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Dear Parent/Carer Year 7 - September 2022.
If your child will require a Year 7 place in a secondary school in September 2022. You will need to apply for a school place using the online application portal between the dates below: Admission portal opens Monday 4th October 2021 Admission portal closes Friday 26th November 2021.
http://www.swansea.gov.uk/applyforaschoolplace
For full details please see Newsletters
Reception - September 2022
If your child will require a full time Reception place in a primary school for September 2022, you will need to apply for a school place using the online application portal between the dates below: Admission portal opens Monday 4th October 2021 Admission portal closes Friday 26th November 2021. See newsletters for full information.
http://www.swansea.gov.uk/applyforaschoolplace
Dear Parents and Guardians
We have some good news finally regarding Breakfast Club and our daily childcare After School Club.
Breakfast Club
From Monday the 4th October our breakfast club will be returning to the full hour from 7.50 - 8.50 Door shuts at 8.30.
As you know Welsh Government have removed some funding for breakfast club and we aim to provide a wider choice of foods for the children. They currently only have toast. As a school we feel that the children need milk and cereal to choose in the morning and some options to put on their toast. This will however mean that we will need to charge £1.50 for the full hour club with the second half from 8.20 remaining free. Remember doors close at 8.30. We will monitor this charge carefully and ensure that we keep the cost as low as possible.
Breakfast club now MUST be booked through your child’s SQUID account in advance, no later than 12pm on the Friday of the week before. The SQUID booking system will close at this time and no further bookings will be accepted. Please ensure that if you wish your child to attend breakfast club you do this weekly. Sadly, due to staffing, we cannot admit children to breakfast club without booking in advance.
After School Club
Our daily after school club will start back on the 2nd November. This runs from the end of the school day until 5pm. Once again this will be booked through your child’s SQIUD account and the charge is £5 per day. Once again this is unfunded provision and we rely on the income from the charges to pay for staff and resources. This means that we will need to ask you once again to book your child/children’s place in advance by 12pm on the Friday before, after this time, no further bookings will be accepted.
In order to plan staffing levels and resources for both clubs could you please return the slip below to your child’s teacher or the office by next Friday 1st October. It is important you return the slip even if you do not want your child/children to attend.
Great news at last, thank you for your patience,
Mrs Gibbard
Headteacher
PLEASE SEE OFFICE FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FORM
There will be an important consent letter, regarding our Christmas concert, being sent home with your child today. Please check your child's bag when you collect them.
Regards
Fiona Gibbard
Dear parent/carer,
Children in Need 2020
Tomorrow is our Children in Need celebration and we are all looking forward to spreading a little happiness in the school by wearing pyjamas or spotty outfits.
This morning on the yard I was asked by several parents/carers if we would allow them to wear their pyjamas and donate a pound too as they wanted to do their bit. We all thought this was a lovely idea and so if you want to wear your pyjamas or spotty outfits tomorrow when dropping your child off at school please do. We all need a bit of fun and for a very good cause. Year 6 are disappointed that they are unable to try to beat their whopping £890 collection last year from their sponsored gameathon and so this will help lift their spirits too knowing that their families are getting involved.
Please do not feel in any way obliged to take part. This is purely voluntary and just a little bit of fun to end our week. We look forward to seeing you and I thank those of you who approached me for this lovely community spirited idea.
I hope you all have a lovely weekend,
Fiona Gibbard
Headteacher/Pennaeth
Gors Community School
Ysgol Gymunedol Gors
Children in Need 2020
Children in Need is back!
Children in Need’s vision is that every child in the UK has a childhood which is safe, happy, secure and allows them the chance to reach their potential.
We know what a tough year this has been and we also know how important it is to look after ourselves and each other. For this reason, Children in Need are focusing on Mental health and well- being this year. Our theme for the day will be ‘kindness’ as Friday is also ‘World Kindness Day” Everyone will be encouraged to do at least one act of kindness throughout the day and will talk about them together at the end of the school day in their classrooms.
We at Gors are asking that everyone pays £1 to join in with the fundraising and wear pyjamas or something spotty on Friday 13th November.
Thank you for your continued support
Mrs K Griffiths
LETTER FROM SCHOOL NURSE REGARDING FLU VACCINES
Our school nurses will look different this year when they visit pupils to give them the annual flu vaccine nasal spray.
Instead of wearing normal clothes, they will be wearing scrubs and personal protective equipment (PPE), such as a mask and face visor.
This is in line with national Covid-19 infection prevention guidance.
As the PPE significantly alters the nurses’ appearance and may be off-putting for some children, we have produced a show and tell video to help familiarise the children with the new arrangements.
In the three-minute video school nurse Sian Richards directly addresses primary school pupils in simple terms, explaining clearly why she and her colleagues will be wearing these funny outfits.
She also demonstrates the nasal spray for those who haven’t had it before.
We hope the video will prepare the pupils, helping them to feel more comfortable on the day the vaccinators visit.
Link to video: English version – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uToIQn_wiBA
This video will be shown in class but for any who may have missed it please use the link above.
Flu vaccines will take place on 27.11.20
Over the next couple of days letters will be going home to Nursery and Year 6 pupils regarding applications for Reception and Year 7 places for next September. The online Admission portal opens Monday 5th October and closes on Friday 27th November 2020.
It is your responsibility to submit an application and apply on time. If you do not submit an application you will not receive a school offer.
More information can be found at www.swansea.gov.uk/informationforparents
You can apply online using the council's application portal at
www.swansea.gov.uk/applyforaschoolplace
If you have any queries please speak to the school office.