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?’ We had great fun on our Wow day, even discovering a very unusual, unidentified object on our butterfly garden! Thank you for your support for this wow day, the children looked fantastic in their costumes!
Attendance and Lateness
As you all know, we place great importance on good attendance for all of our pupils. Our school motto is ‘Be kind; be ambitious; be the best you can be.’ 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.’
We have carried out our half termly attendance and lateness monitoring this week with our School Education Welfare Officer. You will all receive a letter soon detailing your child’s attendance for the Autumn term. The parents/ carers of pupils with attendance causing concern will also receive an invitation letter to a meeting to discuss ways to improve the attendance and to discuss how we can support you.
Pupils who achieved attendance higher than our school target of 92% have today been awarded with a certificate and will be treated to a fun music session with a special visitor on the 23rd January.
Clubs
A clubs letter for the Spring term was sent out earlier this week and also posted on Dojo. Please return ASAP to sign your children up to attend an after school club.
After-school clubs will re-start on Monday, 16th January.
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, they would like to hear from any parents and carers with a child who currently has, or has previously had issues with poor attendance so that we can better support young people.
Please click here to access the survey.
Important Dates
Upcoming Dates
Week beginning 16th January – Clubs re-start
Wednesday, 25th January – Autumn Attendance reward afternoon
Thursday, 26th January – Year 5/6 Athletics tournament
Tuesday, 7th February – Year 6 Crucial Crew visit
School Holiday Dates
Fri, 17th February – Break up for half term
Mon, 27th, February – Return to school
Fri, 31st March – Break up for Easter
Mon, 17th April – Return to school
Fri, 26th May – Break up for half term
Mon, 5th June – Return to school
Friday, 21st July – Break up for summer holidays
INSET Dates 2022-23
Friday, 17th February 2023
Friday, 30th June 2023
Certificates
Heroes of the Week
This week’s heroes are:
Dosbarth Coch: Arlo P & Theo P
Dosbarth Oren: Primrose D & Alfie J
Dosbarth Melyn: Lilia M & Robyn R
Dosbarth Glas: Lucah B & Joey T
Dosbarth Porffor: Kyelun M & Sofia S
Dosbarth Enfys: Lillie-Mae M & Megan O
Headteacher Awards
This week’s Headteacher Awards go to:
Elsie. B
Kyelun. Mc
Primrose. D
Jessica. H
Korey M-P
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: 92%
Annual % to date: 87.5%
Weekly total
(Week ending 22nd December 2022): 81.3%
Dosbarth Coch: 84.1%
Dosbarth Oren: 81.2%
Dosbarth Melyn: 72%
Dosbarth Glas: 91.6%
Dosbarth Porffor: 79.5%
Dosbarth Enfys: 82.3%
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:
Kindness
Links to termly learning overviews and homework menus:
Spring term 2023 learning overviews and homework menus to be released next week.
Online Safety
There are many different games our children are playing online, it’s so hard to keep up with them all! A popular game that has been around for a long time is World of Warcraft. Click here to access a guide on what it is and advice on the risks associated with it.
Criw Cymreig: Brawddeg yr Wythnos (Phrase of the Week)
Oes anifail anwes da ti? Oes, mae____ da fi.
Do you have any pets? Yes, I have a _.
Big Talk (Please discuss with your children):
Our value this term is kindness, how can we show kindness to others?
School Menu
Click here to see the school menu.
Next week (Week beginning 16th January will be Week 2)
