Ysgol Gynradd Tre Uchaf Primary School

Dear Parents/ carers,

Newsletter Week Beginning 27th September

I am pleased to tell you that Positive Covid cases in our school are low despite them rising in our school community. Thank you for your patience and understanding whilst we continue to take a cautious approach.

https://portalcovidcymru.co.uk/map.html

Again if your child has any of the 3 main symptoms, please keep them at home and book a PCR test. You will need to keep your child at home until they have a negative test or the isolation period is over. TTP will advise you on this. If you are unsure, please telephone us in school and we will help to answer any questions you may have.

https://gov.wales/coronavirus

I will continue to put any Covid related updates on the school website under the news section so please check there regularly.

Please can I remind you that children should be wearing clean uniform to school every day to stop the spread. This is really important!

If your child has a positive test result over the weekend or early Monday morning, please put POSITIVE in the subject box and email  their name and class to

treuchaf.primaryschool@swansea-edunet.gov.uk

Dates for your diary

Harvest celebration – Thursday 30^th September

School Photographs- Friday 1^st October

INSET day- Friday 22^nd October

Half Term – Monday 25^th– Friday 29^th October

Year 6 Open evening at Pen-yr-heol Comprehensive-Wednesday 10^th November 6pm-8pm

End of Autumn Term Friday 17^th December

Swansea City Boot Room

We are collecting football boots and astroturf trainers for the Swansea City Boot Room project. If your child has grown out of any football boots please donate them to this good cause by putting them in the plastic box just outside the foyer. There are many families that have been extremely grateful for these over the last few months.

Schoop

There are still lots of families who don’t have access to schoop and are missing out on vital messages. Please download the schoop app if you haven’t already, to receive regular updates on your phone. Many thanks!

Squid

Please make sure if your child is having school dinners their Squid account is topped up. If you don’t have a squid account, please contact Mrs Seager in the school office who will be able to assist you.

Events this week- Harvest

Wednesday 29^th September- Active journeys launch day!

Children from Reception, Year 1 and Year2 to bring scooters in today.

All children will be involved in ‘Active journeys’ through assemblies and other activities throughout the day.

Thursday 30^th September- Harvest Assembly

Earlier this year, one of our children did a great job raising awareness of the charity ‘SOS Cymru Wales’ and we would like to continue to support them by donating our harvest collection this year. Please could you donate items suitable for ‘SOS Shelter Cymru’ clients, some of which will have limited resources, including a kettle and maybe a microwave to use in a shared area. Any foods that can be used with limited resources would be really useful. We will quarantine the items safely before they get collected.

Suggested items include; Long life milk, cereal, packet noodles, tins, packets of rice, pasta, pasta sauce, tinned soup, squash, tinned meat, tuna, tinned vegetables, packets of pasta and sauce, tea bags etc.

Thank you in advance!

Violins- Please can children learning to play the violin bring make sure it is in school on Thursday.

Year 1- String along!

Friday 1^st October- SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPH DAY!

Year 4 Swimming- Please can all Year 4 children bring a swimming kit (Year 4 children will have their photograph taken before they go swimming!)

Wednesday 6^th October

Year 2 visit to Caerphilly castle

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

Mrs Davies

Dear Parents/ Carers

I am slightly concerned with the rising Covid cases in the school community this weekend so from tomorrow we will need to be extra careful. Can I please ask you to be extremely vigilant with your child’s health and if they don’t seem right please take them for a PCR test as a precaution.

I have heard of numerous cases of children showing none of the 3 main symptoms, instead having a runny nose, feeling sick and very tired but then having a positive Covid result. As I’m sure you are all aware, Covid cases in Swansea are rising and we have vulnerable children, staff and families within our school. It is SO important that we each play a part in keeping our community safe.

Sorry for the serious message on a Sunday evening. I just want our children, staff and families to be safe.

I hope you’ve all had a lovely weekend.

Stay safe!

Mrs Davies

Dear Parents/ carers,

Newsletter Week Beginning 20th September

Thank you for attending the parent meetings this week with your child’s class teacher and following the Covid safe rules. Feedback from many of you has been really positive so a big thank you for coming along but remembering to stay safe whilst in the building.

