Weekly Newsletter 3.2.23

School News Parents’ Evenings Parents’ evenings will be held next week on Monday 6th, Tuesday 7th and Wednesday 8th February. Individual appointments have been sent out by teachers on Class Dojo. Please make every effort to attend your appointment but if you are unable to attend, please contact the class teacher to rearrange. I (Mrs…

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Weekly Newsletter 27.1.23

School News Strike Action – Wednesday, 1st February The school will be closed on Wednesday 1st February due to strike action.Please click the link below for further information: Pizza Day Thursday, 16th February will be the next theme day for school Dinners. It’s NATIONAL PIZZA DAY!!The kitchen will need to know order numbers in advance.…

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Weekly Newsletter 20.1.23

School News Easy Fundraising Do you shop for takeaways online using Just Eat? Do you buy clothes online?Do you use Amazon? Do you buy insurance online? Do you shop online for anything?If the answer is yes to any of those you could help us raise funds without costing you a penny!Derwendeg Primary School PTA is…

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Weekly Newsletter 13.1.23

School News Welcome back! Hi everyone and welcome back! It has been lovely to see all of you on the gate this week and to welcome our wonderful children back. They have certainly hit the ground running and are already working hard on our new topic for the Spring term, ‘Is there anyone out there?’…

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Weekly Newsletter 22.12.22

School News Christmas Message Today (Thursday, 22nd December) is the last day of our Autumn term as we begin our Christmas holidays. The children will return to school on Monday, 9th January ready to start a fresh, new term. As always, our children have made us so proud in so many ways this term. They…

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Weekly Newsletter 16.12.22

School News Public Health Wales Advice Public Health Wales have released a very useful traffic light guide to provide further advice on Scarlet Fever and Strep A.Please click here to access the guide. Funding Support Schemes In light of the recent freezing weather, we’ve gathered information on schemes the government/charities/businesses are running this year. Each…

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Weekly Newsletter 9.12.22

School News Public Health Wales Advice You will be aware of the current concerns around Strep A and other viral infections. Public Health Wales is reminding parents that cases of invasive group A streptococcal infection (iGAS) remain rare in Wales, and that children have a very low risk of contracting the disease. In most cases,…

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Weekly Newsletter 2.12.22

School News Welsh Government Attendance Survey The Welsh Government is currently reviewing its guidance on school attendance and is keen to include the views of parents and carers in this work. Working with Parentkind, we would like to hear from any parents and carers with a child who currently has, or has previously had issues…

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Weekly Newsletter 30.09.22

School News Harvest Festival Assembly On 3rd October 2022 the children will be having their annual Harvest Festival assembly. This year Derwendeg Primary School have partnered with Rhymney Valley Foodbank. A represenative of the Foodbank will be coming into the school to collect donations for the foodbank. Please send your child to school with a…

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Weekly Newsletter 23.09.22

News and Important Dates Mrs Wangiel’s Sky DiveTomorrow (Saturday, 24th September) will be the big day of my sky dive! Thank you so much for the donations received so far, they are greatly appreciated. If anyone would like to donate, please click here. All funds will go to Rose’s Way to support their work in…

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