Ysgol Gynradd Tre Uchaf Primary School

Newsletter 1.7.22

Attendance- This week’s attendance is          89%             The best attending class is Year 4

Dear parent/ carer,

I cannot believe that we have just 3 weeks left of this busy summer term. There are many events going on over the next few weeks so please keep checking the school website, class dojo and twitter @treuchafprimary to keep up to date on any last minute changes. It is lovely to hear the children singing and getting ready for the Foundation Phase Summer singalong and the KS2 concert. This year there will be two tickets available per family for each show. These will be available from your child’s class teacher from next week and will cost £2 per ticket. Please send in payment in an envelope with your child’s name.

Yesterday, Mrs Alison Williams our school improvement advisor visited school and listened to learners, looked at the children’s books, displays and the whole school provision. Your children spoke about our school with confidence, enthusiasm and warmth. They are a credit to you and you should be very proud of them.

On Monday and Tuesday next week, Year 6 will have their taster days at their chosen comprehensive school. For those children attending Penyrheol, they will need to wear their school uniform on Monday and their school PE kit on Tuesday with their school hoodie. On Tuesday morning the children from morning nursery up to Year 5, will spend time with their new class teacher.  The children and staff are quite excited!

From Friday 8^th July, after-school clubs will stop for Summer term. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the staff who have given up their time to run a wonderful range of after school activities that have enriched our learning provision. We’ve had basketball, makaton, active citizens and cycling to name a few.  Clubs will be back in Autumn Term so watch this space.

Our Busy Bee after-school club (paid) will be starting in September for a trial period of one month in the first instance. A booking in link will be sent to you before the end of term to give us an idea of numbers. The sessions will need to be paid for in advance. More information to follow.

Please check your SQUID account and make sure your child has enough credit for school dinners for the time left in school. Parents cannot go into arrears so please can you check every Sunday to ensure there is enough money for the week ahead. Please provide a packed lunch if required.

Calon ADHD is a project group that provide free afterschool activities for children in our local area. They arrange activities such as basketball, boxing, football and scooter sessions. For more information, please contact calonadhdproject@gmail.com

Please remember my door is always open to you if I can help in any way. Pop in to see me before or after school or ring Mrs Seager in the office to make an appointment. I hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Mrs L  Davies

JULY

4^th/ 5^th July Year 6 taster day

5^th July Children to meet new class teachers

Transition event for ISTF/ JSTF

6^th July Greg Rees Sports tournament

7^th July Year 2 parent meeting at 2.30pm in Year 3 to discuss the transition to KS2

8^th July Year 2 Library visit

11^th July Afternoon nursery visit to Estuary- Foreshore Park

12^th Morning nursery trip to Blackpill

13^th July Foundation Phase visit to Aberavon beach

13^th July Enterprise final

13^th July New children to visit school Year 2

Key stage 2 Summer concert 6pm (Tickets on sale soon)

14^th July Key stage 2 visit to the beach

14^th July 1.30pm Reception/ Year 1 and Year 2 Summer singalong (Tickets on sale soon)

15^th July Year 6 leavers party in Limitless

15^th July STF Football tournament 

18^th July Afternoon nursery sports day 1pm

19^th July Year 6 leaver assembly

19^th July Sports day for year 1 and 2 at 1.30pm

20^th July Morning  nursery and Reception sports day  (am)

20^th July Year 3 and 4 sports day 11am-12 20^th July Year 5/6 sports day 1.30pm

21^st July Class parties and last day of term

22^nd July INSET DAY- No school for children

Monday 25^th July- 9^th August  Food and Fun Summer Play scheme  in the gym. This is for children who have returned consent forms.

Monday 5^th September INSET DAY

Tuesday  6^th September School starts for most pupils.

Nursery, new ISTF and Reception children will have a staggered start date. Please see individual letters later on this term.

Newsletter 24.6.22

Attendance- This week’s attendance is 89.1%

The best attending class is Year 2

Dear parent/ carer,

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all 88 families who responded to our parent questionnaire. The results have been overwhelmingly positive and the suggestions are great. We will definitely put our school newsletter on class dojo as well as the website and from September every class will have class dojo as a way of communicating with staff. Our caretaker, Nigel, has welcomed the suggestions with regards to rubbish and debris and he will ensure that our grounds remain as clear as possible. Perhaps we should hold a ground force day every term for any volunteers who would like to lend a hand!  All other suggestions will be discussed with the staff over the next few weeks but I would urge the one parent who felt that their child was being bullied please contact me as soon as possible so I can deal with this matter directly.

