This half term’s value is:
HONESTY AND TRUST
Criw Cymreig: Brawddeg yr Wythnos (Phrase of the Week)
Ar ol ti!
After you!
Heroes of the Week
This week’s heroes are:
Dosbarth Coch: Alfie and Kiara
Dosbarth Oren: Hollie and Emily
Dosbarth Melyn: Ashton. H and Ashton. M
Dosbarth Glas: Scarlett and James
Dosbarth Porffor: Alfie. O and Molly. F
Dosbarth Enfys: Molly. S and Maizie. H
We’d also like to say a huge well done to those children receiving a Mathletics or Headteacher certificate. Well done to all of our certificate winners, we are very proud of you all!
Jubilee Celebrations
We will be completing a range of activities to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee, week commencing 23rd May. As part of our Jubilee
Celebrations we will be holding a celebration day on Friday 27th May. Please see the letter at the link below for more information:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NeXpLNErIroQ2sz1OC1IVKO9KPkeVEhd/view?usp=sharing
As part of the celebrations, we are also holding a competition to design and make a crown. We will be holding a whole school parade on Friday, 27 th May. The children are required to bring their crown in on this date.
Sports Days
Our sports days for this year will be held on the following dates:
Key Stage 2 (Years 3-6) – Tuesday, 7th June PM
Nursery Sports Day – Thursday, 9th June AM
Foundation Phase (Reception – Year 2) – Thursday, 9th June PM
We will be inviting parents to attend and support the children. More details to be released closer to the time
Caerphilly 2k and 10k Race
Thank you to all those who have signed up to take part in the Caerphilly 2k and 10k race this Sunday, 15th May. We are very excited to take part with some of our children and families. The race start times are:
- 2k – 09:15am
- 10k – 10:00am
Please see the school story on Class Dojo for more detailed information. We look forward to seeing you there!
After-School Clubs
It has been great to see our after-school clubs restarting the last couple of weeks giving our children some lovely opportunities and experiences outside of the curriculum. It is very important that we know if the children will be attending their chosen clubs each week.
Please let your child’s class teacher know if your child can’t attend their after-school club. As part of our care for your children we need to check up on any non-attendees, and it would save a lot of time if a message could be given to their class teacher
School Dinners – Cashless system
On June 6th, our new cashless catering system will be going live. At the start of every week you will need to ensure your child’s account has sufficient funds for school dinners, you will not be able to let the account to go into debt. Any accounts in debt will not be able to order a school dinner and will need to have sandwiches provided.
From next Monday (16th May), in line with the new cashless system, any pupil with school dinner money arrears will need to bring sandwiches into school until the debt is cleared
Lateness
We are having a number of children who are consistently arriving after our start time of 9am. This affects the children’s learning and wellbeing and is also disruptive to the classes.
Our school gates open at 08:50am for children to be in class by the start time of 9am. Please ensure the children are in school and on time ready to start their day by 9am each day.
Any children arriving after 9am should go straight to the the school office to register as late. All other doors will be shut at 9am.
Upcoming Local Events:
Hope Church Centenary Celebrations
20th-22nd May – a whole weekend of centenary celebrations. Please see Dojo for more information.
Risca Beach Party
Please see the flyer on the page below for Risca Beach party being held on Saturday, 28th and Sunday, 29th of May in Tredegar Park, Risca
Online Safety
The age of children accessing devices and online content is getting younger and younger. It is vital that we educate the children as young as possible in the safe usage of the internet and put restrictions in place to protect them from inappropriate content. Our advice will always be to limit device usage as much as possible and to ensure children are supervised when they are using devices or the internet. The guide below gives advice for younger children accessing the internet and using devices:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kjLWNk_0ZmqX7SyhjmvKSVWhvynnWCLx/view?usp=sharing
Big Talk (Please discuss with your children):
This week’s topic is … What is trust and how do we learn to trust each other?
Upcoming Dates
Wednesday 18th May – Foundation Phase Trip
Friday, 20th May – Year 5 Tennis tournament
Wednesday, 25th May – Year 6 Tennis tournament
Friday, 27th May – Reception vision and growth screening
Friday, 27th May – Break up for half term
Monday, 6th June – Return to school
Sports days:
Key Stage 2 (Years 3-6) – Tuesday, 7th June PM
Nursery Sports Day – Thursday, 9th June AM
Foundation Phase (Reception – Year 2) – Thursday, 9th June PM
Tuesday 14th June – Class and Leavers photos
2021-22 INSET Dates
Friday, 24th June
