This half term’s value is:
ASPIRATION
Criw Cymreig: Brawddeg yr Wythnos (Phrase of the Week)
Croeso! Dewch i mewn!
Welcome. Come in.
Heroes of the Week
This week’s heroes are:
Dosbarth Coch: Cade and Olivia
Dosbarth Oren: : Maxx and Morgan
Dosbarth Melyn: Joshua and Olivia
Dosbarth Gwyrdd: Toby and Alfie
Dosbarth Glas: Kajetan and Seth
Dosbarth Porffor: : Ryan and Kaley
Dosbarth Enfys: Megan and Eli
We’d also like to say a huge well done to those children receiving a Headteacher certificate and a Mathletics award. Well done to all of our certificate winners, we are very proud of you all!
September INSET Dates
Thursday, 2nd and Friday, 3rd September will be INSET days for Derwendeg Primary School and the school will be closed to pupils. Children will return to school on Monday, 6th September.
Covid-19 Testing Centres
Between 30th June and 6th July, there will be temporary testing centres in Blackwood (Pontllanfraith House, Blackwood Road, NP12 2YW) and Caerphilly (Leisure Centre, Virginia Close, CF83 3SW). In addition, there is a fixed Local Testing Site at the former Aldi Site, Old Brewery Lane Rhymney. You can visit there for a PCR test between the hours of 2pm and 8pm.
If the children, or any member of your household, start displaying any covid symptoms, no matter how mild, it is important they are tested as quickly as possible. If a child has been displaying any symptoms, they cannot return to school until they have had a negative test result.
Can we also please remind you about the importance of social distancing when waiting outside the school gates or on the schoolyard. There has been an increase in cases in our local area and we want to do all we can to keep our school and our community safe.
School Photos
The school photos have now arrived in school and are currently in quarantine. They will be sent home with the children early next week.
Free School Meal Deliveries
Deliveries will take place from Monday 5th July to Friday 16th July 2021 to children entitled to free school meals in readiness for the Summer holidays. Each child who has registered for the delivery service will receive a 6 week meal pack, this includes frozen, dried and fresh food products. They also offer a collection service if delivery is not suitable, to arrange collection please email catering@caerphilly.gov.uk or call 01443 864055.
Caerphilly Summer Sports Scheme
For the upcoming summer holidays, Sport Caerphilly will once again be running their extremely popular Summer Sport Schemes across a range of leisure centres within the borough for 7-12 year olds. Please see the poster at the link below for more detail:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gsmhQb-2o8abYZ3jfZjkTfrM7kTQblVz/view?usp=sharing
Online Safety
As an official sponsor of #Euro2021, TikTok are back in the limelight and the prominent logo is on our TVs almost every night! Is it all fun and games though? Find out more in this week’s Online Safety guide from National Online Safety. Download for free: https://hubs.ly/H0RhS8Q0
Big Talk (Please discuss with your children):
This week’s topic is… why is it important to have aspirations?
Upcoming Dates
Friday, 16th July – Break up for summer holidays
Thursday, 2nd and Friday, 3rd September – INSET Days (school closed to pupils)
Monday, 6th September – Children return to school