Health visitor drop in session 8.30-11am
9am 6 a side football transition event for Year 6
Friday 7th July
Nursery Summer Singalong 10.30am
Monday 10th July
Work experience pupils from Year 10 to visit school
Tuesday 11th July
FP trip to Aberavon beach
JSTF to Pen y Bryn Summer show
Thursday 13th July
Cluster Enterprise Final Year 6
Nursery parents to meet with Reception staff
Friday 14th July
Nursery Summer trip
Monday 17th July
Annual Reports sent to parents
Wednesday 19th July
Year 6 Leaving Assembly. (Time to be confirmed)
Thursday 20th July
KS2 trip to Pembrey
Friday 21st July
Last day in school for pupils
Monday 24th July
INSET DAY for Staff Training.
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Belong- Believe- Be the best you can be!
Newsletter 26.5.23
Newsletter week ending 26th May
Theme next week: Being a good citizen
Welsh phrase of the fortnight: Beth sy’n bod? What’s the matter?
Best Attending classes: Year 5 for the third week in a row with 93%
Whole school attendance is down to 85.9%
Newyddion a Criw Cymraeg,
This half term classes are sending out their Welsh mascots for children to take home and write about. Uncle Bryn, Ffion Myfanwy and ffrindiau are off on their travels. If you child has been chosen to take them home, please take good care of them!
Diolch,
Criw Cymraeg
Our Reception class visited Brynteg Farm and had a magical day yesterday. The children haven’t stopped talking about it today and were so excited to tell me about the chicken on Mrs Hartup’s head. I wish I was there to see that!
Our wellbeing target on our school improvement plan is developing well and the Active Travel and Rights Respecting school aspect has almost been achieved! We were delighted to share our active travel progress with staff from other schools who have just started the Active Travel scheme. Diolch to Mr Civil for hosting this event.
Year 2 entertained their families on Monday afternoon with their performances for the ‘Beat Band and Boogie show’. I can’t wait for TreUchaf’s Got Talent this year so you can show the school your talents. Ardderchog pawb!
Our Year 6 pupils went to a the Penyrheol Transition council event on Thursday and represented our school brilliantly. Pupil voice plays a huge part in our school and ensuring we listen to learners to make improvements has been fundamental to our success. Our pupils always speak positively about Tre Uchaf and are always respectful. I am a very proud headteacher!
Police / School beat workshops
This week our school’s liaison officer PC Laura Anthony visited school to lead workshops for our Years 3,4,5 and 6 children. Topics explored included grooming, friend or foe, anti-social behaviour and internet safety.
Family Learning
Don’t forget family learning afternoons on a Wednesday afternoon between 1pm and 3pm. This week they had a Teddy bears outing which looked like great fun! Parents and carers of children in reception, Year1 and Year 2 can attend free of charge!
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
After school clubs
Monday-
Chess
Maths
Criw Cymraeg
Tuesday-
Board Games
Thursday–
Bronze Ambassadors
Cycling
Clwb Cymraeg
3D printing and coding
School Uniform
Hopefully this sunny weather is here to stay so with that in mind I thought it would be best to clear up any confusion around Summer uniform.
| Acceptable | Garments not acceptable |
| Black or grey shorts White or red polo shirt or plain t-shirt Red and white gingham summer dress Sandals with socks covering toes Trainers Sunhats Sunglasses | Flip flops Crocs Sandals without socks Denim hotpants Very short cycling shorts which expose body parts that others don’t want to see Crop top t-shirts Vest tops or strappy tops that expose shoulders Hoop earrings Multi-coloured t-shirts with large branding or slogans |
St David’s Close Car park
The residents of St David’s close have asked me to remind you that the small carpark at the back of the school is for residents only. Some families are parking there and have damaged cars by letting their children swing the car door open banging into the car parked next to them. This has resulted in 2 cars being scratched and damaged this week. Please ensure children are safe and open doors carefully while respecting other people’s property. Many thanks for your understanding in this matter.