We have just 8 places left for the Food and Fun Summer play scheme which is running for 12 days at the start of the holidays. This is open to KS2 children. If you require any further information, please get in touch with Miss Kelshaw or Miss Sidaway.

I would like to say congratulations to our Year 6 class who have taken part in an enterprise project this term. They attended a market day at Castle Gardens yesterday with other schools across Swansea. I invested £63 of our school budget into their project and I am pleased to report our money has already been returned with interest! The children will be selling their keyrings over the next few weeks and they are hoping to see a huge profit-watch this space! The children were extremely well behaved and an absolute credit to themselves, you and the staff. Well done Year 6!

As promised, our after school club will return for September for a trial period of one month in the first instance. As you know from recent newsletters, we were unable to sustain the club with only 1 or two children attending each night. For this to succeed you will need to book your children in regularly and pay in advance. If people don’t use it I can’t guarantee it will be kept open because our school will lose money. Our school budget is tight and I can’t put money into this if people aren’t going to use it. There will be a parent meeting for new reception children over the next few weeks so please can the nursery parents who requested it let me know your plans so I have an idea of numbers.

Our Year 6 children will be visiting Penyrheol Comprehensive School over the next few weeks. Your child should have brought home a consent form. Please follow the instructions on the letter to ensure your child has their thumbprint taken to allow them to access the hot meals from the school dinner hall.

Many thanks for your continued support and have a lovely weekend.

Kind regards

Mrs Davies

What’s on this week

Monday 27^th June

Year 2 to visit the allotments at the New Lodge

Rights respecting schools- Active citizens to work with Y Future

Tuesday 28th June

Education welfare visit regarding attendance

Wednesday 29^th June

Year 6 Transition orchestra to  Penyrheol  has been cancelled

Thursday 30th June

Violins

Friday 1st July

Year 3 Swimming

Seren yr wythnos assembly

DIARY DATES FOR SUMMER TERM 2022

JUNE

30^th June Penyrheol comprehensive Summer concert 7pm-8.30

JULY

4^th/ 5^th July Year 6 taster day

6^th July Greg Rees Sports tournament

8^th July Year 2 Library visit

11^th July Afternoon nursery visit to Estuary- Foreshore Park

12^th Morning nursery trip to Blackpill

13^th July Foundation Phase visit to Aberavon beach

13^th July Key stage 2 Summer concert 6pm (Tickets on sale soon)

14^th July Key stage 2 visit to beach

14^th July 1.30pm Reception/ Year 1 and Year 2 Summer singalong (Tickets on sale soon)

15^th July Year 6 leavers party in Limitless

15^th July STF Football tournament

18^th July Afternoon nursery sports day 1pm

19^th July Year 6 leavers assembly

19^th July Sports day for year 1 and 2 at 1.30pm

20^th July Morning  nursery and Reception sports day  (am)

20^th July Year 3 and 4 sports day 11am-12

20^th July Year 5/6 sports day 1.30pm

21^st July Class parties and last day of term

22^nd July INSET DAY- No school for children

Monday 25^th July- 9^th August  Food and Fun Summer Playscheme  in the gym. This is for children who have returned consent forms.

Monday 5^th September INSET DAY

Tuesday  6^th September School starts  for most pupils.

Nursery, new ISTF and Reception children will have a staggered start date. Please see individual letters later on this term.

17.6.22

Newsletter 17.6.22

Attendance- This week’s attendance is 91.8%

The best attending class this week is Year 6

Dear Parent/ carer,

The summer term is moving along very quickly and we seem to have a lot to fit in during the next 5 weeks! Fingers crossed for lovely weather so we can make the most of our beautiful grounds and enormous field. We are looking forward to sports day, the Greg Rees tournament, Summer singalongs and maybe even a Summer fayre. If you are interested in helping the PTA put on a Summer fayre please let me know.

Thank you for returning your child’s application form for the ‘Food and Fun’ summer playscheme. Miss Kelshaw and Miss Sidaway will be able to answer any questions you may have so pop in and see them in breakfast club in the morning. The playscheme will commence on Monday 25^th July for 12 days from 9am-1pm and will be open to KS2 children initially however if there are available spaces we will open to our younger pupils.