Thank you again for your patience and understanding if we’ve telephoned you to collect your child this week, especially if they are showing Covid symptoms. We are taking a cautious approach and hopefully this will help to stop the spread in our local community. At the moment cases are very low in our school and I’d like to keep it that way for as long as possible!

If your child has any of the 3 main symptoms, please keep them at home and book a PCR test. You will need to keep your child at home until they have a negative test or the isolation period is over. TTP will advise you on this. If you are unsure, please telephone us in school and we will help to answer any questions you may have.

https://gov.wales/coronavirus

Dates for your diary

School Photographs- Friday 1^st October

INSET day- Friday 22^nd October

Half Term – Monday 25^th– Friday 29^th October

Year 6 Open evening at Pen-yr-heol Comprehensive-Wednesday 10^th November 6pm-8pm

End of Autumn Term Friday 17^th December

The following dates are provisional due to government guidelines changing if cases of Covid rise. Hopefully we will be in a position to have a concert and a pantomime this year-fingers crossed!

Foundation Phase concert December 7^th at 1.30pm

December 8^th 9.30am Foundation Phase concert including our nursery pupils

December 14^th– Key Stage 2 panto

Parents Evenings

Parents evening will be the week commencing Monday 8^th November. After the positive feedback from parents last year, we have decided to do this by telephone call. More details about this will follow over the coming weeks. Hopefully, in Spring term we will be able to invite you into class to look at the children’s books and have a face to face appointment with the class teacher.

As you know, I will always make myself available to discuss any concerns you may have, preferably by phone but I’m always out on one of the yards every morning.

Morrison’s ‘It’s good to grow’

We are collecting the Morrison’s’ It’s good to grow’ vouchers for gardening equipment. If you have any vouchers from your shopping, please put them in the box in the foyer. Many Thanks

School uniform

We have a large selection of unwanted uniform that has very kindly been washed and ironed by one of our lovely teaching assistants. We will put these items on a rail in front of the main foyer from Monday morning. If you would like any of the items on the rail, please help yourself, we would rather it be used by the children than sitting in a box in a cupboard! There will be an honesty box next to the rail if you would like to make a small donation but don’t feel like you have to!

Schoop

Please download the schoop app if you haven’t already, to receive regular updates on your phone of any school information. We will be using this form of communication more over the next few months. It’s particularly useful for Year 5 and 6 parents who don’t have access to class dojo. It also has a tool that you can use to inform us of any absence without having to ring the school office. Many thanks to those of you who have used this feature already, its much quicker!

Events this week

Monday 20^th September

Year 2 meeting at 3pm

Tuesday 21st September

Year 6 visit to 1940’s museum

Thursday 23rd September

Violins- Please make sure your child brings their violin to school every Thursday

Year 1 – String along Music workshop

Friday 24th September

Year 4 Swimming- Please can all Year 4 children bring a swimming kit

Tuesday 28th September

JSTF coffee morning

Mrs Pugh will finalise a date for ISTF coffee morning over the next week and let parents know via class dojo.

Have a lovely weekend and stay safe!

Mrs Davies

Dear Parents/ carers,

Newsletter Week Beginning 13th September

It has been lovely to welcome the children back to school with slight relaxation of the rules and regulations, which we have all followed over the last 18months. The children have settled well and I’m pleased to say they ALL look super smart in their school uniform. Reception are all in school today after a staggered week and have made a great start to the term. Our new little nursery class look tiny but so grown up! Thank you for making sure they have the correct uniform and have what they need. Just like you, I’m also a busy parent of two boys and I know it’s no mean feat to get what they need in the right place on the right day!

Thank you again for your patience and understanding when we’ve had new guidance to follow, particularly with testing and isolation. I am so grateful to you for your compliance and understanding with new rules and TTP processes. If you are unsure about anything, please look at the website below or contact Mrs Seager in the school office.

https://gov.wales/coronavirus

Now we are starting to open up our school activities further and I would ask you to read the following information carefully so that you know what to expect in the weeks ahead.

Breakfast Club.

As you should know, Breakfast Club has opened up again for children from Nursery to Year 6. We are still keeping the Foundation phase pupils separate to  KS2 pupils as much as possible and so KS2 will have their breakfast club in the gym and Foundation phase children will be in the hall. You don’t need to book the children in but they will need to continue to sanitise on entry to school. We do need to keep the rooms fully ventilated so it might get chilly when the weather changes.