Next year’s Year 6 class of 24 hoodies
The jade green leavers hoodies will be available online from 1st June via Sew and Sew. The children chose a beautiful shade of green, da iawn pawb! There is an option to pay in instalments if that’s easier but please remember they are not to be worn until the children are in Year 6 in September.
I hope you all have a lovely week off and we’ll see you bright and early on Tuesday 6th June.
Mrs Davies
Diary Dates
Monday 5th June
INSET DAY- School closed to pupils
Tuesday 6th June
Trumpet lessons for Year 6
KS2 Singing ( Summer show)
Wednesday 7th June
School council meeting
Rights Respecting School afternoon with buddy classes
Year 6 and Year 2
Year 5 and Year 1
Year 4 and Reception
Year 3 and ISTF
JSTF pupils will work alongside their year groups.
RRS sharing assembly 2.30pm
Thursday 8th June
Crucial Crew
Criw Iiath Assembly
Violins
3D Printing club
Friday 9th June
Year 3Swimming
Welsh whisperer transition event
Tiddly Tots parent and toddler group
Pupil of the month Assembly
Interest Groups
Interviews for ALNco role
Future Events
Monday 12th June
School nurse to talk about nutrition, sleep, fluid intake and sugar content to Ks2 children
Primary Partners rehearsals
Tuesday13th June
10.30 FP sports day
1.30 KS2 Sports day
STF to visit Brangwyn Hall at 10am
Wednesday 14th June
Grand Theatre Performance Year 6
Thursday 15th June
Year 5 taster day to Penyrheol. Please see the letter from Mr Benney regarding the day.
Friday 16th June
Nursery Sports day
Monday 19th June
Welsh Athlete to visit school for the day
Wednesday 21st June
Greg Rees Tournament
Thursday 22nd June
PTA Summer fayre
Friday 23rd June
Year 6 Transition to comprehensive workshop with CAMHS outreach team
27th June
STF sports day and picnic
30th June
JSTF Swimming starts
Monday and Tuesday 3rd and 4th July
Year 6 Transition days to Comprehensive
Wednesday 5th July
STF Football event
1.30pm Summer singalong FP
6th July
9am 6 a side football transition event for Year 6
Friday 7th July
Nursery Summer Singalong 10.30am
Monday 10th July
Work experience pupils from Year 10 to visit school
Tuesday 11th July
FP trip to Aberavon beach
Thursday 13th July
Cluster Enterprise Final Year 6
Nursery parents to meet with Reception staff
Friday 14th July
Nursery Summer trip
Monday 17th July
Annual Reports sent to parents
Wednesday 19th July
Year 6 Leaving Assembly. (Time to be confirmed)
Thursday 20th July
KS2 trip to Pembrey
Friday 21st July
Last day in school for pupils
Monday 24th July
INSET DAY for Staff Training.
25th July
Food and Fun Summer play scheme starts! More information will follow after half term. Thank you to Miss Sidaway for organising.
Newsletter
Belong- Believe- Be the best you can be!
Newsletter week ending 19th May 2023
Theme next week: Creativity
Welsh phrase of the fortnight: Sut wyt ti?
Best Attending classes: Year 5 93%
Whole school attendance is down to 89%
Newyddion a Criw Cymraeg,
On May 18th the Criw delivered an assembly all about ‘Negys Ewyllys Da’ which is an annual celebration by the Urdd with their Peace and Goodwill Message. This year the theme is Anti-racism. You can see the anti racism tiles on show near our garden at the front of the school. Diolch yn fawr pawb!
We are always looking for new members to join our Criw so if you are free on Mondays after school, please ask Mrs Havard for a consent form.
Diolch,
Criw Cymraeg
Loughor Town Band
The band visited our school on Friday morning to play for our Year 2 children as part of their topic ‘Beat, bBand and Boogie’. The members of the band were so impressed with our children and the quality of questions they asked that they’ve emailed me to tell me. Well done Year 2, you should be very proud of yourselves. A big thanks you to Mrs Havard and Mrs Clark for organising this lovely event!