Our Year 6 children represented our school brilliantly on Monday during the question and answer session event with the staff and pupils from Penyrheol Comprehensive school. The Children showed respect, kindness and made a very good impression. Well done Year 6!

There are several visits and school trips over the next few weeks so if your child accesses free school meals please indicate on the consent form if you would like to access a free school packed lunch. Sometimes this food goes to waste if they are ordered and not needed so please let the class teacher know if you’d like one.

Attendance letters have been sent to those children who have lower than average attendance. Whilst we understand that some children have been more poorly than others particularly when we had regular covid cases, we also know that some children are not in school because it’s their birthday. This is not a reason to be absent! Children quite enjoy coming to school on their birthday and love to have a fuss on their special day. We have also been informed that some children are ’faking’ illness to avoid PE days, national tests, swimming and/or if they have had a quarrel with their friends. These are not acceptable reasons to be absent from school. As you know, we are here to help. If you need help and support regarding school attendance, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Many thanks for your continued support.

Mrs Davies

What’s on this week

Monday

Rights respecting schools visit to meet with Active citizens

Thursday

Year 1 trip to the park

Enterprise Final for Year 6

Violins

String along Year 3

Friday

Rugby and netball tournament in Trallwn Primary school

DIARY DATES FOR SUMMER TERM 2022

JUNE

24^th June Year 6 Rugby/ Netball competition in Trallwn school

30^th June Penyrheol comprehensive Summer concert 7pm-8.30

JULY

4^th and 5^th July- Year 6 TASTER DAY IN PENYRHEOL

6^th July Greg Rees Sports tournament

13^th July Foundation Phase visit to Aberavon beach

13^th July Key stage 2 Summer concert 6pm

14^th July Key stage 2 visit to beach

14^th July 1.30pm Reception/ Year 1 and Year 2 Summer singalong

15^th July Year 6 leavers party in Limitless

19^th July Year 6 leavers assembly

19^th July Sports day for STF classes 11-12 Date changed

19^th July Sports day for year 1 and 2 at 1.30pm

20^th July Morning  nursery and reception sports day 9.30-10.30

20^th July Year 3 and 4 sports day 11am-12

20^th July Year 5/6 sports day 1.30pm

21^st July Class parties and last day of term

22^nd July INSET DAY- No school for children

Newsletter13.6.22

Attendance- This week’s attendance is 89.3%

The best attending classes are Year 4 and JSTF

Dear parent/ carer

The children have thoroughly enjoyed Health and wellbeing week and the atmosphere around school has been positive and energetic. The Zumba sessions were popular with staff and children so we are going to start a Zumba after school club on a Wednesday so watch this space!

Thank you for completing the short survey about sports day. From the responses we received, it is clear that paired classes have been slightly more popular than separate individual classes so we will be arranging our sports days according to this. See the dates for the diary below.

Please make sure SQUID payments are up to date because there isn’t a facility to go ‘overdrawn’. All meals will need to be paid for in advance. Many thanks.

Our Food and Fun Summer play scheme is running for 12 days at the start of the holidays. This is open to 40 children in KS2 initially. If we have further spaces available we will open it up to foundation phase pupils. Letters have been sent out and it is first come first served due to the limited number of spaces available. If you require any further information, please get in touch with Miss Kelshaw or Miss Sidaway.

Many thanks for your continued support.

Mrs Davies

Events coming up

Monday 13^th June

Year 6 Question and answer session with Year 8 pupils from Penyrheol comprehensive

