School News
Start of Term Reminders
Welcome to the start of the Spring term! It has been a pleasure to welcome our children back this week; we are so proud of how quickly they have settled back into school life, already being the best they can be!
A few reminders as we start a new term:
*Uniform – please click here for our school uniform policy. Children should wear black shoes/ trainers only, including for PE. Children are also required to wear their school jumper/ cardigan on PE days. A reminder that smart watches are not allowed to be worn in school.
*Early collections – we continue to have children collected early from school. Unless it is an emergency, a child should not be collected early from school. All routine appointments (e.g. dentist or optician) should be made out of school hours or during school holidays.
*Lateness- We have seen a big improvement in lateness this school year, thank you! Please continue to ensure your children are in their classrooms before 9am so they are there for registration and to order their lunch for the day. It is never pleasant for a child to enter a classroom late, so it is important for the children’s wellbeing that they are in school on time every day.
Thank you for your continued support.
Parenting Puzzle
Our school will be hosting a programme with Barnados called The Parenting Puzzle. The programme will cover a range of aspects for supporting your child’s behaviour, mental health and self-esteem.
Over recent months, we have had more and more parents and carers approaching us as a school for support with behaviour and dysregulations at home which we are always willing to do. We believe in a community/ family approach to supporting our children and this has been the reason for us offering to host this programme to support you all for the benefit of our children.
This programme will be of huge benefit to any parent or carer who needs some additional support at home with a range of concerns.
Starting next Wednesday (17th) in our school hall, 1:30-3:00pm. Anyone who wishes to come along and find out more about the programme, and also to find out more about the other support options available from Barnados, please come along.
Attendance
Following an attendance review with the Local Authority, we have been advised to increase our % threshold for holiday authorisation to 95% over a rolling 12 months. This means that a holiday will now only be authorised if a child’s attendance for the past 12 months is over 95%.
From Spring term onwards, attendance rewards will also now be for pupils with attendance over 95%.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Wow Days
Important Dates
Upcoming Dates
Thursday, 18th January – Year 5/6 football tournament
Monday, 22nd January – Year 6 Cruicial Crew trip
Week beginning 29th January – Parents’ evenings
Tuesday, 30th January – School council visit to the Senedd
Thursday, 8th February – Break up for half term
Thursday, 8th Feburary – PTA Valentines disco
There will be no after school clubs in the first week of term.
School Holiday Dates
Thursday 8th February – Break up for Half Term
Monday 19th February – Return to school
Friday 22nd March – Break up for Easter
Monday 8th April – Return to school
Friday, 24th May – Break up for half term
Monday, 3rd June – Return to school
Friday, 19th July – Break up for summer
INSET Dates 2023-24
Friday 9th February 2024
Friday 5th July 2024
Certificates
Heroes of the Week
Dosbarth Oren: Janos & Vas
Dosbarth Melyn: Isabelle & Willow
Dosbarth Gwyrdd: Lilia & Ava W
Dosbarth Glas: Olivia & Jenson
Dosbarth Porffor: Alfie & Max
Dosbarth Enfys: Joshua & Ella-Mae
Headteachers Award
This week’s Headteacher Awards go to:
Freddie. H-S
Jenson. R
Kiara-Leigh. H
Ruby-Rae. W
Mason. C
These children were chosen for displaying our school values and will be treated to a hot
chocolate and a chat with Mrs Wangiel. Da iawn bawb!
We’d also like to say a huge well done to those children receiving a Mathletics certificate.
Well done to all of our certificate winners, we are very proud of you all!
Attendance Matters
The United Nation Article 28 states ‘every child has the right to have a primary education’. We are linking our attendance performance to this article.
We want our children to have the best possible education to give them the best chance in life. If your children aren’t in school we can’t give them this opportunity and can’t give them the opportunity to ‘be the best they can be.’
School target: 93%
Annual % to date: 93%
Weekly total
(Week ending 22dn December): 90%
Dosbarth Oren: 91%
Dosbarth Melyn: 86%
Dosbarth Gwyrdd: 95%
Dosbarth Glas: 93%
Dosbarth Porffor: 89%
Dosbarth Enfys: 89%
Congratulations to most of our classes for surpassing our school target of 93%. It is important all of the children are in school every day to ensure they aren’t missing out on important learning.
Weekly Items
This half term’s value is
Hard work and Effort
Links to termly learning overviews and homework menus:
Homework menu to be released next week.
| Coach Nursery | |
| Oren – Reception | Oren – Year 1 |
| Melyn – Year 1 | Melyn – Year 2 |
| Gwrydd – Year 2 | Gwyrdd – Year 3 |
| Glas – Year 3 | Glas – Year 4 |
| Porforr – Year 5 | Porfor – Year 6 |
| Enfys – Year 6 |
Online Safety – Parental Controls
I’m sure our children had lots of new devices off Santa for Christmas! Any new device should have parental controls added straight away to protect the children from accessing any inappropriate content or games.
Please click here to access a guide on how to do this on a range of devices.
Criw Cymreig: Brawddeg yr Wythnos (Phrase of the Week)
Beth sy’n bod?
What’s the matter?
School Menu
Click here to see the school menu.
Week beginning 15th Jan will be Week 2