Breakfast is still toast or fruit and a bottle of water and will be served from 8.20am. As before, children can arrive before this time (from 8am) but will be charged £1 to cover additional costs.

School Dinners

Hot school dinners are continuing and children from Foundation phase will eat in the dinner hall from 11.45am. It is then cleaned before KS2 children come in at 12.25. Please ensure you have put money on your sQuid account as this is the only way you can pay. We have a weekly list of children entitled to free school meals. Please check with Mrs Seager in the school office if you think you might be entitled to claim free school meals. The menu for the meals can be found here.

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

Snack

Foundation phase pupils are welcome to bring in £1 per week for fruit. We have a selection of Gower-grown fruit delivered from our local greengrocer- Shepherds. You are more than welcome to provide your own fruit snack but please can I remind you that it is fruit only. Some children have brought in yoghurts, biscuits, pepperami and fruit winders. These items would need to be eaten at lunchtime as part of their packed lunch if they bring them to school.

Drinks

Please also continue to send in a named water bottle for your child which they can refill throughout the day.

Kids Club

After school Kids club has also started again on Monday but you will need to book your children into club in the usual way. Strict procedures will still be in place to keep your children safe and to ensure we maintain hand hygiene at all times.

Information about your child’s new class!

Pre-covid we would normally invite you in to meet your child’s new class teacher to find out all the important information you need. This would normally be held with the children in their new classroom. For obvious reasons, we can’t do this in the usual way. However, we feel it’s important for you to meet your child’s class teacher to ensure a smooth transition to their new class. Next week, we will hold a socially distanced and safe meeting for parents who would like to meet their child’s class teacher.

There are some rules you will need to follow and we completely understand if you wish to receive the information by letter. To attend the meeting safely only one parent per child can attend. You will need to wear a mask and sanitise on your way in to school. You will meet the teacher in the hall and will remain seated in a socially distanced way and not move seats. The doors and windows will be open to ensure the hall is well ventilated.  You will need to wear your mask throughout the meeting and the children will remain in their classroom with me. At 3.30pm I will bring the children to the hall and then you will leave in a socially distanced way following the one-way system.

The meetings will be held on different nights so that there will be no more than 25 people in our large hall. Year 3, Nursery and Reception have already had a meeting outside in Summer Term so we will NOT be holding a meeting for parents of children in these classes. You will need to arrange for siblings to be looked after as we won’t be allowing other children in the hall at this time. I understand that this might be difficult which is why we will also provide the information by email or letter home. The meetings will take place as follows:

Monday 13^th September 3pm- 3.30pm          Year 5

Tuesday 14^th September 3pm-3,30pm           Year 4

Wednesday 15^th September 3pm-3.30pm      Year 6

Thursday 16^th September 3pm-3,30pm           Year 1

Monday 20^th September 3pm-3.30pm          Year 2

Again, if you would prefer to have the information by letter or email please let us know. If you have any questions for Mrs Mead Yr3, Mrs Glass Nursery and Miss Trotman Reception, please ask via class dojo in the usual way.

Children in ISTF and JSTF will have a socially distanced coffee morning once we have worked out how to do this safely and with minimum risk to the children, staff and parents. More information will follow.

Parents Evenings

Parents’ evenings will be after half term and will be via telephone call just like last year. More information will follow later on this term.

As you know, I will always make myself available to discuss any concerns you may have, preferably by phone but I’m always in one of the yards in the morning before school.

PE KITS

The children will wear their PE kit to school on their PE day. Staff will inform you of this in the meeting or via class dojo if you haven’t already been told.

PE kit consists of trainers, a plain white round neck t-shirt OR a plain house colour t-shirt with the school logo, black shorts, black leggings or black tracksuit bottoms. Please do not send the children into school wearing a football kit, rugby kit, crop top, and brightly coloured leggings or a t-shirt with a slogan or sports brand. I have a selection of plain white t-shirts in my office for those children who may forget!