Tuesday 14th June

Education welfare visit regarding attendance

Class photographs

Year 5 visit to Oriel science project

Wednesday 15^th June

Best of me workshop

Thursday 16^th June

Year 3 to Folly farm

Violins

Friday 17^th June

JSTF Swimming

DIARY DATES FOR SUMMER TERM 2022

JUNE

23^rd June Year 6 Enterprise Final

24^th June Year 6 Rugby/ Netball competition in Trallwn school

29^th June Transition Orchestra to Penyrheol comprehensive

30^th June Penyrheol comprehensive Summer concert 7pm-8.30

JULY

6^th July Greg Rees Sports tournament

13^th July Foundation Phase visit to Aberavon beach

13^th July Key stage 2 Summer concert 6pm

14^th July Key stage 2 visit to beach

14^th July 1.30pm Reception/ Year 1 and Year 2 Summer singalong

15^th July Year 6 leavers party in Limitless

19^th July Year 6 leavers assembly

19^th July Sports day for STF classes 11-12

19^th July Sports day for year 1 and 2 at 1.30pm

20^th July Morning  nursery and reception sports day 9.30-10.30

20^th July Year 3 and 4 sports day 11am-12

20^th July Year 5/6 sports day 1.30pm

21^st July Class parties and last day of term

22^nd July INSET DAY- No school for children

Newsletter 27.5.22

Attendance- This week’s attendance is 85.7%

The best attending class is Year 3

Dear parent/ carer

The children have thoroughly enjoyed the ‘Jubilee Celebrations’ this week and we even had a visit from HRH during the Jubilee picnic lunch yesterday, what a treat.  The atmosphere around school has been electric and the Tre Uchaf’s Got Talent Show today was a tearjerker. Huge congratulations to those children who reached the final and what a final it was! The judges had the most difficult job and were in tears after some of the acts so I am relieved I didn’t have to choose the winner. I have no idea how Simon Cowell does this week in week out! Congratulations to The purple Stripes who were our winners, Cameron who came second, Jake was third and Whitney and Morgan fourth- amazing!

The Treuchaf Bake-off was won this year by Year 3 who were delighted. It tasted even better than it looked. Thank you to Mrs Havard, Mrs Dixie, and the Jubilee committee who planned the events this week. The standard of work from the children, which is currently on display in the corridor, was superb.

Thank you for completing the short survey about sports day. We have had a mixed response so far between those parents who would like separate class sports days and those who would like us to be together on the field. More information about dates and times will be shared after half term. If you haven’t submitted a response please click on the link here or copy and paste it into your browser. Many thanks.

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=Ug4_TzS3ZEGUCRtgHRR5kyw0Hyh0uNdIlTaTvVPw3EJUM0FVQklTSjUwQjczRTZDWDg3VENGVzlCOS4u

Thank you to those parents who attended our parent workshop on Tuesday about children’s anxiety and worries. The response has been fantastic. Please come along to the next and final session if you can on Tuesday 7^th June at 2pm in the school hall.

Llwchwr Town Council and Friends of Parc Williams will be holding a Community Jubilee Picnic 12-17:30 on Sunday 5th June.  The event is free and there will be entertainment and competitions. Please bring a picnic and enjoy our park!  

Competitions include; Children’s fancy dress, Best Jubilee Hat or Crown, and Best set of 6 decorated cupcakes.

Entertainment includes lots of  Music, Games, Circus Skills, Displays, Loughor Town Band, Disney Characters [Mr & Mrs Mouse, Buzz & Woody]. Loughor lifeboat will be visiting and the Hatch will be open for tea/coffee/ soft drinks.  There will also be homemade cakes for sale.

Details can be found on Friends of Parc Williams Facebook Page or Llwchwr Town Council web page http://www.LlwchwrTownCouncil.gov.uk

PARKING IS VERY LIMITED SO PLEASE TRY TO GET TO THE PARK ON FOOT IF YOU CAN.

A few things to remind you about over the coming weeks…

INSET Days

Monday June 6^th and Friday 22^nd July. Please put the dates in your diary and spread the word!

Absences

Please telephone the school office on 01792 893682 and select option 1 to leave a message if your child is absent. We understand that some children are more poorly than others are however; we have a duty to inform you if attendance is particularly low. I met with EWO this week who has asked to send the standard letters to those children who are below 80%. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you are worried or if you need help and support to improve your child’s attendance..

Tiddly Tots

Our Tiddly Tots parent and Toddler group is growing! It was lovely to see new faces this morning so we have decided to extend the time from 9am-10.30. Pop in between this time on a Friday for a cuppa and a chat! This is a great chance to speak to other parents and prepare your little ones for school! We look forward to seeing you after half term.

I hope you all have a relaxing half term and we will see you back in school on TUESDAY 7^th JUNE.

Many thanks for your continued support.

Mrs Davies

Events coming up- Health and well being week

Tuesday 7^th June

Year 2 Botanical gardens visit

CAMHS In reach parent session- Worries 2pm-3pm. Please come along and find out more!