Packed Lunches
We have noticed a decline in the amount of healthy foods in lunchboxes over the last few months and today a child had a blue chuppa chupp lollipop in their box as part of their lunch. Please can I remind you that sweets, fizzy drinks, energy drinks and high amounts of chocolate biscuits and cakes are not allowed.
One small chocolate biscuit along with sandwiches or a wrap, pasta or a salad with some fruit is absolutely fine however this week a child had a chocolate mini roll, penguin bar, 4 custard creams, grab bag of crisps and a bag of minstrels. This is a vast amount of sugar for one lunchbox and I am sure you will all agree that we want our children to physically fit and healthy.
If you would like advice on healthy lunchboxes or help in supporting children who are fussy eaters, please come along to see our school health visitor on Thursday morning. She will also offer advice on screen time, behaviour boundaries and saying no to children, bedtime routines, toileting and sleep. Both Rhian and Brogan are very supportive and approachable and you’ll be made to feel very welcome!
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!
SAFE PARKING
Thank you to those parents and carers who are respecting our car park rules and keeping our children safe. Please report any cars or vans that are parked illegally on the pavements or double yellow lines.
The Pengry Road carpark is available if the car park is full. It’s a short walk away at the bottom of heol cae Ty Newydd. Diolch yn fawr iawn!
The school website
Please check out our school website for weekly newsletters and pictures on twitter. Our twitter handle is @treuchafprimary but to see the pictures, you don’t need to have twitter just look at the bottom of our website.
The school website will be upgraded to a more modern format so if you have any suggestions of what you need me to include, please let me know.
This week in assembly the children have been shown a link on the school website so they can tell me important news. This will then be sent through to my phone as a notification and I can catch up with them the next day at school. This is a safe place for them to tell me about something exciting going on in their lives or if something is worrying them and they want to talk. It’s accessible through the Pupils tab and the top of the box as a link
Things I want my headteacher to know…
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.
SQUID
Please can you make sure SQUID payments are topped up every week. It’ll avoid Mrs Seager calling you to nag you to top up! Many thanks.
World Bee Day
Buzz our school mascot designed by Mayer in Year 6 is a big part of our school life. Buzz’s missions are evident around the learning provision and you’ll also see the symbol in the children’s books when they bring them home. The ‘Beee Citizzzzens’ made a bee hunt today for the children to find out facts about bees and their use. A huge thank you to Mr Smith and our pupil voice group for organising this for the children.
Breakfast club
Our KS2 children have had the option of using our Art room over in the gym building for quieter activities in the morning. If your KS2 child would prefer the quietness of the art room, please see Mrs Tench in the morning. Breakfast times are 8am-8.40am. A £1 charge is payable from 8am-8.20am. If you come along after 8.20am breakfast club is free!
After school clubs
Monday-
Chess
Maths
Criw Cymraeg/
Clwb Cymraeg
Tuesday-
Board Games
Thursday–
Bronze Ambassadors
Cycling
3D printing and coding
Diary Dates
Monday 22nd May
2pm Year 2 Express event in class. Parents and carers of year 2 pupils welcome!
Candidates for the ALNCO role will be visiting school for a look around.
Tuesday 23rd May
Reception to visit the library
Active travel ambassadors to The Senedd
Year 6 Trumpet classes
Wednesday 24th May
PC Laura Anthony to run workshops with Years 3,4 5 and 6 all day. Anti-social behaviour, grooming and friend or foe will be explored in an age appropriate way.
Thursday 25th May
Health Visitor drop in session. Come along and chat to Rhian and Brogan about screen time, baby massage, toilet training, behaviour and sleep routines.
