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Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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Uniform bank 6th November during parents evening after 3.20 pm
Tue 05 Nov 2019Opportunity to donate uniform and/or collect sizes needed. All we have is freshly laundered -
Halloween Disco Friday 25th October in school hours
Tue 22 Oct 2019Just a reminder about the Monster ball on Friday 25th October during school hours. It is £1 per child (includes disco with DJ and a drink).
Children can wear fancy dress costumes to school but NO CLOWN COSTUMES OR WEAPONS please as these can frighten some children.
Thank you
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Fruit Money - Healthy Schools
Thu 12 Sep 2019Fruit Money
Fruit money must be paid to the class teacher on a weekly basis. The cost per pupil is £1.25 or 25p a day. Last year we were unable to balance the books and were underpaid for fruit money. As a healthy school we feel it is necessary to continue to run this snack time for our pupils. WE would be grateful if you would make every effort to pay as regularly as possible so that we can stock the fruit on a weekly basis.
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Our Governing Body Needs You
Thu 12 Sep 2019There is currently one position available for a Parent Governor. Our Governing Body are an extremely committed and proactive group who work to improve the school in so many different ways. Governors have an extremely active roll to play in our school’s development and future, so if you would like to come on board or have a chat with Mrs Gibbard about what this means for you then please come to the office and ask for more details or make an appointment for an informal chat.
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Some dates for your Diary September to November
Thu 12 Sep 2019Dates for you diary
16.9.2019—Design to Smile Week
19.9.2019—Kerbcraft Start for Year 2
24.9.2019—Class Photographs Day
30.9.2019—Craig y Nos Castle—Year 215.10.2019—Shwmae day
21.10.2019 Food Standards Agency—Pantomime
Last day of school—25.10.2019
Half term
INSET Day 4.11.2019—No school for pupils
First day back for pupils— 5.11.2019
6.11.2019—Parent’s Evening
11.11.2019—Anti-bullying Week
18.11.2019—Road Safety Week
19.11.2019 Year 5/6—First Aid and British Sign Language training
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Young Voices Choir - Birmingham
Thu 12 Sep 2019Young Voices Choir
Pupils from Year 3– 6 will once again be given an opportunity to sing as part of a choir of 6,000 children in Birmingham in January 2020. A letter will be sent home very soon for you to decide whether or not you would like your child to have the opportunity to attend this concert.
The concert is in the Genting Arena in Birmingham and This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for your child to take part in a nationwide concert which you will have the opportunity to attend. Please visit the website www.youngvoices.co.uk for more information.
A letter will be coming out today 12.9.2019
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It's never too early for Christmas
Thu 12 Sep 2019It’s never to early for Christmas information?
Concerts
Foundation Phase Concert (Reception—Year 2)
Tuesday 3rd December 1.30 pm
Wednesday 4th December 5.30 pm
Key Stage 2 Christmas Concert
Tuesday 10th December 1.30pm
Wednesday 11th December 5.30pm
Nursery Concert
Tuesday 17th December 10am
More details to follow closer to the time
School Christmas dinner for pupils
Tuesday 17th December
Entrepreneurial Event
Back by popular demand
Friday 29th November
Christmas Jumper Day
Friday 13th December
Last Day of term and Christmas Party Day
Pupils wear own clothes
Friday 20th December
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Lots has been happening this Summer
Thu 29 Aug 2019Well the school may have been closed for the Summer but the work didn't stop in school. The Foundation Phase side of the school has finally received that long awaited new boiler and the lovely new radiators in all classrooms and corridors. We will be toasty warm now this Winter.
The second phase of the new fire alarm system has also been completed which has taken much of the holiday period.
Mr Miles our lovely caretaker has also been super busy painting walls, putting up lovely bright notice boards and also putting up the new shed for our gardening club - to name but a few things he has been doing.
This week teachers have been in school setting up the new classrooms ready for our learners.
We can't wait to start the new year with you all on Tuesday 3rd, it's going to be a wonderful term!
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Head teacher wins award
Wed 15 May 2019Congratulations to Mrs Gibbard for receiving a commendation in the award for Employee of the Year in the field of health and safety, from the South and West Wales Safety Group. Mrs Gibbard is the first education based employee receiving a nomination for this award since the awards have been running. Mrs Gibbard was presented with the award at an annual Mayor's dinner at Parc y Scarlets.
Mr Phill Jones the Chairman of the South and West Wales Safety Group said:
The South and West Wales Safety Group promotes sensible based risk assessments knowing that we need to be healthy and safe at work and at play but recognising also that zero risk is difficult to achieve in all circumstances. A sensible approach to health and safety in schools means focusing on how the real risks are managed so that schools strike the right balance and that the real risks are managed and learning opportunities are experienced to the full.We were delighted to recognise the immense contribution that Mrs Gibbard had made to the culture within the school. The building that was depleted is now a vibrant part of the community.Accidents are now reduced significantly due to improved play provision and a safe calm conducive environment for education where pupils and staff are supported and cared for. For this Mrs Gibbard was awarded runner up in our Employee of the Year Award Scheme.
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Polling Day Update
Fri 10 May 201910 May 2019
Dear parent/guardian
Re: Polling Day
I am delighted to announce that after long negotiation and deliberation I have today made the decision for the school to remain open to pupils on polling day, Thursday 23rd May. I sincerely apologise that I have not been able to advise you until now. These things take some time, and we had a duty to advise you of the date initially in order for you to have sufficient notice. To make things more difficult, we were only advised of the date of the election on our first day back after the Easter break, which gave us very little time to make suitable enquiries with the Local Authority Health and Safety team and the Electoral office.
However, it was always my intention to try to make things work, in order for your child/children’s learning to have the least disruption.
We have been discussing the use of the school as a polling station for some time now and over the past 2-3 years there have been several measures put in place to ensure that health and safety risks are minimised such as new fencing and CCTV. Two years ago attempts were made to open the school to pupils by moving the polling stations to the Community Rooms from the school hall, however, without the fencing, lockable gates and CCTV this was not possible.
Can I thank you for your patience and understanding in this matter. I will be sending out some important Health and Safety notices closer to the time with instructions for keeping yourselves and our pupils safe on polling day. I would be very grateful if you would read these thoroughly and follow any instructions given, so that we can continue to keep the school open to pupils in future when there are elections.
I have also been working for some time to try to find an alternative location for the polling station, however, none of the locations suggested have been suitable. Both suggestions so far have been the Church community centre, which is already used, and the community centre on Gors Avenue which is not possible. If you have any other suggestions then please let me know and I can forward them to the electoral office. If we make a request for change then responsibility lies with us as school to find an alternative when making that request.
Should you have any further queries or wish for any further detail as to the process we have to follow, then please contact me personally and I will be more than happy to see you,
Many thanks,
Fiona Gibbard
Head teacher