Wednesday 8^th June

Year 5 taster day in Penyrheol Comprehensive school

Thursday 9^th June

Violins

Friday 10^th June

Year 2 library visit

Monday 13^th June

Year 6 Question and answer session with Year 8 pupils from Penyrheol comprehensive

Tuesday 14th June

Education welfare visit regarding attendance

Class photographs

Year 5 visit to Oriel science project

Wednesday 15^th June

Best of me workshop

Thursday 16^th June

Year 3 to Folly farm

Violins

Newsletter 20.5.22

Attendance- This week’s attendance is 89.5%

The best attending class is JSTF.

Dear parent/ carer

I would like to take the opportunity to thank the parents and carers who attended the curriculum design meeting in the school hall on Wednesday. It was lovely to see so many enthusiastic people keen to improve the lives of our children. It was a common sense discussion and the representatives paid considerable thought to the needs of the children in our school. We will review the curriculum again during Autumn term and look forward to welcoming other parents and carers who might have missed this opportunity. If you were unable to attend but would like to share thoughts and ideas please email the school or telephone me on 01792893682.

Thank you to the parents who have sent in outgrown school uniform, which we have recycled for our younger children. We have a rail at the front of our school entrance with a selection of uniform to choose if you need it. We understand the cost of living has increased and this is a good way to reduce, re-use and recycle. If your child has grown out of polo shirts, school dresses, skirts and jumpers that are still in good condition, please hand them into your child’s class teacher or the office. This project is helping our school community in many ways.

Thank you to Mr Civil for arranging for DR BIKE to attend school today. There were a few repairs made and a few prescriptions for recommendations! Thank you to Roger from SUStrans and Mr Ricketts our parent governor for supporting the event and getting stuck in!

A few things to remind you about over the coming weeks…

INSET Days

Monday June 6^th and Friday 22^nd July. Please put the dates in your diary and spread the word!

DON’T FORGET!!!
Learn how to manage your child’s worries in a supportive manner that fosters emotional resilience for your child. The workshop offers an opportunity to understand the science behind worry while providing practical strategies to manage worry in the home and for life outside of school. Look inside the worry cycle, understand the physical feelings of worries and how to manage them, and explore when extra support may be needed. Come along to the school on 24^th May and 7^th June between 2pm-3pm. We look forward to seeing you.

Absences

Please telephone the school office on 01792 893682 and select option 1 to leave a message. Mrs Seager checks these messages at 9am every day but if a message hasn’t been received you will be telephoned to ask for a reason. As you know, we have a duty of care for all children in our school. If your child is absent, we need to know where they are.

Platinum Jubilee Week

During the next fortnight, the children will be working on a project about the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. An event we will never see again! The children will be researching the commonwealth, finding out about the different countries, researching historical facts, investigating Buckingham Palace etc.

We will be enjoying a BIG Lunch/ garden party on the school field at lunchtime on Thursday 26^th May. They can dress as a king/queen/princess/prince or wear something red, white and/or blue.

Auditions for TreUchaf’s Royal variety show in the style of TreUchaf’s Got talent will be Monday and Thursday next week and the grand final on Friday afternoon.

Tiddly Tots

It was lovely to get back to some normality last week and welcome some new tots to our parent and toddler group. We have decided to extend the time from 9am-10.30 so pop in between this time on a Friday for a cuppa and a chat! This is a great chance to speak to other parents and prepare your little ones for school! We look forward to seeing you.

Personalised tests

Children from Year2 to Year 6 will be participating in online tests over the next few weeks. These are available online using Hwb and are nothing to worry about! There are practice questions on Hwb so if the children log into their HWB account it will appear on the front page. These familiarisation questions are a great opportunity for you to talk through the style of questioning but they may not be pitched at the right stage for your child.  Have a go with them but please do not worry. There will be no pressure from us at all and it’ll just be another way for us to look at their progress in maths and reading.

Have a lovely weekend!

Mrs Davies

Events this week

Monday 23^rd Jubilee Week!

KS2 Auditions 1pm

Cricket club

Tuesday 24^th May

CAMHS In reach parent session- Worries 2pm-3pm. Please come along and find out more!

Governor meeting

Year 6 transition group to Gorseinon to work with the cluster.

Wednesday 25^th May

Reception- height, weight and vision screening

Thursday 26^th May

Jubilee picnic and parade- Children can dress as a royal prince, princess, king , queen or wear red, white or blue. Bring a picnic lunch inspired by an afternoon tea to enjoy on the school field at lunchtime. This will be instead of lunch so if your child has a free school meal and you’d like to order a picnic lunch, please inform your class teacher on Monday.