Reception to visit Brynteg farm
Violins
3D Printing club
Friday 19h May
Year 6 Swimming
Tiddly Tots parent and toddler group
Seren yr wythnos
Interest Groups
Future Events
Monday 5th June INSET Day
School closed to pupils
Thursday 8th June
Crucial Crew
Friday 9th June
Welsh Whisperer event in Penyrheol Comprehensive
Monday 12th June
School nurse to talk about nutrition, sleep, fluid intake and sugar content to Ks2 children
Primary Partners week in The Grand Theatre rehearsals
Tuesday13th June
FP/ KS2 Sports day
STF to visit Brangwyn Hall
Wednesday 14th June
Grand Theatre Performance Year 6
Thursday 15th June
Year 5 taster day to Penyrheol. Please see the letter from Mr Benney regarding the day.
Friday 16th June
Nursery Sports day
Monday 19th June
Welsh Athlete to visit school for the day
Wednesday 21st June
Greg Rees Tournament
Thursday 22nd June
PTA Summer fayre
Friday 23rd June
Year 6 Transition to comprehensive workshop with CAMHS outreach team
27th June
STF sports day and picnic
30th June
JSTF Swimming
Monday and Tuesday 3rd and 4th July
Year 6 Transition days to Comprehensive
Wednesday 5th July
STF Football event
1.30pm Summer singalong FP
6th July
6 a side football transition event for Year 6
Friday 7th July
Nursery Summer Singalong 10.30am
Monday 10th July
Work experience pupils from Year 10 to visit school
Thursday 13th July
Cluster Enterprise Final Year 6
Friday 14th July
Nursery Summer trip
Monday 17th July
Annual Reports sent to parents
Wednesday 19th July
Year 6 Leaving Assembly. (Time to be confirmed)
Friday 21st July
Last day in school for pupils
Monday 24th July
INSET DAY for Staff Training.
25th July
Food and Fun Summer play scheme starts!
Have a fantastic weekend!
Mrs Davies
Newsletter
12.5.23
Newsletter week ending 12th May 2023
Theme next week: Making a contribution
Welsh phrase of the fortnight: Sut wyt ti? How are you?
Best Attending classes: Year 5 and JSTF with 100%
Whole school attendance is 93%
Newyddion a Criw Cymraeg,
This week the younger Criw Cymraeg members have been playing some Welsh playground games and practising their Welsh words. On May 18th the Criw will be delivering an assembly all about ‘Negys Ewyllys Da’ which is an annual celebration by the Urdd with their Peace and Goodwill Message. This year the theme is Anti-racism.
We are always looking for new members to join our Criw so if you are free on Mondays after school, please ask Mrs Havard for a consent form.
Diolch,
Criw CymraegCongratulations!
Llongyfarchiadau to Mrs Pugh, our ISTF class teacher, who is expecting her first baby in September. It’s always lovely to hear baby news in school and we wish Mrs Pugh and her husband our very best wishes from everyone at Tre Uchaf!
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!
Residential for next year’s Year 6
We have booked a 2 night stay at Morfa Bay on March 20th for next year’s Year 6. We have set up a payment plan over the next 11 months to spread payments out and there will be a slight reduction for children who access free school meals and the school uniform grant. Please could you send in £20 to secure your child’s place before 31st May.
SAFE PARKING
Please park safely around the entrance to our school. Parking on a pavement so wheelchairs can’t get past is an issue for all of us because we have children and parents who use a wheelchair to access school safely. Please be considerate to our neighbours and respect the car park rules. A white car parked illegally, on yellow lines opposite the car park entrance earlier today and this was a risk to our children. Please contact 101 and report drivers and cars who are a nuisance. We don’t want any road traffic accidents or any children to be injured through careless parking!
Please use the Pengry Road carpark if possible! Thank you to those who do park safely and help look after our children. Diolch yn fawr iawn!
Walking Bus
Apologies to anyone who has been waiting at 8.20 for the walking bus. The walking bus is staffed from 8.30am. We did start it earlier when we did it every day during the Big walk and Wheel to boost our numbers and encourage the children however on a normal Friday the drop off time is 8.30. Please accept my apologies for the confusion. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr Civil, Miss Trotman, Miss Kierl and the other staff who help out, for giving up their time to organise it every week; it’s much appreciated!
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.