Rainbow Room and Thrive Hive

We have a duty of care for ALL children in our school. At times children become distressed or upset about things that might have happened at home, in the yard or in school. The staff who work in the Thrive Hive or the Rainbow Room focus on children’s well-being. They have been trained and are very experienced. If children need support for something linked to their well-being they might spend some time with Mrs Bessent or Miss Kelshaw. This could be anything from a 2-minute chat to reassure them or a 20-minute session once a week. Please always know that we have the children’s best interest at heart and we want them to succeed. If your child wants to share good news or is particularly proud of their work, they might also pop in to see Miss Kelshaw or Mrs Bessent.

Please be reassured we will always inform you if the children need further support because working with you, together as part of a team, will always get the best outcome. Please give me a ring if you have any questions.

Events this week

Monday 13^th September

Year 5 meeting at 3pm

Tuesday 14^th September

AM- Roman Visitor to Year 4

PM- Celtic Visitor to Year 3

Year 4 class meeting at 3pm

Wednesday 15^th September

Year 6 Parent meeting at 3pm

Thursday 16^th September

Year 1 Parent meeting at 3pm

Friday 17^th September

Year 4 Swimming- Please can all Year 4 children bring a swimming kit

Monday 20^th September

Year 2 Parent meeting at 3pm

Tuesday 21^st September

Year 6 visit to 1940’s museum.

Year 2 visit to Loughor Castle

I hope you all have a great weekend!

Kind Regards

Mrs L Davies

LEA letter about returning to school here

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Dear Parents/carers

Changes to contact tracing and self-isolation from this September

I hope you and your child have enjoyed the summer break.

As we return to school, there are some new arrangements in place when someone tests positive for COVID-19. These changes have been made possible by the vaccination programme and the significant reduction in numbers being hospitalised and suffering severe illness due to COVID-19 over recent months.

If your child tests positive for COVID-19 using a PCR test, NHS Test, Trace, Protect (TTP) will contact you, using the details provided when the PCR test was ordered. They will ask questions designed to identify recent close contacts of your child, and for contact details – if you know them – of the individual or their parent/guardian. TTP will then get in touch with these close contacts to provide instructions or advice.

Those who are under 18 or fully vaccinated are no longer required to self-isolate if they are identified as close contacts. But they will be contacted to let them know that they’ve been in close contact with someone who has tested positive. They will also be offered two PCR tests and provided with information and advice on how to minimise the risks of onward spread. If your child is identified as a close contact, they can still attend school unless they develop symptoms or are advised otherwise by TTP. Please continue to let us know if your child tests positive.

If a child tests positive, only a minority of their classmates will be identified as close contacts. But if there is a pattern of cases TTP may ask us to update you on the situation and remind you of key steps, including advising you to keep an eye out for new symptoms your child may develop, and to stay away from vulnerable family and friends in the short-term.

We do expect that there will be cases of COVID-19 across our community over the coming weeks, but this does not mean that COVID-19 is spreading within the school. Please continue to be vigilant for symptoms. If you are in any doubt, order a PCR test for your child at www.gov.uk/get‑coronavirus‑test or by calling 119.

Anyone with symptoms – a new continuous cough, fever or high temperature or loss of, or change in, sense of smell or taste – should remain in self-isolation until the test result is known. You can find the latest information on self-isolation arrangements at www.gov.wales/self‑isolation.

We recognise how difficult the past 18 months have been and the sacrifices that all families have had to make. Thank you for everything you have done to support your child and our school.

Kind Regards

Mrs L Davies

Welcome back!

We are looking forward to seeing you on Monday 6th September. Don’t forget some children in nursery or reception will be starting later on in the week so please check your letter.

The video below is to give you some information about returning on Monday. We look forward to seeing you bright and early at 8.50am!

Click here

Mrs Davies

Here is our Annual Report to Parents for 2020 – 2021.

ARP2021

Tre Uchaf Primary School Newsletter Week Beginning 12^th July 2021

Dear Parents,

This is our final Newsletter of the year as we finish school for the summer break on Friday. Reception – Year 6 parents should today have received your child’s end of year report together with a letter from myself. Nursery reports will be given out on Monday.

Monday 12^th July

STF Trip (Let’s hope for good weather!)

Tuesday 13^th July

School Fun Day and Picnic for Reception- Year 6.

Foundation phase 11am-1pm and KS2 1pm-3pm on the school field.