Year 5/ 6 football match in Meadow View

Friday 27^th May

Swansea City FC working with Year 5

The final of TreUchaf’s Got Talent

Monday 6^th June

INSET DAY

Tuesday 7^th June

CAMHS In Reach workshop- worries

Year 2 visit to Botanical gardens

Wednesday 8^th June

Year 5 Taster morning in Penyrheol 9.30-1pm

Friday 10^th June

Year 2 to visit the library

This is the new menu for Summer term

https://www.swansea.gov.uk/primaryschoolmenu

Newsletter 13.5.22

Dear parent/ carer

Thank you for supporting our ‘Walking Bus’ today. Our older children were wonderful role models and set a fantastic example of remaining safe on the road. We did not anticipate such a large number of children so next week we will make sure we have additional staff to help Mr Civil and Miss Trotman on Friday!

Unfortunately, I have noticed that standards are slipping with school uniform and many children are turning up to school in different coloured sports hoodies and jumpers rather than their school sweaters. Many of our girls are starting to wear false nails and want to wear fancy headwear such as large bows and scarves in their hair. Please help to support our message to the children and ensure all children wear the correct clothing. When the children leave our school to go to comprehensive school the expectation will be to conform to school uniform rules, so helping them to adopt these skills now will help them in the future. Thank you for your support.

I would like to thank the parents who have sent in outgrown school uniforms, which we have recycled for our younger children. We have a rail at the front of our school entrance with a selection of uniform to choose from if you need it. We understand the cost of living has increased and this is a good way to reduce, re-use and recycle. If your child has grown out of polo shirts, school dresses, skirts, and jumpers that are still in good condition, please hand them into your child’s class teacher or the office. This project is helping our school community in many ways-thank you!

A few things to remind you about over the coming weeks…

INSET Days

Monday June 6^th and Friday 22^nd July. Please put the dates in your diary and spread the word!

CAMHS

Two-session parent workshop on supporting your child with their worries. 
Learn how to manage your child’s worries in a supportive manner that fosters emotional resilience for your child. The workshop offers an opportunity to understand the science behind worry while providing practical strategies to manage worry in the home and for life outside of school. Look inside the worry cycle, understand physical feelings of worries and how to manage them, and explore when extra support may be needed. Come along to the school on 24^th May and 7^th June between 2pm-3pm. We look forward to seeing you.

Class of 2023 Hoodies

We have “Class of 2023” school hoodies in the office for Year 5 to try on for size, ready for next year. We have red, yellow, green, blue and grey to choose from this year. If you would like to order a hoodie for delivery in July, please complete the form and send in payment to the school office. The last date for orders will be June 24^th.

Curriculum for Tre Uchaf Parent Event

From September 2022, our school will be embarking on a journey towards a new curriculum for Wales. Whilst the teaching staff and children have all shared their ideas about what our curriculum should look like in Tre Uchaf, it should also be acknowledged that you as parents and carers will also have your own ideas and suggestions about what our children should experience.  As you know, we are a positive and inclusive school and I want to hear your thoughts and suggestions about what you think our children need to achieve or experience during their time with us.

Attendance

Please telephone the school office on 01792 893682 to inform us if your child is absent for any reason. When you phone, our lovely children with a cheerful message will greet you and then prompt you to select option 1 to leave a message. Mrs Seager checks these messages at 9am every day but if a message hasn’t been received you will be telephoned to ask for a reason. As you know, we have a duty of care for all children in our school. If your child is absent, we need to know where they are.

Term-time holidays

We understand that the disruptions over the last few years have meant that many families have had their holidays postponed and cancelled and some of these have been re-arranged for the coming months. We understand the importance of spending time together with family and know the cost of taking holidays during the school holidays is expensive. However, we are unable to authorise holidays during term time. If your child’s attendance is very good and above 95% this won’t be a problem, however for those children who have lower attendance a 2 week holiday can have a big impact on their learning. Please be aware of this when you book your next holiday. If you would like to discuss your child’s attendance, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Summer play scheme- Food and Fun!

We are delighted to tell you our school has been selected to host a FREE Summer play scheme for 10 days in the Summer holidays.  It will be held in our school gym building from 9am until 1pm from 25^th July. We have to limit the places to 40 children per day due to staffing levels. Children in Years 2,3,4 and 5 (this academic year) will be offered a place and it will be on a first come first-served basis. Letters and information will follow over the coming weeks but to secure a place you MUST complete a booking form. Once the 40 places are full, registration will close.