Breakfast club
Our KS2 children will now have the option of using our Art room over in the gym building for quieter activities in the morning. These will include board games, cards, puzzles, colouring, drawing and my favourite, Top Trumps! Thank you to Mrs Tench for organising this. If your KS2 child would prefer the quietness of the art room, please see Mrs Tench in the morning. Breakfast times are 8am-8.40am. A £1 charge is payable from 8am-8.20am. If you come along after 8.20am breakfast club is free!
Energy drinks message from Year 4
Year 4 have been discussing energy drinks as part of their Potions topic. Mr Smith and the children have been researching them and wanted to share this information with you.
Energy drinks have large amounts of caffeine and drinking these can have the same effect on child-sized bodies as the ‘fight, flight, freeze’ response that they learned about during Children’s Mental Health Week. A lot of the physical symptoms that we have when we are worried (palpitations, stiff limbs, tunnel vision, headache) are due to our bodies preparing to be fast or strong. Even in adults, powerful energy drinks can cause these symptoms.
They’ve been researching ingredients for healthy potions (i.e. Smoothies) and looking at how much sugar we should be consuming each day. Year 4 made a smoothie in class today from unsweetened coconut milk, avocado, banana, strawberries and blueberries. Two children did not want to taste it but those who did taste it gave it a score out of ten, and the average score was 9.04. Lots of children said they would make this again, even though it had no added sugar.
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
Our teaching students, Nia Loren and Lowri Clark, will be speaking at the ‘Aiming for Excellence’ conference at the University next week. Both Nia and Lowri have been outstanding students who will be sharing their experiences of their time in our school with other educational practitioners. We are delighted that they have been recognised as excellent students and wish them the very best of luck!
Diary Dates
Monday 15th May
Years 3 and 5 to visit St Catherine’s Church
Tuesday 16th May
Reception to visit the library
Active travel ambassadors to The Senedd
Year 6 Trumpet classes
Wednesday 17th May
STF Football festival 9.45-12
Year 5 to Big Pit
Thursday 18th May
Year 3 and JSTF to Techniquest
Violins
3D Printing club
Friday 19h May
Year 6 Swimming
Tiddly Tots parent and toddler group
Seren yr wythnos
Interest Groups
Future Events
24th May
PC Laura Anthony to run workshops with Years 3,4 5 and 6 all day
25th May
Health Visitor drop in session. Come along and chat to Rhian and Brogan about screen time, baby massage, toilet training, behaviour and sleep routines.
Reception to visit Brynteg farm
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 June
FP/ KS2 Sports day
Wednesday 14th June
Grand Theatre Performance Year 6
Thursday 15th June
Year 5 taster day to Penyrheol. Please see the letter from Mr Benney regarding the day.
Friday 16th June
Nursery Sports day
Monday 19th June
Welsh Athlete to visit school for the day
Thursday 22nd June
PTA Summer fayre
Friday 23rd June
Year 6 Transition to comprehensive workshop with CAMHS outreach team
Monday and Tuesday 3rd and 4th July
Year 6 Transition days to Comprehensive
Wednesday 5th July
STF Football event
1.30pm Summer singalong FP
Friday 7th July
Nursery Summer Singalong 10.30am
Monday 10th July
Work experience pupils from Year 10 to visit school
Thursday 13th July
Cluster Enterprise Final Year 6
Friday 14th July
Nursery Summer trip
Monday 17th July
Annual Reports sent to parents
Wednesday 19th July
Year 6 Leaving Assembly. (Time to be confirmed)
Friday 21st July
Last day in school for pupils
Monday 24th July
INSET DAY for Staff Training.
25th July
Food and Fun Summer play scheme starts!
I hope you all have a fantastic weekend!
Warm regards,
Mrs Davies
Newsletter 5.5.23
Belong- Believe- Be the best you can be!
Newsletter week ending 5th May 2023
Theme next week: Ready to learn
Welsh phrase of the fortnight: Llongyfarchiadau! Congratulations!
