Weekly Newsletter 15.10.2021

This half term’s value is:

RESPECT

Criw Cymreig: Brawddeg yr Wythnos (Phrase of the Week)

Shwmae!
How’s it going?

Heroes of the Week

This week’s heroes are:
Dosbarth Coch: Sophia and Millie. W
Dosbarth Oren: Clark and Millie. B
Dosbarth Melyn: Thea and Jessica
Dosbarth Glas: Elliot and Sienna
Dosbarth Porffor: : Kurt and Tia
Dosbarth Enfys: Maizie and Alanna
We’d also like to say a huge well done to those children receiving a Headteacher certificate. Well done to all of our certificate winners, we are very proud of you all!

PTA Halloween Event

The PTA would like the children to come dressed in their Halloween costumes on Thursday 21st October for a fun afternoon with their teachers and friends. Please bring in a £1 donation for the PTA so they can continue spoiling the children in our school.
The PTA would also like you to take photos of your pumpkin desigsns in the half term holiday for a best pumpkin competition. Send your photos on dojo and bring in a £1 to enter the competition when you get back after half term

Rising 3’s Applications

Children are eligible to attend school from the term after their 3rd birthday (Rising 3s). The closing date for Rising 3 applications to start in January or April is 22nd October.
Apply online here: https://www.caerphilly.gov.uk/schooladmissions
Please share this information with anyone with a child due to turn 3 before 25th April 2022. For further information, please don’t hesitate to contact the school.

Caerphilly Community Regeneration

Are you or a friend or relative looking for employment or would like to retrain or upskill?
Caerphilly Community Regeneration offer free one to one support to enable you to return to the workplace at your own pace. They can support with training, confidence building, work placements, writing CV’s & job searching but more than that they are there to help you feel that finding employment is within your reach if you want it.
Their services are not time limited so if you’re not ready to return to work right now that’s fine, they can still help. You might like to build your confidence first, think about what sort of career path will suit your needs and attend some free training, they can support you through this process.
When you are ready to return to work whenever that is, they will be here to support you until you find the employment that’s right for you. So don’t delay give them call today and one of their friendly triage workers will be happy to tell you more. CONTACT THEM NOW ON: 01443 864227 / communityregen@caerphilly.gov.uk

Harvest Collection

Thank you very much for your kind donations for our Harvest collection. The food has now been donated to a local food bank and will go a long way to supporting families in the local area. Thank you!

Flu Vaccine letters

The Flu Vaccination letters have been sent home with the children this week. The school nurses will be visiting the school on Wednesday 3rd November to offer the children a nasal spray flu vaccine. Please ensure you have returned the consent form to school before Thursday 21st October. The NHS recommends all eligible children should have a flu vaccination every year, to ensure they stay as healthy as possible, as both Covid-19 and flu are likely to circulate this winter.

Online Safety

A number of our older junior children have been discussing the new Netflix TV show ‘Squid Game’. Squid Game contains a lot of violence and it is highly inappropriate for any child to be viewing and could be traumatic if watched. As with any older rated movies or TV shows, the children should not be watching them and it will be viewed as a safeguarding concern if they are being freely allowed to view inappropriate shows or films. Squid Game content has also started appearing in children’s games such as Roblox and across social media platforms such as TikTok.
Our children are only children once, it is our role to protect their innocence and to protect them from viewing harmful content.
Please see the link below for further information:
https://nationalonlinesafety.com/wakeupwednesday/squid-game-trending-across-platforms-what-parents-need-to-know

Big Talk (Please discuss with your children):

This week’s topic is… Harvest is a time to express gratitude and thankful for what we have. What are you grateful for?