Nuts

We have several children and a member of staff with a nut allergy so please do not send any products with nuts into school. This includes Nutella!

Platinum Jubilee Week

During the next fortnight, the children will be working on a project about the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. An event we will never see again! The children will be researching the commonwealth, finding out about the different countries, researching historical facts, investigating Buckingham Palace etc.  Each class will inform you of the events going on but the whole school will be enjoying a BIG Lunch/ garden party on the school field on Thursday 26^th May. They can dress as a royal or wear something red, white and/or blue.

During the week commencing 23rd May the children can audition for TreUchaf’s Royal variety show in the style of TreUchaf’s Got talent. More information to follow. Our Pupil Voice Groups have been incredibly busy arranging meetings to decide what other activities we can do. Suggestions have included, dressing your pet as a royal, a Victoria sponge bake-off, designing a hat for the Queen etc. We will send out more information over the next week-watch this space!

Tiddly Tots

It was lovely to get back to some normality and welcome some new tots to our parent and toddler group on a Friday morning. Please come along if you have a 0-3year old. This is a great chance to speak to other parents and prepare your little ones for school! It is in the school hall from 9am-10am on a Friday morning (term time only). We look forward to seeing you.

Have a lovely weekend!

Mrs Davies

Events this week

Monday 16^th May

2.50pm Netball game in Cadle Primary School

Tuesday 17^th May

Child led assembly- Here to help!

Wednesday 18^th May

Year 4 visit to Mumbles

Year 2 Enterprise project- smoothies!

1.30- Parents and our new curriculum

Thursday 19^th May

Year 6 MAT event in Penyrheol 2pm-3pm

Violins

Year 3 String along

Friday 20^th May

Tiddly tots parent group from 9am- 10am in the school hall

Swansea City Fc to work with Year 5

Reception ballet

Year 2 Street dance

Tuesday 24^th May

CAMHS In reach parent session- Worries 2pm-3pm

Governor meeting

Wednesday 25^th May

Cricket Competition Gorseinon CC

Reception height weight vision screening

Year 6 Transition council meeting in Penyrheol Comprehensive

Thursday 26^th May

Jubilee picnic- Children can dress as a royal or wear red white or blue. Bring a picnic lunch inspired by an afternoon tea to enjoy on the school field.

Year 5/ 6 football match in Meadow View

Friday 27^th May

Swansea City FC working with Year 5

The final of TreUchaf’s Got Talent

Monday 6^th June

INSET DAY

Tuesday 7^th June Online tests for Year 2-Year 6

CAMHS In Reach workshop- worries

Year 2 visit to Botanical gardens

Wednesday 8^th June

Year 5 Taster morning in Penyrheol 9.30-1pm

Friday 10^th June

Year 2 to visit the library

9.5.22

Dear parent/ carer

Our healthy and confident bees would like to bring back the walking bus and would like to encourage more children to walk to school. Therefore, with this in mind, Mr Civil will be starting our walking bus from the Pengry Road Working men’s club at 8.30am every Wednesday morning. If your children would like to get involved please meet at the Pengry Road club car park to join in.

Our reception children have experienced ballet, our year 2 children have been joining in with Street dance, and year 3 have started learning to play the violin in string-along. Interest groups have involved scooter skills, sewing, forest fun, gardening, and Swansea City Football club has been working with our Year 5 children so the school has been very busy this week! Well done to all our ambitious and capable learners.

A few things to remind you about over the coming weeks…

INSET Days

Monday, June 6^th and Friday 22^nd July are now staff training days. Please put the dates in your diary and spread the word!

CAMHS School In-reach Team are offering a two-session parent workshop on supporting your child with their worries. 

Learn how to manage your child’s worries in a supportive manner that fosters emotional resilience for your child. The workshop offers an opportunity to understand the science behind worry while providing practical strategies to manage worry in the home and for life outside of school. Look inside the worry cycle, understand the physical feelings of worries and how to manage them, and explore when extra support may be needed. Come along to the school on 24^th May and 7^th June between 2pm-3pm. We look forward to seeing you.