Best Attending class: Reception with 97.1%
Whole school attendance is 90.7%
Newyddion a Criw Cymraeg,
The Criw Cymraeg helped to organise an excellent Celf a Coronation event this week inviting parents/carers and our local community. A huge thank you to Mrs Havard and the Criw for helping the staff and children prepare art work and crafts to sell. Da iawn pawb!
INSET DAYS
We have 2 INSET Days planned for Monday 5th June and Monday 24th July. Please put these dates in your diary!
Safety
This week we had our fire drill and I am pleased to say that all children and staff responded well and got out of the building quickly and safely. Da iawn pawb!
Rugby News
Well done to our Year 6 team who represented school on Wednesday at the beach rugby festival. All children and parents had a fantastic day. Diolch to Mr Civil and those children who stepped out of their comfort zone to participate in a sport they hadn’t tried before. Llongyfarchiadau!
Gorseinon RFC are looking for Year 6 players who might want to join their Under 12’s team next year. Flyers have been given to Year 6. If you’d like any further information, please do not hesitate to get in touch with Phil Davies on 07751018887
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!
Thank you!
Diolch yn fawr to the PTA for organising a fabulous disco to celebrate the King Charles Coronation. We are always looking for help so if you could spare an hour or so when we hold an event please let Mrs Pompa know. All help will be gratefully received. Thank you to the mums who helped sell the snacks.
Residential for next year’s Year 6
We have provisionally booked a 2 night stay at Morfa Bay next March for next year’s Year 6. We priced lots of other places but it seems like this is very good valuie for money compared to other places in Wales. We will set up a payment plan over the next 11 months to spread payments out. There will be a slight reduction for children who access free school meals and the school uniform grant. Please could you send in £20 to secure your child’s place before 31st May.
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.
Parent Focus Group
Please come along to the next parent focus group if you would like to see how we have added in your suggestions to contribute to our Tre Uchaf Curriculum. This will be 2pm on Thursday in the Thrive Room. I look forward to seeing you!
Diary Dates
Monday 8th May
Bank Holiday
Tuesday 9th May
Reception to visit the library
Active travel ambassadors to The Senedd
Year 6 Trumpet classes
Wednesday 1oth May
Year 1 Superhero hunt in the local area
Child protection training for staff
Thursday 11th May
CLASS PHOTOGRAPHS
Brynmill school staff to see POPAT in action
2pm Parent focus group
Violins
Stringalong
Friday 12th May
Year 6 Swimming
Tiddly Tots parent and toddler group
Seren yr wythnos
Interest Groups
Future Events
Wednesday 17th May
STF Football Tournament
Year 5 visit to Big Pit
Thursday 18th May
Year 3 visit to Techniquest
24th May
PC Laura Anthony to run workshops with Years 3,4 5 and 6 all day
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 June
FP/ KS2 Sports day
Wednesday 14th June
Grand Theatre Performance Year 6
Thursday 15th June
Year 5 taster day to Penyrheol
Friday 16th June
Nursery Sports day
Monday 19th June
Welsh Athlete to visit school for the day
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
1.30pm Summer singalong FP
Friday 7th July
Nursery Summer Singalong 10.30am
Monday 10th July
Work experience pupils from Year 10 to visit school
Thursday 13th July
Cluster Enterprise Final Year 6
Friday 14th July
Nursery Summer trip
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.
25th July
Food and Fun Summer play scheme starts!
I hope you all have a fantastic Bank Holiday weekend.
Mrs Davies
Newsletter 28.4.23
Week ending 28th April 2023
Next week’s themes: The King’s Coronation /Ambition
Best attending class: Year 1 with a whopping 98.6%. Well done Year 1!
Whole school attendance: 93% Huge improvement in attendance this week despite the sickness bug that is going around. Da iawn!
Celf a Coronation
Please join us in the school hall on Wednesday 3rd May at 2pm for a Celf and Coronation Fayre. The children will be displaying their art work and selling their ‘Coronation crafts’. Please come along and support them if you can. The children have been using their enterprising skills by researching, marketing and pricing their products ready to sell. Ardderchog pawb!