The children will need to bring a picnic (packed lunch), something to sit on and if they would like to participate in the water fight, a water gun or pistol. A change of clothes and a small towel is recommended because the children have been soaking wet in the past, which as you can imagine they absolutely love!

Children in receipt of free school meals have had a note sent home today to order a packed lunch. You will need to complete this and return it to school on Monday if you would like your child to have one.

Wednesday 14^th July

2.15pm Meeting with Miss Lowe for parents of children moving into year 3. This will take place on the junior yard outside the year 3 classroom.

Thursday 15^th July

Reserve Picnic/Fun Day (if needed)

Friday 16^th July

Year 5 Swimming – Fun Day!

10.00 Year 6 Leaver’s Assembly and presentation by the Mayor on the school field. This is for year 6 children and one of their parents only. The event will take place in a strictly socially distanced way and face masks must be worn Please go straight to the school field.

1.00 Year 6 Fun Afternoon on the school field. This event is for children only, not parents, sorry!

sQuid Dinner Money Payments

With the end of summer term fast approaching please can we ask parents of those children leaving in July to use up any credit on sQuid before the end of term. You can request a refund from sQuid if you are still in credit when your child leaves school.  You may also need to cancel auto top ups.

Money can be transferred to sibling accounts at Tre Uchaf school but not to a different school.

Please also make sure that there is no money owing as this means that we will have to invoice you and inform the County Council of any debts in your name.

Residents

We have had a considerable number of complaints from the residents in Cwrt-yr- Ysgol over the last few weeks. They have reported anti-social behaviour and abusive language from some of our parents who are parking in their allocated spaces. The PCSO has been informed and will be patrolling the area from now on. A big thank you to the majority of our parents who are respectful in our community, and are setting a good example to our children, we really appreciate it!

September Dates

Thursday 2^nd September and Friday 3^rd September are INSET Days. The children return to school on Monday 6^th September.

C M Hewitt

Please find below and attached and below this week’s newsletter

NL5th July

Tre Uchaf Primary School
Newsletter Week Beginning 5th July
Dear Parents,
Many, many thanks to those of you who attended our new format covid secure Sports Days for our junior classes on Thursday. You followed our rules and routines perfectly, making these very successful and safe events on our very generous sized school field!
I hope next week’s events will proceed equally well but must emphasise that this it is up to you to show that you are following all our rules. As you know, I have had some concerns about consistent mask use in the Infant yard and I would urge you to comply if this week’s events are to go ahead.
Monday 5th July
Art Exhibition
An exhibition of the children’s coin designs will take place in the gym on Monday and Wednesday. This has been set out so that you can walk through it socially distanced after school, after collecting your children at the normal time. The following safety rules are essential;
• Strictly one parent per family
• Follow the usual one way system after collecting your child
• Proceed to the gym either through the front gate or via the link gate in the Infant Yard
• Enter the gym through the front fire exit doors (queue at 2m distance if necessary)
• Wear a mask at all times on school premises
• Follow the markers to ensure you remain at a 2m distance from others
• Keep moving!
• Leave the gym by the main gym entrance then follow the one way system to exit as normal
• Please follow instructions given by staff to keep everyone safe
If Monday is looking busy, please attend on Wednesday instead. If we find we have large queues we will open it up on Thursday or Friday too.
Tuesday 6th July
Year 6 Transition Day – bus to transport children to and from school
Class Transition Visits – All children will meet their new class teachers and teaching assistants, outside, weather permitting. You will receive a letter about your child’s new class.
11.30 Meeting for September Reception parents – infant yard
Wednesday 7th July
Year 6 cycling transition project
Art Exhibition
Thursday 8th July
Year 6 Trip
Foundation Phase (infants) Class Sports Events
9,15 Year 1
10.15 Year 2
11.15 Reception
Please adhere to our rules as follows;
• Strictly one parent per family
• Arrive at the start time and not before
• Go straight to the field
• Wear a mask until seated on a chair at a 2m distance from others
• Do not move the chairs and do remain seated
• Leave as soon as the event is finished
• Strictly no photos on social media eg Facebook
Afternoon Nursery Trip to Parc William – Please adhere to the rules you will be sent early next week
Friday 9th July
Morning Nursery Trip
Year 5 swimming
Reports out for Reception – Year 6
Let’s hope for good weather this week!

Take care and stay safe!
C M Hewitt