Class of 2023 Hoodies

The year 5 children have been asking me about the “Class of 2023”  hoodies for the next academic year. This seems to be an exciting event for the children! After discussions with the year 5 class and JSTF children, we have decided that the selection of colours will not be as wide this year and we will be sticking to just 5 colours to choose from. Order forms and sample sizes will be available over the next few weeks for parents.

Curriculum for Tre Uchaf Parent Event

From September 2022, our school will be embarking on a journey towards a new curriculum for Wales. Whilst the teaching staff and children have all shared their ideas about what our curriculum should look like in Tre Uchaf, it should also be acknowledged that you as parents and carers will also have your own ideas and suggestions about what our children should experience.  Everyone is welcome to attend but I am also particularly interested in encouraging parents and carers who may belong to underrepresented groups such as BAME parents, parents in the LGBT community, parents of children with additional learning needs and parents who have children who speak English as a second language. As you know, we are a positive and inclusive school and I want to hear your thoughts and suggestions about what you think our children need to achieve or experience during their time with us.

Come along to the school hall on Wednesday 18^th May at 1.30pm to discuss the new curriculum and have a cup of coffee and a slice of cake!

After school clubs

I am delighted to tell you that after-school clubs are back on for the Summer term. The children will receive a letter for consent to attend and information regarding times and days etc.

Football matches against other schools will be ongoing throughout the summer term with Mr Jones.

Monday

Cricket from 3pm-4pm on the school field Years 4,5 and 6  with Mrs Davies

Netball in the gym for  Years 5 and 6 with Miss Trotman

Active citizens for Year 5 and 6 with Mr Smith

Clwb Cymraeg with Mrs Havard and Miss Morgan in the  Year 4 classroom

Advanced Makaton with Mrs Pugh Year 3,4,5 and 6

Tuesday

Beginner Makaton with Miss Hughes in ISTF class Years 1,2 and 3

Dance with Miss Legg in the gym

Wednesday

Basketball from 3pm-3.50pm in the gym with Mr Walker (Years 4,5 and 6)

Thursday

Coding Club with Mrs Edwards in Year 2 with Years 2,3 and 4

Cycling club with Mr Civil- limited numbers due to health and safety. (Years 4,5 and 6)

Friday

Art and craft with Mrs Hall (Years 1 and 2)

Please collect information letter and consent forms from the teacher organising the club and collect the children on time. A big thank you to the staff who are giving up their time to host these for our children.

Mrs Davies

Events this week

Tuesday 10^th May

Pupil Voice meeting with Mrs Davies

Staff training on Thrive

Wednesday 11^th May

Food and fun training day  for staff working in the Summer playscheme

Thursday 12^th May

Year 5 to Awel y mor nursing home to sing for the residents

Violins

Year 3 String along

Year 5 Gymnastics with Afan Gym

Year 6 to MAT science event in Penyrheol

New parents to visit- Year 3 and Reception

Friday 13^th May

Tiddly tots parent group from 9am- 10am in the school hall

Swimming

Penyrheol Comprehensive staff to visit

Swansea City Fc to work with Year 5

Reception ballet

Year 2 Street dance

Monday 16^th May

2.50pm Netball game in Cadle Primary School

Wednesday 18^th May

1.30pm Curriculum for TreUchaf Parent event in the school hall

Thursday 19^th May

Violins

Year 3 Stringalong

Year 6 MAT event in Penyrheol

Monday May 23^rd  “Jubilee Week” More information to follow

Tuesday 24^th May

CAMHS In reach parent session- Worries 2pm-3pm

Governor meeting

Wednesday 25^th May

Cricket Competition Gorseinon CC

Reception height weight vision screening

Year 6 Transition council meeting in Penyrheol Comprehensive

Thursday 26^th May

Year 5/ 6 football match in Meadow View

Friday 27^th May

Tiddly Tots 9am-10am

Swansea City FC working with Year 5

Reception ballet

Year 2 Street dance

Monday 6^th June

INSET DAY

Tuesday 7^th June Online personalised tests for Year 2-Year 6 (Please do not worry about these)

CAMHS In-Reach workshop “Worries”

Year 2 visit to Botanical gardens

Wednesday 8^th June

Year 5 Taster morning in Penyrheol 9.30-1pm

Friday 10^th June

Year 2 to visit the library

Come along to the parent sessions on Tuesday 24th May at 2pm and Tuesday 7th June at 2pm. The workshop will be supported by Jez Jones.