Weekly Newsletter 19.7.24

School News

End of Year Message

Wow! I can’t believe we find ourselves at the end of another school year, it has gone so quickly!

I’d like to say thank you to our incredible team of staff who work so hard to care for and support our children every day, they are all amazing! I’d also like to say best wishes and thank you to our departing staff – Mrs Packham, Mr Williams, and Mrs Roberts. We are really going to miss you all – thank you for being such an important part of the Derwendeg team.

Thank you to you all as parents and carers and to our wider school community for your ongoing support of the school and thank you to our wonderful children who make us so proud every single day! We hope you have an amazing summer (hopefully with some sunshine!), we look forward to welcoming the children back on Tuesday, 3rd September.

Goodbye Year 6!

It’s sadly time for us to say goodbye to our amazing Year 6 children. They have been an incredible year group and we are going to miss them dearly!

Our crazy staff have stepped up once again to record them a special message at this link- Please click here Thank you to the staff for their participation!! Enjoy!

School Dinners

Please click this link to order school dinners for your child for next week, week beginning Monday 2nd of September.

Please look at the form carefully and choose which dinner option for each day your child would like to order. Your child does not need to have a school dinner every day. Please fill out the form even if your child brings sandwiches from home everyday.

You will need to order your child’s dinners by Friday. Ordered meals will be passed to the school kitchen every Monday morning.

We will be on Week 1 Menu.

Important Dates

Upcoming Dates

2nd Septmber 2024 – Inset Day, school closed to pupils
5th September 2024 – Whole school WOW day

School Holiday Dates

Friday, 19th July – Break up for summer
Tuesday, 3rd September – Return to school
Friday, 25th October – Break up for half term
Monday, 4th November – Return to school
Friday, 20th December – Break up for Christmas
Monday, 6th January 2025 – Return to school
Thursday, 21st February 2025 – Break up for half term
Monday 3rd, March 2025 – Return to school
Friday, 11th April 2025 – Break up for Easter
Monday, 28th April – Return to school
Friday, 23rd May – Break up for half term
Monday, 2nd June – Return to school
Friday, 18th July – Break up for Summer Holidays

INSET Dates 2023-24

Monday, 2nd September 2024
Friday, 27th September 2024

Heroes of the Week

This week’s heroes are:
Dosbarth Oren: Teddy & Janos
Dosbarth Melyn: Nile & Oliver
Dosbarth Gwyrdd: Korey & Glyn
Dosbarth Glas: Daniel & Griva
Dosbarth Porffor: Ava Grace & Cory
Dosbarth Enfys: All

Headteachers Award

This week’s Headteacher Awards go to:
Amelia. E
Arlo. P
Zavien. K
Brayden. H

These children were chosen for displaying our school values and will be treated to a hot chocolate and a hat with Mrs Wangiel. Da iawn bawb!

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: 92%

Weekly total
(Week ending 12th July): 91%

Dosbarth Oren:92%
Dosbarth Melyn:92%
Dosbarth Gwyrdd: 100%
Dosbarth Glas: 88%
Dosbarth Porffor: 89%
Dosbarth Enfys: 93%

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
Honesty and Trust

Links to termly learning overviews and homework menus:

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