Coronation Disco
A huge thank you to the PTA for organising the Coronation Disco on Thursday. There will be a foundation phase disco at 4pm until 5pm but parents of nursery pupils are asked to stay with them. Those children who become overwhelmed by the noise of a disco are invited to attend the quiet disco at 4pm in the JSTF. Please use the JSTF door to access this.
The Key Stage 2 disco for Years 3,4,5 and 6 will be at 5pm-6pm. Tickets cost £2 and are available from Mrs Pompa or Mrs Seager in the school office. The PTA are looking for some Foundation Phase parents to help sell hotdogs, sweets and drinks at the disco. If you think you can help out, please let me or your child’s class teacher know. All help gratefully received!
RVE
As part of our Religion, Values and Ethics Curriculum, our children will be visiting places of worship such as the local Church, Swansea Mosque and a Sikh temple to name a few. I am sure that you will agree that the children need opportunities to:
· develop a sense of their uniqueness and value;
· reflect upon their own beliefs, values and actions and express and justify their own feelings and opinions;
· show empathy and consideration for others;
· develop compassion and help others;
· develop a voice and listen with respect to the voices of others;
· form good relationships;
· talk about themselves in relation to others;
· gain awareness of and respect for the beliefs, teachings and practices of others, as well as an ability to articulate their own;
· explore how religious and non-religious worldviews impact on the lives of individuals, the local community and wider society.
Visiting these special places of worship with their teachers and friends will give them confidence to ask questions and explore their surroundings in a respectful and inquisitive way. If you would like more information about our school curriculum please contact me on 01792 893682 or come along to our next parent focus group on Thursday May 11th at 2pm.
Volunteers
We are looking for volunteers who might have a spare hour or so every week to hear readers, help in classes with art or gardening or even share a particular skill with the children. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact me on 01792 893682 for a chat!
TRAFFIC
I would like to remind you to drive at 5MPH in the school car park and the surrounding areas. A black car was seen driving dangerously in the car park this week and a nursery child had to be pulled back. This is being investigated so if you know the driver or have any information about this incident please contact me ASAP. Please be vigilant and walk safely with your children, holding their hands if they don’t have any road sense yet, and using the pavement rather than walking through the carpark.
Remind your children to follow the ‘Kerb craft’ rules.
Water/ beach safety
The children took part in an excellent assembly on Tuesday. Joe and Sam from the RNLI came to school to teach the children about what to do in a water emergency and how to stay safe at the beach. They had a sound understanding to start with but by the end of the session it was clear that they had learnt much more. Thank you to the children who volunteered to take part in the activities and those who answered the tricky questions. I’m sure if the children visit the beach this weekend they will tell you all about it! Da iawn pawb.
I hope you all have a relaxing Bank Holiday weekend; fingers crossed for sunny weather.
See you on Tuesday!
Mrs Davies
Events this fortnight
Monday 1st May
Bank Holiday
Tuesday 2nd May
Years 2,4 and 6 to visit the Mosque
EWO will be checking on attendance
School Council Meeting
Wednesday 3rd May
Year 6 Tag Rugby Team to Swansea Festival
Criw Iaith Assembly
2pm Celf a Coronation Fayre
NO ARTS AND CRAFTS CLUB This will return in September!
Thursday 4th May
Violins
Stringalong
4pm Foundation Phase disco (Please use the main foyer door to enter)
4pm Quiet disco (Please use the JSTF door to enter)
5pm Key Stage 2 disco (Please use the main foyer door to enter)
Friday 5th May
Tiddly Tots
Swimming
Pupil of the month Assembly
Interest Groups
Monday 8th May
Bank Holiday
Tuesday 9th May
Active Travel Ambassadors to visit the Senedd
Wednesday 9th May
Child protection Training for staff and governors
Thursday 11th May
SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHS
Reception to visit the library
Staff will be sharing good practice with Brynmill School
Parent Focus Group at 2pm
Violins
Friday 12th May
Tiddly Tots
Swimming
Monday 15th May
Years 3 and 5 to visit St Catherine’s Church